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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1901

Page

6

Anniversary Reception at Park Avenue Home

Mr and Mrs Peter M Dill celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary with a large reception at their home 2116 Park Avenue. The house overflowed with Marguerites and asparagus vines, guests included Mrs Frazier of Irvington and many area residents. The article lists numerous attendees and ongoing social events around Indianapolis area society in vivid detail.

Peter M. Dill Park Avenue Rs. Dill Wells W. W. Hubbard Frazier N. G. Worth C. WB. Way Elizabeth Jameson A. Philputt E. Kennedy Eekre Gardner H. M. V. Wiggins the Palipat Edna Mullins Psc Attia Malott Esther Grace Fields Bloomfield Sallie Hert C. L. Bacon Paris Florence Pearl Berry Albert Edward Greilich Greilich North Arsenal Avenue J. F. Darnall United States Sonora Mex William M. Hoey District of Arizona George A. Hops Saybrook Ill John M. Grant Carroll County H. C. Darnall Muncie A. N. Grant College Avenue Tutewller Talbott Avenue Clara Ingram S. E. Perkins Frances Pangborn Simington Lebanon Miss Peake Kansas City Edna Stevenson Miss Pangborn Stevenson Evalyn Holliday Jane Ketcham Clara Hawkins Florence Plum Minnie Scholz Rhoda Shepard Julia Hobbs Edith Griffith Marshall Levey Frederick Gall Edith Miller Franklin Miss In Woollen Woodruff Place Woodruff

Lorna Doone Opens on Chicago Stage at Grand Opera House

The stage adaptation of R. D. Blackmore’s Lorna Doone debuts at the Grand Opera House in Chicago with Olive May as Lorna and William Courtleigh as John Ridd. Mildred Dowling handled the dramatization as the production heads into a summer run and a possible national tour. Mabel Taliaferro plays Lizzle while the show recreates key scenes across the counsel or’s hall, Lorna’s bower, Sir Ensor’s house, and local locales.

Lorna Doone Chicago R. D. Blackmore Grand Opera House Pia Mildred Dowling Glen Doone Lorna Glen Sir Ensor Oare Wittiam Courtleigh John Ridd Mr. Courtleigh Blackmore Mabel Taliaferro W. Ff. Yeats Lizzle

Mrs Le Moyne Declines Cradford Play for Middie Arts Role

Mrs Le Moyne declines to include Marion Cradford's new play in her repertory. The role calls for an old woman, and Mrs Le Moyne wishes to play middie arts. The producer will have to dispose of the play elsewhere. Frank L Perley has produced in London a new musical comedy The Chap en which he will bring to this country.

Frank L. Perley London Eren

Perley to Stage New Herbert Opera Next Season

Bet engaged for the company signals plans for next season. Mr. Perley confirms a new Herbert opera and anticipates Helen Jam as likely prima donna, signaling top musical ambitions and casting moves.

Bet Mr. Perley Herbert Opera Helen Jam

St Patrick's Girls Academy Holds Closing Exercises

At East Dougherty street the St Patrick's Girls Academy staged a formal closing event for the school year. Cecilia Hallinin earned the diploma and gold medal for top overall average, presented by Rt. Rev. O'Donaghue. The program featured a chorus song On the Moonlit Stream, an orchestra, Hallinin's essay Reflections from the Goodness of God, and Rae and prize awards for high marks in Christian doctrine and US history.

St. Patrick’s Girls’ Academy East Dougherty Street Cecilia Hallinin An O'Donaghue Hallinin W. H. Maher St. Patrick's Church United States Peete

Pulse of Indianapolis Trade Signals Strong Merchants

A survey of South Meridian Street traders shows robust commerce as hardware, grocery, drug, and general retailers report higher sales than last year. Clerks cite favorable crops, rising demand for glass and linseed oil, and steady building activity fueling mantel, window, and church orders, with some price upticks in linseed oil and commodities.

South Meridian Street Indianapolis Washington Street Indianapolis Hardware Company Charles E. Hurlbert Flr Claypool Pennsylvania Ohio James Broden M. O'Connor & Co Braden John N. Carey Daniel Stewart Drug Company Carey A. Burdsal Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Territory North Dakota India Argentine Russia Burdsal Schnull & Co Japan Havens & Geddes A. G. Snider

First Garden Concert Delights German House Crowd

The Indianapolis Military Band performed a lively opening in the German House garden on New Jersey street, despite rain. Attendees crowded the pavilion, savoring Carmen, ragtime, and Luers Burgomaster selections, with encores and cheerful chatter continuing until 11 o clock.

