Leap Year Club 15 Formed in Chicago Stage Note
New Leap Year Club 15 formed by six leading ladies from The Stubborn Cinderella at Princess theatre Chicago. Members include Clare Noelke Beatrice Deskau Louise Adams Lee Shaw Pensee Boswell Edith Gilbert with charges to select eligible husbands from mercantile or artistic fields earning at least 2000 yearly. July 7 report notes club meetings and a pledge system.
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Cinderella
Princess Theatre
Cinderella Leap Year Club
Clare Noelke
Beatrice Deskau
Louise Adams
Lee Shaw
Pensee Boswell
Edith Gilbert
Noelke
Miss Deskau
Lot
Crystal's Big Show at the Crystal Theater
Manager Tom Hardie touts a crackerjack week with a varied, nonstop program. Mrs. Murphy Outdone by the Tieches delivers humor while Ames and Corbett dazzle in drum dancing. Edna Howard returns with If I Only Had a Home and Hughs & Co. present The Troubles of Farmer Bubbles. Moving pictures draw big crowds and please patrons.
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The
Crystal
Tom Hardie
Hardie
Broadway Vaudeville Bill Draws Large Crowds Last Night
Crowds at the Broadway theatre enjoyed a varied bill with Earl Hyman opening the program, Hugh McCornick and Co ventriloquism, and the Cowboy Quartet. Ralph C. Herz debuts at the Majestic in Chicago next week, with a versatile vaudeville slate, including the Piano Friends and acts by Claude Usher and Fannie Usher, Charlotte Townsend, Jack Wilson, and the Marte Family.
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Broadway Theatre
Earl Hyman
Owteot
Polly Primrose
Hugh McCornick & Co
Maxine Eliott
Lulu Glaser
Piano Priends
Claude
Fannie
Fagin
Charlotte Townsend and Company
Jack Wilson
Darktown
Orpheus Comedy Four
Marte
Bryan and the Democratic Convention A Liberal Challenge
The article argues that William Jennings Bryan shapes the convention by endorsing Mr. Bell as temporary chairman and accepting Judge Gray only as a concession to conservatives. It questions why Bryan, as the liberal leader, hesitates to leverage public opinion to push conservatives out and transform the party into a liberal force.
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Bryan
Mr. Bell
California
Bell
Southern Pacific Railway
Judge Gray
Neph ew Landis Arrest Linked to Mining Swindle
R R Landis, claiming kin to Judge Landis of Chicago and Fred Landis of this city, was arrested in Caliente Nev for obtaining money under false pretenses in a mining deal. Fred Landis denies the relationship. The case centers on stock sales in Eldorado Nevada Mining and Milling Company of Searchlight affecting Whittier residents.
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R. R. Landis
K. M. Landis
Chicago
Fred Landis
Los Angeles
Cal
Judge Landis
Standard Oil
Indiana
Caliente
Nev
Landis
Whittier
Eldorado Nevada Mining and Milling Company
Searchlight
Gustave Bohy
East
Bohy
Kistler Honored At Democratic National Convention
Senator Frank M. Kistler, a local delegate from Indiana, was placed on the committee on permanent organization led by chairman John W. Kern. Indiana figures Thomas Taggart, Abe Simmons, Charles Murphy, Perry McCarl, and Sig Kahn were named to related committees and notices.
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Frank M. Kistler
Denver
Committee On
John W. Kern
Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart
John }. Lamb
Terre Haute
Abe Simmons
Bluffton
Charles Murphy
Brookston
Perry “Mc. Carl
Paoli
Sig Kahn
Ligonier
Two More Accidents Injure Railroad Workers
Nelson Moore a railroad worker tried to explode a railroad torpedo with a rock. a fragment struck his leg causing injury. Harry Behmer of Linden Avenue suffered a slight injury from a premature powder explosion.
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Nelson Moore
Harry Behmer
Linden Avenue
Tragedy at Huntington Ends in Murder Suicide
C A Wells a former Wa b ash conductor and city resident murdered his divorced wife Miss Laura Price then killed himself Saturday night in Huntington. Wells had left the railroad after the divorce a year ago and had returned last week after a health-related absence.
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C. A. Wells
Wabash
Huntington
Wells
Laura Price
The
Denver Delegates Show Fresh Styles as Bryan Era Dawns
From Denver on July 7 1908 Brand Whitlock observes the Oklahoma delegation energizing the Democratic convention at the Brown Palace with frank talks on trusts currency and the constitution. He contrasts wild whiskers and diverse outfits with Chicago 1892 and ponders Bryan’s evolving stance and platform implications for labor capital and the race.
