Interurban rivals eye Shelbyville route clash grows
Edward Hawkins says he and Harry B. Smith have bought controlling interests in the Greenwood Shelbyville branch and will advance construction. Townsend Reed & Co claim Shelbyville & Southeastern will reach Cincinnati, with plans to extend through Greensburg and connect to Indianapolis routes, amid competing bids and structural rearrangements.
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Shelbyville
Edward Hawkins
Harry B. Smith
Hartford City
J. T. Polk
Greenwood
Eugene C. Robinson
Rock Lane
George Townsend
Townsend, Reed & Co
Shelby- Ville & Southeastern
Cincinnati
Mr. Smith
Greenwood & Shelbyville
Mr. Hawkins
Polk
Robinson
Une
Bogestown
Big Four
Indianapolis, Greenwood & Franklin
Indianapolis
Greenwood Company
Indianapolis, Greenwood & Shelbyville
Boggstown
J. I. Irwin
Columbus
Greenwoood
Polk Forests
Hawkins
Mr. Townsend
Omaha
St. Louis
Lebanon, Frankfort & Lafayette
Bard St
Reed
Lafayette
Wkins
Indies & Lafayette Rapid Railway Company
Indiana Council
Turner
Board of Public Works
B. Smith
Murdocks
Richmond Street Railway
Richmond
Dublin
Napolis
Greenfield & Eastern
Hawkins Shelbyville
Lafayette Rapid Railway Company
Townsend-Reed
Lebanon
Vill & Southeastern
Oecinnati Ae Ae Epor
Greensburg
Fire in a Dry Kiln at Foster Lumber Company
Small blaze hit the drying kiln on Senate avenue and St. Clair street near Foster Lumber Company at 1 am. Fire started from a gas light near the kiln and was put out by automatic flooding apparatus and the fire department. Loss covered by insurance.
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Foster Lumber Company
Senate Avenue
St. Clair Street
Motorman Madden and Conductor Kelley Decline Testimony
Pittsfield Mass Sept 16 Motorman Euclid Madden and Conductor Kelley will not testify during the Craig inquest. An opportunity was offered days ago to open the witness stand if they could have counsel present to defend the privilege against self incrimination and to consult with counsel prior to testifying.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Euclid Madden
Kelley
Crafg
Forest Fires Ravage Wyoming and Colorado Timberlands
A sweeping forest fire crisis spreads across Wyoming and beyond. Governor Richards seeks federal aid after telephoning Governor Orman of Colorado. Eighteen serious fires blaze across Wyoming with numerous smaller blazes in Albany, Carbon, Uintah, Fremont, Natrona, and other counties. Major blazes threaten Medicine Bow, Jackson Hole, the Shoshone reservation, and the Big Horns as government agents battle to contain the flames.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Richards
Grand
Wyoming-Colorado
Pearl, Col
Orman
Colorado
Secretary of the Interior
Wyoming
Albany County
Medicine Bow Range
Carbon County
Fremont County
Uintah County
Jackson Hole
Shoshone Reservation
Natrona County
Big Horn Mountains
Veterans of Civil War meet in West Indianapolis
Seventh Indiana Infantry survivors gather in West Indianapolis for reunions with other regiments as Indiana veterans continue their annual gathering during the state fair period. Several regimental reunions are underway or planned later in the week.
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Seventh Indiana Infantry
Indianapolis
Indiana
Seventh Indiana Infantry Holds Twenty Fifth Reunion In Indianapolis
About one hundred veterans and their wives attended the twenty fifth annual reunion of the Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry at Trinity M E Church in West Indianapolis. The event featured addresses by Judge J W Hadley and Judge T J Cofer, with Cofer recounting the regiment’s Civil War history and Gen Ebenezer Dumont’s leadership. Officers for the next year were chosen, and the group visited Dumont’s widow before a supper and camp fire talks capped by Captain Eli Ritter’s address.
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Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Trinity M. E Church
West
Indianapolis
J. W. Hadley
T. J. Cofer
Danville
Cofer
Ebenezer Dumont
Junofer
W. D. Greene
Association
Dumont
Pennsylvania Street
Trinity Church
Eli Ritter
Sixth Indiana Infantry to hold annual reunion in Statehouse lobby
The Sixth Indiana Infantry plans its annual reunion today in the House of Representatives lobby at the Statehouse. A preliminary meeting last night brought together many old comrades to reminisce on Civil War days. The regiment, Indiana’s first to cross the Ohio River, served from enlistment through discharge, entering with 1,090 officers and men and mustering out at 327. only about twenty five reportedly escaped injury or capture.
