Amusements notes on Rostand gift and Irving Terry tours
Miss Maude Adams in France receives from Edmond Rostand a diamond tiara and plans a Paris visit before returning home. The Park Theater sees two sellout performances of At Cripple Creek as cool weather and show hunger drive tickets. George C. Tyler returns from Europe with discussions with Mme Duse Mrs Ward and Hall Caine. Duse to begin American tour in October and Ward adapting Eleanor for Liebler & Co. The August Theater is highlighted with Hackett Barrymore Drew and others on Lorna Doone, plus Endowed Theater piece by Wilton Lackaye. Henry Irving Ellen Terry company tours New York Oct 21 then Brooklyn Philadelphia Chicago and many cities through March 2 before returning to England. Coriolanus to be included in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Adams
Torsu
France
Edmond Rostand
Ise Adams
Paris
George C. Tyler
Liebler & Co
Europe
Mme. Duse
Humphry Ward
Hall Caine
Mrs. Ward
Eleanor
Collier's Weekly
Mr. Tyler
James K. Hackett
Don Caesar de Bazan
Ethel Barrymore
John Drew
Lillian Russell
Lorna Doone
Wilton Lackaye
Sir Henry Irving
Mise Ellen Terry
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Indianapoli
Columbus
Toledo
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Albany
Springfield
Providence
Hartford
New Haven
Harlem
England
London
Society Notes From Charlevoix and Nearby Michigan Spots
Mrs. Marvin Rice Maxwell and others enjoy Charlevoix as Mrs. John Davidson plans a trip to Petoskey. Several residents announce departures for Wequetonsing Mackinac Bay View Traverse City and other Michigan locales with family travel plans. A mix of visits, travels, and social engagements fills the week as friends gather at clubs and homes across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Rice Maxwell
Charlevoix
John Davidson
Petoskey
Mich
Caroline Goodhart
Frank Jones
Wequetonsing
Herman Spain
Denver
Carl Walk
Julia Walk
Lake Maxinkuckee
Charles Major
Mackinac
Ostermeyer
Bay View
James Jones
the Lakes
H. T. Hearsey
Hearsey
Wal- Lake
Midh
Ila Sweenie
Mar- Ld Lane
Franklin
Eurélin Springs
Ark
Pennington
Ethel Pennington
Traverse City
Mary Tuley
Madison
Bertha Ellis
Onorth
Pennsylvania Street
Vislt
Mira Ae Egan
West Twenty-first Street
P. A. Hinds
Lynn E. Brone
Michigan
The
Lakes
Peek
Adrian, Mich
Madge Allen
Echamp
Buffalo
Melzn Richards
Indianapolis
Flor
Social notes from Kokomo and Meridian events
A flurry of engagements visits and arrivals fills social life. Grace Smith and Dr Frederick Pettijohn announce their September wedding. Miss Katharine Banyan travels from New York to Chicago after a stay with the Donlon sisters. An informal porch party hosts visiting Misses Atchinson Applegate and Miss Graham. Omar Hunt wed Miss Winona Fields in Kokomo with Justice Moreland officiating. they will reside in Dunkirk. Several locals attend Miss Sulin’s birthday gathering and Mrs Ward’s Springfield trip. Meridian W C T U meets today at Mrs Wells 108 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Adger
Shreveport
James W. Lilly
Julia
Sulin
Meridian W. C. T. U
Dr. Wells
Broadway
Katharine Banyan
New York
Donlon
Chicago
Samuel M. Smith
Noblesville
Grace
Frederick J. Pettijohn
Atchinson
Miss Applegate
Louisville
Graham
Sandusky, C
Eudora Landers
Landers
Hunt—Fields
Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Omar Hunt
Dunkirk
Winona Fields
Justice H. L. Moreland
Ellsworth Hunt
Frank Fields
Indiana Law Sets Refrigerator Car Tax After Hall Decision
M. L. Sears of the Cudahy Packing Company, visiting Indiana officials, says the state’s new refrigerator car tax law follows the Hall v. Colorado decision. He argues Indiana’s assessment overstates value and requires mileage data. Sears notes crop conditions and cattle market insights from Nebraska and the western states, and that business in the region remains broadly healthy with steady demand and farming prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Supreme Court of the United States
Hall
Arapshoe County
Colorado
M. L. Sears
Cudahy Packing Company
South Omaha
Neb
Auditor of State
Sears
Seags
Statehouse
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Cudahy Company
Mr. Sears
Nebraska
Rock County
Wyoming
Iowa
Illinois
Omaha
West
Lincoln
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
South Dakota
Chicago
Wheat Field Yield Near City Farm Headlines Record Grain hauls
