Residents press for streetcar extension near Fall Creek
A public meeting of Indian apolis citizens northeast of College Avenue heard petitions for extending the Inc in eeous direction. James M. Jones of In Traction and Terminal Co argued any new line would be a switch not an extension and unprofitable. the board referred the matter to an engineer to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Indianaporis
College-are-nue
Inc
Citisens
James M. Jones
In- Traction and Terminal Company
Avenue
Bank of Fall Creek
Sutherland Avenue
Street Railway Company
Oneroath Street
Boswell
Jones
College Avenue
Board of Works
Watkin
College-ave
Down
Cornell Avenue
Th Street
Bona Thompson Library Dedicatory Services Planned
The Bona Thompson Memorial Library dedication will be Sunday afternoon December 4 in the Library Building. Speeches by Senator Bever age and others followed by music mark the event. The library, on the corner of Downey and University, will house 15 000 to 30 000 books and serve Butler College students and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bona Thompson Memorial Library
Mbrary
Senator Beverage
A. C. Harris
Hilton A. Brown
Butler Board of Directors
A. M. Sweeney
City Library Committee
Scot Butler
Butler College
Utifu
Steele
Bona Thompson
Boarraneet
Beoks
Retta Barnhill
Carlysie
Legal committee meets on gas trust production plan
A meeting of the Gas Consumers' League legal committee is held at the Commercial Club to discuss the legality of the Consumers' Gas Trust Company manufacturing gas for city supply and a proposed meter system. An earlier First Baptist Church program featured the Choral Club with Mrs Mary Jeffery directing and a soloist lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of League
Gas Consumers’ League
Consumers’ Gas Trust Company
First Baptist Church
Mary Jeffery
Samuel Xk
Jessie Jay
Florence
Northwestern University
Clyde Loog
Club Num
Interurban sleeping cars arrive in Greenfield on Pennsylvan ia line
The Holland Palace Car Company delivered the first of two interurban sleeping cars to Greenfield, Del. The Theodore will run between Indianapolis and Columbus with ten compartments and electric conveniences. Top speeds reach 65 to 70 mph, and service is slated to begin January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland Palace Car Company
Wilmington
Del
Greenfield
Pennsylvania Road
Indianapolis
Holland
Selvage
Theodore
Theodore Holland
Francis
Francis Vage
Indianapol
Columbus
Holland Car Company
Appleyard Syndicate
Wheeling
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Population declines in county poor asylums in Indiana
Reports to the Board of State Charities show a continued drop in county poor asylum inmates, from 3,133 five years ago to 2,902 this Aug. 31, a net decrease of 231 in five years and 4 this year. The inmate body includes 1,985 men and 1,027 women, with only 28 children. Most are feeble minded or insane, and foreigners and Negroes are overrepresented relative to state figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of State Charities
Sige
Indiana
Scottish Rite Officers to be Elected and Meetings Scheduled
The triennial election for Indiana Consistory officers will be held Wednesday evening December 2. Annual elections for Sarafah Council on January 6 and Adoniram Grand Lodge on February 17 are announced with a series of degree conferrals in the Indianapolis Valley from February 3 to March 22 1904. A business meeting is set for each session to handle petitions and routine duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Sarafah Council
Princes of Jerusalem
Adoniram Grand Lodge of Perfection
Lodge of Perfection
Recital of Pupils at Y M C A Assembly Hall
The twenty first recital by Prof W C Tuttle pupils held in the Y M C A assembly room drew a large audience. Each number met with applause. Miss Ethel Miller and Martha Anderson delighted with mandolin solos including Rosstal's La Ladra. C Mills served as reader and Mr Harry T Mercer tenor assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Tuttle
Ethel Miller
Martha Anderson
Miss Anderson
Rosstal
C. Mills
Harry T. Mercer
State Board of Agriculture Prepares Annual Meeting
Secretary Downing of the State Board of Agriculture works to finalize arrangements for the annual meeting with over 300 delegates expected from counties. The program is nearing completion as plans are put in place for the gathering and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downing
State Board of Agriculture
