Former Service Women To Hold Meet In Chicago
World War veterans from Indiana and other states plan the third national convention of the Women’s Overseas Service League in Chicago June 14 to 17. Pershing invited. Drak hotel rallying point. events include memorial service for 163 women who died overseas and a Great Lakes Naval Station visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
United States
Women’s Overseas Service League
Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Pershing
Drake Hotel
John J. Pershing
K. M. Landis
American Legion
Great Lake Naval Station
Drake
Indianapolis
The
League
A. Grace Hawk
Helen C. Courtenay
Mary J. Horn
Mary Winks Russell
Adah E. Bush
Alice C. Bush
June Gray
Lefa Nida
A. Grace Hanwk
American Women’s Overseas League
Clubs & Meetings Parade in Irvington and Propylaeum
Beta Delphian meets Thursday morning at Irvington Methodist Episcopal Church with Mrs. Demarchus Brown leading on The Roman Family. Attendees include Mesdames Over Hall Reisser Kistner Schulmeyer Moore Gardner Oglesby Zinn. The Monday Club holds regu lar meeting May 28 at the Propylaeum with Corrine Welling of Butler University speaking on Joseph Hergesheimer and Mrs. R F Davidson singing. Alpha Gamma Phi sorority gathers at Miss Dorothy Cole's home 1534 Hoyt Ave. The Alvin C Hovey chapter of the WWWC will meet Monday afternoon at the G A R Hall to finalize Memorial day plans. Miss Dorothy Askins presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Delphian
Irvington Methodist Episcopal Church
Demarchus Brown
Mesdames Co. S
Jeanette Hall
S. C. Reisser
Nettie Kistner
F. W. Schulmeyer
Otto Moore
W. ©. Gardner
Tyler Oglesby
J. H. Zinn
Propylaeum
Corrine Welling
Butler University
Joseph Hergesheimer
R. F. Davidson
Alpha Gamma Phi Sorority
Dorothy Cole
Hoyt Ave
Alvin C. Hovey
The
Www. R. C
G. A. R. Hall
Dorothy Askins
Police and Firemen’s Ball Promoted by Bailey Talk
William T. Bai ley assistant city attorney spoke to the traffic department at police headquarters today about a policemen and firemen’s ball. Each officer received three tickets to sell with all proceeds funding new band instruments for the firemen and police bands. The ball is set for Casino Gardens on June 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Bailey
Casino Gardens
Martha Lears Advice on Steady Friends and Growing Up
A teenage correspondent asks how to handle a romance with a boy dating her chum. The adviser cautions against pursuing her friend's boyfriend and notes that early dating can force premature growth and limit future experiences. The reply emphasizes respecting friendships and the realities of teen relationships.
Letter From a Mother's Loving Reassurances to Alice
A mother's long letter to her daughter Alice discusses worry over Alice's upcoming voyage aboard the Mauretania and her plans to meet in Liverpool. She reflects on family bonds, Karl Whitney's dependable role, and the hope to spend a few days together in New York before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Mauretania
Karl Whitney
London
Karl
Jack
New York
Worries About Marriage and Child in Troubled Home
A wife, 28, asks about leaving her 10 year marriage to care for their young daughter as her husband shows anger and neglect, spends on a car, and avoids family duty. Advisor urges preserving home for child’s sake while appealing to husband through the child and modeling stability.
Dear Betsy Betsy seeks advice on a quarrel with a boy
The reader Betsy asks Miss Lees Tam for guidance after a five month relationship with an 18 year old boy ends in a quarrel. The adviser suggests writing a note to apologize and cautions Betsy not to take the romance too seriously at her age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lees Tam
Betsy
Engaged Girl's Troubles in Family Dinner Advice
The notice counsels a fiancée to handle jealousy from her future mother in law with care. It suggests inviting the fiancé only every other Sunday, accepting explanations without comment, and being especially thoughtful to ease tension. It notes not to let the issue prey on her mind and that the problem is not serious.
