Temperance Town Benefit Tickets Draw Big Indianapolis Crowd
A Temperance Town, performed by a 40 member home company, returns next Monday at English’s Opera House for the unemployed in Indianapolis. Mayor Bookwalter oversees sales, with advance tickets exchanged at the English box office starting Thursday. Checks flood in, and demand promises packed houses for a week. Charles Benedict assists, with ticket agencies at Bobbs Merrill, Weber, Ferger, Francis Dre, and Paul C. Gall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hovi
Opera House
Indianapolis
Bookwalter
Boys’ Club
Charles Benedict
Myr. Tsenedict
Bobbs- Imerrill Company
Weber, Ferger and
Francis Dre
Paul C. Gall
Directors named to manage Indiana Union Traction lines
At a stockholders meeting in Anderson Indiana the Indiana Union Traction company and leased lines elected a new board. Directors include George F. McCulloch Chicago Randall Morgan J Levering Jones Henry H Kingston Hugh J McGowan W Kesley Schoepf Arthur W Brady and others. The Indianapolis Northern Traction company elected the same board. Union Traction reported gross earnings 2 089 932 02 with operating expenses 1 111 198 02 leaving net earnings 978 034 02. Directors approved officers for the recent motor men and conductors strike period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. McCulloch
Chicago
Randal Morgan
J. Levering Jones
Henry H. Kingston
Philadelphia
Hugh J. McGowan
Indianapolis
W. Kesley Schoepf
Cincinnati
Arthur W. Brady
Anderson
Indianapolis Northern Traction Company
Union Traction Company of
Indiana
Philip Matter
Marion
W. C. Sampson
Muncie
E. C. Carpenter
J. A. VanOsdel
A. W. Brady
Indiana Union Traction Company
Friend of Alice Will Marry Belgian Diplomat Recipient
New York March 4 Miss Helen Afoulke, close friend of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Alice Roosevelt, will wed Mediveninth of the Belgian legation. The wedding date has not been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Afoulke
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Mediavenith
New Republican Club Organized in Sixth Ward
The Seventh Precinct Republican club of the Sixth ward was organized Tuesday night at 119 N. West St Louie Lewis was elected president.
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NEW Republican Club
Seventh Precinct
Republican Club
Sixth Ward
N. West St
Louie Lewis
Mud halts firemen and dwelling buss
Mrs Mamie Grenwald a widow of 49 Gladstone Avenue was away from home Tuesday night when her house caught fire from an overheated stove and burned down. Only one of four fire apparatuses responding could reach the scene because of mud. The dwelling had no insurance and the loss is about $2000.
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Mamie Grenwald
Gladstone Ave
Supt Cooley Re-elected in Evansville Schools
Tod March 3 F W Cooley has been re elected superintendent of the Evansville schools.
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Cooley
Evansville
Tod
F. W. Cooley
Ray Stevens Portraits of Death Defying Stuns
Ray Stevens, famed for looping the loop on balloons and roller skates, recounts repeated near fatal crashes at the Majestic theater. He carries hundreds of scars from accidents while noting ribs and legs broken in various stunts. Will Zimmerman died during a looping attempt in Indianapolis on June 30, 1908, after Stevens had been hurt the day prior and Zimmerman had urged him to let the stunt proceed.
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Stevens
Will Zimmerman
Indianapolis
Zimmerman
Fire runs through five story tenement on Willis Avenue
A basement blaze in a five story tanement at 445 Willis Ave in New York caused panic among tenants. Firemen rescued women and children from the flames and carried them downstairs to safety. several residents were reported as injured or dying in the smoke and flames.
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New York
Wrillis Ave
Proenix
Murray to be named successor to comptroller of the currency
Washington March 4 It is generally understood that Lawrence Murray assistant secretary of commerce and labour will be named to succeed William J veflerody comptroller of the currency when the latter retires to take charge of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City of which he is to become president on March 20.
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Washington
Lawrence Murray
Commerce and Labour
William J. Veflerody
National Bank of Commerce of
Kansas City
Masson Seeks Seat on Girguit Bench
Woodburn Masson, a well known attorney, announces candidacy for Democratic nomination for circuit judge of Marion county. Two years ago he ran for superior judge on the Democratic ticket but was defeated.
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Woodburn Masson
Marion County
Mr. Maxson
Mrs Harvey Crane Dies at 63 in City Home
Mrs Harvey Crane aged 63 died Tuesday night at the home of her daughter Mrs William Prasse 876 Virginia Avenue. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at the Prasse home.
