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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1901
Page
5
Indianapolis society shifts to charity as wardrobes and weddings slow the social season. Mrs Parry plans a series of charity entertainments at her large home, with proceeds benefiting churches and societies.
The late President Harrison, a devoted Bible student and Presbyterian, overheard a clerk in Indianapolis in 1881 doubting scripture. He sought the man out at his boardinghouse, offered a cordial chat, and gave a clear, masterful exposition of biblical basics in a private room.
R B Gruelle plans a major annual show at Lieber's gallery the week of Oct 28 featuring about 50 works mostly oil and water colors from summer on the Gloucester coast. The centerpiece is The Passing of Day a large oil depicting a fading sunset over rock and sea.
Indiana attorney general seeks heirs of Henry Clay a colored hod carrier who left Indianapolis thirty years ago and died on a Rush county farm near Arlington He owned a forty acre tract between Jack Gowdy and George Mull plus houses in Indianapolis and cash once over 500 Heirs from Maysville and Taylorsville claim kinship but no identification has been trusted by the state
A man pasting a sign at a large house on N Liberty Street faced a sudden reaction when he saw a sign posted on a high board fence. The back yard was fully enclosed. The incident occurred Monday.
A man nervously peeks over a fence and spots a fe rocious three inch Scotch terrier described as a wolfish brute. The creature is small yet feared by onlookers, with vivid, bloodthirsty impressions noted in the passage.
Capt W Gilchrist of Alpena Michigan rushed from New York after a cable said his sister traveling with his daughter in Europe was seriously ill. He sailed on the Umbria to reach them but found no clear source for the dispatch and suspects a practical joke. He would meet the joker in a secluded alley.
Robert Hancock, a newsboy, was hit by a street car at Illinois and Georgia streets Monday evening. One foot was mashed and he was taken by ambulance to his home in Norwood-at-home.
A Washington DC article details how retailers tolerate returns and exchanges as part of customer service. It notes costly drapery, fitting rooms, and glove losses, with stories of a woman who seeks refunds after opening or altering items and merchants aiming to keep shoppers satisfied.
Amaryllis and Frivole clash over being learned versus frivolous as Frivole asks how to charm Mr. Van Schalk. Amaryllis advises studying Dolly Madison, while Frivole tries vanity and temperament to win favor. Van Schalk visits, awakens Frivole from study, and departs shaken by the encounter.
Charity organization society opens new headquarters at 36 N Delawarest. Leon O Bailey returns from New York to vote and serves as general counsel for a development firm. Jessie Logan, jailed at E Court St resort, ingested chloroform but was saved by Dr Gray at the dispensary. State board urges churches to observe Prison Sunday October 27 with sermons on reform. Gen Harrison’s regiment Seventieth Indiana reunion begins at Greenwood Tuesday evening with addresses by John and A H Graham.
The coming carnival will showcase Herr Grenada and his wife performing an elephant illusion on the courthouse plaza with no safety balance, relying on a trunk-like pole. Carnival leaders warn against fake attractions and promise high quality displays, including a growing flower parade with buckboards, ornate carriages, and large floral pieces organized by the T. P. A. and Indianapolis light artillery. Flowers will be sold at 2.50 per hundred from H. T. Hearsey carriage house, with director Mr. Gorman advising daily at set hours.
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