Honeymoon on a River Rafi
A raft wedding on the Delaware River follows a logging trip. John Burrows, asthmatic groom, marries Florence Matthison aboard a rough raft built into a house. They travel to Bordentown and Philadelphia, with Burrows reportedly cured and the bride praised for cooking. Crew presents each man with a $5 gold piece as a keepsake.
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Port Jervis
Delaware River
Tidewater
Cupid
John Burrows
Delaware
Florence Matthison
Delaware Valley
Bordentown
N. J
Philadelphia
Burrows
Quick Work of Laundy Averted Panic in Apartment House
Charles Laundy an eighteen year old elevator boy warned tenants and directed evacuees as a basement fire broke out at the Victor six story apartment building at 4999 to 509 Lexington Avenue. Firemen and Officer Baer contained the blaze with gas supply cut off and the building cleared before arrival of responders.
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New York
Charles Laundy
Lexington Avenue
East Forty-eighth Street
Laundy
Frederick Moore
Baer
Martin Kelly
Pocher & Co
Kelly
Antony and Cleopatra Shines in Hanford’s Nelson Engagement
The Nelson presents Charles B. Hanford starring Antony and Cleopatra tonight, praised as the peak of his career. Critics note his strong physique and stage presence, with Shakespeare conveyed with fresh clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Hanford
Nelson
Mr. Hanford
Actress Amelia Bing Nam in Peril After Operation
New York May 7 Amelia Bing nam the actress may not recover from an operation to relieve an acute intestinal obstruction. She recently closed a tour in A Modern Lady Godiva and hoped for another engagement. At 39 she was prominent in American theatre and helped found the Professional Women's league.
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Lieve
Godiva
Clyde Fitch
Glass eyed dog given new eye after accident
New York May 7 John C Newel of Glen Ridge New Jersey presented his ball terrier with a glass eye after an auto strike knocked out the eye Dr Frederick C Artopeous inserted the glass eye The bull terrier appeared grateful and defeated an old enemy bulldog in proof of its restored vigor
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New York
John C. Newel
Glen Ridge
N. J
Frederick C. Artopeous
Billy Watson to Perform Philip in Krousemeyer's Alley
Billy Watson will star as Philip in Krousemeyer's Alley at Nelson Saturday with a strong company and many pretty girls. The show is advertised as clean and moral with a special feature planned.
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Billy Watson
Philip
Death toll in New Avenue hotel horror rises to twelve
Fort Wayne Indiana May 7 the death list in the New Avenue hotel fire remains twelve with no new bodies found after search efforts hampered by rain. E M Matthews of Columbus is critically injured with a broken back and expected to die. Coroner Dr J A Kesler calls the blaze a death trap and vows further inquiry into duty of inspectors and possible sleep on duty.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
New Avenune Hotel
E. M. Matthews
Columbus
Matthews
J. A. Kesler
Allen County
Aveline Hotel
William Burke
Charles Benjamin
Detroit Neckwear Company
Frank Baxter
Auburn
Baxter
R. E. Trible
Dalhart
Texas
Herman Seligman
New York
Charles Bloomer
Evansville
Wabash
Charles Varnell
Rosar-Mason Stock to Open Week at Nelson Theater
The Rosar Mason Stock Company begins a week's engagement at the Nelson next Monday May 11 presenting the new four act hit At Risk of His Life with six vaudeville features between acts. Other plays on the bill include A Minister's Sacrifice For His Country's Flag A Prisoner of France The Texas Rangers His Worst Enemy Younger Brothers A Neglected Wife and My Bosom Friend Bowser. One lady admitted free with every thirty cent ticket. Ten cent matinee daily.
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Rosar-Mason Stock Company
Nelson
France
Texas Rangers
Barthers
Bowser
Chorus Girl Keeps Out of Mischief Through Painting
Grace Walsh of the Auditors is a chorus girl who avoids mischief by painting photographs of fine china for traveling salesmen. She earns as much on this as in the chorus, taught to be an artist, finds work wherever she is, and stays busy and never lonely.
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Chicago
Johnnies
Grace Walsh
New York
Davis Bridge Overhead Cost Reported
Joseph Vernon, engineer, cites a $24 815 cost to erect an overhead bridge at the north end of the Davis bridge. County commissioners will wait until the next meeting to act on the proposal.
