Amusements in the Parks and Theatres This Week
The Park presents Thorns and Orange Blossoms and Uncle Tom's Cabin with daily matinees while Wonderland showcases aquatic acts Mae Melbane and Arndt's Military Band. Capital City Garden features Caught With the Goods and the Marvelous Daleys. White City offers free vaudeville and band concerts. Empire features The Jolly Girls and The Tiger Lilies with matinees daily. Thorns and Orange Blossoms follows a love triangle with deception and reconciliation. Uncle Tom's Cabin continues to draw crowds. Fair Bank reports no band this week but open access to attractions. Wonderland notes a senior visitor enjoying chutes and lagoon.
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Mae Melbane
Sig. Montani
Arndt
Capital City Garden
Marvelous Daleys
Ozan
Zara
Leah Drew
White City
Empire
the Jolly Girls
Tiger Lilies
Wonderland Water Carnival Week At Scenic Railway
The week of the water carnival at Wonderland features nightly aquatic exhibitions in the lagoon and live music by Arndt's Military band Mae Melbane soprano Montani the harpist and the Newsboys Quartet from Chicago. Paine's fireworks exhibition Tuesday night caps the events. Capital City Garden presents The Great Daleys perch artists and acrobats this week with Bill Zerby in The Minstrel's Dream Leah Drew and the duo Ozan and Zara among other acts.
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Wonderland
Arndt
Mae Melbane
Montani
Newsboys
Chicago
Paine
Capital City Garden
Daleys
Bill Zerby
Zerby
Leah Drew
Ozan
Zara
Loyd Interprets Sermon on the Mount at Winona Lake
Prof R R Loyd delivered a practical sermon on the Sermon on the Mount at Winona Lake Ind he argued there are three gospel accounts and the differences lie mainly in phrasing He said the message was for the twelve apostles and urged adapting commands to the times to spread the gospel without literal adherence.
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Winona Lake
Ind
R. R. Loyd
Loyd
Christ
Prof
Meat drivers vow to block meat business in New York
United Press reports in New York that after a prolonged conference with packers the striking meat drivers rejected a renewed 1896 pact. The men demand a 65 hour work week, opposing the packers proposal of 50 hours. They threaten to completely block the meat business.
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New York
Call on the Banks Issued by Comptroller
Washington August 26 The comptroller of the currency has issued a call for a statement of condition of the national banks at close of business Thursday August 22.
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United Press
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Chicago Mystery: Forger Suspect Amid Blood Stained Checks
In Chicago on August 26 a dead man with a throat wound was found in an alley near a fire station. Police captured a youth named William Knight, 18, with blood stained card and 52 checks totaling 49,657 dollars. Checks included Baltimore bank items and forms from a business college. Nearly 300 vagrants were rounded up in a city dragnet. the dead man William R. Evans, 67, reportedly died by his own hand amid poverty, with a razor nearby.
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Chicago
Fire Department
William Knight
Omaha
Neb
J. N. Sheldon
Twelfth St
First National Bank of Baltimore
Third National Bank of Baltimore
H. N. Grayson and Company
Massons Lingerie Waists and Dresses on Sale
Women's apparel sale lists various Massons items including lingerie waists with embroidery and tucks, India linen waists with tailored styles, white wash skirts in linen-finished Indian head, and dresses in figured lawn and mercerized madras Beau Brummel style. Prices range from 68 cents to 9 dollars.
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Madras
Social Notes Hints at Busy Visit Entourages in Indianapolis
Society notices list Miss Beulah Parsons returning to Elwood from Mrs. Harry Rogers in Indianapolis. Several locals travel to Denver Manitou Springs Toronto Pittsburg Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Engagements weddings and guests unfold with a flurry of names and dates across Indianapolis Kokomo and Chicago.
