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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1903
Page
4
The Marion Trust Co shows a northeast corner address at Monument Place and East Market Street with a board of 31 directors.
Liebler & Co brings Kyrie Bellew Eleanor Robson W H Thompson Colm Bangs Edwin Arden and others to English's for an elaborate Romeo and Juliet. Prices 75c to 2.50. Expect crowd as city’s best cast delivers a dignified production with strong performances and high artistic effort.
In Grand’s vaudeville bill Miss Leslie astonishes the audience by transforming from a mediocre singer into a skilled impersonator of a child. The act starts plain, then a solo dance by Howley precedes a makeup change that reveals a petite voice and convincing child character, marking a notable highlight among female impersonations on stage.
A Minneapolis teacher credits Grape-Nuts with rebuilding her brain and nerve energy during a demanding school year. She describes improved health after four years of using the cereal, often dry with cream for breakfast, and notes it helped her endure extra strain and travel.
The Holden company draws steady crowds at the Park with "The Knobs O Tennessee" and a notable child performer Alice Berry delivering lively singing though an inappropriate imitation of a drunken woman mars the act. Sapho will be staged later, while "The Little Princess" heads to English's for a Saturday matinee, with Miss James and Mabel Taliaferro among the young cast. Meanwhile Klaw and Erlanger's "Ben-Hur" closes in Hartford after a long tour, and Ada Rehan and Otis Skinner plan a five week season with multiple Shakespearian and dramatic pairings in major cities.
Miss Stella Anderson visits relatives in San Antonio Texas. Mrs Winfield T Durbin visits Anderson yesterday. Miss Ola Smith returns from S&J Louis after a week. Mr W W Keene leaves May 15 for St Louis to reside permanently. Mrs J R Budd hosts reception for granddaughter Mrs Ernest Abbott. Over the Teacups Club guests day set for May 14 at Mrs John Oscar fienders. Mrs J C Shaffer of Chicago arrives at Shee for days with Mr and Mrs Charlie E Coffin. Miss Helen Springsteen travels to Greenburg.
Invitations issued for a luncheon to honor Mrs Braffett of Leavenworth Kansas. The Burton Holmes lecture and a Columbia Club dinner for Mr Holmes are noted. Mrs Brennan hosts a reception for Mrs Feeney of Brooklyn with Easter lilies and harp music. Also reported are a Bedford marriage and a civic primer on proper room entry and greetings for debutante circles.
A Washington society woman’s ball causes a sensation for excluding diplomatic attaches, seen as a rebuke to hosts who accept invitations without reciprocal social duties. The piece criticizes men for rude manners and lack of courtesy, urging a return to proper social obligations. It also mentions a Denver Woman's Press Club event with newspaper-themed decor and novelty serving ware.
Mme Schumann-Heinke, Germany’s famed contralto, makes her first U.S. tour stop in Indianapolis with a May 22 recital at the Claypool Hotel’s assembly room. Mrs Ona B Talbot promotes subscription tickets as the Deutscher Klub and Musik Verein announce his program featuring Rienzi Overture, arias, mixed chorus and performances by notable artists. The Tabernacle Choral Society also plans a concert with Carl Schmidt as soloist, tracing his European and American career from Vienna to Philadelphia.
The L. 8 Ayres & Co. store opened a vast parasol display signaling a promising season for sunshades. Demand for dressy parasols rises while styles range from plain to elaborate, including silk with horizontal tucks, cravenette silk rainproof types, and carriages models with knotted wood handles.
The Local Council of Women met at the Propylaeum for a literary session led by Mrs. Horace McKay on Progressive Thought. Officers for the coming year were announced, largely re-elected, with Mrs. H. D. Farrabee named corresponding secretary. Discussion covered city street sanitary conditions and committee setup.
The Indiana Association of Physio Medical Physicians and Surgeons held its annual convention at the Denison opening last evening with about eighty physicians in attendance. Officials expect 150 today as sessions focus on scientific topics of interest to the profession. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected tomorrow.
