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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1902

Page

2

Mr Cowles to Lead Concert Company at Fair Bank Season

Eugene Cowles announces a concert company tour beginning in Brooklyn, then west to the Pacific coast with Mme Claparelli, Clara Farrington, and Gaetano Merola. The bass singer plans Nahman planned repertoire including Les Hugenots duet and gypsy song from The Fortune Teller. Indianapolis Military Band plays at Fairview Park tonight with Rembusch euphonium and selections from Gounod, Bellstedt, Pryor, and Holtz.

Eugene Cowles Bank Brooklyn Mr. Cowles Behenna Pacific Coast Indianapolis Mme. Claparelli Rome Les Hugenots Moe Ciaparelli Clara Farrington Gaetano Merola Naples Cowles Fair Bank Casino Annie Laurie Fortune Tellier Fairview Park Senne Rembusch Gounod Besseran Pryor, Bellstedt Holtz This Park

Wasson Subscribes funds for arsenal grounds purchase

Hiram P. Wasson contributes 2.50 toward a 150 fund for buying the arsenal grounds from the government. He is a strong supporter of the technical school movement, predicting vast benefits for the city. George W. Brown, committee chair, reports progress after returning from Winonages and notes subscriptions total about 6.00 with the target near 150.

Hiram P. Wasson Arsenal Wasson Technical School Iapolis George W. Brown

The Girlie Classical School Adds New Instructors

The Girlie Classical School will hire several new instructors this year while retaining a core team. Returning staff include Miss Colgan Miss Shoecraft Madame Wiegeldt Miss Haskins Miss Schiffer Miss Carman Mrs Hunter Miss Cominger Clar ence Nixon Hugh McGibeny and Eugene E. Noel. New hires cover history English mathematics reading voice and kindergarten with Rebecca Trail Andrews directing the gymnasium. Lectures will feature Richard Moulton on venetian literature and James A on American history.

Girlie Miss Colgan Shoecraft Madame Wiegeldt Haskins Blanche Keating Lillian Stevens Ce M. Quigg Rebecca Trail Andrews Emma Louise Atkine Richard Moulton James A

Bank taxes rise on Indianapolis assessments in state board ruling

The Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners sustained multiple county appeals, increasing valuations for six Indianapolis banks including Indiana National Bank by 110000 and Merchants National by 108540. Other banks saw smaller rises while several appeals were not sustained or reduced. The board also handled numerous other county appeals on real estate and personal property, with many reductions and some dismissals as it opened a third session of hearings.

State Board of Tax Commissioners James Carter Indianapolis Marion County Board of Review Indiana National Bank Merchants National Columbia National Bank Fletcher National Bank Ths State Board Union Traction Company of Indiana J. A. van Osdal Evansville & Terre Haute Railway Company Board On Appeals John Carter Board of Review Marion County American National Bank Capital National Bank Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Company Howard County Kokomo Ohio and Indiana Natural and Dluminating Gas Company Jay County Redkey Transportation Company Julia A. Lucas Daviess County Pittsburg Plate Glass Company Great Western Pottery Company St. Joseph Marton Brick Works Parke County W. H. Kiblinger de Kalb County Henry W Diddy A. Johnson Commercial Bank of Ashley de Kalb Henry Rothschild Allen County Benjamin Rothschild Magdalena Saase Lake County le Grand T. Meyer The Michigan Land Company Seeberger E. C. Minas John Brown A. Murray Turner H. S. Barr M. Ruhstadt E. H. Simon J. Lassers Frances M. Howe Lagrange County Frank McCray Indianapolis News Harry B. Smith Knights and Ladies of Honor T. BE. Snyder Spencer County Snyder Richmond Natural Gas Company Henry County Lafayette Gas Company Tipton County Indianapolis Natural and Illuminating Gas Company A. W. Dean Barthlomew County First National Bank of Columbus Bartholomew County M. J. May May Vevay Deposit Bank Switzerland County Supreme Tribe of Ben

Conference Opens Sixty Third Indiana Methodist Session

The sixty third annual Indiana Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church convened at Hoyt Avenue Church. Rev C B Johnson welcomed delegates as Rev W W Lineberry presided. Key speakers include Adrian Jones and H L Elerdice. Candidates for ordination to be examined this morning and the conference lasts through Sunday with about two hundred delegates attending.

Indiana The Methodist Protestant Church Hoyt Avenue C. 8. Johnson W. W. Lineberry H. Schwarzkoff Elkhart J. R. Lenhart Maples D. W. Hetrick D. W. Evans G. W. Bundy Sheridan J. O. Ledbetter Swayzee L. Coomer George H. Sisson Muncie Sisson

Sunday Schools Win Sing Off Prize at Old Settlers Meet

Broad Ripple and Mapleton M E Sunday schools shared prize for best singing at Old Settlers meeting in Broad Ripple and now seek to collect 90 from Circuit Supreme and Criminal Court judges. The judges, candidates for re election, may pay only after returning and meeting to decide. They were told they would be held responsible for prize comments if collection efforts fail.