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Beulah Parsons
Harry Rogers
New Jersey St
Elwood
Margaret Kelleher
Thos. Griffin
Kokomo
Lake Safanitou
Indianapolis
Walter Rivers
California
Edward H. Rentsch
Alabama
Nineteenth-sts
Japanese Workers Seek Reinstatement After Navy Dismissals
Japanese workers discharged from the U S Navy in the Philippines protest to be reinstated. At Olongapo 85 Japanese were employed on fortifications and at the drydock Dewey. They were fired because Chinese laborers were cheaper and deemed suitable. Guards patrol the Dewey at night and restrict access to the drydock area.
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Washington
Uncle Sam's
Philippines
Olongapo
Japan
Dewey
Navy
Unwritten law defense set for Italian wife in Ferrer murder
Mrs. Angelo Coniglio prepares to plead unwritten law in the Felippe Ferrer murder case. She says her husband warned her that Ferrer would kill her if she spoke the truth, and recounts two weeks of seeking a chance to act. She admits firing when Ferrer approached after he allegedly boasted of wronging her.
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Ghicago
Felippe Ferrer
Angelo Coniglio
Coniglio
Italy
Ferrer
Ferreo
Pardoned in Jamestown: Cyrus Todd Granted Grace
Governor Hanly pardoned Cyrus Todd of Jamestown after health declined in prison. Convicted seven years ago on circumstantial evidence for his wife's murder, Todd, age 82, had been paroled for 90 days as consumption progressed. his father and prison authorities urged clemency.
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Hanly
Cyrus Todd
Jamestown
Todd
Fire alarm and arson attempt blaze in city near 130 E Washington
Fireman Harry Crosely of Hose Company No. 20 detected smoke at 1 a.m. Monday near Washington and Pennsylvania, locating a blaze on the third floor rear of Clark's Studio at 130 East Washington Street. Cause believed electrical wires. loss about $100. A separate Sunday night fire at Greer Wilkinson lumber yard, 931 East Michigan, appears arson, with a broken door glass and oily waste found after extinguishing flames.
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Harry Crosely
Hose Company No. 20
Pennsylvania St
Clark
Washington St
Greer-Wilkinson and Company
Michigan Sr
Establishing Libraries Across Indiana This Fall
The Indiana State Library commission under secretary Chalmers Hadley plans extensive library work in fall and winter. The commission advises on sites, buildings, book selections, and library operation, and will spend about 3600 for new books on municipal improvements dirigible balloons airships motor vehicles and related topics.
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Indiana
Chalmers Hadley
State Library Commission
Four Children Missing in Chicago Suburban District
Four children of Jacob Heinrichsen a Chicago truck farmer vanished from their home in the northwestern district while playing. Neighbors and police have searched fields ravines and groves for 24 hours with no trace. Children named Paula 9 Lilia 7 Charles 5 Ernest 4. Neighbors fear gypsy involvement.
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Dy Unulted Press
Chicago
Jacob Heinrichsen
Paula
Lilia
Charles
Ernest
Mrs Linn D Hay Dead at Park Avenue Home
Mrs Margaret Anderson Hay wife of Linn D Hay died at her parents home 1207 Park avenue Sunday afternoon after long illness. Her passing concludes a lengthy health decline not unexpected by family.
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Margaret Anderson Hay
Linn D. Hay
W. O. Anderson
Park Ave
MAY BE CHICAGO CROOKS
Two men about 18 years old were found at the Virginia Ave viaduct by Capt. Hyland and officer Ruginstein in a police car. They claimed to be Anthony Kress of 912 West New York Street and James Gorndon with no home, saying they came from Chicago on Saturday and had been here two weeks. Police detain them for investigation.
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Virginia Ave. Viaduct
Capt. Hyland
William Ruginstein
Chicago
Anthony Kress
James Gorndon
Kress
New York St
Gorndon
Prest-O-Lite President Donates $19 to Firemen Pension
Carl Fisher, president of Prest-O-Lite, gave a $19 check to the fire department as appreciation for their work at the plant fire on 8 East Street. The donation will be added to the pension fund for the firefighters.
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Carl Fisher
Prest-O- Lite Company
Fire Department
East-st
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