Gas Meter Ordinance Debate Splits Council Over Committee Report
The council wrestled with the gas meter ordinance as Councilman McFarland pressed to transfer it to another committee for a report while Crall opposed leaving the matter without a majority council vote. Milk standards were defined by Board of Health, with fines and penalties for violations, and several ordinances on street switches and street renamings were discussed or referred to committees. The rural carriers organization was highlighted, with talks of future growth and a push to require stamp purchases for rural routes, followed by reports approving increases in horse hire funds and patron stamp enforcement. The next association meeting is planned for Indianapolis on Oct. 17, 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFarland
Committee On Public Health
Crall
Warneg
Craill
Cathen
Union Company
Kentucky Avenue
Hawani Street
Pitzenberger & Ormes
Warman Avenue
Railroad Committee
Wahl
Rath Street
Holmes Avenue
Milwaukee
United States
Indiana
Indianapolis
Resolutions Adopted and Public Works Actions
Resolutions adopted authorize cement walks on Kentucky avenue and several streets, gravel roadways and curbs on Jones New York and Congress streets, and cement walks from Cornell to Martindale avenues. Final action taken opening first alley east of Capitol line from Thirtieth street south and gravel roadway on Chicago street. Petitions filed urge Ringold avenue curb, private cement walk at Eleventh and Larch, and openings of alleys from Hadley to North and Patterson areas with specified widths and terms.
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Kentucky Avenue
White River
Union Railroad
Twentieth Street
Sheldon Street
Hillside Avenue
Jones Street
West Street
Dakota
New York Street
Avenue
Dorman Street
Congress Street
Clifton Street
Cornell Avenue
Martindale Avenue
First Alley
Capitoline
Thirtieth Street
Chicago Street
Schurmann
Town Street
Beecher Street
Eleventh
Larch Streets
Jesse Fletcher
Floyd Avenue
Rural Street
Hadley Sites
North Street
Patterareen
Patterson Street
Frewatha Stres
Stockwell's State Bank and new Indiana incorporations listed
Articles filed in Indiana reveal Stockwell's State Bank to form with 25000 capital. H Gompf Furniture Co of New Castle incorporates with 10000 capital. directors include Harry Gompf Emma Gompf and F O Ritter. Fort Wayne Aerie No 43 Fraternal Order of Eagles adds trustees Rabus Kirkland Eckart. officers Kileinhirst Wilson Crall Centivre. Pike's Peak Telephone Co Brown County and others listed with varying capitals. Fort Wayne Novelty Co and Hoosier Lumber and Manufacturing Co appear with capital figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank of Stockwell
H. Gompf
John W. Brown
J. Ping
H. Campbell
Isven King
Pike's Peak Telephone Company
Brown County
Fortayne Novelty Company
Inch
Walter c. Th
J. K. McCracken
Frank E
Hoosier Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Winchester
Rural Route Carriers Form Indiana State Association
A meeting of rural mail carriers in a Criminal Court room drew twenty five attendees who established a Indiana State association to affiliate with the national rural route carriers. Ed L. Gabor of Muncie, president of the national executive board, outlined aims and benefits. Elected for the ensuing year were S. Scott of Muncie as secretary and A. H. de Bluffton as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Court
National Organization of
Ed L. Gabor
Muncie
National Organization
Indiana
Scott
Secret de Bluffton
A. Ii
First Baptist Church Holds Annual Meeting and Elections
Members gathered at the corner of Pennsyl vania and New York streets for the annual church meeting. Reports showed sound finances and benevolent giving totaling over thirteen thousand dollars. Officers elected included R. B. Keith as treasurer and Abram Wagner as clerk. trustees A. A. Barnes B. O. Pickens and H. B. Essex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Pennsylvania
New York
R. B. Keith
Abram Wagner
A. A. Barnes
O. Pickens
H. B. Essex
Ladies’ Missionary Society
Door of Hope
Ladies’ Circle
Albert Ogle
Central Baptist Association
Red Men Delegates Arrive for Indiana Great Council Meeting
Nearly 500 delegates arrived for the annual Improved Order of Red Men Great Council gathering at the Grand Hotel with 626 expected to attend. Committees were named to audit credentials and plan a potential infirm and aged home, while George F Harper of Madison seeks the title of great junior sagamore amid booster support.
