Miss Katherine Peters Hosts Linen Shower for Bride
Miss Katherine Peters entertained a large group of friends on Monday evening at her West Eighteenth street home to honor Miss Crucie Hoar as she prepares to marry Harry P. Liewell on Wednesday. The party featured red heart decor, a fruit pyramid centerpiece, and red domed canopies with hanging hearts.
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Katherine Peters
West Eighteenth Street
Crucie Hoar
Harry P. Liewell
Miss Peters
Fred C. Peters
Nelle Higgins
Lura Turner
Lenaeis
Ethel Rosemeyer
Jona Morganson
Strude Fisher
Lula Walters
Daisy
Efe. Landarmi
Edna Maurer
5. E. Lewis
Reesen Sanders
Otto Kalff
Roy Mitchell
Matiel Smith
John Hoar
Women adopt simple caps as Paris fad spreads to New York
New York readers learn French fashion now favors dainty night and daytime caps over heavy remedies like rats and puffs. Caps protect natural hair and suit Wrapped styles, with night and automobile versions rolling up for travel. Theater caps and morning caps remain expensive, while home sewers will cut costs.
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New York
Paris
America
Rats Trigger Midnight Bell Signals In Portland Bar
In Portland Oregon mysterious bell ringing at a saloon led Special Policeman Fitzsimmons to rats gnawing insulation and turning on gas previously at Kantong restaurant. The same rodents chewed wires linking the main bar to a side grill where twelve signal buttons feed a bar indicator. No further details available.
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Portland
Ore
R. B. Pomeroy
Fitzsimmons
Kantong
Washington Street
Wile Fitzsimmons
Woman Hostess to Villagers at Narragansett Pier Dance
New York news reports Mrs. John H. Hanan of Narragansett Pier hosted an annual dance drawing more than 1000 villagers from adjacent hamlets. Guests mingled freely as her nephew led the march amid notes of aristocratic style and a later reference to her involvement in a Narragansett club gambling raid.
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New York
John H. Hanan
Narragansett Pier
Babe Given Away By Careless Governess
New York report says Nellie Walsh entrusted her baby to a stranger after a daytime caregiver sheltered a homeless woman. A man with a peaked cap took the child at Forty-second Street near Broadway, and Mrs. Wilcox vanished with the infant, leaving the worried mother to search hospitals and the morgue.
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New York
Nellie Walsh
West Forty-second Street
China Bans Opium Cultivation in Manchuria
Washington report notes the imperial government prohibited poppy growing in Manchuria’s Heilung Chang and Kirin provinces. Only a few fields remain, tucked away, with thousands previously grown. Fewer opium dens have appeared and there are more requests for help quitting the habit.
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Washington
Manchuria
Heilung Chang
Kirin
Greene
Harbin
Humble Theatre Dives Into West's Laughs At Mural Week
The Mural hosts Hi Holler's new laughs in Way Down East with Daniel Roach Grace Hopkins and John R. Armstrong delivering strong turns. The village choir delights the audience, while Colonial's Happy Jack Gardner acts and Skeet Gallagher impress, as Arvine Benton players present Puddin Head Wilson style drama at Majestic.
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Hi Holler
Daniel Roach
Grace Hopkins
Anna Moore
Phoebe Davis
Miss Hopkins
John R. Armstrong
Squire Bartlett
Warren Cook
Prof
Sterling
Mark Twain
Piney Ridge
Majestic
Arvine-Benton
Puddin’ Head Wilson
Puddin
Wilson
George Arvine
Louise Dunbar
Indianapolis Keith Vaudeville Opens With Riots Of Laughter
A bill opening the Keith season in Indianapolis delighted the audience Monday. Musical Foolishness by Taylor Kranz man and White drew riotous laughter with clever songs and dances. Arturo Bernardi amazed with rapid two character changes and impersonations of famous composers. Zerbo the clown and his dogs won audience affection, while Ernest Scharff played many instruments in one act. The Robert DeMont trio and Racketts offered energetic performances as J K Murray and Clara Lane staged a musical comedy A Quiet Honeymoon.
