Poets Humiliation Trial of James B Elmore at Crawfordsville
James B Elmore the Alamo poet faces a Sabbath labor charge filed by his brother Jake after tapping sugar trees on Sunday. The case moved venues from Montgomery county to Crawfordsville as Elmore seeks to keep his reputation intact while publishers in the city recall his literary ties to Riley Tarkington and his moniker as poet-historian of the Monon wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Elmore
Alamo
Ripley Township
Montgomery County
Jake
Elmore
James Whitcomb Riley
Booth Tarkington
Mr. Tarkington
Tarkington
Tarkington's Ability. Mr. Flmore Often Compliments Mr. Riley and Mr. Tarkington
Mr. Elmore
Mr. Riley
Bessie
Hensle
Seora
The
Monon
Tom Milaco
Indianapolis watchman arrested on charge of wrongdoing
Ernest Maheolm, a new watchman for the Indianapolis Police Dywatch Company, was arrested yesterday by detectives on charges of wrongdoing. It is alleged he pasted a counterfeit or forged note for twelve dollars upon a local business, with the same name connected to the Bleet and Power Company. The details point to a theft scheme involving the street and night keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Maheolm
Indianapolis Police
Dywatch Company
Hina
Wii Company
Cal
Professor Abbott Drowns in River Near Broad Ripple
Popular Butler College professor Edgar W. Abbott, age thirty, was missing in the morning and later found drowned in the river above the park near Broad Ripple. He had hired a boat the previous evening for one person and was to be married next month to Miss Clara F. McIntyre of Lexington. Authorities believe death resulted from cramps after entering the water, and funeral plans are pending as relatives are notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar W. Abbott
Butler College
Broad Rippie
A. Spence
A. &. Metzger
Isabella
J. D. Sullivan
Abbott
Butler
Broad Ripple
Chicago University
Lebanon
Chicago
Clara F. McIntyre
Lexington
Mass
Detective Identifies Suspect Riggan in Early Morning Arrest
English told detectives about the arrest and yesterday identified Riggan as the man he had the early morning encounter with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English
Riggan
Arsenal to Be Inspected for New Army Posts
The secretary of war formed an army board to locate new posts and camps of instruction across the United States. Names will be sent to General Miles after he returns from inspecting the District of Columbia National Guard encamped at Leesburg, Virginia. Indianapolis arsenal may be chosen if the board reports favorably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of War
Army Board
United States
Miles
District of Columbia National Guard
Leesburg
Indianapolis
Prisoner Ed Edwards Escapes as Morgan Fires from Car
Detectives recount a dramatic pursuit after John Edwards, alias Louis Butterfield, fled from Detective Morgan on a streetcar. Edwards was captured near Capitol and Pratt by a Black rider, and headquarters later charged him with grand larceny for stealing a cow from a lot on Senate Avenue. He lives at 2617 Northwestern Avenue and recently married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
John Edwards
Louis Butterfield
Thirtieth
Illinois
St. Clair
Bert
Edwards
Capitol Avenue
Pratt Streets
Interstate
Ilinois
Thirtieth Streets
Standard Live Stock and Commission Company
Ed Willams
Butterfield
Senate Avenue
Thirty-eighth Street
Northwestern Avenue
First Day at Camp Acton Concerts Limited by Rail Order
Opening day at Camp Acton faced cancellations and misfires in plans for concerts and freight arrivals. The Big Four Railroad will not run late trains without enough park passengers, postponing a cantata and shifting to Epworth League services. A petition to restore late trains may be drafted. Reverend C W Tinsley delivered the first camp sermon focusing on spiritual renewal, with subsequent services and a stereopticon lecture scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Acton
Mofdsay
Big Four Railroad Company
Will L. Steeg
Epworth League
Downey Avenue
M. E
Irvington
C. W. Tinsley
Broadway M. E
Tinsley
Mr. Tinsley
C. W. Tinsle
Steeg
Dasheill
L. E. Kennedy
Preparations at Bethany Open for Annual Park Meeting
The Bethany Park Association opens a ten day annual meeting starting tomorrow at Bethany Park with guests already arriving. Half fares granted by Central Traffic Association railways and extra trains by Indianapolis and Vincennes. Also Greenwood Park hosts the Indiana State Holiness Association camp meeting starting tomorrow led by Rev. C J Fowler with prominent speakers and daily services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany Park Association
Bethany Park
Henry Hodges
Paragon
A. W. Conner
Irvington
L. L. Carnter
Wabash
Mary Segur
Mark's Hill
Central Trafic Association
Indianapolis & Vincennes
Indianapolis
Park
