Indianapolis's Night Crowd Growth Tells of City Bohemia
Long article notes Indianapolis shifting from a quiet "city of homes" to a growing nightlife economy. Vaudeville eyes and cafe expansions loom as Denison Hotel, English’s, and University Club push toward late gatherings. Growth tied to downtown business traffic and new dining venues.
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Indianapolis
Grand Opera House
Max Anderson
Cincinnati
Aet
State Street
Broadway
University Club
Sherman's Restaurant
South Meridian Street
Lawyers
Denison Cafe
Denison Hotel
Pennsylvania Street
Trons
Denison
Toor
Indiana Hotel Company
Henry W. Lawrence
Enetish
Wrence
Tiltness Street
June
George
Homer June
Theatrical Business University Club
Columbia Club
University Lab
Meridian
Michigan Street
Fiiance
University Clab
Dne
Beaton
Mississippi Valley
State Board to Hear Van Vorbis Appeal on Jet Railroad Co. Property
The State Board of Tax Commissioners will meet this morning after a short rest and will hear the appeal of F J Van Vorbis from the assessment placed by the County Board of Review on the property of Jet Railroad Co. His appeals noted yesterday in Sperma will also be heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Tax Commissioners
F. J. van Vorbis
County Board of Review
Jet Railroad
Endowment Bank Called Safe as Indiana Pythians Stand with Neal
A message from Indiana Knights of Pythias leaders and C F S Neal of Lebanon now in Chicago states the Endowment Bank is on a safer, stronger footing. It urges members to remain loyal, honor pledges, and support the order amid prior financial misuse, noting nearly $17,000,000 paid to widows and orphans while defending trust and promoting trials against wrongdoers.
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Hunt
Pythias
C. F
Neal
Lebanon
Ind
Chicago
Endowment Bank
K. of P
R. of P
Supreme
D. 1. Shideler
Charles E. Shiveley
James E. Watson
A. C. Hawkins
Union B. Munt
Indiana
Supreme Lodge
Linois
Board of Control
Order
Pythian
Knights of Pythias of
Charles F. 5. Neal
Brother Neal
Consumption in Indiana Report Highlights Infant Mortality
The State Board of Health report notes 18 percent of infant deaths from breast feeding. It cites preventable causes and calls out poor ventilation in many schoolhouses as a major factor in mortality among youths aged 15 to 25. It warns 8 percent of schoolchildren breathe foul air.
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State Board of Health
Harry
Benevolent Associations File Articles of Incorporation
Yesterday saw a flurry of articles of incorporation from benevolent associations. The German Benefit Association Harmonia will operate in Alexandrian with trustees P. August Tuerffs William Schmerheim and Joseph Scherer. The Grand Lodge Colored Knights of Pythias of Indiana lists officers including H Porter Indiana vies cellor Fred Horde Noblesville grand prefect KR Simpson Oxendine master of exchequer Henry Swestland Remus Moore and Jerry Prank plus other names.
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Benevolent Association
Harmonia
Alexandrian
P. August Tuerffs
William Schmerheim
Joseph Scherer
Grand Lodge, Colored Knights of Pythias of
Indiana
Kicurperos
Grand . H. Porter
Indiapapeis
Vies Cellor
Fred Horde
Noblesville
Grand Prena KR
Simpson Oxendine
Hichmond
Henry Swestland
Tadianapolis
Remus
Moore
Indianapolis
Jerry Prank- Hae
Grand Medical Register
Joseph H. Kurg
C. R. Atkins
Buffaloes order announces Vincennes headquarters and council
The Noble Order of Buffaloes will establish headquarters at Vincennes and issue charters to noble herds. The Most Noble Council consists of Joseph A Swartzer, Robert F Weems and Michael Balton with Charles H Lanier as grand outer guard and Rufus Hammond and Irvington named in the leadership.
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Euard
Charles H. Lanier
Indianapolis
Grand Outer Guard
Rufus Hammond
Irvington
Noble Order of Buffaloes
Vincennes
Order
Joseph A. Swartzer
Robert F. Weems
Michael Balton
Truancy Officers Instructions from State Board of Charities
State Board of Charities issues directives to Indiana truancy officers under the new law. Counties pay for printing blanks and postage in addition to salaries. Teachers and school officers must supply required reports. Township trustees must furnish alphabetized lists of students on opening day. County councils cannot withhold funds or hamper truancy work, per attorney general interpretations upheld by circuit courts.
