An American Girl in peril on a Russian journey
Frances is trapped in a car with the usurping Russian prince Nesterov who claims she will be his wife or he will kill her father and tear her from her home. She resists with courage as villagers and a local governor intervene while he plans to force a marriage at the village priest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances
Denton
Obi
Nesterov
Peste
Moscow
St. Petersburg
United States of America
Deanie
Neslerov
Goragon
Westerov
Tomsk
Old Dotard
Nesteroy
Night of terror before rescue at the governor’s insistence
A crowd crowds around as Nesterov threatens Frances and harms her hair. A thief named Jack Denton intervenes with a punch from an unseen American voice, saving Frances and lifting her toward a priest. The scene ends with Frances fainting in Denton’s arms as the crowd recoils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances
Nesterov
Jack
Jack Denton
Hoosierisms and Local Notes From Indiana Papers
A collage of short items: Fred Thompson rises from chicken sticker to driver at Bloomingdale packing house. Dana is abuzz over a Newport dressmaker wedding claim. Edith Lancaster writes her own obituary at 23 from consumption. Delinquent tax lists appear nationwide. convicts at Michigan City harvested 600 tons of ice. Kinne loses five toes after a freight accident. Emma Borth of Wanatah reportedly killed, later found alive. Rev. Halstead raises 1000 for Indianapolis deaconess hospital and holds a Bloomington revival. Edwards and Guess travel to Indianapolis, reasons unclear. An Evansville saloon ad jokes about mother-in-law, and Huntington county’s debt-free status after May 1.
Yale alumni club to entertain Yale dean and Chicago professor
The Yale alumni club will host Prof. Frank L. Sanders dean of the Yale divinity school and Prof. George F. Vincent of Chicago University at the University Club on Saturday night. Nonmember Yale men recently in town are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Frank L. Sanders
Yale Divinity School
George&. Vincent
Chicago University
Schwab's Rousing Prank at Engine House Sparks Stir
Police sergeant Schwab created a scene at Indiana Ave engine house by striking a stove with force after falsely claiming to whistle to rouse patrolmen. He toppled the stove in the dark room, then stubbornly asserted the building would not fall as others arrived.
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Schwabb
Indiana Ave
No. 1 Engine House
Schwab
Parole Rate Critiqued by State Charities Secretary
Amos W. Butler notes a 17.2 percent parole success rate from April 1897 to October 31, 1901. From 1,430 paroles across the state prison and reformatory, five paroles were revoked, 14 returned and paroled again, 63 returned and still confined, and 133 delinquent.
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Amos W. Butler
State Board of Charities
State Prison and Reformatory
Swirl of Society Notes Entertainments and Marriages
Mr and Mrs James Coppinger Cotter return from St Louis. Mrs Anna C Reaume hosts Proctor reading circle Jan 1. South side social turnverein to hold masque ball Jan 29. Mrs J C Ingram hosts morning company with Mrs C P Deney reading. Mr and Mrs Ernst Burford and Miss Caroline Burford to dance at Columbia club Jan 38. James Randall and Wallace Taylor host a dance at Brenneke’s for several young clubs. Spanish club meets at Dr C I Fletcher’s home. Cuba and Porto Rico trip lecture illustrated by stereopticon. Rev and Mrs J Burnett receive word Moses Myers and Miss Helen Burnett married. they left Eaton, O to visit relatives. parents surprised yet offer congratulations.
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James Coppinger Cotter
St. Louis
Anna C. Reaume
Proctor
Turnverein
J. C. Ingram
C. P. Deney
Ernst Burford
Caroline Burford
Columbia Club
James Randall
Wallace Taylor
Brenneke
C. I. Fletcher
Cuba
Porto Rico
Barcus Presses for Congressional Nomination in Indiana District 5
Green Castle Ind Jan 17 The fight for the Republican nomination in Indiana district 5 heats up as J S Barcus campaigns door to door against E S Holliday. Barcus supporters claim county delegates tilt, while Holliday backers cite local alignments and key endorsements. The convention opener at Greencastle is set to test loyalties with Hendricks Vigo and Parke counties pivotal.
