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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1910
Page
4
In New York May 19 Mrs Katie Falvey testified in a breach of promise case involving Thomas Meade known as Cotton Hook Tom. The jury found Meade not liable for $25 000 after hearing of Mrs Mary McNicholas alleged betrothal plans and comic testimony from Falvey and others.
Washington May 19 Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr Mississippi congressman known as Tombigbie recalls his unobtrusive nature and fascination with the circus He describes going to see a daring stunt at the tent top and hearing the crowd exclaim He done it afterward in the lobby Representative Hughes asks him about the show.
Chicago May 19 A Unitarian conference session heard Rev Edwin C Brown of Moline Illinois declare all women liars as he denounced falsehoods in social and religious life. The disagreement escalated with Mrs C V Mersereau challenging the claim and Rev E R Shippen of Detroit naming ministers he says preach brotherly love yet pursue wealthy parishioners for salary increases.
New York on May 19. The board of education approved a plan to involve parents with teachers and principals. At Public School No 163 Louise Tucker hosted a luncheon for 1000 pupils as 2000 parents attended, creating an enormous turnout. The event featured speeches, a Harlem band, and a costly feast. Similar gatherings may follow in other schools.
The McCabe council M I minstrel event at the German House Wednesday drew a large enthusiastic audience. The show featured bones tambourines an interlocutor and end men with a playlet titled Tangles a Newsboys quartet and an illustrated song by Miss Maude McAlister in the second part.
Mrs Trevelyan W Napier, daughter of Admiral Seymour, once said to be married to the Duke of York. The royal family denied any ecclesiastical obstacle to a Duke of York marriage to the Princess of Teek, now Queen. Belief of a ceremony lingers though laws on royal marriages could affect the matter.
A lively mix of fare at the Grand includes Farce at the Grand with Eva Taylor and cast, plus Back in Wellington and a CC D Package. George Arvine’s troupe performs The Tittle Gray Lady, while Louis Mann’s All on Account of Filiza is teased. Gentry Bros presents All New Feature Shows with trained animals and Coco the chimpanzee.
In New York on May 19, Mayor Gaynor’s 15 year old daughter Helen and Miss Elizabeth Page found a lost four year old girl named Rosie in Brooklyn. They brought her to the Bergen Street police station where Lt Murphy verified a general alarm for Rosa Gardina of 157 twenty-fifth street. Gardina claimed the child, expressing confusion at her long walk from home.
Theatrical circles report Mile. Daisie, dancer and pantomimist once La Dimenu Rotge, has received an interlocutory decree of divorce from Mark A. Vauscher, general press representative for the Orpheum vaudeville theaters. Divorce granted on statutory grounds. co respondent unnamed. Vauscher and Daisy Peterkin, a Detroit girl, wed in 1906.
Danvers Massachusetts May 19 Miss Minnie Crawford 24 hid in an attic closet over 40 hours without food or water as more than 100 residents searched the woods and policemen scoured miles of roads. Chief Merrill forced entry finding her in a heap. she showed signs of Hervens prostration but was expected to recover after a physician treated her.
In New York on May 19 a 2 year old boy died after a fire started when his mother Anna Agnetz left to fetch medicine. Across the hall Pernier Delier smelled smoke and broke in to find flames. Neighbor Deller smothered the blaze and saved the infant, but the child perished before medicine could arrive. The fire likely started from matches in a box given to the boy.
In Atlanta on May 19 the court of appeals reversed a manslaughter verdict against Frank Rossi of Rome. It held a husband may use force to defend his wife from an indecent proposal, and that the lower court erred by limiting justification. The jury should decide if the killing was justifiable.
Miss Augusta Peehl, principal of school No. 33, receives a festive surprise and gifts at a Mothers' club shower after their meeting. Engagement news for Miss Peehl and Arthur Stowe is announced. Numerous parties honor Miss Nelle Fodrea ahead of her June 1 wedding to Emmett A. Pierson, with invitations, dinners, and showers in Indianapolis neighborhoods. The article lists many social gatherings, guests, and forthcoming nuptials across dates and venues.
May 15 New Orleans third stork train from the New York Foundling asylum arrives with 59 infants. Sisters of Charity supervise as eager applicants, many unregistered, scramble for custody. 25 babies go to New Orleans homes, 25 to Kansas farmers, nine to Memphis foster parents. Bliss Native Herbs advertised.
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