Local Notices and News From Indiana Cities
A jumble of notices reports stock prices and offers from Indianapolis firms and parallel items across Indiana towns. It lists company names and stocks, then carries brief county and city briefs: Marion County utilities, Desksy and Laton contrasts, and a fertilizer firm. It notes furniture ads by Armstong & Co, a Troy school record, Richmond assault case, and Muncie factory sale possibilities. Winchester hosts an Epworth League convention. Metamora opens outdoor services. Terre Haute machinists’ strike ends with Debs mediation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Robert Manley
Richmond School Furniture Company
Wayne County
Walter S. Ratliff
Winchester
Epwi League
Mary Dennis
W. D. Parr
Kokomo
Metamora
J. L. Brown
Terre Haute
Eugene Debs
Labor unions and strikes mark national labor scene
The National Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union begins its thirteenth annual session in Washington. A Hawaiian sugar shipment totaling 8.40 tons valued at $750,000 arrives in San Francisco as the largest sugar export from Hawaii. Chicago machinists settle with five plants, part of widespread strike gains across the city. A Saginaw river valley combine forming as Mershon Schuette Parker Company will start July 1. Trackmen of the Atlan Pacific Railway seek a daily wage raise from $1.15 to higher, with 3,000 to 3,460 workers striking. Newport News Shipbuilding lays off 1,200 workers amid ongoing strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Printing Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union
Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Chicago
Saginaw
Mich
River Valley
Mershon, Schuette & Parker Company
Ian Pacific Railway Company
Theewport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Yaemer
Grape Nuts Ad Claims Brain Food Benefits From Workaholic User
An advertisement narrates a West Haven woman’s dramatic recovery after using Grape-Nuts to restore vitality lost to heavy mental and physical work. The copy extols wheat and barley as brain rebuilding elements, detailing preparation and urging readers to request a free book with a one-cent Postum stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Haven
Conn
Yale
Wats
Lee Sparrow
Postum Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Workmen scarce as repairs proceed on Main liner
Trade and industry news report management trimming staff to essential repair crews for the North German Lloyd liner Main, undergoing rebuilding. In New York John J. Mitchell met with Colorado Fuel and Iron president Osgood amid unverified Wall Street chatter of US Steel bidding for the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Mitchell
Illnois Treet Company
New York
Osgood
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Wall Street
Colorado Fuel and Iron
United States Steel Corporation
Chicago
Milwaukee
Chicago, Kenosha & Milwaukee Electric Railway Company
Wisconsin
Chicago, Kenosha & Milwaukee Road
James Kavantugh
John C. Slater
Michael Harkins
Kenosha
West Virginia
Watsons
Fairmount
Fairmount Coal Company
Toledo & Monroe Railway Company
Toledo, Bowling Green & Southern ‘Traction Company
Detroit
George B. Kerper
Cincinnati
Monroe
Toledo
Mich
Findlay
Resent
General Knefler buried with flag honored by peers
The burial of General Fred Knefler occurred with simple rites as his body lay wrapped in flags. A bar association memorial praised his patriotism and honesty, highlighting his Civil War service in Shiloh and Missionary Ridge and detailing a heartfelt memory of his religious journey and final peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Knefler
Crown Hill
Knefler
E. Fitter
Daniel W. Howe
George W. Parker
John G. Dunbar
Greencastle
Seventy-ninth
Indianapolis Bar Association
Superior Court
General Knefler
John Coburn
General Coburn
Knoefler
Ell F. Ritter
Daniel W. Itowe
Johns. Berryhill
John C. Ruckeihaus
Alexander C. Ayres
John R. Wilson
Sanapeo
America
Knretier
Shiloh
Stone River
Missionary Ridge
Atlanta
Nashville
Board of Regents
Indiana
Chickamauga
