Yankee Prince Lovers and High Society Dinner Intrigues
In a London hotel Evelyn Fielding faces a family battle over an American dinner invitation. Percy Springer, a Pittsburg millionaire, declares love, aims to win Evelyn, and plots to keep the Earl of Weymouth from the event. Mrs Fielding schemes to steer her daughter toward Springer, while father and daughter clash over propriety and romance.
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Hotel Savoy
London
Evelyn Fielding
Franklyn Fielding
Chicago
Earl of
John Fagan
New York City
Springer
Bunco
Whiteside Webster
Fagan
Webster
Miss Lloyd
Fielding
Evelyn
Fieldings
Mr. Fielding
Percy Springer
Weymouth
Young Springer
Mr. Springer
Mrs. Fielding
Steve Daly
Daly
Earl
Percy
Wonderland Vaudeville Delights Crowds Pack Hoosier Capital
Wonderland draws larger crowds than ever this season as gates overflow and many are turned away. This week two European acts headline the free pavilion, Bella Italia instrumentalists and Valdare and Varno, plus a 40 piece concert band clad in Fraser tartans. Angus McMillan Fraser directs the Highland dancers and B D Gilliland leads the band.
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Wonderland
Hoosier
Bella Italia Company
Valdare and
Varno
Bers
Indianapolis
Angus McMillan Fraser
America
B. D. Gilliland
Fraser Highlanders Come to Fair Bank with Regalia
One of Canada's famed Scottish bands, the Fraser Highlanders, will perform at Fair Bank Monday wearing the regulation Scottish costume of plaids and kilts. The Grand presents pictures that talk this week, opening Monday with a matinee, featuring a scenic educational piece, a comedy sketch, a western tragedy, a foreign farce, a dancing scene, and illustrated songs including Little Boy Called Taps.
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Fraser Highlanders
Canada
Fair Bank
Taps
Refreshing Summer Drinks by Miles Bradford
A Bohemian Magazine note presents two summer beverage recipes. The Kentucky claret cup blends claret wine with oolong tea and sweet lemonade, with cucumber strips, nutmeg, and optional mint for julep flavor. A nonalcoholic option uses lime juice, Angostura, and ginger ale to create a refreshing mocktail.
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Miles Bradford
H. A. Hardy
The
Bohemian Magazine
Self Knowledge Before Street Mischief Lesson
A business man counsels his son to know himself first. A late night noisy crowd blocks a residence, a woman appears and questions the visitors. A cheeky attempt to address Mrs Smith leads to humorous confusion as the crowd asks for Mr Smith instead. This extract from Everybody's Magazine illustrates social missteps and a candid humorous exchange.
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Mandad
Mr. Smith
Where does he get his money from Nash knowing ju ville
The quoted line questions the source of another's funds while the speaker asserts concern is not about that but about how they obtain the speaker's money. The line hints at a financial or ethical inquiry within a regional or period context.
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Nash
One Way A Girl Can Tell The World Is The Book Of Woman
The Commuter and Cecelia debate reading habits at breakfast and the value of women’s knowledge. My Lady recalls Mary Elton and a bachelor named Jimmy who values cheap candy over grand spending. The scene includes reflections on gifts, money, and gendered perceptions. Train time ends the exchange.
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Cecelia
Mary Elton
Jimmy Goldhill
Jimmy
Jameses
Woman Candidate Nominated by Socialist Labor Party Ticket
The Socialist Labor party at its state convention met at party headquarters on July 4 and named a full ticket for state offices led by Oliver P. Stoner for governor with Gus Dreyer as lieutenant governor and Alma Kirkham as superintendent of public instruction. The platform endorsed the SLP and IWW economic program and urged unity among socialist forces nationwide.
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Socialist Labor Party
Oliver P. Stoner
Tax Board Set To Hear Appeals And Oratory
The State Board of Tax Commissioners begins its third session at the statehouse to hear appeals from assessments and county boards of review. Some corporations complain that prior low assessments were unjust as the board asserts it must fix arbitrary figures. If shown too high, revisions will be made.
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TAX Board
State Board of Tax Commissioners
County Boards of Review
State Board
Dr John M Kitchen to celebrate eighty second birthday
Dr John M Kitchen, famed Indianapolis physician and civic figure, will observe his eighty second birthday Sunday while on a Tippecanoe river fishing trip. A Civil War era medical pioneer and California pioneer, he helped establish Indianapolis City Hospital and later retired from practice. He resides at 49 N Pennsylvania St.
