Fall Carnival and Festival at Jeffersonville Lodge
Jeffersonville Elks Lodge No 362 plans a Sept 16 one week carnival and fall festival headlined by a floral parade with Indiana Day featuring Gov Durbin. Attractions include The Trip to the Moon The Streets of all Nations The Beautiful Orient Edison moving pictures and more under W T Sheehan and Jas E Burke supervision with reduced rail rates and booth space for merchants. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve advertised.
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Jeffersonville
Fifth annual commencement at Normal School under Prof Hallett
The Normal School held its fifth annual commencement last Thursday, with Prof E S Hallett guiding the event. Prof Joseph Swain of the State University delivered the key address to inspire the graduates, with music by the Brewster College orchestra and a notable trombone solo from Roscoe Brewster.
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Normal School
E. S. Hallett
Carrie F. Hays
Orlin H. Venner
Joseph Swain
State University
College of Brewster
Roscoe Brewster
J. D. Jeffery
Seers of Utopias Keep World Moving with Hopeful Plans
In a Washington Democrat remark, the text praises bold dreamers who pursue utopias and keep society progressing. It contrasts attitudes toward workers, notes a lawyer's critique of social circles, and ends with an ad promoting De Witt's Little Early Risers for regular bowels.
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Icarias
Washington Democrat
de Witt
L. A. Rieiy & Son
Indiana actors in the theatre world and notable local items
The piece notes Indiana actors and writers shaping the stage including Lew Wallace and Ben Hur, Maurice Thomson and Alice of Old Vincennes, Virginia Harned in a current role, Charles Major and When Knight Hood Was in Flower, George McCutcheon with Graystark to be staged by Mary Mannering, and Booth Tarkington with Beaucaire set for Mansfield this season. It also mentions L A Riley Jr, a top baseball pitcher offered $4000 by Cincinnati, Crescens the trotting stallion breaking a world record at Cleveland and lowering a previous mark at Columbus, plus a local note on cement and sand for cistern work.
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Indiana
Lew Wallace
Ben Hur
Maurice Thompson
Alice
Old Vincennes
Virginia Harned
Charles Major
George McCutcheon
Graystark
Mary Mannering
Morris to Visit Corydon for Free Eye Tests Three Days
Prof H S Morris eyesight specialist will visit Corydon September 4 5 and 6 offering free eye tests and solutions for eye trouble headaches and dimness. Morris hotel will host Wednesday Thursday and Friday September 4 5 and 6 with prices noted as reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed.
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H. S. Morris
Corydon
Morris Hotel
Electric survey near New Albany to Paoli completes
The surveying party led by Chief Engineer Sanford Horton finished the New Albany to Paoli Electric Railway route survey on Wednesday July 31. Horton will prepare cost estimates and, if favorable, work could begin by September 15. The project remains tied to promoters’ funding and route alignment.
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Sanford Horton
New Albany
Paoli
West Baden
French Lick
Horton
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