Giddy School Boys Warned by Police
Bicycle Policemen Stewart and Ready of precinct No 1 stopped a ritual initiation by Psi Iota Pi, a Shortridge and Manual Training High School student organization, tying a victim and placing him in a sack against a front door to surprise entrants. A boy named Mick was used at Walter Howe's 121 Broadway home. Howe alerted police, and the students were warned to quit and promised to reform.
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Stewart
Ready
Psi Iota Pi
Organi
Zation
Shortridge
Manual Training
Mick
Walter Howe
Broadway
Howe
Mrs Wulschner Dies in Rome Cable Report
The death of Mrs Flora Wulschner occurred in Rome Italy via a cablegram received by Rev CC E Bacon Wednesday night Her son Alexander M Stewart of 810 N Meridian St has no further word but trusts the report signed by Chapman Coleman Consul at Rome Mrs Wulschner widow of Emil Wulschner head of Wulschner Music Co and member of Roberts Park M E church left for Italy last June
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Wulschner
Rome
Italy
CC. E. Bacon
Alexander M. Stewart
N. Meridian Street
Chapman Coleman
Axtell Guilty In embezzlement case in Bloomington
Harry A. Axtell, former city treasurer and secretary of the Real Estate Building and Loan Association, is found guilty of embezzling more than $38,000. He faces a prison term of two to fourteen years and is to be transferred to Michigan City within ten days. The jury deliberated five hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Harry A. Axtell
Real
Boy Found Dead on Tenement Roof in New York
April 15 New York police probe the death of 3 1/2 year old Joseph Cohen found dead on a roof at 187 Suffolk Street. He had been without food or shelter since Tuesday morning. Investigators suspect cruel indifference by those who knew a strange child was on the roof during heavy rains. how the boy reached the roof remains a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Cohen
Suffolk Street
Women Held For Murder Of O10 Man In Chicago
Frank Yerkes, a 60 year old milk dealer, was found shot to death before dawn at 738 W Sixty-first st. A bullet in the forehead marked the fatal wound. Mrs Rose Shuman and Miss Ethel Blackwell, 19, both in the house, were arrested after the discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Yerkes
Rose Shuman
Sixty-first Street
City Hall Project Begins Excavation Today
James A. McKim of Westlake Construction of St Louis says excavation starts now for Indianapolis city hall. Contract total 510400 for erection, with plumbing by Indianapolis Plumbing and Heating at 8500. Completion set for January 1 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. McKim
Westlake Construction Company
St. Louis
Indlianapolis City Hall
Westlake Company
Indianapolis Plumbing and Heating Company
City Humane Society Holds an Election
The Indianapolis Humane Society elected officers on Wednesday night with Charles F. Surface as president and Ida Moore as treasurer. An executive committee was named including Dr. Charles A. Pfaffini as chairman and H. G. Hawekotte, George W. Powell, C. L. Dietz, H. H. Hanna Jr. The nominating committee proposed Surface, W. W. Woollen, Laura Donnan, Sarah L. Kirlin, and Ida Moore for three year terms on the board along with Woollen and H. E. Sheetz for one-year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Humane Society
Charles F. Surface
Garrett H. Shover
H. H B. Sheetz
Ida Moore
Charles A. Pfaffini
H. G. Hawekotte
George W. Powell
C. L. Dietz
H. H. Hanna, Jr
Society
Humane
John Shine
Oscar Merrill
C. C. Pettijohn
W. W. Woollen
Laura Donnan
Sarah L. Kirlin
J. H. Woollen
H. E. Sheetz
No Fight Forces Delay in Memphis Bout Standoff
In Memphis on April 15 Tommy Devlin and Kid Lawrence refused to fight the main bout without advance purse payment. The wrangling lasted until near midnight and spectators were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Tommy Devlin
Kid Lawrence
South Memphis
Local weddings and society notes fill Mount Vernon life
Zachary Bearl Sigmon and Miss Sarah Katherine Black of Mount Vernon wed at Garden Baptist Church with out of town relatives attending. The couple will live at 1068 West New York Street after a wedding trip east. Other weddings include Martha William Hill and Charles Henry Morrison at the home of the Withers on North New Jersey Street, and Hazel M. Sneider and Louis P. Baier at St. Mary's clergy house. Several local clubs and gatherings reported, including Nu Phi Sigma hosting a dance at Claypool Hotel, and Ladies' Literary Union officers announced. Additional notes list Elsie Reimer and Walter Bepley to marry Thursday at 124 West Arizona Street, Dr. Urbana Spink’s Arkansas trip, and the Leftwich couple visiting Indianapolis before returning to Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zachary Bearl Sigmon
