Darling of the Gods at Belasco Theater Delights New York Crowd
David Belasco's The Darling of the Gods with Blanche Bates as Yo San opens richer than Du Barry at Belasco Theater New York. Kraines Arliss and Winter praised cast and lavish stage pictures while two Ben Hur showings and other acts fill today’s schedule at English's Park Theater and Empire venues.
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David Belasco
John Luther Long
du Barry
Belasco Theater
New York
Blanche Bates
Yo-San
Earth
Paradise
Robert T. Kraines
Personal and Society items and social visits
Miss Kate Hall of Peru visits Mrs. George Bliss while Hazel Dietz visits Helen Evans in Dayton. Mrs. Eugene Sauley hosts the Elks Ladies Club. Mrs. Charles B. Cooper returns from Asheville. Enid Perry Morris visits Green. Mrs. Harry J. Rhein to return from Waukesha. Admiral and Mrs. George Brown back from Annapolis visit. Miss Bossieur from St Louis guest of Miss Julia Hoines. Miss Dore After of Blairsville visits Mrs. W. Hubbard. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kurtz head to New York for the holidays. Mrs. Luella May Smith honored with a matinee party by Mrs. W. Lven prt. Mrs. S. Herbert Collins of Chicago to spend holidays with J. H. Waren. Miss Louise Van Winkle returns to Danville after a fortnight with Downing Johnson. Winona Chautauqua Circle lunch at Mrs. Lehman H. Dunning. Mrs. Hennen and Miss Frances Kiennen of Hawesville return home from Woodruff Place. Margaretta De Bruler visits Purdue University as Indianapolis School representative. A. D. Thomas of Woodruff also visiting. The Fish Club meets with Mrs. Flora Wulschner. The Kappa Gamma Club holds a Christmas meeting at Mrs. W. W. Buchanan’s. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ha of Ottawa and Mrs. We Atr and daughter Wooster return home after a visit with Rufus Sifers. Clubhouse activities continue tonight.
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Kate Hall
Peru
George Bliss
Hazel Dietz
Helen Evans
Dayton
Ugh
Annapolis
Bossieur
St. Louis
Julia Hoines
Miss Dore
Blairsville
W. Hubbard
W. E. Kurtz
New York
W. Lven Prt
Luella May Smith
Rensselaer
S. Herbert Collins
Chicago
J. H. Waren
Louise van Winkle
Downing Johnson
Danville
Indianapolis
A. D. Thomas
Woodruff
Fish Club
Flora Wulschner
Meridian Street
Kappa Gamma Club
W. W. Buchanan
Delaware Street
Socials and notices across Indiana towns and colleges
Various social events and movements are detailed, including informal birthday and hospitality gatherings in Indianapolis, engagements and weddings in Elkhart and Evansville, and club activities. The piece notes hotel receptions, dances, and family celebrations, plus a meeting at the YWCA about foreign missions and a local euchre club gathering.
Dozen Bargains and Old Fashioned Courtship War
A Willsborough Gazette clipping recounts social rifts among local young society folk over an informal reception. Men boycott dances and invite-only events, while Mount Carmel youths form an Anti-Girl Club in protest of girls who dated soldiers. A pledge bans associations with those girls for a year with escalating fines. A New York Times anecdote contrasts wit and propriety in Broadway fashion.
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Willsborough
Mount Carmel
Home Dressmaking Hints With Yoke And Strap Trimming
May Manton presents fashionable box plaited waists with a yoke and strap trimming. The model uses reseda peau de soie necking with cream mousseline and corticelli silk stitched bands, paired with a matching cloth skirt. The snug Maing foundation closes at the center front, with the back yoke portion faced atop it.
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May Manton
Reseda
Box Plaited Waist and Clerical Cut Novel Stock Pattern
Pattern description for Wh 4292 box plaited waist with yoke front, back smooth, front blouse over belt, sleeves puffed and cuffed, novel clerical neck stock. Materials vary by size 32 to 40 bust. Pattern 422 covers 32 to 40 bust with sizes 32,34,36,38,40. Send name address and size to Pattern Dept The Journal Indianapolis. Allow one week for return.
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the Journal
Indianapolis
Ind
Fainting and fires strike two Delaware Street homes
A kitchen stove fire at Mrs. Caroline Hildebrand’s 608 North Delaware home caused $5 damage and forced her relatives to safety after she fainted. In a separate incident at Frank Kenworthy’s 212 Detroit street, gas buildup near a stove ignited woodwork, but all residents escaped. damages are about $20.
