Maurice Thompson finished book before his death story named Alice
Hotel lobby gleanings report Maurice Thompson died leaving a near finished story. Brother in law Stephen E Lee relays Mrs Thompson and Bay St Louis trip, April or May home. Thompson had avoided naming works until completion and chose Alice of Old Vincennes for one tale after argument with his wife.
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Stephen E. Lee
Maurice Thompson
Columbia Club
Bay St. Louis
Thompson
Alice
Vincennes
Old
Musician Carl Schurz Impresses German-American Audience
Max Leckner recalls meeting Carl Schurz in Shelbyville Indiana during Lincoln's campaign. Schurz played Schubert dances on a neighbor’s piano and gave two speeches, English by day and German at night, before Leckner later met him in New York years later and was recognized as the Shelbyville pianist.
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Itselans
Max Leckner
Henry Watterson
Germany
Shelbyville
Ind
Lincoln
Carl Schurz
Mr. Schurz
New York City
Work on Electric Line Progress Reported in Noblesville
Ralph Kane a Noblesville lawyer and Republican politician says Central Traction will build the Noblesville to Indianapolis electric line. He notes cash payments show funds, reports grading between Noblesville and Atlanta, track laying soon, and a contract for Atlanta to Indianapolis. Projections call for cars to run by September next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Kane
Noblesville
Denison
Kane
Hamilton County Committee
Central Traction Company
Mr. Kane
Powell Declines Fourth District Congressional Run
Nathan Powell told Denison residents he will not seek Congress again this year. He endorsed Oscar Montgomery of Seymour as the district Republican committeeman and expressed confidence in a strong campaign this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Powell
Powell
Denison
Oscar Montgomery
Seymour
Tichenor Arrives for Republican Committee Reorganization
M. Tichenor, candidate for secretary of the Republican State committee, arrived from Princeton yesterday and will stay until after the committee reorganization on Tuesday. He says word from Princeton confirms George A. Cunningham, newly elected First district committeeman, is improving after a serious illness and may recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Tichenor
Republican State Committee
Princeton
Welman Expects Democratic Nomination After District Tour
CW Welman, one of three Democratic candidates for Congress in the Second district, speaks at the Hotel English claiming a partial tour of the district. He reports strong encouragement and says he believes he will win the nomination.
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CW. Welman
Congress
English
Veedersburg Couple Guests at Hotel English
Mr and Mrs R D Culver of Veeders pan were social guests at the Hotel English last night in a brief town visit noted by local society.
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R. D. Culver
Veederspan
Hotel
English
Election Commissioners Resolve Primary Contests in City Precincts
The Board of Election Commissioners met to settle primary contests. Wilburn Wilson was seated in the 14th precinct of the 7th ward, Alonzo Graham in the 1st precinct of the 10th ward, Herman Bornemeier seated in the 8th precinct of the 14th ward, and Joseph Fop- in the 4th precinct of the 15th ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Election Commissioners
Contest Committee
Wilburn Wilson
Alonzo Graham
Herman Bornemeyer
Joseph Fop
Republican committee picks in city wards amid withdrawals
The meeting names Will Firquin and Thomas Wynn as committeemen while noting withdrawals in the Fourteenth precinct of the Sixth ward and Second precinct of the Seventh ward. G. F. Dungey wins in the Fourteenth precinct of the Fourth ward and W. C. Grigsby in the Tenth precinct of the Sixth ward with no opposition. The new committee will convene in Criminal Court at 2 PM with Lewis G. Akin presiding. West Side Republican Club officers elected include A. O. Meloy as president Henry L. Harding secretary S. M. McCracken treasurer H. C. Tomlinson. directors Joseph Keating Joseph E. Harbison C. F. Chieders J. W. Peck J. H. White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Firquin
Thomas Wynn
G. F. Dungey
W. C. Grigsby
Grigsby
Lewis G. Akin
West Side Republican Club
A. O. Meloy
Henry L. Harding
8. M. McCracken
H. C. Tomlinson
Joseph Keating
Joseph E. Harbison
C. F. Chieders
J. W. Peck
J. H. White
Correction Sought After Ward Election Error
Councilman at large J L McFarland asked for a correction to a report that named H P Wilcox as the Ninth ward fifth precinct committeeman winner. The tally shows McFarland with 35 votes out of 53 cast, confirming his election.
