Benjamin Wad Sell Unveils Marion County Charity Home Plan
Benjamin Wad Sell of Marion County, noted philanthropist, announced funding for a new home for aged women costing as much as his prior gift. The three story brick building will be shaped like a capital T, fronting 130 feet, located in the city’s southern district. The project aims to stand as a county monument to his life and wealth.
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Benjamin Wad- Sell
Marion County
Hove
Bensamy Palace
Berkshire
England
Incident of the Bull Story Inspires Rural Romance
A city man visiting a country village recounts an awkward summer, a pair of farm girls, and a dramatic encounter with a bull. He hides in a tree, confesses love to Amelia, confronts fears, and earns admiration through a comic misread of a “bull.” The episode culminates in marriage, transforming social tensions into a personal union.
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Airla
Amalt Farm
Celia
Amelia
Tran
Mhomning
Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Pain Testimony
Indianapolis reader testimonials claim Doan's Kidney Pills cured back pain and rheumatism symptoms linked to kidney weakness. Terrence McGray of 105 Concordia Street recounts relief after using the medicine bought from Henry J. Hyder's drug store, with posters by Poster-Milburn Co. as agents for the United States.
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Dean
Indianapolis
Terrence McGray
Concordia St
Ona
Doan
Henry J. Hyder
Poster-Milburn Co
Butiato
United States
Doan's
Sideboard bought for eight dollars at auction
Washington report details a historic sideboard gifted by Cincinnati ladies to Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes for burning wine from the presidential table. A saloon keeper now owns it after paying eight dollars at a White House discard sale. Noted inlay work credited to Mrs. Bellamy Storer and Mrs. Taft.
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Cincinnati
Lucy Webb Hayes
White House
John R. McLean
Han
Historie Relle
Bellamy Storer
Ambaumador
Austria
Taft
Pnrnippines
Terre Haute Board Demands Charge For New Ordinance
Terre Haute Indiana January 31 the board of works demands from Terre Haute Electric Company the consideration for a new ordinance to remove a cloud on a prior agreement. The request seeks 90000 dollars and 51600 per year for twenty years plus 9000 dollars yearly for the fourteen years of the extension proposed by the company.
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Terre Haute
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Board of Works
Terre Haute Electric Company
Next Week Attractions at Local Theaters Abbreviated
Listings announce next week at grand vaudeville and empire venues with matinee and evening showings. Acts include Sis Hopkins and the Rentz Santley company with performances daily and multiple days noted.
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Local Theater Offers Big Park Engagement Amid Mixed Notices
The Park theater plans a major engagement with Weber Fields company star Lilian Russell William Collier and Miss Hates among cast. Reports say audiences flock for the laughs rather than scenery. A quiet wedding linked Arthur Deming and Miss Wilson after a theatre meeting.
Vaudeville Bill to Head Grand Next Week
The Grand will host a vaudeville bill led by Cant Webb’s wealth and sex mong. The show features ten educated animals with varied feats and acts including musical instruments and juggling. Other acts include Andreas sen brothers, Florence Bindley, Lizzie Evans, WH Mills in A Basket, George W. Day monologist, Libbey and Trayer, Innangs and a sketch, Orth and Fern, Lizzie Wilson, and Mine V Wilson making her first Grand appearance. The program also includes two burlesques and a vaudeville event, with “Tip 16 the Coronation” opening and Warfield’s “Auctioneer” closing, plus numbers like The Ping Pong Tris and Blooming Size. May Wade, Lynette sisters, and James Leonard are among the musical offerings.
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Andreas
Sen Brothers
Florence Bindley
Coip
Baby" Hindley
Lizzle Evans
Whi Mills
France
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A. H. Wilson
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the Grand
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Lynette Sisters
Charles Robinson
James and
Sadie Leonard
John Lyons
Hopkins Six Hopkins to Star at Park for Week
Six Hopkins now in its fourth season with Pax Melville as Sis opens at the Park Monday for a week. J J Stirling, director of the popular comedy drama, keeps it running and has recast it with new scenery and costumes for a longer engagement. Miss Melville is supported by a cast of well known character actors. Rentz Santley show.
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Cochesse
Frohman
Ra Ke
Klmn
Lian Russel
Hopkins
Aerion
Pax Melville
Sis
J. J. Stirling
Iavieh
Misa Melville
Hoosierisms and Town Tattlers At Odds In Education
A jumble of local items notes William Freed of Vermilton county fined for keeping his daughter from school, tattlers seeking trouble in town schools, and a Cambridge City scare leading women to carry revolvers. Other items recount a precocious student’s grammar joke about a cow and Mary, a revival at Land, and a clash between Jerry Whittler and Bill Bowser with a falling pin outcome.
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Eugene Township
Vermilton County
Jerry Whittler
Sand Creek
Bill Bowser
Bro. Howser
Jerry
Volcano eruption feared after steamship Panam II report
Jan 21 dispatch from Ban Francisco notes an eruption of the volcano near Alyador with fiery belching and smoke. Passengers aboard the Panam II conveyed warnings, raising fears of a catastrophe and prompting caution for travelers and officials.
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Boy Disappears Near Warsaw Ind Welty Farm Family Ties
A 16 year old boy, son of a wealthy farmer, disappeared after leaving for school in Wartsa w Ind. Foul play suspected and police search reported. Dudley Case Tried In Suttivan Indiana Court. judge to rule Monday on ouster proceedings against J B Dudley.
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Warsaw
Harry Armey
Nouth
Myate
Schuol
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