Actress Ida Deorge Defies Directoire Gown Plan
Chicago May 26. The Rialto theater district debates ethics as Joe Weber's company contemplates a public appearance by chorus girl Ida Deorge in a directorie gown. Ida resists arguing it would reveal her ankles while Weber promises nationwide advertising value.
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Joe Weber
Chicago
Alli
Locke
Miss Ida Deerge
Nature
Miss Doerge
Weber
State Street
Miss Ida
Ida
Miss
Greater Minstrels Present The Night Before Christmas Spectacle
Al G Field’s Greater Minstrels will appear Wednesday May 27 featuring The Night Before Christmas. The act reimagines Dickens and Christmas memories from Merry England to the southland and northland with snow, frost, Santa, and a toy delivery by reindeer.
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al G. Field Greater Minstrels
Mr. Field
Charles Dickens
England
Southland
Mary Mannering to Star in Glorious Betsy at Theatre Nelson
No attraction at Logams port this season has drawn such comment as Mary Mannering in her new play Glorious Betsy at Theatre Nelson next Friday evening May 2. The Schuberts have worked hard to assemble an excellent company and stage a splendid production.
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Logamsport
Mary Mannering
Nelson
Schuberts
Miss Mannering
Jury Rules for Indiana Union Traction in Hudson Suit
Samantha Hudson sued Indiana Union Traction for damages claiming four broken ribs and permanent injuries after a conductor allegedly allowed alighting at Union Street as the car began to move. The jury in superior court rejected her claim, verdict for the defendant. Attorneys Harness Moon Voorhis and Claude Crowley said they will seek a new trial and appeal if denied.
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Kokomo Dispatch
Samantha Hudson
Indiana Union Traction Company
Superior Court
Harness, Moon & Voorhis
Claude Crowley
Jeff Davis On His Hind Legs
A Louisville Herald item plays with a pun on General Jefferson Davis, noting the humorous framing around a political or athletic stance and cautioning against misreading the phrase as a dire outcome.
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Louisville Herald
Jeff Davis
Removal of General Clinton's Body to Kingston N Y Memorial Day
Kingston N Y May 26 The body of General George Clinton first governor of New York and twice US vice president will be moved from Congressional cemetery Washington to Kingston for interment on Memorial Day. Escort by infantry cavalry artillery and Marine band to Jersey City then ship to New York and Kingston. Processions, state officials, and a gun caisson will attend. Funeral rites at First Dutch church yard, Kingston. David B Hill to deliver the grave address. The body remains well preserved in a lead casket with clothing in good condition.
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Kingston
N. Y
George Clinton
New York
United States
Congressional
Washington
District of Columbia
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Jersey City
Mohawk
Governors Iskind
Clinton
McClellan
Esra
New York State
Bansevoort Street Pier
How to Treat a Husband Sermon Advises Wives
Jersey City May 26 Rev Dr John L Scudder of the First Congregational church preaches How to Treat Your Husband advising wives to follow his rules for a happier married life. He urges restraint on frivolity and a matronly dignity, warning against autocratic attitudes.
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Jersey City
N. J
John L. Scudder
Ithhe
First Congregational Church
Prince Augustine Iturbide Renounces Mexican Throne
Washington May 26 Prince Augustine Iturbide grandson of the liberator renounces political aims and joins the Third Order of St. Francis He plans a theological writing career and will live a quiet devout life He has spent months in hospital due to illness and fears traveling to Mexico once imperial claims are set aside.
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Washington
Prince D. Augustine Iturbide
Liberator
Mexico
Jennesse Dore
Third Order of St. Francis
Prince Iturbide
Prince Augustine de Iturbide
Maximilian
Archduke
Austria
Augustine de Iturbide
Iturbides
Augustine
Brookland
Mount of Holy Sepulchre
St. Francis of Assissi
Mendicant Orders
Watch Trust Exposed Buying Abroad Cheaper Than Here
A New York jeweler describes the watch trust selling abroad for lower prices than to American dealers, aided by tariffs that keep domestic prices high. He details discounts to foreign buyers, attempts to block imports, and how reimported watches reach consumers at lower costs.
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Charles A. Keene
Trust
Watch Trust
Europe
South Africa
India
Roosevelt
England
United States
London
Lord Derby
American Trust
Drexel, Morgan & Company
Philadelphia
P. Morgan
Fatal Vandalia Crossing Tragedy Sees Ten More Deaths
Bad crossing near Flora claims four Crites family members as fatalities rise to ten on the Vandalia crossing. Authorities report continued dangers at the site and warn travelers to avoid the area.
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Vandalia
Flora
Crites
Foreign Dealers Charged for Cheaper Watch Sales
The text notes pricing discrepancies where a watch sold to a native on the Kongo is cheaper than to an American citizen in New York, highlighting an international pricing issue and regulatory concern.
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New York
Miss Van Walkemberg Leaves 10000 For Crown Point Library
In Crown Point Miss Mary Van Walkemberg wills ten thousand dollars to the city public library. Oakland City suffered three thousand dollars in fire losses as buildings burned and a bucket brigade saved the town. John Rough, a prisoner at Jeffersonville reformatory, died by hanging. Georeg Duncan of Jasonville, who stole eight hundred dollars from Northwestern mine, was captured at Harrisburg. Fifth Congressional district bankers plan to meet in Terre Haute to organize an association. Ft Wayne First Presbyterian Church bought a sixteen thousand dollar manse. Louis Lauby, Davis County courthouse janitor, sailed for Switzerland to claim twenty eight thousand dollars. A gang of robbers were arrested while plotting to blow up a bank at Vevay.
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John Rough
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Georeg Duncan
Jasonville
Harrisburg
Bankers of
Fifth Congressional District
Terré Haute
Stabbing report and lodge action in Lafayette and Goshen
Benjamin C. Hopkins, a young Wabash railroad switchman in Lafayette, was stabbed in the abdomen by an unknown assailant. The grand president of the Eagles lodge ordered the New Castle charter revoked after intoxicants were sold in the rooms. Daniel Bontrager, his wife and six children of Goshen, were injured in a runaway incident.
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Benjamin C. Hopkins
Lafayette
Eagles’ Lodge
Daniel Bontrager
Goshen
Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages Listed
A series of property transfers and secured loans are recorded. Transfers include George C. Brown to Charles A. Ridenour 70 acres in Bethlehem and George W. Seybold to Mary Gibbs with Rushs addition details, plus other parcels in Miami and Clay as well as a beginnning on Lot 22 in W. H. Stanleys add. Mortgage activity shows $5,075.00 in real estate mortgages and $132.00 in chattel mortgages.
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George C. Brown
Charles A. Ridenour
Bethlehem
Margaret King
Alez F. King
Clay
George W. Seybold
Mary EB. Gibbs
Rush
Spear Street
North Side
13Th
14Th Sts
Jesse L. Kinzie
Willard N. McDowell
S. W
Miami Two
Lux
Margaret LaDow
N. BE
W. H. Stanley
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