Fair 16 Set For Kindergarten Fair
The annual fair to support free kindergartens in Indianapolis will feature booths styled as house rooms. Highlights include a library with books and covers, a dining room candy area, a kitchen with baked goods, bedroom and bathroom merchandise, a nursery with Miss Dolly and relatives, a schoolroom display, and a sewing room with handmade items. Open Friday evening with vaudeville, and Saturday offers a children's party directed by Miss Edith Waehstetter and Miss Grace purse, plus dancing and games for younger attendees. Tickets at the door or the college.
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Teachers’ College of Indianapolis
William N. Jackson Memorial
Alabama
Twenty-third Streets
Dolly
Edith Waehstetter
Grace Purse
William N. Jackson
Silk Goods Sale Highlights Two Dozen Grand Bargains
A December sale offers wide silk selections with 65c to 75c yard values. Plain bengalines, chameleon bengalines, dotted mousseline, foulards, crepe de chine, satin messalines, satin peau de cygne, fo ulards andPersians, and striped Persian silk fabrics feature deep discounts on 18 to 28 inch widths and multiple colors.
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Copenhagen
Reseda
December Silk Sale expands with $25,000 in special buys
The December Silk Sale grows year by year with a waiting list of importers. Ayresword reports a $25,000 stock of imported robes and silks offered at deep discounts, including white embroidered robes, black lace trimmed muslins, Latin foulards, and novelty taffetas, all priced well below regular tags.
Ever-Favored Silks Reduced Prices On Varied Fabrics
Auction of silk fabrics lists Princess Satins in colorways at 1.19 per yard, silk poplins at 0.79, chiffon poplins also 0.79, satin jersey 0.69, and moire velour 0.98. Files show yard wide goods in multiple shades, boasting high value and broad selection for gowns and waists.
Objection to Special Judge Myers Over Ella B. Smith Case
In Superior Court No 5 on Tuesday morning the Ella B. Smith and John P. Collins case saw an objection to Special Judge David A Myers taking the bench. The plaintiff argued Myers lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter and person, highlighting a protracted legal battle in a complex suit.
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Superior Court No. 5
Ella B. Smith
John P. Collins
David A. Myers
Myers
Merchant Barakat Files Voluntary Bankruptcy in Jasonville
George E. Barakat, a Jasonville merchant, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court on Tuesday. His listed assets amount to 947 dollars with liabilities of 1,930.86 dollars.
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George E. Barakat
Jasonville
Benton Chosen Superintendent
Terre Haute school board selects George W. Benton of Indianapolis as Terre Haute Schools superintendent. Benton, formerly Short Ridge principal and past Indiana teachers association president, is in town representing a school book firm and has not indicated acceptance.
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Terre Haute
Shortridge
Ind
George W. Benton
Indianapolis
Benton
Shortridge High School
Indiana Teachers’ Association
Woman in Jail Delivery Charged in County Breakout
Rosa Olsen of 2320 Yandes Street was arrested by Detectives Manning and Simon and Deputy Sheriff Portteus on Tuesday on charges of aiding prisoners to escape from the county jail. The arrest follows the recent jail delivery in which three prisoners escaped.
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Oliver James
James
Marcquette
Olsen
Rosa Olsen
Yandes Street
Manning and
Simon
Theodore Portteus
Pris
Shank to preside at City Hall rites
A committee appointed by Mayor Shank to plan the opening of the new city hall met at the Commercial club and asked Shank to preside at afternoon and evening sessions. Six living speakers were invited to speak and the committee will inspect the city hall Thursday for decorations. The council may appropriate 500 for the purpose, with another committee meeting after Monday night’s council session when the appropriation ordinance is expected to pass.
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Shank
Cial Club
Mayor Shank
Scott Leads British Antarctic Expedition Southward
Great Scott. Port Chalmers New Zealand November 29 British Antarctic expedition under Captain Scott sails southward from port Tuesday with the ship moving toward the Antarctic.
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Port Chalmers
New Zealand
Scott
Custody at Center of Hackney Divorce Suit
Nellie M Hackney sues Oliver Hackney for divorce in superior court No 3 charging abuse and threats. He counters that she abuses the child now three months old. Custody dispute centers on the 6 month old. The child is with Oliver at 510 West New York Street amid disputed removals from Robert Reese home.
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Nellie M
Oliver Hackney
Hackney
West New York Street
Robert Reese
West Bay Street
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Teachers’ College
Paris
L. S Ayres
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