Heat Wave Grimly Bakes City As Mercury Near Century Mark
The city endured a blistering day with temperatures climbing to the high 90s and near the century mark around 1 p m. A brief cooling breeze from a threatened thunderstorm offered fleeting relief between 3 and 5 pm. Parks had crowds seeking shade while shirtwaists benefited from the heat but collars wilted. Weather readings were issued by the Weather Bureau.
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Mercury
Weather Bureau
Sol
Eloping bride collapses from heat in Jeffersonville ceremony
Miss Minnie Myers of Shelby county Kentucky fainted during her marriage to George Clark at Justice House. Restoratives revived her and the wedding proceeded. Prof James Mangan also collapsed from the heat nearby and sustained a head injury. Today was the hottest of the season with high temperatures.
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Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
Minnie Myers
Shelby County
Kentucky
George Clark
Justice House
Louisville
James Mangan
Pennsylvania
Hottest Day Yet Stirs Wabash Area Workforce
Wabash Indiana reports the year's hottest day with temperatures around the percent mark. No fires reported but interurban line workers and quarry employees quit early due to the heat while corn crops show rapid growth after a slow start.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash
Ind
Heat claims life after patient plunge into lake
Elkhart Indiana June 5 Ernest Lloyd twenty three years old collapsed from heat today. He recovered enough to jump from a boat and drowned in the lake shortly after.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
Ernest Lloyd
Heat Makes Deadly Record Across Cities
Pittsburg reports a deadly heat wave with temperatures near 100 and numerous prostrations. Calloway, 20, dies as James Owens of Braddock and Charles Dougherty and Practor Gray of Hampton face serious conditions amid factory closures. Chicago records 94 degrees with two deaths and several heat-related illnesses as more hot days are forecast. St Paul hits a June heat record with one prostration and a recovery anticipated.
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Pittsburg
Award Calloway
James Owens
Braddock
Charles Dougherty
Dooley
Lvborer
Nicholas Schuckrath
ST. Paul
Minn
Trans- Pacific voyage carries U S officials to inspect islands
San Francisco reports the Hancock sailing with passengers Adjutant General Corbin Brig Gen J Freston of the Commissary Department Senator C M Dietrich of Nevada and Congressman Juline Kahn of San Francisco. They, with General Sternbere and Gen Chabere MokK Sber, will investigate needs and conditions of the country and Philippine schools onboard.
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San Francisco
Trans- Hancock
Corbin
J. Freston
Commissary Depertent
Benater C .M. Dietrich
Neaka
Juline Kahn
Ing
Ite
Pepcom
Sternbere
Chabere Mokk
Alap Salied
Notable Gathering of Writers at Winona Lake
Western Writers Association holds its sixteenth annual meeting at Winona Lake Indiana with ex governor Will Cumback as president and Opie Read a newcomer. Notable writers include Mark L De Motte John Lloyd Parker Coates Kinney and George Ade. A six chapter novelette is planned with each chapter by a different author and read by its writer. A memorial for John Clark Ridpath and various literary talks mark a full week of sessions and evening programs.
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Indianapolis Journal
Winona Lake
Ind
Western Writers’ Association
Association
Will Cumback
Greensburg
Mark L. de Motte
John Ari Lloyd
Cincinnati
Benjamin S. Parker
New Castle
Coates Kinney
Opie Read
John McGovern
Chicago
George Ade
James Whitcomb Riley
Eudice Blye
Kentland
Miss Blye
W. Gillilan
Richmond
J. A. Wickersham
Terre Haute
John Clark Ridpath
Winona Hotel
H. A. Gobin
Greencastle
Minetta Taylor
Thomas J. Bassett
Thorntown
Benjamin
Mary H. Flanner
J. C. Culmer
Spencer, Ind
J. H. Ellis
Manete
Indiana Music Teachers meet in Terre Haute with large attendance
The twenty fourth annual Indiana Music Teachers Association opened with a business session and about 300 delegates expected. Reports show steady growth. afternoon featured a Marine corps recital from Richmond and Lafayette with notable soloists and a Danish song group. President Mees welcomed attendees and Alberto Jonas of Detroit performed a concert. A Terre Haute Musical Club reception followed. Officers listed include Pierce, Mason, Mergen, and Earhart.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Music Teachers’ Association
Pierce
Ladies of the Marines
Baies
Richmond
Lafayette
Edna Hecker
Laura Gaston
R. Lilian Moore
Miss Hecker
Stanley Cughes
H.C Downing
Matine Musicale
Indianapolis
C. Leo Mees
Rose Polytechnic
Preskiert Pierce
Alberto Jonas
Detroit
Terre Haute Musical Club
State
Glenn’s Sulphur Seapte and Mrs Winslow’s Syrup Ad
Used for over fifty years to soothe children, relieve wind colic, regulate bowels, and aid teething. Promotes wellness and is sold by druggists worldwide. Also advertised hive hair and whisker dye in black or brown.
