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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1902
Page
4
Store received 1800 summer weight Balbriggan underwear that arrived two months late. Managers will not return them and price them to move quickly. Each garment, normally 39 cents, is marked at a close but unspecified price to drive early buying.
Mrs. T A Wagner and son Fletcher plan return from California next Sunday. Mrs. Wilbur Wynn Dark marks her last home reception this afternoon. Louise Craig to wed William Hedrick on Wednesday June 2 at Mrs Brown’s on Eighteenth Street. Bowman Pursell wedding to Charles John Bowman held at Pur sel residence with Marguerites and pink decor. A long list of social visits, parties, and anniversaries fills the week, including tours to West Baden and Garden receptions.
The notices detail multiple weddings in Indiana, including Bowmen Connex details with Cincinnati home plans, and Rouse Nash at Potts home with Atlantic City trip. Others include Michael wedding in Indianapolis with a small guest list, Chenoweth-Kern in Fort Wayne, Kegler-Treece at New Albany, Carpenter-Dawson at Elwood, and Worley-Conner in Kokomo, highlighting attendants, venues, and early home plans.
Long waist styles suit children well and the blue chambray model shown features a belt collar and cuffs of needlework. The unlined original launders easily while a body lining is available. The long waisted body is tucked at the front to form a pointed yoke with soft gathering underneath.
The 4152 pattern offers a bishop sleeve dress with standing collar and belt options. Details include five tuck groups at hem sides, a centered closure, and a graduation to join the skirt to the body with embroidery or leather belt accents. Materials vary by size and width. pattern coupon requests 10 cents per pattern.
Mayor Bookwalter received a letter from Charles F. Searles of San Luis Potosi Mexico seeking the four Gilmore children of Indianapolis The letter hints at an estate left by a miner for the children Charles Eddy and Johnnie are named The children once lived at the Indianapolis Orphans Asylum records show the three boys were sent to different homes and no trace of the girl is found
The Marion Trust Company as receiver of Washington Savings and Loan Assocation filed suits against five stockholders to recover 45 percent dividends taken while insolvent. It claims funds remain to cover another 1 percent but withdrawals by the sued individuals diminish the receiver's assets. Plaintiffs named Julia H. Root, Otto Neerman, Benjamin C. Potage, Medford B. Wilson, and Grant Matthews with varying claimed amounts.
Closing exercises were held at Fred Douglass school on Shelby near Prospect with musical and literary numbers and a zither solo by Damon of Chicago. Rev Dr Gillum invited children to a six week manual training course at schools 23 and 24, free via Flanner Guild funding. graduation lists and class rolls announced for multiple schools and reunions.
Members of the 8A grade of School No 4 present tonight at 8 o clock in Morris Street Christian Church. They perform a scene from The Merchant of Venice with Rev B L Allen, pastor, delivering the address.
The Shortridge High School class of the 1%2 year will graduate this evening with over 150 diplomas to be awarded though some doubtful pupils may also graduate. The program features music by the high school orchestra, several addressing segments, and the presentation of diplomas by Dr. George W. Sloan.
Frank Abbott leads a promising venture as a trophy cabinet arrives for Shortridge athletes. Open day showcased burnt woodwork and art by May Bliss amid class term celebrations. Students react to Mr Hufford's resignation news, while athletic association officers are elected with Bob Scott as president and James Randall as basketball manager. Joe Kelsey named State delegate. faculty member Mr Williams re-elected treasurer.
Miss Ruby Bell Lane gave a post graduate piano recital at the Propylaeum with the Philharmonic String Quartet and Nathan Davis. She showed delicacy and pretty style in Mendelssohn and Liszt pieces and performed a Field concerto with her teacher Miss Crouse. Other numbers included Bach and Immanuel Bach works. Percin Creelman baritone and Mrs Neff soprano sang arias and songs. Future student recitals and Friday commencement exercises are planned at the same venue.
The George H. Thomas Post of the G A R held a meeting last night to address an alleged harsh arrest of a veteran. A committee was appointed to investigate the claim and another to verify the government payment for a larger Crown Hill Cemetery tract for veteran burials. The discussion noted a $5,000 government payment during Governor Conrad Baker’s tenure. Rev M M Lawson was elected chaplain to replace the late Rev Samuel Sawyer.
The Association Camera Club of the Y M C A has a notable display in the Y M C A room featuring about 125 photographs. Most images depict Indianapolis scenes with some Western views, created by local amateur photographers including many club members. The exhibit runs until next Monday night with public viewing each afternoon and evening.
