Empire Theater to Open Rept. 2 with Bon Ton Burlesquers
The Empire Theater will open Rept. 2 with Ed F. Rushs Bon Ton Burlesquers a company familiar to patrons of this house The Park Theater management announces several attractions seen in higher priced houses last season The first set at the Park will be At Cripple Creek melodrama next week Miss Mary Martin of this city will appear at Greenfield next week with C H Rosshams Chicago Stock Company She will alternate with Rachel May Clark in The Bondman Fanchon Under Two Flags Nell Gwynne Prince Otto Carmen and The Defaulter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Theater
Ed F. Rush
Bon Ton
Reon
Park Theater
Cripple Creek
Mary Martin
Greenfield
C. H. Rossham
Chicago
Rachel May Clark
the Bondman
Fanchon
Nell Gwynne
Prince Otto
Carmen
Society Notes On Trips And Visits Across Resorts
Mrs. John J. Garver spends the summer at Bay View Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. David Carpenter Buntin head to the seashore. Mrs. Curryer and daughter depart for Chautauqua. Mr. and Mrs. Oxenford plan a northern Wisconsin lakes trip. Mrs. Griffith leaves Saturday for Wawasee for August. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson go to Lake Maxinkuckee. Dr. L C Cline and family head to Maine for a fishing trip. Miss Weaver returns to Chicago from visiting the Careys. Miss Emma B. King leaves for Elizabethtown. Henry W Lawrence and wife occupy their cottage at Thousand Islands in Adirondack month. Mrs. Gross returns home from Logansport after visiting Mrs. Gasper. Mr. and Mrs. Page return from Buffalo and the sea. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Miss Ethel Smith leave for Buffalo and Thousand Islands. Barretts of Kansas City back home after visiting Cockrums. Ladies of the Washington Bowlin Club plan a prize bowling at Washington alleys next Thursday. Maxwell leaves for Charlevoix to visit Miss Hannah Erwin. Mrs. Louis and son depart for Equetensing Michigan to spend August. Mrs. Wholf and Mrs. Marchand arrive next month to visit Mrs. Perkins. Scott family and Lena Willey plan a trip to Atlantic City New York and Buffalo. A trolley party in Mr. McGowan’s car honors Careys visitors Henderson and Weaver. De Souchet leaves for Buffalo. Niagara Falls and Canada to follow. Capt and Mrs Engligh leave for Cape Cod for rest of season. Willoughby Walling joins Miss Bertha Standiey and Mr George Garvey for a First event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Garver
Bay View
Mich
David Carpenter Buntin
William F Curryer
Chautauqua
John Oxenford
Oon
Wisconsin Lakes
Carl Vernon Griffith
Wawasee
Murray Patterson
Lake Maxinkuckee
L. C. Cline
Maine
Weaver
Thomas W. Page
Buffalo
New York
Harry B. Smith
Ethel Smith
Thousand Islands
Frank Barrett
Kansas City
John B Cockrum
Washington Bowlin Club
Washington
Marvin Rice Maxwell
Charlevoix
Hannah Erwin
Lyman W. Louis
Little Son
Frank E. Fuller
Equetensing
Wholf
Jessie Marchand
Millersburg
Virginia
Bertha Standiey
George Garvey
A. M. Hall
Springfield
Ill
Robert Hall
Romaine Braden
Chicago University
Florence Moore
Clarksburg
George W. Brown
Milton
Winona Dickey
Fairland
John R. Tomlinson
A. L. Ross
Edwards, Miss
Geo. Brown
Bessie Crimp
Will Crimp
Chicago
Joseph Hunter
Frank Norton
Niagara Falls
W. J. Karslake
Harry Dietrich
Raymond Longley
Noblesville
P. C. Jacobs
Franklin
Essie Hunter
Edith Longley
Erastus Conner
Kendallville
Mr. Conder
Mary Strong
Yonkers
N. Y
Effie Blount
Indiana University
Henry 8. Schell
Katharine Layman
Kentucky
Charles M. Cross and Sons
Virginia Rodefer
Butler
Elwood
Will Butler
Downey Avenue
Ae Essie Hunter
Fanny
Millie Schuhmaker
N. 8. McCallum
Fortville
John Carroll
Philadelphia
Tibbott
Tibbett
Atlantic City
J. A. Scott
McCloud
Scott
Jamins E. Cravins
Holton
Kan
Charles B. Clark
Miss Bridges
Urbana
Engle
Winchester
J. Engle
Gertrude Engle
Scot Butler
Theodore Mance
Igma Chi
Scot Hunter
Brazil
C. B. Coleman
Mr. Coleman
Presbyterian Wedding Journey and Local Social Roundup
The church in Henderson Ky hosts wedding plans to Buffalo and Eastern resorts. Mr. and Mrs. Koelling return from their wedding trip and stay with Mrs Koelling’s father until their home is ready. Bowling club hosts an ice cream party with prizes for high scores. Numerous visitors and social events fill Muncie and Indianapolis area society pages with weddings, receptions, and trips to Niagara Falls Chautauqua and Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Cockrum
