Vic Herbert Orchestra Wins Warm Indianapolis Reception
A crowded Engle’s Opera House hosted the Vic Herbert Orchestra with soloists Mme Bloomfield Zeisler and Thaddeus Rich. The program opened with demanding classical works and closed with lively encores, including Die Meistersinger selections and The Nutcracker suite. Zeisler impressed with Grieg and Chopin, while Rich’s Faust fantasia and Ries Adagio garnered roaring applause and a late invitation for future Pittsburg concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Herbert
Engsteh
Opera House
Mme. Bloomfield Zeister
Thaddeus Rich
Orchestra Artl
Indianapolis
Mr. Herbert
Theodore Thomas
Herbert
Thomas
Delibes
Alice Neilson
Heane
Tschaikowsky
Nevin
Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler
Thad Rich
Chopin
Young Rich
Wienowski
Gounod
Hin Bally
Rich
Ries
Godard
Herman Sayles
Mme. Zetsier
Master Rich
Cigar Makers Active In Indianapolis Union Plan Talks
Clarence Gaumer, business agent of the Clear Makers Union, and the Commercial Club discuss a plan to boost sale of home made cigars in Indianapolis. Gaumer cites statistics claiming all home made cigars are union made and argues labor and local commerce would gain. notes higher nonunion prices and sweatshop concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Gaumer
Clear Makers’ Union
Commercial Club
Gaumer
Indianapolis
Union cigar makers urged to sell only union made cigars
A local association expresses sympathy with union cigar makers and pledges to encourage members to sell union made cigars. It urges discontinuing conspicuous advertising of nonunion cigars to support the union effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slanens
Marine Drills Highlight Coast Life-Saving Crew
A Buffalo Bill Wild West feature showcases life-saving service guards with stations at Sandy Hook Lewes Newport Absecon and Atlantic City. Viewers see full uniform crews operate the life line cannon breeches buoy and beach drills as they perform procedures used at sea. The display occurs on Tuesday May 21 with afternoon and evening shows.
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Buffalo Bill
Congress
Rough Riders
Sandy Hook
Lewes
Newport
Absecon
Atlantic City
Atlantic
Labor Day Committee Faces Power Struggle Over Demonstrations
The Labor Day committee meets at 10 this morning to decide whether Central Labor Union or the committee will control future Labor Day demonstrations. The Central Labor Union seeks to take the event from the committee, sparking a likely split among union factions. The committee, with 1100 in its treasury from past events, argues it has successfully managed the celebrations and should retain control. Several unions on the panel are not affiliated with Central Labor Union, and their representation in future demonstrations is at stake if the committee dissolves. These unions in Pan Gonlis vow to resist dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Day Committee
Committee
Central Labor Union
Pan Gonlis
William
Count von Buelow
Germania
Prussia
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Post
Kreuz Zeitung
Tageblatt
Vorwaerts
Dortmund
Vossische Zeitung
Good Times in Soute Representative Cooper Tours the South
Representative Arthur L. Cooper of Frankfort toured the South after a business trip visiting Birmingham Chattanooga and Jacksonville. He reports strong prospects for prosperity with new buildings fences barns and a booming fruit outlook noting heavily loaded peach trees and expectations of a fine crop.
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Arthur L. Cooper
Frankfort
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Jacksonville
Cooper
Board of Safety names new police substitutes and fire promotions
The Board of Safety appointed Harry A. Condell and Oliver W. Woolley, both Democrats, to the substitute police list. It promoted Herbert Campbell, Otis Bailey and Alto M. Rounder, Republicans, and Geer, Harmon, Louis Vincent and John Fitzgibbons, Democrats, from the substitute fire list to the regular list. The three Republicans were put on the substitute list Thursday. the promoted Democrats had been substitutes for some time.
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Board of Safety
Harry A. Condell
Oliver W. Woolley
Herbert Campbell
Otis Bailey
Alto M. Rounder
Geer
Harmon
Louis Vincent
John Fitzgibbons
Fire Department
State Printing Board Holds Meeting Without Action
The State Printing Board met yesterday morning as secretary Thomas J. Carter’s term had expired, with hopes he will be kept on. Bills totaling 10,856 were approved, the largest 8,744 for printing the superintendent of public instruction report.
