New Railroad Franchise Talks End in Amicable Accord
City officials and Indianapolis Southern Railroad representatives wrapped up lengthy talks on the franchise section of the contract. The deal, largely in line with earlier outline, will grant the Pogue's Run route with a five week construction deadline and a bond to guarantee completion.
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Board of Public Works
Indianapolis Southern Railroad
D. M. Parry
Southern Company
W. E. Stevenson
Henry Rauh
Hazelrigg
Southern
Addison C. Harris
Fred A. Joss
Joss
Harris
Board of Works
Bookwalter
Megrew
South Side
Indianapolis
Joel
Gamewell contract money sparks heated Board of Safety clash
A Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company representative faced Mayor Bookwalter and the Board of Safety over a $2,430 claim for wiring and contract terms. The mayor noted discrepancies, insisting the contract cover wiring in the total price. The board withheld payment pending full investigation amid questions about contract interpretation and past practices.
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Gamewell
William Kerwin
Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company
Board of Safety
Bookwalter
Kerwin
Old Board of Safety
Gamewell Company
Final action deferred and grading plans for city alleys
The report notes grading and graveling planned for the first alley west of Capitol Avenue from Eleventh to Twelfth streets. Action rescinded for Bright Street from North Street to Indiana Avenue with cement walks to be laid along the property line.
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Seventeenth Street
Hillside Avenue
Twentieth Street
Sheldon
Hillside
Bloyd Avenue
Rural Street
Orange Street
Shelby Street
State Avenue
New York Street
Highland Avenue
Dorman Street
Pratt Street
Roanoke Street
Senate Avenue
Gustave Revers
Oscar F. Paepke
Nineteenth Street
LE. & W. Railway
George J. Hammel
Martindale Avenue
Twenty- Second Street
Vermont Street
Randolph Street
Louisiana Street
Virginian Avenue
East Street
Olney Street
Twenty-fifth Street
Twenty-eighth Street
North Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Sherinadale Place
Oriental Street
Oriental
Norwood Street
Noble Street
Capitol Avenue
Eleventh Street
Twelfth Street
Bright Street
Indiana Avenue
Farm For Mrs Shimer Divorce Settlement Revealed
Corydon R. Shimer of Settlement wins a divorce from Belle Shimer. Settlement includes a ninety two acre farm valued between 39000 and 1000 dollars. He is alleged to be worth between 340000 and 50000. Other items: Mary Garrison sues Albert Hutchinson for nearly 0 over unpaid goods. two youths, Roy Rable and Nicholas Owens, sent to Reform School for incorrigibility and theft respectively.
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Corydon R. Shimer
Irvington
Belle Shimer
Carter
Superior Court
Shimer
Mary Garrison
Albert Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Roy Rable
Reform School
Alford
Criminal Court
Nicholas Owens
Rash sues Talbott and contractors over injuries on North Alabama
David Rash filed suit against Talbott James W Hamil ae and George O Smith alleging $2000 damages for personal injuries from an unguarded unmarked cellar excavation during construction on North Alabama Street. He claims he fell into the cellar at night and was permanently injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Rash
Talbott
James W. Hamilae
George O. Smith
North Alabama Street
Brown divorce granted to Mary F Brown by Circuit Court
Judge Allen presided as Mary F. Brown obtained a divorce from Thomas F. Brown yesterday. Brown was declared of unsound mind and guardian John A Sweeney was appointed to defend the case. The divorce cites cruel treatment and includes evidence about Brown’s conduct prior to his insanity.
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Mary F. Brown
Thomas F. Brown
Allen
Circuit Court
Brown
John A Sweeney
Multiple bankruptcy and divorce actions fill superior and circuit courts
Petitions filed against Edward J. Scherer for about 1000 dollars and W E Minser for 561 dollars in liabilities reveal ongoing bankruptcy cases. Jennie Bourdlowe sues for divorce from August Bourdlowe with claims of lack of support while he resides at Lafayette Soldiers Home. Various court entries include foreclosures, dismissals, defaults, and guardians ad litem in numerous divorce, support, foreclosure, and damages actions across Superior and Circuit Courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Coal and Lime Company
Balke-Krauss Company
David Smock
Edward J. Scherer
W. E. Minser
Elkhart
Jennie Bourdlowe
August Bourdlowe
Bourdlowe
Soldiers’ Home
Lafayette
Health Board in Secret Session Weighs Stream Pollution
The State Board of Health met yesterday in secret session and reportedly debated pollution of streams by strawboard refuse. President Evans of Consumers' Paper Co visited the Board seeking a modification of a pending permit as discussions continued and no decision was made on granting Secretary Harry a leave of absence.