Columbia Club
Frank Barrett
Kansas City
Charles F. Daly
Hector Gilchrist
J. T. McShane
Frank J. Fuller
Nora Taggart
Miss Henderson
Collumbus
Miss Weaver
Chicago
Carey
Evelyn Holliday
Bertie Didine
Elizabeth Driggs
Jessie Gibson
Muncie
Indianapolls Journal
Ind
Ida Lenora Heffner
Arthur C. West
High-street Methodist Church
A. W. Lamport
Grace Episcopal Church
Denslowe
Lora King
Eva A. Sutton
Elizabeth Herron
Hert Sutton
Tales of Vlakfontein dispatches from London Mail
A London Mail summary presents stern accounts from Imperial Yeomanry trooper Andrews describing post battle killings at Vlakfontein. It cites a Daily Telegraph letter from Wonderfontein about Winkfortein, where Boers reportedly used mounted fire and then executed officers and wounded soldiers. Additional notes reveal prisoners shot and wounded men clubbed. A Glasgow letter from Private Skinner recalls water offers and further shootings of the wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Mail
Andrews
Imperial Yeomanry
Vlakfontein
I Ts
Bennet Burleigh
Daily Telegraph
Wonderfontein
Winkfortein
Dixon
Winkfontein
Glasgow
Skinner
American Syndicates Plan First Class London Hovels
A San Francisco Chronicle note claims American syndicates intend to build and operate up to date American hovels in London and other European capitals, signaling a shift that could lead to European subjugation by American influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
London
Europe
Freeze May Give Bail In Gray Murder Case
Shelbyville July 31 Martin Freeze in preliminary trial accused as an accessory to William Gray murder. Squire Andrews admitted bail set at 2.54 dollars. bond expected to be posted tomorrow for release. Winchester July 31 Walter Driscoll, 17, charged with Minnie Mc Call murder at Muncie July 1, set for August trial in Randolph Circuit Court. Defense plans insanity issue citing hereditary insanity in Driscoll’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Martin Freeze
William Gray
Squire Andrews
Winchester
Walter Driscoll
Minnie McCall
Muncie
Randolph
Quarrel of Two Men Over a Broken Bicycle at Shelbyville
Special to the Indianapolis Journal, Shelbyville Ind July 31. After a quarrel over a broken bicycle William Gore and Joe Ballard first cousins began an altercation Gore shot Ballard injuring his arm and abdomen. In Terre Haute Ind July 31 Mrs Violet Bird recovered consciousness after taking poison She vows to kill herself and notes her husband neglects her for other women This follows the death of his first wife who took her own life under similar circumstances and a divorce from Bird's brother preceded her marriage to Bird last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
William Gore
Joe Ballard
Gore
Ballard
Terre Haute
Violet Bird
Bird
Wabash, Ind
David Flook
Somerset
Wabash County
Mr. Flock
Widow Jennie Miner Ends Life In Woodshed
Richmond Ind July 31 Mrs Jennie Miner aged forty four widow hanged herself in the woodshed no cause given but believed despondent over husband’s death she had no children surviving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Jennie Miner
Death from lockjaw after creek injury in Sullivan County
Sullivan Indiana July 4 Edmund Willis son of Louis Willis farmer Truman township dies of tetanus. Richmond Indiana July 1 William Carpenter Greenfield narrowly escapes death after being struck by train near Middletown while en route to the fair. Windfall Indiana July 31 Lewis Huddleson ten-year-old shot eye with air gun and cartridge explosion raises fear of blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan, Ind
Edmund Wills
Louis Willis
Truman Township
Ind
Lewis Huddleson
Mine Boiler Explodes at Indiana Co. Mine
BRAZIL Ind July 31 A boiler explosion tore the engine house at Zeller Mc Clelland Co mine half the boiler went through the blacksmith shop Bard escaped injury property loss is large as pumps failed and mine filled with water Connersville July 31 John Allison instantly killed by a passenger train near Tyner s Station on his way to a blackberry patch age seventy seven known locally
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Brazil
Ind
John Bard
