Indianapolis horse show colors spread for Sept event
Red and white horse show colors flood Indianapolis as merchants are urged to decorate windows and ads in support of the September 21 show under a large tent at Senate avenue and Sixteenth street. Dr Gray solicits merchant cooperation, with prizes for best show windows and box seating, while entries from Milwaukee Racine Kansas City St Louis and other cities rush in for the event featuring dozens of classes and notable exhibitors.
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Indianapolis
Senate Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Horse Show Association
New York
Chicago
D. Gray
Dr Gray
Bax
Saulter
Merchants’ Association
Colonel Pabst
Milwaukee
F. K. Bull
Racine
Wis
A. E. Ashbrook
Kansas City
W. G. Claring
St. Paul
W. B. White
Cleveland
Frank Hogan
St.Louis
Mr. Ashbrook
Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company
South Bend
Todianapelis
Studebaker Cup Classes for Women and Children
The Studebaker Cup features riding and driving classes for women and children under fifteen with prizes for ponies and carts. Anthracite, Gen Henry W Lawton’s war horse, competes in high jumping. renamed from Rey d Or to Anthracite by Denver buyers turned owner George E Palmer. A potato race remains a planned entertainment, and the championship prize is set at 700 dollars to ensure continued spirited competition.
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Henry W. Lawton
Philippines
Indianapolis
General Lawton
New York
Kansas City
George E. Palmer
Denver
Palmer
New York Wealth and Cab Plans Highlight 1869 Sketch
Lexington Observer extracts show 1869 incomes of New York figures Arnold Constable, Fisk Hatch, Moses Taylor, Gordon Bennett, Bonner, Sweeny, E D Morgan, William Astor, Alexander Stewart, and others. They also describe a Hansom Cab Company proposal with cheap two seat cabs and tiered fares, and discuss New York rail bills on Twenty third Street and Broadway Railroad. A T Stewart offers two million for a charter with city treasury benefits.
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New York
Lexington
Arnold, Constable & Co
Fisk, Hatch & Co
Higgins
Moses Taylor
James Gordon Bennett
New
Hansom Cab Company
Arrvar
General Assembly of
Twenty-third Street
City of
East River
Fifth-avenue Hotel
Wall Street
Maiden Jane
Fifth
Madison
Lexington Avenues
Broadway
A. T. Stewart
Snake Dance of Hopis Religion and Antidote Secrecy
Washington Aug 15 A report from Indian schools supervisor A O Wright describes the Hopi Snake Dance in northeastern Arizona as a major August religious festival. An antidote known to two elders enables fearless handling of rattlesnakes, with hypnotism and ritual care preceding the dance. The ceremony honors ancestral serpents as rain-bringing grandfathers, while Hopi women influence marriage choices and the tribe maintains strict agricultural irrigation and peaceful, industrious living.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Arizona
A. O. Wright
Southwest
Mr. Wright
Wright
Plaza Company
Keam's Canyon
Orabi
Blue Canyon
America
Humbert Case Review of Frauds and Fraudulent Inheritance
Review traces Mme Humbert’s forged wills claiming a 320 million fortune from a supposed Portuguese testator. The tale spurred loans from banks and individuals, while courts, lawyers, and officials in France shaped a sprawling fraud. The piece also covers a local poor farm, its inmates, administration, and admission rules.
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New York Evening Post
Mme. Humbert
Robert Henry Crawford
Nice
France
Robert Crawford
Marie Daurignac
Henry Crawford
Marie
The
Republic
Humbert
Mmne
Avenue de la Grande Armee
Cateau Des Vives Eaux
Celeyran
Opera Bma
Tunis
Pr Carnot
Felix Faure
General Boulanger
Deauties
Humberts
Lille
Marion County Poor Farm and Its Aging Residents
A long feature on the Marion County Asylum for the Poor five miles northwest of Indianapolis. It notes a 164-resident elderly population, with a 235 capacity building, and a history from a log cabin to the present brick facility. Most inmates are foreigners, average age 65, oldest Rigdon Herron, a former slave, who recounts antebellum days. Inmates receive weekly tobacco, perform light tasks, and spend days around the smoking room, awaiting the end of life.
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A. H. Harcourt
George W. Tucker
Marie Haslop
Indianapolis
Marion County Asylum For
West Michigan
Marion County
Frst
Nicholas Woods
Rigdon Herron
North Carolina
Florida
Two millionaires contrasted by Sage and Carnegie
The New York Sun profiles Russell Sage and Andrew Carnegie, noting Sage’s frugal, single minded pursuit of business and lack of philanthropy, while Carnegie pursues wealth with plans to nicht die rich, funding public causes. Sage is a steady, self contained financier with limited public works, whereas Carnegie seeks to distribute wealth and gain lasting public recognition.
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New York Sun
Russell Sage
Higginy
Mr. Carnegie
Mr. Sage
Pittsburg
Sage
Mdon
Carnegie
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Indianapolis Horse Show Association
Louisville
Louisvilley
Studebaker Cup
Snake
Indian Bureau
Andrew Carnegie
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