High society women craze over gambling in Newport
New York’s summer social set in Newport Rhode Island is obsessed with gambling. Women of power and wealth including Mrs Stuyvesant Fish and the Belmonts mingle at James Gordon Bennett’s villa near the Casino while big stakes and long hours fuel a nightly obsession with bridge and betting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gordon Bennett
Swell Casino
Green Tables
Newport
New York
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
Belmonts
Astors
Mills
Oelrichs
Gorley Wavers Between Freedom and Honeymoon Blues
Gorley enjoys imagined bachelor freedoms after his wife leaves for a country vacation. He drifts from office to club and a show, dislikes the poor meal, and returns home alone, hoping for a homesick return before sending a note to his wife saying he will be away from the office and to be with her that night.
Ouida Faces Poverty After Fortune and Fame
London reports that Ouida the celebrated novelist, once wealthy after 35 novels, now lives in poverty. She receives a £750 yearly pension from Britain, sells her villa near Florence, and resides with a peasant family in Lucca at 67. Her life blends mystery, romance, and sharp wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ouida
Florence
Italy
Lucca
Vowlse
Hostesa
Quida
New Bank Officers Elect at Evansville Start
Peters burg Ind July 20 Special to The Sun At the election for officers and directors of the new Bankers National Bank to commence business September first at Evansville with a capital of 500000 John Davis cashier of the First National Bank of this city was elected cashier S T Heston president O W McGinnis vice president
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soan. Petersburg
Ind
New Bankers’ National Bank
Evansville
Jonn
Davia
First National Bank
T. Heston
O. W. McGinnes
Papers Found in Corner Stone of Grand Lodge Building
Old Odd Fellows members opened a tin box from the corner stone of the former grand lodge building at Pennsylvania and Washington streets in Indianapolis. Gen George McGinnis, who helped lay the stone in 1854, examined manuscripts including 1823 Indianapolis Gazette and 1854 Temperance Union, replacing them for the new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania and
Washington Sts
George McGinnis
Grand Lodge
Ww. H. Leedy
Indianapolis Gazette
The
Temperance Union
Daniel Anderson
Daily Journal
State Journal
P. G. W. Robson
G L. U
Grand Lodge of Indiana
Grand Encampment
Indiana
Ohio
Wiseman Arrested for Fraudulent Horse and Buggy Loans
Henry E. Wiseman is jailed on charges of obtaining goods by false pretenses after repeatedly visiting Thomas Roberts livery at 706 EK. Nineteenth St. and securing a horse and buggy claiming employment with Central Union Telephone Co. A signed official’s name appeared on his card, though he does not work for the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry E. Wiseman
Wiseman
Thomas Roberts
Ninteenth St
Central Union Telephone Company
Walter Thompson Held on Postal Law Violation Bond
Walter Thompson was arrested at Franklin on Saturday and brought to Indianapolis by Deputy U S Marshal Tom Martin on a charge of mailing an obscene letter. He waived examination before United States Commissioner Young and was put under $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter §. Thompson
Franklin
Indianapolis
United States
Tom Martin
Young
Randolph Friend Kills Man With Scale Weight in West Virginia
Special to The Sun reports Randolph Friend struck Jess Hicks, a weigh boss, during a fight over a disputed weigh in Klondyke West Virginia. Hicks died instantly, leaving Randolph Friend facing deadly violence allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Klondyke
W. Va
Andy Friend
Jess Hicks
Randolph Friend
Hicks
Former Hoosier Drowned Near North Platte
Robert McMaster aged 56, formerly Sullivan County Indiana, drowned at his home near North Platte Nebraska this morning. He leaves a widow and six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Platte
Neb
Robert McMaster
Sullivan County
Indiana
Here
Oil Man Scalded While Removing Heater Handle
George Houston a fireman for Ohio Oil at Jamestown was perhaps fatally scalded yesterday in Crawfordsville while attempting to remove the heater handle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
George Houston
Ohio Oil Company
Jamestown
Working Women Organize for Better Conditions
New inter state organization formed at New York convention with 300 delegates from 30 unions across New York Connecticut Pennsylvania and New Jersey Leaders include Mary Dreier Rose Schneiderman Helen Marat Ida Raub and Harriet Stanton Blatch resolution endorsing woman suffrage adopted Mrs Stokes notes the movement strengthens unions and aid to the oppressed with Dreier and Raub highlighted as prominent figures in Brooklyn and settlement work respectively
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Officers Women's Trades Union League
Rose Schneiderman
Helen Marat
Mary E. Dreier
New York
Women's National Trades Union League
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Rose Pastor Stokes
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Cigarmakers' Union No. 32
New York Women's Trades Union League
Mary Dreier
Roge Schneiderman
Méss Helen Marat
Ida Raub
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Stokes
$500 Dowries To Be Given Away In Union Plan
Special to The Sun Chicago July 2 The Women s National Trades Union league considers establishing an American Working Girls Endowment fund to provide dowries for members who marry. Delegates in Chicago favor a sliding scale from 100 to 50 dollars based on length of membership, with concerns about repeat marriages in Cincinnati. Mary McDowell promotes the idea amid mixed male support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
Chicago
Woman's
National Trades Union League
Detroit
Cincinnati
England
Germany
Working Girls’ Endowment Fund
Mary McDowell
America
League
Mushroom Hat with Blue Buckle Feathers Featured
A black straw hat shaped like a mushroom with palest blue lining and a large blue buckle adorns the display. The unusual headpiece emphasizes oversized feathers and decorative straw craftsmanship in a period fashion shot.