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Keith
Indianapolis
Taylor
Kranzman
White
Arturo Bernardi
Wagner
Gounod
Mascagal
Liszt
Meyerbeer
Verdi
Sousa
Zerbo
Wang
Ernest Scharff
Robert DeMont
Richard Nadrage
J. K. Murray
Clara Lane
Superba Returns to Park Theater for Week Crowd Pleasers
The Park Theater welcomes Superba with trap doors and colorful entrances. The act features Pice the clown played by Robert Rosaire, Rosalie and Phil Doreto’s acrobatics, and juggling by Leo J. Klein as Sponge McGuffin. Chorus girls provide standalone musical moments enhancing the show.
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Superba
Park Theater
Robert Rosaire
Pice
Rosalie
Phil Doreto
Leo J. Klein
Sponge McGuffin
Klein
Notable burlesque review of Yankee Doodle Girls at Empire
The Yankee Doodle Girls burlesque at the Empire theater captivates audiences with a well balanced cast. Harry Sevon shines as a comedian in An Irish Devil while the Pullman sleeper car burlesque adds novelty. The show is witty from start to finish with a large chorus of pretty girls.
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Empire Theater
Harry Sevon
Germans Displeased in African Empire Berlin
In Berlin Sept 13 editors and colonial founder warn that residents of German Southwest Africa feel discontented with German rule. They say colonists consider abandoning the flag for the British South African Federation, citing bureaucratic officials alien to colonial life.
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Berlin
Maximiliain Harden
Die Zukunft
Carl Peters
Germany
Africa
United States
Argentina
Woman seeks 25009 dollars for broken engagement
Miss Ethel McKee, a Kansas City stenographer, sues Prof. C. H. Crane for breach of promise to marry after seven years of engagement. She states her heart was broken when he married Ruby Macy, a student in his Ottawa college, last Christmas, a secret until June.
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Kansas City
Ethel McIkee
C. H. Crane
Ottawa Business College
Ottawa
Kan
Ocean gold reality surprises Paris scholars
Paris reports a scientists claim oceans hold vast gold and silver in seawater. Alphonse Berger estimates about fifty milligrams of gold per ton of sea water, enough for each of 1.5 billion people to gain twenty four million dollars. He notes ten milligrams of silver per ton and sixteen grams of salt per pound of seawater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Alphonse Berger
Oceanographic Institute
America
McCallen Withdraws From Tennessee Governor Race
Seth McCallen known as Col. Dick Maple, socialist nominee for Tennessee governor, withdrew from the race on Monday citing his ability to serve the socialist party better as an editor than as a candidate. He indicated his decision to leave the race reflects a belief he can contribute more effectively from the editorial side.
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Nashville
Tenn
Socialist Party of Tennessee
Seth McCallen
Dick Maple
Tennessee
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Chicago
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Marlowe Avenue
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London
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Sali
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Friends
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Lafontaine
RB. B. Morris
Grand Rapids, Mich
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Denver, Colo
Anderson
R. P. Algeo
North Arsenal Avenue
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Oxford
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Western Seminary
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Pittsburg
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Europe
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Denver
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Miss Crawford
Detroit, Mich
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R. B. Norris
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Greensburg, Pa
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Anna Barbour
Bloomington
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Sophia Schenkel
Miss Priest
Rushville
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Alvin Scholl
Pennville, Ind
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Anderson, Ind
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Crawfordsville, Ind
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Flaherty
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Detroit
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Andersson
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French Lick
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Russell Schoelch
Phdibyville, Ind
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David Keay
Franklin, Ind
Frank Peterson
Urbana
James Turner
Bluffton
John Turner
Baby
Newcastle
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Kenwood Avenue
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Buffalo
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Rantoul, DL
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Los Angeles
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Rushville, Ind
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Pew
Love
Jack Hawkins and Company
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Mandle
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Arvine-Benton Players
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
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Woato’s
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Scientist of Paris
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