Indiana superintendent moves to fund national memorial efforts
Frank L. Jones, state superintendent of schools and secretary of the Indiana auxiliary to the McKinley National Memorial Association, plans to send his state auxiliary’s contribution to the national organization. So far the funds already paid in to the secretary total included subscriptions, with $1,100 still anticipated from members.
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Frank L. Jones
Indiana
McKinley National Memorial Association
Courage Under Fire in Cuba Marine Rifle Incident
A Cuban postwar tale from Hotel English recalls an army officer who faced a deranged volunteer with a rifle pressed to his chest. By feigning calm and signaling the sergeant, the officer prevented a fatal shot, aided the prisoner after capture, and later helped him recover.
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Cuba
United States
Santiago
Stanford University Trip Ends With Chapel Plans
John E. McDowell, of Leland Stanford University, stops in Indianapolis on a trip east. He notes about 1,300 students with six to eight from Indianapolis. Fletcher Wagner and Florence aywood recently graduated. Mrs. Stanford, now in Japan, funds a chapel in memory of her husband. Dedication planned in September by Rev. R Heber Newton who will also become pastor.
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John E. McDowell
Leland Stanford University
California
Grand Hotel
Indianapolis
Fletcher Wagner
Florence Aywood
Labor Unions and Convicts Visit Jeffersonville Reformatory
Messrs. Kimbrough Bundy of the state prison board and E. H. Nebeker with Warden Reid visited the Reformatory at Jeffersonville for a conference on labor issues. They discussed contract labor and unions opposing it, noting the need to keep inmates at work or find alternatives.
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Messrs. Kimbrough
Bundy
Board of Control
State Prison
Columbia Club
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
E. H. Nebeker
Warden Reid
Kimbrough
Church Improvements At Crawfordsville Organ Memorial Hopes
Rev Wallace Tharp of Crawfordsville Christian Church discussed buying a pipe organ for about 2500 dollars funded by Mr and Mrs James K Everson as a memorial to their daughter. The project includes roughly 900 dollars in improvements and features Mr Tharp famed for bass fishing with display heads of his catches at his home. M L Fuller of the US government geology team visited town en route to southern Indiana to survey coal lands in Posey Gibson Vanderburgh and Warrick counties aiming to map coal depth and outcrops for economic study. Charles G Field, ex Indianapolis hotel clerk and now chief clerk of Hotel Navarre in New York, was mentioned.
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Wallace Tharp
Crawfordsville
English
James K. Everson
M. L. Fuller
Geological Department of
United States Government
Indiana
Department
Posey
Gibson
Vanderburg
Warrick
Charles G. Field
Indianapolis
Hotel Navarre
New York City
Philadelphia Times
Agrippina
Rome
Cosmetes
Corsica
Memorial Presbyterian Church Reports Mortgage Drop
Mr. George W. Brown announced that the first half of the year brought prosperity to Memorial Presbyterian Church. After current expenses were settled, $1,000 was paid on the mortgage, reducing the debt to $3. The church follows a tithe system of giving among many members, found satisfactory.
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George W. Brown
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Memorial Church
Many Spouse Trips And Wedding News From Indiana
A long column of society notes records numerous couples traveling for summer visits and weddings. Mr and Mrs Charles Shaler depart for Troy New York while Mr and Mrs Korbly return from their wedding trip. Multiple engagements include Miss Nellie Kiley and Gus Condo’s Marion ceremony and other nuptials in Shelbyville Goshen Kokomo and nearby towns. guests from Indianapolis and Shelbyville attend and plan future trips, with travel to Chicago West Union and Europe noted for several individuals.
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Charles Shaler
Troy
N. Y
Charles A. Korbly
Edmond Ene
Bartlett Williams
Westfield
David Hill
Charlevoix
Nellie Sullivan
Shelbyville
M. O. Sullivan
Yerkes
Knickerbocker Hall
Michigan
Charles Stake
Covington
J. K. Lilly
Wawasee
Edith Scott
Chicago
Holton
Kan
DL. M. Parry
Atlantic City
Scott
Frank Edwin Scott
Paris
France
Mr. Scott
North East Street
Margaret Baldwin
Lillian Reeves
St. Clair Street
A. J. Treat
North Hampton
Mass
Kentucky
John C. Wright
University Club
Mabel Talbott
Miss Cook
Miss Lovett
New York
Lilla Ketcham
Robinwood
Miss Patterson
Cleveland
Belle Dean
Miss Shepard
Georgetown
Victor J. Brandon
Maxinkuckee
John Carroll
Virginia
New Jersey Street
Thomas E. Hibben
Pleasant Hill
Aldrich
Waverly
Mixsell
Easton
Pax
B. Hibben
Lew Wallace, Jr
Jane Adger
Shreveport
Natalie Dalton
Virginia Shaw
J. M. Shaw
Miss Shaw
Charles A. Wallingford
Bloomington
Wallingford
Woodruff Place
Charles A. Layman
Cambridge
Bert Bishop
Muncie
Mississippi
Ottawa
Ill
Bishop
N. K. Brown
Virginia Withite
Alice Bates
Anna Ransom
Tenn
Adabel Chenoweth
Hillcroft Hall
Miss Chenoweth
William Morrison, Jr
Jay Dill
William K. Sproule, Jr
Wilbur McIntosh
Condo—Kiley
Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Nellie Kiley
Gus Condo
John Kiley
W. J. Quinlan
St. Paul's Church
Marie Corbett
George
Maurice Donnelly
John Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Condo
Crown Point
Mr. Condo
S. Condo
Marriages in Indiana and a court inquiry report
A stream of wedding notices from Worthington to Shoals details couples including Carl Smith and Mary Owen and Frederick Fisher and Nellie Smith, with others from Madison Elwood and Bloomington. A separate report discusses an inquiry into Edna Hall’s mental state and a nonlethal poisoning incident, with authorities planning to hold her for correction.
The Day of Brutus and Cato of Utica
A fragment describes a lavish classical toilet scene where Grecian slaves attend a mistress with scented unguents and a gold mirror. The slave women prepare the body with powders, pomades, and herbs while a costly multi metal mirror is presented, noting the era’s lavish manners. The passage concludes by contrasting with modern husbands.
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Brutus
Cato
Utica
Impromptu coronation tale from King William IV episode
London observers note a curious improvised coronation when William IV prroged Parliament. In April, amid reform bill turmoil, he went to the Lords with a scratch retinue and crowned himself upon request, declaring the coronation finished.
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London Chronicle
William IV
Earl Grey
House of Lords
Grevair
Lord Hastings
Lord Grey
Diamonds and a merchant ad by J P Mullall
An advertisement from J P Mullall, an ieee and manufacturer, offering savings on small expenses and stating a specialty in diamonds. The note mentions IT and a one per cent saving as a selling point.
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J. P. Mullall
Ieee and
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