Wabash Mission Closes After Five Cent Theatre Trouble
In Wabash Indiana on March 2 Rev J D Reynolds closed his downtown city mission after failing to draw crowds. He cited competition from five cent theatres and concurrent church revivals drawing away potential congregants. Reynolds had opened on Miami Street between Market and Canal but concluded entertainment and worship must both be offered to attract the public.
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Wabash
Ind
J. D. Reynolds
Reynolds
City Mission
L. T. Rice
Miami Street
Market
Canal Streets
Salvation Army
The Hut ton Bailey Stock Company Arrives at Dowling
The Dowling theatre presents the Hut ton Bailey Stock company for this week with daily matinees except Thursday. Tonight March 2 they open with A Russian Nihilist. The company, praised as first class, offers new plays, lavish staging, and continuous performances with specialties between acts. Claudia Swihart will sing illustrated songs.
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Dowling Theatre
Hutton-Bailey Stock Company
Hutton-Bailey
Advertised Letters at Logansport Post Office March 2 1908
List of letters remaining at the Logansport post office for the week ending March 2 1908. Named men and women must call within ten days or their mail is sent to the dead letter office in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logans Port
Department
Washington, D. C
L. C. Bowen
E. J. Haas
Howard Hutchison
Bates
Thomas Kellar
Toledo
L. D. Jaterrette
R. R
Sharley Lee
Erie
Minnie Knight
Anna May
Yetta Miller
Fannie Molique
Maggie Spesom
Frank Taylor
Wen
J. M Johnston
P. M
Hadley Suit Seeks Land Gift From Temperance Union
Mrs Martha Jane C Hadley widow of Addison Hadley sues the Woman s Christian Temperance Union of Indiana to recover 327 acres of land given by her husband for a girls school at Hadley Indiana. The agreement was not carried out and she bases her suit on the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Jane C. Hadley
Addison Hadley
J. C. Hadley
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
Indiana
Hadley
Ind
Nelson Theatre to Show Pictures and Songs All Week
The Nelson theatre will continue legitimate drama alongside motion pictures and illustrated songs. Pictures and songs will be shown daily this week at 2 30 and 8 p m starting this afternoon, using a new picture machine for the latest reels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Theatre
Burlesque acts praised over musical comedy at Dowling’s
Theatregoers praise The French Maids coming to Dowling's theatre on Friday March 6 for their two entertaining extravaganzas and choice acts. The piece argues burlesque offers superior, nostalgic humor compared with higher priced musical comedies.
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Dowling
John Day Fires Again At Saloon Critics In Freie Presse
An English version of John Day’s Freie Presse column attacks C Q Fenton and saloon culture. It accuses saloon keepers of dictatorial influence, derides Dutch speech claims, and calls for iron doors on offices. The piece denounces readers who support saloons and dubs critics cranky.
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C. QO. Fenton
F. B
C. O
Ministers to Speak in Marion This Week
Rev. Barton Br. Bigler of First Presbyterian will speak at Marion Presbyterian on Wednesday evening Rev Walter Johnston of Broadway Presbyterian will speak Friday evening A series of meetings will be held in Marion this week with visiting ministers from out of town.
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Barton BR. Bigler
First Presbyterian Church
Marion Presbyterian Church
Walter Johnston
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Four Leap Year Babies Born on February 29
The newspaper notes four babies born on February 29, in the city. They will not have another birthday anniversary until they are four years old. Names listed include Powlen, Carson, Marshall, and Tippett families with newborn daughters and a son.
Delegates Named for Anderson Conference
A M Cochley named delegate to the annual conference at Anderson by Wheatland Avenue M E church with Henry Mehaffie as alternate. Attending from city churches include C M Cordell F B Wilkinson J E Crain Dr M B Stewart and Revs White Haines and Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Cochley
Anderson
Wheatland Avenue
M. E
Henry Mehaffie
C. M. Cordell
F. B. Wilkinson
J. E. Crain
M. B. Stewart
Henry C. Mehaffie
Four Dollars a Year for a Vermont Farmer Telephone System
Special correspondence details a Vermont cooperative phone network serving four counties with 3000 miles of line and 2000 phones. Each subscriber pays about 3 to 4 dollars annually, owning stock in the cooperative, avoiding large city phone trusts. Speare organized the effort in West Corinth, expanding quickly through the valley as farmers funded, installed, and maintained their own lines.