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J. L. McFarland
H. P. Wilcox
Mr. McFarland
McFarland
Wheeler Announces Candidacy for County Recorder
W H Wheeler of the Second ward, now a Republican councilman at large, yesterday announced his candidacy for the nomination for county recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Wheeler
John Wilkinson Dead Pioneer Scot in Indianapolis Tailor
The death of John Wilkinson aged eighty four occurred last night at his North Illinois Street home. A renowned Scotch community figure, he ran a Circle tailor shop and helped found the Thistle Society and Caledonian Club. Born August 27, 1817 in Berwickshire, he moved to Canada then Indianapolis and leaves six children. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
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John Wilkinson
North
Illinois Street
Mr. Wilkinson
Caledonian Club
Wilkinson
Thistle Society
First Presbyterian Church
Berwisshire
Scotland
Wellington County
Canada
Toronto
Indianapolis
Circle
Wikinson
John
California
William
Austin
Tex
Anthony
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Alice Ford
Chicago
Jannette Henderson
Madison Grose Sr Dead After Long West Life
News of the death at Williams Arizona reaches Madison Grose Sr longtime resident of the city. He was sixty five and a Civil War veteran in the Ninth Indiana Cavalry. He worked in sawmills New Castle before joining the Big Four Railway in 1882 and later ran a College avenue grocery. He died of heart failure at his ranch near Williams and leaves a widow and six children including Madison Grose Jr George W Grose E L Grose A L Grose Mrs W P Finney and Mrs C E Finney.
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Williams
A. T
Madison Grose, Jr
Grose
William Grose
New Castle
Ind
Ninth
Indiana Cavalry
Big Four Railway Company
College Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Grandview Avenue
Arizona
George W Grose
E. L. Grose
Needles, Cal
A. L. Grose
Stockton, Cal
Williams, Ariz
W. P. Finney
Barstow
Cal
C. E. Finney
This City
State Board to Sue Mrs Theresa Smith Over Fair Grounds Land
The State Board of Agriculture plans to sue Mrs Theresa Smith to close an option on part of the State fair grounds. Smith owns the land, the board holds a lease with a buy option. The board offers $4.1 for the land but rent due since last March, totaling $1.9, complicates the sale. Members contend rent need not be paid.
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State Board of Agriculture
Theresa Smith
Independent ticket for Commercial Club directors named
A new slate for Commercial Club director positions was posted listing H. A. Brown J. J. Appel F. E. Gavin T. E. Griffith A. A. Barnes J. K. Lilly Thomas Day and Chapin Foster as candidates. The election is set for [date] with directors to elect officers the next day.
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Commercial Club
H. A. Brown
J. J. Appel
F. E. Gavin
T. E. Griffith
A. A. Barnes
J. K. Lilly
Thomas €. Day
Chapin
Massachusetts Acts Equalize Inheritance Rights For Spouses
The Massachusetts Legislature after long sessions passes a law letting husband and wife inherit property equally and extending a widow's stay in her late husband’s house from forty days to six months. The Massachusetts Suffrage Association applauds the move and quips that reform arrives without the ballot after fifty four years of advocacy.
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New York Sun
Massachusetts
Great and General Court
Massachusetts Suffrage Association
Diamonds in stock offered for examination by jeweler
A jeweler at 23 Monument Place invites buyers to call and inspect a selection described as bargains. The note signs as J. Mul at that address.
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J. Mul
Monument Place
Daniels in a New Play Principal Figure a King That Had Been a Valet
Frank Daniels headlines at English's Opera House in Miss Simplicity a misfit king tale drawn from Blossoms the valet and former New York street car conductor. The show blends burlesque terror spoof and songs with Ragtime dance numbers and comic sketches featuring Danforth Lythgoe Lord Belmont Carter and a chorus of dancers. Audience turnout was large with a delay for Daniels arrival from Dayton.
