Countess Testifies For Harry Thaw In Court Fight
In White Plains Aug 6 the former Countess of Yarmouth Mary Copley Thaw and family urged permission for Josian Thaw to testify for Harry K. Thaw. If allowed she would reveal details of the marriage and argue that Thaw’s opposition proved his sanity. Josiah Thaw also volunteered to testify that his brother acted rationally.
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White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Mary Copley Thaw
Josian
Alice
Yarmouth
Morschauser
Harry
Thaw
Josiah Thaw
Woman Murdered as Husband Is Arrested Near New York
Mrs May Ahearn, 44, was found dead with a crushed head and throat wound in her Long Island City home. Her husband was taken into custody on a homicide charge, officials say the woman was likely killed in her sleep.
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New York
May Ahearn
Long Island City
Catherine
James
Free Ticket to Niagara Falls Offer From Indianapolis Sun
The Indianapolis Sun offers a free Niagara Falls trip with a Big Four excursion. Earn a ticket by having 25 friends subscribe for three months, with payments of six cents weekly to the carrier. Aug h tickets valid 12 days. visit 13 E Ohio Street for details and delivery. The August 17 excursion is billed as the season’s biggest.
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Indianapolis
Office of the Sun
Ohio Street
Insurance Hospital Ruled Prohibited Under Law
Albany Aug 6 Superintendent of Insurance W H Hotchkiss ruled that an insurance company may not establish a tuberculosis hospital in connection with its business The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was denied authority to acquire real estate for a hospital for its employees and policy holders with the disease The decision rests on the insurance law which bars purchase holding or conveyance of real property by an insurer except what is necessary for convenient business accommodation.
Shank and Gauss Are Happy Men After Nomination
Friends and neighbors celebrated Republican mayoral nominee Lewis Shank at his 804 East Fifteenth Street home with cigars and cake while Democrat Charles A. Gauss faced congratulations at his headquarters. Both men voiced gratitude and a resolve to unite the party ahead of the election.
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Lewis Shank
Is Nome
Shank
East Fifteenth Street
Harding
Odd Fellows
Mr. Harding
Ferotel English
Joseph Clay
Three Women Arrested For Passing Checks
Three fashionably dressed women arrested in their Congress Hotel apartments face charges of passing worthless checks at the Wilard hotel in Washington. They are identified as Mrs. M. N. Edwards of Philadelphia Miss C. C. Olcott and Miss Croake of Paterson New Jersey. They claim innocence and say a man B. M. C. Duffee supplied the checks.
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Chicago
Congress Hotel
Wiard
Washington
M. N. Edwards
Philadelphia
C. C. Olcott
Pittsburg
Young’s Hotel
Boston
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
B. M. C. Durfee
All Wagner Program at Wonderland Tonight
Vesselin’s band performs an all-Wagner program at the Airdome in Wonderland Friday night. Selections include Lohengrin and Parsifal pieces, a Meistersinger dance, Ride of the Valkyries, and various instrumental solos by Signor and Warner.
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Vesselin
Airdome
Wonderland
Nibelungen
Warner Euphonium
Evening Star
Tannhauser
Wagner Signor Falcone
Meistersinger
Tristan and Fiolie
Wagner
Signor
Wasner
Capitol City Garden Offers Free Metropolitan Entertainment
Cap City Garden in Indianapolis showcases the Garden of the Gods like setting with renovated grounds and nightly moving pictures on vaudeville boards. Families or groups can enjoy an undivided evening of up to date entertainment that is free for the public.
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Indianapolis
Capitol City
Capitol City Garden
Strang Beaten by 19 Year Old Driver on Beach
In Galveston Texas Belcher of New York won the fifty mile free-for-all race in 51:54:50 aboard a Knox roadster on Galveston Beach. Tobin Dehymel, a 19 year old from San Antonio, won the twentyone mile race in a Stoddard Dayton, breaking the world three quarter mile track record and defeating Strang. Debywal completed the miles in 22:06:50.
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Galveston
Texas
Knox
Belcher
New York
Galveston Beach
Tobin Dehymel
San Antonio
Rise of literature shows improvement in public taste
Mrs Mc Gudley reflects on changes in reading habits noting fewer yellow backed novels. She contrasts past warnings with present comfort in seeing literature on sale with harmless colors like green red and purple. Washington Star quotation underscores evolving moral concerns.
