Social whirl centered on Miss Minerva Searles party
Miss Minerva Searles entertained Thursday evening at her East Nineteenth street home honoring Misses Smith of Crawfordsville and Nettie Godman of Lafayette visiting Miss Warrier Bennett. Indoors due to weather, garden party decor featured pink asters and ferns, with hand painted contest cards and green pink decor. Several local residents and visitors appear in attendance or mentioned in accompanying notes, including Mrs. Hartman Noyes of New York, Mrs. W. O Connor, Miss Beatrice Birmingham, and Miss Helen Ford among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva Searles
Nineteenth Street
Es Smith
Crawfordsville
Marie Hilderbrand
Néttie ‘Godman
Lafayette
Warrier Bennett
Dosteis
Jasper ‘Searlés
Mary Mesker
Vera Dean
Helen Dipple
Fern Chambers
Marie Hilder‘brand
Harriet Bennett
Messrs
Louis Custer
Gerald Massay
Herbert Jenkins
El‘bert Jenkins
Cletus Kennelly
Emil Schappe
Arthur ‘Elliott
Daniel O’briennd
Wallace Davenport
Harriett Bennett
Nettle Godman
Mrs. H. Bennett
Mabel Fuller
Marie Best
Marie Howe
Hazel Orr
Emily van Riper
Marcia Paramore
Gladys Clegg
Avis Lutz
Katherine Nehlig
Kokomo
Helen Ford
J. H. Ford
Harold W. Slauson
New York
Pennsylvania Street
Pals at Park Theater Opens With Mixed Reviews
Miss Nancy Boyer presents Pals at Park Theater, a two pals in love with one girl tale with strong acting and comedy. The show features Chatterton Tarr and Boyer in key roles and opens the Empire season with The World of Pleasure another large Gordon North musical farce, Playing the Ponies, and the Hebrew duo Marks-Stewart Fox in brisk musical comedy numbers. Mile Bergerat performs a daring auto death swing at Riverside, fixes the steering under pressure, earning praise as the Pretty Mechanic. The Flying Nelsons aerial act, recently with Ringling, starts a new run Sunday matinee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dera
Winston
Miss Boyer
Mr. Chatterton
Miss Tarr
The
Empire
York
Adams
Harry Marks- Stewart
Will Fox
Harry E Yost
Herbert Terry
Eddie Lovett
Dorothy LaMar
Lillian Russell
Eva Hull
Charles Morok
Bergerat
Daley
Mile. Bergerat
Paris
Flying Nelsons
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Sailors teach ship ahoy perform in city fundraiser
Indianapolis sailors sing Ship Ahoy on a mimic battleship stage to support Murat temple fundraising. After Friday and Saturday shows at Fairview they retire from the canal and return to their usual vocations. The vaudeville style show draws praise for local masculine singers and Shriners hope for a summer reprise if weather allows a profitable event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Fairview
Parsuing
Canal
Murat Building Fund
Shriners
Murat Temple
Oregon Invites Tillers of Soil to Her Valleys
Portland reports Oregon offers vast undeveloped land and low values for farmers seeking new fields. The Willamette valley, Salem as a prune hub, and nearby districts offer fruit, dairy, potato, and hop opportunities. The article highlights climate, irrigation, and rail access expanding Oregon’s agricultural potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Portland
Ore
United States
J. R. Wetherbee
Civic Development League
Portland Commercial Club
Dr. Wetherbee
Willamette Valley
Wilmette River
Eugene
Salem
Wilmette Valley
London
Rockies
Pacific
Oregon City
Brownsville
Massachusetts
Pacific Ocean
Medford
Rogue River Valley
Copper King Heinze and His Fair Fiancé
New York August 26 Fritz Augustus Heinze and his fiancée Bernice Golden Henderson are soon to marry. Heinze, famed as the copper king, is joined by Miss Henderson, an actress who has starred as the vampire in A Fool There Was. The engagement has stirred chatter in the green room and on the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fritz Augustus Heinze
Bernice Golden Henderson
Heinze
Miss Henderson
Mayor's plan to gut tax is futile
City Controller Kimball rejects Mayor Shank's proposal to reduce the sinking fund levy. Law requires an assessment of at least 5 cents per $100, to be directed to the sinking fund. Bonds totaling $75,000 mature in 1911 and must be paid from that fund, leaving no room for reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Shank
Land suitable for diversified farming near markets in less advertised sections
Prices start at 90 dollars per acre for land ideal for diversified farming close to markets and with minimal clearing required. The text notes vast availability for settlement and that adjoining bearing orchards raise value due to potential yield.
