Sightseeing crowds flood Indianapolis for monument dedication
Massive crowds filled Indianapolis as thousands traveled by train and interurban lines to witness the monument dedication. Railroads carried tens of thousands, with Union Station congested by noon and shops and streets brimming with visitors. Despite long waits, residents and visitors remained good natured, sharing food and enduring delays to be part of the event.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Union Station
Union Traction Company
Muncie
Indianapolis & Greenfield Company
Indianapolis, Greenwood & Franklin Line
Lake Erie & Western
Michigan City
Peru
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Hamilton
Elkhart
Michigan
Indiana, Decatur & Western
Dana
Big Four
Pennsylvania
Illinois Street
Town Ear
Sep Posore
Battlepark Iead
Washingter Street
Washington Street
Washington
Mass crowds pack Indianapolis as three parades thrill visitors
The city sees a busy day with morning parade at the monument services in the afternoon and a torchlight German society procession at night. Rail and streetcar systems ferried large crowds between attractions as visitors prepared to depart after a day of battles flags dedication and remembrance.
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Inlon
Indianapolis
Street Railway
Monument
Tomlinson Hall
Opera House
National Guard
Indiana G. A. R
Crowds Tour Courthouse As Elevator Tests Finish
A construction site's courthouse crowd gathers to view and ride the new elevator. An operator, kept busy by delighted riders, reports carrying at least 1,460 people before quitting in exhaustion. The elevator is not yet county handed over, with a firm man running it for now.
Will Sell the Poor Farm Near Riverside Park
County Commissioners plan to sell the county poor farm three miles from the city near Riverside Park. Buildings are shacks needing repairs, and a new site with buildings is desired. They may sell to the federal government for an army post at about 200 dollars per acre, 20 acres total, with a special council session to ratify if negotiations materialize.
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County Council
County Commissioners
Riverside Park
Federal Building Project Underway in New York Contractor Visits
George A. Bodwell and E. C. Strathman representing John Pierce of New York arrived to begin work on the federal building. Square 36 will be fenced, with sub-contracts to be let soon. The bond must finish within thirty months, though many federal buildings exceed the period. Dugan Cut Stone Company of Bedford is said to supply the stone.
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George A. Bodwell
E. C. Strathman
John Pierce
New York
Federal
A. A. Young
Strathman
Mr. Bodwell
Dugan Cut Stone Company
Bedford
Hardware merger loses members and funding
The Van Camp Hardware Company and other large hardware firms withdraw from the National Hardware and Metal Company merger once valued at 130 million dollars. The capital is reduced to 99 million with possible further cuts if more members pull out. Courtland Van Camp says talks of another combination are possible, with his firm preferring wide alignment or none.
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van Camp Hardware Company
National Hardware and Metal Company
Uns
Courtland van Camp
Sunday School Convention Opens in Meridian Street Church
The Marion county Sunday schools hold a convention at 7:30 this evening at the Meridian Street M E Church. Sessions run through tomorrow night with Rev Joshua Stansfield delivering the opening address. Ten minute talks by school superintendents follow as committees are appointed for the day’s business.
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Marion County
Meridian-street
M. EL Church
Joshua Stansfield
Fire in Windsor Hotel apartments startles residents
A burning couch in the Windsor Hotel apartments at 47 and 49 Windsor sparked a scare last night. A lighted match thrown behind the couch ignited the excelsior filling, setting sofa and carpet ablaze. Rooms filled with smoke, drifting to the corridors. An alarm was sounded but the fire was out by the time firefighters arrived.
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Fred West
Windsor Hotel
Flags of Civil War Heroes Parade Renew Loyalist Pride
Thousands of veterans from Indiana regiments march in a solemn flag parade to the memorial, recounting years of war and sacrifice. Color bearers valiantly guard torn emblems as they pass the monument, with regiments from Civil War and Spanish-American eras honored.
