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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1901

Page

6

Local Society Notes Highlight Summer Visits and Weddings

Mrs Warder hosts in Springfield Ohio while Louis Deschler plans August lake trip. Miss Alice Van Frank visits Marion and Miss Jessie Stake hosts a party for Covington guest Miss Kitmer. Several couples plan trips to Chicago Milwaukee and St Lawrence while a midsummer euchre and garden parties dot the social calendar. A wedding on Jefferson Avenue unites Mrs Margaret Ulrich and Henry Kneger as guests mingle and music fills the reception.

Warder Springfiel, O Hewitt H. Howland Louis G. Deschler Alice van Frank Marion, O Elliott North Alabama Street Thomas J. Rush George W. Morrison Chicago Clement Covington L. Dorsey Gustav Schnull Peters Walloone Mich Jessie Stake Mise Whitmer Covington, O Ma Fi Ladies’ Society of the George Mannfeld Ostess Claypool Jessie Cuppenger Denison Pletet New York Della Chambers New York City Mae Egan Miss Brittingham Ohio Miss Egan Ladies’ Auxiliary The Independent Turners August Woerner Irene Gable Broad Ripple Miss Lee Mixes Stevens Iss Smith Elwood Eizabeth Everitt Maud Denlon Katharine Branyon M. Madden Everitt J. A. Everitt Marion Margaret Ulrich Enry Kneger Waa Jeferson Avenue H. E. Dickson Phonograph Mor Fr. Kreger George Niehberge August Bmoecer Julius Hull Charles Herbert Misa Louiss Hull W Rebingon Andrews Bpersal Indianapolis Brazil Ind Abert Libyel Roberta College Constantinople Clare Andrews C. G. Andrews First National Bank

Summers Johnson Wedding in Indianapolis Journal Highlight

Wabash Ind July 26 Arthur Sommers of St Louis and Miss Luella H daughter of Mr and Mrs B F Johnson were married at the bride s East Main street home in the presence of relatives and friends Rev M S Marble officiated They left for St Louis where Sommers is with Missouri Pacific Railway Butner Phelps wedding at Martinsville Mrs Eva Phelps and Mr Roscoe Butner Lebanon married this afternoon at the bride s mother s home Rev George H Murphy officiated They left for two weeks east.

Johnson Indianapolis Journal Wabash Ind Arthur Sommers St. Louis Luella H B. F. Johnson East Main Street Sommers Missouri Pacific Railway Butner—Phelps Martinsville Eva Phelps Roscoe Butner Lebanon F. M. Warner George H. Murphy Methodist Church Mrs. Butner

Moving A Big Circus To Safer Ground In Storms

The Forepaugh and Sells Brothers troupe trains its staff to protect people and animals during wind storms. When a cyclone warning appears, lights go out, elephants are removed, cages are covered, and tents are lowered to prevent disaster. The article compares circus safety drills to army mobilization and notes the constant fear of sudden, clear-sky hurricanes in the Western states.

Cheus Steamshin Companies

Salu tary Johnson to Lecture at Fairview Park

J B Johnson known as Salu tary Johnson will start a week of afternoon and evening lectures at Fairview Park this afternoon. An ex convict from Missouri State Penitentiary he served twelve years for stealing twenty two dollars and faced a later riot and arson during the sentence. He spent sixteen years and two months in solitary before a pardon on December five, 1900. Johnson will recount life in a division geon and the terrors of life in confinement.

J. B. Johnson Johnson Fairview Park Missouri State Penitentiary Ltfe

Mest-cutter Richardsan shoots leg in market mishap

Bheltéen Richardsan, a mest cutter in a Weert Indianapolis market, accidentally shot himself in the leg yesterday afternoon while brandishing a revolver he believed to be loaded. The wound was not serious and he planned to be about last night.

Bheltéen Richardsan Indianapolis

Effects of Drought on Produce and Wild Trade News

Bradstreet's notes hot dry weather hits surplus grain regions west of the Mississippi, lowering cereal prices and lifting demand for canned goods. Butter, vegetables, eggs become high quality and pricey. wool, textiles, and leather trades show steady to improved activity. Wheat and corn exports rise. business failures tally 19 for the week.

