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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1901
Page
6
Willam H. Crane stars in David Harum at 2:15 and 8:15 p m. Grand offers vaudeville also at 2:15 and 8:15 p m. Man's Enemy plays at 2 and 8 p m at the Park theater. The Empire shows The Dainty Duchess in vaudeville at 2 and 8 p m.
Agnes Herndon and company present Man's Enemy at Pork Theater while Go-Won-u0-Mohawk the Native actress headlines the latter half of the week. Alfred Allen wins Town Topics prize for Chivalry about a negro burning amid Southern race tensions. Rumors of Hopper leading a burlesque company and Miss Duke at Grand Opera House mingle with ragtime acts and new farces at the Winter Garden. Italian emigration scams prompt Cordiferro melodrama. Moscow bans Jewish actors. Paris censor targets Les Avantes. David Harum at English's features mild theatrical violence with Harum and Montag.
Charles Martindale convalesces at the Victoria and many visitors call on local residents including Miss Mary Bulman from Terre Haute and Miss Sadie Salzenstein from Springfield ll. Mrs. A H Blair hosts visits for Washington guest, Miss Jeannette Judson’s wedding is at Christ Church, and many dinners and receptions are listed at homes on Meridian and Spann avenues with notable attendees and forthcoming ceremonies.
Philadelphia Record notes a shift as saloon keepers long provided luncheon with drinks at midday. Now soda water shops reportedly extend similar free meals, with wives and companions set to enjoy the gesture, as biscuit plates are added to each glass of soda in ongoing enterprise.
A catalog lists many titles with bindings and illustrations, including Christmas Time is The Life of the Master and Westward Ho. Special prices apply on several volumes such as The Westward Ho edition at 2.40 and The Master Key with 1.18. Other items include dream child rhymes and Engraved cards.
Water beverages now accompanied by elaborate treats as cafes introduce new menus. One shop serves a dainty sandwich with each drink while another promises matinees on Wednesday and Saturday with a choice of chicken or lobster croquet for women buying soda. Competition among purveyors is expected to be brisk.
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes a growing trend of public notices announcing engagements births and weddings in daily papers The piece spotlights Marian Harris and John Pickthall Edwards wedding at St George s Church New York and comments on the novelty and potential popularity of such notices The piece also contrasts resting habits between men and women citing Leslie s Weekly and discussing the burdens of early housekeeping for new mothers
Practical tips for crepe like fabrics embrace steaming in the kitchen during tea kettle or wash boiler steam. Hang on wooden hangers free from contact, finish in a warm dry room after twenty minutes. Large silk or velvet bags gain convenience with small pockets for change and items, aiding organization. Paris women’s group declares madam the proper term for female members regardless of status. A Paris laundry aims to clean fragile textiles without chemicals using boiled potatoes rubbed into fabrics then rinsed.
L S Baldwin of Noblesville may enter the Ninth district race against Charles B Landis. Rumors say Baldwin has strong Hamilton county backing and possible Boone county support while Democrats revive The Democrat under new ownership after a hiatus. Also notes Ebstein, a young French visitor, contrasts life in the US with Europe and comments on Parisian fashion.
Theodore Shockney a prominent Republican from Union City spoke at the Hotel English. Former State Senator and lieutenant governor candidate under Governor Chase, he noted mixed campaign lines in his district and called the Eighth the state’s largest by population, second only to one other in the nation.
At a Republican state committee meeting chaired by James P. Goodrich Warren Bigler and Joseph B Kealing it was decided to hold the love feast on Tuesday December 31 at the Denison Hotel A general feast of oratory will follow with Senators Fairbanks Beveridge and various congressmen invited The state committee plans a meeting on the eleventh with primaries for delegates to district conventions likely in January two or three weeks into the month.
Georges Ebstein, a 21 year old from France, is staying at the Grand Hotel. He works for a Paris steel firm introducing a new material as a steel substitute, but soon enters France's army for three years. He notes France could mobilize three million in 48 hours. Ebstein discusses exemptions, France's navy, and France US relations, calling Americans welcome in France.
At the Denison Hotel last night George W. Mc Daniel of Bedford touted heavy local support for the Indianapolis Southern Railroad. He cited 23,000 carloads of Bedford stone annually, two Lawrence county cement mills with 2.20 barrels daily capacity, and a 2 percent county subsidy. Also at the hotel, J. P. Hutchinson of Chihuahua, Mexico, and A. S. Witherbee discussed San Toy Mining Company ties with Indianapolis investors, noting San Toy mines yield silver and lead and that San Toy means good luck.
Ss. E. Voris of Crawfordsville, a stockholder, visited Denison yesterday and called the burning of the wire fence factory one of the town’s worst calamities in years. He estimates the loss near ten thousand dollars even after insurance.
W A Sullivan once a Big Four freight agent visits with his wife and two daughters. They arrived yesterday and are staying at the Grand Hotel in the city.
Dr. George F. Edenharter hosted Marion County Medical Society and visiting physicians at the Central Insane Hospital. Over 160 attendees heard Dr. Stewart L. Paton of Johns Hopkins praise Indiana’s facility, noting its superior care and calling for continued research and lab opportunities for clinicians and general practitioners.
Investors are urged to require title insurance before real estate deals. The EMAIDIANA TITLE GUARANTY AND LOAN COMPANY at 19 Bast Market Street is promoted as a trusted provider to safeguard property transactions and loans.
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