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Indiana
State Board of Charities
Department of Public Instruction
Taylor
Tragedy at 610 South Pennsylvania Street Ends in Morphine Death
Edward Seeley neglect and marital strain culminate in the death of his wife after repeated suicide attempts. Mrs Seeley, who separated weeks earlier, consumed morphine after dispute over board and absence of her husband. Doctors Hicks and Jacobs fought to save her, but she died last evening. Her sister Miss Harvey had previously killed herself in a similar manner seven years ago.
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Edward Seeley
South
Pennsylvania Street
Miss Harvey
Harvey
Seeley
East
Ohio Street
Hicks
Trouble at Atkins Plant Sparks Union Dispute
The Saw-handle Makers' Union contests the discharge of eight E. C. Atkins Company workers in a move seen as discouraging union activity in the tempering department. Six were to be reinstated, two laid off for slack work. The union seeks reinstatement and has filed with State Labor Commissioner McCormack. Atkins has long hosted strong labor unions and organizers plan further recruitment as D. M. Parry wagon makers see progress toward union charter.
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E. C. Atkins Company
McCormack
E. ©. Atkins Company
John Blue
D. M. Parry
Carriage and Wagon Makers’ Union
Blue
National Union
Foreman’s stance sparks strike by bridge crew at Broad Ripple
Fourteen bridge and structural iron workers at Broad Ripple went on strike at noon yesterday after the foreman of the American Bridge Company insisted on using common laborers for tasks that should have been handled by experienced men.
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Broad Ripple
American Bridge Company
Sculptor Barnard Discusses Harrison Monument Plans
Noted sculptor George Grey Barnard is in Indianapolis at the Grand Hotel to confer with Harrison monument commission members about plans for the proposed monument. He plans no submitted designs, only artistic discussion, and will visit Indiana counties planning soldiers monuments under a 25 000 law. Barnard may complete the Lafayette group for one county for 5 000, half his usual Lafayette fee.
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George Grey Barnard
Grand Hotel
Barnard
German Park Dance Promises Social Night of Music
German Park was beautifully nominated for a social gathering of the German Park Association and friends. Montana's orchestra performed and the Macnercher quartet sang. hundreds of gaslights lit the park creating a picturesque scene. The dancing pavilion overflowed as festivities continued until last car time. New pianos 9 percent and up at Wulschner's.
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German Park
German Park Association
German Teachers’ Association
Montana
Macnercher
Talk of James L. Keach as a mayoral hopeful in 1917
The withdrawal of Mayor Taggart sparks speculation on a Democratic nominee with Bell emerging as favored by Taggart’s faction. Joseph E. Bell arrived from College Corner and hesitates on candidacy while William F. Moore remains confident he will win the nomination. Keach courts South Side support but remains noncommittal, citing business duties and a preference to avoid the new office. Party chairs prepare a sixty day poll as Daly backers press for re nomination and others file for council seats in wards one seven.
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Taggart
Joseph E. Bell
John J. Appel
Appel
Bell
College Corner
Stevenson Building
Fanning
William F. Moore
Mr. Moore
Laneay
Eoupert
James l. Keach
Keach
Democratic City Committee
Joseph T. Fanning
Mr. Keach
Logsdon
Repubican City Committee
Friends of Police
Daly
Charles Murphy
Charles E. McKee
Seventh Ward
Deficit Reported for Indianapolis Savings and Investment Co
The auditor of state and the secretary of the Indianapolis Savings and Investment Company filed a report showing a deficit of 96,431.00 with 257 members holding 1,457 shares. The company liquidated July 3 after its secretary, the late George L Raschlig, died in February, and a demand for repayment has been made on the executor of his estate.
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George A. Bingham
Auditor of State's Office
W. D. Wilson
Indianapolis Savings and Investment Company
George L. Raschlig
W. 8. Fish
W. Db. Wilson
W. . Churchman
Messrs. Fish and Churchman
Anquilla Q. Jones
Fred Buddenbaum
T. A. Randall
Mr. Wilson
Messrs. Bingham and Wilson
Window Trimmers Elect Officers at National Association Meeting
The National Window Trimmers Association adjourned after a three day session at the Grand Hotel. Officers elected for the coming year include President Charles W. Morton Sacramento Cal and Treasurer Delbert Musert Terre Haute. Next annual meeting set for Milwaukee. Awards granted include gold medals to O E Rinehart Pawtucket and C T Walker Cleveland with decorations honors to Ribeney and others.
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National
Fragmentary Names and Places From Historical Column
Fragmented OCR lists names and places including Oliver Lanchanke and locations such as Sacramento and Pawtucket with ambiguous affiliations. The text reads as a partial roster or index of individuals and towns, lacking coherent event or context to define a clear news item.