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Glenn
Right of Way Rights Defined by Indiana Judge
Anderson Ind June 25 Judge H C Ryan of Madison Superior Court ruled that railroad companies do not own fee simple rights to their right of way but may operate cars over it under their charter. In the case Consumers Gas Co of Indianapolis vs Plate Glass Co of Alexandria a perpetual injunction barred drilling an oil well on a Big Four right of way in Monroe township.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
H. C. Ryan
Madison
Wny
Consumers’ Gas Company
Indianapolis
Plate Glass Company
Alexandria
Big Four
Monroe Township
Anna Frazier
Consumers’ Company
Indiana
Muncie
Behymer
Aletha Puckett
Logansport
Georgia Davis
McCarty
James McCarty
Ralph Cook
Arthur Shepp
William Thorpe
Charles Smith
Arthur Favors
Davis
Greenhouse Destruction After Severe Storm Rises Damage
A severe storm blanketed the city radius with hail three inches deep for an hour causing $12,460 in damage. Old residents recall no comparable storm, with many large hailstones. Several large greenhouses were destroyed in the chaos reported by Indianapolis Journal special from Muncie.
Wabash Council Bars Gas Meters in Dispute
In Wabash Indiana the City Council terminated talks with Loganport and Wabash Valley Gas Co ending plans to install metered gas. The council rejects meter use arguing no right to enforce consumption by meter while the company plans to collect by meter at 19 cents per thousand. The dispute now may go to court.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash, Ind
Logansport
Wabash
Soman
Ghostly school site abandoned for new Walnut Grove building
In Flora Indiana Carroll county trustee Jesse Martin approved a contract to erect a new school in Walnut Grove after years of superstition and waning attendance at the old Walnut Grove school. The site recalls a 1900s lynching of Amer Green for murdering Luella Mabbitt, with the tree dying and haunting rumors surrounding the yard. The old school will be abandoned and a fresh building planned nearby to serve future pupils.
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Indianapolis Journal
Flora
Ind
Jesse Martin
Jackson Township
Carroll County
Walnut Grove
Amer Green
Marter
Luella Mabbitt
Walnutove
Green
Testing Forestry Law in Indiana At Issue
Attorneys Adair and La Follette hired by the State Forestry Commission prepare action to test the constitutionality of the forestry law. Thirty four county residents seek tax list placement for land set aside as a forest reserve. If applications are rejected mandamus actions will be filed. In Chicago the Court of Appeals orders resumption of work on the Madler drainage canal, tied up by litigation with the Chandle Railroad Company over crossing in Laporte County.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Adair & la Follette
State Forestry Commission
Freeman
Boyd
Board of Review
Laporte
United States Court of Appeals
Chicago
Indianapolis
Chandle Railroad Company
Laporte County
Phen
Johnson
Hamilton
Tipton
Miami
Wabash
Huntington
Allen
T. H. Adama
Vincennes Commercial
State Factory Inn
McAbee
Knox County
Adams
Vincennes
Scott Ehimson
Mr. Adams
Bunco
New York
Indiana
First Salvation Army wedding in Terre Haute performed by a woman
Terre Haute marks its first Salvation Army wedding last night the ceremony led by Major Blanche Cox of Indianapolis. Groom Charles Cheeseman an Army member of three years and Blanche Davey a four year local member stood under two flags the stars and stripes and the Salvation Army banner before pledging lifelong loyalty to the Army. A ring was used and a parade followed from the church to the barracks.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Salvation Army
Blanche Cox
Indianapolis
Charles Cheeseman
Army
Blanche Davey
Raper Ene
City council battles brick Broadway paving bid injunction
Peru Indiana council heard twenty or more bids for brick Broadway paving but injunction blocked progress. Plaintiffs led by C H Brownell James M Statesman Mrs P M Crume and two banks claim paving costs would rise. Hearing set for July 1 as Brownell tied to Central Union Telephone pole removal order.
