Happy Hooligan Opens at Park Theatre
The Park Theater presents Happy Hooligan for the week with Ross Snow as the lead, a police officer, and musical numbers including the Pan-American four. The show features a motorman entrance, chorus girls, and a courtroom third act with “The Old Courthouse” number and Adelaide Marsden’s solo.
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Park Theater
Dumont
Ross Snow
Maggie Weston
Happy Hooligan
Whelan
Otto
Carrie Etter
Halliday
Quinn
Follo
My Lucky Star
Adelaide Marsden
Toreador musical comes to Knickerbocker Theater New York
The Toreador imports arrive at the Knickerbocker Theater in New York with stars Francis Wilson Joseph Coyne Christie MacDonald Adele Ritchie and others. Tickets for performances are being priced with a tiered scheme from three dollars in front rows to one dollar in the gallery with adjustments offered at higher prices.
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Knickerbocker Theater
New York
Francis Wilson
Joseph Coyne
Christie MacDonald
Adele Ritchie
William Broderick
Maud Raymond
Wilson
Spain
Biarritz
Baltimore Theater Prospects and Contest for an American Playwright
Grounded in Chase's Lyceum and Baltimore dramatic circles, the piece notes Miss Percy Haswell offers a $0 prize for an American play submitted by Feb 1, judged by three city critics. Criteria include clean comedy with emotional climax, no strong villain, strong love interest, and witty dialogue. George Sidney to lead a forty person musical company next season, Empire Theater hosts A Holiday in Coontown this week with a predominantly Black cast and burlesque acts.
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Percy Haswell
Chase's
Lyceum Theater
Baltimore
Ries Haswell
George Sidney
E. D. Stair
Sidney
Empire Theater
English
Opera House
Ward and Vokes
Coontown
Riot at Sal Hungary over play The Sign of the Cross
A riotous anti British demonstration broke out in Sal Hungary during the presentation of Wilson Barrett's play The Sign of the Cross. Police forced the stoppage and the clearing of the house while newspapers approved of the protest.
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Vienna
Sal
Hungary
Wilson Barrett
Social Notes Highlight Mayflower Church Women and Local Weddings
The Olion Club hosts a dance tonight. Miss Paxton of Princeton visits Miss Carrie Marmon. Mrs. Willoughby Walling from Chicago visits Mrs. W. E. English. Mrs. Edgar Apperson of Kokomo guests Mrs. Joseph Eastman. Arsenal Heights Club meets with Mrs. Vicker. Several couples marry in Indianapolis area including Roland Chalfant and Gertrude Coffman. Hager Campbell wedding in South Bend followed by Bermuda trip.
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Olion Club
Paxton
Princeton
Carrie Marmon
Willoughby Walling
Chicago
W. E. English
Edgar Apperson
Kokomo
Joseph Eastman
Arsenal Heights
Vicker
Highland Avenue
Arthur D. Gates
Roselle Meegan
Kansas City
D. D. Sweetzer
Marion
George W. Morrison
Essley
William Shaw
Cincinnati
M. S. Meyberg
Rice
Lafayette
Harold H. Booth
Chi
Charlestham
Women’s Missionary Society of Mayflower Church
Edwin Barton Pugh
Beauchamp
Tipton
Louis H. Legler
Evansville
August Jutt
East
Washington Street
Irvington
Jennie
Josephine Kaffenberger
Asheville
N. C
Samuel E. Morss
Marlowe
Young Women’s Missionary Society of the
Second Presbyterian Church
de Witt
Griffith
North Alabama
Henry S. Earl
University Avenue
Delia Heath
Cleveland
A. W. Crull
B. Grimes
W. 8. Binkley
Dublin
College Avenue
Emerson Chaille
Christian
Maude Baker
Taylor
Hazel Dunlap
Franklin
Franklin Atkins
Charlies N. Thompson
John Downing Johnson
S. Elliott. Perkins, Jr
F. N. Fitzgerald
Warren Oakes
Joseph Warder
Thompson of
Anderson
Katherine Conlon
Maud McConnell
Elma
Orrin Woollen
Harriet Eitel
Bessie Lee Webb
Pendleton
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Roland Chalfant
Gertrude Coffman
Dor- Win
Methodist Church
Adah Ping
Edward Cullipher
Indianapolis
Wok
Martin Ping
Pendleton Avenue
Hager—Campbell
South Bend
Walter Almond Hager
Harriet Campbell
Marvin Campbell
First Methodist Church
Ell Phillips Bennett
Oliver Hotel
Hager
Bermuda
Property Sales Report From City Streets
Susan K Blackledge sold her corner lot at New Jersey and Twelfth to Lizzie D Pierce for 4200 dollars. Sarah B Bassett sold property on Capitol avenue near Twentieth to Martin Pyor for 4 dollars. Grace E mentee purchased John A Duncan property at Yandes and Twenty fifth streets for 2900 dollars.