Indianapolis Carmen Bizet Guistav Luers Kenly Holy City Nicholas Rembusch The Harry Gumbinski New York Harry von Titzer

Plymouth Church Choir Plans Gounod Program in Evening Concert

Tomorrow evening at Plymouth Church the choir assisted by violinists Burt Neulon Pierce and wife will perform Gounod selections including Organ-Finale and overture from Sure Vows, and My Redeemer. Miss Fiva Jeffries sings alto, known for The Legend of the Beaded Bow. A garden music series at the German House is suggested, with a harp or small corps of instruments. Indianapolis music lovers will attend Terre Haute concerts for the State Music Teachers Association convention. Una Clayson will give a piano recital with Grieg concerto and Moysewski dances, Oliver Willard Pierce to play second piano.

Plymouth Church Burt Neulon Pierce Gounod W. P. Kent My Redeemer Morris Meek Roemance Rein Td Eceetts Wetasee Faust Cceensenesee Fiva Jeffries Jeffries Amphion Club Pierce Indianapolis Terre Haute Music Teachers’ Association Una Clayson Moyscowski Grieg Oliver Willard Pierce Clayson

Telegram to War Secretary on Indianapolis arsenal garrison

Senator Fairbanks sent a telegram to the secretary of war asking if the government would establish a garrison at the Indianapolis arsenal site. He expects a mailed reply. The secretary plans a board of military officers to decide the disposition of abandoned arsenals, but timing hinges on officer availability.

Senator Fairbanks Secretary of War Indianapolis Washington Secre Sears Board Fairbanks

Market Reflections on Profit Levels Since 1892

The speaker compares current business volume with 182 years ago, noting larger volume but thinner margins. They doubt profits from 1892 will be reached again, citing panic years when storekeepers lowered prices to retain trade and restocking.

Assessments by the Board of Review List

The Bounty Board of Review yesterday completed assessments for numerous firms. Names include Consol Coal and Lime Co, Consumers Ice Co, Columbia Grocery Co, Century Garment, Central Steel Co, Electrical Balance Co, English Hotel Co, Globe Pattern Works, Indianapolis Laundry Co, Climax Baking Powder Co, and others with varying totals such as 3,000 and 500.

Bounty Board of Review Consol Coal and Lime Co Coke Apparatus Vo Consumers Ice Co W. D. Cooper Shoe Columbia Grocery Co Clay Shingle Co A Century Garment Central Steel Co Central Power ¢ Clark, Wysong & Voris C Pa Printing Climax Baking Powder Co Central Boeing Wire Noy Daggett Co English Hotel Co Electrical Ballance Co

Handsome Move by City Clerk Geckler Traps Republicans

City Clerk Geckler furnished certificates of election to thir14 inspectors after Republicans elected them by ballot in the Fifteenth ward. The move backfired as Geckler also supplied a duplicate copy, leaving Mayor Taggart unable to act. Democrats scramble to overturn the action while plans for a veto or legal challenge unfold. Meridian Street and East Michigan Street sewer bids are discussed, with estimates and bids, including lowest bidder H A Mansfield at $58,923 and plan to allocate Woodruff Place costs.

Geckler Taggart Mandamus Crall President Crafl Negley Taylor Geckler Ma Board of Works East Michigan

Park Board pushes for 27000 to buy Riverside Park land

Park Board asks city controller to recommend a straight 27000 appropriation after Council refused funds. With 265 in the land fund, board buys a $10 parcel. They plan a Garfield Park shelter using existing funds and seek bids for foundation and two towers. Bridge over White River prompts a plan for a new crossing next year.

Riverside Park Park Board DOR RO Pks Riverside Garfield Park Power White River

Mayor's cabinet reviews light contract bids in session

Mayor Taggart and his cabinet spent most of yesterday afternoon examining the specifications for a new electric light contract. They scrutinized a provision that might favor Indianapolis Light and Power Company and the Home Heating and Light Company by allowing fewer bids due to their franchises. The mayor found no unfair discrimination but ordered the specifications referred to the city attorney for possible corrections before bids are submitted.

Taggart Indianapolis Light and Power Company Home Heating and Light Company

Conduit Plan for Federal Building Approved by Board of Works

The Board of Works approved the New Telephone Company plan to lay conduits for the new federal building. Conduits will run from Scioto and New York to Meridian, then south to Ohio and east to Scioto along the parkway between sidewalk and curb. A second item notes a controversy over street width with a Monday hearing scheduled for property owners on a wooden block pavement proposal.

Board of Works New Telephone Company Federal Building Scioto New York Streets Meridian Ohio

Vapor Light Contract Granted By City

The Sun Vapor Light Company was yesterday granted a four month contract to furnish vapor lights for the city with hope of a future appropriation to cover the remaining two months.

