Suit for fuel filed by Matthews Glass Company begins action
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Marion Ind Oct 15 The Sargent Glass Company of Matthews sues Matthews Land Company in Grant Circuit Court for injunction specific performance and 5000 damages over gas supply to its chimney factory insisting defendant withholds fuel causing loss The case hinges on gas allocation and contract terms.
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Indianapolis
Marion, Ind
Sargent Glass Company
Matthews
Matthews Land Company
Grant Circuit
Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Ind
Willie Latta
Uest
O'Neil
Chicago
Richmond street railway feud over high tension wires continues
The Home Telephone Company and New Long Distance Telephone Company of Indianapolis sue Richmond Street and Interurban Railway to block high tension wires. A temporary restraining order became a temporary injunction and the case will go to trial. Judge Fox will set a later date. The street car company offered to relocate the lines fifty feet at its own expense, hoping for settlement without litigation.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Home Telephone Company
Long Distance Telephone Company of
Indianapolis
Richmond Street and Interurban Railway Company
Fox
Street Car Company
Alexandrian sues to recover macadam road contract
A Bunyan of Alexandria filed an appeal in the Circuit Court from a county commissioners decision canceling his macadam road contract in Springfield Cold Spring and Michigan townships. The appeal aims to forestall reopening bids set for October 27 to complete the roads.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
A. Bunyan
Alexandria
Springfield
Cold Spring
Michigan
Reunion at Richmond Regiment Hold Second Annual Meeting
Governor Durbin, former colonel of the 161st Regiment, presided at Richmond Indiana as over one hundred veterans gathered for the second annual reunion. The event featured speeches by Durbin and Lt. Col. Backus, a dinner at Grand Army Hall, and a business session naming New Castle as next year’s reunion site.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Durbin
Cuba
Grand Army Hall
Immerman
Richmond Company
South
Victor M. Backus
New Castle
Ae Dd
James Wilson
Wabash
John K. Ward
Parkinson
Centreville
Old Homestead
Morton
Wayne County
Indianapolis
Cam
Backus
Starr
Grand Army
Federated Company Buys Pairmont Glass Plant
Federated Window Glass Company of Columbus purchases the Crown Window Glass plant in Fairmont West Virginia with a 400 box monthly capacity. The acquired factory, idle after months of shutdown, resumes operation today under new ownership.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Crown Window Glass Company
Federation Window Glass Company
Columbus
Onse Tre
Macbeth-Evans Glass Company strike hits Elwood factory gates
Elwood Indiana October 15 1923 following a general strike order in all Macbeth Evans Glass Company factories the Elwood plant saw workers abandon tasks last night gates nailed shut and production effectively halted as talks failed over labor rules and pay scales with the company insisting on its old rate and seven skim rules while workers demand a settlement and standard conditions.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
Macbeth-Evans Glass Company
Glass Factory Forced to Clone
FAIRMOUNT Ind Oct 16 An unlocked for shortage of gas has closed one of the Headley Window Glass Company large factories indefinitely. Only one plant will run and managers face a fuel famine as they attempt to restart both facilities after drills failed to yield satisfactory results.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fairmount
Ind
Headley Window Glass Company
Maj George Walker Funeral Held in Evansville
Evansville ceremony for Maj George B. Walker Sixth Cavalry United States Army followed a Fort Russell Wyoming burial guard of soldiers and Loyal Legion pallbearers. He earned a Cuba San Juan Hill wound later serving in the Philippines where promoted to major. Born and raised in Evansville. FAIRMOUNT death of William H. Smith a north of town farmer after sudden illness while returning from a neighbor's home. MUNCIE obituary for John A. Webb labor leader and Plasterers Union No 83 treasurer, dies at home. funeral to be held at United Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev. R. G.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
