Hotel Lobby Gleanings on Eleventh District Race
Carey Cowgill of Wabash spent a day in the city discussing the Eleventh District congressional convention. He described how Major Steele failed to win renomination, noting Cass county delegates' choices and the likely outcomes had different support emerged. He said Landis’s nomination was preferable to Steele’s. A stray hotel quip about a rheumatic cure via a woolen string and copper wire ends the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey Cowgill
Wabash
Cowgill
Steele
Cass County
Dr. Good
Myself
Landis
Jones
CARES FOR RHEUMATISM COIL OF COPPER WIRE TRIED
Jones living in Ballard apartments suffers rheumatism and quips about wearing copper wire coils around his waist as a remedy. Neighbors and his wife monitor a cache of bottles and odd cures as hopeful speculation spreads. A visitor suggests gasoline baths and potato cures, while Jones remains optimistic about home remedies and their uncertain promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Ballard
Joneses
de@ared Jones
Elwood Editor Promises Big Vaudeville Auto Prize
Editor Oscar Austill of the Elwood Daily Record describes an $850 automobile prize for a vaudeville fundraiser by the Uniform Bank K of P. Tickets at 10 cents each, about 27 000 sold statewide, with proceeds aiding the California encampment and bank expenses. A new $40 000 theater for Elwood is under construction, seating 120, and Andrew Carnegie funded a library gift of 250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Austill
Elwood Daily Record
Uniform Bank
K. of P
H. T. Hearsey Vehicle Company
Indianapolis
Elwood Lodge
California
Mr. Austin
Elwood
Andrew Carnegie
Homeopathists to Meet at Denison Hotel this Week
The thirty sixth annual session of the Indiana Institute of Homeopathy will be held at the Denison Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday. Railroads offer a one fare round trip. Papers of interest prepared for each bureau with lively discussions anticipated. Officers include F. C. Stewart president and D. H. Dean first vice president. Committees on arrangements include W. B. Stewart and H. H. Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Institute of Homeopathy
Denison Hotel
Muncie
W. B. Huron
Tipton
Arran
Ents
W. B. Stewart
Indianapolis
M. H. Waters
Terre Haute
H. H. Baker
Nettie Adams Found After Escape From Insane Hospital
Nettie Adams, who escaped from the Insane Hospital Wednesday night, was found yesterday morning. Her home is Greenfeld. She stayed at Mrs. McNutt’s home Friday night. Yesterday her cousin took her to Morristown hoping hospital officials would permit her to stay with Mrs. Bentley. Friends state she is sane and efforts will be made to parole her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Adams
Greenfeld
Man Taken By Bicycle Police To Station
Harry Veach was brought to the police station yesterday morning by Bicycle Policemen Streit and Losh on a charge of being insane. He resided at 224 North Pennsylvania Street and was decorating the exterior with pictures from his home. Veach protested but agreed after officers told him Superintendent Taffe was building a new house and wished him to paint it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Veach
Streit and
Losh
Veach
Pennsylvania Street
Taffe
Saloon on Capitol Avenue to Close after License Nonrenewal
The Capitol avenue saloon and garden operated by Fred Kissel will shut down after years of neighbor protests. John W. Patterson, the license holder, will not renew the permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Avenue
Fred Kissel
John W. Patterson
Woman's Work in Australia lecture by Miss Vida Goldstein
Miss Vida Goldstein, after extensive study of women’s work, will lecture tomorrow evening at the Propylaeum on Woman's Work in Australia. A reception for Miss Goldstein will be held this afternoon at the German House by the German Ladies' Aid Society. During the week she will visit the Counts institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vida Goldstein
Propylaeum
Australia
Miss Goldstein
German Ladies’ Aid Society
Missin
