Saloon Increase Across Indiana Hits 183 Saloons
Indiana statistics show 4,835 saloons last year, up from 4,707 in 1902, with major concentrations in Marion, Vanderburg, Lake, Vigo, and Allen counties. The report details liquor dealers, distilleries, grain use, revenue, and per city saloon density including Indianapolis and East Chicago.
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Indiana
Johnson
Brown
Pikis
Allen
Lake
Marion
St. Joseph
Vanderburg
Vigo
Marion County
Indianapolis
Chicago
Anderson
Cone
Indiana Day at the Exposition Fueled by Hoosier Pride
Indiana prepares for Indiana Day at the Exposition on September 1 as invitations go out and visitors flood the Indiana Building. The Indiana Commission notes strong participation, large attendance, and souvenir badges for all state visitors. A Monon Sunday excursion from Lafayette to Michigan City runs June 19 with round trip 40 cents.
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Indiana
St. Louis
Indiana Commission
Hoosier Commonwealth
A. C. Alexander
Monon
Lafayette
Michigan City
Westville
Boy 11 Arrested for Mailing Obscene Letter
In LaCrosse Indiana Gale Smith an eleven year old boy was arrested and brought before Commissioner Reiter in Hammond on a charge of sending an obscene letter. He pleaded guilty and was bound over to the federal grand jury with a 500 dollar bond. He reportedly acted after seeing a Louisville girl’s picture in a magazine and cutting it out. Authorities call it the only case of its kind in the area.
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LaCrosse
Ind
Gale Smith
Reiter
Hammond
Smith
Louisville
Federal Grand Jury
Here
Northwestern Line Introduces Parlor Car to Omaha
The Northwestern Line adds parlor car service from Chicago to Omaha with daily departures at 10 15 a m and arrival at 11 40 p m Buffet, smoking and library cars available to parlor car passengers. Other trains run from Chicago at 7 00 p m, 8 00 p m and 11 00 p m. Tickets and information via the local agent or A H Waggener Trav Agt 22 Fifth Ave Chicago IL.
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Chicago
Council Bluff
Omaha
Northwestern Line
Missouri River
A. H. Waggener
Trav
Agt
Fifth Ave
Overland Limited Offers Fast Chicago to Missouri River Travel
Through rates from California and other points on the Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line. Tickets on sale daily Aug 15 to Sept 10. Two fast trains daily on the only double track route. Less than three days between Chicago and the Missouri River. Write A H Waggen er Tra Agt 22 Fifth Ave Chicago for itineraries.
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Chicago
Union Pacific
Northwestern
Missouri River
Overland Limited
A. H. Waggener
Tra. Agt
Fifth Ave
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Fifth Avenue
North Western Union Pacific
Populist Ton Waston Attacks Party Commercialism
Ton Waston, populist candidate for president, tells the notification committee he will oppose the Republican Party and its commercialism. He criticizes Judge Parker, accusing Wall Street financiers of shaping the Democratic campaign and forcing the party to reverse its course.
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Tom Waston
Notification Committee
Republican Party
Judge Parker
Wall Street
Parker
California Travel Folder Promotes State Tourism
The Chicago and North Western Railway issues a profusely illustrated California folder with a colored map, hotel list with capacities and rates, and pictures of the state's resources. Send four cents for a copy. One way rail tickets from September 15 to October 15 are $33 to the Coast, with low rates from other points.
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Chicago & North Western Ry
California
Chicago
A. H. Waggecer
Trav
Agt
Fifth Ave
Ill
Chicago & South Shore Railway announces hourly car to Pine Lake show
The Michigan City schedule lists a car leaving every hour on the even hour with a 30 minute trip to Pine Lake for a vaudeville show. Connections are made with all Monon trains for Laporte.
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Michigan City
Pine Lake
Monon
Laporte
Indiana Divorce Rate Tells Shifting County Patterns
The report shows Indiana’s divorces to marriages ranging from one to seven. Owen county tops with one divorce per two marriages, Franklin county has one divorce per thirty one certificates, most cases cite abandonment and cruelty, drunkenness caused 334 separations, 29 due to criminal convictions, Clark no longer leads in marriages as Lake county now holds the banner for elopements.