George B. Walker
Sixth Cavalry
United States Army
Edwin Walker
Dr. Davis
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Fort Russell
Wyo
United States
Loyal Legion
Army
Walker
San Juan Hill
Cuba
Philippines
Islands
Fairmount
William H. Smith
Smith
Muncie
John A. Webb
Plasterers’ Union
Muncie Building Trades Council
Gas Belt
Casstown
United Presbyterian Church
R. G
Indiana pioneers obituary roundup from Oct 15
Marion John Secrist aged ninety one prominent in Grant county history died after month long illness at home in Marion He was a Whig then Republican and cast his first vote for John Quincy Adams funeral planned Friday Muncie Lorenzo Snell seventy five civil war veteran and Sulphur Springs Masonic lodge member died at home near Muncie funeral set for tomorrow Portland J C Raney Green Park Cemetery superintendent died aged at home father of Arch R Raney publisher of New Paris Mirror funeral Thursday Evansville Joseph T Foley fifty furnace manufacturer died of apoplexy native of Nashville Tenn body to be sent there for burial prominent in Elks Centerville Mrs Mary Houck ninety six native of Hanover Pa lived in Centerville forty years
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Marion
Ind
John Secrist
Grant County
John Quincy Adams
Muncie
Delaware County
Lorenzo Snell
Sulphur Springs Masonic Lodge
Portland
J. C. Raney
Green Park Cemetery
Arch R. Raney
New Paris
O.) Mirror
Evansville
Joseph T. Foley
Nashville
Tenn
Foley
Elks
Centerville
Mary Houck
Hanover
Two Fatal Scaldings Reported In Indiana Mills
Two persons are involved in separate scalding incidents in Indiana. Jacob Jones of the American rolling mill died after steam scalding during boiler cleaning, with his cries drawing a nearby helper. A five year old boy near Gaston died after falling into hot water. The same dispatch notes a township trustees meeting in Muncie with Mayor Sherritt presiding and a program on care for the poor and school topics.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Jacob Jones
Jones
John Cheeseman
Gaston
Farmers form hard line against hunters at Duck creek
Elwood Indiana farmers near Duck creek plan an iron clad organization to bar hunting on their lands after recent shootings maiming stock. Game Warden Bravy to attend as locals vow to push the law to its limit. Nearby Goshen reports include an auditor’s precept to examine Delos N. Weaver’s bank deposits and a Latta arrest for a theft tied to a Chicago case.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
Duck Creek
Coon Valley
Rowdy embrace scandal disrupts Terre Haute street fair
In Terre Haute Indiana on October 15 the street fair meeting ended with a rowdy display as women and girls were forcibly hugged and kissed sparking fear and causing many to stay indoors. Police investigated the disturbance and crowd control was tightened for the following night after the melee.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Arrests after rowdy town event in LaPorte
Police report twenty young men jailed after repeat disturbances despite warnings. In LaPorte Indiana on October 15 Sheriff Small captured five youths near the city for breaking into Lake Shore cars and stealing merchandise valued in the hundreds of dollars bound for Chicago firms. Part of the loot was recovered on the suspects and others sold. authorities believe the group has looted cars for some time.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Small
Lake Shore
Chicago
Syndicate aims to unite all broom corn makers in nation
William A. Sheppard of Onondaga New York says final details are nearly complete for a national broom corn manufacturers syndicate. More than 5 million dollars will fund plant purchases and payments to owners who join. Offers from 7 percent of all manufacturers include Jacobson Peterson Co of South Bend Indiana. Marcus McTags Kokomo sexton, aged nearly 80, has served since Kokomo was a village. He has buried 9,950 bodies and expects to reach 10,000 before retiring.