The Deaf and Dumb Institute farm within Indianapolis city limits yielded 9. something million bushels from thirty acres, an average of thirty one bushels per acre, described as unusual for the district. Columbia seed wheat is expected to bring a premium. Nine acres sown to oats produced 1640 sheaves while nine acres of corn awaits harvest. J. C. Sipe returned from Europe last Sunday after several weeks abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deaf and Dumbd Institute
Johnson
Indianapolis
Columbia
Evangelistic Campaign At Camp Acton Draws Crowds
Miss Anna Downey leads revival at Camp Acton with large services for children and adults. About twenty children walked to the altar and professed faith. Mrs Amanda Smith and Dr C C Edwards spoke at through the day and evening meetings. Dr Turner arrived to direct morning sessions as Downey plans another children’s meeting at 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Acton
Fts Wits
Anna Downey
Tabernacle
Miss Downey
Amanda Smith
Harvey, Til
Smith
Acton Park
C. C. Edwards
Edwin Pay Church
Edwards
C. W. Tinsley
Epworth
Tinsley
Dr. Turner
Social Visits Ledger of Ladies in Madison and City
Miss Kate Gibson visits Miss Jesse Linton and Miss Lora Cook visits Misses Emily and Rachel Dashiell. Miss Margaret Cosby of Madison arrives to visit the Dashiell sisters. Mrs Edward Roberson left for her city home to stay several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Gibson
Jesse Linton
Lora Cook
Emily
Rachel Dashiell
Margaret Cosby
Madison
Dashiell
Edward Roberson
City
Second Session of Sunday School Convention at Bethany Park
The Indiana Sunday school gathering at Bethany Park featured talks by W McCarthy of Poseyville on Jesus as a Teacher and Oscar Kelley of Terre Haute on the Indiana Christian Sunday School Association. L. E. Brown spoke of Aboard and Abroad, detailing a 17 500 mile abroad journey. New arrivals listed include L F E Murray Irvington and others from Covington, Indianapolis, Hall and St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany Park
Tabernacle
W. McCarthy
Poseyville
Jesus
Indiana Christian Sunday School Association
Oscar Kelley
Terre Haute
L. E. Brown
Frankfort
New York
Paris
Switzerland
Austria
Turkey
Egypt
Italy
London
Brown
L. F E. Murray
Irvington
E. T. Murphy
Crawfordsville
R. L. Sanderson
Covington
Ruth de Haas
Gertrude Coughlin
Indianapolis
O. F. McClellan
Maude McClellan
Hazzie McClellan
Hall
H. L. Willet
Disciples’ Divinity House
Chicago University
Disciples of Christ
Attorney General Will Attend ABA Meeting in Denver
Attorney General Taylor said he will likely attend the next annual American Bar Association gathering in Denver on August 21. Special railroad rates are secured and many lawyers nationwide are expected. A paper on The Insular Cases will be read by Representative Littlefield of Maine, and a discussion on Is Law a Field for Woman's Work? will be presented by Prof. W. P. Rogers. The banquet will be at Brown Palace Hotel with a Colorado tour to Cripple Creek and other sites. Indiana ABA council members are named, and most apatan members are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
American Bar Association
Denver
Col
Littefield
Maine
W. P. Rogers
Indiana University
Brown Palace
Bar Associations
State of
Colorado
Crippie Creek
Glenwood Springs
Leadville
Marshall
Jne Morris, Jr
Fort Wayne
George FP. Clarke
South Bend
Apatans Council
Railway Mail Service Appointments At This Point
The following named persons have been appointed substitutes in the railway mail service and assigned to lines under the chief clerk at this point Byers Leclair London C W W Bailey Columbus C
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byers Leclair
London
W. W. Bailey
Columbus
Personnel transfers update across Indiana and Illinois routes
Albert McCarthy of Lebanon Indiana and J W Wood Park Columbus C are noted. Robert M Roberts is moved from Illinois to the Indianapolis Tuscola run. Ralph Clark shifts to the Indianapolis St Louis run and Monroe Schilling to the Indianapolis Tuscola route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert McCarthy
Lebanon
Ind
J. W. Wood Park
Columbus
William C. Ripley
Indianapolis
Robert M. Roberts
Ilinois
Tuscola
Ralph Clark
St. Louis
Monroe Schilling
Window Dressers Meet at Grand Hotel Convention
