Millinery Center Buzz Behind Hectic Hat Week in Indy
Indianapolis millinery firms endure a frantic week as buyers import Parisian and New York styles while modifying them for Midwest tastes. Local houses employ about a hundred workers who craft everything from Merry Widow crowns to wide brims. Prices range from 1.30 to 10 dollars with midrange hats driving sales. industry notes reflect limited street wear of fancy hats and ongoing uncertainty about the Merry Widow fad.
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Addie Stout
Aequiredo
Indianapolis
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
New York
Chicago
Paris
Europe
Muserf
Merex
Trouble Ceased When Proper Food Was Found
A Dakota man recounts how a doctor treated dyspepsia with proper food. He cites relief from stomach trouble through Grape-Nuts and toast, noting nervous improvement and better sleep. He also details a baby's recovery using warmed milk after feeding Grape-Nuts.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Read
Wellville
Plega
Negro highwayman robs trolley car in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama an armed black robber halted a South Bes semer electric car early today. He shot and killed Conductor Adams as he resisted and escaped. A posse tracks the desperado with lynching feared if captured.
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Birmingham
Ala
South Bessemer
Adams
Adaline Threlkeld, 87, Dies in Harrodsburg Funeral Planned
Mrs Adaline Gray Threlkeld observed her eighty seventh birthday Saturday and died Monday at her daughter Mamie Figg's home in Danville area. Funeral set in Harrodsburg, Ky. Survived by two sons and two daughters.
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Adaline Gray Threlkeld
Mamie Figg
Illinoisst
Harrodsburg
Indiana Manufacturers and Merchants Club forms in Indiana
Business interests allied with brewing organize under the Indiana Manufacturers and Merchants club with headquarters at 416 Indiana Trust Company building. Officers include J Root Terre Haute Fred Berner and others aiming to protect liquor business and oppose temperance reform. Banquet at the German house Indianapolis on April 14 to establish the organization.
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Indiana
Indiana Manufacturers’ and Merchants’ Club
Indiana Trust Com
J. Root
Root Glass Co
Terre Tlaute
Fred Berner
Hetherington & Berner
Indianapolis
A. J L. Bernardin
Bernardin Bottle Cap Company
Evansville
Henry Bates
American Homing Company
Phillip Rappaport
Indiana Aranifecturers and Merchants Club
Philip Rappaport
Ballot Controversy Rumors at New York College Election
Report of an undergraduate association presidential vote at a New York college where 350 ballots were cast by JL girls. Some young women students seek to have the proceedings declared null and void amid alleged irregularities.
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New York
Buamar College
Yooung
Cure of Eczema by Oil of Wintergreen Remedy
Mrs Alfred Aldrich of Pompanoosue VI and her granddaughter were healed of eczema and psoriasis after using a D D D Prescription oil of wintergreen wash. The letter claims a rapid cure after years of treatment, urging readers to try the product and offering a free booklet on skin diseases and D D D Soap from Henry J. Huder.
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Alfred Aldrich
Pompanoosue
Hellp
Allrich
Henry J. Huder
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Washington St
Indictments, secrecy stir Marion county grand jury probe
Indictments were returned by the Marion county grand jury charging Thomas R. Wackles and James Al. Braucher with conspiracy to offer a bribe in a boiler sale case linked to Commissioners McGregor and Spafford. An official reportedly leaked the indictments moments after the findings, while Rackley and Broucher faced arrest issues. Fire destroyed part of B. L. Morrison’s home on Martindale Avenue and a smaller blaze damaged Leroy Snider’s roof, with modest losses reported.
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Marion County Grand Jury
Seai
Grand Jury
Thomas R. Wackles
Atlas Engine Works
James al. Braucher
Hugh Hanna
The
Atlas
Broucher
Kackley
Marion County
McGregor
Spafford
Grand Juy
Rackley
Lawyer admits he was fleeced out of 310000
Cleveland official W J Springborn of the Board of Public Service admits he lost 310000 in a fake wrestling match in South Bend Indiana. Attorney W H McGrath of Pine City Minnesota writes that he was also bilked for 10090. Despite Chief Wohler's pledge that final funds will be recovered the two pursue more evidence.
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Cleveland, O
W. J. Springborn
Board of Public Service
South Bend
Ind
W. H. McGrath
Pine City
Minn
Cleveland
Iwohler
Springhord
J. P., Dawley
Huberto Hnerst Pharialy Amodle West Drug Store Open
Henry Huber to welcome old friends at the corner room in the new Odd Fellows building soon. Moving stock from temporary stand on South Pennsylvania Street to complete by week’s end. Room similar in size to prior location, but interior finish and mahogany furniture upgraded. Soda fountain from old building to remain, enhanced by red and green color scheme.
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Mr. Huber
Odd Fellows
Middle West
S. Pennsylvania St
Wife awarded $1,000 in alienation of affection case
Mrs. Alice Fact received a verdict of $1,000 in a superior court by default from Annie Smith for alienation of her husband Joseph Fact. The case cites an affinity plea after Smith’s arrival from New Orleans, alleging conspiracy to sell a grocery on Patterson Street and elope with Annie Smith.
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Alice Fact
Superior Court
Annie Smith
Joseph Fact
Governor Hughes and Gambling Rumor at Aqueduct
Albany April 14 Governor Hughes refused to deny or affirm a rumor that if gambling were allowed at Aqueduct races on Wednesday he would call out the militia to suppress it. He says public sentiment is aroused by his reform crusade and his friends expect him to press on to the end.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Aqueduct
Anderson Women Form Co operative for Factory Fund
In Anderson Indiana on April 4 women formed the Ladies Cooperative Company to raise funds for locating factories here. Capital stock is Mukuu with shares priced SE each. Officers include President Mrs W M Crean and Secretary Mrs J GB Peavey. Directors list several local women and men, reflecting community support.
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Abs
J.W. Lovett
Myre
AW. Tleeven
J. WW. Rawlings
P. HH. Gilgore
Thomas Orr
van Petten
E. BK. Diendee
Death Notice Ties Cheerful Letter to Tragic News
Miss Alice Edwards, traveling in Jerusalem, wrote home three weeks prior about her Holy Land trip. A telegram sent to Mrs. F W Chislett announced Miss Edwards death from pneumonia after traveling in Jerusalem. Miss Edwards lived in Indianapolis at 33rd Street and North Westward Avenue.
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F. W. Chislett
Alice Edwards
Holy Land
Miss Edwards
Jerusalem
Indianapolis
Thirty-third-st
Westerm-ave. Pneumonis
City Clerk Admits Embezzling City Funds
April 14. Conway Penny, a stint city clerk, was arrested on embezzlement charges for $2,417 of city funds. He confessed and handed over $800 in cash.
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Conway Penny
Methodist Meet in Chicago Discuss Mission Conquests
Eight hundred delegates from Illinois Indiana Ohio and Michigan met in Chicago for an interstate convention on home and foreign mission work. A resolution condemned Illinois Republicans for personal liberty and protested the Sunday closing law repeal. F E Wright urged better outreach to Italian communities.
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Methodist Episcopal Churches
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Republican Party of
Mlinois
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