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Caroline Hildebrand
Delaware Street
Hildebrand
Frank Kenworthy
Detroit Street
Death of John E. Hanley at 531 South East Street
John E. Hanley aged 23 died yesterday at his parents home 531 South East street. He was employed as a clerk in the city post office department for seven years. He went to Colorado last July due to illness, showed some improvement briefly, but in the last two months his condition worsened and he returned home two weeks ago where his decline continued.
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John E. Hanley
South East Street
Mr. Hanley
Post Office
Colorado
Assyrian Man Michael Louige Dies at Poor Farm
Michael Louige an Assyrian died yesterday at the poor farm from tuberculosis. He was twenty two years old and admitted to the institution last September. He had a number of Assyrian friends in this city who have taken charge of the remains.
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Michael Louige
By the Brook A Quitting Song and New Pianos Ad
A fragmentary verse excerpt shows a speaker asked to rest at their cottage door beside a brook as the setting sun and nature linger. The page also advertises new pianos at sixteen dollars and up at Wulchner’s, reflecting a local goods promotion.
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Lave
Canadian praises United States as salt of the earth
John J. Padler of Toronto, a coffee mill and fruit mill maker, praises the United States as the best country and its people as progressive liberal and aggressive in business. He spends winters in California and longs to move his factory to the U.S. but stays in Toronto for business and family reasons.
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United States
Edward
John J. Padler
Toronto
Denison
Padler
Chicago
San Francisco
California
Los Angeles
Canada
The Hot Air Man Burgess Visits Denison
Cincinnati firm representative A Burgess addresses a Denison crowd claiming imaginary air based inventions to cure insomnia and suit cases of condensed night heat days and moonlight for travel homesickness hay fever and dating, selling space age capsules and bricks for everyday use.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Denison
Burgess
Cleveland
Ananias
Mr. Burgess
Coal Trust
Colorado
Arizona
Indiana
Crawford Fairbanks and John Wingate in Terre Haute visit
Crawford Fairbanks of Terre Haute traveled through the city last night en route to French Lick. John C. Wingate of Wingate, state tax commissioner, was in the city last night.
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Crawford Fairbanks
Terre Haute
French Lick
the Grand
John C. Wingate
Wingate
Patterson A D T seeks control of Indianapolis messenger service
C F Patterson of New York general manager of the American District Telegraph Company is in the city to secure control of the Indianapolis messenger service. The A D T seeks to absorb messenger firms in all cities. Patterson conferred with Charles Co Hatfield president of Indianapolis District Telegraph Company. Today the officers will meet to decide steps. The People's Messenger Company may also be purchased. The A D T operates with Western Union Telegraph Company.
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C. F. Patterson
New York
American District Telegraph Company
Indianapolis
A. D.T
Patterson
Charles Co. Hatfield
Indianapolis District Telegraph Company
People's Messenger Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Council Officials Debate Pesthouse Ordinance Implications
Council members seek to untangle the pesthouse issue fearing swift action may not stop funds from reverting to the general fund. Controller Pes notes uncertainty over fund reversion and will follow the city attorney’s guidance when time arrives.
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Pes
No Provision for Pesthouse in Annual Appropriations
If the project reverts, a new appropriation ordinance must pass since the annual allocations lack any pesthouse provision. The prior July appropriation was for thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.
City News Notes Headlines and Local Updates
Frank Mummenhoff suicide report corrected urgent: not a German House Association member. Technical Institute fund needs 18 dollars to reach goal. hope to raise soon. Edward Taylor heads to Florida for four music recitals, including Jacksonville and Tampa Bay. Harry Sheets re-elected colonel of the First Regiment Indiana Brigade Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias. Major Tucker elected lieutenant colonel. Colonel Sheets to announce staff later. Pauline Leatherman underwent appendectomy at Deaconess Hospital. eight years old daughter of Dr A L Leatherman. operation chosen after 24 hours of illness. Twenty-ton burglar-proof bank safe moved to Union National Bank in Aetna block. bank opening Dec 12. Tom Halls seeks William Tyner in New Orleans for raising one-dollar bills. Tyner formerly of Indianapolis. Deputy Marshal John Foley assisted. Frank M Reed asks William Joyce to take five children from dead sister Mrs Louis Lorn. Joyce to arrange care due to Reed’s large family and income. Meridian Street Methodist church to host veterans service preaching by Dr Stansfield on “A Veteran's Appeal” with no offering. Dr C I Fletcher lecture at German House with stereopticon pictures. itinerary through England including Liverpool, Haddon Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, London, and a coronation, ending with Oxford to Cambridge, and a Welsh return.
