Smoky Row and Dew Drop in Danville Tales of Night Life
A Danville reminiscence recalls the Smoky Row corner and the Dew Drop brick house. The piece describes late nights, beef eaters conventions, beer bottle decorations, and gambling tales from the second floor, plus the town’s poverty and the eventual removal of Smoky Row. It also mentions local papers and a Kendallville Sun compliment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Hendricks County
Smoky Row
Zeke Jones
U’s
Republican
Muldoon
Dr Hurty Reports On Indianapolis Food Adulteration
Dr Hurty completes Board of health report on city food conditions. Milk use up last year with 7 780 gallons. Some adulteration found but remedied. Watered milk rare. German chemist attempted fraud. Flour and corn meal issues noted. Coffee adulteration common. careful analysis required to detect tampering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hurty
Board of Health
Health Board
Awful Fate at Blake Street Crossing on Big Four
Early New Year morning a man was killed at the Blake street crossing by a Big Four switch engine No 53. The body was mutilated with the head severed and limbs badly bruised. He was taken to Kregelbo’s morgue. Name found on the body is John Stevenson of 125 West Maryland street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Four
Blake St. Crossing
Kregelo
John Stevenson
W. Marylandst
Fastest green pacer and bold race forecasts
Ian 2:10 is cited as the fastest green pacer of Philadelphians who seek abolishing the reserve rate. Snapper Garrison recently won $5,000 on Text. California horsemen protest constant training for Sunol Stam boul and Palo Alto. A $100,000 stake may be offered by an association, possibly in Indianapolis. Morris Park chub house is premier with a ballroom cost of $8,000 on top of a $300,000 building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian
Garrison
California
Sunol
Stamboul
Palo Alto
Indianapolis
Chub
Morris Park
Foreign political shifts and a Rome papal tomb discovery
Admiral Aube and several British associates left the Boulogne conference for London. An Austrian ambassador near Vienna fought a duel with the embassy's first secretary but was not hurt. In Rome a basilica at St. Sylvester's church uncovered tombs of six popes including Sylvester I, who reigned from 314 to 326 A D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aube
Parnell
Scully
Kinney
Bryne
Boulogne
London
Devin
Austria
New Year Address Of Jan 1 32 Tune Rosin The Bow
The piece presents a satirical New Year address sung to Rosin the Bow listing social types from farmer to lawyer and saloonist. It laments political promises and high living costs, ending with a farewell to be met again in Ninety two. Attributed note says from Connersville Watchman 1532, memory by Sam Pirker at age 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee Barron
Connersville
Aa. Wien
Ny Delst
BAD AND BOLD BILLY AN ATTORNEY TURNED DOWN FAKING HIM
A local attorney recalls a young man who came to his office in Indianapolis seeking partnership with promises. The man William H Buffner, linked to a New York divorce mill, was described as tall with light hair and a muscular frame. The attorney declined, sparing the city from a notorious swindler. Edith Hammond, a partner in the scheme, rose to notorious fame as a blackmailer in Chicago and New York, leading a corrupt drama of staged divorces and luxury living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Indianapolis
William H. Buffner
Tman
New York
Hon
Tudianapolis
T Nexi
Chicago
Buttner
Chicago Herald
Edith Hammond
Billy Buttner
Butmer’s
Battner
Hammond
Hammiond
Had
Dbutiner
Hin Jong
Edith
Colorado
Butmer
Buiter
Pinkerton
Butiner
Cut-Plowers Betterman Bros Florists Ad
Florists Betterman Bros advertise Cut-Plowers at 37:43 with price listing £40 and age for a display item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betterman Bros
Sioux Indians Turn On Government Amid Open Rebellion
Report from Pine Ridge notes 8900 Sioux under chiefs Kicking Bear Little Wound and Duck Fred Cloud have joined open rebellion against the government. American Horse remains the only friendly chief with a small band. Panic grips exposed towns as settlers flee, many frozen or ill from exposure. Two battalions of the Twenty first infantry arrive from Fort Douglas. Details of the Seventh Cavalry clash with Big Foot's band emerge. bodies lie unburied where they fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Ringe Agency
Dan
Kicking Bear
Little Wound
Duck Fred Cloud
Indiana
Twentyfirst Infantry
Fort Douglas
Utah
Conner
Seventh Cavalry
Big Foot
Bigfoot
Indianapolis Press Club Organized at Grand Hotel
The Indianapolis Press Club organized after years of talk. Officers elected include President William Fortune and Vice Presidents William A. Williams Hilton C. Brown J B Jeup. Treasurer Jacob P Dunn Secretary Russell M Leeds. Membership limited to editors reporters proprietors paid correspondents newspaper artists and authors. ladies admitted. Club meets next Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Grand Hotel
William Fortune
William A. Willias
Hilton C. Brown
J. B. Jeupasurer
Jacob P. Dunn
Anc
Russel M. Leeds
Tr Tording
Erase Devnis
CITY LIFE NOTES AND COURT RULING HIGHLIGHTS
In circuit court Judge Spyder ruled that real estate owners adjacent to narrowed streets may collect damages, while taxpayers south of the railway on Lulinvis street cannot. Seidensticker and Vajeu sue Union Railway over property damage to the National hotel. Also details of a murder suspect case involving Mabbitts and a Cincinnati lawyer. Dr. John Oliver leaves City Hospital after four years with farewell honors and a diamond pin presentation by staff.