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Joseph Vernon
Vandalia Engineers
Davis Bridge
Misses Edith Funk and Catherine Albert Return Visit
Misses Edith Funk and Catherine Albert return from a visit with Miss Ethel Bahney in Kokomo. the social round features calls and greetings among local families.
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Edith Funk
Catherine Albert
Ethel Bahney
Twins Die in Budapest Love Tragedy
Majors Nicholas and Paul Von Palkovitch, aristocratic Hungarian twins and Austro-Hungarian officers, were found dead in their Budapest dressing room after each fired a pistol to die together. They loved the same woman and had planned the double suicide with letters to her nearby.
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Budapest
Nicholas
Paul von Palkovitch
von Palkovitches
Paul
World wireless center on Eiffel Tower sparks debate
Paris discusses M. Bouquet de la Grue's plan to use the Eiffel Tower as a world wireless center to broadcast the correct hour. Scientists weigh feasibility, antenna height, and portable gear for ships and explorers, noting potential for navigation, longitude and latitude fixes, and long-distance messaging.
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Paris
M. Bouquet de la Grue
Eiffel Tower
Globe
Atlantic
M. de la Grue
Smaaller
Central Africa
South Pole
Rope Plan For Hotels Sparks Fire Safety Talk
Councilman P. J. Farrell said he will propose an ordinance at the next council meeting requiring every local hotel to install a rope across every room above the first floor. The rope would reach the ground to allow guests to slide down in a fire rather than jump, an issue prompted by a past incident in Fort Wayne.
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Fort Wayne
Evansville Police Captain Huer resigns from police board
Henry Huer, captain of the Evansville police force, tendered his resignation to the police board. The report notes his departure amid a state of reshuffling and governance changes within the department.
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Henry Huer
Evansville
Police Board
List of Graduates From Local High School
Principal Mitchell released the official graduate roster listing Frances Baltzell Helen Beatty Mary Brown Russell Brown Wallace Cady Ruth Crosson Bernice Delzell Helen Diffenbaugh Arthur Donaldson Don ald Douglass Worth Frank James Gamble Sabina Hutton June Ide Mary Justice Marion Keiser Grace Kerlin May Mehaffie Xon Marsh Harold McCrea Rudolph McDermott Ethel Murphy Lacy Murphy Harry Murden Goldie Nichol Florence Patrick Frank Reed Charles Reed Marguerite Richardson Freda Scott Grace Sharp Nettie Shell Frank Taylor Laurene Todd Elizabeth Stanton Nora Watts Jah Williams Otho Kesling and others. Commencement will be held in the Elkshell on the 28th.
Edna Goodrich to Wed James McMillen in June
Actress Edna Goodrich formerly Edna Thornton of this city will marry James McMillen a wealthy San Francisco miner on June 10. She is purchasing her wedding attire in Paris.
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Edna Goodrich
Edna Thornton
James McMillen
San Francisco
Paris
Land Strip in Wabash River to be Awarded by Survey
A narrow strip of land measuring one fourth of an acre and twenty two feet wide in the Wabash river between Wabash and Miami counties will be awarded to either party based on Joseph Vernon’s survey. Referred to as no man’s land the decision rests on the survey results.
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Wabash River
Wabash
Miami Counties
Joseph Vernon
No Man's Land
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Rosar Mason Co
Lion and the Mouse
Stock Company
al G. Fields
Minstrels
Mary Mannering
Antony and Cleopatra
Shakespeare
Idies
Nelson Theatre
Amelia Bing
America
Amelia Binaham
Post
Elijah
Postush Cereal Co., Limited
Battie Creek
Michigan
Auto
Watson’s
Burlesquers
Tinues
Ali
Wireless Around World
P. J. Farrell
Rayo
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Cole
Antony
Chas. B. Hanford
Enic
Er Watson
L ' Sceeiat Frances
Childr
Adam Reinhardt
New Albany
South Bend
James Straley
Portland
Muncie
Shelbyville
Brazil
Philip Plank
Ft. Wayne
Lake Shore
Oliver Garrison
Petersburg
Lordsburge, N. M
J. H. Knepper
Goshen
F. E. Carter
Michigan City
Congregational Church
Silverton
Cal
Mitchell
Logansport
H. D. Schaefer
Vici
Zac
Lyj
Tioh
Fourth Street
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