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Indiana
B. F. Johnson
Owen County
Franklin County
Clark County
Lake County
Therefore Roosevelt in the long line of deeds cited
The piece lauds Theodore Roosevelt citing battles from coal to the Panama Canal and trust busting as proof of his leadership. It praises his actions from Dewey’s fleet to Cuban reciprocity and civil rights, ending with Ballard of Schenectady presenting Roosevelt as a steadfast party figure on gold vs silver.
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Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Great Britain
Germany
Rough Riders
William McKinley
Cuba
Postal Department
John Sherman
Spain
Dewey
New York City
Albany
New York
Waltrern J. Ballard
Wabash Rates for St Louis Trips and Schedules
Wabash announces round trip tickets to St Louis at 86.95 on Tuesdays and Thursdays this month. Fair period through Dec 15 offers 15 day 11.10, 60 day 11.90, or season 14.10. morning No 5 departs 5:07 am for 11:30 am city departure and 7:30 pm St Louis arrival. Return trains 9:05 pm and 11:32 pm. Chair cars available. time changes about June 19. D N Snively agent.
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St. Louis
Chicago
D. N. Snively
Agt
Marriage Flight of Paroled Convict Roams Illinois Farmlands
Miss Shippee, daughter of a Springfield township farmer, eloped with paroled convict Robert Lockard who is wanted for horse stealing. Lockard vanished with Miss Shippee after stealing a horse and buggy, prompting a statewide hunt. An ill Miss Shippee later begged for money from Hoopeston, while authorities seek Lockard to return him to prison.
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Miss Shippee
Springfield Township
Robert Lockard
Lockard
Shippee
Rumbaugh
Shippe
Reid
Craft
North
Hoopston
Calamity at Gass Lake strikes Bass Lake workers
A severe electrical storm near Bass Lake in Starke county caused two deaths and twelve injuries. Orin Enright and Homer Poor died. Arthur Conners William White John Schultz Clayton Hatter were seriously hurt. Workers sheltered in a shed when a bolt struck, killing two and injuring others. The accident occurred in a wheat field about a quarter mile from the summer resort where threshing was underway. Local residents experienced intense lightning and alarm as the storm swept across the area.
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Bass Lake
Starke County
Orin Enright
Homer Poor
Arthur Connors
William White
John Schultz
Clayton Hatter
Abandoned Lighthouse to House Signal Station Keeper
Michigan City dispatch says the old brick lighthouse at the harbor shore will be converted into a residence for the signal station keeper and the new lighthouse. Miss Harriet E Colfax, longtime lighthouse keeper since 1851, will be replaced by unified management, ending her forty years of service amid reports of declining health.
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Michigan City
Saa
Lake Michigan
Harriet E Colfax
Schuyler Colfax
South Bend
United States
Anna Hartwell
Miss Colfax
Miss Hartwell
Indiana
Great Lakes
Practical Joker Ends In Harsh Lesson On Jokes
At Flushing Long Island Harold Baker a young man filled an apple with cayenne pepper and gave it to a four year old boy. The child choked on the pepper and suffered convulsions until the next morning. The piece argues jokers lack thought and imagines a jail for jokers on a desert island as poetic justice.
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Flushing
L. I
Harold Baker
United States
Wren's Monster Show Parade Stuns City
Last evening Wren presented a monster stage show with a spectacular street parade that drew crowds. The display featured vivid costumes and dramatic floats showcasing a bustling downtown route.
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Wren
Royal Steel Fence offered by E. E. Nichole in Westville Ina
In buying woven wire fence it will be to your interest to call and see the Royal Steel Fence for sale by E. E. Nichole in Westville Ina.
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E. E. Nichole
Westville
Ina
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Elis
Ton
Chicago & South Shore Railway Co
Schenectady
Gass Lake
Louisville & Nashville
A. R
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Virginia
South Carolina
Tennessee
C. L. Stone
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Rocue.ie
Ss. P. Brockington
Dow
Madison Mediccine Co
Madison, Wis
Taree
Rogers
Rogers Bros
Sie Gislogne International Silvar Co
Meriden
Conn
A. Hrutchisor
Ber
Wees
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