Court Fight Over Confederate Twenty Dollar Bill
In Superior Court Judge Carter's room, a damage suit concerns Philip L. Boegler's claim that John G. Shearin, hired to sell pictures, failed to remit $45. Boegler says Shearin offered part payment in Confederate currency aboard a streetcar, including a $20 bill, prompting an embezzlement charge after he improvised arrest and Shearin was later acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Superior Court
John G. Shearin
Philip L. Boegler
Shearin
Boegler
Greenfield
Setttle
Anderson
Muncie
Spite-Fence Case Ends in Fine for Russell Couple
Judge Alford of the Criminal Court fined James Russell and wife ten dollars plus costs for maintaining a nuisance in a long running spiter fence dispute with neighbors George and Mrs Kinz on Dugdale Street. The feud began with alleged ugly faces and fences hemming in the Kinzes’ home. The Kinzes had previously won damages of twenty five dollars. An affidavit alleging nuisance had led to trials across Justice of the Peace, Superior and Criminal courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alford
Criminal Court
James Russell
Justice of the Peace
Criminal
Russells
George Kinz
Dugdale Street
Russell
Newport man indicted over obscene letter to Chicago firm
J A Andrews of Newport Kentucky faces federal charges for sending obscene material through the mails. Indicted by a grand jury the 60 year old businessman allegedly drafted a letter from a French Lick hotel seeking explicit pictures for a Chicago firm. The letter was found when the firm was shuttered by federal officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Andrews
Newport
John H.er
Indiana Court
Andrews
French Lick
Chicago
United States
Newport Rolling Mill
Cincinnati
Edna Burgess files suit for divorce from Thomas Burgess
Edna H. Burgess yesterday filed for divorce from her husband Thomas H. Burgess alleging she was frequently struck and beaten and hit with a broom. The complaint seeks legal relief in the matter of the marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna
Burgess
Thomas H. Burgess
Givorce
Suit Over False Imprisonment Filed Against James Crabtree
Joseph Gentry filed suit for 2000 damages alleging false imprisonment after Crabtree arrested him on a sidewalk obstruction charge and kept him in jail for 24 hours. The piece also notes probate of Sarah E. Parry's will naming beneficiaries and clarifies Booth Tarkington's nonownership of a doughnut factory. Edson T. Wood is the building agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Gentry
James Crabtree
Crabtree
Sarah E. Parry
Hoyt Avenue
Charles A. Brown
Birch Avenue
Albert Ewir
Warren R. Sloan
Margaret Pen
Booth Tarkington
A. A. Daugherty
Samuel Wilson
Broadway
Mr. Tarkington
Edson T. Wood
Andrews settles suit with Lake Erie & Western Railroad
A suit of M. E. Andrews against the Lake Erie & Western Railroad was compromised yesterday in Federal Court with Andrews receiving 2500 dollars. A separate suit by J. B. Ogiesbay of Rochester ended with the jury ruling for the railroad. Judge John H. Baker will travel to Fort Wayne for a brief court session on June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Andrews
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Andrews
J. EB. Ogiesbay
Rochester
John H. Baker
Fort Wayne
City must answer as bridge collapse suit proceeds
Judge Carter overruled the city's demurrer to Erastus Smith's damage suit for injuries from the West Washington Street bridge collapse. The ruling holds the complaint good, and the city will now file an answer and proceed to defend the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Erastus Smith
West Washington Street
Court records outline settlements and divorces across courts
The Court Record lists Alma Wheeler versus Helen Gordon estate with a verdict for $190 and costs, Georgia Wood and William Wood divorce proceedings, Sarah Hinkle and William Hinkle divorce with plaintiff favored, Kessler versus Hardaway to quiet title, Wallace trustee defaulted, and other suit filings including Gentry versus Crabtree damages and Dougherty divorce filings. The Criminal Court records show Henry Mickiey assault case not guilty and Russell nuisance case guilty with a $10 fine. New suits filed include Gentry Crabtree damages and Dougherty divorce. Burgess divorce noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Henry Clay Allen