Zeller, McClelland & Co
Bard
Connersville
John Allison
Tyner
New temple dedication brightens Connersville
Connersville celebrated the dedication of a new Fayette Lodge Odd Fellows temple. Grand officials spoke at a 1 8 oclock dedicatory service in the banquet hall, with a parade earlier in the day. The brick building cost over 320 and features a four-story design with lodge rooms, offices, a banquet hall, and a business area. Bloomington breaks ground for Indiana University Science Hall as Mitchell Hall shifts location on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Connersville
Ind
Fayette Lodge
New Temple
Thomas R. Jessup
Richmond
W. H. Talbott
Orleans
Milton Trusler
Marton
Cambridge
Bloomington
Science Hall
Indiana University
Dec
Mitchell Hall
Mitewall Hall
Theater owner and lessee fined at Windfall
Ezra N. Todd ex County Commissioner and B M Ackman dentist and lessee were arrested on charges of managing and operating a theatrical entertainment without a city license at the Todd Opera House. The case was continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Ezra N. Todd
Todd Opera House
B. M. Ackman
Opera House
Town Ordinance Violation Appeal Granted to Circuit Court
Trial before the town clerk under a new act granted exclusive jurisdiction over all violations of town ordinances. The defense moved for a change of venue, overruled. Each defendant was fined and appealed. The Circuit Court will hear the case at the August term.
Record of improvements in Laporte and incidents in Indiana
The Laporte County Commissioners awarded a contract to A Bunyan & Co for twenty one miles of macadam roads in Center and Springfield townships for 88475 dollars. Laporte improvement Company to be formed to attract factories, Reliance Manufacturing to start with one hundred workers. In Wabash three surgeons operated on David Flook. an infection led to leg amputation above the knee. In Jeffersonville Mayor Rader uses strap punishment for juvenile offenses, Chief Applegate delivering brief jail chastisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Laporte County Commissioners
A. Bunyan & Co
Bedford
Center
Springfield
Bunyan & Co
Cool Spring
Michigan
Laporte City Council
Stanizen & Bichm
Chicago
Last house of Poplar Grove removed to farm
In Poplar Grove, a western county village once thriving, the final building a blacksmith shop owned by Marion Pullen was moved to his farm marking the town's disappearance. The crossroads and a town well remain as markers as mail is redirected to Young America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Poplar Grove
Marion Pullen
Local dairymen form milk trust in Wabash set price
Dairymen in Wabash Indiana organize a milk trust raising price from 6 to 6 1/2 cents per quart. They sign an iron clad agreement on sales with heavy penalties for breach. They say current feed costs pasture scarcity and higher wages make old price unlivable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Wabash, Ind
Marion boy invents device to save electric light costs
Marion Indiana July 31 Roscoe Bert son of merchant tailor H L Bert has devised a device to connect and disconnect electric lights to reduce expenses under the meter system. The mechanism uses two alarm clocks with wires and weights and Bert has applied for a patent. Kokomo Indiana July 31 farmer William Sampsell asked his wife to scratch his back and a needle that had been inside him for years was removed ending his itch and pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Roscoe Bert
H. L. Bert
Kokomo
William Sampsell
Sampsell
Striking polishers rally at Ontario silver ware works
In Muncie Indiana thirty metal polishers answered a call today amid a ten day factory strike. Efforts aim to halt production by tying up the entire Ontario silver ware works as departments resist pay and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Ontario Silverware Works
Notable Indiana Obituaries and Local Notices
A compilation of short obituaries and notices from Flora Spiceland Franklin Richmond Madison Winamac Wabash Dublin and Dublin area items from July items include Anna A. Wharton 88 died in Regensport with four generations of descendants. Jessie Butler the Spiceland academy graduate and teacher. James H. Pottenger Needham trustee. James Foster Greensfork teacher. Robert R. Rea Fashion Stables proprietor. Ann M. Hardesty Pulaski County pioneer. an oil strike in Wabash Liberty township. C M Kirkpatrick awarded paving contract. Eernes Street fair Aug 12 under Elks Lodge management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Ind
