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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1903
Page
10
Fashion notes describe bertha effects that add shoulder breadth and dignity to girlish figures. A white tuffeta model with corticelli silk stitching and fancy silk braid trimmed with gold thread is showcased, and the bertha collar can be adapted to other fabrics and colors.
Indianapolis tale of Alice Lyndon Doll a 14 year old vaudeville prodigy who rose from a cautious debut to major circuit work after substituting for Clarice Vance. She plans a Castle Orpheum tour with new songs dances and imitations. the feature 'Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch' plays English's with Lovey Mary and Miss Hazy in supporting roles. The season also showcases Robin Hood and The Serenade with Bostonians and rising acts like Max Bloom and Charles Aldrich at the Grand Park and English's venues.
MARTINESVILLE Ind Dec 2 Mrs William Williams aged seventy five died at the old home four miles north of here where her husband lies awaiting the arrival of a son in the far West en route for several days to attend the funeral and burial of his father who died last Saturday Both Mr and Mrs Williams were taken ill two weeks ago with a chill that rapidly developed into pneumonia Mrs Williams sister of Eld Noah J Major and Mrs Charles Seaton Mrs Otis Davee Mrs Charles Wall and R H Williams of western Oklahoma survive the children A double funeral will be held on arrival of their son.
Coroner's Physician Springer ruled Virginia Jackson died not from poisoning but from fear she had been poisoned. The elderly former slave believed she was poisoned after tasting a brown liquid, causing heart failure as she feared death. Police note she jumped to conclusions after feeling ill.
Laura Edith Beazle of Ligonier Indiana married Fitzhenry Andres of Boston at the Capitol in Rome with a second ceremony at the Methodist Church. Beazle taught in a Rome mission school funded by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the state. Andres is an agent for an English company in Alexandria Egypt and they will reside there.
Miss Sarah E. Wellington of Martinsville sues George W. Traub a 70 year old Wheatland farmer for 5000 dollars alleging he courted her since spring and promised marriage then jilting her. She says she prepared a trousseau and bought a Martinsville farm at his request for their future home.
Fire at the Travelers' Home in Menominee Michigan on December 22 sent twelve guests leaping from second story windows. The thirteenth victim, James Beatty, was found dead among the ruins. Joseph Vorachek suffered fatal burns and Fred Jenski was badly hurt. The hotel was practically destroyed.
Mrs T J Cummins mother of Governor Albert Cummins died of pneumonia in Des Moines at age seventy seven after his constant bedside vigil since his arrival from Boston a week earlier He was with her at the end and she traced to the historic Layton family from Green County Pennsylvania, a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
A long list of residents and visitors, including Clarence Rhodes, Una Clayton, and Margaret Minor, travel to Chicago, St. Louis, Terre Haute, and Detroit for Christmas and holidays. Guests include Adams, Beeks, Smith, Wainwrights, and many others visiting relatives, friends, or hosting gatherings at the Propylaeum and local clubs.
A local display showcases a heart-shaped gunmetal watch pendant suspended by a narrow chain, paired with delicate embroidered chiffon scarfs in varied Parisian and Dresden designs. The items attract attention as stylish neckwear options for discerning shoppers.
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