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Indianapolis Journal
South Bend
Ind
William A. Sheppard
Onondaga
N. Y
Broom Works
Jacobson, Peterson & Co
Indiana
Elwood
Marcus McTags
Kokomo
Multiple Indiana towns report assorted incidents and appointments
Muncie charles Hill a colored man from Indianapolis arrested for stealing 14 dollars from C C Harris of Lima and taken to Lima. Angola James McNabb stabbed likely fatally hurt Lewis Shumway cut in quarrel over Matthews affair drunkenly. Madison Reverend Herbert Massey from Vincennes arrived with men at Plow Handle Point to dynamite ground for missing actress sister. Seymour Reverend F Davies resigns to lead Zion Church in Cincinnati. Elwood Madison County Anti saloon League wins license renewal denial for Daniel Seward of Rigdon after trial. Marion John H Readman of Marion Soldiers Home arrested for pension fraud. Richmond United States Coffee Company formed with 2 million capital from Nicaragua interests. Wabash James Lawshe son of A L Lawshe en route from Manila to Purdue for a week. Evansville Edward Conway of Newburg injured on bicycle by buggy shaft and feared dead. Shelbyville William Co Fields farmer died aged 64 leaving widow and two children.
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Angola
James McNabb
Lewis Shumway
Silas Matthews
Matthews
McNabb
Hiquor
Madison
Herbert Massey
Vincennes
Plow Handle Point
Ohio River
James T. Kelly
Hanover
Seymour
F._ Davies
St. Paul's
Zion
Elwood
Madison County Antisaloon League
Daniel Seward
Rigdon
Here
Grant
Marion
John H. Readman
United States
Marshal Perkins
Pittsburg
Readman
Richmond
Nica-ragua
United States Coffee Company
Augusta
Wabash
James Lawshe
A. L. Lawshe
Philippines
Manila
Purdue University
Evansville
Edward Conway
Newburg
Shelbyville
Ind
William Co. Fields
Delegates Arrive in Omaha for Disciples of Christ Convention
Two thousand delegates reached Omaha by morning trains for the national Disciples of Christ convention. The day was spent in receiving delegates and planning entertainment for ten days. At 7:30 p.m. B B Allen of Indianapolis led a 50-voice Christian Endeavor service at the Coliseum. An 8 p.m. temperance rally followed, led by Oliver W Stewart of Chicago, who urged government action on liquor and likened licensing alcohol to licensing thieves and counterfeiters.
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Omaha
Neb
The
Disciples of Christ
City
Coliseum
B. B. Allen
Christian Endeavor Societies of
Indianapolis
Christian Endeavorers
Oliver W. Stewart
Chicago
National Committee
Prohibition Party
What Is Catholicity Discussed At Church Congress
The Church Congress session in Albany on October 15 focused on the question What Is Catholicity with addresses by Rev. Dr McKim of Washington Rev C C Edmunds Jr of Newark and Frederick Cook Moorehouse of Milwaukee among others.
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Albany
N. Y
The
Church Congress of the
Mission board meets in Oberlin with noted speakers
At Oberlin Ohio on October 15 the ninety third meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions heard addresses from Rev. Judson Smith of Boston Rev Chauncey D Goodrich D D of the North China mission and Rev James L Barton secretary of the prudential committee as part of todays session.
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Oberlin, CO
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Judson Smith
Boston
Chauncey D. Goodrich
D. D
North China Mission
James L. Barton
Prudential Committee
Too Great A Strain at Ohio Medical University
Mrs Minnie Smith of Columbus died after a dental procedure where twenty teeth were extracted in fifty seconds at Ohio Medical University clinic. Despite restoratives, she never woke. Dr Hawley blamed heart paralysis, noting no gas asphyxiation signs during the operation.
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Columbus
Minnie Smith
Milton C. Smith
Ohio Medical University
Hawley
Smith
Typhoon and Seismic Tidal Waves Hit Japan Coast
A terrible typhoon spread disaster across northern Japan. Seismic tidal waves at Odawara deluged coast villages with immense loss of life and property. Subscription drives opened in several towns by leading Japanese figures and newspapers.
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Yokohama
Victoria
B. C
Japan
Odawara
Murder Charge Shocks New Castle City Hall
Frank J. Fields, a local contractor, was arrested in New Castle Pennsylvania and charged with the murder of City Treasurer John Blevins who was found dead in his office last January. The case had remained unsolved until today.
