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Miss Luella Newport hosts a reception for Miss Katherine Langdon of Portland at 2536 North Capitol Avenue before Langdon’s return home. Numerous social visits unfold across Indianapolis with parties, weddings, travel to Madison, Minneapolis, New York, Nashville, Brown County, and Europe, plus engagements of Miss Leona Adelaide McCulloum to Denzel Paddock and other local gatherings.
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Luella Newport
North Capitol Avenue
Katherine Langdon
Portland
Miss Langdon
Miss Newport
Joseph M. McCulloum
Leona Adelaide McCulloum
Denzel Paddock
Milburn Street
Pullman Dog Rides as Passenger in Train Car Toward Policy
Mrs Drew faced rules against dogs on board and paid 1250 dollars for Spot to ride. After a heated talk she hired a private car at 1280 dollars so her pet could stay beside her, while the dog accepted the payment like a routine expense.
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San Francisco
Frank Drew
Demand for Women Military Service Shocks Continental Europe
In Berlin Aug. 15 extreme feminists push for obligatory military service for women. They seek ambulance work and auxiliary army roles with rifles ready for emergency defense, some advocating full combat duty before marriage, while public opinion treats the notion as a huge joke.
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Berlin
Europe
Army
Commissariat
Germany
Cardinal Gibbons denounces extravagance in society
New York August 15 Cardinal Gibbons warns that society nears Rome’s fall due to excess and the craving for wealth. He cites wealthy and well to do as equal sources of greed and notes Rome’s women shared extravagant habits. He contrasts rich life with content peasants in Europe and doubts happiness among the rich in America.
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New York
Cardinal Gibbons
James F. O'Hara
Southampton
S. 1
Rome
Baby Drowns In Iced Tea Jar On Illinois Farm
On August 15 in Decatur Illinois the 18 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Noah Miller fell head first into a ten gallon jar of iced tea on the Jacob Miller farm near Decatur. The child drowned in about five inches of tea after wandering from the house during chores and dinner.
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Decatur
Ill
Noah
Miller
Jacob Miller
Ruth
New York Dressmakers Claim Women Grow Taller and Roomier
In a Madison Square Garden fashion show dressmakers and tailors say New York women are increasing in size. They note the shift from 34–36 inch waists to 38–40 with demand reaching 44 and 46. Store officials report ready gowns for larger figures this fall.
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New York
Doctor Johnsons House for Rent in London
Aug. 15 London reports Dr Johnsons house at Touch Square may be let. The prospective occupant could live where the famed dictionary was compiled. Johnson resided there from 1748 to 1755, and the dictionary work began before 1754 and culminated with its 1755 publication.
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London
Cast Aside Play to Be Seen at the Park for Three Days
The four act drama Cast Aside based on the song by Charles K Harris debuts at the Park for three days starting Monday with matinees at ten, twenty and thirty cents. L. B. Parker adapts the piece around a domestic tragedy while offering comic narration.
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Charles K. Harris
L. B. Parker
Parker
Canada is Friendly Says Chief Justice
New York Aug 15 Distinguishing judges and railroad men arriving after the Berne conference say Canada and the United States enjoy fraternal relations. Sir William Muftork of Toronto chief justice of Ontario’s exchequer division spent six weeks in England. He praised Canada’s substantial progress and good feeling with America.
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New York
Berne
Switzerland
Celtic
Liverpool
William Muufork
Toronto
Exchequer Division
High Court of Justice of
Ontario
England
Canada
Salvation Too Free for Servian Pastor
The Rev. James Ogich sues All Saints Servian Orthodox church for $1375 in arrears for eighteen months, alleging he was paid only $24 during his tenure and that the church treated salvation as free in a foreign land.
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ST. Louis
Congregation of All Saints Servian Orthodox Church
James Ogich
Late of
Servia
Swallows Live Egg Ends Man's Life After Operation
Pittsburg Pa August 15 Physicians investigate death of William Douglas after operation for a live turtle egg that had hatched in his stomach following swallowing the egg with soup.
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Pittsburg
William Douglas
Douglas
Deaf and Dumb Girl Talks to Governor in Harrisburg
Kathryne M Frick 10 deaf dumb and blind daughter of Mr and Mrs William L Frick visited Governor Stuart in his private office at Harrisburg Pa for a second time She uses a corrugated metal slate to write and wrote the Governor s name brief sentences ending with I love you The visit follows a prior meeting during Christmas eight months earlier and from an appropriation aiding her Mount Airy school education officials note the child s evident progress.
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Harrisburg
Kathryne M. Frick
Wiliam L. Frick
Mount Airy Institution For
Stuart
Kathryne
Farthing Awarded in Slander Case at Lancaster
Denis Lynden stage manager sued Calvert Routledge for slander after Routledge objected to interval length calling Lynden incompetent. The defense argued privilege. The Lancaster Assizes returned a verdict for Lynden with a farthing as damages.
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London
Lancaster Assizes
Denis Lynden
Calvert Routledge
He Never Dreamed Dies at 90 in Lebanon
Henry L. A Holland died at age 90 in Lebanon on August 15. Doctors say he never dreamed in his life, a condition described as unequaled in the country.
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Lebanon
Henry L. A Holland
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