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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1902
Page
4
Irvington and surrounding towns feature visits by Miss Mary Major and Miss Sara Campbell, Columbus guests with local families, and gatherings including Euchre Club at Mrs. Towles. Various residents travel to Marion, Columbus, Indianapolis, and surrounding areas, with numerous social visits and expected holidays.
Numerous social gatherings and visits populate the week list: Christian Endeavorers host a Friday social at Mr. Trus Desk’s home. Fleur de Lis Club dances in town hall. Ladies' Aid and W. F. M. Society meet in various church parlors. pastors and members tour churches, plan meetings, and resignations surface. Several students attend events, with class projects and clubs forming new groups and preparing year-end activities.
News of high schools reports that M T HH S members discussed colonial topics at the last meeting. The Ran-Cheros fraternity plans a Friday gathering at Elmer Raschig’s home. NB English students read Tale of Two Cities while Buchaneers formed last, with Eugene Foley hosting next. Students prep next term subjects and fill blanks. The Tyroleans society will meet Addie Sourbeer on the afternoon of December 3. The June 194 class met Friday to amend the pin selection and related matters.
Irma Jean Wocher sang in Room B last week. Alice Irwin returned from a short stay in Muncie. Bessie Van Meeter joined the staff of the Monday Echo. Ford Mayer came home from Hill School yesterday to spend the holidays. Miss Anna Chubb Fuller of Spencer visited Miss Olive Hawkins.
The H Lieber Company promotes high grade pictures for Christmas, highlighting Oil Paintings from $50 to $500 and Water Colors from $15 to $200. It offers an unequaled stock of Etchings and Engravings priced from $5 to $100, emphasizing selection, taste, and fair pricing for buyers seeking quality.
A local factory employing 250 skilled workers advertises its framing facilities and urges customers to place Christmas framing orders now, highlighting its public acknowledgment and apparent advantages.
Fine bronzes mostly small shown this year exqui site in design and workmanship. Nearly all are entire novel ties very desirable for cabinet or mantle. Prices range from 1 to 75 dollars.
Four new Christy cartoons join the gallery, matching last year’s popular topics The Oldest Trust Co In Deep Water Which and The Modern Lorelei. Framed price is two dollars and fifty cents, with others at one dollar seventy-five cents.
Brief fragment notes a growing rage and mentions wood burning materials, a line of art outfits priced at $4.80, and watercolor sets for children ranging from 10 cents to $1.
Miss Fuller returns home while Edward Eitle announces East trip for holidays. Miss Kate Hall of Peru shines in Miss May Bliss, and Madie Mack entertains friends. Shortridge nets 294.23 from Thanksgiving game with Manual Training High. Freshman Dramatic Club studies As You Like It under Miss O Hair. Juniors begin essays. Floyd South named stage manager, Harry Everett props. Friday Echo staff filled. cylinder press sought. Irene Dickson forms Normal School basketball team. game vs 8 H S planned. School improvements include new door to small room under stairs for typewriting. Junior 1964 cap set as skull cap with gold letters. numerals for honors. Freshman basketball team being formed by Percy DeTamble et al.
The successful trials of the submarine torpedo boat Adder lead to a recommendation to use submarine craft for harbor defense. Described as a remarkable boat, Adder boosts naval confidence in a novel coast defense approach for New York.
The Thursday Echo runs a serial A Trip Through Chinatown by a city correspondent. Shortridge High School plans an address by President David Starr Jordan of Stanford University on January 12. Musian Ellis Levy from the city heads to New York Tuesday to study music and perform tomorrow at 3 30 for friends. The city government civ il class progresses with committee reports and ordinances on railroad tracks and liquor laws. The Shortridge Oratorical Club held a secular meeting with speakers Poe Fishbine Holton Cook White and Theodore Curtis, Curtis delivering the best speech.
Springfield Republican notes Mr Reed accumulated about $200,000 from legal work in New York and planned to retire. It suggests he carried life insurance, implying he had arrangements for his heirs should his term end.
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