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Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men
Grand Hotel
Masonic Hall
Order of Pocahontas
Red Men
Order In
Indiana
Great Incondence
Thomas G. Harrison
Indiana Trust
G. F. David
Indianapolis
T. J. Smith
Frankfort
Wilson Roose
Goshen
F. D. White
Connersville
Charles I. Feltus
Terre
F. M. Stratton
Kokomo
State of the Home
Fred D. White
George R. Colter
F. G. Castor
Joseph W. Ballard
J. F. Moore
J. F. Flaskamp
C. A. Robinson
Greenfield
C. R. Nobes
Flora
O. W. Coxen
Elwood
Alfred Allison
Anderson
Great Council
Daughters of Pocahontas
George F. Harper
Madison
Sagamore
James Schofield
James Hargan
Co. R. Thompson
Garden memories drift through Standish tale in verse
The fragment evokes Mistress Standish, linen and lavender beside old graves, violet blossoms, and a cottage wall. The sea, roses, and box hedge mingle with faded sheets and summer light, recalling summers long ago in a New England magazine fragment.
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Standish
New England
Inoculating the Soil With Bottled Bacteria
The Philadelphia Record reports early success with using commercial bacteria to inoculate soils for crops. It explains how nitro bacteria aid plant nutrition, the potential for field transfer of micro organisms, and practical farmer experiments such as adding topsoil from a clover-rich field to improve a struggling field. It notes long term viability and potential for direct atmospheric nitrogen use in the future.
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Philadelphia
Division of Chemistry
Washington
Washington Letter on soil fertility and farming practices
The secretary of agriculture notes that American farming exhausts soil, urging shifts to crops like wheat and oats that require less capital but strip nutrients. He cites potash, phosphoric acid, and nitrogen as key minerals, warns fertilizers raise prices, and highlights older Northwest practices that preserve fertility by selling dairy, beet sugar, pork, and meat with minimal soil depletion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boston Transcript
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Germany
Florida
Kentucky
Northwest
Land and Poultry Opinions On Farming and Fertility
M. M. Johnson argues fertility relies on crop rotation, soil elements, and waste recycling, noting European overuse and soil formation via rock disintegration. He cites sewage reuse in Edinburgh and English practices, then shifts to poultry breeding, praising full-blooded birds for farm value and owner character as seen through dogs. Mirror and Farmer calls for skilled farm managers to oversee large operations and adapt to emergencies.
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England
Europe
Bureau of Forestry
Edinburg
M. M. Johnson
Dairying in the South breeds and cattle notes
The article compares Jerseys Ayrshires and Herefords for dairy and beef value. Jerseys yield rich milk but poor beef. Ayrshires produce good milk on poorer pasture and fatten well for beef. Ayrshire cattle thrive on less lush land and can be fattened effectively.
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Jerseys
Ayrshires
Gulf States
Cuba Corn Industry Progress and Agricultural Notes
Cuba grows corn across four crops per year on a single plot near Havana, with December-planted first crop and fourth crop by next December. Dairy and beef aims are met by Devons and Jersey lines. clover-grain diets aid digestion. mulch improves strawberries. careful pasture management boosts yields.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Sentenced to Be Hanged in New Jersey Murder Case
Bridgeton New Jersey Justice Charles E Hendrickson today sentenced Job Williams to be hanged November 26. Williams was convicted of the murder of John B Holmes and his housekeeper Miss Katherine Shute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeton
N. J
Charles E. Hendrickson
Job Williams
Williams
John B. Holmes
Katherine Shute
Oriental Rug Sale Continues In West City
The ongoing sale continues with the finest collection in the West despite no oriental rugs at Geir. The display will remain on the floors all day and today is claimed to be the last day of the event.
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Geir
West
Also Mentioned on This Page
Board OF Works
Stockwell's State Bank
of Associatio
OM Cers
Council OF Red Men
City—Order of Pocahontas
Jim Dumps
Sunny Jim
Utah Experiment Station
Oriental Rug
Maudlweiseh
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Assn
St. Louis
Anheuser-Standard
Exquisite
J. L. Bieler
Anheuser-Busch
Ind
St Sein
Mederine Remedy CO
Duluth
Minn
Eenry J. Huder
Washington and
Pennsylvania Sts
Sander & Recker
Morris
Sander & Recker Furniture Company
Merchants’ Association We Are
Kahn Tailoring Company
Kitchen Cares
Aneshaensel & CO
Ohio Street
Vw. H
East
Washington St
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