Prison convict labor renews building at Indiana jail
The article details extensive convict labor at an Indiana state prison under Warden Reid. More than 100 convicts work on a new dining room building, brick from Michigan City, with capacity for about 1,200. Costs compare favorably to Joliet, and plans include tearing down the old chapel for new cellhouses to house workers through winter. Reports also cover inmates James Gillespie, Edward Donahue, Berkley Smith, and Red Austin, plus three private bankers serving time and staff such as Ellison, Robbins, and Kinney. Local notices follow, including ads and social notes from nearby towns.
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Reid
Michigan City
Billy” Trodgett
Indianapolis
Joliet
Indiana
James Gillespie
Hissing Sun
Ohio County
Supreme Court
Jim
Indianapolis News
Rising Sun
Edward Donahue
Raid
Gov
Ernor Hanly
Donahue
Berkley Smith
Red Austin
Bloomington
South Bend
Illinois
Connecticut
Ellison of
Lagrange
Michigan
Robbins
Auburn
Kinney
Angola
Washington State
Michigan City Prepares Welcoming 250 Conference Delegates
Michigan City readies arrangements for welcoming 250 delegates and visitors to the Northwest Indiana Conference opening September 12. It marks the 54th annual session, with Valparaiso in the conference territory. Rev. T. E Ballard serves as a conference member and lay delegates will attend. Bishop Charles H. Fowler of New York, famed for Abraham Lincoln lectures, will preside. An eight member entertainment committee led by Michigan City women plans a royal reception for the event, the region's principal Methodist meeting.
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Michigan City
Northwest Indiana
Valparaiso
T. E Ballard
Charles H. Fowler
New York
Abraham Lincoln
LaPorte County Fair plans up-to-date Press Day
The LaPorte County Fair association launches a modern program for visiting newspaper men with a special escort and planned entertainment. The bulletin promotes a spectacular allegorical and racing exhibition set for September 12 to 15 at the fairground.
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LaPorte County
LaPorte
New Iron Making Process Promises Revolution
A report from the South Bend Times notes Dudley M. Shively and Dr. I F Conklin back a process by Shoals that could produce iron directly from ore and cast it in window weight form at equivalent cost to Birmingham pig iron. They plan operations at eastern centers, claim immense orders, and foresee wealth from the invention. The Wabash Railway raises Chicago round trip to $1.50 plus regional fares vary by station.
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Dudley M. Shively
IF. G. Conklin
Shoals
New York City
Pacific Northwest promotion booklet distribution
The Chicago and North Western Railway issues an illustrated booklet on the Pacific Northwest highlighting scenery and natural resources with rapid growth. It offers low excursion rates to the Lewis and Clark Exposition and personally conducted tours from Chicago and the East. Send 4 cents Stato stamp for details to A H Waggener in Chicago.
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Pacific Northwest
Chicago & North-Western Ra Y
Chicago
East
A. H. Waggener
Trav. Agt
Fifth Ave
Chicago, Il
Industrial locations offered by Chicago and North Western Ry
The Chicago and North Western Railway invites inquiries on suitable locations for manufacturing establishments. It promotes industrial sites with thriving cities, ample materials, and strong markets. Address Industrial Dept. 215 Jackson Bould Chicago for details. Special trains to San Francisco from Chicago August 6 to 14 for the Christian Church convention. Personal trains from Chicago August 11th via union line with stops at Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City. Write A H Waggener 22 Fifth Ave Chicago for itineraries.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway Co
Industrial Dept
Jackson Bould
Chicago
San Francisco
INT. Conventions Christian Church
California
Union Pacific & North- Western
Denver
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
A. H.waggener
Trav. Agt
Fifth Ave
Ill
Travel deals for G A R encampment and Great Lakes tour
Advertisements offer 2000 dollar Chicago to Denver and return trains via Union Pacific and Northwestern lines for G A R encampment in Denver with special conducted trains September 2. Includes itineraries hotels side trips and bookings. Also a 1400 mile Lake Superior and Georgian Bay circuit tour with through Pullman sleepings Chicago to Lake Superior ports and low rates. Contact A H Waggener Trav Agt 22 Fifth Ave Chicago for details and copies.
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Chicago
Denver
Central States
Colorado
A. H. Waggener
Tray. Agt
Fifth Ave
Lake Superior
Georgian Bay
Chicago & Northwestern Ra
Pullman
Trav. Agt
III
New Homes in the West Offer Low Fare Tickets
The harvest in the west is the largest ever and prosperity rises among farmers mechanics and merchants. Round trip home seekers tickets go on sale late and 3d Tuesday each month at low rates. Write for free booklets maps and information to W B Kaiskern P T M Co and N W Ry Chicago IL.
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W. B. Kaiskern
Caicago, Ill
Expenditures and Tax Levies for New Durham Township 1905
The Trustee of New Durham Township La Porte County proposes annual expenditures and tax levies for 1905 at a September 5 meeting. Items include township 2900 expenditures 20c tax per hundred, local tuition 1780 with 32c tax, road taxes 15c and 20c, and other items totaling 10230 with 70 total tax rate.
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New Durham Township
la Porte County
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