Local social notices from SY LEE area readers
Miss Rebecca Collins visits Chicago. Mrs Le Baron Duzevan of Tampa visits sister in Talbott avenue. Mrs William Klapp of Jonesboro visits sister in Raub home. Daninl Brosnan family in Brown county. James C Gipe from Washington visits parents in town. Miss Thomas from Birmingham visits Atkins. Miss Susan Pursell visits sister in Detroit. E J Pohlman in Atlantic City. Edna Goldberg visiting friends in Muncie. Miss Katherine Schwartz and George Stumpf to wed Aug 7 on Southeastern avenue. Mr and Mrs Jonathan Cloud celebrate sixtieth anniversary at son A D Cloud residence 712 N Illinois Street.
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Mrs. le Baron Duzevan
Tampa, Fla
Mrs. Warrell Carr
Talbott Avenue
Katherine Schwartz
Peter H Schwartz
George Stumpf
Southeastern Avenue
Jonathan Cloud
A. D. Cloud
Illinois Street
Richards & Pringle's Minstrels Rise from Humble Beginnings
Thirty years after their Macon Georgia formation the Richards & Pringle's Minstrels grew from under 15 to about 40 members and became a leading minstrel company. They plan a noon street parade led by Fred Simpson's Challenge band and a 7:30 pm concert in front of Tomlinson hall.
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Richards & Pringle's Minstrels
Macon
America
Tomlinson Hall
Fred Simpson
Challenge Band
Clergyman Marries Belle of Merom in Intimate Ceremony
Rev J H Allen pastor of Merom Methodist church wed Miss Minnie Hardy at the bride’s home in Merom Station. Rev C E Asbury presided. A large reception for about eighty guests followed at Mrs Morris Ward’s home. The groom will serve another year as Merom charge pastor.
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Merom
Ind
J. H. Allen
Merom Methodist Church
Minnie Hardy
Margaret Hardy
Merom Station
C. E. Asbury
Morris Ward
Swelled head rumor hits Johnson after praise
A newspaper snippet notes Johnson feeling lightheaded and speculates the praise from a reviewer has inflated his ego, suggesting the celebrated author maintains a long standing pose of brilliance. The brief item reflects gossip about public figures in literary circles.
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Johnson
Arabella Questions Miss Passee Over Her Ring
Isabella remarks on Miss Passee s pride claiming there are 20 million engagement rings in the world and she possesses one of them showing social rivalry and vanity.
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Arabella
Miss Passee
Isabella
Young couple faces obstacles to engagement in family quarrel
In a fragmentary exchange, a young woman declares plans to marry Mr Bullion while a mother questions age and suitability. The dialogue hints at parental concern and unclear affection, with one party noting the suitor may be much older and not show interest in the mother.
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Fice
Postum Cereal Co. Limited
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Best Nz
Best Rio
Jackson 'E Section
Better
Joe Standard Tea & Grocery CO
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H. St. Clair St
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W. Washing
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Senate
Shank and
Gauss
Charles A. Gauss
Mr. Clarke
Mr. Kroll
North Side
Charles W. Clarke
Mr. Gauss
Seventh Ward
Taylor Groninger
Foppiano
W. C. Bangs
E. G. Sourhier
Leo Fesler
Fesler
Strang
SY Lee
Rebecca Collins
William Klapp
Jonesboro, Ark
Edward Raub
Daninl Brosnan
Frances and
Mildred Brosnan
Brown County
James C. Gipe
Washington, D. C
Mrs
Frank M. Gipe
Miss Thomas
Birmingham, Ale
W. A. Atkins
Susan Pursell
Charles Bowman
Ietroit, Mich
E. J. Pohlman
Atlantic City
Edna Goldberg
Muncie
Georgia Minstrel
Clergyman
Ture
Pettis Dryessp
Broadway
Max Bloom
Dareevian
Labor Park
Electrical Workers’ Union No
Wheeling
Alvo
Nick. Carter Sinc
Riverside
Georgia
Broad Ripple Park
Quintano
Royal Concert Band
Shelbyville
Greensburg
Rushville
Connersville
Marco Vessala
Fiechtl
Merchants National Bank
Gunter & Dome Are
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