Home Recipes and Honey Cake From a Historic Menu
A collection of old kitchen directions detailing Banana Salad with peanut cruet on crisp lettuce, Minnehaha Cake with butter sugar flour milk walnuts eggs and baking powder, a stringy sugar filling with raisins, and a Honey Cake using honey flour butter almonds candied spice and potash with overnight rest and frosting.
Workhouse Full They Go to Jail
Thirty three loiterers appeared in police court Saturday. The majority were sent to the county jail as the workhouse is crowded. One young man from Illinois said he was headed to Indianapolis to see his mother. he was jailed as well. Since the loitering crusade began, 189 men have been tried on the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Indianapolis
PAY VISIT TO BEECH GROVE WITH STOCKHOLDERS
The Beech Grove Construction company hosted 40 stockholders and guests for a guided tour of the Beech Grove shop and buildings under construction. A special train carried participants, led by John Wocher and partners, with officers and spouses from Crawfordsville to Indianapolis and nearby towns such as Rochester Greencastle Perrysville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Beech Grove Construction Company
Beech Grove
John Wocher
William Wocher
Louis McBmeins
John Wocher & Bro. Company
Charles B. Brown
E. F. Ashby
H. H. Ristine
T. H. Ristine
C. M. Crawford
James A. Waugh
Crawfordsville
Fred Hoffman
Rochester
Junk in his leg relief by surgery uncovers metal and wood
Henry Anderson of Centennial, a rancher, carried a bizarre load in his left leg for two years after a premature explosion while building a ditch. Surgeons at St Joseph's hospital removed a chisel nails screws wood fragments and tin from the leg and expect it to heal fully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Deadwood
S. D
Henry Anderson
Centennial
Anderson
St. Joseph's Hospital
Bachelor Girl Mystery at Hotel La Hori
Detectives probe the death of Laura D. Ronaldson a wealthy bachelor girl found with a bullet wound in her forehead and a revolver on the floor near her at Hotel La Hori. The hotel proprietor says she had no male callers and her life was seen as exemplary. Some speculate suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Laura D. Ronaldson
la Hori
Troops Scatter Lynch Mob Targeting Lamana Suspects
A dispatch from Hahnsville reports state troops moved in early today to disperse a crowd of about 100 armed men bent on lynching Italian suspects in the Lamana murder. The soldiers faced a fleeing mob as the would-be lynchers broke and ran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New Orleans
Hahnsville
Incorporations Filed by Secretary on Saturday
Several new entities were formed with capital stocks and listed directors. The Ladies' Commercial club of Monrovia seeks a town hall through donations with officers Mrs. Jane Dillon and others. Jane Garment Company of Indianapolis lists Nash Liebling and others as directors. Mandabadi Coal Company of Washington lists Nicholas Mandabach and family as directors. Indiana Mutual Cyclone Insurance Company of Indianapolis names Saunders and Fiant among officers. Two electric firms, South Bend Electric and Indiana and Michigan Electric, merged under a new name with a 1 915 500 capital stock and a nine member board of directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies‘ Commercial Club
Monrovia
Capital Stock
Jane Dillon
Harriet E. Marlet
Nannie Conant
James B. Sedwick
Chauncy R. Wilson
Jane Garment Company
Indianapolis
Nash Liebling
Jane Liebling
George P. Lyon
Mandabadi Coal Company
Washington
Nicholas Mandabach
Jacob Mandabach
John Mandabach
Martin Mandabach
Arnold Padgett
Indiana Mutual Cyclone Insurance Company
Joseph Saunders
Anderson
Daniel Fiant
Connersville
H. L. Nowlin
Guilford
E. C. Mercer
Rochester
South Bend Electric Company
Indiana and Michigan Electric Company
Charles A. Chapin
Henry K. Chapin
Harden L. Crawford
Fred L. Denis
Charles B. Calvert
Homer C. Chapin
Marshall L. Howell
Fred A. Bryan
Richmond Talbot