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Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Ind
Broadway
C. H. Brownell
James M. Statesman
P. M. Crume
First National
Citizens’ National Banks
Park Visitors Pack Winona Lake for Summer
Winona Lake Indiana draws many visitors for summer as hotels fill and cottages open. Indiana University Biological Station opened yesterday bringing summer residents. The I U veil signaled college boys arrival. Today's hotel registrations include numerous residents from Indianapolis Cincinnati Terre Haute Chicago Evansville St Louis and other cities with many names listed among attendees.
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Indianapolis Journal
Winona Lake
Ind
Park
Indiana University Biological Station
I. U. Veil
Winona
J. C. Culmer
Spencer
J. A. Abidkersham
Terre Haute
John Arie Liegd
Cincinnati
Mary F. Flanner
Indianapolis
Julie Caroline O'Hara
Thomas J. Bassett
Thorntown
Benjamins. Parker
New Castle
J. 8. Conklin and Son
Westfield
Ethel White
Richmond
Case Stephens
Lexington
Coates Kinney
J. J. Sheets
St. Louis
Wesley
Airshburg
Charles Eugene Banks
Clay Clement
Ethiyn Leslie Huston
Chicago
E. A. Whitman
Abingdon
Ill
Jane 5. Evans
William C. Nissahan
Opie Read
Joan McGovern
Rebs Bartholomew
Valparaiso
John ©. Meier
Orville H. Stuart
Andrew Haesche
FE. C
Washington
D. D. McKee
Anderson
R. A. Speak
Bloomington
J. W. Keith
Westport
C. E. Krigtle
Wil G. McVay
J. Frank Cady
Booneville
C. Y. Marshall
China
Merte Williamson
Howard W. North
E. RB. Wiliiardson
Bluffton
George E. Inglis
W. HK
Greensburg chair plant sold to local investor in expansion plan
Greensburg Indiana reports the transfer of the local chair factory from Hayman & Co of Cincinnati to Robert Naegel. The plant, after reduced staffing following the death of Mr Hayman, will be enlarged and staffed with more workers as debts are settled and creditors’ suits resolved.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greensburg
Ind
Robert Naegel
Hayman & Co
Cincinnati
Hayman
Naegel
Police arrest suspect sought for city murder
Marion officials bring William Mitchell from Toledo in custody for the March murder of William Jones in Marion. Jones, an Indianapolis man, was killed after a dispute over a woman at a Railroad avenue resort, Mitchell stabbing him in the heart.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Addington
Captain White
Marion Police Department
Toledo
William Mitchell
Mitchell
William Jones
Indianapolis
Railroad Avenue
Jones
Local pugilist sought for wife assault in Kokomo
Omar H. Miller a Kokomo house painter is wanted on charges of attempting to strangle his wife Lizzie Miller. A warrant exists but officers cannot locate Miller after Mrs. Miller reported being chloroformed and attacked in bed. pursuit ongoing.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Omar H. Miller
Lizzie Miller
Storm damages Crown Point broadside windows and crops
A severe hail storm struck Crown Point Indiana at 6 PM causing extensive window damage to homes and substantial losses to fruit trees vegetables and grain. The storm lasted about twenty minutes with widespread destruction and an initial damage estimate reaching thousands of dollars.
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Indianapolis Journal
Crown Point
Ind
Eee
Longtime Indiana pioneers and builders pass away in June notices
In Martinsville James E Douglass 77 retired bricklayer and contractor who came from Ohio fifty years ago died of old age his wife had died five years earlier his brother R B Douglass a brickmason of Indianapolis survives. Sullivan mourns Hugh Moore 76 coal field pioneer native of England moved to county in 1886 organizer of Shelburn Coal Company died of paralysis at his home. Union City Edward N Stone 81 pioneer resident died aged eighty one came from New Hampshire sixty years ago active in early history of city and county.
