Death of Charles F. Gordon at Omer Smith's hotel
The well driver Charles F. Gordon 60, living on East Washington Street, died at Omer Smith's hotel 433 East Washington after a night’s stay. Coroner Brayton ruled heart disease, noting a long history with the malady. Gordon had recently separated from his wife and spent time at Scheller's saloon before lodging. He leaves a widow and two sons, including Louis Gordon the former bicycle rider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Gordon
East Washington Street
Omer Smith
Gordon
George Ward
Ward
Tutewiler
Tooming
Washington Street
George Scheller
Scheller
Louis Gordon
Wedding in Jail Brings Escape for Prisoner
Albert Woods, confined for refusing to marry Ida Johnson, used Cupid’s ruse to win freedom via a jail wedding. Local authorities arranged the ceremony with Justice Nickerson officiating at five o clock. Dolly Comer issued the license and helped Woods secure his liberty along with a wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
Albert Woods
Ida Johnson
Woods
Jake Kurtz
Walt
Justice Nickerson
Dolly Comer
Nickerson
First Suit Won by Indiana Board of Pharmacy
The Indiana Board of Pharmacy won its first suit when President H F Glick prosecuted R H Dakin of Star City for violating pharmacy law. Glick purchased a ration of poisonous drugs, Dakin a nonregistered pharmacist, and agreed to plead guilty after learning the reason for the appeal. Proceedings moved to Pulaski county courthouse with Prosecuting Attorney F J overseeing a plea that included a minimum fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Board of Pharmacy
H. F. Glick
R. H. Dakin
Star City
Ind
Glick
Dakin
Pulaski County
F. J
Draft of Franchise Conference on Interurban Terminal
City Attorney Jose and Ferdinand Winter prepared papers for a franchise draft to be presented to the Board of Public Works tomorrow at 2 pm. Architect Burnham of Chicago designs the terminal with a downtown loop. Mayor Bookwalter seeks an enlarged loop via New Jersey street and possibly Georgia street to spread interurban traffic benefits across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Bookwalter
Joss
Ferdinand Winter
Hugh J. McGowan
McGowan
Illinois
Market Streets
Haymarket
Kentucky Avenue
Maryland Street
Burnham
Chicago
Alabama Street
New Jersey Street
Georgia Street
East End
New Jersey
East Streets
Washington Street
Indianapolis
McCulloch Returns from Philadelphia on Traction Financing
George F. McCulloch president of Union Traction Company returned from Philadelphia where discussions to finance the Indianapolis Terminal Company met success. Hugh J. McGowan coordinated the effort as a receiver sale of George J. Marott’s interests and an order to restrain underwriting of the Indianapolis Northern scheme. McCulloch asserts litigation will end in Union’s favor and notes 49,884 of 50,000 shares approved underwriting. Indianapolis Northern bonds have been issued with 1.5 million sold, lease to Union, mortgage filed county by county, enhancing Union’s prosperity and not hindering the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. McCulloch
Union Traction Company
Philadelphia
Indianapolis Terminal Company
Hugh J. McGowan
McCulloch
George J. Marott
Indianapolis Northern Traction Company
Union Company
Indianapolis Northern
Indianapolis Northern Company
Mass Meeting on Aug 1 for South Side Improvements
A mass meeting of South Side citizens will be held at the O. P. Morton Club rooms at the corner of Shelby street and Cottage avenue on the night of Aug 1 to discuss public improvements. All citizens are urged to attend regardless of party affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side
O. P. Morton Club
Shelby Street
Cottage Avenue
Mrs Whitridge Arrest On Contempt Charge
Mrs Effie Whitridge fifty of Sif West Sixteenth street was arrested on a warrant by Judge Stubbs for contempt of court. She and her daughter were summoned in a breach case involving her two sons. The daughter fled as police read the warrant. patrol wagon summoned and search for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Whitridge
Sif
Whelan Sued by McGinnis Daughter in Indiana Story
