Francis Murphy Returns as Gospel Temperance Evangelist
Francis Murphy, a gospel temperance lecturer, returned to a crowded Marion County Prohibition Alliance meeting in Woodruff Place with former mayor C. Denny and Rev. Joshua Stansfield. The event featured Bible readings, hymns led by Mr. Grey, and remarks on wealth, work, and striving for a better life.
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Marion County Prohibition Alliance
New York
Ala
Francis Murphy
Murphy
Caleb
Denny
Joshua Stansfield
Meridian Street M. E
League
J. Pier
Charles M. Schwab
Mr Murphy
Woodruff Place
Riley
Cure
C. S. Denny
Mr. Murphy
Glass Severed Artery Injures Young Barnett at Home
Seventeen year old Robert Barnett known as Red, son of Conductor Barnett of the Big Four, suffered a deep arm wound when a porch door transom shattered. He forced entry by breaking glass, cutting his right arm at the wrist and tearing the artery. After bleeding heavily he was helped to Traub’s drug store and later to the City Dispensary for surgery and anesthetic.
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Robert Barnett
Conductor Barnett
Big Four
Spann Avenue
Red
Traub
Corner Avenue
Laurel Street
Fome
Ward
Barnett
Drugels T Traub
Unconscious Lineman Rescued After Street Collapse
Chester Bowsher, a Piair Field Traction Company lineman living at 710 Indiana Avenue, nearly died from ptomaine poisoning after a street attack on East Court Street. Dr. Davis and Goodwin aided as Bowsher collapsed, received stomach pumping at the City Dispensary, and regained consciousness.
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Chester Bowsher
Piairfield Traction Company
Indiana Avenue
Bowsher
Goodwin
Eoch
East Street
Republicans to Open Indiana Campaign September 20
The Indiana Republican campaign opens September 20 with speeches at Marion and across forty to forty-five counties. Lyons, head of the speakers bureau, assigns venues as leaders like Grosvenor Durbin Cannon Beveridge Landis and others prepare rallies in cities from South Bend to Rockville and Greenfield to Bloomington.
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Dc. C. Lyons
State Committee
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Hanna
Indiana
Marion
Grosvenor
Ohio
Durbin
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Joe Cannon
Illinois
Rockville
W. T. Durbin
Charles W
New Castle
Anderson
Cere Albert J. Beveridge
South Bend
Col
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Knox
John L. Griffiths
Warsaw
Peru
James E. Io Flora
Crawfordsville
Charles B. Landis
Greensburg
Rushville
Newton W. Gilbert
Martinsville
E. D. Crumpacker
Wilee
L. Taylor
Tipton
Joseph G. ‘Cannon
Addison C. Harris
Jeffersonville
Union B. Hunt
Huntington
John C. Chaney
Sullivan
Frank B
Rochester
Gurley Brewer
Kokomo
Baldwin
Brookville
Democrats target Hemenway in First district race
Republican managers hear that Democrats abandoned plans to defeat Brick in the Thirteenth and will devote resources to beating Hemenway in the First district. Chicago leaders reportedly decided this, with money planned for the district. Owen was frozen out, Nolan allegedly pressured Owen with a costly price. Landis is seen as secure, Holliday expected re-elected in the Fifth. Democrats in the Eleventh target Landis with veteran votes while Nelson is nominated.
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Representative Hemenway
Chicago
Brick
Hemenway
John W. Spencer
Frank B. Posey
Posey
Colonel Owen
Mount Vernon
Jack” Nolan
Thomas Taggart
National Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Landis
Congress
George W. Steele
Frederick Landis
Nelson
Anent Rooker's Speech On Overstreet At Marion County
Republicans recall William V. Rooker's remarks at the Democratic convention at Masonic Hall. He notes Overstreet is away in New York with the Republican national congressional committee, aiming to aid a Republican delegation. Overstreet expected home about Sept 26, with no immediate Marion County actions planned.
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William V. Rooker
Masonic Hall
Representative Overstreet
Rooker
Marion County
New York
Overstreet
Republican National Congressional Committee
National Congress
Marion
Grenstrens
Campaign Notes Highlight Michigan City Naval Station Push
Thomas R. Shipp reports Beveridge staffer work and advocacy for a Great Lakes naval training site with Michigan City noted as a strong candidate. Campaign efforts continue despite malaria, with plans for two or three speeches per ward and a sixty day poll underway. The Marion Club smoker featured the Indianapolis Male Quartet, not the City quartet as announced.
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Marion Club
Indianapolis
Oe City
Yeserday
Travelers' Talks Highlight Bourne Family Ties at Clubs
A. K. Bourne of New York, son of Singer Manufacturing’s president, discusses yacht racing prospects for the Columbia and Constitution against Sir Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock. He notes his father’s firm plans for a 10 000 worker Russian factory near Moscow after a world tour.