Anna A. Wharton
W. W. Wharton
Regensport
Juniata County
Pennsylvania
Burrows
Logansport
Presbyterian Church
Spiceland
Jessie Butler
Franklin Township
Spiceland Academy
Robert Butler
Louisville
Franklin
Munising
Mich
James H. Pottenger
Needham Township
C. Hh, Hall
Luther Short
Pottenger
Feft
Richmond
James Foster
Greensfork
Anderson
Madison
Robert R. Rea
Fashion Stables
Margaret Tague
Wabash
Liberty Township
Wabash County
American Oil Company
Lafontaine
Trenton
Dublin
C. M. Kirkpatrick
Greenfield
Eernes Street
Todge of Elks
Randolph County Fair plans with vaudeville and queen parade
The Randolph county fair schedules Aug 19 22 with raffish entertainment, a grand flower parade slated for Aug 16, and a contest for a queen reflecting growing public interest. Flower festivity aims to draw crowds as drought impacts crops and county prospects. Strong local participation expected in Winchester and Marion with related events and community notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Joseph Studebaker
Rock Creek
Winchester
Randolph County
Portland
John E. R. Shanks
Muncie
Marion
John P. C. Shanks
Indiana
Robert Saylor
Union Traction Company
Grant
Laporte
John H. Lord
Tuthill
Laporte County Superior Court
Bazar
Michigan City
David Caplan
Chicago
Rushville
A. V. Spivey
Homer Havens
Richmond
Friends’ Bible Conference
Earlham College
Vincennes
Thomas Johnson
John Valley
Evansville
Johnson
Decker
Knox County
Brownstown
Theodore Wolff
Trade and industry notes from the era
The International Weaving Company of New York is incorporated in Dover Delaware with a $100000 capital. Harding & Sons shoe makers of Rochester assign. Beaumont oil field drillers set a record by bringing in two gushers within an hour. St Petersburg Bourse committee names a receiver for Donetz Juref Metallurgical Company. Liabilities about 10 46008 roubles with assets around 9162712 roubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Weaving Company
New York
Dover
Del
Harding & Sons
Rochester
N. Y
Beaumont, Tex
St. Petersburg
Donetz-Juref Metallurgical Company
Constantinople
London Standard
Great Britain
Turkey
United States
Germany
Italy
Spain
Geographische Revue
Vienna
Black Sea
Caspian
Russia
Ural
Odessa
Pamir
Berlin
Cunard Line
Atlantic Record
London Daily Telegram
Axel W. Hallenburg
Supreme Court
Cobre Grand Copper Camp
Green Consolidated Copper Company
William C
National Bank of the Republic
New York Herald
Japan
Japan Tea Company
Edwin Corbin
Corbin
New Jersey
Charles W. Morgan
C. W. Morgan & Co
Bray New York
Philadelphia
Wasington
Thomas
United States District Court
Morgan
Multiple Double Deaths and Murders Across States
A stream of violent incidents across Kentucky Georgia Wisconsin and Connecticut leaves several dead and many injured. Notable cases include William Sandline and Thomas Short killed in a knife duel near Crockettsville Kentucky over a wife, H A Sapp mortally wounding T H Coffin on Malin Street Rice Lake Wisconsin, and Charles de Robert Morris fatally shot at a resort near Jackson Kentucky. Martin Fry hanged in Carlisle Pennsylvania for murder, while Walter Sheppard and W T Green are shot dead in Kentucky and Indiana respectively. Floyd County Georgia tax collector Sanford indicted for embezzlement alongside jail escape allegations in Toledo. Police officer Hugh McKeon killed in New Haven. Complex feuds and motives thread through these reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Sandhine
Thomas Short
Goebel
Charles de Robert Morris
Torn White
Martin Fry
Carlisle
James Edward Collins
Walter Sheppard
Henry Wittatoe
Pleasure Ridge
Loulaville
Sanford
State of
Georgia
Floyd County
United States
Chandler
George Ammons
Toledo
Topeka
Joe
Weil
Ammons
R. T. Taliaferro
Carroll County
Piesasipel
Tallaferra
Hugh McKeon
Tibbett
Prisoner custody sparks murder chase in river incident
Dispatches report Keen aiding a prisoner who broke free. Isaac Lane and wife slain on Island Sixty six in the Mississippi River. Will Kelly and Frank Cannon wounded, captured after a clash with constables. All involved are negroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape
