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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1903

Page

4

Gown Safe After Formaldehyde Disinfection Plan Endorsed

A Logansport lawyer sought state Board of Health guidance to disinfect his wife’s $45 gown tainted by smallpox risk. The board advised a cheap disinfection method using formaldehyde in a trunk for 24 hours, deeming the dress safe for wear with no infection remaining in the fabric.

State Board of Health Monthly Health Bulletin Harry Logansport Board of Health State Board

Lockerbie Street Fair Opens For Fresh Air Mission

Three evening carnival on Lockerbie street to aid the Fresh Air Mission features bands vaudeville and various booths. Entrances at East and Liberty with aim to surpass last year’s $675 take. committees include Zoe, Izor, Gleasbrenner, and Bookwalter among many. Local residents volunteer in art candy flower souvenir coffee and wheel of fortune booths and gatekeeping and decoration duties.

Lockerbie Street James Whitcomb Riley Fresh Air Mission East Liberty Streets East Street Liberty Street Zoe Zoe, Jr Mistaney Seeagee Fish Pondaire Frank Izor Jane Gleasbrenner C. O. Bradway Gertermann Beissenherz Clara Oakes Sara Adams Art Booth C. A. Bookwalter James Orndorff Elsie Kuhn Frank Dell Candy E. L. Segar George A. Solomon Caroline Kiser Flower Booth Ella Louise Bowman Edward J. Bettermann Hazel Bookwalter Harvey Emma Dillon Drexle Scudder Lavinia Oakes Beissenders Henry Ranger Theo Weiss Albert Sccott Seores L.oetatfield Mary A. Evans Bilye Booth Emma. Stuart May Stuart M. King Seif Wheel of Fortune William 0. Evertts Construction and Decoratin Committee Olstein Albert Mannfeld Charles W. Wheat Harry B. McDonald J. B. Folk Albert Iser Louis Pfafflin C. B. Oakes H. O. Beissenherz Henry Runger Harter Kiser Otto Mueller

Social entertainment at Morrison Hall by district court troupe

A program tonight at Morrison Hall features mandolin solo by Joseph Mitchell and multiple recitations and solos. Performers include Ida Hedges, Leona Ennis, Sadie Scharp, Carrie Chaney, Violet McCready, Emma Knotts, Elsie Sinich, and others in a varied evening presented by Monu mental District Court No SZl Court of Honor.

Morrison Hall Monumental District Court No. Szl Court of Honor Joseph Mitchell Ida Hedges Aioe Knotts Elsie Siaick Leona Ennis Sadie Scharpe Sylvia Carrie Chaney Violet McCready Emma Knotts Elsie Sinich H Mitchell

Personal and Social News Highlights Across Towns

A long list of social visits and travel plans fills the page. Mrs. Frank Newcom visits Mrs. Ford in Chicago while Mrs. James E. Shover heads to Pasadena for several months. Various locals travel to Pittsburg, Green Lake Michigan, or California for summers. Several weddings and engagements are noted, including Longnecker-Dye in Indianapolis and Hamilton-Hiller in Lafayette.

No wonder he has no friends in New York

A fragment from His Idea of the Lights contrasts a man’s limited ideas of entertainment with more vibrant urban pleasures. Miss Lochinvar criticizes his lack of imaginative outings, recalling a tour of St Paul’s Churchyard and Grant’s tomb. The report then shifts to a brief note on Atchison Globe about a woman’s shift in hair fashion after childbirth.

New York Grant

Open for Engagements Arrest Report in Savannah

Henry Permar, chiropodist and manicurist from Savannah Georgia, was arrested yesterday morning for drunkenness after an accident that caused an ambulance to crash on Capitol Avenue and North Streets.

Henry Permar Savannah Usary Capitol Avenue North Streets

Man Found Unconscious Then Aboard White Wagon

A man was found lying on a sidewalk apparently dead. After the ambulance arrived he sat up and handed his card to the doctor asking if any work should be done. The doctor and driver placed him in the white wagon and took him to the police station to sober up away from city noise.

Flack Arrested After Family Fight on West Washington

Bicyclemen Trimpe and Lowe arrested Warman Flack at Laura and West Washington streets on charges of assault and battery disturbing the peace and drunkenness. Flack, living at 14 South Senate avenue, allegedly beat his father and wife Nellie Bennett after returning home intoxicated. Both Flack and his wife were detained. she was later booked for disturbing the peace.

Trimpe Lowe Laura West Washington Warman Flack Senate Avenue Flack Nellie Bennett

Picnic for Boys' Club Annual Outing at Broad Ripple Park

The annual Boys' Club picnic drew over 200 boys and chaperones to Broad Ripple Park yesterday. Games and races ran under gym manager Guedel with helpers Mark Dennis and under superintendent Missa Graydon. Prizes went to Willie MacKee for a mince pie eating contest and Everett Tree won the running race as kids rode the Sunshine, with free transport provided by Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company.

