Who's Who in America crowns Indianapolis as a hub of notable names
A new edition ranks Indianapolis among the nation’s top cities for notable figures. It lists 109 locals, led by lawyers and physicians, followed by authors, judges, editors, ministers and others. The long roster includes Grace Alexander, Albert Barnes Anderson, Francis Chatard, Winfield Durbin, Grace Harrison, Meredith Nicholson, James Riley, Theodore Steele, and many more prominent Indiana figures across law, politics, science, education, and arts. The piece notes Indianapolis rivals New York in density of notable names relative to population.
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New York
Chicago
Indianapolis
Meno
Grace Alexander
Judith
Robert Judson Aley
Vincennes University
Indiana University
Leland Stanford University
Albert Barnes Anderson
United States
District of Indiana
Francis Elisha Baker
Seventh United States Circuit Court
Tarkington Baker
Harry Everett Barnard
John F. Barnhill
Barnhill and
Walesa
Charles Alexander Korbly
John Johnson Kyle
Indiana Medical College
U. S. A. Medical Reserve Corps
John A. Lapp
Indiana
American Poltical Science Association
National Society For Promotion of Industrial Education
James Mathew Lynch
International Typographical Union
National Civic Federation
William James McKee
Pr Yatder General UC. &. V
Felix ‘I. McWhirter
Peoples’ State Bank
Luella Vrinces Smith McWhirter
Felix T. McWhirter
Thomas Riley Marshell
Augustus Uynch Mason
Allison Maxell
Charles Wesley Miller
William Henry Harrison Miller
Leander John Monks
Supreme Court of Indiana
Oscar Hilton Montgomery
Richard Bishop Moore
Butler College
William Thomas Moore
Charles Washington Moores
Merrill Moores
Indians State Bar Association
Catherine McLean New
Harry Stewart New
Anna Nicholas
The
Indianapolis Star
Meredith Nicholson
Kildare
Charles Henry Noble
Jesse Overstreet
David McLean Parry
Parry Auto Company
John Perrin
Perrin National Bank
Lafayette
American National Bank
Allan Bearden Philputt
Central Christian Church
National Ministerial Association Disciples of Christ
Olver Willard Pierce
College of Musical Art
Indiana Music ‘Teachers” Association
Kate Milner Rabb
Arthur Kenyon Rogers
American Philosophers’ Society
Orange Scott Runnels
Interstate Life Insurance Company
May Wright Sewall
Charles Shaler
Cassius Clay Shirley
Indiana State Bar Association
John William Slyss
Indiana University School of Medicine
Marion County Board of Health
Delavan Smith
Indianapolis News
Oliver Typewriter Company
Mary Angela Spink
Wietcher’s Sanatorium
Indiana State Board of Charities
Theodore Clement Steele
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Boston
Albert’ Eugene Sterne
Thomas Taggart
City Officials Praise $500 Pool Investment at Fall Creek Bathing Site
Mayor Shank and city leaders visited Indianapolis municipal pool at College avenue bridge on Fall creek where 1500 on Saturday and nearly 2000 on Sunday enjoyed the facilities. President William B. Davis said additional pools are likely next season. The bathhouse serves 400, with lockers, soap, and towels, while children played in shallow and deep water zones under watchful supervision.
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Fall Creek
College Avenue
Shank
Belser
Joseph Hogue
Summer Emerson Class Meets Mondays at Odd Fellow Building
The Summer Emerson Class, recently formed, holds weekly meetings Monday at 8 p.m. on the twelfth floor of the Odd Fellow building. Open to all, no fees, with rotating leadership and invited discussion. Participants should bring Emerson with the essay Spiritual Laws if possible, but are welcome without it.
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Odd Fellow
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson
Sre
Music Master of Old School Dies at Home
Prof. James S. Black renowned voice builder with old Italian technique dies at 91 at 838 N Delaware St Indianapolis after three years of blindness partially recovered last two years. He helped establish Indianapolis oratorio in 1867 and taught at several churches. His career linked to Jenny Lind and Adeline Patti.
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James Black
Catherine Johnstone
Delaware Street
Black
Prof. Black
Putney
Windham County
Vermont
Indianapolis
Reform Church Choir
New York City
Astor Place Opera House
Jenny Lind
Adeline Patti
Hannah Mariah King
Paterson, N. J
Signor de Begnis
Indianapois
First Baptist
Third Presbyterian
Meridian-street
M. E
Jerusalem
Black’s Voice Draws Followers Amid Debate in Indianapolis
A competing professor arrived in Indianapolis to denounce Black and his methods, but his attacks backfired, boosting Black’s following. Black left two sons, Wallace Winfield Black of Chicago and Charles Holman Black, who captivates Paris salons with a voice shaped by his father, resembling a rich basso.
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Indianapolis
Black
Prof. Black
Vacant Chairs Draped for Departed Veterans Memorial
Vacant chairs draped in mourning will mark the absence of civil war veterans at Encampment No. 80 Union Veteran Legion Memorial Service at Pierson hall on Tuesday evening July 26. An invitation extends to patriotic organizations to attend. Addresses by Spencer N. Preston William N. Pickerill John W. Woods B A Richardson George Thormeyer Moses N. McLain and Judge Vinson Carter. Ritualistic and memorial addresses by Past Cols. F J VanVorhis Gideon B. Thompson. Deceased honored: William H. Newby George W. Spahr Granville G. Long Ben D. Miner William L. Amthor William H. McLaughlin Carey McPherson.
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Union Veteran Legion
Pierson Hall
Spencer N. Preston
William N. Pickerill
John W. Woods
B. A. Richardson
George Thormeyer
Moses N. McLain
Vinson Carter
Order Revoked Ends Brand Label Battle in Indiana Distilleries
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue Elam H. Neal by presidential order Taft has revoked the branding change and dismissed six Indiana distillery suits. Whisky will again be labeled spirits not alcohol. Distilleries involved include Commercial and Merchant in Terre Haute, Rossdale and Greendale in Lawrenceburg, Murphy in Vincennes, and Hammond Distillery. Total output exceeds 23 million gallons annually with a $1.10 tax per gallon.
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Internal Revenue
Elam H. Neal
Taft
Indiana
Revenue Department
Commercial Distilling Company and Merchant Distillery
Terre Haute
Rossdale and
Greendale Distilleries
Lawrenceburg
Murphy Distilling Company
Vincennes
Hammond
Wulfson to Speak at Pittsburg Weights Meeting
Isidor Wulson Indianapolis inspector of weights and measures will address the inspectors association in Pittsburg at the convention hall on August 22. He was invited by the convention committee and approved by the Board of Safety to represent Indianapolis. Wulson is known in the east for his hospitality in Eaton and other cities.
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Smoky City
Isidor Wulson
Indianapolis
Pittsburg
Reward for mail thief tops at $1000
Postmaster Robert Bryson reports post office rewards for mail theft range from $25 to $1000. The highest prize goes to those arresting and convicting a thief of robbing a mail car on a train in U.S. court, while a mail carrier facing arrest for stealing or embezzlement receives the smallest reward.
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Post Office Department
United States
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George Edwin Hunt
Indiana Dental School
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