Moore
Keen
Helena
Ark
Isaac Lane
Island Sixty-six
Mississippi River
Will Kelly
Frank Cannon
Dallas
Tex
Gregorio Cortex
Elmore
Spearfish Canyon
William Portland
Jerry Burnett
Joe Delisch
John Willis
Minneapolis
Willis
Jacksonville
Ten
Evanston
Garden Will Be Peking Amusement Show at Military Park
The German House amusement committee plans a garden concert titled A Night in Peking at Military Park tomorrow night. The Indianapolis Military Band under Klausmann will perform marches, songs, and medleys including San Toy, Wedding Music, Jolly Buffalos, and La Paloma with elaborate electric lights and banners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Indianapelle
Klausmann
Brande
Prince Ananias
Herbert A Moneiry
Bill
von Tilzer
H. D. Kaiser
N. Day
Crack Regiment
Pitta
Peck's Boys' Brigade Band Open Air Concert at Military Park
Peck's Boys' Brigade Band directed by L. E. Peck performs first open air concert of the summer at Military Park Tonight. Programme includes March The Favorite Teamlhouse Overture War Songs of the Boys in Blue Laurendean Cornet Granite State Polka Festival Descriptive piece On Area Hall Tale of the Kangaroo Union Forever Angelia Waltz Introducing Fremont Hunt baton exhibition Pretty Pauline Adeste Fideles Citizen Soldier featuring seven year old Charles Moss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military Park
Peck
Boys’ Brigade
L. E. Peck
Alhouse
Granite State
Oe -Ramedell Benjamin
Woman Burned by Gasoline Fire at Kentucky Avenue
Fire department rushed to 415 Kentucky avenue yesterday afternoon after a gasoline explosion started a blaze. Mrs. A Jewell, resident, suffered burns to hands and arms. No damage to nearby parks noted. At Shelby street and the Fig Foaliwey, an engine set fire to a table. the blaze caused about 90 dollars in loss before being extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky Avenue
A. Jewell
Shelby Street
Wat Hardin's Gallantry in Louisville Skirmish
The New York Press notes Wat Hardin as a noted Kentucky figure of wit and gallantry who sparrs verbally with a Boston woman visiting Louisville. Their exchanges show a sharp, mutual reluctance to yield, framed by local rivalries and colorful imputations of character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Wat Hardin
Kentucky
Jack Chinn
Henry Watterson
Goebel
Taylor
Boston
Louisville
Col. Hardin
Fanny
Oman
No Colonel, Please Agree for Me to Please You
Fragmentary dialogue shows Miss Fanny urging Colonel to agree as the sweetest thing, while a gentleman’s objection frames the exchange. The lines reveal a social interaction on deference and desire, with lingering ambiguity about consent and propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny
MADE HERSELF A BARONESS
Passengers on the Oceanic identified a mysterious traveler as Mrs. Frank Leslie, who claimed the Baronne Bazus title to avoid publicity. She traced the title to Saint Louis and Philippe Picot, saying her aunt and son inherited it, with family ties to France and Louisiana descendants amid a web of marriages and a rejected aristocratic suitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baroness de Bazus
Ieet
Mra
Leslie
Saint Louis
France
Phillipe Picot
Baron de Bazus
Count de Lateyrache
Louisiang
de Bazus
Count de Latoyroche
Paris
Salvador
Marion Florence Fellin
Er. G. Squier
United States
Peru
Frank Leslie
William C. K. Wilde
Mr. Wilde
Marquis de Leuyille
London
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Paul Fi. Krauss
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Pirect
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W. H. Messenger
East Washington St
Personal and
Irvington
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Driscoll
Shel
Mancie
Sullivan County
William Carpenter
Middletown
Panhandle
Sulphur Springs
Richmnane Hospital
F. Temple
Fayette Lodge of
Laporte and
Laporte County
Jeffersonville
T. B. Rader
Applegate
Local Milk Trust
Marion Boy
Muncete
Indiana Notes
German House
Amusement Committee
Pierce
Askew
Garysburg
Northam
N.C
Caine
Avery
RV. Pierce
Buffalo, N.Y
Indiana Dental College Department of Dentistry
University of Indianapolis
Delaware
Obie Streets
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