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Technical Institute Fund
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Indianapolis Conservatory of Music
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Jacksonville
Tampa Bay
Harry Sheets
Indiana Brigade
Uniform Bank
Knights of Pythias
Tucker
Noblesville
Sheets
Deaconess
Dunning
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A. L. Leatherman
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Pennsylvania Street
Tom Halls
United States Secret Service
Indiana
New Orleans
William Tyner
Tyner
Indianapolis
United States
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Frank M. Reed
William Joyce
Board of Children’s Guardians
Louis Lorn
Joyce
Meridian-street Methodist Episcopal Church
Stansfield
C. I. Fletcher
Liverpool
England
Haddon Hall
Chatsworth
Stratford-on- Avon
Warwick
Rochester
Cobham
Winchester
London
Edward
Isle of Wight
Royal Naval Review
Oxford
Cambridge
Sherwood Forest
Lake District
Isle of Man
Valley of the Wye
Devonshire
Cornwall
Lorna Doon
Wales
Board of Works Routine Resolutions Adopted
Routine board actions list vacation of alleys and streets including first alley west of Arlington Avenue from Julian Avenue to 299.90 feet south and other street improvements. Completed projects include cement walks, sod, and paving in multiple streets with contractors Henry Maag and Western Construction Company. Petitions filed and referred to the engineer for vacations and private walk construction. Bids received for cement walks and road resurfacing on several streets with amounts noted.
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Paris Avenue
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Pogue
Hamilton Avenue
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Henry Maag
New Jersey Street
Western Construction Company
Beauty Avenue
Dr. Martin
New York
Spruce and
Prospect Streets
M. E. Church
Bridge Street
Nordyke Avenue
First Alley
Silver Avenue
J. Harry Roberts
Henry Manay
Southeastern Avenue
State Street
Rural Street
Congress Avenue
Northwestern Avenue
Clifton Street
Postoffice Receipts Seen Rising to 260000 Next Year
Officials note a steady rise in postoffice receipts since the start of the fiscal year and expect the 260000 milestone in the next annual report. November receipts totaled 49913.08 and showed a 7913 gain from a year earlier as 7857722 pieces of mail were handled. Reaching 60000 would prompt higher salaries and more carriers.
Murbarger Fends Off Pardello In Twenty Minute Bout
In a catch-as-catch-can exhibition at the Empire last night Leo Pardello failed to throw Sam Murbarger within twenty minutes and forfeited a $3 stake.
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Murbarger
Leo Pardello
Sam Murbarger
the Empire
Hetty Green Sells L and N Holdings Amid Market Tension
New York December 5 Mrs Hetty Green adds 1.5 million to her fortune by selling a 2000 share block of Louisville and Nashville at a price between 140 and 150. J P Morgan is said to have bought it near her figures to prevent market trouble. Green led the minority against a proposed reorganization at 1 percent for 4 percent bonds and notified Morgan of her intent to sell this week.
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New York
Hetty Green
Louisville & Nashville
J. P. Morgan
Green
John W. Gates
Supreme Court rules cannot give liquor samples without license
In Minnesota a person who serves liquor to a prospective customer without a license violates state law. Henry Krebs, agent for a St. Paul liquor firm, gave samples in Perham and was jailed on $300 bail. Krebs sought habeas corpus to avoid jail. The State Supreme Court held he must remain in jail pending grand jury actions.
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ST. Paul
Minn
State Supreme Court
Henry Krebs
Frank Jones
Perham
Krebs
Supreme Court
White gowns dominate winter fashion in elegant New York scenes
New York reporters describe a strong fashion shift toward white gowns in winter dress, especially in opera season. One-color outfits prevail with lace and cloth fabrics, elaborate cloaks, and soft hats. Evening and demi-toilette gowns feature white cloth, chiffon overlays, jet accents, and delicate embroidery. color is used sparingly for contrast.
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Indianapolis Journal
New York
Paris
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West Market Street
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