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Susan K. Blackledge
New Jersey
Twelfth Streets
Lizzie D. Pierce
Sarah B. Bassett
Capitol Avenue
Twentieth Street
Martin Pyor
Grace E.mentee
John A. Duncan
Yandes
Twenty-fifth Streets
Indiana National Guard General Order Seeks Military Training Balance
General order No. 1 1002 from the adjutant general's office directs Indiana National Guard officers to allocate one half of drill time from January 1 to May 1 to the study of guard duty, emphasizing enhanced readiness and discipline.
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Adjutant General's Office
Indiana National Guard
Verdict for damages against Big Four in Holmes case
In Judge Carter's court the jury awarded 4404 damages against the Big Four Railway Company in the Henry S Osgood estate case. Attorney Frank Littleton sought to question juror Jacob Meyers about statements at deliberation but was denied. Meyers has a pending damage suit against the railroad and claimed no interest in railroad litigation.
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Carter
Henry
Osgood
Thomas Holmes
Big Four Railway Company
Frank Littleton
Big Four
Jacob Meyers
Meyers
Street
Holmes
England
Galveston
Supreme Court pools reeled in on voter sale case
The Supreme Court reversed a discharge for James Comer of Crawfordsville in a case over selling his vote. Witnesses testified Comer sold his vote and the grand jury indicted him. The court ruled the federal prohibition on self incrimination applies only in United States courts.
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Supreme Court
James Comer
Crawfordsville
Comer
Monks
United States
James R. Carnahan
Bartlett H. Campbell
Jesse C. Heller
Elwood
Heller
Washington Street
Irvington
Sarah A. Hibben
Superior Court Dockets Show Various Damages and Judgments
In Room 1 Judge McMaster and Room 1 Perry & Co. vs Cassius Myers yields a $105 judgment and costs. Joseph Hamilton vs Walter Hubbard dismissed with costs paid. Room 2 Judge Leathers presides over Sarah J Bishop vs Winchester T Wilson et al for damages on jury trial. Room 3 Judge Carter handles Charlies E Cleaver vs Francis Ross et al dismissed with costs. City Bond Co vs Fred L Evans et al dismissed with costs paid. Estate of Thomas Holmes vs C C St L Railway Co verdict for plaintiff $1.00 plus interrogatory answers. Louise Tenner vs Indianapolis Street Railway Co damages on jury trial. Circuit Court Judge Allen hears Della Mustard vs Columbian Relief Fund Association on policy.
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John L. McMaster
J.C. Perry & Co
Cassius Myers
Joseph Hamilton
Walter Hubbard
James M. Leathers
Sarah J. Bishop
Winchester T. Wilson
Vinson Carter
Charlies E. Cleaver
Francis Ross
Mechanic's Hen
The
City Bond Co
Fred L. Evans
Henry S. Osgood
Thomas Holmes
Louise Tenner
Indianapolis Street Railway Co
Circuit Court
Henry Clay Allen
Della Mustard
Columbian Relief Fund Association
Attor
New Suits Filed and Court Actions Noted in Superior Court
The docket lists Civil and criminal activity including dismissals, jury trials, and mortgage foreclosures. Grace Baker versus Harry Raphael slander dismissed by plaintiff with judgment for costs. Amanda Young versus James Russell’s Estate along with several foreclosure actions and a quiet title suit in multiple Superior Court rooms. Grand jury delivers partial report in Criminal Court.
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Superior Court
Andrew J. Lyon
Anna Humphrey
Benjamin T. McCollum
Samuel Parsley
Supreme Court Indiana Case Summary Reversals and Rulings
Indiana Supreme Court and Appellate Court entries list reversals and rulings on multiple matters. Highlights include Conner v. State reversing on indictment procedures, Rowland v. City of Greencastle reversing on city ordinance scope, Hibben v. Smith affirming Barrett law validity, and numerous cases on municipal, probate, and civil issues with briefs and minutes noted.
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Supreme Court
State of Indiana
Conner
Clinton C. C
Monks
J.—l
Rowland
City of
Greencastle
Putnam C. C
Dowling
Hibben
Carnahan Ve. Campbell
Madison S. C
Southern Indiana Railway Company
Maud E. Peyton
Martin C. C. Appellant
John Wilson
Porter C. CC
Smith
Husted
Hamilton C. C
Robinson
P. J
Logan
Sills
Marshall C. C
Black
Indiana Millionaires Listed By New York World Almanac
The New York World Almanac for this year lists thirty Indiana millionaires, with Indianapolis credited for five. Terre Haute is said to have seven. many other cities show several names including Colts, Fort Wayne, Greensburg, Richmond, Marion, Peru, and South Bend, among others, with figures like Studebaker and Fairbanks noted.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
E. F. Claypool
C. W. Fairbanks
Stoughton Fletcher
Volney T. Malott
Henry Schnull
George W. Bennett
Andrew J. Crawford
Demas Deming, Jr
BE. J. Shirks
Milton Shirks
South Bend
James Oliver
Joseph Oliver
Clement Studebaker
J. M. Studebaker
Woman Reports Thefts By Man On Gardner Street
Lydia Hardin reports to police that Will Evans, living on Gardner street, took her purse containing two bracelets worth 13 dollars and fled after accompanying her toward a car. She says Evans disappeared into a saloon, escaping through a rear door, and she will file an affidavit against him this morning.
