Social Fetes and Visits Highlight Week in Local Society
Miss Ruth McCarthy and Miss Margaret Howe hosted a Tuesday afternoon gathering at Harrison street for guests including Miss Grace McQuiston of Greensburg and Miss Dorothy Jean Gray of Burlington Beach. Mrs. Engle and Mrs. Anthony plan matinee and evening entertainments for Miss McQuiston. Other parties and travel to New York, Chicago, and Lafayette marked the social calendar as various clubs, hosts, and visitors welcomed friends and relatives.
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Ruth McCarthy
Margaret Howe
Harrisonst
Grace McQuiston
Greensburg
Amy McCarthy
Dorothy Jean Gray
Burlington Beach
German Language Club Meeting Hosts Prominent Guests
The Indianapolis German club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Clemens Vonnegut and Prof. R U Tolph Tombo among special guests. A group of men invited to discuss German language studies attended the event.
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Indianapolis
Clemens Vonnegut
N. Meridianst
Rutolph Tombo
Reity
Tombo
Belasco Club Reviews Maude Adams Life in Indianapolis
A letter and large photo of David Belasco arrived for the Belasco Dramatic club of Indianapolis. At a recent meeting at John J. Shaughnessy’s home, Louis H. Williamson discussed Maude Adams. The next gathering Friday will review Richard Mansfield’s life.
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David Belasco
Rialto
Belasco Dramatic Club
Indianapolis
John J. Shaughnessy
Maude Adams
Louis H. Williamson
Richard Mansfield
Social clubs host small gatherings this week
Inter Nos club plans a Tuesday party at Dr and Mrs Ritter home in Broadway with a program. Priscilla circle meets Thursday at Mrs John Lees 2833 Belle Fontaine st. Social Sewing club hosts Thursday by Mrs Boyd Templeton. L G Richardson hosts bridge Monday. Miss Fontaine Jones visits Miss Margaret McCullough. Elmo Leap Year club held its first dance Monday at Brenneke academy with officers Eleanor Moore Ruby Genolin Amy Parcels Helen DeMoss.
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Inter Nos Club
R. H. Ritter
Broadway
L. G. Richardson
Bridge
Fontaine Jones
St. Louis
Margaret McCullough
Elmo Leap Year Club
Brenneke’s Academy
Eleanor Moore
Ruby Genolin
Amy Parcels
Helen DeMoss
Neighborly Card Club Entertained by Leathermans
The Neighborly Card club members were entertained Monday evening by Dr. and Mrs. A L Leatherman of Broadway.
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Neighborly Club
Neighborly Card Club
A. L. Leatherman
Broadway
Fortnighty Musical Club meeting and social notices
The Fortnighty Musical Club met Tuesday at Miss Augusta Rentsch’s home where Miss Ethel Smith presented a paper on Verdi’s La Traviata. Mayflower church women plan a white elephant social Friday at Mrs. C. J. Buchanan’s home. Mrs. Emmett J. Heebs invites guests to a small dinner Friday evening. Bridge party planned by Mrs. Edmund T. Hubrichs on Friday afternoon February 2. Euchre party hosted by Mrs. C. M. Wheeler Tuesday afternoon at Talbott Avenue home. Junior Service club plans a barn dance within a fortnight with date to be set. Miss Dorothy Morlam to be guest of honor at a studio tea.
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Augusta Rentsch
Verdi
Ethel Smith
Mayflower
C. J. Buchanan
N. Meridian St
Dorothy Morlam
The Animal Way of Exercising the Bowels
An advertisement promoting Blackburns Castor Oil Pills as a civilized method for regular bowel movements. It contrasts primitive exercise with a scheduled regimen of one pill every other night for a couple of weeks and then weekly or as needed, noting prices 10c 50g.
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Blackburn
Adl Druggistis
Attorneys Get Fees In Gas Litigation Between Quimby Heirs
In a federal case Judge Anderson granted fee awards to counsel for the Gas Trust and Quimby heirs. Addison C. Harris W D Howe and L C Walker each received 4000. Ferdinand Winter and A C Ayres each were paid 15000. They had requested 20000.