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Frank Daniels
R. A. Barnet
Philip Montfort
New York
Montfort
Sauterelle
Blossoms
Clair de Loinville
Mr. Daniels
Danforth
David Lythgoe
Helen Lord
Rosalie
Miss Lord
Grace Belmont
Allene Carter
Miss Simplicity
Ameer
Daniels
H. L. Heartz
Barnet
Victor Herbert
End of West End pantomime season looms
London theater scene faces early close as Gulliver's Travels at the Avenue and The Swineherd and the Princess at the Royalty are withdrawn. Drury Lane and Vaudeville with Blue Beard and Blue Bell in Fairyland draw huge audiences, while eight pantomimes struggle to survive. Competition from A Pair of Spectacles at the Criterion and Sherlock Holmes at the Lyceum drives crowds.
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London
Gulliver
Avenue Theater
Royalty Theater
Drury Lane
West End
Blue Bell
Blue Beard
John Hare
Criterion Theater
Willam Gillette
Lyceum
Eugenie Blair Returns to Stage After Illness
Eugenie Blair who starred in Camille and Peg Woffington last Wednesday was attacked by neuralgia after leaving the city yet has recovered enough to join her company for a performance in Wabash Friday night.
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Eugenie Blair
English
Camille
Peg Woffington
Wabash
Community Notes Include Lectures and Social Events
City notes report F C Victor hosting the Minuet Club at 2522 College Ave. The Century Club meets Tuesday as Dr Carleton B McCulloch discusses Young Authors in Literature. Compton Lodge sets a social at Morrison Hall on Wednesday Jan 2. Yale Divinity School dean Rev Frank R Sanders preaches at Mayflower Church. Edward A Cantrell preaches at 3 pm at the Propylaeum on The Faith of the Prophets. Rev Levi White addresses the Y M C A on A Young Man s First Call of Abraham. Police seek missing ten year old Charles Kirk after his father reports him abducted by his mother. searches at trains fail to locate either parent.
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F. C. Victor
Minuet Club
College Avenue
Century Club
Carleton B. McCulloch
Judge Thompson
Abraham
Charles Kirk
West Market Street
Charles
Shelbyville
Choate Snaps Coins in Court Behind Wall Street Talk
The New York Press notes Joseph H Choate US ambassador to the court of St James wore a stout face and fat cheeks while in Wall Street. He habitually snapped coins together during speech a trick he practiced in court for thirty five years causing annoyance to judges and fear among witnesses.
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New York Press
Joseph H. Choate
United States
Court of St. James
Wall
Broad
Wall Street
Kaiser Wilhelm Names Vessel Alice for Miss Roosevelt
Philadelphia Record reports Kaiser Wilhelm orders a yacht built in an American shipyard and plans to name the vessel Alice after Miss Roosevelt. He also requests the president's daughter christening the craft and invites his Royal Highness brother Henry to attend the launch as part of his display of esteem. The note outlines Germany's Venezuela coercion plan and assurances of deference to the U.S. wishes.
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Philadelphia
Kaiser Wilhelm
Henry
Miss Roosevelt
Alice
Germany
Venezuela
Warm Monroe Doctrine reception eased by Manila Bay thaw
Prince Henry is expected to receive a cordial welcome of extreme warmth with no lessening due to Admiral Diedrich's Manila Bay actions. The Kaiser has addressed the issue, smoothing diplomatic tensions and ensuring a smooth reception.
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Prince Henry
Diedrich
Manila Bay
Kaiser
Old and New Dinner Customs Clash Over Hours
A noted physician endorses 7:3 as the ideal dinner hour while critics recount a century of shifting norms from noon to evening. The piece traces past dinners from Mary Tudor to Washington era revels, argues late dining aids digestion, and notes modern excesses and calls for moderation after theater or balls.
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New York
Boston
Mary Tudor
Charles Brandon
Duke of Suffolk
Louis XII
Louis
Mary
Montaigne
Samuel Pepys
Acts of the Navy
Charles II
Pepys
Colonel Washington
Swift
Addison
Steele
Thackeray
Sir John
George Washington
Yorke Davies
Naval Bullies and Gentle Giants at Newport
A vivid portrait of Captain J. J. Hunker at Newport Naval Station, detailing his formidable size and austere discipline, and recounting a notorious wardroom bully episode. Also recalls a sneaky officer who intruded into hammocks at night, leading to a sailor defending himself with a ham mock hook.