Dear Miss Lee I am an 18 year old girl in love
A reader writes about an 18 year old girl who fell for a nearly 18 year old boy who stopped asking her out. She asks how to show she cares and forgive. The reply suggests not seeking reconciliation and instead forgetting him as he does not want friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Lee
Bobby
Dear Martha Lee How to win friends as a 14 year old girl
In this guidance column a teen asks how to gain genuine friendship. The advice encourages generosity without being exploited, being interesting, sharing opinions, listening to others, staying sweet but not merely a servant, and not overreacting to perceived slights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Lee
Wedding and social notes from Indianapolis in 1923
At Tabernacle Presbyterian Church Miss Josephine Wood wed Russell Holler with Rev. Dunkel officiating. The bridal party wore gray twill and blue silk, with maid of honor Elizabeth Marsh of Evansville and best man Herbert Wood. Out-of-town guests from Evansville, Lakeland, and Chicago attended. A second item details a public benefit garden party hosted by the Indiana Republican Women's Club at Dr. Amelia Keller’s home, featuring dances, a fortune booth, and a musical program with proceeds to the Riley Memorial hospital fund. Additional items cover charity events, lectures, and club activities across Indianapolis with multiple hosts and participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Josephine Wood
John B. Wood
Russell Holler
J. Ambrose Dunkel
Elizabeth Marsh
Evansville
Aaron Ward
Hubert Rethmeier
Herbert Wood
Hope Bedford
Paul Matthews
Holler
E. Twenty-Fourth St
Harry B. Marsh
John E. Waldron
Active in Work of G. O. P. Club Women
Mrs. Everett C. Johnson part of musical program at Dr Amelia Keller home 515 Guilford Ave Thursday by the Republican Women's Club Olive Webber Bernice Addison all of New Palestina. Miss Helen Lyons a bride elect was guest at a shower at Miss Coyle 345 N Jefferson Ave gifts distributed by Junior Baker dressed as Cupid. Guests listed and hosts named. St Patrick's parish card party on Sunday. Indianapolis Lodge 257 L A B A R T card party Friday at Trainmen's Hall Mrs Mamie Baker in charge. Oxford College Alumnae luncheon honors Dr Eleanor M Adams discusses DAR memorial Caroline Scott Harrison. Adele Renard sketch on college girls 1830 1923 presented by Technical High School Girls Glee Club. Covers for forty. Officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Black
Parker Ave
Central W. C. T. U
Vivian Ealand
Bernies Addison
Bright St
Mesdames J. A. Cunningham
Zelphia Resener
Everett C. Johnson
Amelia Keller
Guilford Ave
Republican Women's Club
Helen Lyons
Kathleen McCarthy
Mildred Coyle
Miss Coyle
Jefferson Ave
Junior Baker
Miss McCarthy
Margaret Coyle
C. S. Baker
Philadelphia
Elizabeth McManus
Edith McMahon
Mae Hayes
Ethel Trimble
Theodor
Ianapolis Lodge No
Trainmen's Hall
E. Washington St
Mamie Baker
Oxford College
Spink Arms
Eleanor M. Adams
Caroline Scott Harrison
Oxford
Adele Renard
Technical High School Girls’ Glee Club
S. E. Perkins
Hose
Farmer Accused of Threatening Officers in Raid
Lieut Harley Jones testified that Henry Slick a farmer seven miles south on Madison Rd pointed a shotgun at Lieut William Cox Sheriff Snider and Federal Officer Robert Nielan during a raid Friday afternoon. Jones seized the weapon and officers report they seized a vial of poison from Slicks wife. Slick faces a charge of operating a blind tiger after discovery of fifteen gallons of mule and twelve pints of home brew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Jones
Ridge Delbert O. Wilmeth
Henry Slick
Madison Rd
Wiliam Cox
Snider
Robert Nielan
Slick Place
Jones
Slick
Insane Man Sought After Umbrella Incident
Police search for a man described as insane after he offered Mrs. E. F. Burns of 636 N. Dearborn St an umbrella and followed her into a streetcar. She fled to her home when the man persisted and gave chase, but the stranger had vanished before officers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Burns