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A. K. Bourne
New York
Bourne
Singer Manufacturing Company
Columbia Club
C. E. Seaman
Halifax
Thomas
Russia
Moscow
Indiana Man Praises State Amid Chautauqua Tour
Retired judge D P Bald discusses his summer in New York State and Indiana with a Journal reporter. He notes Indiana’s people, morals, and public life compare favorably to New York and Pennsylvania, cites tax structures, education, and soil, and praises Indiana newspapers and “old home week” customs. F C White and James S Barcus are other figures mentioned in Indianapolis and Terre Haute visits. New pianos are advertised at Wulschner's.
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D. P. Baldwin
Journal
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New York
Indiana
New York City
Boston
Paris
South
Purdue
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Columbia University
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Beveridge
New England
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Saints State
Public Instruction
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City to seek 86 cent levy with 4 cent mandatory add on
Mayor Bookwalter plans to urge a direct city levy of 86 cents plus a 4 cent mandatory levy for sinking fund and pension funds totaling 90 cents per $100. The increase targets deteriorated property from Taggart era and funds needed for health, safety, and street improvements. Departments request about 214,000 more than last year, with police, health, park and public works items driving the raise as council prepares ordinances on the levy and appropriations.
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Taggart
Bockwalter
Department of Public Safety
Irvington
South East Street
Board of Health
City Hospital
Park Board
Board of Public Works
East Market
Wynne
Council Finance Committee
Train incident injures McVay near Kankakee
The Chicago bound city train reached Kankakee at 9 o’clock Saturday night when the engineer, near an imagined obstruction, reversed brakes. The jolt threw McVay off his feet, then the engine sped on and he was hurled against iron, sustaining bruises and small cuts.
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Chicago
Kankakee
McVay
Married in Atlantic City to actor Hodges
Miss Helen Purviance daughter of Joseph W. Purviance of 925 North Illinois street married in Atlantic City last Friday to Walter Hodges actor and manager of The Lovers Lane Company now playing there. Purviance aims to go on the stage under Hodges management after winter dramatic studies and strong musical training.
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Helen Purviance
Joseph W. Purviance
Illinois Street
Atlantic City
Walter Hodges
Lovers’ Lane
William Brady
Purviance
Harriet Augusta Prank
Hodges
New York
Canvassers Aim to Raise 75 000 in Ten Days for Institute
George W. Brown reports that canvassers for the technical institute fund must raise in ten days the amount collected in six weeks. They seek large gifts from wealthy citizens and expect smaller pledges by public notices. A recent subscription of 25 dollars from Indianapolis Fancy Grocery Company adds momentum toward the 100 000 goal.
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Technical Institute Fund
Indianapolis
George W. Brown
Indianapolis Fancy Grocery Company
Drunken assailant wounds Irishman on Maryland Virginia corner
Michael Mann, sixty six, of 2207 Yandes street, said a drunken man with no provocation struck him at the Maryland street and Virginia avenue corner as he waited for a street car. The wound was dressed by Dr. Foreman at the City Dispensary and Mann was sent home.
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Michael Mann
Yandes Street
Maryland Street
Virginia Avenue
Foreman
Mann
Journal's Handbook of Indianapolis Distributed
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Journal
Indianapolis
Women Fight In Harris Barbershop Assault Charge
Dr Foreman was called to Harris barber shop at 339 West Maryland street where May Wells was found bleeding and bandaged. She said Alice Scott struck her with a beer bottle after Wells pursued her husband. Scott was arrested and claimed Wells attacked her at Harris restaurant on Toledo street. Both women faced assault and battery charges.
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Scott
Wells
Harris
Toledo Street
Special train to Terre Haute and Decatur round trip fare
Special train leaves Indianapolis Union Station at 7 a.m. and returns from Terre Haute at 7 p.m. Round trip fare to Terre Haute is $1. Green Cast tle and other intermediate points offered at corresponding rates. One departure noted for Sunday Sept 14 with $1.25 to Decatur and return.
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Indianapolis Union Station
Cincinnati
Terre Haute
Greencastle
Decatur
Indianapolis
Fire and a thief ruin two homes in a single day
A stove fire at 814 Tacoma street damaged Fred Uebele’s home and a pocketbook with $4.50 was stolen. A separate blaze at 7 Harrison street caused about $100 in losses. Another fire at 339 East Georgia street damaged the two story home by an unknown cause, with losses estimated at $2.
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Fred Uebele
Tacoma Street
Uebele
William Miser
Harrison Street
Salvage Corps
W. L. Thayer
East
Georgia Street
Conductor W P McVay Fatally Injured in Peculiar Accident
Conductor W P McVay of the Big Four Railroad, probably fatally hurt Saturday night, was brought to his home in the Oxford flats yesterday. He had been in charge of the preferred freight.
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W. P. McVay
Big Four Railroad
Oxford Flats
McVay
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