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State Printing Board
Thomas J. Carter
Statehouse
Carter
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Irvington Board Names Election Inspector For Town Vote
At last night’s Irvington Town Board meeting Charles M Cross a Democrat was appointed election inspector for tomorrows town election. The suburb is agitated as literature on the contest circulates widely. The Social Democrats met and condemned the wealth and aristocracy of the suburb.
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Irvington
Charles M. Cross
Social Democrats
Lewiston visitors and city notes from Indiana papers
City items report Lewiston visitors W F Kettenbach and Mrs Criver returning from Chicago, local meetings and social events. Police sought Flora Leaf and Katie Steinburg after a girls escape. Hotel to serve Sunday dinners. hospital fundraising canvass planned. Missing husband case near Harrison Street. Grand Army Ladies to mark fourth anniversary at Roberts Park. Militia history book delayed by Colonel Wilson s illness. potential new carriage wagon factory eyeing Cincinnati site and city land offers.
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W. F. Kettenbach
Lewiston, Ida
Massachusetts Avenue
Europe
George F. Criver
Hyde Park Hotel
Chicago
O. D. Reeves
W. A. Ketcham
Robins Wood
Schoepf
Pittsburg
Flora Leaf
Katie Steinburg
Denison
Methodist Deaconess Hospital
Roberts Park Church
William Davis
Harrison Street
Davis
Big Four
Wulschner's Offers $25 Piano for 86
A local ad宣布 a new piano priced at 25 dollars for residents aged 86. The offer highlights affordability and limited eligibility window at Wulschner's showroom.
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Wulschner’s
Fifty Girls Escape from Burning Building In Ashland
Fire at 108 South Pennsylvania street destroyed second and third floors of the Sommers & Co building, with Jackson overall factory also affected. About fifty girls employed fled unharmed as losses totaled around four thousand dollars for Sommers & Co and two thousand for J W Jackson, plus eight hundred for the building. Insurance covered the owners. Separate fire walls limited damage to other storerooms and smoke intrusion. Salvage corps removed smoke from adjacent rooms. Fire originated on the second floor near the front. cause undetermined. Meanwhile Mrs Emma Keller’s Irvington home at LS Layman avenue burned, with furnishings lost valued at about two hundred dollars. Firefighting resources struggled but contained the blaze.
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Pennsylvania Street
Sommers & Co
Jackson Overall
Buiding
Joseph Bass
Indiana Tinware Company
J. W. Jackson
Salvage Corps
Emma Keller
LS Layman Avenue
Irvington
Bullet ends his life at city market stall
John Prigger a Wa bash street butcher residing at 328 Spring street shot himself yesterday morning about 11 o clock and died an hour later at Deaconess Hospital. He was found by Mrs Kate Becker at 317 Spring street with a 28 caliber bulldog revolver. He leaves a widow and two sons.
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John Prigger
Spring Street
Deaconess Hospital
Kate Becker
Prigget
Kampman
Wabash Street
Governor Durbin Celebrates Birthday With Bass Gift
A admirer sent Governor Durbin a seven and three quarter pound black bass from Lake Wawasee. He and Mrs. Durbin hosted Captain and Mrs. W E English and others at dinner at the Hotel English. The group attended the Victor Herbert concert in Captain English’s box at English’s Opera House.
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Governor Durbin
Lake Wawasee
Mass Meeting Protest Against Glue Works Nuisance
Citizens in the northwestern city district plan a Tuesday evening meeting at Ward's Hall 318 West Sixteenth Street to protest the National glue works odor on West Fourteenth Street. Petitions circulating will be presented to the Board of Public Works.
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Ward's Hall
West Sixteenth Street
National Glue Works
West Fourteenth Street
Board of Public Works
Auditor blocks license for Des Moines firm over policy flaw
Auditor of State Hart refused a license to National Life and Trust Company of Des Moines Iowa yesterday. The decision cited the Gold Bond Policy form lacking a required medical examination and the contract appearing more like an investment than an insurance policy.