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New Castle
Frank J. Fields
John Blevins
Indiana Synod Closes Day Focused on Missions and Schools
The Indiana Synod's final day centered on missions and Sunday schools. The gathering endorsed an Evangelistic Plan and celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Dr. Vanitys.
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Vanitys
State meeting of Baptists draws unusually large crowd
At Goshen Indiana on Oct 15 the annual convention reported strong evangelistic progress and large attendance. Two Sunday school missionaries for the Indiana Presbyterian Synod were named, with Houser of South Bend suggested for mission work. Synod funds and gifts totaled significant sums for home and foreign missions, including 981786.39 for the Twentieth Century Fund and 6262 for Home Mission activities.
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Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Ind
Presbyterian Synod
Indiana
Synod
IL. M. Houser
South Bend
Vincennes Presbytery
R. E. Purcell
Vincennes
Harry Nyce
Peru
Hanover College
C. G. Richards
Columbus
R. V. Hunter
Marion
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
J. W. Chapman
D. D
General Assembly
J. M. Fulton
Wooster
Algo
Home Mission Committee
Freeley Rohrer
Home Missions
Yandes Endowment Fund
Home Mission Board
New York City
Charles P. Luce
Woman's Societies
Indiana Synod
Sol. C. Dickey
Winona
Joseph W. Clokey
Newry
A. Woodruff Halsey
New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Women’s Missionary Society to Visit Bloomington
About one hundred women from the Indiana Synod will attend sessions in Bloomington next week. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Indiana Synod meets October 21 to 23 at the First Presbyterian Church. Delegates from major churches across Indiana will join speakers of statewide reputation for morning afternoon and evening sessions.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Indiana Synod of the
Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Church
Friends
Indiana Synod
Presbyterian
Indiiana
Baptists Meet At Muncie For Indiana Convention
The Indiana State Baptists Convention, meeting in Muncie at First Baptist Church, drew large crowds for day two. Sessions featured pastors conferences, papers on worship and church membership, and strong resolutions denouncing unworthy ministers. Mission board reports showed funds growth, with nineteen churches aided and a permanent fund of 41482.02.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Indiana State Baptists’ Convention
First Baptist Church
J. M. Swarthout
State Mission Board
J. J. W. Billingsley
Missionary Fund
William Johnson
Bloomington
B. A. Greene
Evanston
B. Y. P. U. Board
Missionary Society Meet Opens in Elwood with Key Addresses
Elwood Indiana October 15 The Kokomo District Women s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church begins a two day annual meeting in Elwood. Preparations have been made for many visitors and more than fifty delegates from across the district. The program features Rev Bare a Lucknow mission worker and other prominent missionaries.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
Kokomo District
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
Bare
Lucknow
Priest Villains Socialism In Strong Denver Address
The Rev Thomas Hagerty a Denver Catholic priest spoke in Masonic Hall on The Compelling Truths of Socialism He attacked the present economic system saying women and girls earn too little in factories and stores and must sell their souls to live He argued society is interdependent and the poor do not share in modern improvements He claimed workers are robbed by employers more than highwaymen and that socialism can align with religion without conflict He cited the golden rule and Bible passages on usury and argued one cannot be a capitalist and Christian while still following biblical instruction.
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Thomas Hagerty
Denver
Masonic Hall
Box Car Fire on Big Four Tracks Near Shelby Street
A box car on the Big Four tracks by Shelby street burned at one this morning. A spark from a passing engine ignited hay on the floor, nearly destroying the car as the fire department extinguished the blaze after arriving.
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Shelby Street
Light Brigade Survivors in Workhouses and Hunger
New York Press notes that twenty six survivors of the Balaclava charge ended up in or near workhouses in England, facing hunger and cold while relief funds lag. A London smok ing concert fundraiser yielded only 2.50 dollars, and founder covered more than twice the receipts. Lord Cardigan quips about the blunder as the famed remnant nears renewed charge.
