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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1902
Page
4
Four special lots offered at clearance with heavy discounts. Swiss curtain and bed sets wash well at a yard price, portieres double faced premium at 8.00 a pair, four-ply oak grilles in 5 foot and 6 foot lengths, seated plaid hammocks with spreader and valance included priced at 1.98. Third Floor.
Mrs Edwin H Ferry and family return from St Louis while Fletcher Durbin leaves for Williams College in Massachusetts. Several couples head to summer homes in Michigan and Illinois. A Japanese garden tea raises 100 with costs at seven, proceeds aiding the Fresh Air Mission. Local gatherings include lawn fetes, pavilion dances, and card parties at St Pauls Church and area homes with numerous social acquaintances listed.
A New York lawyer testifies that switching to Grape-Nuts after a lengthy study period improved his health and study ability. He describes clearer thinking, better digestion, fading facial blotches, and renewed energy, crediting the cereal with reversing fatigue and ennui.
Miss Beatrice Williams daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J A Williams and Percival Power second son of Mr. and Mrs J T Power were married at noon in the Tabernacle Church. Only close family and a few friends attended due to a recent death in the bride’s family. The organist Charles F Hansen played Lohengrin as the bride entered with her brother Dr Frank Williams who gave her away. The Rev J Cumming Smith officiated. Music included the intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana then Mendelssohn for the recessional. The bride wore Paris mousseline with a white maline hat and white roses. she carried white sweet peas. Guests included Linden Power of Los Angeles and Jane Barclay of Denver among others. The couple will reside at 1408 North Pennsylvania.
The cornerstone of the new First Presbyterian Church at Delaware and Sixteenth streets will be laid at 4 o clock tomorrow afternoon. Rev George L Mackintosh of Fourth Presbyterian Church will deliver the address. All city pastors will attend and the public is invited to the ceremony.
May Manton describes box plaited loose coats as the height of fashion for little girls. The smart pongee model features ecru lace trim, with fronts and back laid in wide box plaits stitched halfway and falling freely below, suited to fabrics like taffeta maire velours satin linen and serge.
Pattern 4157 shows a box plaited coat for girls aged 4, 6, 8, and 10 with shoulder and under-arm seams, a round collar, and bell sleeves. Materials required vary by width: 5 yards of 21 inch, 3 1/2 yards of 27 inch, or 2 3/4 yards of 44 inch. Include 10 cents for the pattern coupon and send to Pattern Dept The Journal Indianapolis Ind. Allow one week for return.
William Stiner twenty four son of a farmer near Bluffton was fined one dollar and given forty five days in the workhouse by Judge John H Baker for manufacturing counterfeit nickels. The judge delivered a lecture as part of sentencing. It is said the young man belongs to a group.
Crowds dwindled at Buckingham Palace as three medical bulletins announced the operation's success and the King's stable condition. Foreign diplomats visited inquiring after his health while demolition crews began tearing down coronation stands. Insurance losses loom for holders of stands and decorations as the nation faces a shadow over the event.
The London morning papers editorially acknowledge a dark shadow over the nation and describe its unprecedented character, noting the gravity of the moment and the impact on public sentiment as events unfold.
Amid swift reports of King Edward VII's serious illness, diplomats depart, stock prices dip, and London braces for postponement of the coronation and naval review. Archbishops order intercession services as public grief spreads nationwide. Parliament hears updates on the monarch's condition and progress after a major operation.
London reports the coronation was postponed and work on viewing stands around the area accelerates. The notice notes insured storekeepers and local preparations as crowds anticipate the postponed ceremony.
London reports a cabinet meeting at Balfour’s room as ministers plan to carry on public business without the King's direct approval to ensure his rest. They express hope for a favorable outcome and a return to normal activities when health permits, noting disappointment over canceled celebrations.
President sends sympathy to King Edward after cable from London reports postponement of the coronation due to the King's illness. News notes Bucking ham Palace stated an appendectomy occurred. state banquet canceled and other coronation festivities deferred at least two months with widespread sorrow in Westminster.
Ottawa proclaims Thursday a holiday as celebrations halt across Canada and Jamaica. News from Montreal Winnipeg Kingston St John notes widespread concern over King Edward VII’s illness and coronation postponement, with public events canceled and prayers planned.
Paris reports the illness of King Edward amid widespread sympathy in British and French circles. French papers note the shift from coronation anticipation to concern, with official visits to Carnot's tomb and calls for the monarch’s prompt recovery.
The coroner's jury for the Fraterville mine disaster on May 19 ruled that men and boys in the mine died from an explosion caused by gas or coal dust, or both, and found neglect by mine officers and state inspector R A Shiller. The verdict singles out Coal Creek Coal Company as owner and assigns responsibility to both the company and the inspector.
An advertisement extols Dr. Lipes free trial treatments for chronic illnesses including consumption bronchitis asthma catarrh and heart kidney and liver issues. It claims a new method cures any disease and invites out of town patients to write for a free trial to prove the doctor’s claims with no conditions.
President Roosevelt departs Washington by special train with Cortelyou and staff for Boston to attend Harvard commencement events and view the Yale boat races. He will meet officials, present a gold medal at Alpha Delta Phi, and dine in Boston before continuing to New London and on to Oyster Bay.
William Hopkins D D was today inaugurated president of Williams College in a formal campus ceremony attended by faculty alumni and many spectators. Oxford University conferred the honorary degree of doctor of civil law on Joseph H Choate the United States ambassador to Great Britain.
In Pittsburg a Black person fatally hurt Edward Pat Ml ored died today in a related incident. The death followed a strangulation twelve minutes after the serious case involving Jacob in Lebanon Pa.
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