Jail system condemned by national committee
A. W. Butler secretary of the Board of State Charities heads a National Prison association panel that investigated about 400 jails in the last year. The group chairs say mingling of sexes and ages makes jails a school of crime and many facilities are unsanitary with tramps lodging there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Butler
Board of State Charities
National Prison Association
United States
Charles R. Henderson
Chicago
Indianapolis
Warren IF. Spaulding
Massachusetts
John L. Whitman
Butler
Missing Bronx poultry owner shoots two men in moonlit melee
Lyman J. King, a Bronx poultry farm proprietor, fired on two night silhouettes when awakened by an alarm. Bruno Puella, 22, of Yonkers, died from a head wound. Paro Lagenia, similar age, was wounded in the side and leg and later killed by a back shot. King surrendered to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx
Bruno Puella
Yonkers
Paro Lagenia
King
Husbands Urged to Sell Autos in Divorce Plight
United Press reports Vernon Seaver, a wealthy yachtsman, urges husbands to sell or destroy cars to avoid divorce. Seaver, recently reconciled with wife and two children after a divorce petition was withdrawn, blames autos for marital strain and host-guest temptations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Vernon €. Seaver
Seaver
Mr. Seaver
Grape-Nuts praised for curing long standing stomach troubles
A North Dakota reader credits Grape-Nuts with ending years of severe breakfasts and colic. He says after starting the cereal he gains weight, now weighs about 30 pounds more, and can eat a wider range of foods without pain. The advertisement notes Postum Co. and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Miss Harwood Engagement and Local Nuptials Report
Society notes announce Miss Mabin Harwood of Indianapolis engaged to Wyman J. Crocker with December Toledo wedding plans. The Lammert Ruehl marriage is set for Tuesday at St Pauls Evangelical church. Genevieve Maine’s hosiery shower precedes her Rexford nuptials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Harwood
H. O. Winter
Mabin Harwood
Indianapolis
Wyman J. Crocker
Toledo
Mr. Crocker
Emma Louise Lammert
Fred Lammert
William Elmer Ruehl
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Government to issue Panama bonds and U S notes
The secretary of the treasury plans to issue 50 million dollars in 2 percent Panama canal bonds and 100 million dollars in 3 percent United States notes to ease business strain. The bonds may draw a premium and expand bank circulation. notes will be redeemable in a year and issued at par.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Europe
Oves
the Sun
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Panama
Cortelyou
Bride Bertha Lovall Foreshadowed With China Shower
Mrs H A Hutcheson and Miss Bess Brown hosted a china shower for Miss Bertha Lovall who will wed this week. Assistants included Mrs A B Brown and Miss Sue Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Hutcheson
Bess Brown
Bertha Lovall
A. B. Brown
Sue Brown
Mrs J W Hewitt Hosts Shower for Miss Bess Archer
Mrs J W Hewitt plans a miscellaneous shower Wednesday afternoon for Miss Bess Archer, who will marry William Noble Springer of Louisville, Kentucky the day before Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hewitt
Bess Archer
Willam Noble Springer
Louisville, Ky
Shower for Miss Flossie Thomas Ahead of Wedding
Miss Ethel Collins hosts a Tuesday afternoon shower for Miss Flossie Thomas who is to be married on Saturday. Guests include the Morton Place club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Matthews
Genevieve Maine
Eugene Rexford
Morton-place Club
Maine
Kings’ Daughters
Second Presbyterian Church
Shepard
Ethel Collins
E. Twenty-firstet
Flossie Thomas
Morton Place Club
Psi Iota Xi Hosts Sorority Party at Home
The Psi Iota Xi theater event Saturday honored new sorority members with luncheon at Miss Edth Keegan's home. Guests included Ruth Culbertson Katherine Bosson Edith Sellers Lucy Woodbridge Isabelle Broucher Ruby Buddenbaum and Lucile Talbot. Brookside club members elected officers: President Harbert R. Garaner Vice-president Lily Bowers Secretary Mrs. Carroll Treasurer Michael Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Psi Iota Xi
Edth Keegan
Ruth Culbertson
Katherine Bosson
Edith Sellers
Lucy Woodbridge
Isabelle Broucher
Ruby Buddenbaum
Lucile Talbot
Brookside Club
Harbert R. Garaner
Lily Bowers
Mrs. Carroll
Michael Walsh
Local Inter Nos Club Hosts Evening Program
Mrs Wagner will entertain the Inter Nos club on Wednesday. Mrs Sells Mrs Sutherland Mrs La Follette and Mrs Alexander will present the program numbers with an extra reading by Thomas Nixon Jr. Civic Responsibilities of Women was the subject of a paper at the Local Council of Jewish women meeting. Mrs Sam Henry gave current events and Mrs I Lewis led the general discussion. This was the first literary meeting of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Inter Nos Club
Sells
Sutherland
la Follette
Alexander
Thomas Nixon, Jr
Sam Henry
I. Lewis
Culture club host set at Holland home discussion
Mrs. George McGammon will host the Culture club on Thursday at 818 North New Jersey street Holland. The meeting will discuss Holland's queen and literature of Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McGammon
Culture Club
New Jersey
St. Holland
Holland
Catherine Merrill Club Plans Guest Day and Dances
