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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
2
Indianapolis residents plan New Year celebrations at Maennerchor Hall and other venues with many dances and a watch night in churches including Roberts Park and St Pauls. Young people join clubs and social groups as the old year ends and the new begins with events and entertainment across the city.
Names listed as known dead or unaccounted for include Arthur S Cheney United States Consul at Messina New Haven Conn and Major General Charles B Hall U S A retired of Portland Maine. The long roster covers numerous Americans in Philadelphia Cleveland Chicago Indianapolis Alton Brookline Boston and Philadelphia with many family members listed.
A gathering hosted by the Misses Hoss at 1127 Blaine avenue featured Miss Boyd Miss Mallory and George W Brown with Thomas D Magee Mr. Brewer F J Kelly and John Weaver. Earlier a pretty dance honoring Florence Dugan was held by Mr and Mrs John A Dugan with many college students among the guests. The Brenneke hall was festooned with ropes organzas and scarlet decorations as the event closed with a note of local social life.
A garbled OCR item notes Count Weds in Chicago and Countess Adolpo Mg Japan timing New Year’s in Tokio. Mentions a first secretary passy and travel plans through Grand Rapids and Fannie Haze, with unclear links to a building fire threat.
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