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Byron C. Quimby
Consumers Gas Trust Company
Gas Trust Company
Citizens Gas
Patrolman Merrill Named Humane Inspector
Patrolman Oscar Merrill has been assigned to duty as a humane inspector replacing Al Smith who was reduced to Patrolman. Chief Metzger said the change followed a mutual agreement between Smith and the Humane Society. Merrill assumed his new duties Sunday.
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Oscar Merrill
al Smith
Metzger
Smith
the Humane Society
Merrill
Locomotives Lost at Sea Believed From Manchuria Order
Paterson New Jersey February 11 word reaches Cooke locomotive company that sixteen locomotives built for the Manchurian railroad were lost at sea when the vessel carrying them foundered off the coast of China last week.
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Cooke Locomotive Company
China
Santa Claus rule hits saloon doors in Sunday entry ruling
In police court Acting Judge Philip Wilkison cites a Nicholson law violation as technical but valid. Saloon keeper Chris Riner fined 10 and costs after a weeklong consideration. Ernest Rimlar, who threw a soup bone, remains in Marion county workhouse after skipping entry. William Barnes Kinney’s bartender fined 30 and costs for serving beer Sunday. Kinney 10 and costs. Frank Hagerty also fined 10 and costs for violating section three of the Nicholson law.
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Santa Claus
Philip Wilkison
Chris Riner
Wilkison
Ernest Rimlar
Marion County
Rimlar
William Barnes
Thomas Kinney
Noble and Batessts
Henry McCann
Barnes
Kinney
McCann
Frank Hagerty
The Land of the Incas travelogue by Roberson
Frank R. Roberson will present his travelogue The Land of the Incas at Caleb Mills hall on Friday night. He recounts the Arroyo railroad built by a San Francisco bank cashier who vanished with funds and notes Peru and Bolivia as an exotic, mysterious region with 192 tunnels and grand mountain scenery.
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Caleb Mills
Arroyo
San Francisco
South America
Peru
Bolivia
America
Tuims
Roberson
Switzerland
Imperial India
Frank R. Roberson
Caleb Mills Hell
Mutual Service Asa
Wuischner
Martin Choked to Death at Marion Scott’s Saloon
Deputy Coroner Dr Knox conducted autopsy on Henry Martin found dead in the basement of Marion Scott’s saloon at 56 Virginia Ave. Cause of death listed as choking from a mouthful of food with particles lodged in the throat. Survived by a widow and two children.
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Knox
Henry Martin
Marion Scott
Virginia~ Ave
Martin
Grape-Nuts Promoted as Brain Fuel For Success
An advertorial touts brain work as profit fuel and promotes Grape-Nuts as the ideal brain worker food. It credits wheat and barley and natural phosphates with supporting brain cells and suggests serving with cream or milk for breakfast and supper, ending with "There's a Reason."
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Wellville
Simple kidney cure with herbal tincture claims
An advertisement touts a home remedy for kidney and bladder troubles using Buchu Balmwort and Sarsaparilla with a druggist mix. It links the formula to Dr Gaunt and German Health Bureau reports and warns of symptoms like back pain eye burn and nervousness as signs of urinary issues.
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Gaunt
Bright
Truthful drug labels spread across Indianapolis shelves
The Indianapolis drug stores push truthful labels under the health department's warning to comply with pure food and drug acts. Druggists cooperate to remove misleading terms like day and cold cure, with veracity held up as a standard. The department recently closed two stores for outdated methods, emphasizing sanitation and honest labeling.
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Abels
Indianapolis
Department of Hygiene
Old Man Dies After Greenwich Village Snowball Attack
In New York on February 1, a group of boys snowballed an elderly man as he walked from school. He collapsed on Greenwich Street steps and died soon after, identified as Thomas Thomas, once wealthy, living alone after fortune losses. A policeman intervened as missiles continued.