New York Bradstreet Mississippi River Suthern United States

Adverse Effect on the Industry in New York and Philadelphia

New York reports a week of steel strike activity with no major disruption to industry. Mills not affected stay busy. demand for structural materials, rails, and steel products remains strong. In Philadelphia drought areas drive large fruit and produce orders, notably lemons, with extensive carload shipments to Ohio, Minnesota, and surrounding states.

Philadelphia Middle West Ohio Mississippi Valley

Fragmented 19th century notes on industry and notices

Missolution threatens the Western Immmi tant Bureau over a South Pacific road membership refusal. Germany reports June pig iron at 63,86 tons versus 1,07 tons last year, May output 6,774 tons. Copper and Gold Mines New York incorporated at ABA Somerdey with 31.0.0 capital to operate talnet in North Carolina. Steel workers strike lifts Philadelphia plate prices from 1 to percent. pre strike plate sold at $1 per box in the mill and $1.17 per guineament. Extension of sixty days to file schedules granted to Frank Sullivan Smith, assignee of Marquand & Go, by Judge Blanchard. Resignee provisional bond fixed at $is.qu. Dr W J Gray, long-time editor of Interior, Cricaan, resigns from part of his interest in the waver and ed.

Germany Person Consolidated Copper and Gold Mines Company of New York Aba Somerdey North Carolina Philadelphia Frank Sullivan Smith Marquand & Go Blanchard W. J. Gray Cricaan Presbyteriary Red

El Paso Southwestern Railroad Incorporation Details

The El Paso and Southwestern Railroad with capital 700.00 dollars was incorporated at Santa Fe to build connecting links in the Phelps Dodge line from Nacosari Mex to El Paso Texas via Bishoe Clifton and Deming, totaling 34 miles. Subsidiaries include the Southwestern Railroad of Arizona main line at 52 miles and Bishoe branch at 22 miles.

el Paso & Southwestern Railroad Phelps, Dodge & Co Arizona New Mexico Nacosari Mex el Paso Tex Bishoe, Clifton and Deming Santa Fe Southwestern Railroad of

Coal and Coke Combine Formed in Kanawha Region

In Columbus Ohio officials announce that Kanawha and Hocking Coal and Coke Company has taken over about twenty miles of coal and coke properties along the Kanawha river West Virginia. Twelve companies join the combine with several millions credited as consideration. The firms will operate with Sunday Creek and Buckeye coal interests from a common Columbus headquarters but receipts will remain unpooled. Cleveland and Columbus capitalists are said to control the venture.

Columbus Kanawha River West Virginia Kanawha and Hocking Coal and Coke Company Sarmaeny Sunday Creek Buckeye Cleveland

Death Notices of Frank L. Wilson and Associates

Frank L. Wilson, 37, of Cedar Rapids died recently sending his body to Indiana for burial near Lewisville after previously working for Standard Oil in Iowa. His widow accompanies the remains. Also noted are the deaths of Carrie Conant Maguire Maguire and Harry Sells with funeral details and surviving relatives.

Cedar Rapids, In Lewisville Ind R. Wilson Standard Oil Company Iown Stephen B. Wilson

Mrs Mabel C Stuart Dies of Tuberculosis at Home

Mrs Mabel C Glenn Stuart 1103 Olive street died last night at her home after a five month illness from tuberculosis. She leaves a husband and a four year old daughter. Funeral arrangements will be made later. Prof Edgar W Abbott drowned Tuesday at Broad Ripple. funeral held at 2812 College avenue home of D A Williams. Rev W C Taylor of College avenue Baptist Church officiated. President Butler of Butler College spoke, noting Abbott’s engagement to Miss McIntyre. A large student turnout attended, many accompanying the party to Lebanon for interment.

Charles Maguire Board of Public Works William Gilmore Maguire Central Avenue Maguire Cincinnati Carrie Conant Mr. Maguire St. Paul's Episcopal Church Daughters of the Revolution William G Albert M William Maguire Harry Sells Michael Sells North Meridian Street Cleveland Margaret Wasson Mabel C. Stuart Olive Street George W. Glenn Bowen-Merrill Edgar W. Abbott Broad Ripple D. A. Williams College Avenue W. C. Taylor College-avenue Baptist Church President Butler Butler College Abbott Mr. Abbott Miss McIntyre Lexington Mass Lebanon