Honor guest taught for years in Kokomo
Mrs Hattie Holton Whittiker of California attended a Baldwin family reunion in Kokomo Indiana on August 26 returning to Howard county for the first time in 28 years. She is noted as having taught the longest tenure of any woman in the county. The Endicotts Endicott Stewart families also attended and are descended from Gov John Endicott of Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Hattie Holton
Whittiker
Cal
Baldwin
Howard County
Endicott
Woman Bequeaths Fortune to Animals in New Orleans
The will of Mrs. Mary Pauline D Latre Greenleaf, widow of Dr. Lawrence M. Greenleaf, was probated. She leaves a bequest to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals as residuary legatee, directing the bulk of her estate to aid drinking places for smaller animals and the protection and relief of dumb animals, with funds to be used in out of the way places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mary Pauline D'Latre Greenleaf
Inent
Personal magnetism urged for Marion county teachers
County Supt John Carr argues personality is the main asset for teachers in Marion county. He cites capable applicants who failed to win posts due to weaker educational standings but strong personalities. He would modify rather than abolish exams, believing magnetism yields better classroom results than a colorless educator with formal schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
John Carr
Carr
Bedside wedding ends as mother dies in Peru ceremony
Miss Grace Millsor and Robert Richey of Logansport wed at the bedside of the bride's mother Mrs. Ella Millsor under Rev. D B Kessinger in Peru Indiana. The mother died within twelve hours after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Grace Millsor
Robert Richey
Logansport
D. B. Kessinger
Ella Millsor
Stunts Ordered at Kappa Kappa Gamma Conven tion
Special to The Suz from Bloomington Indiana notes Friday night will be stunt night at the national Kappa Kappa Gamma convention. Thirty eight chapters will attend and all must perform a stunt. Edith Stoner grand president announced the officers will be elected Monday before adjournment. The closing banquet Monday night costs eight dollars per plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Edith Stoner
Wife changes mind as jail doors bang
Mrs. Charles Owens of 1525 Orange Street faced a wife desertion charge after a warrant was sworn for her husband’s arrest. When he returned home Thursday bicycle policemen Murphy and Feeney took Owens to the station, and Mrs. Owens immediately sought release by pleading with the turnkey and contacting Judge Stubbs of the juvenile court, but her efforts failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Owens
Orange Street
Murphy and
Feeney
Owens
Family trouble blamed for woman taking chloroform
Bloomington Ind Aug 26 Mrs Betty Algood 46 took chloroform in a personal crisis. She was found by neighbor Hattie Spaulding and a physician restored her to consciousness. She is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Betty Algood
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Nettie Godman
Helen Smith
Nicholas Hartman Noyes
Snows Island
Mackinac
Evans Lilly
Katherin Lilly
W. O'Connor
Fvertrude O'Connor
Monticello
O'Connor
St. Agnes Academy
Helen Golder
Pittsburg
Lenore Thomas
H. Spencer
Lyme
Seattle
Wash
C. A. McCotter
L. C. Hamilton
Clarion, Ila
Met‘otter
Beatrice
Birmingham
Joseph A. McGowan
Mary Geis
Mrs. Oliever
Denver
Colo
Hazel Kinney
Mackinac Island
L. F. Whittington
Atlantic City
William Sharp
San Francisco
Parkway Pavilion
Mary Wilson
Michigan
Robert Simon
St. Paul, Minn
C. J. Murphy
Irma Murphy
Chicago
101
Mayme L. Murphy
Capt. Murphy
C. E. Murphy
South Haven
Mich
R. L. Sherman
C. J. Connelly
Ala
Roberta Connelly
Birmingham Seminary
John Henry
Margaret Henry
St. Louis, Mo
Della Graham
Mary Staebleln
Mary Langenbacher
Rome City
Koeipp Sanitarium
F. Sheerin
Adirondack Mountains
Earl Conder
Mrs. Cruel Conder
Kate Conder
W. J. Harrington
Vern Harrington
Terre Haute
Dorothy Reynolds
Delphi, Ind
M. W. Clifford
Frank Walker
Bellefontaine Street
Elizabeth Kline
East
Miss Fern Chambers
Terre Haute, Ind
Edward McDevitt
Park Theater
the Park Theater
Nancy Boyer
Pretty Mile
Riverside Bathing Beach
NEW Empire Vow
Toledo Steel
Sumale
Willow
Ostrich Feather Co
Burgheim’s
Ska
HP Wasson
Seth Thomas
Carl L. Rost
Starpool
Sul 25
Illinois St
Merchants Heat &Light Co
S. Pennsylvania St
Polk’s Milk
Badger Furniture Co
Wash. St
New Fall
Kappa Gamma
Suz
Dr.pierces
Golden Medical Discovery
DOD
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