Glass plants close. fires in all independent factories
Ten thousand employees will be idle for one to two months under an agreement. The closure affects independent factories after fires last night damaged facilities and halted production.
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The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1902
Page
2
Plate glass and window industries shut down nationwide
Pittsburg reports a countrywide stoppage as plate glass plants close for a standstill of up to two months amid producer agreements. Window glass workers from independent and Federation Company plants join the walkout starting May 15, with Elwood Indiana plants also pausing for vacations and improvements. A massive plate glass casting at Pittsburg Plate Glass Company yields 152 by 237 and a half inches.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
Pittsburg Plate-glass Company
James Alker
Elwood Fair Promises High Class Attractions
Elwood hosts its first street fair and carnival starting Monday evening under the Trades and Labor Council. Twelve high class free attractions, booked independently of any carnival company, will perform all week with a floral parade Wednesday and a labor parade on the schedule.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Trades and Labor Council
Will 5
Heck
Cincinnnati
Carnival
Weather Forecast For Indiana Ohio And Nearby Regions
Forecast for Monday and Tuesday calls for showers in Indiana and Illinois, then fair and warmer conditions. Ohio expected rain Monday, then fair with brisk north winds. storm warnings stretch from Baltimore to Eastport and on Lakes Erie and Ontario. Temperature readings show highs near 76 and lows around 60 with cloudy skies and varying wind directions.
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Washington
Indiana
Iinois
Ohio
Baltimore
Eastport
Erie
Ontario
R.H
St S'west
W. T. Blythe
Movements of steamers and arrivals abroad
Steamship news reports arrivals and departures as ships reach Queenstown Hamburg New York and other ports. Vessels Cim-Fle La Bretagne Potsdam Vaderland and Minnea appear along with Etruria Moltke and ready head through June passages and ports including Antwerp Rotterdam and Southampton.
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Queenstown
Cim- Fle
New York
Liverpool
Etruria
Hamburg
Moltke
Southampton
Ready Head Ltd
la Bretagne
Havre
Potsdam
Rotterdam
Lizard
Vaderland
Antwerp
Scilly
Minnea
Lonfon. Ie
Fourth of July Carnival Crown Won by Myrtle Freeman
Elwood's Trades Council anticipates heavy crowds if fair weather holds. Police curb pickpockets and confidence men amid warnings to riffraff. A queen contest ended at midnight with Myrtle Freeman winning, besting many well known contenders.
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Trades Council
Rock Pile
Elwood
Myrtle Freeman
Drs. Cotton & Ploughe
Aan City
Candion
Harris Wins Suit For Widow In Lake Shore Case
Addison C. Harris won a damage suit for the widow and children of James McGuire, Indianapolis deputy marshal killed during the Chicago railroad strike. The Laporte jury awarded $1.40 after fourteen hours deliberation. Lake Shore Railroad seeks appeal, case headed to the State Supreme Court.
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Indianapolis
Laporte
Ind
Addison C. Harris
Lake Shore Railroad Company
James McGuire
United States
Chicago
Lake Shore
Park Manor
Corporation
Miller
Road
Richter
State Supreme Court
Poison in Fort Wayne Luncheon Sickens Eleven Girls
In Fort Wayne Indiana eleven society girls became seriously ill with ptomaine poisoning after a luncheon held in honor of Miss Lillian Smith of Minneapolis and Miss Louise Torrence of Benton Harbor. Three are in critical condition and doctors believe preserved chicken in a salad caused the outbreak. Violent symptoms began after midnight. the most affected include Miss Gertrude Wilding Miss Julia Smyser Helen Colerick and the Wilding sisters. All are expected to recover.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fort Wayne Society
Bessie
Henry Colerick
Lillian Smith
Minneapolis
Louise Torrence
Benton Harbor
Mich
Gertrude Wilding
Julia Smyser
Helen Colerick
Wilding
Kidnaping Sensation in Decatur as Father Takes Child
Mariah Mentzer, a prominent citizen, abducted his own child from his wife, who has not lived with him for three months, escaping on an afternoon train after a struggle with several locals. He had demanded the boy last night and seized him at the back door during a family dispute before fleeing to the railroad station.