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New York
Light Brigade
Balaclava
London
Book Agents Union Could Trigger Sympathetic Strike
The Chicago Post warns that if the Book Agents' Union links with other unions the employer of labor may face a serious challenge for refusing a ten volume history on installment. The piece highlights the potential for a sympathetic strike and broader union power.
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Chicago Post
A Little Angel and Willie No’m Debate Tying Cans to Dogs
A brief quoted exchange shows a mother warning Willie No’m against mischief with dogs. The mother emphasizes kindness while Willie responds that he only holds the dog, reframing the action as harmless.
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Willie
Treasury chief rejects bond offers as $23,500 fives bought
Secretary Shaw issued a Sept. 26 notice to buy United States 5 per cent bonds of 1904 at $1.05 and purchased $23,500 under that order. Offers for threes and fours were received totaling $3.9 million but were all rejected as Shaw travels to Oakland City to speak.
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Shaw
Oakland City
Ind
Washington
United States
Treasury
President Roosevelt seeks curbing heavy government printing
Roosevelt directs cutbacks on printed reports and documents to reduce useless material and expensive illustrations. Cortelyou informs departments the aim is to curb growth in official printings and streamline government communications.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Navy Health Up. Navy Woman Nurse Corps Proposed
The first annual report of Surgeon General Rixey shows navy and marine health good in the past year with low sick rates and deaths. He urges Congress to establish a woman nurse corps for the navy, plus dentists for naval service, arguing women are best suited for nursing and dental care is lacking for recruits.
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Washington
Rixey
Navy
Marine Corps
Congress
Roosevelt walks in public after leg operation
President Roosevelt walked without a crutch for the first time since an operation on his leg in Indianapolis. He and Secretary Hay hosted an informal dinner after a two hour drive, then returned on foot. Also notes cover a War Department military interest volume and liquor tax action by the National Association of Retail Liquor Dealers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Mitchell
White House
Jackson Place
Hay
National Association of Retail Liquor Dealers Today
Convention delegates review year’s work at Mount Vernon meeting
The executive session of today’s convention discussed the work of state organizations during the year and plans to strengthen the National Association. Delegates spent the afternoon at Mount Vernon as reports were submitted and plans reviewed.
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National Association
Mount Vernon
Navy Ensign Ordered to Report for Duty on Mayflower
In a Navy order today Ensign Alien Buchanan of Indiana is to report on November 3, 19% for duty aboard the Mayflower. Also noted: Siamese crown prince Cha Cha Maha Vajsiravudh and party depart for Wilman Delaware to be entertained by James H. Wilson U.S. Army retired.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Alien Buchanan
Indiana
Mayflower
Chowla Maha Vajsiravudh
Crown Prince of
Siam
Wilman
Del
James H. Wilson
Winfield
Olive
Indian Service
J. C. Bancroft Davis
United States Supreme Court
Worcester
Mass
Bay State
Germany
Court of Claims
Eisure
Whimsical Cabinet Tale Delays Council and Stirs Markets
A London Chronicle piece recounts a rumor weaving Queen Victoria, Disraeli, Gladstone, and a weather professor into a theatrical supper tale. The ministers delay a cabinet due to the tale, and headlines sing of war looming as markets wobble, underscoring rumor’s reach over fact.
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London Chronicle
Lord Beaconsfield
Queen Victoria
mid-Atlantic
Princess Louise
Gladstone
Disraeli
Cairns
Stock Exchange
Coffee Wise Postum Gain: Piney Creek Mother to Father
A Maryland woman credits Postum Coffee Substitute with curing nervous prostration and stomach troubles after six years of illness. She describes initial coffee avoidance, a failed recovery, and eventual full health on Postum. Her parents also switched, noting improved digestion and appetite.
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Mamma
Postum Co
Battle ‘Creel
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