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Smock
G A. R
Mexico
Col
J. B. Mulkey
Capitol
James R. Carnahan
Hyland
Carnahan
Washington Street
Alabama
New York Street
Meridian
Monument
John B. Wirt
Black Hawk Association
Ike
Thirty-first Regiment
Col. Smith
Grimes
Thirty-sixth
Chambers
New Castle
Twenty-ninth Infantry
D. W. Hilligoss
A. D. Cuill
Twenty-first Heavy Artillery
Morton
Navy
Charles Powers
Ingalls
Thirty-third
Thirty
Sixtieth Indiana
Grand Catane
David Robinson
John 8. Wright
Rockport
Wright
Henry Woods
C. W. Chapell
Jacob Knoll
John McVeigh
H. C. Miller
J. H. Pritty
W. Brewer
Andrew Meath
James Spaulding
J. W. Davis
James Stokes
Henry Lante
John Murphy
Stoner Knight
W. Campbell
A. A
National Guard unit accused of marching misstep and taunts
National Guard's Ful Second Regiment told Third to go back to the farm as they marched to the city from camp. The Second teased the Third, several soldiers dropped out with blisters, and only Corporal Scott remains hospitalized. Arrested members were sent to meals after 4:20 AM.
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Fair Grounds
McKee
C. D. Scott
C. D. Scott, of Battery B
Artillery
Callon
Oakes
Three Italians Hurt Grading Roadbed by Big Four
Three Italian laborers from Chicago hired by the Big Four suffered serious injuries when a crane on a steam shovel swung over a gravel car and knocked them from the car near the Belt. They were taken to St Vincent’s Hospital. doctors said none of the injuries appeared fatal.
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Big Four
Chicago
City
St. Vincent's Hospital
Cincinnati
St. Vincent’s Hospital
J. H. Ford
Audubon Society Meeting Advised for Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Audubon Society invites members to a monthly meeting at Buzzard's Roost tomorrow afternoon if weather allows. Transportation options include carriages or bicycles via Millersville and Fall Creek or a 24 mile walk from Bank's crossing after riding Union Traction. Cars depart Maryland street fifteen minutes after each hour. returning trains leave Bank's crossing ten minutes after each hour. Mr. W. W. Woollen will depart at 12 15.
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Buzzard's Roost
Millersville
Fall Creek
Mount Nebo
Union Traction
Bank's Crossing
Maryland Street
W. W. Woollen
Former NYC school chief arrives in New York for visit
David K. Goss former superintendent and now director of a boys school at Strasburg Germany has reached New York for a several week visit. In a May 7 snowstorm in France he notes his passage on the Kaiser Wilhelm II which set a speed record averaging 22 41 knots per hour
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David K. Goss
Strasburg
Germany
New York
France
Smallpox Reports Rise Amid Quarantine Debates
Five new smallpox cases plus one suspect were reported to the city Board of Health as the disease spreads, though vaccinations have limited spread to mostly white residents. Officials say quarantines remain enforced, despite anonymous complaints, with Lafollette and Monnihan among those affected and authorities urging affidavits for any reported violations.
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City Board of Health
Albert Johnson
West Vermont Street
Andrew Glenn
West Eleventh Street
Margaret Ewing
West Market Street
Thomas Lafollette
Lexington Avenue
Andrew Monnihan
West Pearl Street
Lafollette
Board of Health Office
Carter
West New York Street
Mrs Prunkers Pupils Recitals At Indiana Boston School
Senior students from the Indiana-Boston School of Expression and Dramatic Art perform tonight and tomorrow at Mrs Harriet Augusta Prunk's home 716 West New York street Loreane Dale De Bolt Carl J Brickhert present a farce The Reformer Reformed Other pieces include After Twenty Years No Room for Mother The Automatic Man and multiple recitations and piano numbers by Nellie Shaffer and Irene McDonald with works by Lyshberg Gottschalk Godard Moszkowski and others
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Indiana-Boston School of Expression and Dramatic Art
Harriet Augusta Prunk
West
New York Street
Loreane Dale de Bolt
Carl J. Brickhert
Orrie Myers
Nellie Gay Nixon
Daisy Elizabeth Lutz
Elmer Ellsworth Woods
John
Mabel ¢. Mills
Brown
Marguerite Katherine Wahl
Courtin
Kentucky
Laura Arnold
Irene McDonald
Godard
Moszkowski
Mal Zurka
Dunlaps Celebrated Hats At Seaton Hat Store
Special train leaves Indianapolis at 6 30 a m for Dayton return at 6 p m. Feed your horse Janes s Dustless Oats.
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Seaton’s
Indianapolis
Dayton
Janes
Lake Erie & Western R. R
Michigan City
Terre Haute
Greencastle
Tsc
Terres Haute
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