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Martinsville
Ind
James E. Douglass
Douglass
Ohio
R. B. Douglass
Brickmason
Indianapolis
Sullivan
Hugh Moore
England
Shelburn Coal Company
Union City
Edward N. Stone
New Hampshire
Fire Gutts Enterprise Laundry in Knightstown
Indiana notes report a Tuesday noon fire gutted the Enterprise laundry building owned by W. L. Foxworthy, with the main loss in the structure and insurance carried by Hartford for the building and Home Insurance Company for the machinery. Nearby businesses evacuated due to smoke and water.
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Knightstown
Enterprise Laundry
W. L. Foxworthy
Colorado
Postal Fees Cable Company
New York
Hartford
Terre Haute
Prox & Brinkman Foundry
Debs
Angelo Godlo
Geneva
Eugene Debs
Dakotas
Chatauqua
Marion
Bradford
Washington
Hartford City
William Sparks
D. G. Flint
Wabash
W. T. Groom
The
Christian Church
Ohio
Knights of Malta
Ealexandria
Frank Henshaw
Labor and Industry Across Many Regions in Brief
A Kansas City Live Stock Exchange vote defeated joining the National Exchange. London to spend £200,000 on electric routes and street widenings. Ohio Mine Workers settle a 409-miner strike at Old Orchard mine. William Jennings Bryan spoke in Watertown New York on civilization. Oil gusher in Red Fork, Oklahoma Territory breaks four hundred feet. National Plow Company formed in Jersey City with $100,000 capital. Carnegie Company stock case settled in Pittsburgh court. Chicago manufacturers propose 5 percent wage increase. woodworkers may strike if not accepted. Toledo and Southeastern Railroad incorporated for Toledo to Irenton route. Reading Railroad shopmen strike continues with near-total halt in operations. Cincinnati shops reopen to permit strikers who wish to return. Violence avoided as workers clash lightly.
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Kansas City Live Stock Exchange
National Live Stock Exchange
Chicago
London County Council
London
Haskins
Ohio Mine Workers
Old Orchard
Guernsey County
Willam J. Bryan
Watertown
N. Y
State Armory
Red Fork
Creek Nation
Denison
Tex
St. Louis
San Francisco
Pennsylvania Ol Company
National Plow Company
Jersey City
James C. Young
A. J. Ross
W. R. Clements
William M. Blackburn
Carnegie Company
Andrew M. Moreland
Pittsburg
Moreland
Blackburn
Chicago Manufacturers of
Woodworkers’ Union
Toledo & Southeastern Raillroad Company
Columbus
Ohio and
Michigan
Lucas County
Ohio River
Lawrence County
Courties
Lucas, Wood, Hancock
Hardin
Logan
Union
Madison
Franklin
Pickaway
Ross
Hocking
Vinton
Pike
Jackson
Gallia
Lawrence
Toledo
Irenton
Reading Railroad
Reading
Faygan Conch
Asrae Eyers
West Virginia flood toll and property losses rise
The June flood in Bluefield West Virginia leaves about fifty dead many missing and a million dollars in private property loss. Railway and mine damage is extensive with half a million to the Norfolk & Western and about 400000 to coal operators. Keystone Shawnee and Ennis report severe destruction as bodies are recovered and traffic remains halted.
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Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Cumberland Valley Electric
Boggs
Hudson
White
Tyeraeyer
Norfolk & Western Road
United States
Ennis
Northfork
Keystone
Shawnee
Shawnee Coal Company
Joe White
Nellie Smith
Anna Smith
Charles Sheely
McCoy
Sam Poindexter
John Ballard
Bettie Brown
Peerless
Flood Toll Rising Through West Virginia and Virginia
Roanoke reports estimate sixty drownings in flood districts in West Virginia with limited details. Letters from Keystone and nearby towns describe people drowning in streets and homes, with many homes washed away and water shortages. Casually, several communities face devastation with several towns nearly destroyed and roads blocked by rising water.
Ritter Lumber Company Estimating Flood Loss in West Virginia
President W M Ritter reports to Columbus that Ritter Lumber Company faces about 3080 in losses after a flood drains two and a half million feet of lumber from West Virginia districts. Recovery hoped for a third or more. Mills undamaged and to run in a week. Concern grows for Bright Lights Theatrical Company members due in Keystone when the cloud burst hit.
