Courtship of Berman Diplomat Captivates Louisville Society
Special to the Reporter. Louisville residents recall Miss Lillian Langham who married Baron von Sternburg the German ambassador. the couple met on a voyage, impressed the emperor William, and later lived in London before residency in Washington and Calcutta.
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Louisville
Baroness von Sternburg
United States
Heidelberg
Lillian Langham
Arthur G. Langham
the Provident Savings Assurance Society
Baron von Sternburg
Lillian
Violet
Ivy Langham
Barhee & Castleman Fire Insurance
Miss Langham
John B. Castleman
Fourth Avenue
Miss
Piatto
London
Calcutta
India
Jim
Opas
Washington
Arthur Langham
Vandalia agent Houck returns from Galveston Texas
Houck and his wife came back last evening from a two week stay in Galveston Texas. The Vandalia company sent him to Texas to study roads and conditions to better inform ticket sales. He reports one trip and notes locals there are doing fine.
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Vus
Houck
Vandalia
Wifey
Galveston
Texas
Lone Star State
Vandalia Company
Butte Romance Ends In Elopement Of Millionaire's Daughter
Miss Montana Largey, nineteen, daughter of a millionaire, loves Roy McDonald a poor Canadian Scot. Her father dies, he proposes, they wed in secret. A strange wedding trip involves circling Loston common in a cab with a “Just married” flag as friends cheer before the couple escapes.
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Butte
Mont
Montana Largey
Roy McDonald
Canada
Miss Largey
McDonald
Governor's daughter elopes to marry with help of janitor
Mabel Blanche Cutler, daughter of Utah Governor, ran away with Thomas Butler to Ogden after her father forbade the marriage. A Salt Lake City janitor, claiming to be a Mormon elder with the right to marry, intervened and offered to perform the ceremony when no clergyman could be found.
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Mabel Blanche Cutler
Utah
Thomas Butler
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Eider
The Columbia Stock Company Plays Golden Inn and The End
The Columbia Stock Company draws large crowds at the Nelson with Golden Inn and Diamond Dick without blood effects. Harry Scott’s Ma's New Husband debuts Wednesday with laughs from a grown man posing as a boy. The End features a duped young man who murders the adventuress and is staged Thursday at the Crystal.
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Columbia Stock Company
The
Nelson
Golden Inn
Harry Scott Company
Adventuress
Deadwood Dick
Novel Seance to Bright Lights in Broadway Violin Act
The Broadway theatre features Mr and Mrs Franklin Colby in a vaudeville program this week. The act begins with a black art seance and mystery, followed by a bright transformed set with novelty instruments. Fern and Mack deliver a clever singing and dancing turn with new songs and jokes. Mille Alma performs pleasing high class songs from her own compositions. Carl Hyman and the picture man add solid support, contributing to another high class Broadway show.
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Franklin Colby
Fern
Mack
Mille
Alma
Carl Hyman
Picture Man
Dale Read's Narrow Railroad Ordeal Endangers Young Traveler
Monticello Journal recounts Dale Read youngest son of J A Read veterinary who traveled with no ticket or money last week. A friend sent him from Winamac toward Logansport where conductors and intervening passengers helped him reach his uncle who lent money for the trip home. Dale faced repeated fare issues and nearly being put off at Star City Idaville and other points. The uncle later provided funds for the return trip.
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Monticello
Dale Read
J. A. Read
Dale
Winamac
Logansport
Star City
Idaville
Doc
Mormon Missionaries to Hold City Street Meetings This Fall
Mormon elders James A. Anderson of Laketon and Willard Homer of Hayden arranged with city authorities for street meetings this fall. Elders C. J. Sorensen J. W. Hunt Thomas Gardner W. M. Barrett G. E. Browning and G. W. Wabb were named as conductors.
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Salvation Army
James A. Anderson
Laketon
Utah
Willard Homer
Hayden
C. J. Sorensen
J. W. Hunt
Thomas Gardner
W. M. Barrett
G. E. Browning
G. W. Wabb
State News Flashes Brief Town Happenings
Noblesville man Kinley robbed of 132 dollars at a Buffalo hotel. Bascom postmaster appointment replaces J O Sheehan. Greeencastle resident Dyer arrested after multiple village assaults. County fair shares sold at Columbus for 100 dollar each. Franklin woman Layster killed by Big Four train. Elkhart woman Nicholson catches 30 inch silver eel in St Joseph River. Oxford butcher Gwinn dies by his own action swallowing carbolic acid. Noblesville workers strike for higher wages. Shelbyville man Edward Henry arrested for shooting a squirrel on Adams farm without a permit. Indianapolis electrician Ray fatally injured after train collision near Lawrenceburg.