Milligan Reports Baltimore Civil Service Meeting
H J Milligan returned from the National Civil-service Reform League annual meeting in Baltimore representing Indiana. He said the merit system now applies to nearly all federal positions and urged placing the consular service under competition to improve postings abroad. The banquet featured speeches by national figures, including John R Proctor, whose death occurred the next day. The system is gaining support as fair and democratic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Milligan
National Civil-service Reform League
Baltimore
Milligan
Indiana
League
Congress
South American States
Europe
United States
Foreign Service
Post Office Department
John R. Proctor
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington
Buffalo
Friends to Open Salvation Box Funds at Fifteenth Street Home
Dozens of Friends of the Girls Industrial School will gather at Mrs. Frank Blanchard's home to open year end savings boxes. Local organizers Mrs G H Jenkins and Mrs J F Barnhill assist with arranging the event and counting the gifts from December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial School
Frank Blanchard
Pol
East Fifteenth Street
Blanchard
Mesdames G. H. Jenkins
J. F. Barnhill
A. C. Thornton
J. Z. Poyner
W. C. Hall
W. N. Coffin
George Breunig
Mary Deputy
Susan Huber
George
Florence Hubbard
Frances Mary Stone
Louise Coffin
Eva Kcentoaga Maude Pryer
Ada Bowen
Iane Townsend
Mabel Siders
Merle Sullivan
Gustav Westing
Homer I. Jones
A. E. Reveal
Elias Day at Columbia Club Promises Novel Character Sketches
At the Columbia Club on Saturday night Elias Day, billed as a Characterist, will entertain members and ladies. He performs in varied makeups with sketches prepared before the audience and is known as a national humorist and mimic. The event starts at 8:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Club
Elias Day
Interesting Features in the Journal Color Supplement
The Sunday Journal previews its color and comic features for the holiday issue. Louis F. Grant’s Beret opens the magazine with Earle Hooker Eaton’s verse, plus color images for children, a Santa Claus Department Store poem, and captions like Trip of the Green Rabbit. A Mary Gay Humphreys essay on Why the East Calls to the White Man follows with half-tone illustrations. Fashion plates on Page 4 showcase four exquisite outfits, with detailed gown designs. The comic supplement offers Christmas tales with Binnacle Jim and friends delivering humor and holiday mischief through illustrated stories and gags.
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Journal
Louis F. Grant
Earle Hooker Eaton
Santa Claus
East
Mary Gay Humphreys
Orient
Corea
Ceylon
Shanghai
Sunday Journal
Binnacle Jim
James
Abe
Goliad
Police Reinstatements And Revolver Contract Approved
Michael J. Sullivan and Charles Bumfuhrer, former Indianapolis officers, were reinstated by the Board of Public Safety. Detective Jacob Kurtz was reduced in rank, and Ed. McGuff was appointed detective. The board approved Colt 32 caliber special police revolvers at about $10 each and sought bids. Joseph Wagner became assistant market master as Schitges died. Patrolman Stephenson remains for Judge Stubbs juvenile court after protest. Call for larger police force funding to extend staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael J. Sullivan
Charles Bumfuhrer
Indianapolis
Bookwalter
Board of Public Safety
Jacob Kurtz
Ed. McGuff
Bertillon
Kurtz
Kruger
Joseph Wagner
John P. Schitges
Suit over alleged fraud by former Homestead secretary
Marion Trust Company as receiver of the insolvent Homestead Loan and Investment Association sues Mary I Barr to recover 2000 alleging she fraudulently received funds. The complaint details mortgages and related property sales to and from Barr and Johnson, claiming assets were overvalued and a fraud on the association. The receiver seeks 6000 and an attachment to prevent removal of Barr’s property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Trust Company
Homestead Loan and Investment Association
Mary I. Barr
Barr
Association
Mary L. Johnson
Johnson
Death of Pioneer Anna J. Burgess Buried in City Limits
Mrs. Anna J. Burgess died after a long illness and was buried from the home of her son in law F W Douglas at 2025 North Illinois street. A resident for 47 years after moving from Monmouth Maine in 1856 she was a benefactor of the First Presbyterian Church. Funeral services were led by Reverends L Haines and J ill with church pallbearers. She leaves a daughter Mrs F W Douglas and son George D Burgess a Memphis lumber merchant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna J. Burgess