Ae Boys’ Club Broad Ripple Park Misa Graydon Mr. Guedel Mark Dennis Willie MacKee Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company Boys

Home Dressmaking Hints Pattern for Tucks and Yoke Waist

May Manton describes a fashionable waist with varied tucks and a pointed yoke. The pattern uses white pongee with lace or other fabrics. it includes a fitted lining, diagonal front, snug back, and a separate yoke. Material quantities are listed for multiple widths, pattern number 4449 covers bust sizes 32 to 40 inches, and patterns can be ordered for 4 to 4 and a half cents via The Journal Indianapolis pattern department.

May Manton the Journal Indianapolis Ind

City Notes and Society News From Indianapolis

Dorothy Pluckader, fourteen, had a leg broken in a Riverside Park swing yesterday afternoon. She was taken home in a city ambulance after patrolmen Sangy and Cobb summoned Dr. Gates. The Phoebe Society, atop Deaconness Hospital, reports 350 members and $1,887.80 in the treasury, with officers led by President Julia Grauel and Secretary J C Peters. Knights of Columbus plan Broad Ripple Park’s fourth anniversary celebration tomorrow featuring a morning baseball game, afternoon field events, music, and entertainment. Indianapolis will publish a new Blue Book by Day Publishing of New York, listing about two thousand prominent families with summer residences and social connections. the book goes to press in four weeks.

Frank Newcom Ford Chicago James E. Shover Pasadena Cal Edward Taylor Brooklyn Mary Dean H. C. Martin New York Schuyler Stevens East Frank Stalnaker Pittsburg Walter Goodall Greenlake Ichigan Boyd Li Ae Rockville Frank Shryer Sally Hert Bloomfield Frank Wells Harris Galbraith Card Club George C. Pearson California Virgina Edward Heminway Maxwell Colonial Mabel Rose Greencastle J. H. Byers Beatrice Byers Ohio Beulah Wallace Florence Smith Franklin J. A. Rink Wequetonsing John Shaw Charles Lewis Bert Hawkins Harvard Ethel Cleland Logansport Stuart-Rogers Elsie Whipple Mrs. Adams East Tenth Street Maret Spencer Wabash Henry Pettit Fort Wayne Anna Hendricks Thomas Hendricks W. W. Thomson Arthur Charles Downing Greenfield John B. Cockrum Frederick van Doren Chislett Crawfordsville I. C. Elston Barnes Clara Barnes Minneapolis Harry Gray New Jersey Iane Hayward Pana Ill William Eugene Hayward Charlotte Dahlen Ada Seidel Frank Reynolds Terre Haute Emma Byfield Miss Frazee Edgar Forsythe Arthur Ferguson Kentucky Frederick A. Joss Country Club Hubbard Bedford Springs E. M. Ketcham Winona Ketcham Michigan Anne Butler Becker Anna C. Reaume Reaume Hugh H. Drum Denver Irma Wocher Dickmeter Cincinnati Eleanor Posey Rushville Art Nova Scotia Amelia Waring Platter Jessie Smith Violet Demree Gerry New Jersey Street Mabel Friedbron Mabel Craycroft Noblesville Blanche Greenen St. John's Academy Ruby Krueger Mary Dick Richmond George E. Hume Massachusetts W. J. Holliday H. W. Bennett Mrs. Hume Sibyl McCaslin Bertha Mallory Mees Warner Nora Eey James McIntosh Judson Charles William Medearis Pratt Street Lila Peck Alfred E. Cook Emma Virginia Pearson Mary Elizabeth Snyder Miss Snyder Miss Rson Obie Jay Smith Charles W. Snyder David Ross Charles Fannie Myrtle Smyser Margaret Todd Sue Howe Ella Matthews Rose Holmes Josephine Herron Edna Wallace Laura Hanna Helen Loeper Virginia Straughan Miss Wells Miss Sellick Miss Donnan Longnecker Allen Philputt Central Christian Church Willam E. Garrison St. Louis Julia Longnecker Maysville William Channing Cushing Eteaoure Julia Elizabeth Longnecker Elizabeth Pickett Bruce Grand Forks N. C Nelle Pickett River Forest David Beach Blake Hamilton North Fourth Street Mary Florence Hiller William D. Hiller Eugene Everett Hamilton Connersville John P. Hale Second Presbyterian Church Purdue Pickwick Club Medical College Idianapolis Benson—Harbison Indianapolis Journal Bloomington Ind Indiana University Gertrude Harbison Edward Benson Huntington Benson Call—Gainor Kathryn Josephine Gainor John Gainor Harry Vernon Call John W. Call Elwood Thomas McLaughlin Dorothy Pluckader North Elder Street Riverside Park Sangy Cobb Dr. Gates Indianapolis Phoebe Society Deaconness G. A. Kiente Treasury Julius Grauel August Aldag J. C. Peters H. Roebke John Aldag Broad Ripple Park Knights of Columbus Day Publishing Company New York City United States Canada Bowen-Merrill