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Lydia Hardin
Lewis Street
Will Evans
Gardner Street
Evans
G. H. Mumm Extra Dry Leads In Massive Wine Import Batch
Among 319243 cases imported by over three brands, G. H. Mumm Extra Dry totals 130359 cases, more than any other label. The copy praises the wine as very dry and akin to the famed 1389 vintage, noting greater delicacy than 1893 and stating immense reserves assure ongoing quality.
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G. H. Mumm
Major Macklin Visits Julia Marlowe For Knight Hood Show
Maj J E Macklin accompanied by wife arrives at Hotel English to succeed Col Noble as U S recruiting officer. He led a battalion and native scouts in Leyte, Philippines, reports insurgents as bushwhackers and praises US gains. Former Fort McPherson commander credits Manila progress over Spanish era. Colonel Noble to depart for San Francisco then join Sixteenth Infantry in the Philippines.
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J. E. Macklin
Noble
United States
New York
Philippine Islands
English
Philippines
Macklin
Eleventh Infantry
Leyte
Macklns
Manila
Suez Canal
Major Macklin
United States Army
Porto Rico
Richmond
Sixteenth
Indiana Regiment
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
San Francisco
Sixteenth Infantry
Major praises Miss Marlowe's Mary Tudor in revival at Hotel English
Charles Major and his wife attended Miss Marlowe's performance of When Knight hood was in Flower at the Hotel English. Major praised the revival, noting Miss Marlowe's poetic comedy and faultless Mary Tudor portrayal. He cited book sales in England and previews of his forthcoming Dorothy Vernon at Haddon's Hall illustrated by the Marchioness of Granby.
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Charles Major
Hotel English
Miss Marlowe
Major
Mary Tudor
Julia Marlowe
England
Mrs. Major
S. E. Morss
Stockholders Meet in City for Mexican Ventures
William D. Owen of Logansport, president of Ubero Plantation, Mexican Coffee and Rubber, and Ubero Company director, attended the annual meetings at Hotel English. About fifty stockholders voted 325 ballots. Frank H. Blackledge to Mexico was chosen to report on affairs, leaving about Feb 4. Ubero will send MIT Professor Bardwell to inspect its property. Owen may accompany Blackledge. The trio focuses on pineapple planting, coffee, and rubber, with first pineapples harvested soon, coffee in about two years, and rubber taking eight years to yield. Rubber currently valued at six cents per pound. 40,000 trees planted by two firms, Ubero yet none.
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William D. Owen
Logansport
Ubero Plantation Company
Mexican Coffee and Rubber Company
Ubero Company
Boston
English
Mexico
Frank H. Blackledge
C. F. Childers
Indianapolis
W. T. Giffe
Blackledge
Bardwell
Massachusetts Institution of Technology
Owen
Indiana breeders elect officers at Occidental Hotel
The Indiana Chester White Breeders Association met at the Occidental Hotel last night and elected officers: President Allen Beeler of Liberty, vice president S. A. Hinshaw of Zionsville, secretary J. C. Bridges of Bainbridge, treasurer Joe Milner of Thorntown. The Central Poland China Record Association and State Poland China Breeders Association met yesterday morning at the Occidental and elected officers to serve both groups: President W. B. Marshall of Marion, vice president Walter Johnson of New Augusta, secretary-treasurer W. H. Morris of Indianapolis.
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Indiana
Chester White Breeders’ Association
Occidental Hotel
Allen Beeler
Liberty
S. A. Hinshaw
Zionsville
J. C. Bridges
Bainbridge
Joe Milner
Thorntown
Poland
China Record Association
Marion
Walter Johnson
New Augusta
W. H. Morris
Indianapolis
Decatur County Farmer George Wirt Seeks Box Manufacturer
George A. Wirt, a Decatur County farmer and inventor, visited the city with his rural delivery mailbox, one of fourteen approved by the government. He seeks a manufacturer to produce the boxes as mail delivery has operated along his road for twenty-five years, previously by star-route carriers paid by patrons.
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George A. Wirt
Decatur County
Watson and Hillis Hit Republican Ticket Talks
At the Denison Hotel last night W. H. Watson of the Third district announced plans to seek the Republican nomination for attorney. R. C. Hillis of Logansport, a candidate for superintendent of fatstruction, was also in town for discussions.
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Denison
W. H. Watson
Third
Attorn
R. C. Hillis
Logansport
Fragmentary legal notice mentions Fidelity and Deposit Company
Fragmentary OCR shows a legal notice fragment naming Fidelity and Deposit on a surety matter linked to a building project. Incomplete text references an agent and a party likely connected to bond or surety arrangements with an unidentified building.
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Es Ugel
Enry Ary
Oral MO Lemeke
Philanthropist Charles Cresson Found Dead in Germantown Home
Philadelphia January report states Charles Caleb Cresson aged eighty, head of a prominent Germantown family, was found dead in his home from gas heater asphyxiation. He was a longtime member of a local wholesale drug firm and a noted philanthropist.
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Philadelphia
Charles Caleb Cresson
Germantown
Cresson
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