Fancy waists with berths and store-front trims feature in the season. The model shown uses white canvas veiling, bertha, and ecru lace. A silk dotted yoke with French knots and corticelli silk stitches highlights the design.
Describes an all over lace waist with insertion and beading, box plaits on the fronts, a bertha closure at center front, a yoke hooked at the left shoulder, and Hungarian style sleeves with novel cuff points. Material needs are listed for various widths plus lace and insertion yardage. Pattern 4410 fits busts 32 to 40 inches. send 10 cents for pattern in Journal Indianapolis pattern dept.
County Treasurer Koehne warns that after today a delinquent penalty will be added on all unpaid taxes. The spring installment inside the city totals 1,231,000, about 20,000 higher than last year’s first installment due to a levy increase. Outside the city, collections reach 145,000 through Monday night.
Mrs. Anna Schmidt, aged sixty seven, described as feeble minded, has vanished from her usual residence in the town. Neighbors report concern as authorities search local streets and alleys for the missing woman known to frequent the market square.
Through illness she left home with her three old crendson and a child at 2135 South Pennsylvans street early yesterday afternoon. She did not return to supper, told neighbors she was going to Garfield Park, and when they did not return friends asked police to help search.
City Controller Breunig has referred legal questions to City Attorney Joss regarding the Health Board’s powers to declare an emergency and draw funds from the treasury without an appropriation. He will act only if the mayor does not return as expected. If the law department sustains the Health Board, the controller will honor requisitions for $20,000 for the So Side boulevard and $30,000 for the South Side without further Council delay.
County Clerk Davis and Councilman Sourbier led about thirty five Fifth ward Republicans on an Interurban trip over Union Traction last night. The special car visited Muncie before returning. The outing aimed to organize the ward Republicans amid a likely council seat contest.
Governor Durbin and his military staff will attend the State encampment of the G A R in Anderson next week. Aiming for full attendance, at least forty staff members are expected. Governor and aides will parade Wednesday and attend day and evening exercises. A noon luncheon at Durbin's Anderson home and an evening dinner by Anderson citizens are planned.
State Council members gathered last night to transact routine fraternal business. Old officers were reelected with Prof. John G. Ewing of Notre Dame leading Indiana's Knights. Ewing and W. J. Mooney of Indianapolis named to the National Council as about four hundred members attended the meeting and a large class was initiated before a smoker and social session.
John O'Brien, who said he hails from Terre Haute, was arrested by Bicyclemen Morgan and Simon after slipping a five pound slab of bacon under his coat at the Kingan & Co. butcher shop. He was detained until police arrived.
The By the needle Society will serve luncheon at noon today during its all day meeting at the First Presbyterian Church. Mrs C P Wallace of Los Angeles will speak to men this evening at Memorial Church Ashland avenue and Eleventh street about the child wives of India.
The regular May meeting of the Sixth Ward Democratic Club was held last night at Indiana avenue clubrooms with about thirty members in attendance. Members endorsed the idea that James L. Keach should be city chairman though leaders avoid a formal pledge to him to prevent possible opposition within the club.
Dwight Price aged twenty one dies in the Marion county workhouse after a period of illness and heart weakness. Superintendent Shaw informs Jacksonville Illinois mayor to help locate Price’s relatives and holds the body for a reasonable time pending contact.
William P Smith aged 45 of 229 West New York street was declared insane yesterday. The record cites inherited mental illness from both parents, aggravated by excessive alcohol use, and notes domestic troubles as contributing factors.
Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskegee Institute, will address the Flanner Guild at 7 this evening and speak again at Roberts Park Church at 8 under the Y M C A auspices.
A Nebraska State Journal report describes a prominent Washington hostess hosting a brilliant ball with local fashion, inviting none of the foreign secretaries and attaches. The hostess cites the supercilious manners of Washington diplomats as the reason, noting her action could improve manners at future foreign gatherings.
A New York physician has had his vermiform appendix removed to avert appendicitis. The same preventive principle may apply to other maladies, suggesting broader use of prophylactic surgery.
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