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Greencastle
Ind
J. S. Barcus
E. S. Holliday
Barcus
Holliday
Julian D. Hogate
Danville
Martinsville
Frank Singleton
Republican
Murray Bain
J. J. Higgins
Vermilion County
Higgins
Clinton
Gray
Terre Haute
James Soules
Vigo County
Tere Haute
R. H. Catlin
Vigo
Soules
Terre Haute Tribune
THE
SUN
Hogate
Zim” Dugan
Hendricks County
Ator Barlowe
Plainfield
John T. Taylor
John McCormack
Knight Little
Parke County
Howard Maxwell
Parke
Maxwell
Congressman Landis
Landis
Sullivan County
Ann Arbor
Columbia University
New York
George W. Grubbs
Roosevelt
Resolutions Committee
Congress
Greencastle Court House
Putnam County
Hotel Romance and A College Scandal Tale
A handsome former student, Fred Prince, flees debt with a summer head waiter job in Magnolia. He saves Madeline Blossom from drowning at the hotel pool, and she, eager to marry, schemes to pair him with her niece. Charlie Pratt arrives as a guest, surprised to find his friend in the hotel.
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Magnolia
Charlie Pratt
Fred Prince
Frederick Prince
New York
Prince
Fred
Madeline Blossom
Madeline
Madelina
Charlie
Woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for cure of rheumatism
Mrs. George M Knowles of Portland Maine says rheumatism left her after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People for about two months She reports complete relief from a year and a half of pain and stiffness The advertisement notes the pills cure various ailments and are sold by dealers or mail order from Schenectady NY
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Fortune
Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Union Labor Circle Review in Indianapolis
The Barbers union recovers from arrears, under President Feltman of the Central labor union who now acts as president and reorganizes the group. A. G. Alexanders shop joins, with about 20 members. more unions loom. Central union plans for miners convention banquet with $2,000 raised and Tomlinson hall prepared. The union, 180 delegates, boasts strong growth and sees new formations in coming months. Feltman praises fair treatment by business and manufacturing interests to resolve labor questions.
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Barbers’ Union
International
Feltman
Central Labor Union
The
A. G. Alexander
S. Ilinois St
Miners’ Convention
George Custer
A. F. of L
Committee On
Tomlinson Hall
Organized Labor
Indianapolis
Chicago
First Families in America Shapes a Summer Wedding Plan
Fred reveals a secret romance with Madeline to Charlie as her aunt insists on a suitable match. Charlie offers help to win Madeline's aunt over before the autumn wedding, after Fred saves Madeline's life and seeks Aunt Summer's blessing.
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Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
Graslov
Chapter
Heiskell
Heiskell’s Soap
Johnston, Holloway & CO
Commerce Street
Philadelphia
Linnle Davis
Catlittsburg, Tenn
Fred Thompson
Bloomingdale Poultry Packing House
Dana
Newport
Edith Lancaster
D. A. Rodgers
Michigan City
John Kinne
John
Wanatah Mirror
Emma Borth
W. R. Halstead
Blomington
College Ave. M. E
Bloomington
Charles Edwards
Orla Guess
St. Paul
Shelbyville
Evansville
Huntington
Kungs
C. W. Merkel Co
N. Penn
Vonnegut Hardware Co
Emerson
Joiner-Kennedy Music CO
the Point, Mass. Ave
Penn. St
Vories’susiness
Monement
Usiness Universit
Indianapolis Gas Comp
H. Cohen
South Illinoi
Huladanor
Indiana
Pennsylvania St
Tobacco Trust
America
Fredad
Summer
Allen
Olmeted
Lekog
Dr.pierces
Golden Discovery
Indiana Oil Tank Line
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