Spofford E Tyler Dead Founder of First Indianapolis Brass Band
Spofford E Tyler a Boston born pioneer who arrived in Indianapolis in 1836 and organized the early brass band and first church orchestra died at his son in law Charles L Hutchinsons home He was eighty nine years old a longtime businessman with William B Burford Co and a Mason and Odd Fellow He left no children and one granddaughter Ethel Tyler The funeral is set for 2 30 o clock tomorrow from the Hutchinson residence 10 North
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Spofford E. Tyler
Indianapolis
Charles L
Boston
Mass
William B. @Co
Spofford
Polis
Day, Tyler Co
Tyler & Dalzeil
Tyler
Braden & Burford
William B. Burford & Co
First Presbyterian Church
Mr. Tyler
Odd Fellows
Ethel Tyler
Kate K
Resicra
L. Hutchinson
Fifty Nobles Sail to San Francisco in Shrine Tour
Fifty members of the Mystic Shrine departed in special care at 2.5 yesterday afternoon. The group will pause in Kansas City Denver Salt Lake City and other cities before reaching San Francisco on June 9. The article questions why life insurance funds hoarded in Indiana are not invested locally.
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Mystic Shrine
San Francisco
Kansas
Denver
Salt Lake City
Indiana
Central Life Pene
Democrats Decorate Tomlinson Hall for State Convention
Tim Griffin and a force of men worked to ready Tomlinson Hall for the Democratic state convention set to begin tomorrow. The hall will feature a bronze eagle, the American flag, and portraits of Hendricks, Jefferson, Jackson, Bryan, Stevenson, and McDonald, with other Democratic leaders also displayed.
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Tomlinson Hall
Timothy Griffin
Mr. Griffin
Hendricks
Jefferson
Jackson
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Stevenson
Griffin
McDonald
Senator Stilwell
Princeton
P. H. Hartford
Portland
Jerome Herff
Peru
Grand
John W. Miner
A.S. Jackson
Hancock County
Democratic State Committee
John W. Kern
Kern
Hancock Silverites
Greenfilelu
Representative Robinson
Elfth
Robinson
Miers
Zenor
Tri
New Albany
Indianapolis
Francis M. Griffith
Congressman Robinson Arrives In City For State Convention
Democratic Representative from Indiana's 12th district arrives from Washington and plans to meet ex Senator Turpie in Indianapolis. He carries greetings from Senator Pettus of Alabama, notes Turpie's weakness for public events, and predicts a 2000 vote majority if re elected. He criticizes administration in the Philippines, trusts, taft era taxes, and supports direct senatorial election.
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J. M. Robinson
Congress
Washington
Robinson
Turpie
Indianapolis
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Pettus
National Congress
Philippines
Detroit
Mandy
Navy
Eoan
Contest for Attorney Generalship Stirs Democratic Races
Senator Stilwell of Princeton leads the field for attorney general, with Portland’s P H Hartford as a potential rival. Hartford denies switching to appellate judgeship as speculation swirls around the Grand lobby. John D. Magee of Rushville and J R Riggs of Sullivan County enter the scene as other candidates gain traction.
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Senator Stilwell
Princeton
P. H. Hartford
Portland
Stilwell
Mr. Hartford
Grand
Hartford
John D. Magee
Rushville
Magee
J. R. Riggs
Sullivan County
Thomas Taggart in Town for State Democratic Convention
Former Indianapolis mayor Thomas Taggart arrived from French Lick and will stay through the State convention. He appeared at the Grand Hotel in cheerful mood, predicting Democratic unity and peace, and favored John W. Kern as a satisfactory choice for the ticket. He declined to say what role he might take at the convention, noting he had not yet assessed local ward arrangements.
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G. V. Menzies
Mount Vernon
English
Grand Hotel
Major Menzies
Menzies
Hugh Dougherty
Bluffton
W. H. Eichhorn
Dougherty
Senator Fleming
Fort Wayne
John W. Kern
Egenabe
B. F. Shively
Uth Bend
Shively
Kern
Thomas Taggart
Indianapolis
French Lick
Taggart
Democratic Party
Marion County Primaries for Democratic Delegates Held Today
Marion County voters hold primaries from 4 to 8 pm to select delegates to the Democratic State convention and to the joint Marion Hancock convention for a state legislature seat. Harry B. Strickland of Greenfield is named as a likely nominee. delegates will convene at 9 pm in Room 48 at the statehouse to organize and elect officers.
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Marion County
Marions
Hancock Counties
Superior Court
Harry B. Strickland
Greenfield
Statehouse
Alley vacation dispute sparks neighborhood tension
Two weeks after the Board of Public Works vacated the first alley south of Fifteenth Street from Delaware to the next east alley, landowners Jacquelin Holliday and Edward Churchman paid 39 each for access. Neighbors criticize the action, and attorney A Q Jones demanded an investigation alleging pressure. Tensions rose with a reported porch altercation between J H Pattison and Holliday.
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Board of Public Works
Fifteenth Street
Delaware Street
Jacquelin 8
Holliday
Edward Churchman
J. H. Pattison
Wallace Show Parade Promises Grand Indianapolis Display
Locals familiar with the Great Wallace Show note the parade will precede the exhibit in Indianapolis on Monday June 16. Manager Wallace has invested heavily in an ornate street pageant including 120 ponies bands camels elephants and open dens stretching a solid mile. New pianos advertised at Wulschner’s from 165 dollars and up.
