Trade boosters prepare for third Indiana tour into Illinois
About seventy five jobbers manufacturers and financiers join the Indianapolis trade association on a state wide auto tour leaving at 7 am Thursday via Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern cars. Path finder Charles A Bookwalter and his son John travel with the party as photographs are taken for the association report. Vehicles donated by Will H Brown of Wilys Overland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apolis Trade Association
Terre ‘Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction
Association
Charles F. Bretzman
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Charles A. Bookwalter
John
Terre Haute
Will H. Brown
Wilys-Overland Company
Fisher Automobile Company
North Capitol Avenue
Bridgeport
Missionaries Speak at Training School Irvington Conference
The Foreign Christian Missionary Society and Christian Women's Board of Missions hold a two day conference at the Missionary Training School in Irvington. A. McLean presides as delegates hear talks on Temptations of the Missionary and Health of the Missionary by speakers from China India the Philippines and Jamaica. Delegates include Dr and Mrs McGouran Miss Frost Rev Grainger Rev Davis Miss Bertha Clauson Rev Meigs and Rev Randall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Christian Missionary Society
Christian Women's Board of Missions
Irvington
A. McLean
Foreign Board
McLean
Macklin
Nanking
China
Pickett
Philippines
Martha Smith
India
Wakefield
Tenny Crozier
H. C. Hurd
Hiram College
McGouran
A. G. Frost
O. F. Grainger
B.C. Davis
J. A. Randall
Jamaica
Bertha Clauson
Japan
F. E. Meigs
Dng
Watches Stolen From Two Homes Reported
Mrs Phoebe McFerren reported two watches stolen from her home at 2667 Gale Street while away. A separate entry notes a sneak thief entered 566 Tremont Avenue on Tuesday and took another watch. Local police advised residents to increase security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe McFerren
Gale Street
Tremont Avenue
City Bathing Ban Ordinance Violation Penalty
Regulation of bathing publicly ordinance 1 825 targets anyone over twelve found bathing in daytime in the canal White river Pogue s run Fall creek or any stream visible to city residents. Penalty a fine not exceeding 23 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River
Pogue's Run
Fall Creek
Indianapolis
Fire Bug At Work Again Incendiary Barn Fire Reported
A man found a rear barn at S H M Skillman residence 1080 East Raymond Street on fire just before 3 a.m. Wednesday. A bucket brigade saved the structure and a horse was led out. Firemen found evidence of coal oil and noted prior neighborhood arson incidents. Losses totaled several hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. HM. Skillman
East
Raymond Street
Belle Sanders
North Liberty Street
Daniel Walsh
Union Street
Saloonkeeper Sued for Death in Liquor Case
Rose C Barrett suing saloon keeper Michael Mannix and his sureties Maurice Donnelly and the Verre Haute brewing company for 2000 dollars. She claims Mannix liquor helped incite a quarrel with Thomas A Box, who shot and killed her husband Martin Barrett on January 11, 1909, in a state action via Mrs Barrett and her daughter Rosemary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose C. Barrett
Michael Mannix
Martin Barrett
Mannix
Shuraker Argues Dry Counties Cut Taxes
Rev. FE. S. Shumaker of the Anti saloon league summarizes a study on tax conditions in Indian counties towns and townships before county option elections. He claims tax reductions follow saloon removal and cites seventy counties with varied rate changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-saloon League
Shumaker
League
Overland Auto Mail Service Continues at Indianapolis
The Overland automobile company will continue its mail collection for the remaining nine months of the fiscal year. Vice president Wil H. Brown announced the contract will persist past Oct 1 after the June 30 expiry, with bids for a new contractor not received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Overland Automobile Company
Wil H. Brown
Midweek Concerts at Fairview Park and Riverside Beach
Readable fragments describe a March midweek concert at Fairview Park with overtures and serendades led by Kathryn Gibson and Homer Van Wie, including Liszt Second Hungarian Rhapsody and other pieces. A Riverside Beach concert by Mayer's band is planned for Wednesday night with selections titled Hostrauser and Indian Summer among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanhauser
Kathryn Gibson
Homer van Wie
Liszt Pink Hall
Michaelis
Saye Ey Gras
Fueneelis
Pryor
Mayer
Riverside Bathing Beach
Hostrauser
Sa Stir Boehe
Mediey
Grizzly
Smuts
Grunnenfelder
Hager
Dalbey
Gompers Confident on AFL Affiliation Plan
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, asserts a satisfactory basis for affiliating the Western Federation of Miners with the AFL will be formulated by a labor leaders committee meeting at the United Mine Workers offices. The plan, guiding jurisdiction and authority, will be presented to the AFL convention in St Louis on November 10 for a vote by the full body. The Western federation seeks equal footing with the United Mine Workers, with leaders including Charles Moyer and James O’Connell among those present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Labor
