City Council Sees $1.29 Million Budget Shortfall
The council amended the ordinance and adjourned with total appropriations set at 1,292,111 dollars. Tax levy yields 12,951 per cent, two cent reductions cut revenue by 55.92, while miscellaneous sources total 300,000 leaving appropriations higher than anticipated revenue. Controller Bruenig notes possible year start balance near 2,500 to 27, con. contends balancing will require strict economy and adjustments from 1962 figures due to unanticipated expenses for contagious diseases and judgments.
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Ebruenig
Revere
Water Company Faces Inquiry Over Water Source Change
Indianapolis Water Company plans to switch from driven wells to filtered river or canal water, with sand filtration beds under construction. The Board of Health questions the move, citing past tests and urging investigation of river water quality and chlorine variations while the company defends deep wells as purer, safer, and more reliable.
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City Board of Health
Indianapolis Water Company
Bookwalter
Health Department
Strawboard Works
Sern
Board A of Health
Water Company
Ar Buehler
Vicc Ent F. A. W. Davis
Comes
Davis
Weather forecast for the Midwest and Ohio region
Forecast for Saturday and Sunday calls for cooler conditions in the northwest and south portions, with fair skies in Indiana and Ohio and possible showers in northern Illinois. Fresh south winds shift to northwest and become brisk near the lake, with similar patterns in Ohio and warming trends not expected. Local observations include cloudy conditions and a recorded temperature around 63 to 73 degrees, with precipitation 0.00. Blythe, Section Director.
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Washington
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
R.H
Temure
W. T. Blythe
Southampton Steamship List From Hamburg and New York
Southampton notes record a vessel sailing to Boulogne via Victoria from Hamburg and another sailing to New York aboard the Staten Island route. Additional entries from September 26 indicate ships listed with destinations and routes, with incomplete details lingering in the clipping.
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Southampton
Auee Victoria
Amburg
New Croulogne
Statenterdam
New York
Lsubentews
Comeae
City Council slate faces mayor veto on fire force pay raise
The city council nears completion of its agenda with only the mayor’s veto of the firemen pay-raise ordinance likely at the Oct. 6 meeting. The mayor has vetoed the measure but may endorse a raise later, citing the city's financial condition. Park Board plans a Riv erside Park football gridiron east of White River and permits will be required for users. Public Safety will inspect a new Cincinnati engine before shipment, and Breunig pays special policemen from the state fair. Central market business interests push to cover space between market houses, awaiting Board of Works action.
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Friends
Board of Park Commissioners
Riverside Park
White River
Thirtieth Street
Board of Public Safety
Cincinnati
Chief Coots
Indianapolis
Breunig
Board of Works
Local Public Works Actions and Bids Record
A long list of municipal actions includes openings of streets and alleys on Roosevelt, Valley, Brookside, Rural, Urbana, Nineteenth, Twenty-fifth streets, and Ruth street. Resolutions adopted for sewer projects, brick and cement walk construction on multiple streets, and petitions filed for grading, curbs, and private walk projects. Bids received and contracts awarded to Hudson & Jenkins, American Construction Company, J D Hoss, and others for local sewers, brick gutters, flint rock macadam roads, and sidewalk works with precise rates and lineal-foot costs.
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Roosevelt Avenue
Valley Avenue
Brookside Avenue
Rural Street
Urbana Street
Nineteenth Street
Twenty-fifth Street
Ethel Street
Senate Avenue
College Avenue
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Hillside Avenue
Pickens Street
Louisiana Street
East Street
Virginia Avenue
Orange Street
State Avenue
Churchman Avenue
Capitol Avenue
Ray Street
Wilkins Street
Beville Avenue
Michigan Street
Ruth Street
Jackson Street
Bertha Street
Tenth Street
Newman
Twelfth Street
C., C., C. & St. L. Railway Company
Naomi Street
Shelby Street
Linden Street
Harrison Street
Noble Street
Pine Street
Prospect Street
Harlan Street
Illinois Street
Twenty-first Street
Ilinois Street
Sheldon
Seventeenth Streets
Ford C. Smock
Columbia Avenue
W. F. Smith
Fall Creek
Bellefontaine Street
Twentieth
Twenty-third Street
Hudson & Jenkins
Anderson Bruner
C. S. Roney
Eugene Sheehan
Lockerbie Street
Noble
Liberty Street
American Construction Company
Western Construction Company
Temple Avenue
Ashington Street
J. D. Hoss
Wright Street
Buchanan Street
McCarty Street
J. Harry Roberts
Marion Caldwell
A. D. Bowen
Wage increases granted to most Chicago and Eastern Illinois conductors
Springfield dispatch says the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad has granted almost all conductor wage demands. The exception is not adding an extra crew on the Danville Junction to Thebes stretch. Conductor pay rises by $10 monthly from Sept 1 for all divisions. From Oct 1 trains between Chicago and Terre Haute and between Danville Junction and Thebes will add a brakeman to two man crews.