N. Dearborn St
Pay Telephone Stolen From Pure Oil Station
A thief ripped a sheet iron panel from the Pure Oil filling station at Blake and Michigan Streets and stole the pay telephone. Patrolman Nay Rocker found the robbery in progress and halted the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake and
Michigan Sts
Nayrocker
YWCA Carry On Club Presents Comedy Thursday
The Carry On Club of the YWCA industrial department stages Fun on the Podunk Limited in Hollenbeck Hall on Thursday night. Cast includes Boggs family Ella Thorpe Josephine Johnson Etta Jacob Chinese man Hazel Burton Mrs High style Marie Schenck newsboy Lena Fortney Irish woman Grace Glidewell Mrs Studderly Eleanor Salmon suffragist Mabel Andrews Marguerite Blanche Andrews bride Mildred Weinland groom Marie Fehr fat man Goldie Martin Miss Prem Gladys Wiley woman with baby Anna Lemon grandma Emma Alexander gragpdpa Emma Stalker Mrs Herbly Patline Parks Mrs Deafiy Jessie Beam conductor Julia McHale. Proceeds go to the club conference fund. officers named Etta Jacob president Ethel Schwegman vice president Jessie Beam secretary Mildred Weinland treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carry On Club
Podunk Limited
Hollenbeck Hall
Boggs
Ella Thorpe
Josephine Johnson
Etta Jacob
Chiese
Hazel Burton
Highstyle
Marie Schenck
Newsboy
Lena Fortney
Grace Glidewell
Club notes reported May meetings and speakers
The Club Index and Independent Social record May gatherings with hostesses and program topics. Mrs. John Kindig and Mrs. P. H. Yant planned papers on Christ in Galilee and Raphael Transfiguration, while George Buck addressed Indianapolis Literary on Men and Things.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kindig
P. H. Yant
Galilee
E. E. Hamilton
Raphael
Indianapolis
Propyleaum
George Buck
Club
Y W C A Activities And Camp Outings Scheduled
The Treble Clef Club ends summer rehearsals with a Rockwood Camp picnic on Saturday June 9. Industrial federation clubs meet Monday at 7 p m at the Association building. The last spring trip ends Sunday with a gathering in Fairview Park at 3 p m. The Indianapolis group at the National Conference for Social Workers will visit Y W C A headquarters in New York City before returning home. Participants include Pearl Forsyth Gertrude Sykes May Belcher Katherine Kautz Lillian Painter. A health education council committee plans a June 2 3 Rockwood Camp weekend with Grace Spear Gladys Cline Pearl Leonard Ermina Moore Edna Ruth Wilson Lucile Newman Fertha Fields Mrs J E Hicks. Shortridge High School Girl Reserve officers named Sarah Elizabeth King president Sarah Julia Crooke vice president Frances Foster secretary Irma Askin treasurer. Frances Foster chosen delegate to Lake Winona summer conference July 7 August 6. A Tuesday hike was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation
Rockwood Camp
Industrial Federation
Association
Fairview Park
Indianapolis Association
Washington
New York City
Pearl Forsyth
Gertrude Sykes
May Belcher
Katherine Kautz
Lillian Painter
Students Council
Health Education Council
Grace Spear
Gladys Cline
Pearl Leonard
Ermina Moore
Edna Ruth Wilson
Lucile Newman
Fertha Fields
J. E. Hicks
Shortridge High School
Sarah Elizabeth King
Sarah Julia Crooke
Frances Foster
Irma Askin
Lake Winona
Music Recitals at Metropolitan School of Music Next Week
Public events feature two student recitals on May 28 and 29. Violin pupils under Miss Ella Schroeder and a Keller bench of actors perform in Tarkington play The Trysting Place. A Friday recital by Mrs. Sherman Davis and a college voice program with Ruth Benbow and others conclude the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan School of Music
Ella Schroeder
Frances Berk
Trysting Place
Booth Tarkington
Kenneth and Jean Welty
Louise Neshulam
Lawrence Prasuhn
Elmer Wright
Mabelle Schumaker
Joseph Coffin
Beatrice Johnson
Thelma Augestat
Frederick Steinhelser
Virginia Ballweg
Linden Howarth
Clarence Watters
Marjorie Devaney
June Sleanor Watson