Wees Whelan sues for rs. Whelan, daughter of Wilson McGinnis, a long-time Indianapolis resident now with the revenue service in St. Louis. Mrs. Whelan, a well known former Indianapolis post office stenographer, had a brief engagement before marrying, a surprise to friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wees Whelan
Whelan
Wilson McGinnis
Indianapolis
Revenue Service
St. Louis
Stolen horse and buggy led to arrest in Indianapolis
Frank M. Lynn drove from Lebanon with a stolen horse and buggy and was arrested by Detectives Holtz and Wallace on grand larceny charges. A livery stable man reported Lynn trying to sell the rig near North Indianapolis for an unusually low price, leading to the stop and Lynn's confession. He was returned to Boone county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Lynn
Lebanon
Holtz and Wallace
Indianapolis
Lynn
Gerber
Cox & Davis
Boone County
Wreck Mail Disrupts Indianapolis Banks and Firms
The Xenia Pennsylvania wreck caused large scale mail loss hitting Indianapolis banks and business houses. Duplicate checks drafts and notes must be issued delaying settlements and creating months of inconvenience for Fletcher's Bank and other national banks. Postmaster notes thirty two burned registry pouches and widespread unpublished losses require time to untangle routes and red tape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Road
Xenia
Indianapolis
New York
Fletcher's Bank
Pennsylvania
Stoughton A. Fletcher
Fletcher's
McGinnis
Mr. Fletcher
Lockerbie Street Fair Aids Fresh Air Mission Benefit
Lockerbie street residents plan a two night fair to aid the Fresh Air Mission. A marked inclosure on the block between East and Liberty will host a vaudeville stage with entertainers like Frank Bowers Jesse Karnatz and Daisy Lutes plus music by a boys band and a string orchestra. Refreshments, flowers, souvenirs, fortune tents and fishing ponds dot the grounds while special excursions are run by depart shuttle autos. Mayor Bookwalter to open the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockerbie Street
James Whitcomb Riley
Fresh Air Mission
Fairview Park
East
Liberty Streets
Frank Bowers
Jesse Karnatz
Harry Porter
Misses Messing
Sam Messing
Daisy Lutes
A Brown
Glee Club
Ralph Lancaster
Mary Greene
Charles Oakes
Claire Peck
Bookwalter
State Board Adjourns to Hear Telephone and Express Appeals
After a brief session the State Board of Tax Commissioners adjourned until tomorrow. Next week will be devoted to telephone and express company representatives. After July 31 the board will adjourn until Monday August 4 for the second session to hear county appeals. The second session will be heavy with two thirds of the counties participating. no radical changes are expected this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Telephone and Express Company
Twelve Dairymen Fined for Low Butter Fat Milk
Prosecutor Collins files affidavits against Joseph Flack of Indianapolis Creamery for selling milk far below butter fat standards. Twelve dairymen were fined five dollars plus costs for impure milk with butter fat as low as 2.3 percent, while some samples showed added water and skimmed milk. Flack faces a state pure food charge after city test showed one quarter water and butter fat at 24 percent, with another sample showing skimmed milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Woerner
Theodore Wachstetter
Lewis Hammell
Harry St. Clair
Grant Newby
William Johnson
Charles F. Hessong
August Blue
J. Walter Kennedy
Bert Thomas
William Kever
Lelbrum Stevens
Stubbs
James Collins
Joseph Flack
Indianapolis Creamery Company
Flack
City Board of Health
Duncan & Smith
Collins
Whallon
Flack's Creamery
Moffett
Board of Health
Flack’s
Putin Bay Steamers Ticket Offer Ad
Tickets for the Saturday voyage of the 75.00 Putin Bay and Steamers offer are valid for twelve days. For details contact agents or address R. P. Algeo, D. P. A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putin Bay
Northern Pacific Fare Notice to Indianapolis Shippers