Sun Vapor Light Company Vapor Light Company Ume

Mayor Signs Funds and Interest Ordinances

Mayor Taggart yesterday signed an ordinance allocating 1200 dollars to the con tagious disease fund of the Board of Health and another to empower payment of 101.92 dollars of unpaid interest on the last temporary loan. He took no action on the rider requiring handles on the Diciste bicycles.

Taggart The Board of Health

City Adopts Bridge Project Specs at Tenth and Pogue Run

The Board of Works has adopted specifications and advertised for bids for two bridge projects the small canal crossing at Tenth Street and the New York Street bridge over Pogue's Run.

Board of Works Tenth Street New York Street

Contracts Deferred And Final Action On City Projects

The city moved to defer contracts for paving with asphalt and curbing Eleventh street from Bellefontaine to the C I L railroad tracks and Thirteenth street from College Avenue to Bellefontaine. Readvertisement ordered and final actions taken on various street, sewer, and sidewalk projects including East Michigan street, Olney street, Ohio street, Twenty-sixth Street, Gale Street, Milburn Street, Rural Street, and Washington Street with multiple approv als and plan approvals for a canal bridge, conduit route for a telephone line, and local sewer vacations and filings.

Eleventh Street Bellefontaine C., I. & L. Railroad Thirteenth Street College Avenue Bellefontaine Street East Michigan Street Pogue Welsbach Olney Street Twenty Fifth Street Twenty-eighth Street Ohio Street Illinois Pennsylvania Twenty-sixth Street Senate Avenue Northwestern Avenue John J. Appel William H. Schmitts Robert Waters Rogers & Dunlap Larch Street Twelfth Street Newland Avenue W. K. Cooper Pierson Street Twenty Second Twenty-fourth Street Georgia Street Newersey Street East Street First Alley Adelaide Street Gale Street Massachusetts Avenue Belt Railway Glenn Drive Twenty Eighth Street Milburn Street Indiana Avenue Eighteenth Street Washington Street California Street White River Tenth Street Jefferson Avenue W. C. Allen Arsenal Avenue PL C American Surety Company New York Canal New Telephone Company New York Street Scioto Street Meridian Street Missouri Street Walden Street Keystove Avenue Bt Ise Pies Jon East Avenue Igtreet Bt. Clair

Water mains ordered on Parker Avenue to Belmont avenue

Belmont avenue from Howard street to Minnesota street will have water mains ordered. Papers ordered for paving cement the sidewalks on Belmont avenue from Michigan street to Tenth street. Sidewalk paving with cement and curbing on Olive street from Avenue to Prospect street.

Parker Avenue Tenth Street Belmont Avenue Howard Street Minnesota Street Michigan Street Olive Street Avenue Prospect Street

No Help From Police Describes Two Complaint Tales

A desk sergeant handled two odd complaints last night. A colored man sought arrest for ha'b'in' his wife and an arrest warrant for Constable Glass over a writ of replevin. The man argued for a law against wife desertion, while the other claimed his wife interfered with his property. Both cases ended with no action and confusion.

Hyland Glass

Three Persons Made Sick From Fungus Mushroom

Ray Williams of Layman avenue Irvington found a mushroom and showed it to Miss Emma Sac at Comstock's jewelry store. He then showed them to F C Medearia and Miss Binsac and Mr M, who each took a bite. All three became violently ill, with Miss Binsac in alarming condition, vomiting severely and saved only by late evening homeward care. The two men suffered pain but recovered after a short time.

Ray Williams Layman Avenue Irvington Mr. Williams Comstock Emma Sac F. C. Medearia Miss Binsac Mr. M

Brill Promises Reform During Prison Transfer

Deputy Marshal Foley stopped in the city with prisoner Jacob Brill en route from Michigan City Prison to New Albany. Brill, about 26, serving four years, declared to secret service agent Thomas Halls that he intended to reform and stay out of prison.

United States Foley Michigan City New Albany Jacob Brill Thomas Halls Secret Service

Deputy Marshals Peck and Branham Resign to July First

Deputy United States Marshals Jesse D. Peck and G. B. Branham have tendered resignations effective July 1. United States Marshal Pettit has not yet announced their successors.

United States Jesse D. Peck G. BE. Branham Pettit

Can He Afford to Marry Weekly A Question from the Young

The letter asks if a man can marry weekly on a given income, noting that comfort depends on tastes and habits. If the suitor spends heavily on self and clubs while the bride’s family enjoys wealth, disaster could follow. Self sacrifice can help, but class and social expectations complicate the economic case for marriage.

Providence Journal

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