Fiddling Reunion and State Fair Acts at Broad Ripple Park
A lively Broad Ripple park program features Helen Van Buren and the Lady Buccaneers at the Empire Theater during State Fair Week. Riverside beach displays include Jimmie Bedwell’s balloon ascension and a variety of shows. Sunday’s fiddlers contest offers prizes of 10, 7, and 5 gold for best fiddler, second, and best duet, with rules and a 2 PM start. A fiddlers’ parade led by Quinto’s Royal Concert band follows, recalling old-time tunes and memory of bygone days.
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Helen van Buren
Empire Theater
Riverside Beach
Jimmie Bedwell
Broad Ripple Park
Quinto
Royal Concert Band
New York City
Pap
Wonderland's Last Week at Hoosier Capital Park
One more week remains of summer at Wonderland park the playground of the Hoosier Capital. For state fair visitors the Airdome offers A Birthday Surprise a comedy with music and chorus. The cast is large including Eleanore Le Croix Flaig and Edmun Flaig with George Peltier Cecil Summers Tom Arnold Helen Maur Corrinne Bain and Clara Louise Canaan plus a big chorus and varied costumes. Fireworks displays will light the Flatiron building top on Tuesday and Thursday nights. The park remains a favored stop near downtown Indianapolis with easy car access every three minutes.
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Wonderland Park
Hoosier Capital
Airdome
Eleanore le Croix Flaig
Margaret of the Ellisses
Wonderland
Wicks
Indianapoli
Prince of Wales to visit South Africa and open parliament
London reports the Prince of Wales has agreed to visit South Africa to inaugurate the newly proclaimed Union Parliament on May 31. A possible royal tour may include Victoria Falls on the Zambesi, with the princess possibly accompanying him and a distinguished staff in attendance.
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London
Prince of Wales
South Africa
Victoria Falls
Zambesi
Diate Fair 10 Open In Full On Labor Day
Secretary Downing moves the state fair headquarters to the grounds for Labor Day opening with hundreds of exhibitors ar ranging. The State Board of Agriculture oversees exhibits as preparations continue. Monday features include airship flights, band concerts, vaudeville, and a parade of livestock. Hedgewood Boy and Lady Maude will attempt to lower their pacing world record at 3 p.m. Monday. Tuesday is children and old soldiers day with free admission. Thursday and Friday feature pacing mares and stallions records respectively.
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State Board of Agriculture
Fair Management
Bumbaugh
Naticsilo
Hedgewood Boy
Lady Maude
Grand Rapids
Natiello
Indianapolis
Madam Maronette
A. G. Lupton
Lupton
Hartford City
Mr. Lupton
Isle of Spice comes to Park for three days
The Isle of Spice, a piquant musical, runs at the Park theater Monday Tuesday and Wednesday September 13 14 16. New costumes scenery and effects headline a celebrated cast and top chorus. Critics praise its lively numbers and popular appeal with a modern ensemble replacing older chorus members.
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Park Theater
Old Man from California Seeks Sister in New Jersey
Michael McDonald 70, long settled in California, arrived in Orange New Jersey seeking a sister he left behind in Orange 18 years ago who ran a small grocery. He hopes to share part of his fortune and asks police help to locate her. He will stay at 45 Whitehall Street Manhattan for a few weeks if not found.
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New York
Michael McDonald
California
Orange
N. J
McDonald
Whitehall Street
Manhattan
Postal workers open convention in Atlantic City
The tenth annual convention of the United National Association of Postoffice Clerks begins Labor Day at Hotel Lesworth Atlantic City. Clerks from every state attend in a bid to discuss postal system welfare and clerical conditions with potential addresses from Postmaster General Hitchcock and others. The national membership nears 35 000, with focus on life insurance features and a civil service retirement bill. Local delegates included George T. Cortelyou W. T. Richardson and Arthur C. Hiatt of Indianapolis post office.
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United National Association of Postoffice Clerks
Hotel Lesworth
Atlantic City
Messares
Uncle Sam
Hitchcock
Grandfield
Washington
Birmingham
Ala
Nfe
Witt Birmingham
George T. Cortelyou
W. T. Richardson
Arthur C. Hiatt
Indianapolis
French fury over US tariff on champagne imports
Paris reports French trade red faced by US tariff hikes. Exports to the United States will rise from about 9,675 to roughly 4,000,000 dollars. Wine duties jump from two to over four dollars per bottle with spirits and liqueurs rising to about 2.60 dollars. Chambers of Commerce urge action though options seem limited. France could retaliate with a general tariff, risking further penalties.
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Paris
United States
Chambers of Commerce
America
France
Millennium Drawing Near Declares Elder in Newark
In Newark New Jersey on September 4 the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and the Brooklyn Tabernacle Society, about forty believers, met in the Masonic temple. Elder George Scott of Elizabeth presided as he argued that daily life shows the millennial hour is near and that five years hence a great fire will sweep the earth signaling the new order.
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Newark
N. J
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
Brooklyn Waebernacle Society
Masonic Temple
George Scott
Elizabeth
Hatpin hazards in Paris prompt Lepine to seek limits
Paris Sept 4 The Paris police director Monsieur Lepine faces a problem from longer hatpins as hats grow larger. Pedestrians and passengers on omnibuses have been stabbed or blinded by these weapons. He contemplates a new law to limit pin length or conceal their dangerous tips.
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Paris
Monsieur Lepine
Move to Spokane heads Anderson families
George Hettle and Dr. W J Stapish with their families departed Anderson Indiana on September 4 to settle in Spokane Washington. Dr Stapish and Mr Hettle will start a business in that city.
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Anderson
Ind
George Hettle
W. J. Stapish
Spokane
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