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Sixth
Indiana Infantry
House of Representatives
Statehouse
Indiana
Ohio River
Seventh Indiana Cavalry Holds Statehouse Reunion
The Seventh Indiana Cavalry met yesterday at the Statehouse Room for its annual reunion with fifty eight members present. New officers elected include President George Goth of Indianapolis, vice presidents B Armstrong J H Lowes and John Keyes, chaplain A B Whitsel, and J A Young of Middletown as permanent secretary treasurer. The One Hundred Twenty Third Indiana Regiment held a preliminary Statehouse meeting for badge registration before proceeding to the State fair, with a camp fire last night where veterans spoke.
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Seventh Indiana Cavalry
Statehouse
George Goth
Indianapolis
B. Armstrong
J. H. Lowes
John Keyes
Whitsel
Dunkirk
J. A. Young
Middletown
Indiana
Forty third Indiana to hold seventeenth reunion today
The Forty third Indiana will hold its seventeenth annual reunion at Room 93 in the State house at 9 a.m. Col. William E. McLean will read a history of the regiment, prepared by him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-third
Indiana
Statehouse
William E. McLean
Nineteenth annual reunion of Thirty-ninth Indiana Cavalry
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Noblesville Indiana September 16 the ninth teenth annual reunion of the Thirty-ninth Indiana Eighth Cavalry regiment is held today and tomorrow with good attendance. Veterans receive cordial welcome. Program includes music speeches and letters from absent comrades. Judge John F Neal gives welcome address and J T Knowland of Anderson responds H J Alexander son of a veteran also speaks. Camp fire held at Wild Opera House tonight drawing a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Noblesville
Ind
Thirty-ninth
Indiana (Eighth Cavalry
John F. Neal
Fifth Cavalry Reunion in Greenfield Holds Twenty Years
The twentieth annual Fifth Indiana Cavalry reunion convenes in Greenfield with ten veterans, including ex Mayor George W. Duncan once held prisoner at Andersonville. Almond Keifer and residents partake in songs by James Whitcomb Riley as a camp fire gathering closes the event at Christian campground. Indiana regimental member H Mealen of Logane attended the campfire with local citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Greenfield
Ind
Fifth Indiana Cavalry
George W. Duncan
Andersonville
Almond Keifer
James Whitcomb Riley
Christian c
Aregulation
H.mealen
Logane
Horse Herd Visitor Haunts State Fair Event at Columbia Club
Daniel R. Hanna son of Senator M A Hanna of Ohio arrived at the Columbia Club with a herd of shorthorn cattle to exhibit at the State fair. He is a business man not a politician, traveling with his brother in law C Gordon and a box party including Mortimer Levering and notable breeders and traders from Chicago and Delphi.
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Columbia Club
Daniel R. Hanna
M. A. Hanna
Ohio
Young Hanna
C. Gordon
East
Hanna
Mortimer Levering
Columbia National Bank
Levering
English’s
Louis Kuhns
Studebaker
South Bend
William R. Goodwin
Chicago
Breeders’ Gazette
Robert B. Ogilbie
American Clydesdale Association
E. W. Bowen
Delphi
Ind
Frank W. Harding
Waukesha
Wis
A. G. Leonard
Union Stockyards Company
Bedford man attends State Fair and touts fair gains
George W. McDaniel of Bedford visits the State Fair and praises the Lawrence County Fair Association’s revival under local leadership. A Republican politician and Midland Port Cement director, he notes political tensions in the senatorial district but predicts Rogers will win by a six hundred majority in Lawrence County.
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George W. McDaniel
Lawrence County
Denison
McDaniel
Lawrence County Fair Association
Bedford
Midland Portland Cement
Lawrence
Orange
Martin
Charles B
Zanzibar
Rogers
Have the Same Initials W H Whittaker Visits Elwood
W H Whittaker of Elwood, brother of W H Whittaker of the Republican state committee, is in town. He recalls moving there seventeen years ago from a 1,600 population to about 16,000 today and notes Elwood factories are preparing for a gas shortage by adopting mechanical gas production. He predicts no factory losses if gas fails within six months.
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W. H. Whittaker
Elwood
Republican State Committee
W. H
Spokes Firmman Bruner Visits Paoli and Plans Plant
A. W. Bruner, former fourteen year editor of the Paoli Republican, now manufactures spokes. He is involved with Paoli and Hardinsburg establishments and installing a plant at Rowland in Orange county. His group makes about 4 to 5 million spokes annually, and he notes higher timber demand as farmers prosper and hold timber.