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Springfield
Ill
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
Danville Junction
Thebes
Chicago
Terre Haute
Ind
Shortridge Falls to DePauw 16 to 0 in Gridiron Showdown
In Greencastle Indiana DePauw underran Shortridge 16 to 0 as weight overwhelmed training. Full back McKinney stood out for Shortridge while DePauw linemen Coble and Baker impressed for the winners. Juttin, Shortridge coach, was mildly struck by a stone hurled from a bus rider.
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McKinney
Indianapolis Journal
Greencastle
Ind
Indianapolis Shortridge High Schoo
de Pauw University
de Pauw
George Baker
Lne
O'Daniel
Brown
Shortridge
Coble
Juttin
Justin
Hare
Conley Gipe
M. Baker Dugan
Purdue to meet Franklin College in season opener at Lafayette
Purdue lines up at Stuart Field with a fast 185 pound linemen group and varied backs as Coach Best rotates candidates Emise, Osborne, Kaylor and Krull in practice. Franklin College departs for Lafayette with a lean squad and average weight of 162 pounds, led by Captain Webb and Coach Whitesides.
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Minapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
Franklin College
Stuart Field
Boiler Makers
Best
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Osborne
Kaylor
Krull
Minch
Smith
Davidson
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Riebel
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Hohn
Leslie
Knapp
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Miles
Indianapolis Journal
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Jewett
Athletics at State Normal elects officers and notes team plans
At Indiana State Normal School in Terre Haute the Athletic Association elected President Prof. Frank C. Higgins Vice President Guy Sipples Secretary Miss Honore Parks Treasurer Mr. Cushing Custodian J. B. Stahl and a two member membership committee from each class. The year ended with 1450 earned 1235 spent. Football and basketball plans were outlined with first practices held. Captain Wade resigned. Robert Harris was chosen to replace him.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana State Normal School
Frank C. Higgins
Guy Sipples
Honore Parks
Cushing
J. B. Stahl
W. P. Morgan
Lamson
Parsons
Kelso
Association
Kimmell
Wellman
Wade
Robert Harris
Notre Dame Ends Final Practice Before Saturday Game
Notre Dame's last hard practice occurred at noon as the squad prepared for Saturday. Two hours focused on faster changes with Doar directing the line and Salmon guiding backs and ends. Players showed progress, with Dillon and Farragher expected back to fix inexperience. Piel may take tackle, Draper shifted to left half, scrubs gaining at times. Mayor Fogarty and Chief McWeeney to officiate.
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Indianapolis Journal
South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame
Doar
Salmon
Dillon
Farragher
Piel
Draper
Scrubs
Fogarty
Police McWeeney
Michigan Tactics Inspire Varsity Eleven Candidates
The coach employs the University of Michigan method he used in six years there, earning the players confidence as about twenty five men vie for varsity spots. Students and faculty contributed 275 dollars for football this week.
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University of Michigan
Indianpolis Fans Plan Banquet After Pennant Win
At Germania Hall a public meeting celebrated the Indianapolis baseball club after clinching the American Association pennant. Emil Fertig led as permanent chairman, a banquet was set for Tuesday at the Grand Hotel, funds to be raised, and a small engagement book given to attendees to solicit support. The event raised about 70 dollars for player celebrations.
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Germania Hall
Indianapolis Baseball Club
Emil Fertig
King of Rooters
Watkins
Charles Ruschaupt
Grand Hotel
Fred Falkner
Eli Zaring
John McGregor
Phillips Bested St Louis but two errors cost shutout
Cincinnati edged St Louis 7 to 5 despite Phillips holding the league leaders in check until two seventh inning errors. Hackett pitched well for St Louis, while Morrissey and Donlin hit the key extra-base blows. Attendance, fielding notes, and scoring details appear with the final box.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Phillips
Hackett
Farrell
Beckley
Smoot
Barclay
Seymour
Brashear
Corcoran
Nichols
St'nfeldt
Kruger
Morrissey
Donlin
Kling
Brown
Detroit Tops Cleveland in First Game of Final Series
Detroit beat Cleveland 4 to 2 as five third inning hits produced three runs. Catches by E Barrett highlighted the Detroit defense while Kissinger and Buelow paired with Walker and Bemis for the batteries.
