Republicans Ready to Fight College League Rise
New York October 20 The National Republican College League has mobilized campaign activity across more than 300 institutions. J Henry Smythe Jr named traveling campaign manager with the Megaphone Man nickname to tour campuses. Alfred E Lunt, Harvard club president, became national campaign manager in 1904 and chief executive in 1908 at Indianapolis. He opened a Chicago bureau and later a New York bureau under the Republican National Committee. Lunt now serves as Beverly Massachusetts city solicitor and plans visits to New England and western colleges.
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New York
National Republican College League
Columbian University
Stimson
Bennet
New York State
J. Henry Symthe, Jr
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Symthe
Republican League
Ann Arbor
Mich
James Francis Burke
University of Michigean
League
Republican Party
Smythe
Republican Congressional Committee
Broadway
Alfred E. Lunt
Harvard Republican Club
Lunt
Indianapolis
Chicago
National College Republican
Republican National Committee
Beverly
Maso
New England
Ketchel Dies in Grand Rapids Funeral Held For Slain Champion
Stanley Ketchel, slain middleweight champion, is laid to rest in Grand Rapids with Elks Lodge conducting services. A dawn tribute at his Beaumont home preceded the church rites at St Adelbert's, with burial at Mt Calvary. Pallbearers include Ketchel's three brothers and three uncles.
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Grand ,Rapids
Mich
Stanley Ketchel
Elks Lodge
Fghter
Beaumont
St. Adelbert’s
National Republican College League grows past 300 colleges
New York Oct 20 Alfred E H Lunt presides over the National Republican College League with J Henry Smythe Jr as traveling manager. Since its 1892 birth the league now includes over 300 institutions. A fall campaign will arouse college men to interest in political administration of government. Prominent national politicians will address undergrads to promote discussion on political and economic questions.
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New York
Alfred EH. Lunt
National Republican College League
J. Henry Smythe Jr
Escaped patient leads chase through Indiana fields
William Crooks, an insane hospital patient in Logansport Indiana, escaped Wednesday night hatless and coatless and led pursuers in automobiles on a tireless pursuit. He dodged capture by fleeing across fields and, when cornered, swam the Eel River to reach the opposite bank before vanishing into the woods.
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Logansport
Inac
William Crooks
Eel River
Largest mortgage satisfaction filed for $3,000,000 loan
John Green trustee for Lawasson Ridge of New York filed the largest mortgage satisfaction in the county on Wednesday. The $3,000,000 loan was to the Jeffersonville Madison and Indianapolis railroad dated November 13, 1866, and was recorded in Jennings Scott Jackson Jefferson Floyd Bartholomew Johnson and Marion counties.
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Vernon
Ind
John Green
Lawasson Ridge
New York
Jeffersonville
Madison &Indianapolis
Jennings, Scott
Jackson
Jefferson
Floyd
Bartholomew
Johnson and Marien
Campaign Waxes Warm as Kern Grows Peppery
Rochester Indiana October 20 The campaign grows warmer as John W Kern attacks Senator Beveridge and defends his record. He criticizes income tax ship subsidy and tariff policy and argues a tariff commission would delay reductions for six years while beneficiaries wait. He favors cutting every tariff schedule that raises living costs.
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The
Sun
Rochester
Ind
John W. Kern
Beveridge
Kern
Tariff Commission
Commission
Salome dance sparks gossip at Westbury function
The inner guard of Westbury society colony on Long Island discussed a recent country-party function hosted by Mrs. Thomas Hastings. The event featured Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney as headliner, performing a Salome dance in an oriental costume formerly worn by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sparkling with jewels worth a king's ransom.
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New York
Old Westbury
L. I
Thomas Hastings
Country Place
Harry’ Payne Whitney
Man claims mind reading and hypnotic control unrests thoughts
Matthew Conway, 35, of Rock Island Jr., sought relief from mental condition in Columbus Indiana after telling Police Chief Cooper that people read his thoughts and voices spoke to him continually. He believes he was hypnotized without his knowledge and is unable to rest.
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the Sun
Columbus
Ind
Matthew Conway
Rock Island Jr
Cooper
Doe Saya
Steamer Moreland Pounded to Pieces on North Shore Rocks
Calumet Michigan October 20 The steamer Moreland pounds to pieces on rocks near Eagle River thirty miles north of here. She is loaded with ore. The crew has abandoned the ship and is safe on shore.
