Christmas Society Parties Highlight Indianapolis Clubs
The city calendar brims with gatherings at the Mond ay Conversation Club the Meridian Heights Interse club the Monday Study club and the Needlecraft club. Guests from Louisville Grand Rapids Pittsburg and Chicago join local members for luncheons dinner parties and gift exchanges with holiday greens red bells and plum pudding as decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monday Conversation Club
Claire Dearborn
North Alabama
Emma Mullen
Charles E. Cox
Norma Harriet Merrill
Santa Claus
J. D. Adams
Roy BH. Adams
FE. J. Baker
Emma Barnes
Willits Bastian
Pleasant Bond
H. C. Broadbeck
O. J. Dearborn
Carlisle Smith
J. V. Stanbery
Frank Talbot
W. C. Thompson
Della Dearborn
Alice Newell
Raye Dryer
Mary
Monica Sheerin
Pennsylvania Street
Elizabeth Hoge
Louisville
Elizabeth Fletcher
Helen Motley
Grand Rapids
Mich
Meridian Heights
Atten E. Read
W. Heaton
State Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
John Sloan Kittle
Needle Craft Club
Charles McFarland
Pittsburg
Maude Cunningham
Braised Beef Heart and Orange Marmalade Pudding Menu
Daily menu notes breakfast and lunch items followed by two detailed recipes. Braised beef heart recipe instructs careful trimming, stuffing, simmering three hours, and browning. Orange marmalade pudding combines beef suet crumbs marmalade sugar candied peel eggs and milk, steamed four hours.
Births Report From City Records
William and Katherine Drake welcome a girl at 438414 Blake Street. Charles and Grace Strate report a boy from 1806 Howard Street. William and Daisy Anthony greet a boy at 2320 Prospect Street. Edgar and Bertha Garringer record a birth. George and Grace Pollard celebrate a boy at 246 Leeds Avenue. James and Emma Brock announce a boy from 1216 Udell. James and Elizabeth Hussey have a boy at 2934 Kenwood Avenue. Toney and June Chitwood birth a girl at 426 West New York Street. Harry and Margaret Sims report a boy at 412 Spring. John and Mary Andrews at Kothe Flats Virginia Avenue welcome a boy. Frank and Bessie Lamb record a girl at 1553 Blaine Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William and
Katherine Drake
Blake Street
Charles and
Grace Strate
Howard Street
Daisy Anthony
Prospect Street
Edgar and
Bertha Garringer
Roac Street
George and
Grace Pollard
Leeds Avenue
James and
Emma Brock
Udell Street
Elizabeth Hussey
Kenwood Avenue
Toney and
June Chitwood
West
New York Street
Harry and Margaret Sims
Spring Street
John and
Mary Andrews
Kothe Flats
Virginia Avenue
Poe
Frank and
Bessie Lamb
Blaine Avenue
Notable Births and Obituaries and Building Permits
Obituaries list multiple individuals with ages and cause details from 1944 including James A Spears, Sarah Bailey, Leonard Christ, Mary Ausberry, Michael Bresnahan, Elizabeth Donahue, Bert Kelly, Dollie Smith, William Mayhew, Edith Wilson, Eli Clark, Mollie Chappell, Henry Springgake, Frances Smith, Francis Perin. Hospital and residence details appear for several, with causes such as capillary bronchitis, cirrhosis, burns, arteriosclerosis, diphtheria, biliary obstructions, and related notes. Building permits list Samuel Perkins repairs at 75, Maggie Prinns repairs at 3150, J O Howard at 850, W Malott floor at 500, Alvin Schellhust 2400, Premier Sales inside alterations 500, Leslie Bartholomew 2500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Spears
Sarah Bailey
Grant Bailey
Cora B. Craig
Leonard Christ
Mary H. Ausberry
Michael L. Bresnahan
Elizabeth J. Donahue
Bert Kelly
Dollie Smith
William Mayhew
Edith J. Wilson
Eli C. Clark
Mollie B. Chappell
Henry Ward Springgake
Frances A. Smith
Samuel Perkins
West Wabash
Maggie Prinns
Frank Avenue
J. O. Howard
Thirtieth and
Schumann
W. Malott
North
Delaware
Alvin Schellhust
Oakland
Twelfth
Thirteenth
Premier Sales Company
Leslie Bartholomew
Leonard
Morris
150 LIVES LOST IN TERRIFIC STORM OFF LAS PALMAS
Reported wrecks of the German steamers Ingbert and Irma Woermann off the Canary Islands near Las Palmas. About 150 persons were aboard both ships. Mariners fear a loss of life as communications with the vessels are not yet established. The Irma Woermann carried the German consul to Las Palmas on board. The gale continues to rage along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingbert
Irma Woermann
Las Palmas
Millions of Buy a 10c Box Cascarets Weekly Treatment
An advertisement urges readers to purchase a 10 cent box of Cascarets to use nightly during the Xmas week as a weekly treatment and handy aid.
