Enthusiasm Marks Opening Of May Music Festival
The May music festival opened Monday with strong audience enthusiasm for the Chicago symphony orchestra and soloists Arthur Beresford Mia Genevieve Cairk Wilson and George Hamlin. A misalignment between chorus and orchestra caused a restart during the performance. Tuesday's program lists many splendid numbers and larger crowds are expected.
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John JL Stem
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
George Hamlin
Chicago Orchestra
Theodore Thomas
Rosenbdecker
Thomas
Rosenbecker
House Vanishes in One Night in Jeffersonville Indiana
In Jeffersonville Indiana a frame house on Ghio avenue vanished overnight. Neighbors recall ongoing quarrels between a colored tenant and white residents over her children. The Mutual Savings and Loan Association owned the property. Henry Dilger, the agent, found only a vacant lot when he visited. No culprit or builder was identified. the association dismisses the loss as not serious and tensions in the area have eased.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Ghio
Mutual Sayings and Toan Association
Henry Dilger
Jefersonville Swyer
Diger
May Music Festival Tuesday Program Highlights
The program lists overtures and concert pieces including Land of the Mountain and the Flood by Mac Cunn, Violin Fantaisie by Vieuxtemps, and various solos and choruses. Performers include Mrs Furbeck, Miss Litta Grimm, Mr W Hi Laut, and others with an intermission noted.
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Mac Cunn
Vieuxtemps
Rom Velijan
Mendelssohn
Leo DB. Riggs
Litta Grimm
Iss Trisle Mae Payne
Mies
Gertrude Hassler
Frank N. Taylor
Isomer H. Vanne
W. Hi. Laut
William Bussey
Largo
Razed by Grave Robbing Tragedy Shocks Bedford
Bedford Ind May 13 Driven by obsession over grave robberies in Indiana stonemason Will Rock believed his child’s body lay frozen in time He went to Greenhill cemetery on Monday and forced the sexton to open the grave He seized tools dug up the coffin and cradled the remains in his arms He was taken into custody.
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Bedford
Ind
Indiana
Will Rock
Greenhill Cemetery
Rock
Tornado Strikes West Guthrie Causing Property Damage
A Monday evening tornado swept over West Guthrie causing extensive property damage, blowing down a large grain elevator and other buildings. Farmer William Murray reports two houses and a barn lost north of Guthrie. Heavy rain swelled streams and washed away bridges.
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Guthrie
West Guthrie
Wm. Murray
Bee Kills Boy in Knoxville After Sting
In Knoxville Tennessee on May 18 Willie Hankin died after being stung by a bumblebee Monday. The report notes severe suffering before death and references various ads and products mingled in the text. The fragment includes notices about medicines and goods for sale from local merchants.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Willie Hankin
Special trains from Decatur and Michigan City May dates
Special trains depart Decatur at 7:00 a.m. to return by 6:30 p.m. Round trip price is 1.25 dollars. A separate Monon Route trip from Michigan City on an unspecified date leaves at 6:00 a.m. and returns at 9:30 p.m. Stops include Frankfort Delphi Monticello Riverside and other stations. Tickets available at Union Station Massachusetts Avenue 22nd Street and Claypool Hotel Office and 10 N. Illinois Street.
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Michigan City
Frankfort
Delphi
Monticello
Riverside
Union Station
Massachusetts Ave
Twenty-second-st
Claypool
N. Hlinols-st
Leeches Almost Kill Cincinnati Barber in Barroom Attack
In Cincinnati on May 19 barber William Sills was struck in the left eye with a beer bottle during a barroom quarrel. He applied two leeches to absorb blood but the leeches overfilled, and he arrived at City Hospital nearly exhausted. Doctors sutured eye wounds to stop further bleeding.
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Cincinnati
William Sills
Mills
City Hospital
Man Claims Moon Residence in Probate Court
In Cleveland on May 19 a man named John Janikowski proclaimed himself a millionaire and said he lives on the moon when at home. The probate judge deemed him insane and ordered confinement at the infirmary.
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Cleveland
John Janikowski
Boy bitten by rattlesnake near New Moorefield
Springfield dispatch May 19 reports Simpson aged 11 of New Moorefield is in critical condition after being bitten by a rattlesnake. He tracked the snake and killed it after the bite.
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Springfield
Atva Simpson
New Moore@eld
Governors names prison reform commission in Indiana
Governor Durbin has named a prison reform commission formed after the lost legislature. The group will investigate prison and workhouse labor. Members include D. French of Alexandria, Charles G. Manzy of Fowler, John S. Rupe of Richmond, plus ex officio superintendents of the Indiana reformatory and state prison and the State Board of Charities secretary. Separate names cover locating Indiana troops at Vicksburg with Philip Lester of Linden York, M. M. Lacey of Fountain City, Rev. E. L. Seamans of Wapasa, A. B. Crampton of Delphi, and Harry A. Adams of Indianapolis.
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Vicksburg
Philip Lester
Linde York
M. M. Lacey
Fountain City
E. L. Seamans
Wapasa
A. B. Crampton
Delphi
Harry A. Adams
Indianapolis
Notice of Appointment in Marion County Indiana
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has qualified as administrator of the estate of Liszle J. Barmm, late of Marion County Indiana, deceased. The estate is supposed to be solvent. Charles E. Barmm.
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Natice
Underaignea
Liszle J. Barmm
Ate
Marion County
Indiana
Charles E. Barmm
B F Jones Dead Chief of Jones & Laughlin Dies
Benjamin Franklin Jones head of Jones & Laughlin steel dies at his Allegheny home after illness. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Jones was a leading industrial figure and prominent donor in the region.
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B. F. Jones
Benjamin Franklin Jones
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Allegheny
Births and Deaths Local Summary Including Marriages and Permits
Local notices list births for Max A and Ann Schumacher and others at various addresses. Deaths include Emma Princell and Anna Pickens with causes such as typhoid fever and tuberculosis. Marriages featured John Pasewalter with Myrtie Bowler and Anthony Johnson with Adelia Brown. Building permits issued for multiple dwellings and additions, with costs and addresses across Indianapolis.
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Max A
Ann Schumacher
Central-ave
Walter L
Sadie Ruske
Oriental-st
Tuchard
Elizabeth Heminger
New Jersey
Noah
Marie Howe
Piri
Frederick
Bessie Fessler
Charles-st
Otto
Anna Deppermann
W. Mor- Tig-at
Loy
Charles E
Elizabeth
Emma Princell
Union-st
Tugene Sweeney
Quincy-at
Emma Kiley
West-st
Anna Pickens
N. West-stonia
John W. Pasewalter
Myrtie Bowler
Anthony Johnson
Adelia Brown
Wiliam Fisher
Elizabeth A. Goardan
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English Block
Whalesale
Decatur
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Lafayette-place
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Columbia Ave
Arthur J. Knight
Twenty-ninth-st
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Wm. P. Jungelaus
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North St
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Westcat
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Dearhorn-st
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Talbott-ave
Annuity and Savings Fund Company
Washington
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A.B. Evens
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Capitel~ Ave
E. J. Becker
East St
B.benton
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Welling
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