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Hart
National Life and Trust Company
Des Moines
Spring Cattle Sale at Union Stockyards in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Combination Cattle Sale Company conducts a three day spring sale next Tuesday to Thursday under David Wallace. Three breeds Shorthorns Herefords and Aberdeen Angus will be represented with one lot of each. A number of high quality cattle will be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Combination
Union Stockyards
David Wallace
Judge Orders Payment in Railroad Case
Judge Baker of the United States Court yesterday issued a mandate directing Receiver Malott of the Terre Haute and Peoria Railroad to pay about $56,000 to mortgage bondholders for coupons due September 1, 1896. The suit was brought by Mark T. Cox, Jas. A. Blair and James W. Paul Jr.. an appeal reached the higher court.
Petition in Bankruptcy Seeks Outlet for Simmons Merchandise
Cincinnati creditors of the Simmons Merchandise Company at Bloomington Indiana filed a petition in the U S Court to declare the firm bankrupt. They allege the company gave a chattel mortgage to Florence Simmons to create a preferred creditor and to delay and defraud other creditors.
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Cincinnati
Simmons Merchandise Company
Bloomington
Ind
United States
Couny
Florence Simmons
Funeral for Louis C. Webber Held at North Pennsylvania Street Home
The funeral for Louis C. Webber who died Friday night at Deaconess Hospital will be held this afternoon at o'clock at 2127 North Pennsylvania Street the home of Thomas A. Alford. Friends are invited. The body will be transported this evening to Atwater Ohio for burial.
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Louis C. Webber
Deaconess Hospital
North Pennsylvania Street
Thomas A. Alford
Atwater, O
Park crowds risk as clear skies draw visitors
With clear skies today large crowds are expected at city parks, including Armstrong Park where many residents plan outings. Officials urge caution and note peak visitation times may affect facilities and parking.
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Armstrong Park
Park Offers Free Violet Picking for Women and Children
The park custodian announces that today only women and children may enter to pick scores of violets, inviting families to enjoy the floral event.
A Diamond Story Of Barney Barnato And Rhodes
The New Yorker recalls Barney Barnato, the South African diamond magnate, amid a Kimberley scheme. Cecil Rhodes outwits him by photographing rough diamonds in zinc buckets, flooding markets in Europe before Barnato can reinsert them, leaving him humiliated and outmatched by Rhodes.
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The
New Yorker
Barney Barnato
Kimberley
South Africa
Barnato
London
Amsterdam
de Beers
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodes
Barney
Colossus
Europe
Ramato
A Substitute for Socks in Outdoor Wear
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece details a woolen footcloth used in place of socks by a professional hunter. Folded like a moccasin and tied with tape, it fits the foot, dries quickly, and can be washed easily. It promises comfort in woods and marshes where bulky socks hinder movement.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Jerry Simpson
Shotgun Fraternity
Poker Flat then and now in Bret Harte tale
In a描述 of Poker Flat, the 1852 town once boasted 2000 residents, fifteen stores, five hotels, three dance halls and seven gambling houses. Today eight residents remain, with the cemetery holding about a hundred graves. One survivor, Henry Waggoner, recalls a 1856 circus selling $3 tickets for a $1.50 admission.
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W. M. Clemens
Bookman
Poker Flat
John Oakhursts
Sandy Bar
Old Town
Charlie Pond
Henry Waggoner
Confederate veteran on losing an arm at Gettysburg
Capt. Lucius D. Creighton of Missouri recalls the moment his left arm was shot off in the Civil War. He describes the lack of immediate pain, the numbness that followed, and the heavy weight of the amputated limb. He notes the aftereffects are unpleasant and quips he would rather be stung by a bee.
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Lucius D. Creighton
Missouri
Creighton
Gettysburg
Magic of a Name in a Kitchen Tale
A Literary Woman recalls a moment in her home where her colored cook hums about Mr McKinley while kneading bread The scene shows cultural voice and humor as the cook mumbles the name amid ritual bread making, mixing memory and everyday life.
