Salvation Army State Congress Held in Indianapolis in 1909
The Indiana Salvation Army state congress meets in Indianapolis from February 27 to March 4, 1909, led by Col and Mrs T W Scott of Detroit. Public services run Saturday evening and daily through Wednesday with officer conferences. A noted event is the Third Christian church auction sale of children at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Adie Westbrook, pioneer Army worker, attends Monday and will recount 27 years of service alongside seven English-born founders.
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Indiana State Congress of the Salvation Army
Indianapolis
Mre
T. W. Scott
Detroit
Mich
Salvation Army Hall
W. Ohio Street
Third Christian Church
Major Escott
Adie Westbrook
Salvation Army
Army
England
United States
Physicians Must Sign Death Returns
Coroner Blackwell announces a new rule requiring physicians who attended a patient in their final illness to sign the death return. He says the physician or Board of Health will handle death returns, reducing autopsies which cost the county $25 each. He will only review deaths by accident self-inflicted and murder.
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Ickwell
Blackwell
Board of Health
Harriet Snell to star in new show in Chicago
Elkhart Indiana resident Mrs Harriet Snell ex wife of Thor T Snell will headline Richard Carle's new production The Boy and the Girl at the Lyceum Theater in Chicago on March 14.
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Stephanie Longfellow
Pla
Vetiver
Grauby
Dickson and
Talbot
New York
Park Theater
Elkhart
Ind
Harriet Nell
Thoron T. Snell
Richard Carle
Y Theater
Chicago
Boat Launch Romance Ties Two People in Michigan City
Miss Blanche Boehm of St. Louis was chosen to christen the Indiana Transportation Company's steamship United States. Rumors say she may wed I. I. Spiro, the company's president and a prominent Michigan City figure, with the ceremony noted after a Manitowoc launching luncheon.
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Michigan City
Ind
Blanche Boehm
St. Louis
Indiana Transportation Company
Steamship
United
Manitowoc
Wis
8. Boehm
Woman says husband left after 20 days in marriage
Shelbyville Indiana February 9 Mrs Amanda Wright asks divorce from James Wright alleging cruelty and abandonment after a brief marriage. She says her funds of 650 disappeared and her security was ruined while the couple lived together for 20 days from September 7 to September 27 1908.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Amanda Wright
James Wright
Wright
Professor Sues Big University for Back Pay
Prof. Edward Capps former University of Chicago Greek instructor now at Princeton sues Chicago for 2300 dollars back salary. He claims one third of his due pay and summer earnings were withheld after his resignation. He is well known at Indiana University.
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Bloomington
Ind
Edward Capps
University of Chicago
Princeton University
Capps
Indiana University
Astonishing Fraternal Prescription Promises Youth
An advertisement touts a famed restorative tonic named Fraternal Prescription said to rejuvenate both men and women. It claims powerful nervous energy, quick results, and home preparation using syrups and extracts with dosing after meals.
Veolette Telepathist Delights New Gayety Audience
Veolette creates sensation at the New Gayety with a standout telepathy act aided by Prof. Old. Reportedly rivaling Anna Eva Fay, who appeared here last season.
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Veolette
THE
NEW Gayety
New
Old
Anna Eva Fay
Milroy Methodists Plan New Church With Fund Drive
Milroy Ind February church committee including W B Crane George Power Leroy Lines C Green and H W Baldridge approved building a new church. They have raised 6500 of a 12000 goal with contributions from Ladies Aid Society and individuals such as George Power W B Crane J P Archey Mrs Jen nie Power Leroy Lines and others.
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Milroy
Ind
George Power
W. B. Crane
J. P. Archey
Jennie Power
Leroy Lines
Joseph Farlow
Saul R. Smith
T. F. Miller
D. Cc. Thomas
Canned Fruit Shower for Married Woman in Huntington
Forty friends and neighbors honored Mrs. John Ashil with a surprise canned fruit shower at her Huntington home to celebrate her recent marriage.
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Huntington
Ind
John Asheil
Holding the Key May Be a Grime Under New Bill
The bill makes retaining keys by a tenant when moving a misdemeanor and imposes a fine and jail term. The measure has no opposing votes but draws laughter from lawyers. The governor faces a choice on whether to sign the proposal amid public scrutiny of its intent.
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Senate
Assistant Secretary Styner Profiles Indiana Senate Leader
The article profiles ARRY N. STYNER assistant secretary of the state senate detailing a long political career. It notes his courteous service minded approach his work improving clerical efficiency and his prior roles as reading clerk and sergeant at arms assistant in the 1898 99 telegraph corps service and party activism in Tippecanoe county and the Tenth district. His statewide acquaintances and army veterans standing are highlighted.
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State Senate
Arry N. Styner
Senate
Styner
Tippecanoe County
Lafayette
Signal Corps
Indiana
Blind Youth Finds Long Lost Sister in Marion Story
Arthur Burr, a blind youth at the Ohio State School for the Blind, wrote to Marion police seeking his sister Blanche Burr Baldwin. Blanche, from Marion, had not seen him in ten years and plans a reunion with her brother. He writes well despite his blindness and expects to visit Columbus soon to meet.
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Marion
Ind
Arthur Burr
Ohio State School For the Blind
Columbus
Blanche Burr
Jack Butler
Burr
Baldwin
David Baldwin
Marton
Ohio
Lydiana
Ohio School For the Blind
Farm sale nets $19,300 in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville Indiana on February 3 a 2 acre farm owned by the James B Mac estate sold to Mrs. Samantha Senders of Whitesville for nineteen thousand three hundred dollars.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
James 8B. Mac
Samantha Senders
Whitesville
Epidemic Alert Reported by Richmond Physicians
Richmond doctors report an outbreak of pink eye in the city amid febrile concerns. Health officials urge caution and emphasize cleanliness to prevent spread while awaiting further guidance from state authorities.
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Richmond
Ind
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Mgr
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Newton Cit
Coughiin & Wilson Dental Co
Indiana Trust Company
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Hugh McKerrell
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