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John M. Kitchen
Indianapolis
Indiana
Kitchen
Tippecanoe River
California
P. H. Jameson
Indianapolis City Hospital
Military Hospital
Indiana Democrats organize at Denver convention
At a Denver convention Indiana Democrats formed their organizing slate. National committeeman Thomas Taggart of Indianapolis. delegation chairman John W Ixern also of Indianapolis. resolutions John Lamb Terre Haute. credentials Abe Simmons Bluffton. organization Charles Murphy Brookston. rules Frank Kistner Logansport. Perry McCarl Paoli to notify presidential candidate. Sig Kahn Ligonier to notify VP nominee. John W Skern presided. John Eggeman Fort Wayne secretary.
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Ixern
Indianapolis
John Lamb
Terre Haute
Perry McCarl
Paoli
Sig Kahn
Ligonier
John W. Skern
John Eggeman
Fort Wayne
Albany Hotel
Indiana
Charles F. Murphy
Denver
Col
Tammany Hall
Indiana Republicans face tariff debate and race vote split
The piece analyzes Indiana political dynamics as tariff lines face potential revision and internal GOP strife weakens the party. It notes that labor ranks favor Democrats, that African American voters may swing against Republicans, and that Hanly’s unpopularity could aid Democratic prospects as independents demand clear, strong candidates.
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Indiana
Beveridge
Fairbanks-Hemenway- Watson
Fairbanks
Hanly
Pupils Recital Promises Colorful Program of Classics
Miss Fidelia Lester leads a Tuesday recital in the Prop ylaeum west parlor. The program features Wagner Tannhauser and Ride of the Valkyres, Mendelssohn Dream, Chopin Polonaise, and Liszt Rhapsodie Hongroise among solos by Esther Koch Tris Wills Mary Clippinger and others.
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Fidelia Lester
Propylaeum
John Spacke
Elizabeth
Tannhauser
Wagner
Sap Nyeeteecde
Becker
Louise Habig
von Weber
Estella Whitman
Meyer Helmunnd
Alexander White
Mendelssohn
Mary Clippinger
Tannhauger
Faust
Gounod
T. A. Wenner
Pope Tegen
Chopin
Chase Cassady
Mozart Mary Clippinger
Esther Koch
Harvey Koch
Elmer Koch
Elwegadions
Goring Thomas
Miss Lester
Prohibitionist Won’t Support Spelling Reform Plan
In a Washington Star exchange, Col. Stillwell, a Prohibitionist, declines the idea of a spacious salon in a new residence and rejects spelling reform, saying he favors prohibition and opposes language changes.
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Col. Stillwell
Washington Star
Indianapolis Entrants Sail on German Liner Kronprinzessin
A group from Indianapolis sails Tuesday aboard the Kronprinzessin, North German Lloyd, from New York to Bremen via Plymouth and Cherbourg. Passengers include Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bachman, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Krauss, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rauh, Miss Marie Rauh, Mrs. Barbara Reed of Lindsay Ohio, and Matthias Orndorff of the Soldiers' Home Sandusky Ohio, visiting cousins Alice G. and Mary A. Quinn of Avenue.
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Kronprinzess
Lloyd Line
New York
Bremen
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Indianapolis
F. M. Bachman
Charles Krauss
Henry Rauh
Marie Rauh
Barbara Reed
John Reed
Lindsay, O
Matthias Orndorff
Soldiers’ Home
Sandusky. O
Alice G. and
Mary A. Quinn
Avenue
Advertisements on the scenery clash with meadow look claim
The star laments the rise of commercialism in scenery arguing it spoils the meadow feel, while the manager counters that the scene should resemble a real meadow. The exchange highlights tensions between artful presentation and sponsorship.
College site eyed for new city park on north side
Indianapolis may gain a public park on the North side from the Physio-Medical college grounds. Residents along College avenue near Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets urge the city to act and have begun an effort to secure the land for park use.
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Orphans’ Home
The
Physio-Medical College
Wisdom for Dog Days in a Streetwise Tale
In a terse sung PSA style the piece counsels avoiding capture by dog catchers by feigning homelessness and lack of pedigree to gain entry into the officer’s wagon. It presents a stark, historical tone with vivid urban imagery and a curious, ironic moral.
The Warning Signals A Boston Physician Story
A Boston physician recounts a tale of his own youngster who fell ill after an over strenuous vacation. The father filled an appropriate prescription and left the bottle with the child, highlighting warning signs of illness and parental care.
Flour mill fire destroys Morristown facility
In Morristown Indiana on July 5 a flour mill owned by C A Patten Joseph Dipe and Clem Correll burned down with an estimated loss of 16000 dollars. Insurance partially covers the damage and the origin of the blaze is not yet known.
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C. A. Patten
Joseph Dipe
Clem Correll
Father’s tip saves sick child with bedtime chart
A father created a medicine schedule for his son Tom, but his forgetful wife claimed not to miss a dose. Tom remembered the times and began hallooing half an hour before each dose, signaling the plan. The tale ends with a smile about memory and routine.
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Mary
Tom
Philadelphia Ledger
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