Sarah Katherine Black
Mount Vernon
W. H. Harris
Garden Baptist Church
Matilda Black
Sigmon
New York Street
Martha William Hill
Charles Henry Morrison
M. L. Haines
First Presbyterian Church
Milton H. Withers
N. New Jersey Street
Morrison
N. Meridian Street
Robert Remy
el Paso
Tex
Ossining Man Returns Hatless From Abroad
Frederick G. Mead of Ossining New York recently arrived back from overseas and drew attention when he entered port without a hat. Asked if his hat blew into the river he said he forgot his hat fifteen years ago and has worn none since. Mead reported being an object of curiosity abroad where people could not understand a well to do man roaming without head covering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick G. Mead
Ossining
N. Y
MR. Mead
Thousand new members for the Y W C A event
Nearly 1,000 new members joined the Y W C A as the membership contest concluded with exercises and spoon presentations. Each recruiter earning at least five joins received a silver spoon, with Jane Yorke collecting nine spoons and Mrs Anna K E Risk seven. many others earned more than one. Souvenirs took the form of diplomas, Mrs W D Pratt presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Yorke
Anna KE. Risk
W. D. Pratt
Merchants of the Avenue to Elect Officers
Massachusetts Avenue Merchants association directors will meet next Monday night on call of Chairman Harry Stout to elect officers for the new organization. The aim is to boost business and attract trade along Massachusetts Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Avenue Merchants’ Association
Harry Stout
Massachusetts Avenue
Century Lodge K of P to Celebrate Tenth Anniversary
The Nineteenth Century lodge No. 470 of the Knights of Pythias and their men friends will mark ten years tonight at their castle hall 230 East Ohio Street. The program features an address by Past Grand Chancellor Merrill E. Wilson and a stag minstrel show.
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Nineteenth Century Lodge
K. of P
Castle Hall
Ohio Street
Merrill E. Wilson
Order
Ft Wayne Man Seeks Brother In Law Missing Since April
Dr L A Spaulding of Bluffton Ind works with police in Cincinnati to locate his brother in law William A Skelton a Remington Knowles agent who vanished from Ft Wayne Ind on April 2 while planning trips to Cincinnati Columbus and Zanesville Ohio and to visit friend Lincoln Taylor near Zanesville His wife remained at Lutheran hospital after an operation
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Cincinnati
L. A. Spaulding
Bluffton
Ind
Inlaw
William A. Skelton
Ft. Wayne
Skelton
Remington-Knowles Visible Typewriter Company
Salina
Kas
Edward Daniels Named Administrator for Davis Estate
Probate Judge Ross selected Edward Daniels to administer the estate of the late F A W Davis. A bonds of five thousand dollars are required pending inventory, with all personal assets in stocks of the Indianapolis Qster Company.
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Ross
Edward Daniels
F. A. W. Davis
Davis
Indianapolis Qster Company
Davis Taft
Pinafore Repeats at Odeon by Philharmonic Society
The Philharmonic society repeats H. M. 9. Pinafore at the Odeon after a splendid Wednesday show. Conducted by Edward Nell with the Metropolitan School of Music orchestra joining the production Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Philharmonic Society
the Odeon
Edward Nell
Metropolitan School of Music
Coffee Doesn't Hurt Me Postum Testimonial Tale
A New York woman recalls heart and stomach trouble from coffee and credits life change to quitting coffee and switching to Postum. After a ten day trial she reports better digestion, renewed health, and urges others to drop coffee for nourishment through Postum. The letter ends with the campaign line There’s a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Message in a bottle tells tale of Denver girl mast voyage
A bottle washed ashore in Oakland carried a paper about Rosaline Rockayn from Denver claiming she was drugged and carried to sea by a man after arriving in the city last month. The note, cast from a prison ship, sought to reach her brother Ned Rorkayn in Denver for help.