Indiana State Holiness Association
Greenwood Park
National Holiness Associaton
C. J. Fowler
D. D
Haverhill
Mass
Rey. G. A. McLaughlin
Christian Witness
Chicago
C. E. Cornell
Cleveland
C. W. Ruth
B. Shaw
M. J. Harris
Death of Mrs. Oran D. C. Smith After Stair Accident
Mrs. Oran D. C. Smith aged eighty four died from injuries after slipping on a top stair at her daughter Mrs Julius D. Pearson’s home 1817 North Delaware street Indianapolis. An invalid with impaired sight she fell from the upper floor while descending to the first door. She had moved to Indianapolis when it was a village and her family helped found local history. Surviving are two sons and two daughters including Mrs Knaftzger of Kokomo and Mrs Pearson. Funeral plans pending, burial at Sheridan Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Smith
Union Enaity
Union Sunday School
Ninety Applicants See Seventy Nine Pass Medical Exam
State Board of Medical Examination and Registration issued certificates to seventy nine of ninety applicants. Otis Walter Hinshaw of Snowhill achieved the highest score in the examination at 99.5 percent, earning an embellished certificate. The list includes numerous physicians across Indiana towns such as Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Terre Haute, and South Bend, reflecting a wide geographic spread of newly certified practitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Medical Examination and Registration
Otis Walter Hinshaw
Snowhill
Randolph County
Hinshaw
Charles Keplentis
Tampico
Virgil Abel
Seymour
Alexander
Franklin
E. H. Andrews
Peru
Bager
Otterbein
A. C. Bartholomew
T. Au Braxton
Paoli
W. F. Blackford
New Washington
W. A. Beard
Georgetown
W. ON. Mb
Indianapolis
Carl Lefforge
Wabash
Leonard
O. E. Lett
T. H. Close
Scottsburg
KR. V. Converse
Brownstown
Charles E. Conway
Strawtown
C. C. Crum
Jeffersonville
O. E. Dale
Alquina
W. A. Domer
J. Donnelly
Terre Baute
Joseph Maurer
Scotland
H. W. Markley
Bluffton
Donald P. McCrea
Talbot
Huntington
W. C. Smith
Hoagland
F. L. Stallings
Caborn
C. H
Stalker
Borden
V. Stevens
North Madison
Harry N. Swesey
Marion
C. C. Troup
Lagrange
Homer H. Tallman
la Paz
G. G. Tallmage
J. M.trach
Cambria
Mo A. Tremain
Wayne
Advertising Circus Paste Car Weaves Nationwide Campaign
The Forepaugh and Sells Brothers circus uses three advance advertising cars to blanket towns for three weeks, two weeks, and one week before shows. Crews post lithographs, distribute sixteen page couriers, and visit residences while excursion teams cover outlying towns. Paste is produced on board with ten barrels used per car daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forepaugh & Sells Brothers
Appeal Dismissed in Abshire v Bailey Case
Delaware Court Fifty first day May term dismisses appeal under Rule 36. New case Robert L. Romy versus State ex rel on H. Brannan administrator notes errors. Notice sets supersedeas. Supersedeas listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebert B. Abshire
Franklin Baney
Delaware
C. C
Robert L. Romy
State
H. Brannan
Supersedeas
State Tax Board Completes Assessments In Executive Session
The State Tax Board finished the assessment of telephone, street railway, and express companies in executive session yesterday. Today another session will fix assessments of oil and gas pipelines and transportation firms. Tomorrow C Getzendanner of the Lake Shore Railroad and John T Dye of the Ble Four appear before the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Board
C. Getzendanner
Lake Shore Railroad
John T. Dye
Ble
F. J. van Vorhis
Union Railway Company
Seashore Excursions and Prohibition Train to Buffalo
Advertises Pennsylvania Lines and Big Four routes for summer trips to Atlantic City Cape May and Cincinnati with round trips from Indianapolis. Details shuttle trains to Buffalo for the National Prohibition Convention with multiple price tiers and schedules through July 30 plus return options and contact offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Cape May
W. W. Richardson
Indianapolis
Ind
Train Fares to Lake Chautauqua and Detroit Return Dates
Rail fare notice lists $12.00 to Lake Chautauqua and return with travel via Chicago, Cincinnati and Detroit line, departing Indianapolis at 4:45 PM and arriving Jamestown at 6:47 AM, valid July 26 to August 27. Also $7.60 Detroit return via same routes, with tickets sold July 23, 24 and 25, final limit August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good
Indianapolis
Jamestown
Chicago
ALGEO
D. P
Decatur
Five dollar Chicago and Return via Monon Route
Train schedule and pricing for a 5 ticket Chicago round trip through Monon Route with multiple daily departures from Indianapolis and arrival times to Chicago, plus notes on Seashore Excursion via multiple rail lines and a diamond dealer advertisement mixed with other local ads and services.