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Billie Shipley
Elmer Petty
Petty
Ushrus
Spyder
Lulinvis St
Seidensticker &Vajeu
National Hotel
Union Railway Company
Mics Tella Banta
Wabash St
Mabbitts
Hella
Cincinnati
Tintner
Della
Splain
Wayne
Pella
Jess
John Oliver
City Hospital
Doin Cominger
Barre
Oliver
Cleveland
Woolen
Wishard
Dame Gossip's Wedding Revealed in Satirical Verse
A humorous Victorian style misreport frames Dame Gossip's wedding as a farce with characters named Beate, Cossip, and Sir Devil. The verse mocks scandal, envy, and gossip, naming bridesmaids Liar and Tate and hinting at a union with a notorious figure.
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Dame Cossip
Envy
Liar
Tate
Wihio
Devil
Maurice
Perkins
White House New Year receptions glow with electric splendor
Washington January 1 special edition details how the White House transformed into a blaze of electric lights for New Year festivities. The East Room glittered with palms and garlands while Cabinet wives showcased gowns in blue, white, ashes of roses and pale silks.
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Waashmne'ren
White House
Washington Society
Diplomatic Corps
Blaine, Proctor, Windom
Noble
Rusk
Wanamaker
Morton
Blaine
Damyrosch
Windom
Cullars
New Year Pandles and Fashion Fade in New Year Customs
New Year's costumes are sparse compared with former years and calling cards lack luster as fashion fades. Sarah Reinhardt's snake trick in Cleopatra fascinates but snakes enter many fashions even in New Year's drinks. A tiny snake in a tin can circulated through the mails this holiday season, suggesting a playful memory among friends.
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Sarah Reinhardt
Newear
The Way of the World on Fifth Avenue Anecdotes
A noisy Kansan poker tale and a Kansas City lottery winner who rose and fell in Chicago, followed by a Danville man who spent fortunes and then dwindled to poverty as the writer sketches a colorful town scene and its characters.
Bright Jersey City Girl Hears Church Song
A six year old girl in Jersey City, living near a church, overhears the congregational singing from an open window while her parents attend services. The child, mishearing lyrics, quips about a royal demijohn and reflects a quirky domestic scene alongside a pastor’s evening return.
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Jersey City
Baby
Grace
Bessie
New York Sun
Harmers Alliance Rises to Top in Kansas Report
A stream of terse notices cites a Kansas rise by the Harmers alliance on top, a Wednesday bank robbery in Alia Iowa with few details, and multiple violent incidents including the shooting deaths of Heath and Merrick in Minneapolis, a former U S treasurer Gen Spinner’s death in Jacksonville, and a Canton Michigan assault that left Miss Cummins gravely wounded before the suspect fled.
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Harmers’ Alliance
Kansas
Alia
M. B. Lapping
Minneapolis
Thursta Cummins
Canton
Mich
Year Ago This Time Storms and Loss Mark New Year
A year ago this time a New Year storm brought heavy rain and sand. About 26 lives were lost in a pauper school fire in London. Mayor Sullivan and City clerk Swift started their new posts as the czar queen and Welsh princes faced illness.
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Sullivan
Swift
Queen
Princes of Wales
Joséln
London
Entertainment schedule amid contentious circus acts and Sioux anecdote
Next week at the Park and English’s, a slate of performances features Wilbur opera, Nanon, Grand duchess, Princess of Trebizonde, Oli vette, Giroffe Giroffa, and Erminie plus a Sacred concert. A Sioux speaker notes language barriers. the show management uses fines to control performers. Mrs Longshore Potts, physician, will be at the Grand in the first half of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Opera Company
Nanon
Trebizonde
Olivette
Giroffe Giroffa
Si Planker
Hoyt
Fark
Sandusky
Ohio
Canada
Longshore Potts
Leewae
The Old and the New Depart mental Changes in County City
A civic power shift at noon places the county and city in Democratic hands with staff reorganizations across departments. Notables such as Tom Johnson Victor Backus and Len Crane retire or shift roles as new county attorney pauper attorney and city officials take charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Backus
Wmn
Yeager
Tom d Joehnson
Commissioners’ Court
Johnson
Boone
O’clark Martin C. Anderson
Wm. Lgaft
W. W Spencer
John W. Kealing
James B. Whittaker
Nicholas Dugan
Win. C. Sandman
William H. Eden
Joel. Baker
Patrick Harrold
East Market
John P. Schiltges
Thos. Kearney
City Hospital
Geo. &. Edenharter
City Dispensary
Tar Sen
Taylor
Com Johnson
Skyscrapers and Underground Roads Across Major Cities
The text surveys tall buildings in Chicago and ambitious urban plans in London Berlin Vienna and Paris with underground roads. It notes a New York paper Celestial City claiming spirit communications and a magnetized cordial ad. It ends with a remark about Chinese pedestrians and a stray ad for Wm. L. Elder’s office desks.
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Chicago
London
Berlin
Vienna
Paris
New York
Celestial City
Spirit Land
Chin Lung
Day
Jay
Ally
Heather Chinee
New York Star
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Kendallville Sun
Kendallville
State
DR. Burte
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Sporting Life
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Aloon
Cicero
Svall
Indian Aiolis
City Life
Dame Gossle
Kentucky
Pete Jackson
Kansas City
Windy City
Nan Low
Liptee
Johnnie
Don
Mrs. Simmons
Thatcher
Minstrels
Tom Johnson
Len Crane
Wm. L. Elder
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