Indiana hotel men plan annual Claypool convention dinner

Seventy five hotel keepers from the Indiana Hotel Keepers' Association gather at the Claypool for an annual convention. Informal sessions occur during the day and a banquet completes the event with Senator Beveridge delivering the principal address.

Indiana Hotel Keepers’ Association Claypool Senator Beveridge

Auction Notice For Mrs Peirce Rugs Paintings Furniture

Mrs Alice Wheeler Peirce of 115 North Meridian Street offers a prienne sale on Thursday and Friday from 10 to 5 and evenings 7 to 9. Items include Oriental rugs tapestries paintings handmade room set with table sideboard twelve chairs and china cabinet Italian marble etc all articles marked.

Alice Wheeler Peirce North Meridian Street Prienne Sale

Precautions and progress in United States fish stocking

The United States Fish Commission faces a busy season issuing stock for shad, white fish, salmon, and carp while expanding methods to avoid waste. Officials stress clear forms for applicants, insist on matching waters to fish, and note improved shad spawning practices and cooperative fisherman efforts on the Potomac, Susquehanna, and Chesapeake Bay.

Washington Post United States Fish Commission Potomac Columbia Georgia Fish Commission J. W. Titcomb Kentucky Susquehanna Chesapeake Bay Commission Havre de Grace Chesapeake Titcomb United States Illinois America Illinois River Germany New York Waldorf-Astoria Tllinois River

Real Estate Transfers Filed in Marion County

Instruments filed for the 24 hours ending 5 p m June 23 show multiple transfers in Indianapolis and environs. Purchasers include Martha Armer, Wm E Rockwood, James H Fullilove, Elizabeth Schell, Rebecca J Ziebe, Peter J Paulus, Mary A Renihan, Orville L Webb, John Fischer, Nicholas M Smock, Arthur V Brown, John W Bruce, Howard S Young, Hilton A Brown, Julian Frank R McCabe, Homer C Cones, and others. Total transfers amount to 30,369.78 dollars.

Recorder’s Marion County Indiana Martha Armer Albert W. Armer Tuxedo Park Wm. E. Rockwood Robi B. Norris Black Caven & Rockwood East Woodlawn James H. Fullilove Eliza E. Tolley Willis W. Wright Drake Decwee W. Wands Charles Ats Schell Pleasant Bond Belmont Elizabeth Schell James W. Wands City of In- Peter Indianapolis Car Co Termann Et Arthur V. Brown Marion Co Interstate B Outlet White River Cossersessee John W. Bruce Fannie Bruce Boswell Reagan Park Clara Sullivan Rosemont Howard Young Mocrer Thomas A. Pee South Teenage Homer C. Cones Et al Anna Cones McKinsey Bec Saben Hin

Building Permits Reported for Several Homes

Building permits issued for multiple properties include E Wheeler at 416 Salem street frame home. W Schwemeyer on Webb street frame. Darrah on Parker avenue frame valued at 700 dollars. W Hammer Jr on Coleman avenue frame at 500 dollars. Mrs P Hummel on 1922 West Thirtieth street frame porch valued 100 dollars.

Stant E. Wheeler Salem Street W. Schwemeyer Webb Street Darrah Parker Av W. Hammer, Jr Coleman Avenue

Concert Crowd Backs Mabel Caseby and Rees VY Prosser

Miss Mabel Caseby and Rees VY Prosser drew large crowds at Fair Bank as Ostendorf's band played. Pres will repeat the Monday program tonight with possible tweaks later this week. Xylophone soloist Henry Vet to headline tonight's instrumental program.

Mabel Caseby Rees VY. Prosser Fair Bank Ostendorf Pres Henry Vet Rees V

A Word About the Journal Subscriber Offer

city readers are urged to add the Sunday Journal to daily delivery for ten cents a month extra. the paper promises world state and local news plus sports and women’s sections, with real pictures and practical content for Indianapolis and suburbs.

Daily Journal Indianapolis Sunday Journal

New Vulcan Gas Range and Water Heater Exhibit

The notice touts the New Vulcan as the most economical efficient and durable in use. It invites calls to examina the many devices on exhibition for household use and showcases the gas range and water heater as leading choices.

Vulcan

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