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Harvey Crane
William Prasse
Virginia Ave
Prasse
Tipton Frankfort Western Traction Line Plans Branches
A new interurban line named Tipton Frankfort Western filed articles of incorporation. It runs from Clerk's Hill through Kirkpatrick Linden New Richmond Wingate Mellot to Veedersburg with branches at Clarks Hall toward Montgomery county towns Lafayette Colfax Thorntown and connects with Lehiman Thorntown line. Survey arrangements begun and first construction planned between Frankfort and Vipton. Prominent supporters include M Emmons Judge J V Kent J M Gapen D W Bolen E B Swift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Clerk’s Hill
Kirkpatrick
Linden
New Richmond
Wingate
Mellot
Veedersburg
Tipton
Hartje 15 Acquitted Of Conspiracy Charge In Divorce Case
Pittsburg March 4 Augustus Hartje the millionaire John L Welshons his wealthy friend and Clifford Hope his coachman were acquitted today of conspiracy Justice Mc Farlane directed the jury to bring in the verdict of not guilty The suit stemmed from revelations at Hartje divorce trial Mrs Hartje won every point and it was charged the trio conspired to prove her guilty of perjured testimony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Augustus Hartje
John L. Welshons
Clifford
Hope
Justice McFarlane
Hartje
Hartjie
Welshons
Gates to farm 300 acre Port Arthur truck farm
Galveston Tex March 4 John W Gates of Chicago has bought a 300 acre truck farm at Port Arthur. He will cultivate the property under his personal care and supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
John W. Gates
Chicago
Port Arthur
Government Plans Nationwide Dragnet Against Anarchists
March 4 report outlines a federal drive to crack down on anarchists and related criminals. Secretary Oscar Straus calls for cooperation between federal immigration authorities and city police to deport aliens deemed dangerous, linked to Chicago’s ongoing dragnet and a prior assassination attempt on Chief Shippy.
Choral Society Delivers Queen Esther Cantata Triumph
The Roberts Fark Choral society under Edward Taylor staged William B. Bredbury’s Queen Esther at Fomlinson hall Tuesday before a large audience. Ruth Tevis Spencer starred as Esther with strong soprano and acting. other principals included Altland Nealis Jackson Cox, and a 30 piece orchestra. The cantata, staged by Prof. S I Conner, impressed as amateur performers gave fine effort. receipts go to charity and a repeat performance is set for Wednesday night.
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William B. Bredbury
Roberts Fark Choral Society
Edward Taylor
Fomlinson Hall
Esther
Sopresio
Ruth Tevis-Spencer Ahasuerus
William A.altland Haman
Thomas Nealis
S. I. Conner
Queen Esther
Charles Farrow Kimball
Spencer
Mesdames
Aimee Evans
Deborah Clark
Lorna D. Jackson
Nell M. Cox
Messrs
Altland
Nealis
Alexander
Metzger
King
Taylor
Notable Society Weddings Light up Propylaeum
Miss Leah Bornstein wed Jack Weinberg at the Propylaeum with Rabbi Mayer Messing officiating. The ceremony featured an improvised altar, purple and white decor, and a Mendelssohn procession. A pink and white supper followed, with a large reception, before the couple's trip and home in Montceon after May 1. Other couples, Fraught with quiet ceremonies, include Florence Manaugh and Dr. E. Brent Mitchell in Lawton and Catherine Grossklouse and John Wallace in Ashland Avenue. at-home dates set for March and early spring. Social notices also list neighbors touring and visits, plus a German House Woman’s Society ward party.
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Leah Bornstein
Joseph A. Bornstein
Jack Weinberg
Propylaeum
Mayer Messing
Louis J. Bernstein
Eva Bornstein
Saul Weinberg
Montreal
Can
Louis Bornstein
Abe Feinberg
Ira Chalski
Bornstein
East
Canada
Montceon
Florence Manaugh
BE. Brent Mitchell
Lawton
Okla
Oride
Anne McLaughlin
Ashland-ave
Frank ©. Ballard
Mumorial Church
Noblesville Woman Dies in San Antonio at 30
Mrs Grace Jones aged 30 died in San Antonio Texas last night of consumption. She was the daughter of Dr L P Mr Fatridge of Noblesville and the wife of Walter Jones. Her remains will be buried here.
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Noblesville, Tid
Grace Jones
San Antonio
Tex
L. P. Mr Fatridge
Noblesville
Walter Jones
Nurses Bay Hospital Sold to Two Indianapolis Nurses
NURSES BAY HOSPITAL Shelbyville Ind March 4 Dr T C Kennedy has sold his hospital to Misses Gertrude Leedy and Mabel Terham both graduate nurses from Indianapolis with extensive hospital experience.
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Shelbyville, Ind
T. C. Kennedy
Gertrude Leedy
Mabel Terham
Indianapolis
Remarkable Old Woman in Indiana Infirmary
Elizabeth Taylor of Wayne County Indiana aged 97 is noted as a remarkable woman. She makes her own clothes works on quilts and can outrun many younger women in a race.