Marguerite Billo
Octavia Green
Ruth Wood
Gladys Smead
Ray Moldy
Mary Jo Wood
Mildred Campbell
Lynn Cordes
Burt Longerich
Eddy Green
Mary KE. Wilhite
Victor G. Dannacher
Franklin Taylor
Miss Berk
J. B. Quigley
Mary McCord
Esther McCord
Addie Axline
Grace Avels
Marion Olive
Mabel Brganbright
Dorothy Bartholomew
Sarah Miller
Vivien Slagle
Geneva Cockerell
Olive Fay Cline
Helen
Sherman Davis
Teacher College
Ruth Benbow
Louise Jordan
Bernice Kessinger
Helen Pursal
Imogene Shelton
Kathryn Smith
Hazel Peters
Katherine Ziegler
Thief Breaks In Homes on Northwestern Avenue
A burglar unlocked the front door at 3132 Northwestern Ave and ransacked the house of Orville Harold. Harold reported a missing $5 fountain pen and a thief who ate a lunch of meat and eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Harold
Northwestern Ave
Harold
Carbid light theft reported near Shelby and Troy
Mrs. Gertrude Wiltsee reported a carbide light stolen from a bicycle at the corner of Shelby Street and Troy Avenue. Police note high demand for lights used to catch night crawlers for fishing season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Wiltsee
Prospect St
Shelby St
Troy Ave
Paris Memorial Day Service Highlights Graves Dedication
Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch of Indianapolis representing the American Legion will deliver two speeches at the Paris memorial ceremony for the consecration of 32 100 graves of Americans on foreign soil. Memorial tablets will be unveiled for each American division the American ambulance service the Lafayette flying corps and a Columbia statue. Myron T. Herrick the American ambassador will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton B. McCulloch
Indianapolis
American Legion
Paris
American Ambulance Service
Lafayette Flying Corps
Statute of Columbia
Myron T. Herrick
Road Improvements Planned By Times Special
Arrangements between Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company officials and the state highway commission aim to improve crossings on the National road at Dunreith and Straughn, two of the state’s most dangerous. A watchman will be stationed at the crossing and highway police assistance is assured by state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunreith
Ind
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
State Highway Commission
Straughn
Missouri Solon to Speak at Bethel A M E Church
Missouri congressman L C Dyer, author of the anti lynching bill, will be principal speaker at a meeting next Tuesday evening at Bethel A M E Church. The event is under the auspices of the NAACP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Dyer
Missouri
Bethel A. M. E
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Diamond Ring Theft Reported at Capitol Ave Home
James Turpin of 708 North Capitol Avenue told police a thief stole a $100 diamond ring from his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Turpin
Capitol Ave
Train collision injures couple in city crash
Mrs Adeline Hall waits at Methodist Hospital as her husband Frank Hall lies in serious condition at Deaconess Hospital after two train sections closed on an automobile at W Washington Street and the Belt Railroad Wednesday night. William Krieger and wife also injured. a revolver stolen from the car is missing, with police officer George Lowe pursuing the gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline Hall
Methodist Hospital
Frank Hall
Hall
Deaconess Hospital
Friends
W. Washington St
Wiliam Krieger
George Lowe
Krieger
Lowe
Mrs Bertha Mann Dies by Own Action After Quarrel
Mrs Bertha Mann 31 of 1558 W New York St committed death by own action Friday night after a quarrel a week earlier with husband Harry Mann. She drank poison at home after visiting her mother at 325 Cable St. Two physicians were called. She leaves behind a husband and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Mann
New York St
Harry Mann
Cable St
Mann
Civil War Veterans Seek Comrades Graves
