Gas Supply History in Indianapolis Faces Meter System Debate
Indianapolis gas firms battled over supply terms as wells waned and field pressure dropped. The Indianapolis Natural Gas Company, then part of a larger syndicate, expanded mains and served about 15,000 customers, with debates over metering to preserve gas for cooking and heating as district pressure fell and pumping proved insufficient.
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Indianapolis
Wes
Ohinnapolis Natural Gas Company
Allen M. Fletcher
Indianapolis Natural Gas Company
Indianapolis Gas Light and Coke Company
Dieterich- Proal-Benedict
Indianapolis Gas Company
Hamilton
Hamilton County
Madison County
Grant
Madison
Delaware
Indiana Company
Battleship Maine to commence builder's test off Delaware capes
The Maine, under construction at Cramps' shipyards since 1899, will leave for builder's tests Tuesday. Trials will occur Thursday with mooring back at the yard Friday. The vessel, 38 feet long on load water line and 72 feet 2% inches beam, aims for 18 knots, matching Russian Retvizan, and reflects the yard's strongest U S navy battleship. Its keel was laid February 15, 1899, on the Havana harbor disaster anniversary.
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New York
Maine
Cramps
Delaware Capes
Philadelphia Dispatch
Herald
United States Navy
Retvizan
Havana Harbor
Burton secures control of committees in Twenty first district
Cleveland July 12 Theodore Burton reaches an arrangement satisfactory to him as candidate for Congress in Ohio Twenty first district He will remain as candidate for Congress and gain absolute control of the committees in the district a right he claimed was his and which led to his ultimatum to resign from the county ticket
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Cleveland, O
Theodore Burton
Twenty-first Ohio
Burton
Twenty-first
Weather Forecast For Sunday And Monday
Fair on Sunday and Monday with light to fresh southwest winds in Indiana Illinois and Ohio. Temperature data shows clear conditions in many regions with minimal mean temperature changes since early July. Blythe, Section Director, notes the forecast details and comparative temperature report.
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Washington
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
R.H
Neast
TS HA N'west
S. W. T. Blythe
Movements of Steamers Across Ports
Maritime notices from New York to Antwerp record arrivals and departures on July 12 including La Touraine from Havre and St Paul from Southampton, plus sailings of Etruria, Anchoria, Ryndam, and others. London and Hamburg entries note arrivals from New York and departures to New York, with several lines listing Southampton Cherbourg and Glasgow routes.
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New York
la Touraine
Havre
St. Paul
Southampton
Cherbourg
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Cas
Etruria
Anchoria
Glasgow
Liverpool
Lucania
Umbria
New Bremen
Friedrich der Grosse
St. Louis
Koe-nigen Luise
Moville
Columbia
Hamburg
Queenstown
Celtic
Eee
Minnetonka
Antwerp
Kroonland
VRE
la Savoie
Att York
Altonia
Beating Bee Attack Little Girl in Hartford City
A one year old child of Mr and Mrs John Gable on North Jefferson street Hartford City Indiana was stung by a swarm of bees while unattended in the yard The mother rescued the child just before convulsions and possible death Twenty feet from a hive authorities could not determine the attack cause Another incident reports Georgia Carey six injured by wagon wheel near Fairmount with thirty two stitches and head injuries but expected recovery.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
John Gable
North
Jefferson Street
Fairmount
Georgia
Newton Carey
Boy Driver Survives Train Collision Near Paragon
Martinsville July 12 Ripley Goss fourteen drove a wagon onto N and W tracks near Paragon as a passenger train at fifty mph struck the wagon splitting it in two and hurling the boy. The engine hit the wagon stopped and Goss was found uninjured aside from minor bruises and scratches.