F. W. Douglas
North
Illinois Street
Burgess
Monmouth
L. Haines
J.ill
H. H. Hanna
J. H. Holliday
T. C. Day
C. C. Foster
H. C. Sickle
C. Laydon
Crown Hill
George D. Burgess
Memphis
Tenn
Martin Faces Delays in City Hospital Wing Plans
Dr Paul Martin city hospital superintendent laments repeated delays as bids for the new wing are advertised amid council funding hold ups. He cites need for a taller smokestack to improve draught and questions whether charity patient transfers should be done by the hospital or the dispensary ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Martin
City Hospital
Martin
Board of Public Works
Spas
City Hospital Ambulance
Reaping the Harvest as Public Works Ends Contract
The Board of Public Works terminated the Marion County Construction Company sweeping contract and plans to accept bids for a new contract on December 30. City Attorney Warrum ruled the contract void after the first year ending December 31, 1902. The firm’s October and November bill of $12,934.36 was approved. Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Co petitions to vacate the alley west of Illinois Street between Ohio and Market, adjoining the new terminal for track use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Marion County Construction Company
Warrum
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Illinois Street
Ohio and
Market Streets
Muskingum Street
Terminal Station
Fell Down Elevator Shaft at Dolmetsch Drug House
Eisel of 915 North Senate Avenue opened the shaft door on the second floor by mistake and plunged into the elevator shaft, landing in the basement. Dr Lohrman, superintendent of the district, reports the accident at the wholesale drug house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi. Eisel
North
Senate Avenue
E. C. Dolmetsch
Point Cree
Dr. Lohrman
Thie Dis
Manning Succeeds Blair as World’s Fair Board President
Mrs Daniel Manning of Albany New York was elected president of the world s fair board of lady managers succeeding Mrs J L Blair who resigned She won 14 of 15 votes with one ballot blank at St Louis on December 16 and no negative ballots were cast
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
ST. Louis
Daniel Manning
Albany
N. Y
World’s Fair Board of Lady Managers
James L. Blair
Cemetery Trustees to Meet Officials Today
Delay in Major French arrival from the War Department postponed a planned meeting with cemetery trustees at the army post site. United States District Attorney Joseph B. Kealing and Major French will confer to resolve the graveyard dispute as farmers object to selling the cemetery not covered by the contract and the government weighs advancing funds only for the full tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French
War Department
Army
Indianapolis
Washington
United States
Joseph B. Kealing
Knights of Pythias Celebrate Twenty Third Anniversary Show
Tomlinson Hall hosted Capital City Lodge No 97 a festive program marking its 23rd anniversary. Notables included Harry South master of ceremonies and Merrill E Wilson delivering a charity focused address. St Claire sisters and Sidney Jerome impressed with songs dances tricks while East End Mandolin Club and Miss Leise performed Rock of Ages with cinematograph visuals. Encore by Miss Lelse followed a closing dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomlinson Hall
Capital City
No. 97
Order of Knights of Pythias
P. H. Robison
W. S. Gordon
QO. P. Anderson
J. A. Stewart
J. W. Hyatt
Harry South
Merrill E. Wilson
Elkhart
Grand Lodge of
Indiana
St. Claire
Sidney Jerome
East End
Mandolin Club
Leise
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bona Thompson Library
State Board of Charities
Girls’ Industrial School
Next
Safety Board
Pioneer
Anna Burgess
City
Works Board
H. Eisel
Sherlock
Holmes
Colliers
Winston Churchill
Circle
Collier's
New York
J. L. Blair
Knights of Pythias
Alps
Peter
Mont Blanc
Lamont, Corliss & CO
Hudson Street
Riclineakon
Osborn
Delineator
Eee
the Fountain OF Youth
Grace Peckham Murray
Parsif
W. J. Hendersons
Gustav Kobbe
Schumann-Heine
Jack London
Department For Children
Butterick
Butterick Publishing
W. 13Th Street
Mrs. Osborn
Dhutrats
Pearson’s Piano House
Indianapolis, Ind
Ww. H. Messenger
East Washington Street
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