Madison and Society Notes Highlight 1910 Events
A busy day of engagements and club news unfolds with pre-nuptial parties for Miss Hallie Mae Buchanan and Frank Bonham, a fresh Madison club season opening, a Zeta Theta meeting in Irvington, and various visits, engagements, and travel among Indianapolis social circles. The list includes honored guests, decorations, and planned charity bazaar details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Club
Asherman
W. P. Brown
North Alabama
Brown
Sallie Shannon
Alice Henderson
A. A. Young
Violet Moore
Hallie Mae Buchanan
Frank Alfred Bonham
Wes ° Tong
Moore
J. W. Roberts
C. O. West
Zeta
Kappa Alpha Theta Club
John M. Freeman
Irvington
Jean Kirlin
Augusta Stevenson
New York
Poverty Does Not Stop Elope to New York
Philadelphia Oct 3 A two year family fight over a romance ended as Lemuel Campbell 22 and Louise Reamer 21 eloped to New York and wed. Campbell’s well to do family opposed the match citing poverty of the bride who had worked as a downtown store salesgirl. The mother of the groom expressed shock at the marriage and disbelief at his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Lemuel C. Campbell
Campbell
Louise Reamer
New York
Miss Beamer
Missouri Twins 62 Court Twin Sisters 22
Plattsburg in Clinton county sees a romance as 62 year old twins David and Dallas Pogue court 22 year old twins Lula and Lela Brown. A local popularity contest backed by the Pogues propelled the Browns to victory and a banquet celebrated the double coupling, with engagement news anticipated for either pairing of twins.
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Missouri
Plattsburg
David
Dallas Pogue
Lula
Lela Brown
Mecca
Clinton County
Dallas
Pogue
Brown Twins
Pogue Twins
Denver Woman to Receive One Million From Elwood Estate
Mrs. Jessie Elwood Ray, wife of B. Frank Ray, will receive 1,000,000 in stocks and bonds from the estate of Col. Isaac Elwood of DeKalb W, with other Denver relatives reportedly not remembered. The estate, estimated at 10,000,000, largely goes to sons William and BH Perry Elwood, including ranch holdings in Texas and De Kalb county property. The daughters Harriet F. Mayo and Jessie Elwood Ray each inherit 1,000,000 in stocks and bonds.
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Denver
Colo
Jessie Elwood Ray
B. Frank Ray
Emerson Street
Col
Isaac Elwood
De.Kalb, W
Wire King
Col. Elwood
John W. Gates
Wire Trust
William Elwood
William
Perry Elwood
William L. Elwood
Texas
de Kalb County
Rendebrook Ranch
Harriet FE. Mayo
Watkins Refuses Western Ohio Pastorate Appointment
Bellefontaine Ohio October 3 Dr A S Watkins of Ada once the Prohibition party nominee for vice president has declined the central Ohio conference assignment to lead the Methodist church at West Liberty. He cites the salary as too low and plans to lecture instead.
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Watkins
Bellefontaine
A. S. Watkins
Ada
Prohibition Party
Central Ohio Conference
Methodist Church
West Liberty
Orphan Heiress Alleged in Davenport Home Case
Burlington report states six year old Viola Cain, orphaned daughter of William Cain, is heiress to 82,000 dollars from the 4 million dollar estate of her Madison Wisconsin great grand uncle W A Ogden. The child’s mother died years ago and she resides at the Davenport orphans home.
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Burlington, Ia
Little
Viola Cain
Davenport
William Cain
W. A. Ogden
Madison
Wis
Blanche Ring Defines Face as Fortune in Stage Art
Blanche Ring argues that a woman's face is her fortune with a flexible expression aiding her stage success. She analyzes songs and lyrics to match words with action, believing facial expressions are crucial alongside vocal tone. The crowd was large, with many turned away at the doors.
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Blanche Ring
Miss Ring
William’ Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Monkey Music Hall at Grand Promises Unique Night
Darwin's contentions will be substantiated as monkeys lead a full simian orchestra in A Night in a Monkey Music Hall at the Grand. The Meredith sisters return from Europe with pictorial songs while Ray Montgomery and the Healey sisters perform artistic dancing. Bert Howard and John T. Ray present The Ganzy Twins DeLion performs sleight of hand with billiard balls, and La Toy brothers offer comedy stunts with a European backdrop.
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Darwin
Meredith Sisters
Europe
Ray Montgomery
the Healey
Elsie
Wulff
Waldorff
Melodrama Winds Through The House on the Bluff
Duane Wagar, a leading character in The House on the Bluff company, defends melodrama as essential theater. He recalls past hits such as The Lights of London and The Ticket of Leave Man, notes popular taste swings, and predicts a future revival and renewed interest in melodramatic works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Wagar
The
London
Good Old Times
Capt. Swift
Nat Goodwin
Not Even Standing Room Says Actor in Play at Majestic
Frank Thomas of the Arvine-Benton company recalls Kirke La Schelle meeting an actor with a mourning band for his father. La Schelle expressed sympathy as the actor described attending to funeral arrangements, illustrating the actor’s evident grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Thomas
Arvine-Benton Players
Majestic Theater
Kirke la Schelle
Thomas
la Schelle
Rathskeller Trio at Colonial Promises Entertaining Vaudeville
The Rathskeller Trio, a piano driven vaudeville act, offers abundant song and laughter and is described as alluring. The Moulin Rouge Burlesquers at the Empire theater present two burlesques with fanmaker Joe Emerson and dancer Violette Dusette, promising clever humor and catchy songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathskeller
Moulin Rouge
Empire Theater
Cere
Joe Emerson
Violette Dusette
Polaire
Small Stature, Big Impact Among Great Leaders
A concise note observes that many renowned leaders across war, politics, art, and literature were of modest height. It cites ancient conquerors and Napoleon as examples, suggesting stature did not dictate greatness or success.