The Catherine Merrill club observes a guest day on Saturday with Mrs. Charles Nebeker Thompson presenting The Graces of Bygone Leisure and Mrs. Merrill Graydon discussing Old Indianapolis. Phi Sigma Sorority hosts a dancing party December 26 at the Denison. Miss Auberta Friend will entertain Entertain Club members Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Merrill Club
Charles Nebeker Thompson
Merrill Graydon
Indianapolis
Phi Sigma Sorority
the Denison
Miss Auberta Friend
Century club to discuss banking and choir to perform
The Century club meets Tuesday evening with Louis B. Ewbank as secretary presenting Ancient and Modern Banking. The National Ladies quartet performs Friday evening at First Baptist Church with new songs and costumes titled The Federation of Flags. The group begins a tour next week, visiting New York for a month then the southern states, featuring Mildred Feasy, Hazel Smith Woodward, Maud Cunningham and Mrs. Rhea Hall Behymer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Club
Louis B. Ewbank
National Ladies’ Quartet
First Baptist Church
The
Federation of Flags
New York
South
Mildred fFeasy
Hazel Smith Woodward
Maud Cunningham
Rhea Hall Behymer
Miss Georgia Wysong to Wed Dr Raymond Henry Stinger
Miss Georgia Wysong and Dr. Raymond Henry Stinger plan a Wednesday noon wedding at the bride’s parents home Mr. and Mrs. George Wysong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Wysong
Raymond Henry Stinger
George Wysong
Hatpin attack injures Vanderpool and friends in Chicago
Frederick W. Vanderpool his wife and Charles Weber secretary of F F Weber Automobile were attacked by four women with hatpins on a Cot tage Grove car after a theater outing. Vanderpool lost sight in one eye and Mrs Vanderpool was stabbed. Weber’s face was lacerated. The assailants fled and remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Frederick W. Vanderpool
Michigan Ave
Charles Weber
F. F. Weber Automobile Company
Vanderpools
Weber
Cottage Grove
Vanderpool
Mrs. Vanderpool
Turn Down Demand Shocks Eastern Railroads and Switchmen
Negotiations between eastern railroads and the Switchmen's Union of North America near final failure. If neither side retreats before tonight, serious developments are anticipated affecting railroads east of Chicago and thousands of workers. Switchmen seek 6 cents hourly raise, eight hour day, overtime double pay, and time and a half on Sundays, while railroad managers refuse all demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switchmen's Union of North America
Chicago
Thursday Afternoon Club Sees Updated Meeting Host
The Thursday Afternoon club meets Thursday with Mrs Terhune at 2211 Talbot avenue replacing Mrs Totten who is in California. Mrs OBrien Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Terhune present a program on three topics Laertes Horatio and Review of Play with quotations from the play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terhune
Talbott Ave
Totten
California
Marriage of Miss Lovall and J Edward Heidner in Meridian Church
Miss Bertha Lovall and J Edward Heidner of Chicago will wed Wednesday at 5 30 PM in Meridian Street M E church. A Claypool dinner for the bridal party follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Lovall
J. Edward Heidner
Chicago
Meridian St. M. E
Claypool
Week of events highlights civic and political meetings
The Democratic national committee meets in French Lick Indiana to review city applications for the national convention. Secretary Taft departs Vladivostok for St. Petersburg on Tuesday then Germany before returning to the United States. Attorney General Bonaparte will preside over the National Municipal League convention in Providence with the American Civic Association meeting alongside. The Southern States Association of Commissioners of Agriculture convenes in Columbia District of Columbia for a three day session issuing an early cotton crop estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Vladivostok
St. Petersburg
Germany
United States
Bonaparte
National Municipal League
Providence
American Civic Association
Southern States’ Association of Commissioners of Agriculture
Columbia
D. C
Sunday Saloon Closures Led by Law and Order League
Printed warnings went to Chicago saloon keepers ordering Sunday closures. Sermons against Sunday tippling were delivered in churches and more actions are expected next Sunday as court measures are planned with vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Law and Order League
Captain Out of Danger After Kansas St. Louis Game
Captain of the Kansas University football team Carl Rouse is out of danger following an injury sustained in the game against St. Louis University on the preceding Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay United Press
ST. Louis
Carl Rouse
Kansas University
St. Louis University
Greek youth tied to Kingan stabbing arrest
Bicycle Officer Charles Golnisch spoke German and led to the arrest of George Ardelene, a 15 year old Greek boy, for stabbing John Bazis at Kingan's plant after a Friday fight between Greeks and Roumanians. Bazis was dangerously wounded and later at City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Golnisch
George Ardelene
John Bazis
Kingan’s
Kingan's
Bazis
Wilson
Golnisch
Guinisch
Ardelene
Sam
Joe Mihaie
Dan Posa
Bazils
From Coffee to Pos tum: Easier Healthful Habit Shift
The note promotes replacing coffee with Pos tum as a simple switch to healthier daily routines. It emphasizes ease of adoption and potential benefits from gradual habit change.