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Indianapolis Journal
Martinsville
Ind
Ripley Goss
Paragon
Goss
Marion man dies after drinking poison drink at hospital
David Gunnion aged sixty eight died in Marion after drinking a two ounce glass he believed held whisky in Marion Hospital. The glass contained nux vomica and he collapsed within fifteen minutes after consuming it while receiving treatment for a twisted knee.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
David Gunnion
Marion Hospital
Gunnion
Summer School at Indiana University Features Debates and Prizes
STATE UNIVERSITY Bloomington July 12 Dr Joseph Swain and President elect Bryan returned from Minneapolis where they attended the National Teachers Association meeting Dr Swain responded to the welcome address The Indiana University summer school highlights a public speaking department with debates and orations A declamation series included Biggs Hershel Lawrence Rinker Provillion Sanders Tugman debating the question that reading current literature is injurious The annual W J Bryan prize topics Primary Election Reform and The Popular Election of United States Senators require a 2500 word essay due first Monday of winter term Only undergraduates may compete Dr Hodge ended lectures on Nature Study and will speak at Winona An athletic note a nine from the summer school defeated the Columbia club 3 to 2 Students enjoyed a visit from the Christian Endeavor of the First Presbyterian Church
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Joseph Swain
Bryan
Minneapolis
National Teachers’ Association
Swain
Indiana University
Messrs. Biggs
Hershel
Lawrence
Rinker
Provillion
Sanders
Tugman
Mr. Greeson
Miss Dorch
Messrs
James
Dowers
W. J. Bryan
United States
Hodge
Winona
Columbia
Virst Presbyterian Church
Deaths of Dr George F Watton and Mary N Sayre in Indiana
Dr George F Watton of Indianapolis and Nashville died aged seventy four after stomach trouble. He was a Civil War veteran linked to Lincoln era offices and a county Republican leader. Mary N Sayre widow of Daniel Sayre and mother of Warren G Sayre died at eighty three in Wabash after diabetes. Both obituaries note family ties and public service.
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Indianapolis Journal
Nashville
Ind
George F. Watton
J. F. Genolin
Watton
Indiana Bureau
Lincoln
Patent Office
Indianapolis
Republican Committee
Mary Judkins
Elizabeth Smith
Judkins
Washington
Wabash
Mary N. Sayre
Daniel Sayre
Warren G. Sayre
East Main Street
Texronton
Aoe
Watenh
Count
Warren G
Joseph
Deaths of Captain Isaiah A. Curry and Dr John Arnold
Greenfield Indiana July 12 Captain Isaiah A. Curry died at his home after a two week illness of flux and stomach trouble. He was born in the county on July 16 185 and served in the Ninety ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry rising to captain. He was treasurer of the county and city, a Mason, Grand Army of the Republic member, Methodist Church leader, and vice president of Capitol State Bank. Funeral Monday at 2 pm in the M E Church. Rushville Indiana July 12 Dr John Arnold’s funeral held at the Presbyterian Church at 2 pm with quartet and pallbearers named. Interment East Hill Cemetery. Dr W W Arnold of Colorado Springs unable to attend due to illness.
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Indianapelle Journal
Greenfield
Ind
Isaiah A. Curry
This County
Mary Thomas
Ninety-ninth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Leutenant
Grant
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Sherman
Grand Army of the Republic
Methodist Church
Capitol State Bank
M. EB
Indianapolis Journal
Rushville
John Arnold
Presbyterian Church
Wilkinson
Rebecca Morris
Catharine Ramsey
Knightstown
Berkeley County
Virginnia
John Morris
Portland
Jacob D. Wagner
Mr. Wagner
Wayne County
Terre Haute
M. M. Cook
E. E. South
Shelbyville
Philadelphia
Emma Ross
Western Hotel
Walter S. Campbell
Ormes's
Manilla
R. Hungerford
Ross
Windfall
Mary Ressler
Hobbs
Muncie
Thomas W. Peck
Kokomo
Bloomington
A. C C. Lawrence
Marion, Inc
Nelson Turner
Notable Indiana Obituaries Across Towns
Across Rushville Wilkin son Rebecca Morris Wagner Cook Ross Ressler Peck Lawrence Bloomington Turner Forenoon afternoon morning today. Interments planned at Center Knightstown Ormes Manilla Methodist Church. Notable residents, ages eighty four to ninety, noted birthplaces and long local ties.
Countywide quarantine planned for Knightstown smallpox
Henry County Board of Health in special session approved a countywide quarantine line extending from the Rush county line east of Raysville north to Stone Quarry Mills and west to the Hancock line. The move aims to protect Knightstown neighbors while avoiding multiple local quarantines. In Carthage, smallpox is declared gone after two cases, with patients discharged and premises disinfected.
