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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1901
Page
3
J M Barrie's new play will be produced at the National Theater in Washington in October with Maude Adams in the principal part. Mr and Mrs Barrie will travel from Scotland to the United States in the fall to attend the Washington premier.
Mrs. W F Mithholland departs Sunday for Colorado. Miss Helen McKay returns from Chicago for the summer while Miss Lucy Hamilton visits Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper return from Missouri. many others head to Atlantic City, Wawasee, Higgins Lake, Asheville, and New York for the season.
Selections of social happenings across Indiana towns describe guests arriving for the season. Mrs. Burford and Miss Caroline Burford will vacation at Lake Maxinkuckee, with others visiting Crawfordsville and Irvington for summer. Engagement announced for Margaret Allen and William Sparks with a Philippine honeymoon. A tea in Springfield honors Miss Allie Jackson with about fifty guests and a floral, pink and white decor.
Emerson Drury sails for a week at resorts while Harold Hibben checks into the New York Athletic Club. State Librarian Henry heads to Waukesha for the National Library Association convention with Miss Artena M. Chapin presenting a paper on decimal cataloguing. Electrician P Kerr Higgins plans a move to Los Angeles to start his own business. Indiana stockholders anticipate partial par value recovery at the State Bank of Indiana, and unused property moves to Security Trust Company. Delegates head to the Epworth League in San Francisco with hundreds joining, plus notable appointments to Y M C A advisory boards. Broad Ripple hosts a large crowd for the Santiago battle reenactment as fireworks loom and Montani Brothers Orchestra plays nightly. Major J P Doyle wins a badge contract for the State Fair officials featuring a satin ribbon, gold lettering, and an Indiana State seal medallion.
A compilation of births and deaths with names addresses and ages. Entries include families such as eanext and Mary Selvage and Frank and Julia Studebaker, plus multiple city and street listings, ages from infancy to fifty five, and notes on causes or wards where readable.
Tomorrow promises a red letter day in Indianapolis with record fireworks sales and extensive displays. Dealers report high orders while police restrict early ignition. Broad Ripple and Fairview will host major pyrotechnics including Niagara Falls in Fireworks. Public picnics, band concerts, and organized events by Modern Woodmen, Soldiers' League, and YMCA North Indianapolis mark the day with daylight fireworks and multiple programs.
The July 4 programme at the Business Men's Driving Club track promises unusual interest for driving race fans with many entrants from last year returning. Races start at 2 pm with an orchestra, refreshments, and breezy grandstand viewing. Admission is 2½ cents for all. The day includes a match race between George Leander and Owen Kimble at Newby Oval tomorrow night, plus high wire acts and tire works displays in the afternoon and evening.
The St. Patrick's Academy pupils and teachers held their annual outing at Fairview Park with about one hundred attendees. No formal program, social amusements filled the day. The Downey Avenue Christian Church and Sunday School also held a picnic there with around eighty members. Well-filled baskets, a noon dinner in the bowling building, and boat riding after lunch capped the day.
Justice White at Broad Ripple yesterday fined Walter Martin Clyde May and J. B. Shideler 11 for bathing in the river near the dam. A man on the bank watched the boys as they swam and then claimed to be a constable, informing them of the fine.
One boy, son of Assistant Postmaster Shideler, placed under arrest. His father seeks appeal to the Criminal Court, but justices refuse. Shideler argues the refusals wrong, that the boys were fined for exposing their persons, and any plea of guilty related only to swimming in the river.
Indianapolis Florists' Association members met at the Commercial Club to finalize plans for their annual outing set for July 17 at Spring Lake Park along the Greenfield electric line. Delegates for the State and National associations were discussed to boost attendance and support for the upcoming National Carnation Society meeting and related events. The chrysanthemum show committee reported strong donations and growing interest, with expectations for a superior exhibit compared to prior years.
Prominent Indianapolis pianist Paul E. Teichert announced a trip to Germany as a sentimental joke inspired by his boyhood tales of Stettin. Friends organized a send off at Union Station then followed him to Broad Ripple for supper, only to learn the inheritance claim was a ruse by a friend.
A survey of famed discoveries lost to tragedy and secrecy. Hebert Warner’s diamond method vanished after his Harley Street home mystery. Waymouth’s heat engine plans were destroyed by the inventor. Tallum alloys, perpetual lamps, fulmite explosives, and anti smoke systems all disappeared with the deaths, burglaries, or vanishings of their creators. The piece reflects on remarkable scientific secrets that remain unrecovered.
The article recalls a New York Telegraph note by W G Nicholas about a dramatic late day attempt to shore up the Seventh National Bank. Moores & Co demanded 30,000 dollars. the bank refused. A novel plan instead delivered 600,000 dollars in credit via certified checks and bills of exchange, masking the bank’s obligations for the moment. The arrangement let the bank and the distressed firm survive a few more days, though the overall debt rose by nine thousand dollars and the strain harmed many.
The Baltimore Herald notes Mr Rockefeller’s philanthropy funds a new medical research institute. The endowment, a major donation to learning institutions, underpins the establishment and anticipated advancement of scientific work. No further details provided.
A donation to libraries is seen as as vital as education for advancing medical science. The funds will support investigations and experiments by medical professionals aiming to cure diseases and ease suffering, benefiting thousands deprived of educational library access.
Friends of the bank’s former management accuse Controller Dawes of harsh action that crippled the Seventh National Bank. They allege he sought to scale the bank down gradually, blame near relatives and Heaths, and argue Dawes aimed to avoid a bank scandal that could jeopardize a Senate bid.
The Public Press of New Albany weighs in against Democratic critics who claim Governor Durbin is manipulating the soldiers and sailors monument timing for polling gains. It argues Durbin, in office nearly four years, remains focused on duty, with a broad, dignified stance unlikely to be swayed by partisan “peanut policies” in a heated campaign.
The Baltimore Sun editorial argues wealth is defined by a nation's character and capacity rather than statistical tallies of material possessions. It cites a London Statist editor noting United States natural resources and industrial strength amid European competition, and contrasts with earlier Anglo views on shared lands and trade.
Morss of Indianapolis urges Democrats to consider if any candidate for the presidency, including the chief justice, could be a better choice. The piece argues against using the bench for party aims and notes Melvilk Fuller will be nearing seventy two in July 194.
The Albany Evening Journal discusses New England electors debating literature and notes Western authors such as Will Cumback Kinney Julie Caroline O Mara John Govern and Jonn Uri Lieyd have strong insider status in current studies.
An authority on child care says normal children want candy and should have some, but at cheap confections. High priced molasses bars or marshmallows are not suitable. candy should be given after the noon meal.
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