The Glare of War Parades Before The Public
Rollo observes a military parade backed by a minor league band and major league drum major. The father quips that public pageantry is a glamor of war, masking rough realities that appear after the cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollo
Col Charles D Ayres Declared Incapable For Army Service
New York July 20 Col Charles D Ayres United States Army brought into prominence by his wife's West Point parade grounds expulsion is declared incapable to serve due to Bright's disease from overwork and exposure. The retiring board medical members report on his mental and physical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles D. Ayres
West Point
Bright
Ayers
Office Boy and Secret Service Bravery Test
A small scene unfolds as an office boy describes a man downstairs to see the publisher. The applicant for the secret service declares bravery by noting he married a small lean dark woman with a large vocabulary and snappy eyes, sealing his qualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
Women Adore Four Flushers Until They Marry
A humorous reflection on romance and manners noting how women linger over flirtation. questions about a phrasal origin provoke a quip about Longfellow. The piece also comments on men and habits, joking that winding a clock can lull some into sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow
The King's Jester Pranks Cast King Into Confusion
The court jester rushes to the king with a mock crisis claiming all prisoners in the donjon have escaped. The king, baffled, reacts as the jester jokes about a plague of measles and pokes fun at the royal misreading of the situation.
Southern railroad extension toward French Lick progress
Evansville Indiana July 20 The Southern railroad extension from Jasper to French Lick advances as a 4200 foot tunnel nears concrete lining completion and ten miles of track rise from Jasper Three river bridges remain with one nearing completion The line aims to cut travel time to French Lick Springs to two or three hours and provide a northern outlet over the Monon railroad Freight rails will run on low grades with solid ballast
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sun
Evansville
Ind
Southern
Jasepr
French Lick
Jasper
Patoka River
French Lick Springs
Monon Railroad
Editor's Case Appealed In Indiana Court
The state of Indiana appeals in the supreme court after special transcripts were filed in the Metsker case. Metsker publisher of the Plymouth Democrat faced an indictment for submitting a $54 bill for legal advertising when $40 was allowed by law. The Marshall county trial quashed the indictment on defense motion. the state filed exceptions and notice of appeal on May 9 claiming court error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Clay W. Metsker
Plymouth Democrat
Marshall County
Supreme Court
Metsker
Missing mother in Shelby Street home after leaving newborn on bed
A stylishly dressed woman laid a handsome dresser baby on a bed at 1338 Shelby Street while she went to change a $5 bill. She never returned, Bria Stannard entered and the couple later moved the child to Mrs. Norman McDermid's home. The infant may be placed in an orphanage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Stannard
Shelby Sr
Bria Stannard
Painter Falls From Ladder in City Mishap
S Baily of 223 N Davidson street, a painter, fell from a ladder at Capitel and Gouth streets on Saturday. His arm was broken and he was taken home by a dispensary ambulance under the care of Dr. Gwaden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oo. S. Baily
N. Davidson
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Daily Story
Gorley
H. W. W. Watterson
Faney
Gayety
Morley
Guida
Fellows’ Building
Ords
John B. Cochran
W. H. Leedy
R. W. McBride
R. H. Hollywood
Benjamin Franklin
Frank McQuiddy
Oatley Cochran
Schneiderman
Miss Dreler
Brooklyn
Miss Raub
Amel
Shaw
Miss Carnation
Bea
Fwdchtefer
Ayres
Army OF the
Sirrah
Donjon Keep
Painter
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!