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Indianapolis Journal
Decatur
Ind
Mariah Mentzer
Mentzer
Allen J. Peyton
Spencer
Perry
Crawford Counties
Peyton
Crawfor County
Uart Beale
Crawford County
George Wandel
Beale
Phil Zoercher
Warwick Counts
Tel City
Cannelton Telephone
B. B. John
Ture
Rockport
Slashed Rival in Bedf ord altercation over woman Cyclone
In Bedford Indiana a brake man Westenholf was slashed twelve times by Bill Loving a stone cutter in a boarding house over jealousy toward a woman named Ela Raney known as Cyclone. The throat wound was severe though not fatal and Loving is in custody.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bedford
Ind
Indiana
Westenholf
Bill Loving
Ela Raney
Loving
State Normal School Faculty Will Spend Vacation
Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute opens summer term with about 60 students. Faculty members plan travel, lectures, and institutes across Indiana, Illinois and beyond. Many will teach, study, or attend programs in Winona, Carroll, Martin, Owen, Delaware, and other counties. Miss Anderson sails for Italy July 5. Miss Moran to Columbia College. several will join camping and field study trips.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana State Normal School
Parsons
Winona
de Kalb
Dearborn
Hamilton
Cass
Sandison
Marion
Clay
Kemp
Carroll
Martin
Owen
Delaware
Stalker
Henry
Marshall
Benton
Wisely
Long Island
Curry
Jennings
Ripley
St. Joseph
Anderson
Italy
Anna Sankey
Kelso
Dryer
New York
McBeth
Indiana
Rettger
Vermillion
Madison
Tipton
Spencer
Miss Whitenack
Pennsylvania
Miss Parr
Thousand Islands
Schleicher
Illinois
Wisconsin
Charman
Mary Moran
Columbia College
Rose Cox
Earlham College summer activities and upcoming debates
Richmond Ind June 2 Earlham announces a lively summer with a six day Bible Institute and Western and Wilmington yearly meetings from July 30 to Aug 7 followed by the Friends Christian Endeavor international convention. Earlham will debate the University of Indianapolis next season after defeating DePauw Indiana University and Butler, with a new literary society to be formed. Franklin Ind June 2 Tomorrow is the final deadline to raise 20000 to endow the Greek department at Franklin College. 1100 was pledged by A J Thurston conditionally. secretary Carr reports being short of 500 by tonight unless the goal is met.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Earlham College
Bible Institute of Indiana, Western
Wilmington
The
Friends’ Christian Endeavor
Earlham
University of Indianapolis
de Pauw
Indiana University
Butler
Franklin
Franklin College
A. J. Thurston
Shelbyville
Carr
South Bend
Luther League of Northern
Richmond man Amos Stuart to celebrate 94th birthday
Amos Stuart, a renowned Richmond and Wayne county resident, will celebrate his ninety fourth birthday with family tomorrow. Born in Guilford County North Carolina, he moved to Indiana in 1861, lived in Monroeville and Spiceland, then Wayne county, and since seventeen years in Richmond. He has two marriages and thirteen children with several living across the U S including Minnesota Seattle Dunreith Centerville Richmond Knightstown and El Paso.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Amos Stuart
Wayne County
Stuart
Indiana
Guilford County
North Carolina
Monroeville
Parke County
Spiceland
Henry County
Matilda Hadley
Melissa Miles
Dr. Stuart
Minneapolis
Addison R
Eldridge A. Stuart
Seattle
Wash
Martissa Bundy
Dunreith
Sarah Lear
Centerville
Eliza Hill
Delphina Woods
Knightstown
Anderson
Francis B. Stuart
el Paso
Tex
Executors Seek Return of 100000 Southern Indiana Gas Bonds
In Terre Haute executors of Josephus Collett seek court orders to return 100000 face value bonds of the Southern Indiana Gas Company to the firm. The bonds were part of a 500000 issue not sold before Collett's 186 death and found among his effects with the note These bonds are the property of the Southern Indiana Gas Company. The other 400000 were sold and redeemed but the mortgage cannot be released until the full issue is canceled. The bonds were not counted in Collett estate valued at 60000.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Josephus Collett
Southern Indiana Gas Company
Collett
Porter Robberies, Arrests Reported in Indiana Stacks
In LaPorte Charles Merrill, a Chicago transplant, robbed Reiter's gambling house of several hundred dollars and hid the canvas bag money in an ash heap. arrested and confessed. In Terre Haute Captain Armstrong, ill with erysipelas, improves at his daughter’s home after attending the normal school trustees meeting. In Evansville Jefferson Whitehousen found guilty of manslaughter for killing James Woods at Chrisney and sentenced to the Reformatory.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Charles Merrill
Chicago
Porter
Reiter
Terre Haute
W. H. Armstrong
Indianapolis
Indiana State Normal School
H. W. Streeter
Evansville
Jefferson Whitehousen
Rockport
Spencer County
Reformatory
James Woods
Chrisney
Woods
Freeman Termination as Richmond Postmaster Ends Tomorrow
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Richmond Indiana June 4 says Perry J Freeman’s term as post master ends tomorrow. Daniel Surface editor of the Palladium will succeed him. Mail carriers banqueted Mr Freeman last night at the Westcott Hotel.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Perry J. Freeman
Daniel Surface
The
Palladium
Freeman
Westcott Hotel
Salem Defeats Bedford 4 to 1 At Fairgrounds
A large crowd watched a baseball game at the Bedford fairgrounds as Salem defeated Bedford 4 to 1 this afternoon on June 2.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bedford
Ind
Fairgrounds
Salem
Great feat in rail widening at Mediapolis Iowa
Four hundred forty men labored nine hours in rain to convert 135 miles of track from narrow to broad gauge on the Burlington & Western line. Twenty-eight crews moved rails by ten and a quarter inches per spike row, with 200000 spikes drawn. Thousands watched as workers received meals including 5000 sandwiches and coffee.