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A. W. Bruner
Paoli
Bruner
Revenue officers cite steady income from tax repeal
Terre Haute revenue collector John R. Bonnell and Lawrenceburg’s A. E. Nowlin said receipts remain strong after the war revenue tax removal, with Terre Haute forecasting about 20 000 for the year ending June 30 1903, against 17 500 000 last year, aided by renewed distillery output and industrial uses of alcohol. Kentland editor Harry A. Strohm reports humorist George Ade visits Kentland and may build a summer cottage on his farm while staying with friends.
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John R. Bonnell
Terre Haute
A. E. Nowlin
Lawrenceburg
Indianapolis
Bonnell
Vincennes
Mr. Bonnell
Harry A. Strohm
Kentland Enterprise
Denison Hotel
Kentland
George Ade
Ade
Mr. Strohm
Mat Ade
Union Activities and Labor Strikes Across Several Cities
General Labor News reports Union Pacific pickets in Omaha avoid railroad property while remaining separate. Core Makers International Union shifts headquarters from Boston to Cincinnati, with Ed Flaherty staying in Cincinnati and John R. O Leary traveling. Milwaukee hosts a secret Bridge and Structural Iron Workers convention with about seventy five delegates. President Buchanan urges expanded presidential powers and an apprentice system. Painters Decorators and Paper-hangers at the White House go on strike over rival Amalga mated Association ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Omaha
Core
Makers’ International Union
Cincinnati
Boston
Ed Flaherty
John R. O'Leary
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union of the United States
Milwaukee
Buchanan
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and
American Federation of Labor
White House
Daniel Lear
Washington
Brotherhood
Amalgamated Association Ters
New York City
The Ambitious New Road to Senate Power
The machinations of an organized political force target Shacklett, offering lieutenant governor to pave a path to the United States Senate. Shacklett declines, while his wife argues for renewed public service, weighing duty against past peril as they contemplate returning to the political fray.
Reign of terror grips Rockport as mob shoots town
Hartford Kentucky dispatch reports Rockport a west of Hartford under control of a drunken lawless gang. Last night more than a hundred shots were fired and Town Marshal Titford was wounded. Three gang members have been arrested as residents fear calling for aid to avoid mob retribution.
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Hartford
Rockport
Here
Titford
Central Supply Company Elevates Indianapolis Jobbing Trade
The Central Supply Company, successor to McElwaine Richards, consolidates four story West Washington street offices and extensive pipe yards to serve as Indiana's leading boiler radiators and plumbing supplies dealer. Key leaders L. C. Huesmann W. K. Smith R. Kirshbaum guide a large staff linking Knapp Supply ties and broad Indiana network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Central Supply Company
West Washington Street
McElwaine- Richards Company
Indiana
the Central Supply Company
R. Kirshbaum
United States
Knapp Supply Company
Union City
Ind
L. C. Huesmann
W. K Smith
J. M. Wharton
Sidney Brown
F. D. McDaniel
E. BE. Lawton
O'Brien
G. F. Rieder
John Cantwell, Jr
Lilinoia
Claude McEl
W. Washington Street
Prophetic warnings amid labor woes and world turmoil
The passage voices apocalyptic tones as a speaker compares warning cries to Jonah and predicts disaster ahead. It laments labor strife, economic fear, and widespread distress, urging vigilance against a perilous path while critiquing profit motives.
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Rival Road Project
Shelbyvale & Southerastern
Townsend-Reed CO
Craig
Marh England
Chauncey A. Cornell
John Webb
James W. House
A. J. Barnes
Mrs. Dunbar
Colorado Line
Veterans OF Civil War
Trinity
Methodist Church
Sixth Infantry
Seventh
Indiana Cavalry
Fifth Cavalry Reunion
Dan R. Hanna
Senator Hanna
Cement and Politics
General Labor News
Cormnignt Isy D. Appleton & Co
Shacklett
Warsaw
McDougal
Black
Ramsey
United States Senate
Ins
Mississippi
Missouri
Capitol
Des Moines
Senate
Kentucky
Merrill and
Delaware Streets
Polis
Huesmann
Kirshbaum
Union
W. K. Smith
Knapp Supply
W. 8. Wilson
Knapp
Smith
Mr Wilson
Fine Corps of Assistants
Jonah
Washington Street
The
Omega
Indianapolis Gas Company
Hartford 7
Ee Printing Company
Atkins
Kim
Barry
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