Twenty five young men from the middle West gathered for the fourth annual National Window Trimmers Association convention at the Grand Hotel. Officers to be elected tonight. Judges to award medals for best dressed windows and window cards. The group aims to professionalize the craft and run an employment bureau. Chicago Show Window notes merchant trust issues and condemns drunken or incompetent window dressers. Reception committee includes George Bb Rubens Louis A Leppke and Delbert S Musser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Hotel
Middle West
National
Show Window
Chicago
George Bb. Rubens
Louis A. Leppke
Keity
Delbert 8. Musser
Terreute
County Officials File 1982 Supply Estimates
County Commissioners received 1982 estimates from the county clerk sheriff assessor coroner and the Superior and Criminal courts. Totals include sheriff 314165 clerk 24700 and various courtroom and inquest expenses plus township expenses road and tax data outside Indianapolis and a city valuation figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Circuit Court
Insanty
Mendenhall
Indianapolis
City
City News and Local Developments Compiling in New York Visit
Mr Sewall A Nebeker is registered at the Victoria Hotel in New York City. The Ladies Aid of Central Universalist Church will serve 4 Jinch this evening at the church at New Jersey and Fifteenth from 5 to 7. A rally will follow with members and friends. The German Park Association’s open evening features Moennerchor vocal program with Steinhilber Jose Adam and Mueller. Dr Robert T Oliver US Army dentist has arrived from Washington and will depart for the Philippines soon. Mrs Oliver will accompany him to Manila where he becomes chief dental surgeon and will review army dentists for commissions. Rev Henry Ketcham of New York is suggested as a possible Butler University successor to the late Professor Abbott. Albert C Clark of Chicago files suit in US Court against George E Johnson and peers trading as Peerless Fountain Cuspider Company Fort Wayne to stop use of a dental cuspider patent and seeks profits. W D Bynum, member of the commission to codify US laws, says criminal and penal law chapters and federal court practice will be ready for Congress. work on Alaska codification took a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall A. Nebeker
Victoria Hotel
New York City
Central Universalist Church
New Jersey
Fifteenth Streets
German Park Association
Moennerchor
Steinhilber
Jose
Adam
Mueller
Robert T. Oliver
United States Army
Washington
Philippines
Oliver
Manila
Henry Ketcham
New York
Clark
W. D. Bynum
United States
Judge Bynum
Congress
Alaska
Captain Blondell Presents Water Ship Show at Broad Ripple Park
Captain Blondell completes preparations for his Broad Ripple Park engagement in Indianapolis. He built four ships three models and one full sized vessel styled like the United States steamship Maine. After each exhibition he will destroy a ship by illumination on the water and perform a regular water show featuring fancy and trick swimming. This marks Blondell first appearance in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blondell
Broad Ripple Park
United States Steamship
Maine
Indianapolis
Trade and Industry Highlights New Jersey Oil Dividend and City Franchise
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey declares a quarterly dividend of per cent, compared with 12 per cent in June and 2 per cent in March. American Cotton Oil Company directors meet in New York, with a summary of a pooling circular released. United Traction Company of Cleveland plans to seek a streetcar franchise with three cent fare and universal transfers. Vienna shoe makers vow to press anti American action despite news an American branch won’t open. Glucose Sugar Refining Company holds its annual meeting in Jersey City. F O Matthiesen’s vacancy filled by his son F W Matthiesen. James B Vredenburgh and Norman Ream reelected, dividends 7% preferred and 6% common. German treaty policy supporters urge American coal exporters’ docks in north France amid French rail freight reductions, noting potential American displacement of German coal in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
American Cotton Oil Company
New York
United Traction Company of
Cleveland
Tom J. Johnson
Vienna
Glucose Sugar Refining Company
Jersey Cit
F. O. Matthiesen
F. W. Matthiesen
James B. Vredenburgh
Norman Ream
Bureau For
Germany
France
Switsereland
Battle Begins as Amalgamated Strike Paralyzes Mills