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Cleveland
Detroit
Mich
E Barrett
Kissinger and
Buelow
Walker and Bemis
St Louis Beats Chicago In Ninth In Disputed Game
St Louis won from Chicago in the ninth after three hard drives off Callahan as Sugden’s sharp smash scored the winning run. Burkett and Green were ordered off the plate for back talk. Attendance 1,600. Batteries Donahue Kahoe Callahan Sullivan.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Callahan
Sugden
Burkett
Green
Donahue and Kahoe
Callahan and Sullivan
Games Postponed by Rain Across Baseball Schedule
Rain again interfered with baseball causing postponements of the games scheduled for yesterday except at Cincinnati where play proceeded.
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Cincinnati
Igniter Reveled In Mud At Gravesend Monarch Stakes
Mudlarks endured rain soaked Gravesend as Igniter won the Monarch stakes in sloppy going by three lengths. Heno and Andy Williams followed. Rockwater faded to last. Also reported: Corrigan won the Hawthorne Free Handicap in Chicago as heavy mud slowed racing and attendance. Paris police arrested several American jockeys amid investigations into high stake card games.
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Hawthorne
Corrigan
New York
Igniter
Heno
Andy Williams
Rockwater
Schoharie
Odom
Star of the West
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G. Whittier
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Himself
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Kilogram
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Ella Snyder
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Claude
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le Soir
Fort Wayne and Brutal Lead Delmar Card Favorites
In St Louis on September 2 Fort Wayne and Brutal were favored winners at Delmar. Jack Young ridden by Birkenruth won the feature at 4 to 1, beating Handspinner. Echo Dale rose from 10 to 1 to 5 to 1 and won the fifth race by four lengths. Final order: Fort Wayne 3 to 5 Yellowstone 7 to 1 Brutal 8 to 6 Jack Young 4 to 1 Echo Dale 6 to 1 Optimo 3 to 1.
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Brutal
Delmar
Jack Young
Birkenruth
Echo Dale
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Yellowstone
Optimo
May Trot and Pace To-Day. COLUMBUS fall races postponed again
In Columbus Ohio on September 26 the fall races were postponed due to rain. An attempt will be made to run part of them tomorrow morning.
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Columbus
Jay County Fair announces speed programme for upcoming meet
Jay County Fair Association officers George W. Bergman and James T. Graves list racing events for the fair week with a 2:07% track record bonus and multiple divisions including trotting and pacing races from Sept 30 to Oct 3. Entries closed at 11 o clock with many already filed, including 23 from Decatur. Memphis features include Dan Patch versus Little Boy in a wagon race and Cresceus, Lord Derby, and John A. McKerron in major purses plus a time trial mile for Cresceus.
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Portland
Ind
George W. Bergman
James T. Graves
Jay County Fair Association
Aqueeday
American Trotting Association
Decatur
Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Trotting Park Association
Dan Patch
C. K. G. Billings
Crack Little Boy
Cresceus
Lord Derby
John A. McKerron
Woman murdered found beaten near Kingsbury and Superior
Chicago crime report states Hulda Swanson, residing on Milton Avenue, was found by a shoe factory alley near Kingsbury and Superior streets with face and body beaten and clothing torn. The dark Mil waukee and St Paul Railroad alley suggests she was dragged there and murdered. several arrests have been made.
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Chicago
Hulda Swanson
Milton Avenue
Kingsbury
Superior Streets
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Races Postponed Again At Terre Haute Meet
Racing was delayed for the fourth day this week with a make up attempt tomorrow at 9 AM. Four of twenty races for the week were held in Terre Haute as Covid restrictions or conditions caused cancellations at the Fountain County fair where Aleco won the one mile event, Blue Bonnet was second, Hobo Bob third with a time of 2:05. The association schedules races on Oct 15 and 16 with expected strong entries.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Covington
Fountain County
Aleco
Blue Bonnet
Hobo Bob
Interstate Land and Improvement Co Formed in Memphis
Memphis, Sept 26. The Interstate Land and Improvement Company was formed with well known populist organizers including Jo A. Parker Kentucky Frank Burkitt Mississippi Thomas C Edwards Illinois S A Wright Missouri and W Morgan Arkansas Burkitt announced the new firm will engage in general land and improvement business across Mississippi Arkansas Missouri Kentucky and Illinois and will sell farm lands and promote settlers to those states aiming to boost health ful immigration.
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Tenn
Interstate Land and Improvement Company
Jo A. Parker
Kentucky
Frank Burkitt
Mississippi
Thomas C. Edwards
Illnois
A. Wright
Missouri
W . Morgan
Arkansas
Burkitt
Illinois
Misceee
Buddhist envoy arrives in Los Angeles en route to London
Anagarika H Dharmapala, Buddhist representative in America, lands in Los Angeles from Ceylon on his way to London. He says he has informed Americans of the British officials action in Ceylon shrinking ancient shrines in Anuradhapura, a move seen as harmful by Buddhists.