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Wall Street
Chicago
America
Brown Palace Hotel
Annex
Southwest
Bronco Busters
Brown Palace
Oklahoma
Bryan
LaFollette
Round House Team Defeats East Erd Stars 17 to 3
The Round House baseball team won a fast morning game from the East Erd Stars at Spencer Park with a 17 to 3 score. Lineup shows Round House players Lucy Pfaff Enders Bennett Knox Finding Shielie and others. Stars lineup includes Snyder Sample Carrigan Peterson Kennedy Michaels Wilson Hollering. The Round House scheduled to meet the Switchmen’s team at Spencer Park at 9 o’clock today.
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Round House
East
Erd Stars
Spencer Park
Lucy
Andy Pfaff
Phran
W. Pfaff
Enders
Bennett
Knox
Finding
Shielie
Snyder
Sample
Carrigan
Shultice
Peterson
Kennedy
Michaels
Wilson
Hollering
Advertised Letters Held at Logans Port Post Office
Post office lists undelivered letters for the week ending July 6 1908. Names include men Joe Forgy Perry Gardner Emmett Knight R R No 2 John Miller R R No 6 James Robertson Fred Sprawl R R No 10 Charles Williams and women Miss Bertha Cox Mrs Morel 21% Sixth Street Mrs Florence Rinker Miss Mary Reynolds Mrs Margaret Thompson 830 West Market. Call for letters within ten days or they go to Washington D C.
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Logans Port
Department
Washington, D. C
Joe Forgy
Perry Gardner
Emmett Knight
R. R
John Miller
James Robertson
Fred Sprawl
Charles Wiliams
Bertha Cox
Morel
Sixth Street
Florence Rinker
Mary Reynolds
Margaret Thompson
West Market
Eddie Gates Rampage Stuns City Patrol
Eddie Gates, head of the Suicide Club, armed with an old army musket, rampaged through the street yesterday. Patrolman Monigan stopped him after Gates shouted he was pursuing someone. This marks Gates fourth public appearance since threatening libel suit against a local newspaper.
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Eddie Gates
Suicide Club
Monigan
Eddie
Lmelight
The Reporter Available at Local Cigar Stores and News Stand
The Reporter can be purchased at Roy al Slave cigar store 411 Fourth Street Porters cigar store 324 Market Street and the Interurban news stand.
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Royal Slave Cigar Store
Fourth Street
Porter’s Cigar Store
Market Street
Happenings in Towns Across State Report Several Incidents
State flashes note a Princeton invalid killing a viper with a cane, a New port telephone manager missing, a Frankfort youth shot while dragging a shotgun, a Monon wreck injuring seven, Shelbyville rider breaking a collar bone, a South Bend man wounding Rose Agabita, Kokomo hosts the Letter Carriers meeting, Oakland City man may lose sight after a Fourth of July accident, New Albany woman attacked by jaybirds and taking refuge at home.
Cincinnati couple visits Hoffmans at Market Street
Mr and Mrs Martin Eichorn of Cincinnati were the guests of Mr and Mrs G W Hoffman at 1515 Market Street on Sunday lasting into the evening with hospitality noted.
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Martin Eichorn
Cincinnati
G. W. Hoffman
1515
Market Street
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Post
Elijah
Pontum Cereal Co., Limited
Battie Creek
Michigan
Broadway
Tre Goers
Allen
Majestic Theatre
Ralph C. Herz
Kistler
Oklanoma ME
Enliven
Whitlock
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Brand Whitlock
Gladstone
Gray
J. M. Johnston
P. M
Rampage
Rome
den and Tron Pumps
George Mills
Princeton
Cc. L. Jones
Independent Telephone Company
Newport
John Calhoun
Frankfort
Hammond
M. W. McNight
Shelbyville
John Sanegraito
South Bend
Rose Agabita
Indiana State Association of Letter Carriers
Kokomo
Russell Cliffors
Oakland City
Lottie Young
New Albany
Wolverean Company
Pittsburg
White & Son
Logansport
RUG Manufacturing GO
H. C. Schaefer
Northern Indiana Hospital
City National Bank
F. W. Terflinger
Longcliff
Cowboy
Hugh M’cormack & CO
Ethel Gilkey Master Earl Hyman
Kinetoscope
Paige
Cass County Loan CO
Stettiner
F. Murdock
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