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Connecticut
Vermont
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Cc. L. Speare
West Corinth
Corinth
Speare
Cooperative Telephone
Corinth Co-Operative Telephone Company
Boston
Great American Telephone Trust
Chicago Considers Ban on Matrimonial Matchmakers
An proposed Chicago ordinance would criminalize any intermediary between men and women for promoting marriage for compensation. If passed, even casual matchmaking or clubs like widows' and widowers' groups could be outlawed and members charged as misdemeanants.
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Chicago
Ill
S. S. Shirer
Derpa
Marion Grey
John Derna
Widows’ Club
Shirer
Hagerstown Man Threatened With Lynching
An aged Black man in Hagerstown faced threats of lynching after slashing Arch Hindman with a razor. Police detained suspects and warned against mob violence while investigating the incident.
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George Clamer
Hagerstown
Arch Hindman
Hoover Items and Local Notes on Residents
Len Ludders and wife of Logansport visited Ludders sister Mrs John Dam as she lay ill. Mrs John Dam dies last Saturday with funeral at Corinth church. T G Murden and family moved to farm north of town. Mrs Edgar Thomas on route No 20 improving slowly. Syrup making soon and taffy in whiskers. William Morrow and son of Logansport visited Mark Morrow on route No 20. Mrs Reed improves and may return to Indianapolis for another operation on both ears after December surgery failed to fully relieve the issue.
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Len Ludders
Logansport
Ludders
John Dam
Thomas Murden
Denver
Corinth Church
T. G. Murden
Edgar Thomas
Charles Reed
Indianapolis
Ever Notice That A Howling Farce Never Makes Any Body Howl
A sharp quip notes the paradox of a farce labeled as howling yet failing to evoke laughter, questioning comedic labels and audience reaction in a playful, concise line.
Pythian Sisters District Meeting Set for 22nd
The district meeting of the Pythian Sisters will be held here on the 22nd of this month. Mrs. Emma Taylor of Delphi will deliver an address.
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Pythian Sisters
Emma Taylor
Delphi
Pei
Census finds 51.72 locomotives in U S stock
The census of railroad stock reports 51.72 locomotives in the United States. Plants are producing an average of twelve locomotives daily.
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United States
Hospital Supplies Sealed Bids Open April
The board of trustees of the Northern Indiana Hospital for Insane will receive sealed bids to furnish supplies for April. Bids must be submitted at the hospital by 6 p.m. under the board’s directive.
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Northern
Indiana
The
Four men depart for Mardi Gras trip to New Orleans
Edward Kelley C L Porter Henry Kammerer and J D Porter left yesterday for New Orleans to attend Mardi Gras. They plan to visit several southern points before returning.
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Edward Kelley
C. L. Porter
Henry Kammerer
J. D. Porter
New Orleans
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Wabash Evangelist
Richmond, Ind
Ira Swisher
Gennett Theatre
Claudia Swihart
Sarah Bernhardt
Faust
James K. Hackett
Howard Gould
Lillian
Elsie Janis
Elsie Janis Bierkower
Margaret Ahglin
Helena Ritchie
Messrs
Samuel H. Harris
Tom Lewis
Sam J. Ryan
Johnnie Jones
George M. Cohan
Isabella Bailey
John Day
Freie Presse
Marion
James Powlen
Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Carson
City, & Son
Charities Marshall
Washington Township
W. S. Tippett
Montpelier, Vt
Chicago Council
Windy City
Central States
Matinee Daily Presents
William Berger
Edward J. Schellhsase
Evansville
Frankfort
Oren J. Chandler
Warsaw
G. W. Gates & Company
Ida Fontanelle
Hoskinson
Mitchell Schools
Hammond
Otto Gammon
Muncie
Nora Harris
Henry Kantz
Andrews
Anderson Police
Hoover
William Morrow and Son
Mark Morrow
J. G Rogers
Lonecliff
Mardi Gras
Detroit
Tuller
A LA Carte Cafe
Tyle
Luucheon
L. W. Tuller
Prop M. A. Shaw
Mgr
Nihilist
Cass County Loan UU
Stettiner Bidg
J. F. Murdock
Mer
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