Fred Konefler
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Hooker
Orchard Knob
Grant
Thomas
Bragg
Wood
Fourth Corps
Elghty-sixth Indiana
Koefler
Capt. Ritter
Wheel Workers Unite at Standard Wheel Works Form New Union No 80
Striking wheel workers renew their charter and form Wheel Makers Union No 80 in West Indianapolis City Hall. Officers installed include Louis L. Largent as president and Joseph Haley as business agent. Three new members joined during the strike. About forty women at United States Encaustic Tile Works struck for a one cent hourly raise, from 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 cents. Four remained at work in the tile press room. The workers later visited Broad Ripple for a outing, feeling the strike was not taken seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Wheel Works
Wheel Makers’ Union
Old City Hall
Indianapolis
Louis L. Largent
Thomas Finley
Herman Sibley
Daniel Grunning
F. “. Tremore
Milton Dean
United States
Broad Ripple
Banks Invited to Join City Clearing House
The Clearinghouse Association met yesterday morning and invited all city banks to join. The Columbia National was admitted yesterday. Banks now in the clearing house include Merchants Fletcher's Columbia and Marion and Indiana Trust. The annual meeting is set for Monday July 8 at 10 a.m. to decide on remaining banks joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durbin
James M. Mec Lowell
Oolitic
Ind
Sanford Hobbs
Nagelessen
O. P. Morton Club
Shelby Street
Cottage Avenue
Charis A. Garrard
Indiana National Guard
E. P. Brown
Meridian-street
Baptist
Fairview Park
P. L. Montani
J. Ed Chandler
Boston
New England Conservatory of Music
Mr. Montani
August Wacker
Clearinghouse Association
Columbia National
Merchants
Fletcher's
Columbia
Marion and
Indiana Trust Companies
Spencer named commissioner for Fifteenth ward election
W W Spencer is appointed to chair the special election in the Fifteenth ward on July 18 to fill the late Councilman Higgins. The appointment was made yesterday by Chairman Fanning with the Democratic city committee. Merrill Moores and City Clerk Geckler also serve as commissioners for the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Spencer
Higgins
Fanning
Wth
Democratic City Committee
Merrill Moores
Geckler
Boy Run Over by Wagon in Market Street Incident
Ernest Gardner of 28 Mar tindale avenue was struck by a wagon at Market and Pennsylvania streets last night. The wagon, driven by a negro, was reported to be carelessly fast and did not stop after the accident. Gardner sustained several painful injuries. the driver’s name was not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Indiana National Guard
Woodruff Place
Market Street
Senate Avenue
Lafe Johnson
Anderson
M. D. Cummings
Columbus
Aloysius Clare
Academy
P. J. Ryan
J. F. McParland
Whl
Broad Ripple Park
Marguerite Kenny
Louise McGowan
Marry McGowan
Ethel McFarland
Donovan Ouston
Gretta Alexander
Mary Jessee
Gertrude Metzger
Mary Bretz
Clara Bretz
Teresa Quinn
Rachel White
Thienes
Nellie Reaper
Aret Moore
Ket Nola
Eokeon
le Watt Dwyer
Casey
Ernest Gardner
Martindale Avenue
Market
Pennsylvania
Malt-Nutrine Superb food drink from Anheuser-Busch
Malt-Nutrine the great food drink promises easy use and lasting benefits. It enriches the blood increases nourishing power and banishes the blues. Suitable for all from convalescence to wellness and useful for everyday use. The superb product of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Assn St Louis USA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n
St. Louis
Shelbyville Mineral Water Discovery Sparks Stock Plan
Dr J N Hurty’s official analysis shows lithia rich water from Mrs Emma Hamilton’s Shelbyville land. Claims compare favorably to Martinsville and Pluto waters, prompting immediate stock company formation and a proposed $50,000 sanatorium. Local opponents drill nearby as interurban prospects rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Hurty
East
Emma Hamilton
Shelbyville
Ind
Lithia
Sid Conger
Indianapolis
Denison
French Lick
Hurty