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State Board of Health
Evans
Consumers’ Paper Company
Board of Health
Harry
Leave of absence for attendance at St. Louis exposition
It is understood that one year's leave of absence will be granted to attend the St. Louis exposition. The statement implies approval by the relevant authority and sets no further conditions or details.
Desperate Woman Detained As Insane In Walnut Street Case
Police took Mrs. Sarah Fletcher, widow of Richard Fletcher, from a Walnut and Ogden shanty to the station where she was placed in custody as insane. Destitute for years, aided by Salvation Army, she says her mind wanders to imagined fires while rain leaks through a roof forcing her to sleep with an umbrella. Once educated a writer and music teacher, she now earns little by raising chickens. She will be sent to the Home for Aged Women in Irvington for care.
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Walnut
Ogden Streets
Sarah Fletcher
Richard Fletcher
Irvington
Salvation Army
Harper's Weekly
Munsterberg
Harvard
Able Magazine
Don Quixote
Werther
New York Sun
New York
Railroad Y M C A Buildings In Prospects For Several Cities
The state executive committee of the Y M C A met at the English Hotel to discuss railroad chapters. Elkhart would gain an association hall with a $10,000 gift from Lake Shore and Michigan Southern if a $5,000 local match is raised, while Peru and Lafayette projects also see donations from Wabash and Big Four respectively. Terre Haute HQ will convert the Terre Haute Club property after raising $35,000 for modernization and maintenance. Indiana and Purdue university secretaries will depart, with the association seeking two new local leaders.
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Railroad Committee
Railroad Association
Stacey
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Elkhart
Peru
Lafayette
Wabash Road
Terre Haute
Swain
Indiana_university
G. M. Wells
Wabash College
Colose YY
Indiana
Purdue
C. B. Hurvey
C. M. Dinsmore
Butler College Notes Highlight Busy Campus Life
Butler College notes show Chauncy Butler returning from Florida and Miss Nellie Kern coming back from Crothersville. Highlights include Phi Delta Theta hosting, a basketball match with Irvington High School, and a planned Butler Earlham debate on suppressing anarchy. The girls basketball debut against Anderson High School draws big interest as practice intensifies and a strong lineup forms. Baseball practice begins with multiple contenders, and Earlham, Franklin, Wabash, and DePauw games set, led by Cleo Hunt as manager and Ovid Butler captain.
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Chauncy Butler
Florida
Nellie Kern
Crothersville
Sadie Krause
Thomas C. Howe
Hughes
Chicago
Caupy Chapel
Boston
Pendleton
Blanche
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Irvington High School
Butler
Greenfield
Greenfield Y. M. C. A
Philokurian
McCray
Howe
Tomlinson Hall
Central Avenue
Germany
Phi Delta Theta
Delta Tau Delta
Sigma Chi
Earlham
Congress
United States
College Chapel
Messrs
Chester Vernier
Roy Adney
Orval Mehring
Butler Gymnasium
Anderson High School
Butler's Fair
Mary Smith
J. Anna Carpender
Anderson
Bergille Brothers
Kansas City
Cleo Hunt
Dental
Medical
Law School
Franken
Wabash
de Pauw
Spring Lake Park
Watkins
Murray
Anthony
Huggins
Gillum
Offutt
Ovid Butler
Feminine readers and the brisk world of basketball
A survey of how women’s basketball captivates campuses from Massachusetts to California, its demanding training, discipline, and team spirit. It contrasts public cheers with the steady work, mental gains, and self-control cultivated, then shifts to gender debates, fashion notes, health advice, and domestic tips reflecting contemporary culture.
A Good Wife Drives a North Carolina Suitor Away
A Chicago Record Herald piece recounts Uncle Lige Downs in the North Carolina mountains who laments a wife’s extreme goodness. He felt unable to tolerate her saintly conduct and wonders if excess virtue can justify leaving a spouse, calling her perfection a “black spot” on his heart.
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Chicago Record-Herald
North Carolina
Lige Downs
Missy
Yessum
Hootie
Hull
Lige
Fancy Sleeves Dominate Spring Garment Styles in Ad Copy
The New York Commercial Advertiser outlines spring dress trends with elaborate sleeves. Taffeta coats feature fitted sleeves to the elbow with lace frills, buttons, and puffed chiffon evening sleeves. Multiple designs include Louis XVI inspired cuffs, lace caps, jeweled embroidery, and tulle layers.