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Indianapolis Journal
New Castle
Ind
Henry County Board of Health
Knightstown
O& Dozen
Rush County
Raysville
Stone Quarry Mills
Hancock County
Carthage
Catholic protest over Universal Cyclopaedia in Terre Haute
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Terre Haute Ind July 12 Knights of Columbus Council 1 Protest against Universal Cyclopaedia and Atlas calling it anti Catholic and misrepresented Catholics urge Appleton to purge misstatements and revise the edition under Catholic authority until corrected
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Knights of Columbus
Appleton Publishing House
Knights of Columbus Council
Perre Haute
Universal Cyclopaedia
Atlas
Appleton
Fast Lake Shore Run Sees 1233 Miles In Twenty Hours
Elkhart Ind July 12 Lake Shore officials celebrate the west bound Twentieth Century Limited a twenty hour NY to Chicago train. Four cars started 40 minutes late from Toledo due to eastern delays. The 133 miles to Elkhart were covered in 95 3 seconds with 15 miles to Ligonier taking twelve minutes.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
Lake Shore
Twentieth Century Limited
New York
Chicago
Toledo
Ligonier
Record of rapid railroad run between Ligonier and Chicago
The report details a swift train journey covering twenty-five miles to Elkhart in twenty-one and a half minutes with segments at thirty-five seconds. Engine James Calkins and Fireman C. A. I Diu deDar plus others led the run from Elkhart to Chicago in 105 minutes for 101 miles. Laporte and Otis to Chesterton legs shaved minutes off, with late yard arrival requiring nineteen minutes in Chicago.
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Ligonier
Elkhart
James Calkins
C. A. I Diudedar
J. R. Vallance
P. D. Bennett
Chicago
Laporte
Otis
Chesterton
Last Negro Leaves and Churches Dedicated in Indiana
The last negro has left Decatur amid anti negro feeling and threats. Bloomington to dedicate its First Baptist Church along with two other congregations within a year. Cornerstone laid for St Anthony's Home for the Aged in Lafayette. other reports from Martinsville Danville Montpelier and Muncie detail railroad shop decisions oil company formation robberies and elections.
Wheat yields and arrests reported in Indiana county roundup
Wheat loads tested sixty one pounds to the bushel yielding thirty bushels per acre at the Wabash elevator in Rich Valley. In Alexandria Monros Fitch and his two sons were bound over to the grand jury on larceny charges. Elmer Hevlin at large. Marion notes Monument Day set for August 21 at the Soldiers Home with rail excursions funding the monument. Windfall reports two rural mail routes from August, Muncle delays railway mail start, Bloomington announces Henry H. Henley to Brooklyn Navy Yard in China service, Petersburg miner John Cox killed by falling slate, Monon to host late August street carnival.
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Rich Valley
Acre
Alexandria
Monros Fitch
Irvin
Elva
Elmer Hevlin
Fitches
Marion
Soldiers’ Home
Monument Fund
Muncle
Muncie
Gaston
Fowlerton
Bloomington
Henry H. Henley
J. E. Henley
Corps of Electricians
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Columbia
China
Petersburg
John Cox
Ayrshire
Here
MONON
Attorney Rescued From Fireman After Kidnapping Plot
A. B. Sullivan a Denver attorney was held by locomotive fireman Michael O Keefe in his room since yesterday afternoon. Police Sergeant Lee rescued him this morning catching O Keefe during a struggle. O Keefe claimed Sullivan owed him 17000 and fired twice without effect. O Keefe, a former Union Pacific fireman, is jailed.
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Denver
A. B. Sullivan
Michael O'Keefe
Lee
O'Keefe
Sullivan
Union Pacific
Mischievous Young Roosevelts At White House Departure
The Roosevelt children plotted a playful mischief before leaving the White House for Oyster Bay. They planned a large pranking main in the stables and were warned after being found out by their father. Post departure, stability precautions and gardener Mr. Ffeister’s garden work are noted as the family moves on.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
White House
Oyster Bay
Kermit
Archibald
Ffeister
Kinship Tie Spurs Trip to Manchester
The speaker urges sending Si Jackman who has relatives in Manchester and would travel for car fare, noting a past event with Bud Stiles and a county deputy. He mentions not liking the law and implies someone should be contacted about the trip and return.
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Bud Stiles
Korener
Jackman
Manchester
Farmer Aristocrats Rise in Kansas Wheat Belt Wealth
W R Draper notes in Ainslee's Magazine that sudden wealth is common among Kansas and Oklahoma wheat belt farmers. Rich growers like John T Stewart, the wheat king of Kansas, now own opera houses and automobiles. Twenty three millionaires in Kansas include fifteen farmers. Solomon Besley from Wellington invested $31,000 in wheat land, earning ten times Illinois loan rates.