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Oakland
Cal
Pacific Ocean
Rosaline Rockayn
Denver
Ned Rorkwayn
Col
He ll Do It Too A Comical Verse on Household Life
A humorous poem by Kennett Harris voices a husband’s gruff resistance to pretentious etiquette. He laments stiff manners at table and the sting of changing norms, promising a louder, oddball rebellion when pushed too far. The piece blends kitchen satire with old timey social restraint.
Ten-day Sentence For Man Hear The Grave Chicago
Benson Bidwell aged inventor and promoter received ten days in county jail for petty larceny after his original penitentiary sentence for a confidence game was vacated. Judge Chetlain ordered the short term noting Bidwell would die if confined for long.
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Chicago
Benson Bidwell
Chetlain
Murphy Beats McNamara In Fifth Round Bout
Kim Murphy of St Louis won the decision over Tommy McNamara of Davenport Iowa in the fifth round of an eight round bout at the Hippodrome in Chattanooga Tennessee last night.
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M’namara
Chattanooga
Tenn
Kim Murphy
St. Louis
Tommy McNaMara
Davenport
Hippodrome
Bust Firming Elixir Promises Round Arms and Neck
A historical remedy claims to develop a firmer bust by daily application. The formula uses glycerine, tincture ofeadomene compound, borax, and rose water, rubbed into the neck and bust, then washed and dried. Regular use for months supposedly rounds and firms the area.
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Indiana Trust Co
Mrs. Wulschner
Chys Cablecran
Axtell
City Hall
City Humane Society
CTY Life
Hazel M. Sneider
Louis P. Baier
St. Mary’s Church
Anthony Scheideler
C. F. Meyer, Sr
H. R. Mathews
J. c. Mathews
J. J. Mestall
James Cottle
Philip Burck
Nu Phi Sigma
St. John’s
Claypool
Sara Devine
John J. Page
Grace
Katherine Blackwell
Margorie Kelleher
Frances Thale
Nellie Devine
Julia Lenihan
Frances Arthur
Mary Moran
Mary Hallahan
Anna Cangany
Alice Wilson
Helen Logan
St. John’s Academy
Ladies’ Literary Union
John Kealing
Claudia Erther
Alice Dawson
Olive Shute
Lulu C. Moran
Sophia Hosbrook
O. C. Lukenbill
Martha Little
Elsie Reimer
Chris Reimer
Walter Bepley
Arizona Street
Urbana Spink
Crown King
Ark
M. G. Cunniss
R. B. Leftwich
Panama
W. B. Leftwich
Harlan Street
Indianapolis
Rene
Merchants OF the Avenue
Silk Savings Center
Grocery Department
Soe
Julia Herne & CO
Dancing Millers
Augusta Glose
Jack Gardner
RICE
Elmer Morrow & Schrellberg CO
Leo Donnelly
Kinodronms
Gus Edwards
Kountry
Majestic
Sopatsr Rices Forepaugh Stock CO
Charles Frohman
Idler Matinees Bron
Bez
Marie Corelil
Hitty
Ethel May
Ciri
Holden Stock Co
Empire
the Ducklings
Jolly Girls
Army and Navy
Anheuser-Busch Bre
Anheuser-Busch
Henry Hettmann
Prospect
Man
Davis Estate
H. M
ODEON
Orpheum
Napoleon
Josephine
Toledo
Ocean
Harry G. Beckwith
George Beckwith
Elinor T. Beckwith
Cornell University
Kennett Harris
Wm. E
Kroll
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