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New York Press
J. J. Hunker
Newport
Hunker
Navy
The Golden Touch
A Detroit Free Press item quotes a sidewalk philosopher on happiness and perception. The narrator reflects on faces, sounds, and a rising cheerful whistle observed on a back street as part of a vignette on mood and daily life.
Yellow Shoestrings Bring Joy to a Small Boy
A reader recalls a neatly dressed small boy with red cheeks and rusty clothes who brightened at seeing brand-new bright yellow shoestrings. The observer notes the boy’s happy energy as he moves and whistles, imagining how yellow strings could bring happiness to anyone.
Underground Robbery and the Stolen Well Mystery
A community tale recounts the disappearance of an old family well after a new ice factory opens nearby. Neighbors joke about wells being drawn deep by industry, as the well never returns and the family laments the irreplaceable loss of a local patriarch.
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Detroit Free Press
Jimming
Magazine Inaccuracies in Weekly Press Timing
The New York Evening Post critiques weekly and monthly magazines for publishing premature grand events, noting miscaptioned photos and misidentifications. It highlights examples like a Mariott Brosius snapshot misnamed as Senator Bard and argues such timeliness sacrifices facts and recognizability, filling volumes with errors.
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New York Evening Post
Congress
Washington
Capitol
Kodak
Mariott Brosius
Pennsylvania
White House
Senator Bard
Exercise Your Memory Across January Even If It Seems Failing
A persuasive reminder that memory does not truly fail but lies dormant under excess content. Regular, focused exercise boosts recall. persistence builds mental strength. Practice during daily moments, identify weak areas, and cultivate will and effort to unlock forgotten names, dates, and incidents.
A Literary Courtship
A young man in love recounts a literary courtship as he plans to follow his partner to the West. He sent her books titled Tarry Thou Till I Come, The Right of Way, Great Expectations, and The Crisis, hoping for signals of their future together. He declares he will ride a brake beam to reach her tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
West
An Editor's Bath Robe Takes Downtown Rumor
A Concordia Kansan editor recounts a humorous gift of a fine bathrobe. He jokes about parading in the robe down Sixth Street, warning readers to beware a rainbow hued apparition and a mock warlike Sultan of Johore. He teases a future river bath.
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Concordia Kansan
Sixth Street
Johore
Republican River
Toeing Out and Parade of Feet in Gait History
Forty years ago a woman needed toes at least thirty degrees to show elegance, but now most walk with parallel feet. Ancient peoples boasted regal gaits, while red Indians praised parallel lines despite bow legs from riding, giving the appearance of convergence in snowbacktracking.
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Washington Post
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Promoted Against Grip
An 19th century style health notice warns grip affects all, from nose to lungs, with complications like pneumonia. It touts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the cure and claims it kills germs, stimulates blood, aids digestion, and tones the heart, citing Dr. Willard H. Morse.
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Duffy
Willard H. Morse
Elizah
Rea
Cherry Street
Reading
Russian Defender lauds British South Africa policy
A Russian political magazine article in Viestnik Europa argues Germany seeks to undermine British rule in South Africa while praising Britain for restraint in the Boer War. It contrasts German brutality with British humanity, questions German sympathy for Boers, and defends England’s right to uphold its authority.
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Boston Herald
Viestnik Europa
South Africa
Great Britain
Kruger
England
Cape
France
Schleswig
Posen
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gentlemanly Theft Case Sparks Court Debate on Manners
An English court heard a prisoner accused of stealing a gold watch and chain. The owner testified the act was committed in a very gentlemanly way, though no one proved if he said please or thank you. The prosecutor offered no definition of gentlemanly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Tis Better to Laugh Quip Noted by Philadelphia Press
A brief quotation from the Philadelphia Press frames wit about youth and age, noting that people laugh at nothing or worry over it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Image of Croker’s Exit from Tammany Hall Questioned
The Baltimore American notes a general impression that Mr. Croker has retired from Tammany Hall yet may still hold influence, joking that he has taken the front door key with him.
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Baltimore
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