Committee of Labor Leaders
United Mine Workers of America
State Life Building
American Federation of Labor
St. Louis
Western Federation
International Steam Engineers
Electricians
Western Federation of Miners
T. L. Lewis
Gompers
Charles Moyer
James O’connel
International Association of Machinists
William Huber
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
John Mitchell
Thomas L. Lewis
Thirty Indianapolis Doctors Pass Medical Board Exam
Thirty young men from Indianapolis were among 79 who passed the July medical examinations of the state board of medical registration and examination. Names listed include Alpheus Thurston and Gustav Esch among others. five failed and two papers held for further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
Alpheus Leroy Thurston
Alvin #. Kerr
Gustav Herman Esch
Elbert Shirk Waymire
E. B. Edwards
James William Jackson
Raymond Judson Ives
George EL. Hackett
J. T. Kennedy
Albert B. Cleage
Edward Arthur Spohin
Otis Alexander Caldwell
Frederick Hershman
Edwin KE. Dougherty
Frederick E. Jackson
Earl J. Cripe
Earl Miller Shenk
Roya A. ‘Erry
Oscar D. Ludwig
le .Everet Strong
Harold B.cox
Halstead Shaw Murat
Walter L. Haworth
Rocco Andrew Montani
Henry Oscar Howelson
James Monroe Hancock
John Curtis Irwin
Clarence Augustus Vyoles
Charles Raymond Elfers
William V. Boyle
Elevator Boys Break The Monopoly In Majestic Building
Two Black elevator operators in the Majestic building enact a daily game of craps as they move between floors. The tale sketches life on the job, with coded phrases like Phebe for four and Little Joe for a die roll, and shows how they navigate to reach higher levels amid limited upward mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bones
Joe
Irvington-Tuxedo Night Dominates County Fair
The International inter denominational county fair at Wonderland drew about 5000 attendees Tuesday. Receipts reached 1179 dollars as Irvington and Tuxedo residents fueled heavy east and west traffic. Shows like Hecker's Famous Side Show and Mrs Gossom's vaudeville teased big Wednesday crowds with added acts including Watson Faulkner and Miss Margaret Graham. Indiana boys school band slated for Wednesday in the park’s southwest corner to ease east road congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Irvington
Tuxedo Place
Watson Faulkner
Margaret Graham
Shirley Jackson
Indiana Boys School Band
Y. W. G. A. Delegates Attend Lake Geneva Conference
A large Indianapolis delegation travels to Lake Geneva Wisconsin for the YWCA city conference running August 16 to 25. More than 500 members from twelve states attend with national officers and workers among the guests. The Indianapolis group includes Mrs. Cora Campbell and many named delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. W. Cla
Lake Geneva
Wis
Indianapolis
Cora Campbell
Anna Blount
Beatrice Crow
Ida Braddock
Augusta Hiatt
Julia Seytter
Mamie Noonan
Elsie Strack
Ida Tehoer
Fannie Graves
Martha Winterrowd
Wylde LaFeber
Ethel Harvey
Jessie Folger
Margaret Schrader
Belva Miller
Bertha Smith
Whathryn Wood
Ethel Allen
Cecile Furry
Bertha Jasper
Farnole Scrimsher
Bicycleman Narrowly Escapes Auto Collision on Washington
Bicycleman Rucker and Bicycleman Trimpe rode east on Washington street when Rucker turned in front of an oncoming car driven by L S Shaw. Shaw braked to avoid a collision, Rucker did the same, and the front bike wheel passed under the auto wheel, running over the officer’s foot as both parties avoided contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rucker
L. S. Shaw
Tuesday Ulight
Trimpe
Washington Street
Shaw
Mexican veterans to hold last Indianapolis encampment
The Knightstown soldiers and sailors orphans' home band will perform at the final encampment of Mexican war veterans in Indianapolis on September 6. With the extreme age of remaining veterans, this gathering is expected to attract national notice and be grandly entertained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knightstown Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
Indianapolis
Ward Family Auto Crash Injures Two on Illinois Street
Miss Florence Ward drove the car on Illinois street to avoid a street car. The vehicle skidded after braking, hitting a tree and nearly demolishing the machine. Miss Josephine Ward sustained a severe cut above the eye while George Ward suffered a knee injury. the driver remained unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Ward
George Ward
Illinois Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Florence Ward
Andrew H. Ward
North
Fire crews respond to canvas awning blaze at Fischer store
A cigarette caused a fire on a canvas awning at W. J. Fischer's store on Pennsylvania and Washington streets. Nearly the entire central fire force arrived at 9 am Wednesday, but George Rubens, store manager and city council member, extinguished it before engines and ladders arrived, with about 50 square feet of awning damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Washington Streets
