Newby Oval Park Opens With Vaudeville Bill
The Newby oval park and vaudeville theater opens Monday night with Arthur Deming the feature act and a diverse lineup including Koppe the comedy juggler La Dell trio the Da Aces and more. From Tuesday matinees for ladies and children to Sunday band concerts, the park offers high prices and a family atmosphere with reserved seats at Huder's drug store and a promise to maintain the standard all season. A special park police force will ensure order as the venue operates as Indianapolis' first high class family vaudeville and amusement park.
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Newby Oval Park
Arthur Deming
Deming
Deming & Vogel
Minstrels
Koppe
la Dell
da Aces
Swan
Will
Dunhams
Huder
Arndt
Levitt
Indianapolis
Public statement highlights proof of interest to readers
John Parkleen of 4 Maple St employed at the party carriage company describes severe back pains and kidney weakness. After using Dean's Kidney Pills from Henry Huder's drugstore, pain eased, back relief followed, and the trouble subsided. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents.
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John Parkleen
Dean
Henry
J. Huder
Prayer May End War in the Philippines
Boston May 31 A Boston pastor urges 25 6 million American Christians to unite in prayer for President Roosevelt and his administration to bring peace to the Philippines. He praises the president as virtuous and humble and calls for intercession for wise leadership.
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Philippines
Boston
Mass
United States
Withrow
Park-st
Theodore ‘Roosevelt
Heaven
Earth
White House
Atkinson Held in Bail Over Attempted Assault Charge
Louis E. Atkinson president of Pittsburg and Philadelphia Oil Refining Co Camden is jailed on $800 bail for a hearing on a charge of attempting to assault Alma Miller a typewriter in his employ. Miller testifies she was kissed and restrained in his private office on May 10. Atkinson calls it attempted blackmail and says he reprimanded her for duty dereliction. He has engaged former Judge Howard Carrow for the case.
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Philadelphia
Louis E. Atkinson
Pittsburg & Philadelphia Oil Refining Company
Camden
Justice of the Peace
Mechanicsts
Miss Miller
Howard Carrow
Edwin Hillman
William C. French
Youngsters fined for street scrub baseball in New York
In New York on May 3 magistrate Braun in Yorkville fined seven of the smallest boys four dollars each and two five dollars each for playing scrub baseball in the street. He reprimanded them for interfering with their life progress and warned they could be barred from becoming policemen or firemen.
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New ‘York
Braun
Yorkville
Italian Immigrant With a Fish Skin at Ellis Island
An Italian immigrant Moses Roato was found at Ellis Island with a rare tropical skin condition resembling fish scales. Doctors at Long Island College Hospital diagnosed no leprosy and the patient shows no pain or other health issues. After examination he will be discharged to his brother in Niagara Falls.
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New York
Ellis Island
Moses Roato
Long Island College Hospital
Niagara Falls
Policemen Rescue Man From Pier 34 In Potent Lifeline
Henry Doyle slipped from Pier 34 into the North river and was saved by four policemen who formed a human life line. Kelly, Bradshaw, O Flaherty, and Driscoll lowered themselves and pulled Doyle to safety as a crowd watched. Doyle survived unharmed.
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New York
Henry Doyle
Leroy St
Pier 34
North River
Doyle
Patrick Kelly
Bradshaw
O’flaherty
Driscoll
Kelly
O'Flaherty
Kilana VolcanoEruptions Forecast In Hawaii
Kilanca expected to spew in Honolulu reports from Hilo warn of early eruption of Mt Kilanea with favorable conditions for seismic disturbances. Crater glow observed as scientists track volcanic dust aboard island records following Mt Pelée eruption events.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Hilo
Mt. Kilanea
Islands
Mt. Pelée
Miser saved tacks and burnt matches auctioned after miser dies
Thomas Kershaw kept junk in boxes along with stocks, bonds, and mortgages in Greenwich Street. After his death his daughter inherits the fortune, and an auction by Metcalfe & Sons revealed nearly $30,000 in stocks and various papers, while most junk sold for little.
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New’ York
Thomas Kershaw
At &T
Greenwichst
Metcalfe & Sons
Kershaw
Presbyterian Hospital
Fairy tale life of Cicero Brown spans oceans and empires
Cicero Brown of Havre France once a New England sailor rose to shipowner status. He navigated from a Galveston to Liverpool trade to owning world circling ships and owning Texas and Indiana properties. At 70s he looks 60 and keeps a business eye on a 35000 acre Texas tract.
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Cicero Brown
Connecticut
Havre
France
Galveston
Tex
Liverpool
Louis Phillipe
Brown
New South Wales
Indianapolis
Texas
Texas and Louisiana Rice boom lures settlers
Immigration to Texas and Louisiana touts farming profits and land abundance. Rice cultivation has added 20 million dollars to regional wealth, with low home prices for farmers. Requests for rice books offered by Southern Pacific agents and W. H. Connor.
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Texas
Louisiana
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Company
W. H. Connor
P. G.y
Fouth
Milker Holds Target as He Drains Six Quarts
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania on May 31 John Morderek was caught milking Charles Bedalis's cow. He refused to leave and used a revolver to deter pursuit, finishing the milking before fleeing. He was arrested, fined $25 and ordered to pay Bedalis $3.36 for the milk.
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Shenandoah
Charles Bedalis
John Morderek
Morderek
Bedalis
Goats and Tax Law Provide Comic County Tale
Frederick Shepard recalls an old Irish tale about a county assessor. An Irish family values furniture at 35, but the goat on the road is taxed eight dollars due to a law taxing any property on the public highway at two dollars per foot. The goat has four feet, total eight dollars.
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Frederick Shepard
Ellis
Shepard
Marion County
Babcock Shaves Beard. House Denies Access Pending ID
Representative Babcock of Wisconsin shaved his long black beard on May 31 causing confusion on the floor as doorkeepers required identification before admitting him. Members who hadn’t seen him without facial hair in 15 years failed to recognize their colleague.
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Washington, D. C
Babcock
Wisconsin
Nature's Own Remedy Alma-Bromo Salt
Alma-Bromo Salt from Alma Michigan mineral spring waters promises relief for constipation and stomach liver kidney and nervous disorders. Described as pleasant tasting cleansing to bowels soothing to brain and nerves and claimed to balance headaches rheumatism and complexion. Sold by druggists for 60 cents a bottle with free trial bottle offer via The Michigan Drug Co Detroit Michigan.
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Alma
Mich
Michigan Drug Co
Detroit
May Queen Spectacle Leads to Child's Death in Street
Henry Schiller testified at the coroner's office about the death of 4 year old Theodore Thysstrop who was struck by a wagon while watching a May procession near 1449 W Ninety eighth St. The wagon driver Schiller was later released in 2000 bail by Magistrate Mayo in West-side police court.
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New York
Henry Schiller
Theodore Thysstrop
Ninety Eighth St
Rheodore
Schiller
Mayo
Nerve Pills Praised By Indianapolis Reader
Mr. Alex Macpherson of No 130 E Washington St Indianapolis testifies that Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills relieved a family member who was nervous and low in spirits. The medicine sells for 50 cents a box at Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY with portrait and signature of A W Chase on each package.
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Mr. Alex. Macpherson
Dr. A. W. Chase
Hyder
Dr. A.W. Chase
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo, N. Y. Sea
A. W. Chage
M. D
Bishop Remedy Co
San Francisco
Cal
Sloan Drug CO
West Washington St
Indianapolis
Ind
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