Alma Wheeler
Helen E. Gordon
Rosa_M. Dellelo
Ernest Melicks
Georgia A. Wood
William Wood
Sarah Hinkle
William Hinkle
George Kessler
Henry Hardaway
Wallace
Fremont Alford
State
Henry Mickiey
Justice Stout
Tary A. Russell
James A. Russell
Justice Emrich
Joseph Gentry
James Crabtree
Anna C. Dougherty
Henry O. Dougherty
Edna Burgess
Thomas H. W. Burgess
Superior Court
Appellate Briefs and Case Mentions from 1970 Jasper County
A listing of appellate briefs and case references including Howard F. Chappell versus Jasper County Gas and Oil Company, John H Terhune versus Catharine Shinn, Milwaukee Fire Insurance Company versus L. B. Todd, James Warner versus Sarah E. Warner, and Diamond Flint Glass Company versus Byron M. Boyd. Briefs noted with court designations Adams Blackford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard F. Chappell
John
Terhune
Catharine Shinn
Henry C.C. Appellant
Milwaukee Fire Insurance Company
Todd
Howard
C. Appellant
James Warner
Sarah E. Warner
Adams C. C. Appellee
the Diamond Flint Glass Ay Et al
Byron M. Boyd
Blackford C. C. Appellant
Opening of Summer Dancing Season at Broad Ripple Park
Broad Ripple Park hosts the season opener with Terpsichore at a houseboat on the White River. The Aquatic Club plans a record summer with decorated venues, multiple clubs dancing on pavilions, and a busy schedule including Theosophists picnics at Fairview. The fairgrounds add bowling and boxing, with The When Band and Montanas providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Ripple Park
Aquatic Club
White River
Fairview
Terpsichore
Indianapolis
Messrs. Peck and Hinds
Broda Apple Park
The
Chevaliers
Enterplans
Success
Kohinoor
Adelanthe Club
H. Moore
W. L. Hames
R. H. Strain
Manual Arene High School
Montanas
Fairview Park
Society of Theosophists
Theosophists
Brookside
Riverside
Garfield
Military
Broad Ripple
Exhibition of Paintings by the Society of Western Artists
The Herron Art Institute hosts a Society of Western Artists exhibit drawing strong public interest with many visitors all week. It features landscapes and varied subjects in oils watercolors pastels and sculpture via photographs. Notable works include Waldeck’s Jolly Good Fellow and Paulus’s old woman head, with Indian pieces by Phillips and Wolf Ear highlighting regional talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Western Artists
Herron Art Institute
Indianapolis
Art Institute
Middle West
Waldeck
St. Louis
Paulus
Detroit
Institute
Phillips
New Mexico
J. H. Sharp
Cincinnati
Hearst
University of California
Wolf Ear
Rnin
Bas
Anecdotes of General Sherman at Fifth Avenue Hotel
Maj. James H. Trezevant of Houston recalls two Sherman tales. He recounts a Shiloh wounded brother, John Timothy Trezevant, aided by Trezevant’s sister at Pocahontas. Sherman’s remark to the wounded rebel and later praise for Trezevant’s brother highlight wartime tensions, friendship, and surprising generosity across former enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
James H. Trezevant
Houston
Tex
General Sherman
Fifthavenue
Shiloh
John Timothy Trelevant
Dallas
Richard H. Parham
Pocahontas
Memphis
Corinth
John
Parham
Sherman
United States
Washington
General Sheman
Tresevant
Gen
Braxton Bragg
West Point
Samuel Bell Maxey
Texas
Apomattox
Bragg
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Galveston
Ana
Sager
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Mr. Bondy
Bondy & Lederer
New York
Bondy
Tom Keenes
Daniel Stewart
Tom Keene
Vuelta
DANIEL, STEWART _Co
Eleventh District
Elwood Knights
Vaudeville
Kissel
P. L. Boegler
J. G. Shearin
Newport, Ky
Doughoaut
Supreme Court
Osthaus
Potthart
Bermuda Coast
Kaelin
Gloucester
Winifred
Agnes Hamilton
Western Association of Artists
Shortridge High School
Study Club
Gen. Sherman
Ness
General Brage
Ings
Maxey
Sam
Tomore Row
Braxton
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