Boston Tea Party depicted in Ark school display
The Ark shows images on the Boston Tea Party for city students and older residents. It depicts the tea sent by King George being dumped in Boston Harbor by dressed colonists, an act that helped spark the revolutionary war.
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the Ark
Boston
Boston Harbor
State fair set to feature record racing and a refined track
State fair officials announce from September 7 to closing day a busy racing program with purses totaling 21900 dollars. The redesigned mile track at the fair grounds aims for a balance of firmness and give to suit fast, safe racing as spectators expect top horses. Henry Grider of Silver Lake died when a large tree fell while he cut trees, the accident reported in the same notice.
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Taft
Chicago
Bryan
Denver
Fair Grounds
State Fair Grounds
Indiana Board
State Board of Agriculture
Henry Grider
Silver Lake
Youngest Confederate Soldier Identified as Col. Johnny Whallen
Gen Basil Duke credits Louisville Col Johnny Whallen as the youngest Confederate soldier serving three years from 1862 to 1865. He joined at age eleven, fought in Kentucky and Virginia campaigns, and earned the Daughters of the Confederacy cross of honor. Today he runs the Buckingham theatre and White City in Louisville and participates in Democratic politics.
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Johnny Whallen
Louisville
Whallen
Alexandria
Rier
Cincinnati
Confederacy
Kentucky
Fourth Kentucky Cavalry
Bart Jenkins
Virginia
Whalton
Jenkins
Basil Duke
Colonel Whalen
Buckingham
White City
Empire Circuit
Europe
Daughters of the Confederacy
Hair Tonic Promises Youthful Look For Ladies Of Society
A New York society women endorsed Old English Hair Tonic is advertised to prevent hair loss, stop dandruff, and strengthen roots for thick luxuriant growth. Wiser & Wise have secured agency in this city offering the same preparation used by Madame Melba and other noted figures.
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Mason
New York
Madame Melba
Levi P. Morton
C. H. P. Belmont
Barry Lehr
Wiser & Wise
Fashion as Weather Vane of Change in Public Life
A concise note observes how fashion signals shifts in culture and social norms. The piece treats clothing trends as a barometer of public mood, influencing style, identity, and political expressions across communities.
Mapl-Flake’s Wheat: Steam Cooked and Thin Flaked for Digestibility
Maple Flake promotes its wheat product as steam cooked for six hours then cured for days. Each berry is thinly flaked, baked 30 minutes at 400 degrees, claimed to be highly digestible as digestion juices access every particle. The ad argues lasting merit over trends and emphasizes wheat as the food of the ages.
Local anglers report surprising bass incident and catches
James Pendleton of the Y M C A said a large bass jumped into his rowboat on the Wabash near Dykeman springs last Sunday and fed three. Frank Vance caught eighteen bass on Eel river opposite Spencer park that Sunday, weighing one and a half to three pounds each.
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James Pendleton
Wabash
Dykeman's Springs
Frank Vance
Eel River
Spencer Park
Thomas McGraw Guest Of Friends In Town Visit
Thomas McGraw is hosted by local friends during a short visit to the area. He chats with residents and attends informal gatherings, enjoying hospitality and familiar faces among the community.
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Thomas McGraw
Prospects Bright for Republican Victory in District
Republican District Chairman Harry Rendel said prospects for a fall win are brighter than ever. Dr. Charles Good, Warren congressional candidate, is confident of victory and alleges Democrats are not backing Rauch as strongly as they should.
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Harry Rendel
Charles Good
Warren
Rauch
Bloomington Police Nab Three Italians in Quarry Raid
Bloomington authorities arrested three Italians accused of running a blind tiger at the stone quarries. The men were taken into custody as part of a crackdown on illegal saloon activity in the area.
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Bloomington
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Torrow
the Crystal
Francis Schwartz
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Bascom
J. O. Sheehan
Charles Dyer
Greeencastle
Columbus
Guilbert Layster
Franklin
Jacob Nicholson
Elkhart
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P. J. Gwinn
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Edward Henry
Shelbyville
Thomas Adams
W. E. Ray
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Confederate
John Morgan
Met
Meidke
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Tae Eees
Imr
Frank Colby Fern and Mackelle
Earl Hyman
Kinetoscope
Spencer Park Music
Broadway Street
George Bush
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