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Anagarika H. Dharmapala
America
Ceylon
London
de Buda
Anuradhapura
Colonial Secretary Chambers Appeals to Americans
Mr Joseph Chamberlain and the speaker urge the American people to morally back suppression of a vandalic act described as atrocious diabolism. The plea frames the incident as a grave threat requiring united action.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Colonies
Stratton Will Case Administers Appointed for Estate
Colorado Springs report says Judge Orr named C. C. Hamlin Henry M. Blackmer and O. P. Grimes as estate administrators for the late W. Stratton with bonds totaling 5 million dollars filed by three surety companies. Attorneys for the executors protested, bonds not yet approved, while Tyson S. Dines in Denver calls the action illegal and vows full contest.
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Col
C. C. Hamlin
Henry M. Blackmer
O. P. Grimes
Orr
W. 5S. Stratton
United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
American Bonding and Trust Company of Baltimore
Hamlin
A. T. Gunnell
J. H. Stratton
Grimes
Denver
LaborNews: Gompers Calls 22nd AFL Convention in New Orleans
General labor news reports President Gompers calling the American Federation of Labor twenty second annual convention to convene in New Orleans starting November 13. Also noted are eight hour day votes by French miners and various union and employer actions across the industry.
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American Federation of Labor
New Orleans
National Congress of French Miners
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
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United States
Atlanta
William D. Huber
Miladelphia
T. M. Guerin
Joy
N. Y
R. L. Connelly
Birmingham
Ala
Frank Duffy
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Relic of Pakenham's Army Found in Villere House
Port Chalmette tale from New Orleans Picayune recounts a small stocky hunting shotgun hidden in the Villere residence after British occupation during the 1815 battle. Omer Villere explained the gun’s journey from his grandfather Jac Villere to his family, noting it was a relic of the war and tied to Governor James Philip Villere.
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Port Chalmette
Pakenham
Lake Borgne
Villere
Governor Villere
Gabriel Villere
Caliste
Gabriel
Chalmette
Jac Villere
Atchison Bank President Ends His Life in Hotel Room
Norman Barratt, president of the defunct Atchison National Bank, killed himself in his Byram Hotel room by cutting his throat with a razor. Worries over the bank's failure and ensuing financial troubles are cited as probable causes. The bank suspended in 1899 amid poor investments by Barratt's late father Milton Barratt, leaving depositors partly paid. Barratt left a wife and three children.
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Atchison
Kan
Norman Barratt
Atchison National Bank
Byram Hotel
Barratt
Milton Barratt
Burglars Loot Beechwood Improvement Co Safe
At 2 o clock this morning a gang of four or five burglars blew open the Beechwood Improvement Company safe in South Sharon Pa and escaped with cash. Policeman Newton Stamp encountered the men as one was knocked down and tied to a post. Policeman Sayler pursued the group in a running fight but they got away.
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Youngstown
Beechwood Improvement Company
South Sharon
Newton Stamp
Sayler
Martin declines nomination in new Eleventh Ohio district
Lancaster Ohio September 26 Charles M Martin Democratic candidate for Congress in the new Eleventh Ohio district declines to accept the nomination in a letter to M A Daugherty chairman of the congressional committee No reason given Grosvenor represents the district and it is strongly Republican
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Lancaster
Charles M. Martin
Ohio
M. A. Daugherty
Congressional Committee
Paxton Surges to Lead as Double Centuries Mark Night
Matt Paxton tops the Indianapolis Bowling League average list after three high scores 22 213 and 211 totaling 648 and a night average around 208. Ralph Smith led last week but faltered. Crescents Ko-We-Bas and Turners stay tied atop standings as Capital City earns strong team form.
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Matt Paxton
Indianapolis
Ralph Smith
Paxton
Hounds
Capital
All-Stars
Crescents
Ko-We-Bas
Turnera
The Bookmakers at Race Tracks and Their Costs
Leslie's Weekly notes bookmakers at tracks like Sheepshead Bay form a key racing economy. It details fees paid by favored and back-line bookies, daily per-stand costs, salaries for writers and runners, copy sheets, water carriers, and the substantial annual treasury impact on racing associations.
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Leslie's Weekly
Sheepshead Bay
Association
Treasury
Racing Association
London Answers Case of Slander and Whispered Truths
A king's counsel in a slander case before a judge in cordial relations with him asks the chief witness to repeat the statement as heard. The witness refuses angrily, then the counsel suggests she whisper the slander to the judge, provoking a tense exchange.
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London
King's Counsel
Joked and Then Shot Himself in Chicago Boarding House
Archibald G. Crofts a 26 year old electrician from Eustis Florida left his room at a Chicago boarding house after joking and then shot himself through the heart. He had arrived in the city a week earlier and died instantly.
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Archibald G. Crofts
Eustis
Fla
Crofts
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