The Amalgamated Association aims a broad call for a general strike this Saturday, likely suspending operations at Federal Steel and cutting output at National Steel and National Tube plants, leaving more than 40,000 workers idle. Shaffer urges unity and warns of nationwide economic impact while monitoring trust counter moves at New Castle and Shenango Valley works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Association
Federal Steel Company
National Steel and
National Tube Companies
National Tube Company
McKeesport
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Carnegie Mills
Shaffer
McEne
New Castle
National Steel Company
Jennings
Shenango Valley
Bar
Kosena
John Williams
Ben J. Davis
Amalgamated Journal
Welleville
Ple
Monessen
Spectacular struggle in steel strike simmering on Wall Street
A New York Telegraph analysis details the high stakes of a looming strike at United States Steel. It outlines financiers led by Morgan shaping public opinion, potential countermeasures, and the vast defense fund ready to protect nonunion labor and key shareholders. The piece likens the fight to a war between nations and notes railway engineers' officials denying an imminent strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Nicholas
New York
Wall Street
Pardlee
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
United States Steel
Treasuries
Unon
Brotherhoods face steel strike risk in Anderson report
Clem Jarvis, vice president of the Amalgamated Association in charge of the fifth district, says the district is more solid behind the strike now. He claims some strikers are being harassed and that no cash soliciting has been authorized, with steps taken to arrest offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Clem Jarvis
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steeil and Tin Workers
Gompers Refuses to Comment on Steel Strike Attitude
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, staying in Atlantic City, would not deny or affirm any statements about the oration's stance toward the steel strike while here on August 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Tornado Strikes Norfolk Virginia City
Norfolk reports a tornado around 2 PM with a funnel cloud about fifty feet wide. It damaged roofs of about twenty houses, toppled timbers injuring several people, and destroyed outbuildings on a large farm in the county. No fatalities reported as Berkely area homes were unroofed. The storm accompanied a heavy rainburst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Berkely
Floods Hit Rail Lines Across Southeast and Southwest
Reports from Knoxville and Christiansburg describe record rainfall washing out Norfolk and Western and Southern Railway routes. Bridges and tracks damaged, trains delayed hours, and a mill on Mill Creek swept away. In Albuquerque, Santa Fe line washouts stall passenger trains with two inches of rain in two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
East Tennessee
Southern Railway
Norfolk & Western
Bristol
Southern
Waduga River
Christiansburg
At & O
Here
Radeford
Little River
New River
Palmer & Son
Mill Creek
Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe
Santa
Nebraska Rain Breaks Drought Across Sappa Valley
Heavy rain fell across southern Nebraska including Furnas county and the Sappa valley, ending a drought that had persisted since July 1. The downpour was the heaviest on record for the region, bringing relief to crops and soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Sappa Valley
Furnas County
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Pettis Dry Goods Co
Green Tea
Young Hyson
Japan
N. A. Moore CO
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Carl L. Rost
N. Illnois Street
Bates
Park Theater
Cripple Creek
Personal and
Mise Lucy Teecart
Due Elms
Mise Mae Egan
Miss Chambers
New
D. F. Fleener
Natalie Dalton
Diana Law
Deaf and Dumb Institute
J. C. Sipe
Ciated
Bethany
Bethany Itema
Scot Butler
Howard Cale
American Bar Association Meeting
Denve
the Railway Mail Service
Bern River
California
Kern River
Globe Oil Company
Bakersfield
Standard Oil CO
Standard
Capt. Blondell
Broad Ripple
Trade and Industry
Indiana Oil Company
Aet
Law Building
James S. Cruse
Cyrus J. Clara
Lewis G. Akin
Z. Hubbell
Hyde Park
Cleveland, C
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Railroad Prats Pearing
Gompers Nanceon
Mittal
West Virginia
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