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New York Commercial
Odds and Ends on Fashion and Household Tips
A collection of home care and fashion notes includes using Fuller’s earth for stains, sandals gaining medical approval in the U.S., ornate Greek netted mitts, veiling steam cleaning, and stylish room friezes with prints and Japanese watercolors. Hats feature roses and plumes with white and gray palettes trending, while a lentil era fish spread appears as a simple sandwich. The latest outerwear news points to a short box coat to rival long gowns, with boxed wraps and open sleeves the new fashion for spring and summer.
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America
Drygoods
Over the Sea i
Work of a Sculptor Lorado Taft Delivers Lecture
Lorado Taft, Chicago sculptor, lectured last night at Tomlinson Hall on clay modeling and sculpturing under the Y M C A. He was assisted by Cornell from Taft's Chicago studio and demonstrated methods to transform marble and clay into living figures using a wooden skeleton frame and red modeling clay.
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Lorado Taft
Chicago
Tomlinson Hall
Taft
Cornell
Mr. Taft
Persecution Sparks a New Epoche in Early Church
A sermon style reflection on the first martyrdom and the dispersion of disciples led by Philip and Paul. It notes how persecution spread the gospel from Jerusalem to Samaria and beyond, making Samaria a bridge to world Christianity. It highlights Saul as persecutor and Philip as foreign missionary.
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Saul
Philip
Lonrer
Stephen
Samaria
Azotus
Cesarea
Sychem
St. Paul
Christ
Jesus
Jerusalem
Peter
John
Cornelius
Antioch
Taft Demonstrates Sculpting Process In Lecture
Taft shaped clay figures and quickly altered expressions from meekness to pain and happiness. He showed a young girl head and, with his assistant Cornell, explained plaster casting and the building of a marble-like coating, while outlining how sculptors carve figures from marble.
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Mr. Taft
Cornell
Mr.Taft
Indianapolis Art Association hosts lecture by Mr. Tatt at Tomlinson
Yesterday afternoon members of the Indianapolis Art Association and area high school art students attended a lecture by Mr. Tatt in Tomlinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Art Association
Tatt
Tomlinson
Endurance Secrets In Courage And Faith From Amos Wells
A Christian Endeavor reflection extols endurance tied to patient effort and hope, citing Stowe Riley and Coolidge. It recalls a blind athlete, Prescot of the library, and Lieutenant Henderson to illustrate courage under peril, then asserts Christ’s constant presence as motive and refuge for believers. The message blends literary allusions with faith in divine assistance.
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Pawcett
England
Prescott
Henderson
Gold Coast
Christ
Susan Coolidge
Perth
Samuel Rutherford
Amos BR. Wells
Hall. At the afternoon lecture Mr. Seve. B talke similar to that given nig
Hall events recount an afternoon lecture by Mr Seve B that mirrors a previous talk held at an earlier time. The fragment references a lecturer and a repeated theme from a prior engagement.
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Mr. Seve
Palmer Noble Death Recall of a Heroic Youth
Lieut. Col and Mrs Charles H Noble mourn the sudden death of their son Palmer Noble in Honolulu while aboard the transport Grant. He died of meningitis after a cold, embalmment completed, services held by an army chaplain, body sent to Indianapolis for interment. Palmer saved a younger girl from drowning at Military Park years earlier, leaving a legacy of courage.
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Mra
Charlies H. Noble
Palmer Noble
Yeasterday
Hono Uid
Nobile
San Francisco
Noble
Honolulu
Nobie
Indianapolis
Miliary Park
Foel
Pa Bie
T. Manly Httie
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Seeden
Jennie Bourdlowe Sues
Vinson Carter
Mathew Roth
George Massonne
Mechanic's Men
Henry Clay Allen
Geneva Sawyers
Grattan
Alberta Birk
William M. Birk, Jr
Nancy Ann Kercheval
Reuben P. Kercheval
Annie Hires
Olive Hires
Plaintif
John A. Sweeney
Helen Rosaline Brown
Fremont Alford
Roy Raible
Volney Q. Irwin
Gilbert H. Brown
Elizabeth F. Jolley
William P. Jolley
Edney S. Decker
Mary R. Owens
Mary Ellen Johnson
Rudolph Ellsworth Johnson
Iona Trucks
Alonzo Trucks
Thomas Knox
Howard Highland
Room Supreme Court
Willis B. Wheeler
State of Indiana
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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company
Town of
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Appellate Court
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Good Housekeeping
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California
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Frank H. Carter
Henry J. Huder
BE. W. Stucky
Dofpofift
Christian Endeavor
Harriet Beecher Stowe
James Whitcomb Riley
Linappinuse
Jacob Ea Love
Ralston Street
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