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Richmond
Ind
Mareh T
Elizabeth Taylor
Wayne County Infirmary
Do You Suffer With Rheumatism Trial Rholoids Offered
A promotional offer invites readers to try Rholoids for rheumatism before buying. Arrangements are in place with Henry J. Huder at 22 W Washington St and at Maryland and Pennsylvania Streets to handle the remedy. Send name and address to The Rholoids Co. Washington BD for a free treatment.
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Henry J. Huder
Washington St
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Addreaa
Rholoids Co
Washington
City Record Of Births, Deaths And Marriages
Daily city record lists births at various addresses including Levison, Dixon, Price, Otto, and Royston households with multiple newborns. It also notes numerous deaths from cerebral hemorrhage, gastritis, tuberculosis, myocarditis, and other causes at city addresses and hospitals. Marriages include Marshall and Reddick, Bettner and Ningen, Stinson and Herrick, Suess and Prigger, Ashton and Reeve, Tharling and Tinsley, Mitchell and Manaugh, Meader and Tripp, with listed dwellings and values.
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George T. Marshall
Nettie Reddick
Walter B. Bettner
Orpha Ningen
Preston A. Stinson
Katherine Herrick
Joseph V. Suess Jr
Ida P. Prigger
Albert H. Ashton
Mina Reeve
Charles Tharling
Catherine Tinsley
Edward B. Mitchell
Florence Manaugh
Emory L. Meader
Hazel Tripp
Applications for license in Indianapolis Fifth ward 1908
Notices announce two residents Gus Stehlin in Fifth ward Center township Marion county seeks a license to sell and allow drinking on premises at 964 Indiana Avenue with specified room dimensions and location. Albert South in Eleventh ward Center township seeks a license to sell liquor in quantities greater than five gallons with on premises drinking at 66 Virginia Avenue in a frame building near Virginia Avenue and Locke Street.
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Indianapolis
Center Township
Board of County Commissioners
Marion County
State of
Indiana
Indiana Avenue
Lock Street
McWaldo
Outlet 158
Locke Street
Gus Stehlin
Board of Commissioners
Virginia Avenue
Albert
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Donner
Max
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Dug
Anderson, Ind
Alice
NMR
Havenith
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Ray Stevens
Majestic Theater
Lawrence
Murray
Gorptegler
Masson
Texas
Free
China
Bryce
Meridian St
Federal
Shippy
Oscar Straus
Immigration Bureau
Sible
Commissioners of Immigration and Immigrant
Choral Society
Johannes Miersch
Zeresh
Haman
Lorna D. Jackson Mordecai
Pyereer Meseger
Daisy North
Vaeeegeessess
Nell M. Cox Scribe
Cornelius King Beggar
Newell Metzger Heganji
H. M. Clemens Wigh Priest
Roy L. Burtch Herald
Clyde R. O'Dell Harbonah
Roy Smiley
Ilonor
Burton and Brooks
the Grand
Gibson
Capital City
Dime Messenger Service
Court House
North Alabam St
Mitchell—Manaugh
Wallace—Grossklouse
Catherine Grossklouse
John Wallace
Logan
Fifeventh Presbyterian Church
Bess Gross- Klouse
Sunmiun
John Fitzgerald
Cumls
Aliss Nelle Connors
Margaret Gutelius
Ruberta
Holloway
Mr. Turner
John Davis
J. B. Adams
Bedford
E. Edwin Henry
Eleanor Francis
Fanny Alexander
Plaza
Woman's Society of the
German House
George Jacops
Eloise Rice
Nurses Bay Hospital
J. H.reed
Jeweler
West
Washington Street
MABEY
Massachusetts
Moonroe
Myrtle McCarty
Orleans-st
John and
Alice Dixon
Ringold-st
Levi
Minnie Fulton
Hiring-ave
Anthony
Mary Stich
S. N. Jersey-st
Edward
Edith Otto
Schiller-st
George and
Ida Price
Calvin and
Jennie Warren
N. Tillnofs St
Charles and Marie Smith
Buckle St
James and
Bettie Royston
Apple- Late St
Peter and Lucy
Clarence
Carrie Arbuckle
Holloway-tve
Herman and
Rose Dagey
Olney-st
William H
Patty Emmerson
Belmont-ave
William and Emma Smith
Charlotte-st
Joseph and
Mary Cline
S. Alabama St
Henry and
Myrtle Hummel
Oxford. St
Annie V. Jackson
N. Trelinois
Earl Davis
Geo
Edgar Crouch
Lockwoood St
Fannie Elizabeth Clouds
Brookside Ave
Caroline G. Nordyke
Bellefont Trine St
Martha Frazier
Fulton-st
John H. Bynden
Graceland-ave
Allen Williams
Miley-ave
John F. English
Debora Salinger
New Jersey St
Louis Redding
City Hospital
Lizzie L. Vogel
River Ave
Lucy Butler
E. Court St
Kelley Simms
John Hazelhurst
L. G. Winn
E. Vermont St
Marta Oelschlager
Graceland Ave
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