First Presbyterian Church Observes 100th Anniversary
The First Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis marks its centennial with a "History Night" program. Dr. Mathias L. Haines, pastor emeritus, will discuss Looking Backward. city and church leaders send greetings as Rev. George W. Allison and others reflect on a century of faith and heritage. Early church documents and relics were displayed after the service.
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First Presbyterian Church
Mathias L. Haines
Indianapolis
Presbytery of
City
Church Federation of Indianapolis
George W. Allison
Irvington Christian Church
Louis Howland
C. H. Winders
Winders
Allison
Presbytery
Speaker lauds record of Union Traction Co
Anderson Indiana June 12 Ross Luellen safety engineer told the semi annual banquet of safety committees that if automobile drivers exercised as much care as Union Traction Co operators collisions on streets would be rare He noted the company crews will have four years of service and over thirty one and a half million miles traveled without a passenger death from a train accident He urged motorists to take greater precaution on city streets.
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Anderson
Ind
Union Traction Company of
Indiana
Ross Luellen
Luellen
Captain John David White Jr Born At Methodist Hospital
Police celebrate arrival of Captain John David White Jr weighing ten pounds at Methodist Hospital Monday night. Captain White shares joy, noting the baby will carry his name as officers cheer at roll call for the new addition and salute Captain White Sr.
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John David White
Police Headquarters
Sergeant Dean
Captain White
Methodist Hospital
John David White Jr
Captain White Jr
Captain White Sr
Interest in Home Flowers Grows in Indianapolis
The piece highlights rising local interest in home flower growing led by Miss Lorene Higgs at 1124 Hoefgen Street with her roses and gardens near the Higgs residence. Frank Morris of Funken gardens in Garfield Park annually donates extra plants to neighbors.
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Lorene Higgs
Higgs
Frank Morris
Funken
Garfield Park
Davis Bus Line
Kentucky Avenue
Biltmore Gardens
Washington Street
Worth Avenue
The Scudders Reviewed By Irving Bacheller Mirror Of Modern Society
Weekly book review captures Irving Bacheller’s The Scudders as a sharp, blunt mirror on modern life. Character Sock Potter guides the tale of the Scudder family with moral riffs and a village judge’s wit, framing parenting, home, church, and school as central to America’s identity.
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Irving Bacheller
Walter D. Hickman
Shakespeare
Bacheller
Socrates Potter
Pointview
Connecticut
Sock” Potter
Erastus Baker
Sock’ Potter
Sock
Scudder
America
Memoirs of the Russian Court and the Revolution
Anna Viroubova, confidante of the late Russian empress, writes her memoirs revealing private life, royal relations, Rasputin, and views on the revolution. The Macmillan Company will publish next fall, offering new light on the emperor, empress, Rasputin, Kerensky, and successors.
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Anna Viroubova
Russia
Macmillan Company
Rasputin
Kerensky
The Moderns and the Old Show In This Book
Random observations from a book describe the Scudder family as moderns with new manners. Cady Scudder promotes liberty and frankness for women, imagines truth over concealment, and treats life as a business, challenging religious life and marriage as a contract.
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Meaneas
House of Life
Scudders
Mose Scudder
Cady Scudder
Cady
The Scudders and the Home Life Reflections
A reader reflects on family life and humor in The Scudders noting ten children, no servant, and the era’s ministers. The review praises keen life observations and calls the story unmissable. A side note mentions a triplane claim as a high speed unrelated fact.
Rail employes seek 36 million pay boost across 35 railroads
United Press reports hearings before the U.S. railroad labor board on a petition by the maintenance of way workers seeking wage increases totaling 36 million dollars annually for about 100 000 employees on 35 railroads. Union leader F H Kljozdal argues debt and charity implications under the current scale.
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United Press
Chicago
F. H. Kljozdal
Maintenance Union
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Mack & Velmar
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Wecaia
Georg
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Hyman
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ED Shroder
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Maintenance of Way
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