Girl Clerk Held Up By Bold Thief At Local Store
Miss Fannie Newman faced a revolver as a stranger demanded the cash register, took 15 dollars, and escaped while four clerks and two customers watched. Earlier, Adrian Babcock reported being robbed on Kentucky avenue near Chesapeake street, with 110 dollars taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Newman
S. West St
Miss Newman
Adrian Babcock
W. Morris Sr
Kentucky Ave
Chesapeake St
City Record Births Deaths Marriages and Permits
Births list couples with addresses and newborns including a girl and several boys. Deaths report multiple pneumonias and organic heart disease across several ages and streets. Marriages name eight couples. Building permits note J A Muller and Charles Northcot with dwelling values and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayme L. Pritchett
Blake-st
Alice Jane Phillips
Thomas J. Garrard
Arch-st
Alice May Barr
Randolph St
William Murphy
W. Washington St
Marie Roberts
Blackford St
Frank Kraeber
N. Haughst
Millard F. Kidd
Maud FE
Grant
Noah E. Sebree
Alice Plummer
Theodore A. West
Prudence Piper
Dewitt T. Kuerr
Dorothy Hartman
Emmet Myers
Grace B. Carpenter
Charles E. Mull
Cora
Freeman
Joseph R. Toon
Mary A. Rabourn
J A. Muller
Gladstone
Charles Northcot
LaSalle St
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Cooper
ECRU
Wright
Norfolk
New Brunswick
Otis Royal
Danbury Hat Co
Washington St
Butler Says
Sur
Lyman J. King
Divine Court
Mary Sullivan
Suemina Vajen Coleman
Cortel
Lieve
Panama Canal
Douglas
Traction Terminal
China
Miss Archer
Miss Thomas
Internos Club
Seri
Men’s Union
Buffalo, N. Y
Miss Lovall
George J. Mayer
Brenneke’s Academy
Mayer
Joseph R. Matthews
Madison
James Jacobs
Charles
F. {. White
Madison, Ind
Mattie FE. Coons
Crawfordsville
W. H. Morrison
Lot Lee
Rushville
Harry Carr
William Fletcher
Milton, O
Edward Payne
Charles Mauzey
Bessie Worle
Peru
Carrie Moon
M. D. Yontz
Huntington
Marshall Wright
Democratic National Committee
French Lick
Ind
Tum
L. S. Ayres & Co
Polk
Virginia
Kisg Laundry
Sony
Polk’s
E. Wash. St
S. Meridian
W. Washington
E. St. Clair
Delaware
Alabama
Indiana
Ave
Locery
BE. Court St
J Money
Wawiwy
Ae. E
N. Senate
Oliver-ave
Fannie New
William and
Bertha Klinge
Ringgold St
William A
Emma R. McDonald
Terrace-ave
Peter A
Josephine Hinds
Meridian St
Alfred F
Frances Harrison
Bradford Flats
Samuel S
Florence Simpson
Samuel B
Mildred Young
N. Temple-ave
William L
Bessie O’brien
Yandes-st
Perry
Neilie Jackson
Madison Square Garden
Menter
Pennsylvania Street
United Prensa
Ben Kimball
Nes
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