The Indianapolis German Mutual Fire Insurance Company held a meeting at its Mansur block office in Washington and Alabama streets. It nominated Charlotte Dinkelaker for secretary and a slate of directors: Albert Krull Henry C. Prange Henry Klanke Otto Wagner Louis Murr Henry Bauer George Mannfeld William Hauelsen Louis Reese Phil Rappaport Fred Leukhardt Fred Fuehring Fred Goetz and Fred Schmidt. Seven directors will be elected from the nominees at a July 15 election in the company offices.
The Franklin Southwestern Traction Company was incorporated with 310 000 capital to build and operate an interurban electric railway from Franklin through Trafalgar Nineveh and Morgan town to Nashville. Directors include Wm G Irwin Carl E Willan Thomas E Valent ine William B Jennings Herbert M Fisher John E Jollife and Ben P Brown. The South Bend Oil Company notified of a stock increase from 10 000 to 200 000.
State Auditor Hart mailed twenty four checks to individuals estates and savings banks in the East totaling 34495 for semi annual interest on 2318000 of 2 per cent refunding bonds. The German Savings Bank of New York holds the largest share at 1000000 and Alvin B of Concord NH the smallest at 3000.
Mrs Anna Maria Bird mother of Frank Bird died yesterday at the home of her niece Mrs H E Weaver 1327 Northlandls street She was seventy seven years old and had long made her home at the old Bird residence just south of St Pauls Church She was widely known.
Major Travis of Crawfordsville Indiana travels with Willis Wright Terre Haute to Seneca South Carolina seeking mica and asbestos deposits. They will meet Georgia state geologist in Atlanta and tour the battlefield of Atlanta before returning. the venture involves 417 acres tied to investors in Indianapolis and Terre Haute.
American Window Glass Company officers and directors visited the Columbia Club, arriving from Alexandria where they are installing machinery at the De Pauw glass plant. James A. Chambers, T. Hart Given, Newland T. De Pauw, George E. Moore, and T. F. Hart attended. De Pauw explained the team is not testing glass production but installing machinery and refining operation methods. He noted patents were applied for and now allowed. He compared the machines’ capacity to how type setting machines transformed the newspaper business.
Captain Thomas A. Raymond U S Army surgeon arrives in Indianapolis on private business and may return to Chicago today. He commands praise for the U S transport service, recalls service in San Francisco during the Spanish American War, and notes a potential transfer of a battalion to Indianapolis from Fort Thomas Kentucky if the arsenal grounds are used as barracks.
Architect Andrews of Dayton reports the new Claypool Hotel roof likely completed this month with terrazzo flooring in progress. Sidewalks will be cleared within thirty days and storerooms ready for occupancy within sixty days. He notes progress is satisfactory and, despite an October completion target, no delay is expected beyond the original schedule.
Transfers filed in Marion County Indiana for the 24 hours ending 5 pm June 17 show multiple property changes. Notable entries include Margaret Bruce to Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Orison H. cumr. to Emily gE Kennedy, and Louisa M. Thayer to Charles E. Branning, with various lots in Bruce place, Lincoln Glen, and Kenwood add. Also listed are Ind. Nat's Bank to Tyre N. Harden and Francis A. Armstrong to Charles A. Goth among others. Total transfers amount to 59855.00 with several individual consideration figures and related property addresses in Indianapolis areas.
Mrs. Hitchcock arrived from Louisville and asked Indianapolis police to locate her husband Charles S. Hitchcock and their two year old son. They were en route from Knoxville to Indianapolis after a stay in Louisville where Hitchcock reportedly walked off with the child. Superintendent Taffe pledged full effort to locate them.
William Simpson of 1201 East New York Street was arrested by Bicycle Policemen Griffin and Hull on a charge of whipping his wife. Matron Gregoire issued the warrant after Mrs. Simpson complained of years of brutal treatment and bruising.
The Teamsters Union No 29 will begin a work suspension at noon seeking 37 percent more per hour from contractors. Over three hundred city teams, about 70 percent of all, are affected, though some contractors have signed the current scale. The union says feed costs rise and claims it costs $8 a week to keep a team, with the present scale at $2.90 to $3 a day.
The excerpt from Henry Van Dyke in the Outlook urges living year by year with a forward gaze and unrelenting spirit. It celebrates youth, new friendships, and adventure, asserting life loses zest not with age but with fear. The poem-like prose centers on embracing the path, not dwelling on what fades, until the final turn becomes the best.
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