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Columbus
WM. Ritter
Ritter Lumber Company
West Virginia
Bright Lights Theatrical Company
Keystone
Transatlantic Steamship Movements and Departures Summarized
June passenger and cargo movements show vessels arriving from New York to European ports and sailing to Bremen Hamburg Bremen and Southampton. Ships mentioned include Glow Bovie Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Graf Walder Lahn St Paul Maasdam Furnessia and more, with routes to Liverpool Bremen Hamburg Southampton Rotterdam and Bremen.
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New York
State of Nebraska
Glow
Bovie
Liverpool
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Bremen
Scilly
Graf Waldersee
Hamburg
Lahn
Lizard
St. Paul
Southampton
Boulogne
Maasdam
Rotterdam
Glasgow
Furnessia
Indiana climate and crop bulletin week ending June
Warm weather and local rains improved growing crops while rains retarded cultivation harvesting and haying. Hail heavy rain and windstorms from the 19th to 71st damaged fields. wheat and rye harvests in the south, heads well filled, farther north nearly ready. Oats heading, cornfields clean, fruits abundant, apples promising where sprayed though some drops and worm/storm damage in southern counties.
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Indiana
Crimes of Various Degrees Across Cities
A series of violent incidents reports killings and self inflicts. L L Batley a young stenographer killed Walter I in Audubon Park New Orleans and was discharged on trial. Joseph Ettinger US artillery private at Jackson barracks New Orleans shot himself amid personal crisis. Mrs George Church death by self act found in Milwaukee harbor after separation from Pontia Mich denounced despondency. Clark a gambler at Poplar Bluff Missouri fatally stabbed his mistress Pearl Clark then killed himself with a hatchet. In Kiowa casino reservation conflict over town lots led to a violent confrontation and surrender.
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L. L. Batley
Walter I
Audubon Park
New Orleans
Joseph W. Ettinger
United States Artillery
Jackson Barracks
Cleveland
Philippines
George Church
Nia
Milwauee
Pontiac
Mich
Poplar Bluff
Clark
Pearl Clark
Aes On
Kiowa Casine Reservation
Darezrous
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Heminway
Osborne Mills
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Sunrise
Columbia
Wbofpfer
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Union Traction Co
Warren Water Co
Thorstown
Electrica and Peritizer Co
Steen, Indianapolishire
Gaur. & Loun Co
J. EF. Wild & CO
Campbell, Wild & Co
Stevenson Building
Invalid
WM. H. Armstrong & CO
Surgical
Meridian Street
Manse
Corbie and
Sternberg Frit
Opie
Indiana Association of Photographers
Warsaw
Hauser
Fey
Col. Dickey
Winona Assembly
C. R. Reeves
W. O. Nicely
Crawfordsville
George J. Parrot
Fort Wayne
F. Mcey
Indiana Music Teachers
Mra. Winslow
Porrest Jones
J. Henry Kaiser
Wagner
Kaiser
Wabash Municipal Council
Jay Coun
Ty Tax Board of Review
Winona Lake Park
Mr. Hester
New Albany
William M. Hester
John E. Steele
Meridian-street Methodist Church
Mr. Riley
Morristown
John M. Dickey
John A. Riley
Los Angeles
Cal
Henry Snow
Sam
J. M. Mitl
Greenfield
Toledo & Chicago Railroad
Picatter
Ipdiavia
Indiana Notes
Spiceland
Spiceland Academy
Edinburg
W. H. Reeding
Wallace Keehn
Edwards
Charles Hoffman
Lake Shore
Erty
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Cas
Roanoke
North Fork Junction
J. B. Frances
J. W. Crotty
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Crotty
Tazewell
Paris Vandyke
Cedar Bluff
Pounding Mill
Fears
Hood
Hoad
Gas Office
Indianapolis Gas Co
Carlin & Lennox
East Market St
Theodore L. Sewall
May Wright Sewall
Fredonia Allen
Long Branch
West End
Ocean
Sg Hotel
Omco
Fletcher
Pennsylvania Street
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Statistician
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