City News Items Show Meetings, Bankruptcies and Plans

The Boys’ Club board fixes a meeting time to 4 o clock on Tuesday July 30. Rufus Layman of Kokomo files bankruptcy in Federal Court with assets of 3055 and 324.52. An ice cream social for free ice and air fund is set for Monday July 29 at Mrs S C Dark’s 30 McClean Place. Portrait of William Laurie by Max Sonnenachmidt at Lieber’s draws praise for handling and expression. Hugh J McGowan signs a Cincinnati Traction plan for a $1,000,000 fourteen story office building at Walnut and Fifth. T W Dee of Galveston asks police to locate Mary Henderson regarding her son Jack’s death after a possible city mix up. Ed Brooks seeks identity of William Brooks lynched in Elkins W Va, noting past mob actions in the area. Merchants Association to discuss transferring the Mexican exhibit from the Pan-American to Indianapolis after the Expo, with free rent and a local exhibition planned plus establishing a US Mexico commercial agency. City groups will pursue quartering and office space to secure the Mexican enterprise.

Boys’ Club Rufus Layman Kokomo Yman S. C. Dark William Laurie Max Sonnenachmidt Lieber’s Hugh J. McGowan Indianapolis Street Railway Company Cincinnati Traction Company Cincinnati Cincinnati Company Walnut Fifth Streets T. W. Dee Galveston Tex Mary Henderson Jack Twenty-Fourth Street Ed Brooks Olive Street William Brooks Elkins W. Va Bungaloo Albert Krull Merchants’ Association Buffalo Mexico United States Indianapeolis

The Last Hace Matinee at Business Men's Driving Club Park

There was a single race yesterday afternoon at the park. J. C.’s J. C. Dunn owned horse won the 2:4 class in straight heats with Pat Dickerson's King Maud second and C. & Webber's Joe Jefferson third. An exhibition half-mile followed. No more meets will be held until cooler weather.

Business Men's Driving Club Park J. C. Dunn Pat Dickerson King Maud C. &. Webber Joe Jefferson H. H. Gates Grove Tlty

Yale sprinter Hargrave visits Richmond Levering

Newell H Hargrave Yale inter collegiate sprinting champion visits Richmond Levering 9 Mortimer Levering North Pennsylvania street. Hargrave holds two collegiate world records including the hundred yard dash in 9 5 seconds and the 220 yard dash in 21 5 seconds.

Newell H. Hargrave Yale Richmond Levering Mortimer Levering Pennsylvania Street Mr. Hargrave

Remarkable escape of a family on East Washington street

Four members of Deane C. Stephenson's family narrowly escaped death when a Greenfield car struck their buggy on East Washington street. Stephenson and Bruce were bruised, the baby Maurice saved by a motorman, and the horse halted after about 200 feet. The injured were treated at Dr Williams's house before returning home.

Deane C. Stephenson Kingan & Co East Washington Street Belt Railway Stephenson Bruce Maurice Greenfield Irvington Dr. Williams East Washington Street Babe Lukenbill

Conductor Hurt in Streetcar Collision

Samuel F. Cagley, 910 Bates Street, was struck at 6 pm by a southbound Prospect Street car at Virginia Avenue and New Jersey Street. He was severely injured with cuts to head and arms after walking in front of the speeding streetcar.

Samuel F. Cagley Bates Street Virginia Avenue New Jersey Street Prospect Street

Also Mentioned on This Page

Indiana Izve Pettis Dry Goods CO Market ST Indiana Dental College Department of Dentistry University of Indianapolis Sam. Toi Delaware and Ohio Streets Personal and Logan Street Bently First Methodist Church Mrs. Libyed Eye Reje Greenwood Bertha Robinson Kendallville J. M. Wishard Iowa A. B. Hogue Brown Thorntown D. 5 Whitenack Peirce Rochester Harvey Brewer Jessie Foster Mary and Viola White Franklin John Crawford James Shortridge St. Paul Alpha Gam Franklin College Missabel Whitenack Mary Handley Olive Creasey Milla DUN & Co’s R. G. Dun & Co London Atlantic Canada Trade and Industrial Notes Coal and Coke “Combine Frank L. Wilson E. W. Abbott Deane Stephenson Pogue Jung Brewing Company Charles Baker Soledad Omaha Bee Sunday Journal Tomorrow’s Journal Morrow L. S. Ayres & CO SM. Pouder H. Lugber CO W. H. Rollussons the Sunday Journal
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