Boys Club Benefit at English's Opera House
A large Indianapolis crowd anticipates the annual Boys’ club benefit at English’s Opera House on February 1. Three one act plays by local home players will be staged. A Wire Entanglement, The Ghost of Jerry Bundler, and Hearts. Mrs John Brush heads the cast in Hearts with committee members Mrs Brush Bert Adams Harry Porter and Samuel D Miller. Rehearsals, directed by Harry Porter, begin next week.
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Indianapolis
Boys’ Club
Opera
Jerry Bundler
New York
John Brush
Harry New
Brush
Bert & Adams
Harry Porter
Samuel D. Miller
Firemen Feasts At New Year Watchnight Meeting
Fire Department crews held their annual watchnight supper at fire headquarters. Members and guests gathered for a midnight meal as they sat around a large table enjoying the evening.
New Year Celebrations Ripple Across Indianapolis Venues
Crowds filled the Maennerecher clubhouse the Columbia Marion and German houses plus hotels and cafes ringing in 1909 with music fireworks and champagne. Reverends Hurlstone Stansfield Clippinger Brown led watchnight services with sermons and greetings as 1 400 attendees gathered at the Columbia club and churches across the city.
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Maennerecher
Columbia Club
Marion Club
German House
Don’t Blame Your Stomach for Digestive Woes Ad
An early health column promotes Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for indigestion and sour breath. It describes cause by overeating and poor cooking, claims the tablets digest meals in the stomach and replenish gastric fluids, easing stomach and bowel trouble.
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Stuart
Houdini Tricks Outs Naval Recruiters at Empire Theater
Attaches of the local recruiting office of the United States Navy attempted to restrain Leonard in a handcuff act at the Empire theater last night. The Houdini demonstrator escaped easily defeating their devices, highlighting his famed escape skills.
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United States Navy
Leonard
Empire Theater
Madeline Marshall Ties Knot for Seventh Time in Newark
Madeline Marshall, believed to hold a record among women for husbands, has been led to the altar for the seventh time in Newark New Jersey.
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Madeline Marshall
Newark
N. J
Booker T. Washington Address Draws Large Indianapolis Audience
Booker T. Washington spoke to about 900 listeners in Indianapolis. The famed educator and advocate of industrial training and practical usefulness addressed a diverse audience about achievement and self-help.
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Booker T. Washington
Indianapolis
Eneuross Tuna
New York City Donates 60 Worn Street Cars to Poor
A peculiar holiday event in New York sees 60 obsolete street cars given to the poor. The cars are being chopped for firewood and fuel, with motors left unused as the public scavenges components amid widespread morale shifts. Italians are reported to lead the grab for fuel and car parts as every hour yields another dismantled vehicle.
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New York
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