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New York
Greenwichst
Ile
Thomas Thomas
Greenwich Village
Counties to Choose Joint Senator by Marion Morgan Putnam
Republican county chairmen of Marion Morgan and Putnam counties will hold a convention in the Marion county criminal courtroom on Thursday April 16 to select a joint senator from the three counties. No Marion candidate is expected before the convention.
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Marion, Morgan
Putnam Counties
Marion County
Rescue Home for Girls Receives Donations
The Officers of the Rescue Home for Girls at 12381 Brookside Ave report donations of wearing apparel and money. The organization aims to help and uplift girls who are without friends in the world.
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The
Rescue Home For Girls
Brookside Ave
Cornell Students Admit Cheating in Chemistry Exam
Six Cornell University freshmen sophomores and juniors in Ithaca New York admitted cheating in a chemistry final. They avoided expulsion and received suspension for the rest of the academic year.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Neb
Cornell
Lincoln League Convention in Wabash With Beveridge Day Honors
Indiana Lincoln league set for February 12 and 13 in Wabash with Beveridge speaking at Seagles opera house. Marion club to escort Beveridge and many state and district candidates attend to meet workers, with receptions, a smoker, and a grand political gathering across multiple cities.
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Indianapolis
Wabash
Ind
Indiana
Lincoln League
Beveridge
Seagles’ Opera House
Chicago
Eagles’ Theater
Wilding
Marton Club
Marion Club
Logansport
Lafayette
Peru
Fort Wayne
Huntington
Marion
Anderson
Kokomo
Congress
C. H. Good
Warren
S. W. Watkins
Jos. W. Murphy
Wabash County
Col
George &. Lockwood
E. P. Kling
Miami
George P. McKee
Frederick Landis
A. Reeves
Hartford City
Gus S. Condo
T. D. Tharp
Grant County
Directors Elected by Commercial Club on Three Tickets
The Commercial Club elected eight directors from three tickets amid a 34 vote count by 1 539 members. Winners were John F Hallett James L Gavin Wilton L Dynes Hubert H Woodsmall Ridgely B Hilleary William M Fogarty C H Crowder Seph H Smith. Franklin Vonnegut presided at the Monday evening meeting where Andrew Smith and R G McClure reported. Capt Jack Crawford attended and recited poems.
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Commercial Club
John EF. Hallett
James L. Gavin
Wilton L. Dynes
Hubert H. Woodsmall
Ridgely B. Hilleary
William MM. Fogarty
C. H. Crowder
Seph H. Smith
Franklin Vonnegut
Andrew Smith
R. G. McClure
Jack Crawford
Famous jurist dies at Pennsylvania home
Pittsburg Pa Feb 10 George A Jenks solicitor general under Grover Cleveland died today at his Brookville home He was a noted jurist in the state and at one time was the Democratic candidate for governor
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Pittsburg
George A. Jenks
Grover Cleveland
Brookville
Pneumonia Declared Most Deadly Disease of December
Indiana State Board of Health reports December bulletin noting pneumonia caused 334 deaths, tuberculosis 315, typhoid fever 9, with bronchitis tonsillitis and influenza most prevalent this month.
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Indiana State Board of Health
New Nature Study Club to Hear Addresses
A newly organized Nature Study club meets Friday at the Commercial club assembly room. Dr. A W Brayton will speak. Mrs Julia A Conklin will read Birds in Poetry and Miss Sarah Cotton will discuss Beautifying of School Grounds. Benjamin W Douglass, state entomologist, presents an illustrated nature talk.
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NEW Nature Study Club
Nature Study Club
Commercial Club
A. W. Brayton
Julia A. Conklin
Sarah Cotton
Benjamin W. Douglass
Robbery Report At Chio Street And Capital Avenue
George B. Stevens told police he was attacked from behind by two Negro men at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning. One restrained him while the other rifled his clothing. They took $2.50 and fled.
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George B. Stevens
Chio St
Capi
Tol Ave
Stevens
Indianapolis Lodge Moves to Study HQ Relocation
The Indianapolis Lodge of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks appointed a committee Monday night to report on moving the national headquarters from Kansas City to Indianapolis. The report is due in two weeks.
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Indianapolis
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Kansas City
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