Crawfordsville Indiana May 26 Veterans from the G A R appeal to locate seven graves for Memorial day services not to overlook any comrade. Relatives or friends are asked to help find the missing graves as part of the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timea
Crawfordsville
Ind
Advanced ideas raise taxes says banker in LaPorte
In LaPorte Indiana State Senator Holmes Gary banker urged trimming advanced ideas and cutting road building and education to lower taxes. He warned that if all wants are kept the fiddler must be paid. Police seek Sam Ballard 24 missing since Thursday. wife reports disappearance from 967 King Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Laporte
Ind
Holmes
Gary Banker
Addir
Chamber of Commerce
Sam Ballard
King Ave
Woman Takes Poison After Quarrel With Willie Lewis
Ethel Lewis, 19, consumed poison after a quarrel with her husband Willie Lewis of 931 North Senate Avenue. She was found and rushed to City Hospital where doctors reported her condition not serious. Police were informed she and her husband had not been at home for three nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Lewis
Senate Ave
Ethel
City Hospital
Arrest to Prevent Injury Sparks Dowell Man’s Detention
Railroad detective W E Watland arrested Dan O'Brien a 44 year old cripple of Dowell Illinois after fearing he would be injured. O'Brien was found in the Big Four yards at Brightwood on Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan O'Brien
Dowell
W. E. Watland
O'Brien
Brightwood
Hay mow fall injures farmer punctures lung
Anderson Indiana May 26 M E Kimmerling sixty year old farmer is hospitalized after falling from a hay mow while gathering eggs. A broken rib punctured his lung and caused injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
M. E. Kimmerling
Local Man Dies Aboard Train En Route to Michigan
Logan Ballard, 40, of French Lick, died while traveling from Chicago to Bay City, Michigan. His body was sent to Chicago. He is survived by his widow, three children, and his brother Ed Ballard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Lick
Ind
Chicago
Bay City
Mich
Logan Ballard
Ed Ballard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Overseas League
Indiana Overseas League
Wellesley
Purdue
Bill
Billy
Peggy
Tuns
Joseph Graves Hamilton
Leslie Prescott
Alice Hamilton
Indiana Republican Women's Club
Martha J. Stubbs
O. A. Hobbs
Mesdames R. E. Kennington
E. J. Robinson
Roy Pile
Taylor Gronninger
Luke Duffey
Clarence R. Martin
Harry Campbell
Otto Keller
Daniel Schaible
Robert Blazer
Lee Dodson
Theo Hewes
Eleanor
Lucia Wilde
Ernestine Walker
Jane Crabb
Senorita San Juan
Everett Johnson
James Ogden
Annamae Fee
Julia Belle Tutewller
James P. Goodrich
Jean McCormick
John Gardiner Wilson
Pearl Hughes
J. H. Donaldson
Clara Shank
Riley Memorial Hospital Fund
Hobbs
Tutewiler
Woman's Christian Missionary Society
H. A. Turney
Mary Kelly
China
South Gate Mission
Nantung
F. E. Smith
United Christian Missiionary Society
Tennessee
C. H. Greist
Earl B. Langes
American Association of University Women
Martha Dean
Earlham College
Frank Streightoff
Lange
Frank Hatfield
G. Quincy Dunlop
Everett Schofield
J. C. Moore
Evelyn Butler
Ruth Bemis
John R. White
Pearl Bemis
Washington Blvd
Thelma Edwards
Terre Haute
James A. Woodburn
Indiana, University
May Wright Sewall
Herron Art Institute
Girl's Classical School
Propylaeum Association
Council of Women
Women's Federation of Clubs
Institute
Sewall Memorial Committee
T. C. Day
Manual Training
Marjorie Clark
Dorothy Siling
Bess Sanders
Orient
Greece
Japan
Russia
Scotland
Ireland
G. O. P. Club
Olive Webber
Bernice Addison
New Palestina
St. Patrick's Parish
St. Patrick's Hall
Mrs. Everett C. Johnson
Farmer
Y.W.C.A Carry ON Club
Club Index
Independent Social
H. W. Tevebaugh
Roscoe Shultz
McEwen
Palestine
Y.W
L. L. Fellows
J. Martin Antrim
L. E. & W. Railroad
Indianapolis Board of Trade
R. W. Furnas Ice Cream Company
Tom Oidy
Fellows
Antrim
Carleton McCulloch
Legion
Mother OF Four
Indizington, D. C
Ipolis Times
N. Y. Ave
Wash
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!