Splendor of Gould party dazzles New York society
New York society gathers at the Plaza for Marjorie Gould and her sister’s debut, featuring a $19 dinner, 5000 orchids, and a dawn breakfast. George Gould leads guests including Henry Clews and the Mackays, with multi-millionaire attendees and lavish floral schemes.
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New York
Bengytlons
Marjorie Goulds
J Hotel Plaza
Morte Cristo
Mr. Cristo
Gould
Manhattan
George Gould
Henry Clews
Clarence H. Mackays
Oliver’ Harrimans
Bardens
Widow of Slain Man on the Witness Stand
In a divorce complaint filed Friday Warren P. Black admits he is loving but says his wife Anna E. Black did not reciprocate. He notes they married January 12 1906 and separated December 33 1906.
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Warren P. Black
Anna E. Black
Indiana Governor Hanly Defies Legislature on County Option
In a joint session Gov. J Frank Hanly delivered a forceful message opposing repeal of the county option law. He warned it is the livest wire in state politics and urged nonpartisan support for nonpartisan measures while detailing fiscal plans, funding for institutions, and requests for memorials and reforms.
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Hanly
Indiana
Commonwealth
J. Frank Hanly
House
Senate
General Fund
South Wasterng Hospital
School For the Deaf
161St Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Indiana University
Purdue
Railroad Commission
W. E. Blakely
Algo
Woman fires at burglar near chicken house
Mrs. Lena Sherfy woke to a burglar alarm at her Irvinston chicken house and fired twice with a shotgun at a man visible at the doorway. He fled, later left a basket of six chickens and an overcoat near a tunnel, believed wounded. She lives at 2338 Wiley Avenue Irvington.
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Lena Sherfy
Sheffy
Wiley Avenue
Irvington
Ex Trustee Ends Life in Connersville Ind
Prominent Columbia Township trustee Benedict shot himself in Connersville Indiana. He reportedly had 1600 dollars on hand January 1 and delayed settlement when the incoming trustee demanded payment. He died about two hours after the act, with local officials reporting the date as January.
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Connersville
Ind
Marshall- Bénedict
Columbia Township
Beneditt
Wea
Sur
Crooked Card Parties Under Scrutiny In City
Authorities plan to present alleged public card parties to the grand jury. Promoters of these admission charged events may be summoned to explain operations. In many cities public card affairs and gambling cases face prompt police action.
Man Who Was Stabbed Fined in Police Court
Ralph Rennick, stabbed during a fight with Bert Smith at Reed's Saloon in 1663 Virginia Avenue, was fined $1 and costs in police court Friday. Smith escaped a fine after evidence showed Rennick was the aggressor, beating Smith with a pool cue when he was stabbed over the heart. Rennick was initially deemed near death but recovered and accepted Smith’s leniency.
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Ralph Rennick
Bert Smith
Reed
Virginia Avenue
Smith
Rennick
Throw No Paper on Streets Warns Indiapolis Officers
Police chief Metzger orders patrolmen to arrest anyone tossing papers on streets. The directive, issued Friday, aims to curb litter and maintain order in Indiapolis streets.
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Metzger
Netiinet
Ji Nake
Indidhapo
Driver Seriously Hurt in Train Collision at Keystone
Joseph Schilling 40 a Meier and Mauser Packing Co driver was critically injured Friday when a Big Four passenger train struck the wagon he rode on at Keystone avenue and the Big Four railroad. He was unconscious after rescue and taken from Union station to St Vincent's hospital. Schilling had driven onto the tracks. the wagon was demolished and the horses escaped uninjured. He had recently moved from Madison avenue to the outskirts of the city.
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Joseph Schilling
Meier & Mauser Packing Co
Big Four
Schilling
Keystone Avenue
Big Four Railroad
Union Station
Madison Avenue
Man Charged With Stealing Shoes During Epileptic Fit
Will Steel, a Black man, was sent to the grand jury from police court on a charge of taking a pair of shoes from Joseph Corridon while Corridon was suffering an epileptic fit.
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Will Steel
Steel
Joseph Corridon
Corridon
Joseph H Clarke Dies After Brief Illness
Joseph Harrison Clarke, 72, died at his home on North Alabama Street Thursday afternoon after suffering weeks of illness misdescribed as serious. Funeral arrangements are pending as authorities note he had been ailing from influenza prior to death.
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Joseph Harrison Clarke
Alabama
Park Saloon Ordinance Questioned Over License
C R Cameron representing Samuel M Evans challenges Indianapolis Park Board resolution as improper for license to retail liquor at 206 N Meridian St arguing the term saloon replaces horse racing and gambling in the stance that the site near University Park is within 500 feet and the license was delayed.
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Indianapolis Park Board
C. R. Cameron
Samuel M. Evans
N. Meridian Street
University Park
Cameron
Park Board
Woman to Build New Three Story Flat at Penn Pratt
Indianapolis issues a building permit to Mrs Alice M Catchart for a three story brick flat building at the southeast corner of Pennsylvania and Pratt streets. The project costs $22 000 and will add a modern apartment to the city.
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Indianapolis
Alice M. Cathcart
Pennsylvania and
Pratt Streets
Branch Handles Obscure Alleged Mayhem Case
The case of William Johnson, a colored man, charged with alleged mayhem for the supposed destruction of his wife’s eye is brought before the court. Details remain unclear as the proceedings proceed.
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William Johnson
Eve
Captain Hardin Seeks Indiana Adjutant General Post
Capt John J Hardin of Salem Washington county is a candidate for adjutant general of Indiana. He carries recommendations from leading men and Democrats in his region. A veteran should succeed the Civil War veteran in charge, and Hardin, who served four years and days in Company E Twenty third Indiana Infantry, rose from private to captain.
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John J. Hardin
Salem
Washington County
Diana
Hardin
Company E
Twenty-third Indiana Infantry
Unpaid bills suit over Clinton county hats and feathers
Fahnley and McCrea filed a suit against Candice Hartzog of Indianapolis seeking payment for hats feathers and ribbons used by Effie Hildebrand in Clinton county last summer. The firm says goods totaling 1923.56 were sold and only 178.56 paid leaving 750.00 due after repeated demands.
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Fahnley & McCrea
Candice Hartaog
Indianapolis
Clinton County
Hartzog
Hves
W. Thirtieth Street
Effie Hildebrand
Frankfort
Hildebrand
Fire destroys outbuildings at Moore Bridge company site
A noon Friday blaze gutted the tools house and workshed of the A. W. Moore Bridge Company at the Wanamnges Street and Big Bagie Creek area. Firefighters reportedly kept the fire from spreading to adjacent structures.
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A. W. Moore Bridge ,Company
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