Broad Ripple Christian Mapleton M. E Old Settlers Broad Ripple Circuit Supreme Criminal Courts

Colored Church Worth $100000 in Philadelphia

G Alexander McGuire rector of St. Thomas’s Philadelphia visits St. Phillip’s Mission of St. Paul’s Church. Thomas’s Church is the oldest colored Episcopal church in the United States with four communicants twelve guilds a choir of forty and property valued at $100000.

G. Alexander McGuire St. Thomas’s Church Philadelphia United States St. Phillip’s St. Paul's Church West Indies

Peculiar Land Story Involving Big Four Depot Claim

Wellington Kansas dispatch cites C F Bates claiming Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette Railroad officials urged him to quit claim a land strip in central Indianapolis valued highly. Bates ties land to canal deeds via his grandfather, while Big Four attorney Charles Myers doubts Bates’s land claim, noting the North Street station requirement may block any disposal by the Big Four.

Wellington Kan C. F. Bates Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette Indianapolis Chicago Bates Charles R. Myers Big Four North Street James Blake Blake Capitol Avenue Canal North St. Clair Streets Myers

Cresceus to Try For New Record at Indiana Fair Track

Cresceus, 202 percent, world trotting champion, is quartered at the state fair grounds and in prime condition for a trial against time next Thursday. Owner-driver George H. Ketcham says a two minute mile is possible if conditions are favorable and plans daily workouts leading to the Indianapolis trial against his 242 2/5 second record.

Cresceus State Fair Grounds Fair Grounds Crescens Indianapolis George H. Ketcham Cleveland Track Ketcham Cleveland

Democratic Objections Over County Precinct Maps

Chairman Spencer of Marion county’s Democratic committee denounces county auditor Smith for changes in precinct boundaries. He cites a Warren township precinct claimed seven miles long and half a mile wide and objects to city precinct arrangements and the auditor’s map-creation allowances.

Spencer Marion County Democratic Committee Smith Warren Township

Cortelyou Attends McKinley Cemetery Ceremony in Canton

Secretary to the President George B. Cortelyou, executors of McKinley’s estate, spent hours in Canton with Mrs. McKinley. He accompanied her to the cemetery and laid flowers on the late president’s casket, reflecting their close association.

Canton George B. Cortelyou W. BR. Day President McKinley Cortelyou

Anrial Excursions to Northern Michigan Resorts

Travel notice advertising excursions to Petoskey and Mackinac Island with fares listed at ten dollars. It notes travel dates of September 2 6 and 10 with return within thirty days and provides contact details for ticket agents at 48 West Washington Street Union Station and W. W. Richardson D P A Indianapolis.

Michigan Petoskey Travers Mackinac Island West Washington Street Union Station W. W. Richardson Indianapolis

Pennsylvania Lines and Island Lake Excursions Aug 24

Special train and round trip fares from Indianapolis to Madison and Lafayette on August 24 with 7:30 a.m. departures and 6 p.m. returns. Steam boat river excursion to Ohio river and Mackinac Island trip with tickets valid ten days. Cincinnati baseball doubleheader noted.

Indianapolis Madison Ohio River

Lake Erie and Western R R Advertises Train Details

Sandusky C and Return priced at 1.50 for Saturday night August 2% leaves Indianapolis at 9:00 p m. Berths chairs and full particulars available by contacting A H Sellars CPA 28 South Illinois street.

Indianapolis A. H. Sellars South Illinois Street

Big Four Excursions Sunday August 24 Louisville Trip

Rail special from Indianapolis Union Station at 7 a.m. offers round trips to Louisville Terre Haute and other nearby towns with fares from 1.00 to 1.50. Other departures list 7:30 p.m. returns from Lawrenceburg and Aurora with lines to Terre Haute and Green Lane. Readers urged to follow the Journal by mail while away for summer. Local ads sell oats horse feed and a range of harness goods from Koehring, Techentin, Freiberg, and Herrington.

Indianapolis Union Station Louisville Lawrenceburg Aurora Way Lake Chautauqua Indianapolis Hautauqua Os East Washington Street Massachusetts Avenue Union Station H. M. Bronson Niagara Falls Toronto Alexandria Bay Montreal the Falls Big Four Washington St Mass. Ave

Osteopathy Promises Health Through Nature's Aid

A promotional piece extols osteopathy as superior to drugs, urging readers to choose health over wealth. It touts natural healing, explains how osteopathic treatment improves blood and nerve flow, and invites readers to consult Dr Sparnhurst in Indianapolis with free consultation and literature by mail.

Sparnhurst Stevenson Building Sparnhurst Institute of Osteopathy Indianapolis

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