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Washington Post
Mr. McKinley
Mr. Mc
Secret Service in Shops Exposed as Corporate Espionage
A New York Evening Sun report describes department store secret service operations. Shoppers are sent to buy rival items, some via Room No 3, to test staff and compare buyer merit. Female shoppers within firms test saleswomen while floor walkers focus on appearances.
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Ttate
Secret Service
Trade Journal
Supremacy of the Wife in the West in Atlantic Monthly
An excerpt argues Western men are ill at ease outside business and politics, while wives act as head of the family shaping social and religious crises. It notes men’s awkward deference and the feminine influence in New England communities, though the source text cuts off.
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Atlantic Monthly
Pater
Fea
Ew England
Silk fabrics and satins advertised in heavy sale
An advertisement lists silk and satin fabrics including white and cream corded silks, black habatai, plain taffeta silks in various colors, satin foulards, and wide black taffetas. It highlights high cord counts, strong weaves, and sale prices, calling attention to colors, widths, and quality ratings.
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Madras
Washington’s literacy ranking among states noted
The piece discusses literacy as a pathway for the average household, noting Washington ranks third in illiteracy freedom behind Iowa and Nebraska. It praises independence and aliveness among women and contrasts Pacific coast education with fewer pockets of high culture in older communities.
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Estern
Washington
Iowa
Nebraska
Pacific Coast
Origin of a Phrase from the Girard Will Case
Attorney Henry W. Scarborough explains that the phrase that would puzzle a Philadelphia lawyer likely arose from the Stephen Girard will dispute. He credits Harry Binney for his arduous defense, including time in England researching testamentary law, which helped sustain Girard as a noted public benefactor and founder of a notable college.
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Philadelphia
Stephen Girard
Henry W. Scarborough
Brotherly Love
Girard
Harry Binney
Animals Cry in Grief as Eyewitnessed by Naturalists
Cassell's Little Folks notes claims that various animals including horses camels cows apes and sea lions shed tears or cry in response to thirst pain loss or vexation. Accounts mention Livingstone nursed a young squirrel monkey and Gordon Cumming observed a dying elephant weeping, asserting animals do weep from grief or pain or annoyance.
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Cassell
Lady Burton
Syrian Desert
Livingstone
Gordon Cumming
Art of Expression Delicate Gift of Self Expression
A school teacher teases a young doctor about his interest in a typewriter. He praises a woman he has only seen from afar noting she is quite pretty. The teacher suggests she is cross eyed, while the doctor hedges about her appearance and temperament in a guarded exchange.
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Washington Post
Mr Wagge's Scandal in Harper's Bazar
Mrs Wagge overhears Mr Wagge claim Mrs Gaz zams kisses Mrs Gaz zams' mother in the parlor. Mrs Wagge reacts with shock and jokes about Mrs Gaz zams' sanctimony. The exchange centers on an alleged scandal and a telephone confession plan.
Women Mission Workers Elect Officers in Synod Meeting
Washington May 4 The Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the United States today elected officers President Mrs J P Krechting New York and New Jersey synod Recording secretary Mrs A V Hunter Columbia City Indiana Corresponding secretary Mrs May Hay Morris and historian Mrs Emma D. ?
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Washington
Women's Home
General Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the United States
J. P. Krechting
New York
New Jersey Synod
A. V. Hunter
Columbia City
Ind
May Hay Morris
Emma D
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Ing
Life Saving Service In Action
Soute
Board of Public Safety
South Pennsylvania Street
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Bret Harte
Finance, Interior and Commerce
Berlin
Associated Press
Baron von Rheinhaben
Dr. von Miquel
Theodor Moeller
Brackwede
Herr Brefeld
Herr Moeller
Count von Zedlitz-Truetschler
Baron Rheinhaben
von Zedlitz
Count von Bethmann-Hollweg
Bradenburg
von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Miguel
von Miquel
Germany
Island
Margarita
Venezuela
Reichstag
Hamburg
Glasers Annalen
Strauss
Cinderella
Frederic W. Holls
International Court of Arbitration
the Hague
Holls
Russia
New York Evening Sun
WM. H. Block CO
Batistes
Silesia
Eeese
Mr. Wagge
Krauss
Dr. Delmel
Paul H
E. Washington Street
W. B. Burford
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