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Napoleon
Small Statues and Big Success Across Professions
The article notes many notable figures are short in stature yet achieve great deeds. It cites generals Grant McClellan Sheridan McKinley Funston actors Booth Barrett Otis Skinner Bates Post Shubert Brady and circus showman James A Bailey, all described as below average height yet influential in their fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen
Grant
McClellan
Napoleon
Phil Sheridan
President McKinley
Fred Funston
Philippines
Edwin Booth
Lawrence Barrett
Otis Skinner
Guy Bates Post
Shubert
Philip Morrorw
the Nigger
Lee Shubert
William A. Brady
James A. Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Matrimony After 50 Emphasized As Business Matter
Frederick Greenwood 73 of Norfolk Va expounds in Washington that Matrimony after 50 is a companionship agreement not romance. He argues a Benedict at 60 is prone to rocky times as he and Mrs Rena F Crowell of Northern Virginia wed as his second wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benedict
Frederick Greenwood
Norfolk
Rena F. Crowell
Virginia
Greenwood
Heir to 50,000 estate shocks Wisconsin farm worker
In Janesville Wisconsin on October 3 a farm laborer from Waco Texas named J C Chile, who had just lost his job, was notified by the death of his uncle W C Burrough that he is heir to an estate valued at $50,000. He immediately left to claim the property.
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Janesville
Wis
W. C. Burrough
Waco, Tex
J. C. Chile
Widow Papers Huff with Love Letters
Ottumwa Oct 3 A merry widow Mrs Rita May Dyke a telephone operator formerly of Ottumwa received 1001 marriage proposals. suitors wrote from north south east and west. she used the letters to paper walls ceilings roofing and chicken coop in a Love Letters Shack on her 160 acre bungalow site.
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Ottumwa
Rita ‘May Dyke
Married seventy years at Maiden Rock Wisconsin
Maiden Rock Wis Oct 3 Mr and Mrs Caspar Taylor marked their seventieth wedding anniversary. He is 90 she 58. Married in Pennsylvania they moved to Pierce county fifty nine years ago settling at Maiden Rock. They are the parents of eleven children ten of whom survive.
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Fern Todd
W. B. Pédlow
Eugene Arnold
West Thirtieth Street
Licklider
Thirtyfirst Street Baptist Church
Gladys Fee
H. Meeks
Miss Fee
Mrs. Pedlow
Riverside Park
Maiden Rock
Wis
Caspar Taylor
Sylvania
Pierce County
Taylor
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Marshall Tilton Levy
Charles Tuttle
George Edward Meyer
Jones ‘Fredrick Pierce
Edith Baker
Jessie Stake
Jane Frost
Lexington
Marguerite Cooper
E'S
Lars Hansen
Harrington Flats
Frank Gross
Miss le Gross
Gross
Katherine Janine
M. J. Holland
Southern Island
Snyder
East North Street
Eee Ayyman
Citty
Berlin
C. Naphy
Palestine
Woodruff Place
Franken
Ruth Helm
Michigan
Miss Helm
J. B. Cly
Mt. Mifort
Ind
Gertrude O'Connor
T. W. O’connor
Monti- Mol
Bt. Agnes’ Academy
Thomas Mehaffy
Marion
John Ruckelshaus
Sue Stuart
Madigan
Mrs
D. G. Stuart
Bachelor Club
Shortridge High School
Pres
Snd
George’ Buck
Csub
Lelia Scott
Indiana
Mmmige
Mary Iren Wilson
Treet
Petoskey, Mich
Henry
W. Buttolph and
Aittle
Richard
Gambier, C
Anna Herdergott
Richard Penn
St. Louis
John Aufderheide
South
Frank Skinner
Knightstown
Harriett ‘Berner
Peere
T. W. Brady
Thomas, Jr
Decatur
Mrs. Brady
Caroline Reeves Foulke
Willam Dudley Foulke
Richmond
John Francis Urie
United States Navy
Millie Keller
St. Paul
Minnesota
Elizabeth Morris
West
Vermont Streeet
Talbott Avenue
Miss May Berry
Propylaeum
Lucille Vail
Ft. Wayne
Metropolitan School of Music
Baxter
Mary A. Sims
George Sims
Bert Owens
Franklin
Dora Mooney
Greeley
Thomas Foley
Columbus, O
Ruth Ripley
Lebanon
Ethel Watkins
Tipton
E. D- Biece
Kansas City
John Walter
Boston
Miss Snyder
Taod
Amusements
Horlick
Beliwin Company
Pennsylvania St
Rathskeller Trio
Colonial
Empire
Styles the
Melin’s
de Witt
Castorla
Fletcher's
Duffy’s
Senate
Wash
Delaware
Ohio
Oilar Bros
Victor
Victors
Walscaner-Stewart Music CO
Pennsylvania Street
Florence
Vonnegut Hardware
Washington St
Polk’s Milk
Polk’Sci.‘ts
Matinee Daily
Keith
Chas. F. Hammond
Allen Atwell
Meredith
Howard & Ray
Elise, Wulff & Waldoff
Ray Montgomery & Healy Sisters
LA Toy Brothers Kinodrome
Arvine-Benton
Jim Milt
Royles
Resi Sieux Indias
Shubert Murat Theatre
Lew Fields
Frederic McKay
Blanchering
Yankee
Pee E
Bates Post
Hader's
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