Pennsylvania-Vandalia lines advertise 54.15 San Francisco to Los Angeles and other routes with low fares from Indianapolis via Chicago or St Louis gateways. Tickets sold July 28 29 and Aug 1 10 inclusive, good going and returning by different routes with stopovers. Return by Sept 30. For details contact W W Richardson in Indianapolis or John E Turner in Seattle Tacoma. A vestibuled Pullman train will visit Indianapolis Aug 14 for Yellowstone ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
West
Washington Street
Union Station
W. W. Richardson
Yellowstone Ark
John E. Turner
Northern Pacific Ry
Jackson Place
Niagara Falls Excursion from Indianapolis on Aug 6
Round trip seven dollars. Tickets valid twelve days. Train departs Indianapolis at 10:40 a m with a stop at Chautauqua Lake and Cambridge Springs on the return. Inquiries to agents or R P Algeo D FP A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Chautauqua Lake
Cambridge Springs
R. P. Algeo
D. FP. A
Health by nature at Sparnhurst Institute experiment
Health is a birthright and osteopathic treatment at Sparnhurst Institute promises permanent relief without drugs. Claims include weight gain and cure of catarrh, constipation, rheumatism, and dyspepsia with testimonials from Ayres, Whitney, and Cosner. Examination and literature free. only registered osteopaths in Stevenson Building Fifth Floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparnhurst Institute of Empathy
Stevenson
Sparnhurst
Professor Ayres
de Pauw University
Greencastle
J. M. Whitney
Douglass
Indianapolis
E. H. Cosner
North Illinois
Stevenson Building
Excursion Rates Offered by Rail Lines to California and West
Travel agencies announce round trip fares and special through trains from Indianapolis and Chicago to major western destinations. Two day trips via Monon Route depart Indianapolis, with coaches and sleepers, priced at 87 dollars, valid twelve days. California return fare from Chicago set at 50 dollars, with itineraries and full information available from R P Algeo D P A Monon Route Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monon
Chicago & Northwestern
Denver
Colorado Springs
Manitou Springs
Salt Lake City
R. P. Algeo
Indianapolis
Ind
Delicate Travel Deals and Local Ads from Journal
A string of 1900s era notices promoting travel packages via Monon Route with sleepers from Indianapolis on August 4, and homeward mail subscription options. Also includes insurance offers, dealer ads for gas, brass works, feed, and veterinary services with contact details and local business names such as German Fire Insurance of Indiana and Dr W B Craig.
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H. Lieber Company
Hi. Co. Carr
Green
Pennsylvania St
C. Sipe
North Meridian St
Indianapolis, Ind
Glove Store
Pharmeacy Board
R. H W. Dakin
Wulschners
Jose and
Nec
Essary Papers
Terminal
M'Culloch
Citizens’ Meeting
Pear
J. Howard Whelan
Edna Pearl McGinnis
Business Institutions
Lockerbie Street Fair
Fresh Air Fund
Tax Board
Indianapolis Creamery
D. and C
Pennsylvania-Vandalia Lines
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Cal
Niagara Falls
Atlantic City
Rehoboth
Atlantic Coast Resorts
Washington, D. C
Alleghenies
Harper’s Ferry
Washington
Baltimore
P. McCarty
Cincinnati
Michigan Central
K. OF P
California
German Fire Insurance of
Indiana
South
Delaware Street
Janes
W. W. Dark & Co
New
East Market Street
C. Koehring & Bro
Virginia Av
Langsenkamp Bros., Brass Works
Georgia St
Amazon Plames
Nes
Illinois Street
Nee
W. B. Craig
Wood's Stable
Meyer & Newcomb
BE. Market St
Herrington’s
East Rket
Ae Cried Brass & Bronze
S.penn.st
Java
Guatemala
R. M. Mueller
Delaware and New York Sts
Deutsch Tailoring Co
Jessie Bartlett Davis
Baldwin Piano
Paris
Baldwin
D. H. Baldwin
North Company
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Apair Ban Bone
Reginald Roberts Ane
Mona Demerest
Ostendorf
Rairview Park
Hagenbeck
Indianapolis Military Band
Spring Lake Park
Seafield
Lin
Randalls
Cloverleafe Ret
Edythe Kinney
Jerome and
Meredith
Ernie Well
Henry Kent
Ipular Resort
Belding
Vonnegut
E. Washington Street
STARR
the Starr Piano Company
Representative Piano House
North
Pennsylvania Street
Juliusc
Gon
Wshington St
C. Aneshaensel & Co
Ohio Street
Phoenix
Capitol Avenue
the Excelsior Laundry
Cnecks
GF. Klepeee
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