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Wallace
Indianapolis
State to cover smallpox costs in southern Indiana
Governor Durbin and state officials meet to decide funding for smallpox inspections and vaccine costs. They conclude the State Board of Health will pay from existing funds, not use the epidemic fund, with estimates around 300 dollars for the outbreak response and 900 for Dr Hurty’s inspection trip. The state will not fund free vaccine virus, leaving vaccination to local authorities unless humanity demands otherwise.
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Indiana
State Board of Health
State Board
Durbin
Harty
Ferguson
Wishard
Cook
Hart
Hunt
Hurty
Dr Hurty in Evansville on smallpox quarantine effort
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Dr J N Hurty secretary of the Indiana Board of Health visiting Evansville to plan methods to stamp out smallpox in the state. Vanderburgh County records only three cases. In Michigan City two families totaling five people have had smallpox a week without medical care, believers in faith healing. Quarantine now imposed on the infected households while exposure risks to others are assessed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
J. N. Hurty
Indiana Board of Health
Board of Health
Vanderburg
Hurry
Kentucky
Indiana
Michigan City
Adams Sentenced In Fraud Case At Federal Court
Sarah H. Adams of Muncie was sentenced by Judge Baker to ten months in jail after pleading not guilty and later seeking mercy. Ten alleged victims attended the session including a Kansas farmer in his sixties described by a conical straw hat and large glasses. Adams ran a matrimonial bureau seeking husbands and drew responses from men in Kansas Oregon Washington Nebraska and Illinois.
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Sarah H. Adams
Muncie
Baker
Miss Adams
Kansas
C. N. Lewis
Clifton
Kan
G. W. Hendricks
Hunter
William Burn
Menominee
Wis
Oregon
Washington
Nebraska
Illinois
United States
School program and accusations at Deaf and Dumb Institute
A school program with essays and recitations is listed alongside anonymous charges against the Deaf and Dumb Institute management. Superintendent R O Johnson invites critics to come forward. Charges include alleged incompetence in several teaching areas, with Evansville suspected as the origin of the accusations.
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The
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Board of State Charities
R. O. Johnson
Johnson
Evansville
Willis Perry Returns Home After Canal Incident
Willis Perry, a colored man with dementia, reportedly vanished after being thought to drown in a canal. Police detained him, he was taken to the Insane Hospital, then he wandered to New Augusta, stayed with the Hollingsworth family, and returned home yesterday with one Hollingsworth member.
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Willis Perry
Helm
Perry
New Augusta
Hollingsworth
Hollingsworths
Pennsylvania Lines Official Route to Annual Conference
Pennsylvania Lines offers a Boston round trip for 23 dollars with tickets on June 12 13 and 14. A special train leaves Indianapolis for Boston at 8 25 am June 12 via Columbus Pittsburg Harrisburg Washington New York and Fall River line. Tickets extend to July 31 with 50 cent deposit. details at the Washington and Illinois street ticket office or by writing W W Richardson D P A Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Boston
Columbus
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Washington, D. C
New York City
Fall River Line
Pennsylvania Lines
Washington and
Illinois Streets
W. W. Richardson
Pennsylvania Lines Boston and Ai Tickets Sale Notice
Special party leaves Indianapolis for Boston on Thursday June 12th at 8 25 a m via Columbus Pittsburg Harrisburg Washington New York and Fall River Line. Tickets valid for return until June 21st with extension to July 31st upon small deposit. For details contact Pennsylvania Lines ticket office corner Washington and Illinois or W W Richardson D P A Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Boston
Columbus
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Washington, D. C
New York City
Fall River Line
New England
Pennsylvania Lines
Washington and
Illinois Streets
W. W. Richardson
Big Four Route Excursions on Sunday June Sth
Train specials from Indianapolis to Cincinnati and Terre Haute with round trip fares of 1.25 and 1.00, two sections each direction, first departs 6:00 am and 7:00 am from Indianapolis Union Station, return times 7:00 pm and 8:30 pm. Also routes to Decatur and Sandusky, with 1.25 and 1.50 fares, and departures on June 7 1902. Berths and chairs available at city office. Local ads for oats and hardware follow.
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Indianapolis Union Station
Cincinnati
Terre Haute
Greencastle
Deaf students hear baccalaureate address by Rev Austin Mann
The Indiana Institute for Deaf and Dumb graduated class heard Rev. Austin W. Mann deliver a baccalaureate sermon in sign language. Mann, an early pupil and 1858 graduate, outlined self improvement and careful writing. The upcoming exercises on Wednesday will feature Joshua Stansfield, John James, and Dr Scot Butler as speakers. Graduates listed include John Adam Butler Huntington Charles Mack Oaklandon John Herman Steele Kingsbury Joseph Leonard McCullough Indianapolis Frederick Wilfred Shelton Brownstown Inslow.
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Austin W. Mann
Indiana Institute For Deaf and Dumb
Mr. Mann
Indiana Institute
Indianapolis
Episcopal Church
Pittsburg
Kansas City
Ohio River
Christ Church
Joshua Stansfield
John H. James
Board of Trustees
Scot Butler
John Adam Butler
Huntington
Charles Mack
Oaklandon
John Herman Steele
Kingsbury
Joseph Leonard McCullough
Frederick Wilfred Shelton
Brownstown
Inslow
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C. Koehring & Bro
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Entin & Freiberg
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Martin Wade
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Watson & CO
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C. W. Meikel Co
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Taggart’s Bakery
Massachusetts Ave
Hartford Typewriter
Sentinel Printing Company
West Market Street
Pearson’s Piano House
Indianapolis, Ind
Union Painless Dentists
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Chas. L. Hartmann
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Quebec
Thos. Cook & Son
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H. T. Hearsey Vehicle CO
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