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W. R. Draper
Ainslee
Kansas and
Oklahoma Wheat Belt
Wichita
Kansas Society
Plano
D. W. Blaine
Pratt County
Kansas Wheat Belt
John T. Stewart
Sumner County
Kansas
Solomon Besley
Wellington
Illinois
Centenary of Trousers Receives Royal Approval in London
The London Telegraph notes trousers have just marked a hundred years of wear. Initially avoided by dandies and even the Duke of Wellington who was refused admission at Almack's for wearing them, the wider cut gained popularity amid high living and gout. Now the garment's influence extends to threaten the Scottish kilt.
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London
Halence
Almack
Duke of Wellington
Captain Marullo Denies Bluefields Capture By Rebels
NEW ORLEANS July 12 Captain Marullo of the American steamship George W. Kelly denies reports that Bluefields has fallen to Nicaraguan rebels. He says news could not reach New Orleans so quickly after the battle as six days would be needed for a cable from Bluefields to the area. He left Buedekis on June 6 when normal conditions prevailed.
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New Orleans
Marullo
George W. Kelly
Bluefields
Buedekis
Magistrate Coburn Found Guilty of Manslaughter
CHICAGO July 12 Robert Coburn a magistrate and wealthy farmer of Stickney near here was found guilty of manslaughter He shot Charles Miller and wounded his brother John last fall The boys were tramping from Toronto when Coburn opened fire near their campfire Coburn claimed they were trying to break into his stable
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Chicago
Robert Coburn
Stickney
Here
Coburn
Charles Miller
John
Toronto
Assistant Paymaster Drowned in Norfolk Navy Accident
Assistant paymaster David P Kronacher of the United States Navy, stationed on the receiving ship Franklin, drowned off Ocean View tonight while traveling to the launch Madge in a small boat. His body has not been recovered.
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Norfolk
David P. Kronacher
United States Navy
Franklin
Ocean View
Madge
Judge sentences Captain Fitchette to ninety days workhouse
Minneapolis July 12 Judge Simpson imposes the maximum legal penalty on Captain John Fitchette of the police, sentencing him to ninety days at the workhouse for his sale and appointment as Patrolman John.
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Minneapolis
An Unwilling Juror
A New Hampshire judge holds a letter from an old farmer refusing jury duty. The letter explains the farmer cannot leave home due to butcherin and apple sorting tasks, signaling the conflict between civic duty and local work.
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Tossed the Boy In the
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Belle Lord
Dr. Arnold
Evan Reese
Russia
Sebastopol
Balaklava
Center Church
Henry
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Appleton Publication
Decatur
Burt Hotel
New Church
First Baptist
Presbyterian
The
Christian
Monroe County
C. E. Clough
D. E. W. Lonsberry
Lafayette
St. Anthony's Home For
Sisters of St. Francis
St. Mary's Church
Alerding
Lucas Gottbehoede
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Chrysostomus Theobald
Convent of the Holy Family
Oldenburg
Danville
Ill
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
Oaklawn
Chamber of Commerce
Montpelier
Harrison Oil Company
Montpelier Oil Company
H. P. Malone
L. H. Malone
J. 8. Malone
O. Malone
C. W. Kinnan
Fort Orange
Jackson Township
Wells County
Salamonie Township
Huntington County
Hiram Messersmith
Mr. Messersmith
James Stipp
McGonagle & Fitch
White County
Rensselaer
Monticello
Noblesville
Orlando Shaul
William C. Horton
Westfield Bank
Shaul
Michigan City
Homenway
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Thomas H. Dillon
John W. Spencer
Evansville
Dillion
Indiana Notes
Eureka Powder Company
Greenup
Liberty
Union County
A. Oswalt
Toggery
Washington Street
Hadge
Mischievous Young
Roosevelts
Guillty
Workhouse
Lippincott's Magazine
New Hampshire
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Bend
May Wright Sewall
Prin
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Theo. L. Sewall
Knickerbocker Hall
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Mary Helen Yer
Central Avenue
Tudor Hall
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J. Cumming Smith
Royal Frontenac
Mt. Clemens
Clinton River
Det
Lake St. Clair
F. R. Eastman
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Mountains
Kentucky
H. Co. Brunson
West Walnut Street
B. M. Wiley
East
Ohio St
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