Martinsville
Conger
Hamilton Place
Hamilon Place
Doctor Moore Returns from Manila to Sail for New York
Dr. Harry 8. Moore of Indianapolis, a contract surgeon in the Philippines, travels home via the Suez canal and plans stops at Europe’s principal joints of interest before sailing to New York. He left Manila before his medical department captaincy reached him, and it is unclear if he will return to the Philippines. He did not know of his promotion at the start of his journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry 8. Moore
Indianapolis
Philippines
Suez Canal
Europe
New York
Moore
Manila
Pocketbook Theft Involving Two Minors Reported
Royal Wilson aged sixteen colored was arrested by detectives for stealing a pocketbook. The original thief, Clinton Hare white aged fourteen, took Miss Sadie Hofer's pocketbook a few days earlier and fled through the alley behind Fletcher's Bank. Wilson then stopped the boy and seized the pocketbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Wilson
Clinton Hare
White
Sadie Hofer
Fletcher's
Wilson
Supreme Lodge names past grand dictators in Knights of Honor
Milwaukee June 17 The Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor created past grand dictators Ben I Salomon California J Warren Smith Massachusetts James Caldwell and H B Moody Ohio Asa O Angell and Charlies H Hayden Indiana A G Hagemyer Kentucky and James H Nightingale Rhode Island Officers annual galas to continue Proposals to switch to level-rate assessments and to change election day were defeated by decisive votes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor
Ben I. Salomon
California
J. Warren Smith
Massachusetts
James Caldwell
H. 8. Moody
Ohio
Asa O. Angell
Charlies H. Hayden
Indiana
A. G. Hagemyer
Kentucky
James H. Nightingale
Rhode Island
Editor James Shepherdson Shoots Self in Chicago Home
Chicago, June 17. James Shepherdson, editor of a weekly society paper, died by his own hand at his home. The death followed brain fever that had impaired his mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Shepherdson
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City of
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Decatur Desksy
Lnd
Scott County
Laion Iraction Co
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Thorntown
Nanh Fertilizer Co
Indiapapolishire Ins. Co
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William A. R
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Shelby
Ladies of the
Superior Court Room No. 3
Judge Carter
Gen. Knefler
The
Bar Associa
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Eli. F. Ritter
New York Tribune
Thomas Bowman
God
Jesus Christ
Nazareth
Leander W. Munhall
Seventy-ninth Regiment
Munhall
Goa
Wheel Workers’ Union
Clearing House
Shelby Ville
Baden
Eva Jacobs
Lowell Avenue
Thomas Kennedy
Jap Rose
Kirk
DeWitt &Co
Dewitt
Frank H. Carter
Henry J. Huder
E. W. Stucky
Gas Office
Indianapolis Gas Co
BEST
Oliver Twist
Tru-Food Company
Caudtt
Dealfin
Rely -Saae Abody &Co
C.L. Fletcher
North
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Tod P. m
Teeldence
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Stevenson Building
J. F. Spaunhurst
Sarnt Ntnes Osteopath
Emerson Druley
Vovooriks
Geoament
Gregg
Clifford & CO
Massachusetts Ave
BIG Four City Ticket Office
Cleveland Anderson
Union City
Cleveland
Rainbow City
NY & Bos
Knickerbocker, Muncie
Muncie
Accommdal
Benton Haki
Benton Harbor Express
Trenton Harbor
Warsaw
Accommion Hikhart
St. Louis Southwestern
Lim, St. Louis Limited
Ae Haute & Mattoort
Boo
Lafayette
Fast Mail
Chioese
Oe City
Seago Night Express
Cincinnat
Cincinnati Express
Cincinnet Express
Clochy i
Cinek
Iney Exptoh
Greensburg
Washington
N. Vernon
Louisville
Oaernon
Loutaville
Peoria
L. Peoria
Bloomington
Champaign
S. Springfield and CO
Springfield
P. Lyon
Arriva
Ham
Dayton RY
City
W. Wash
St. Gueinnat Express
Permat
Dayton
Detroit Express
Cincinnati and
Dayton Limited
L & Louis
Weas
Chicago Express
Veatibu Monon
Lake Erie
Madison
Columbus, Inc
Stern H’y
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