Peculiar Receiver Hearing In Yohn Block Case
Judge Leathers heard John Wocher seek a receiver for Albert Yohn's one eighteenth share in the Yohn block. Wocher posted 10500 with the city clerk to cover the share, claiming an option from Yohn. Yohn refused sale before expiry. Wocher's lawyers urge rents be collected from the deposit date if their view holds. The judge withheld a receiver but stated rents may be retained from the deposit time if the trial supports the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wocher
Albert Yohn
Yohn
Judge Leathers
Wocher
Leathers
Wabher
Two New Telephone Companies Incorporated
Two new telephone firms were formed yesterday the Paoli Unionville and English Telephone Company with 1000 capital and many local stockholders. The Clermont Telephone Company appeared with 10000 capital and a list of Bloomington Greenfield and Knightstown directors. Knightstown also saw articles for a straw and rag wrapping paper plant with 10008 capital. Bloomington men formed the Bloomington Boat Company with a capital of 900 to operate sail row and electric boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paoli, Unionvile and
English Telephone Company
Young's Creek
Clermont Telehone Company
B. F. Ng
A. N. Miller
J. V. Carter
A. V. Hightshue
C. T. Burgoyne
Asanu. Rusie
A. J. Jones
H. G. Strickland
F. A. Williams
G. C. Forbes
William Lamberson
Greenfield
W. E. Rhine
Pope Trust
Knightstown
Bloomington
Bloomington Boat Company
Potter & Son business settlement approved by Indiana Trust
Judge Leathers granted Indiana Trust Company authority to settle the business of Thomas E. Potter & Son as receiver for 50 cents on the dollar. One third cash, one third in five months, and balance in ten months via notes. Asbury Howell denied new trial and sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse for petty larceny, after being found guilty in Criminal Court for stealing a railroad ticket at West Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Howell
West Newton
Indiana Court Dockets and Early 1880s Cases
The record lists multiple Indiana cases including minor defendants such as Max Keppler under corrigibility, sent to reform school at age eleven, and George Thompson facing gambling house charges. Also noted are petit larceny cases against Asbury Howell, workhouse terms, and fines, with various divorce and circuit court actions and references to Supreme Court minutes and appeals from 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Alford
State of Indiana
Max Keppler
George Thompson
State of
Indiana
Asbury Howell
Evans Milling Company Incorporation Promises New Mill
Evans Milling Company was incorporated yesterday with a capital of 75000. The incorporators are Edward J. Evans John R Barrett and F E Clifford Barrett of this city. Evans tied to his Evans Linseed Oil Company interests, plans for a four mill remain undisclosed. He expects the mill to be in operation soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans Milling Company
Edward J. Evans
John R. Barrett
FE. Clifford Barrett
Evans
Evans Linseed Ofl Company
Man Charged With Burglary At Drake Street Home
James Riggah, a coloured man living at Senate avenue and Fourteenth street, was arrested yesterday on charges of entering Mrs. Croft’s house at 4 AM last Thursday. Edward English, a resident, woke to someone attempting to take his trousers from under his bed. A description was provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Riggah
Senate Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oxfordsie
Oxfords
Prince Alberts
ES 2 CO
Indiana Distributors of
East Washington Street
Ernest Maholim
Wulschner'a
Prof
Broad Kipple
Hoar
William Bloomburg
Naomi Street
Corrigan
Schiegert
Schroeder
Kader, Shea
Gunsolus
Sandmand
Arsenal
Detective Morgan
Bethary
Bethany
Holiness Camp Meeting
Mrs. Oran
D. C. Smith
Julius D. Pearson
Apolis
Bowers
Adams C. C. Record
Bond
Appellate Court
Seaton's Hat Store
Daily
Sunday Journal
Canada
Pennsylvania Lines
Lake Erie and
R. R
Elwood
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Alerding
Cincinnati
Henry Victor
Noble and
St. Clair Streets
Buffalo
Sussegsus Bans
Homer J. Hall
Co. E. Newlin
Prohibition State Central Committee
Lake Chautauqua
Eric R. R
Detroit
D. Ry
Brotherhood of St. Jew Tekets
W. E. Kleinsmith
A Starr Piano
Washington St
Representative Piano House
Starr Piano Company
Pennsylvania St
F. R. Rice M. Co. CO
St. Louis Union
the Excelsior Laundry
Capitol Avenue South
Indianapolis Hardware CO
South Meridian Street
East Pearl Street
Indianapolis, Ind
Sander & Becker
E. Washington Street
Ocean Grove
Sea Isle
Washington
R. P. Algeo
Dayton
Vin C
Colorado
Janes
Bay Diamonds
J. C. Sipe
N. Med. At
W. F. Kissel
North Meridan Street
Delaware St
F. M. Kot
Cleveland Fence
N. Beville
New
Barber Supply Co
Law Building
the Court Record
Criminal Court
NEW &Stits
George F. Terrill
Gertrude Terrill
Alice E. Stratton
Lemon M. Stratton
Circuit Court
Clara B. Finkle
John F. Fink
Supreme Court
Asinutes
Clyde Kenegar
Marton
Peliane
Liza
rRiers
Melville C. Alexander
Marison
Ams
iSamson
Pearson’s Piano House
W. H. Roll’s Sons
Vories
Targent
West
Wadhers’ Training Dept
Gadis
Julius
Merchants’ Association
Kalin
Boston Brown Bread
Joseph Taggart
Massachusetts Ave
QS. Co
Paradise of Fowers
Steampre
New York
Cooperr & OO
Henry C. Smither
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