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Calumet, Mich
Moreland
Eagle River
Aged Woman Injured in Buggy Runaway at Washington
Miss Alne Burrows, an elderly resident of Washington Indiana, was thrown from a buggy during a runaway. She struck her head on a culvert sustaining a four inch scalp gash and is near death at her home.
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Washington, Ind
AlNe Burrows
Amusements Listing of Contemporary Theaters
The page previews current shows at Keith's Grand Park Majestic and Colonial Vaudeville. Acts include Murat The Jolly Bachelors with Stella Mahew and Lucy Weston, a lavish musical. Lion and the Mouse with a heart thrill. A Little Brother of the Rich satirical comedy. Emily Dodd in The Awakening of Lucille. The Sixth Commandment at English's. and Empire Burlesque.
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Murat
Stella’ Mahew
al Leach
Lucy Weston
Keith
Park
New York
Argine- Benton Stock Company
Emily Dodd and Company
Lucille
English
Empire
Jolly Bachelors uses two tons of scenery at Murat theater
Ninety three workers handle two tons of stage scenery for the last act of the Jolly Bachelors at Murat theater. The act features a huge three story red schoolhouse, a drop airship garage exterior, a full flight airship with wind from a forge blower, and a three deck steamship with a notable dining room, creating vivid, practical settings that overwhelm the stage and move audiences.
Miss Hoffmann to quit vaudeville for drama in 1910
Miss Gertrude Hoffmann plans a dramatic career after a farewell vaudeville tour to begin next year. She aims to be the Sarah Bernhardt of America, touring with Gertrude Hoffmanns Revue and engaging a new French work after Paris consultation.
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Gertrude Hoffmann
B. F. Keith
Grand Opera House
Paris
Keith
Actress at the Park Uses Gowns to Fit Role
Miss Rose Tapley stars as Shirley Rossmore in The Lion and the Mouse at the Park this week and emphasizes dressing to match the character. She explains choosing gowns to reflect the girl’s mentality and to enhance scenes, noting her aim is to look and feel real rather than just act. Tapley, from Massachusetts, has a varied stage background and paused theater for three years after marriage before returning in vaudeville, musical comedy, tragedy, farce, and stock.
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Rose Tapley
Shirley Rossmore
the Park
Miss Tapley
John Burkett Ryder
Octopus
Alf
Massachusetts
Richard Mansfield
Tomaise
Cwith
Benton Players Present A Tittle Brother of the Rich at Majestic
The Benton company stages a sharp social satire with Mary Hill as a married woman and Francis Joyner as the stage doorkeeper delivering standout turns. Rehearsals continue for next week’s laugh filled show My Friend From India, with Frank Jones in the lead comic role.
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Francis Joyner
India
Frank Jones
Eva Mull Dazzles In Empire Theater Week Itinerant
Miss Eva Mull, the soubrette from The World of Pleasure, an Indianapolis girl known for dashing stage presence and refined singing style, star of the Empire engagement this week. She previously led The Soul Kiss company to a hit and is being lined up for a major production next season. Married to Lewis Talbot, the company manager, the couple enjoys a reunion with relatives during the Indianapolis troupe’s stay.
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Eva Mull
Empire Theater
Indianapolis
Soul Kiss” Company
Mull
Lewis Talbot
Indian Summer Ends as Frost Follows Forecast
Princeton Indiana on October 20 reports weather prophet Elisha Jones predicting near frost after the warmest October day since 1903. The thermometer reached 88 degrees, the hottest since 1903's 90.
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Princeton
Ind
Elisha Jones
Manuel King of Portugal Seeks Money in England
Accompanied by Queen Amelie and his suite, Manuel deposed king of Portugal, shelters at Wood Norton England. Observers note Manuel lacks political power and may seek a wealthy American wife while his finances are strained. Amelie is described as ambitious and potential political maneuvers are hinted.
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Portugal
England
London
Amelie
Manuel
Wood Norton
Eversham
Worcestershire
Duke of Orleans
Carlos
Ment
Mann
Halloween Joker Shot by Citizen in Muncie Riot
In Muncie Indiana on October 20 an angry crowd of boys celebrating Halloween prematurely threw corn at William Rittenhouse’s house. Rittenhouse, 40, fired into the crowd wounding Robert Moylan 11 in the head and causing fatal injuries. Rittenhouse escaped.
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Muncie
Ind
William Rittenhouse
Robert Moylan
Rittenhouse
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