Indiana's Tax Law Criticized By Seligman
Prof Seligman of Columbia informs ex supreme judge Timothy E Howard of South Bend that Indiana tax law claims cited at a National Civic Federation meeting are not supported by Indiana tax investigations. Attorney General Taylor has the correspondence and may issue a statement. The debate centers on feasibility of a single tax and whether Indiana has the best tax law in the United States.
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Timothy E. Howard
South Bend
Indiana
Seligman
Columbia University
Howard
Durbin
Taylor
Audrer Hart
Hunt
National Civic Federation
Buffalo
Journal of Procreenes of the Federation
United States
Boston man in critical condition after failed self harm
Dispatch from Mrs Gustave Almorth of Boston says Oscar H Almorth, found wounded in Van Camp's hardware store, is in City Hospital with blood poisoning and is believed to have served in the Spanish American War. She recalls a possible Canadian marriage and a Kentucky upbringing before living with a farmer and later in Cambridge.
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Gustave Almorth
Boston
Oscar H. Almorth
van Camp
City Hospital
Canada
Kentucky
Cambridge
Dunlap Hats at Seaton's Hat Store Promoted
Subscribers planning summer travels may have the Daily and Sunday Journal mailed to any United States or Canada address at no extra charge. Change of address can be made as often as desired. Telegraph and telephone contact via Telephones 238.
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Daily
Sunday Journal
United States
Canada
Lake Erie and Western Rail Schedule to Sandusky
Train begins in Indianapolis leaving at 9 p m Saturday August 10 to reach Sandusky by 6 a m Sunday August 11. Return departs Sandusky 9 p m August 11 arriving in Indianapolis 6 a m Monday August 12. Berths and chairs reserved at city office 28 South Illinois Street.
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Lake Erie & Western R. R
Sandusky
Indianapolis
Rooney
South Illinois Street
Pennsylvania Lines Excursions From Indianapolis Aug 11 and 15
Lake Maxinkuckee round trip Sunday Aug 11 leaves Indianapolis 7 30 a m returns 6 30 p m with stop at Maxinkuckee Assembly grounds. Annual seashore excursion via Big Four and C O routes Aug 15 from Indianapolis to Atlantic City Cape May Angelsea Av lon Holly Beach Ocean City Sea Island City Wildwood Ocean City Md Rehoboth Del for 15 15 round trip with twelve day return and through sleepers and coaches 7 45 a m and 6 20 p m departures. Also Denver round trip 31 50 31 80.
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Indianapolis
Lake Maxinkuckee
Maxinkuckee Assembly Grounds
Atlantic City
Cape May
Angelsea
Avalon
Holly Beach
Ocean City
Sea Island City
Wildwood
N. J
Rehoboth
Del
Big Four
H. M. Bronson
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Denison House
Belt Railroad Appeal
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Board of Charities
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Atkins Plant
Saw-Handle Makers’ Union
Parry Plant
Harrison Monument
Wulschner’s
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SesNena
Bea
Prinses
Oliver Lanchanke
Appansi
Kan
Sacramento
A. Andianapolis
C. E. ‘Rinehart
Pawtucct
Prof. Seligman
Columbia
Almorth
Dunlap
Seaton’s Hat Store
Pennsylvania Lines
Maxinkuckee Assembly
Sylvania
Vandalie Lines
Denver
St. Paul
Monon
Vandalia Line
Terre Haute
Fair Grounds
Lumit
Union City
Wabash
Louisville
Colorado
Decatur
Janes
Huy
J. C. Sipe
N. Med. St
Barber Supply Co
Law Building
Leo Lando
HS E. Ohjost
the Starr Piano Co
THE
Starr Piano CO
W. Washington Street
Pennsylvania
State OF
Indianapolis Hardware CO
East Pearl Street
Indianapolis, Ind
F. R. Rice M. C. CO
St. Louis Union
Union City, Wabash
Excelsior
Capitol Avenue South
Sander & Becker
E. Washington St
Oliver Twist
Tru-Food Company
Cc. WW. Meikel CO
N. Penn
Pearson’s Piano House
Hyder
Washington and Pennsylvania Sts
Kahn
Es Bahs and Awninc CO
Washington ST
Julius Walkeron
Members Merchants’ Association
Olivild
Coomich & Co
North Meridian
Black Mit
Zepherettes
Joseph Taggart
Boston Brown Bread
Autres Ds Tel
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