W. J. Fischer
George Rubens
Rubens
Young Greeks Must Not Work On Sunday
Judge Stubbs rules Greek boys under sixteen may not be employed in shoe shining parlors on Sundays. John Smyrnas, owner of four Indianapolis shops, warned after three child neglect arrests. He faces charges of attempting to bribe police to let his boys work Sundays. Smyrnas to be tried in police court Friday. C. L. Delta appointed probation officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubbs
John Smyrnas
Indianapolis
Smyrnas
C. L. Delta
Dr Gilmer Medical Institute claimed cures without operation
An Indianapolis woman reports recovery after four weeks of treatment at the Dr. Gilmer Medical Institute, saying doctors had promised only surgery. The ad touts cures for blindness, deafness, paralysis, and many chronic diseases free consultations, and offices at 46 N Pennsylvania Street Suites D and E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Gilmer Medical Institute
Wother
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Street
D and E
Indiana
Bogneylvante Street
Maennerchor Concert Tonight Highlights
The Maennerchor presentation features Reeves Selection Havana and selections such as Pas des Fleurs and Why Don’t the Band Play Dixie. Also on program are Turkish Patrol, Old Town, a Herbert Cornet Solo by Mr. Charles Kiefer, and operatic numbers including Intermezzo and Lampe Sextette from Lucia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Commandry
Reeves
Havana
Stewart
Fleurs
Delibes
Hanna
Michaelis
Old Town
Herbert Cornet
Charles Kiefer
Silver Bell
Lampe
Saloon Owner Secures License After Second Try
T C Schuler faced remonstrances from Capitol avenue property owners over a 500 foot distance rule. He withdrew the first application for Pratt and Illinois streets liquor license, then refiled from 42 West Treat street using a new rear bar area beyond the 500 foot limit. The city commissioners granted the license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Schuler
Capitol Avenue Boulevard
Schuler
Pratt
Illinois
West Tratt Street
William G. Jones Dies at 71 in Indianapolis Area Home
William G. Jones 71 died at his home 2164 North Pennsylvania Street on Tuesday. He was the father of Mrs. F. E. Paulson whose husband manages the Lehigh Portland Cement Company in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Jones
North
Pennsylvania Street
F. E. Paulson
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Indianapolis
Isador Wulfson Plans Address at Pittsburgh Steward Meet
Isador Wulfson, a friend of the people, outfits a straw suit and blue serge to address the National Steward’s Association in Pittsburgh next week. He plans to carry letters from Mayor Shankard and Governor Marshall inviting the group to Indianapolis for next year, plus his prepared speech and a pink silk handkerchief. He will time his remarks with a gold watch and chain and hand the letters to the secretary after speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isador
Indianapolis
The
Association of Stewards
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Speedway
Bookwalter Will
Pathfinder
Acme-Evans Company
George M. Fry
Adams-Carr Company
C. Q. Rogers
O. T. Haskett
Aetna Press
Frank W. Ball
American Brewing Company
Adolph Riccard
American National Bank
O. P. Welborn
E. C. Atkins Company
H. T. Benham
Frank Wells
Binkley
Turner & Browder
H. C. Binkley
William B. Burford Company
H. R. Danner
George B. Wray
Burnett-Lewis Lumber Company
C. D. Haskett
Central Supply Company
F. D. McDaniel
J. A. van Buskirk
Central Union Telephone Company
L. W. Layton
P. L. Moseley
Chandler & Taylor ¢ Company
F. F. Chandler
J. C. McCrea
Citizens’ Gas Company
E. J. Burke
Columbia Harness Company
W. H. Pye
Crowder- Cooper Shoe Company
C. H. Crowder
Louis G. Deschler Company
L. G. Desehler
E. C. Dolmetsch Company
George Roth
G. & J. Tire Company
G. W. Chapman
H. H. Hubbard
Gibson Auto Company
H. A. Townsley
Greer-Wilkinson Lumber Company
D. A. Hadley
Hearsey- Willis Company
Dean Rice
Hibben, Holl
G.A. Schnull
Standard Metal Company
A. L. Henry
John Gross
Sun Publishing Company
George Martin
Charles M. Morgan
van Camp Hardware and Iron Company
R. P. van Camp
Anders
Vandalia Coal Company
W.B. Smith
Varney Electrical Supply Company
C. S. Walker
A. Bookwalter
Will J. Dobyns
Merle Sidener
Missionaires
Foreign Christian Missionary Society and Women’s Board
Fire Bug
Maurice Donnelly
Verre Haute
Shuraker
Overland
Fairview Park
A. FP. of L. Works
Samuel Gompers
Natural
Phebe
Little Joe
Big Dick
Maystic Building
Cood Progran
Wonderland
Gar
Fischer’s
the Leading Trust Company
the Union Trust Company
Office Company's
E. Market Street
Franklin
Our
Shubert Murat Theatre
Huder’s
Isadore Wulfson
Isidor Wulfson
Friend of the People
Ional Steward’s Association
Pittsburg
Pereale
AL. W. Martin
Coton Gelt
Grand Street Parade
Cabrini
Nancy Boyer & CO
Nancy
Broad Ripple
White City
Riverside
Bach Mayer
Sterling Bros
Real Circus
Kansas City
DAFR
Weber, Ruder
Ferger
Pierson
Meyer-Kiser
Sana
Watc
Thompson
Darcy
State Life Insurance Co
Denison Cafe
Mass
Murat Theatre
Alven Cavett
Hoover-Watson Printing CO
Corner Market
New Jersey
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