Charity Federation Advance As Boards Plan Merger Steps
The Charity Organization Society and the Children's Aid Association move toward merger with a joint committee from both groups and the Commercial Club to arrange details. Members include C A Bookwalter chair W J Taylor W H Lockwood and Herbert A Rice. In November the employment bureau secured 71 positions from 143 applications and the visitation department aided 223 families offering advice to 151.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charity Organization Society
Children's Aid Association
Commercial Club
C. A. Bookwalter
W. J. Taylor
W. H. Lockwood
Herbert A. Rice
the Association
Visitation Department
This Cough Syrup Recipe Promises Quick Relief
A home remedy recipe to mix a pint of Pinex with sugar syrup to treat coughs, hoarseness, bronchitis, asthma, and lung troubles. It claims rapid relief, pleasant taste, mild laxative effect, and a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Gend
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Mrs Winston's Soothing Syrup Aimed at Teething Relief
Advert describes Mrs Winston’s Soothing Syrup marketed for teething relief. Claims soothe the child ease gum pain and wind colic and cites wide use by mothers over fifty years. Sold by De Soadians who offer other kinds.
Mayor's cabinet weighs billboard ban in city meeting
Richard Lieber criticized city billboards calling them a nuisance and safety hazard and urged heavy taxes or removal. Harry Plummer argued property owners deserve returns on investments. measure sent to Public Health committee for ordinance form. E M Barney's resolution referred to Mayor Shank. William O Connors secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Lieber
Fall Creek
Meridian
Harry Plummer
Lieber
Committee On Public Health
E. M. Barney
Shank
Hugo Thorsch
William O'Connor
Crime tears wife from husband in chase for alleged killer
Aurora Illinois December reports a posse of armed men pursuing W H Morris, accused of murdering Mrs Estelle Dumas near Montgomery. Mrs Morris, distraught by the tragedy, renounces her husband and vows to aid authorities to capture him dead or alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Ill
Blackberry Creek
W. H. Morris
Estelle Dumas
Montgomery
Mrs. Morris
Emily BR Fletcher Leaves Estate to Daughter Executrix
In her will filed Tuesday Emily BR Fletcher leaves her property to her daughter Emily who is named executrix. She asks her daughter to pick an article from the household goods and give to all her children and grandchildren as keepsakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily BR. Fletcher
Emily
Mormon Elders to End Plural Wives After Divine Command
Former Senator Frank Cannon quotes a December meeting in President Wilford Woodruff’s office where 26 Mormon leaders agreed to abandon plural marriage following President Cleveland’s intervention. They stated no divine revelation opposed the practice, but finally accepted a manifest from God mandating relinquishment. Cannon recalls the elders’ initial resistance and eventual sacrifice for their people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clecrch
Cleveland
Frank G. Cannon
Wilford Woodruff
W. Woodruff
Cannon
American gramophone firm sues over low phonograph price
The American Gramophone Company of Bridgeport Conn alleges a technical patent infringement and breach of sales agreement in a federal suit filed Tuesday against D. Sommers & Co of Indianapolis. The case centers on Columbia phonographs sold for less than the standard price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Gramaphone Company of
Bridgeport, Conn
D. Sommers & Co
Indianapolis
Columbia Phonographs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ray Sweetman
Madison, Wis
Mrs
W. A. Sweetman
Irvington
John A. Ridgeway
Columbus
W. H. Haggard
Sally Harvey
Washington, D. C
Arts and Crafts
John H. Bloor
Frank C. Robinson
Mildred Stockman
Ethel Day
Bertha Bence
Mary Davis
Racema Kemp
T. J. Moore
Willa Coval
Katherine Day
F.C. Robinson
J. T. Edwards
Fanny Barnhart
Kate Gray
Loomis
I. N. Richie
Delaware Street
Inlaw
Claude Richie
Florence Moats
Criterion Club
Whittier
W. H. H. Shank
Flora Shank
Baltimore
Sarah Sheerin
Carnegie Library School
Dougherty Sheerin
Purdue
S. P. Sheerin
Henry Clay Allen
W. C. Sparks of
Anderson
Rockford
Edward Fitz-Randolph Donnell
Cambridge
Donnell
Ethel Pitt
O. Cottingham
Edward Cottingham
Noblesville
Mrs. C. E. Cottingham
Broadway
Norman W. Cook
Princeton University
William H. Cook
North Alabama Street
Mrs. Cole
Katherine Cole
East
Mr. Cole
Mary Johnson
Wellesley
R. O. Johnson
C. W. Kile
George Williams
Chicago
Retta Barnhill
David Barnhill
Crawfordsville
Florence Hancock
Roanoke, Va
Mabel Smith
Carl Tinney
Florida
South
Fuller-Currens
Monument Place
Library of Universal Music
W. W. Kimball CO
City Statistics
Francis Perin
Ashland Avenue
George D. Harper
Miami Street
John S. Murray
Ringgold Street
Sarah Elizabeth Sweet
Iliam E. Knight
Cooper
George
Martin
Rural
Beatrice W. Blomeyer
Morris Street
Frank R. Moore
Roosevelt Avenue
Canary Islands
Cascarets
Ayer
Coleans
Battenburg
Axminster
Bigelow Axminster
Cece Egos
Isis
Foxford
Rogers 1847
Wm. A. Rogers
Toyland
Openia
Rene
Star Flyer
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