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Mediapolis
Burlington & Western
Burlington & Rock Systems
Two Notable Ball Games Twenty Innings in One Day
Louisville beat Kansas City in fifteen innings while a second game ended after five scoreless innings. A crowd of 11,000 watched two pitchers battles as Louisville won 4 2 in the opener with three straight hits in the fifteenth. The second game was called with no runs through five. Other listed scores include Columbus defeating Minn esota and Toledo beating St Paul in two games.
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Kansas City
Louis
Kerwin
Nance
Clymer
Grady
Gannon
Smith
Ganzel
Lewee
Fis Flournoy
Beville
Tannehill
Gear
Schreiver
Rothfuss
Behaub
McBride
Dunkle
Gibson
Spies
Schriver
St. Ganzel
Lewor
Flournoy
C. Rothfuss
Schaub
Flaherty
M'Don'l
P.t
Screeeess
Grade
Eonenes
Ard
Toledo
Mock
Rlh.o.a.e
St. Paul
Rho.ae
Greoud
Lynch
Pardee
Cribbins
Coggswell
Ferguson
Wer
Pierce
Kleinow
Feson
Huggins
Kelley
Sheridan
Lumier
Owen
Shannon
Gilks
Kletnow
Dillard
Meany
Burns
Geler
Turner
Mack
Chich
Graffitis
Pittsburg Wins in Wet Ground Bout Over Cincinnati
National League game where Pittsburg shuts out Cincinnati as Leever and Thielman excel. Pittsburg's defense and quick fielding on a slippery diamond hindered Cincinnati with 3,500 in attendance. Score: not provided.
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Cincinnati
Leever
Pittsburg
Cincinnatis
Thielman
Rainy twin bill yields Detroit setback and league notes
Chicago defeated Detroit in a rain shortened opener on June 2 as strong baserunning and timely hitting, led by Jones's fielding, carried the locals. Broad reports from St Louis St Joseph Terre Haute Rockford Davenport Evansville and Decatur games note postponements, protests, and high attendance, with multiple pitchers blocked by prior engagements and heavy rain affecting results.
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Detroit
Jones
ST. Joseph
Sexton
McKibben
St. Joe
Brown
Omaha
Terre Haute
McCloskey
Denver
ST. Louis
Rockford
Davenport
Hatterjee
Vehing
Evers
Owens
Thiry
Stauffers
Reisinger
Graham
Triry
Evansville
Ind
Beedhes and
Krebs
Umplire
Hickey
Baseball notes and upcoming games for Indiana and Louisville
Kellum or Miller to pitch today as Indiana faces Kansas City at 3 45. Wet grounds across parks. exhibition between Indianapolis and Muncie washed out by rain. Louisville’s American Association team thrives, despite NL critics. A four-ball foursome golf match set at Washington Park with Lennon and Harding Jr. leading entrants.
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Kellum
Miller
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Allville
Milwaukee
Louisville
Columbus
Muncie
George Tebeau
Washington Park
Hoosiers
Kansas
F. W. Lennon
W. N. Harding, Jr
Riverside Park links hosts Collis and Stanley tomorrow
Ei Ntcen assists Harry Collis and Clark Stanley in a forthcoming match at Riverside Park links scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
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Ei Ntcen
Harry Collis
Clark Stanley
Riverside Park
New Use for Automobile in Muncie City
A movement in Muncie Indiana aims to raise two thousand five hundred dollars to build an automobile wagon used as a wage wagon in the streets. The vehicle will be fitted to carry a bed and provide entertainment by singers and musicians while it travels to different streets for continuous services.
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Muncie
Ind
Real Estate Notice From Indiana Title Guaranty
A fragment notes a real estate title remark from Indiana Title Guaranty, referencing fees and abstract payments. The legible text mentions 129 East Market and asserts title reliability for transactions.
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East Market
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