Marion Club Smoker Delivers Enjoyable Vaudeville Programme
A large Marion Club crowd enjoyed a semi professional vaudeville smoker last night. Harry Porter entertained with Whitcomb Riley poetry and a comedy sketch, Marty Fiddler drew repeated encores, and Harry Murbarger mimicked a political speech. The Blackburns’ six round bout underwhelmed due to a slick ring. James Alexander and Harry Brown sang and whistled ragtime. Karnat and W H Schumacher dazzled with legerdemain. a colored cake walk closed with prizes. The entertainment committee led by Judge James M. Leathers earned praise for staging the best event yet.
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Marion Club
Harry Porter
Whitcomb Riley
Marty Fiddler
Harry Murbarger
Bill” Flynn
Mr. Flynn
Murbarger
Blackburn Brothers
Blackburns
James Alexander
Harry Brown
Karnat
W. H. Schumacher
James M. Leathers
Thomas KE. Potter
Thomas C. Whallon
R. W. Garstang
R. B. Tuttle
New Indiana Firms Announced Here Include White Steam Wagon Co
Yesterday the secretary of state listed several incorporations in Indiana. White Steam Wagon Company plans a plant at Fifteenth street and the Big Four tracks in Indianapolis to build wagons engines and motor vehicles. Directors include Edward B. Porter and Edward R. Darlow among others. Other local entities: Jordan Realty Company of Decker and Vincennes with ten thousand dollar capital. Auburn Hardware Company of DeKalb with eight thousand. Klein & Wasem Grocery Company of Mt. Vernon Posey with four thousand. Foreign incorporations include The David B. Crockett Company Bridgeport Conn with Indiana represented. Marion W. Thresher Company greenfield agent. Springfield Coffin and Casket Company Cleveland with Indiana representation.
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White Steam Wagon Company
Secretary of State
Fifteenth Street
Big Four Tracks
Edward B. Porter
Indiana National Bank
Edward R. Darlow
Paul H. White
Lewis J. Cox
John $8
Samuel A. Jordan
George M. Jordan
Vincennes
Aaron G. Jordan
Decker
Auburn Hardware Company
Auburn
de Kalb County
Harris J. Swarts
Clinton
Hiram H. MacQuiston
H. Leasure
Angola
Klein & Wasem Grocery Company
Mt. Vernon
Posey County
Indiana
Charles P. Klein
Louis Wasem
Guy B. Green
David B. Crockett Company
Bridgeport
W. A. Pickens
Commercial Club
Marion
W.W. Thresher Company
John W. Bush
Greenfield
Ind
Springfield
Court Grants Extension for Keith Stay of Execution
The Supreme Court granted Joseph D. Keith a life extension from Friday to Friday November 45 to allow attorneys to study the record and prepare briefs. The session was solemn as the stay request was heard with only judges, Keith's lawyers, the attorney general and State aides present. Five volumes will comprise the transcript, and the court set arguments for the next Wednesday.
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Supreme Court
Joseph D. Keith
Supreme Court Room
Keith
Gibson Circuit
Jury verdict in Hazen & Co v McGarvey suit
The jury in the United States Court rendered a verdict for McGarvey and awarded him $2.50 on his counter claim. Hazen & Co sued McGarvey over a dispute in Danville involving a subcontract and claims of incomplete work. The judgment was entered in favor of McGarvey on the counter claim.
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Hazen & Co
Charles McGarvey
United States Court
McGarvey
Cleim
Sult
Danville
UL “Hazen & Co
General Contractors
c.cGarvey
Marion Sunday School Association Convention Held Friday
The annual Marion Sunday School Association convenes Friday at 2 p.m. at Tabernacle Church located on Meridian Street. Guests are to assemble for the session beginning in the afternoon.
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The
Marion Sunday-school Association
Tabernacle Church
Meridian Street
Cor
Adjutant General Announces Guard Reorganization Details
Governor Durbin and Adjutant General Ward report steady progress in National Guard reorganization. New appointments include Sgt Albert Coplin named quartermaster and commissary on Maj Coulter's battalion staff. Encampment planned near Fairview Park July 21–28 with arrival July 21 and return July 28.
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National Guard
Durbin
Ward
Sergt
Albert Coplin
Company B
First Infantry
Terre Haute
Thomas B. Coulter
Frank E. Doak
Indianapolis
Second Infantry
George W. McCoy
New Albany
David R. Gebhart
Gebhart
Cuba
Edward Dierhaus, Jr
Vincennes
George W. Biegler
Biegler
Wm. R. Davidson
Evansville
Fairview Park
Sonntag Jr. Of Chicago Stays At Hotel English
John H. Sonntag Jr., formerly of this city and now with J. W. Farwell & Son in Chicago, pauses in at the Hotel English. He notes the recent stock market flurry involved big players gaining control while small traders faced margins and losses. He adds legitimate business remains largely unaffected by such upheavals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John FH. Sonntag, Jr
Chicago
English
Mr. Sonntag
McCutcheon Returns Home After Illness in Asheville
Indiana journalist John T. McCutcheon recovers from a serious illness in Asheville North Carolina and plans to return to Lafayette by week’s end. He is famed for Philippine war illustrations for the Chicago Record and is a friend of Governor Durbin aide Colonel Charles E. Wilson.
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John “.T. McCutcheon
Indiana
Asheville
N. C
Lafayette
McCutcheon
Philippines
Chicago Record
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Statehouse
United States
M. A. Hanna
Delphi
Ind
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Bryan
Hanna
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Woman's Unerring Aim in City Street Assault
John W. Poole, a Black man living near Sir Virginia avenue, confronted by his separated wife and another Black man on West Michigan street. Alice Jones, also of the same house, threw a brick and lamp from a window hitting Poole on the arm and head, causing deep gash and arterial injury. Poole was taken to City Dispensary and later jailed. he quipped that Jones might have gone to Chicago to marry.
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John W. Poole
Virginia Avenue
West Michigan Street
Toledo Street
Alice Jones
Poole
Jones
Chicago
Found by roadside man from Cincinnati taken to City Hospital
Joseph Ropsion aged forty one from Cincinnati was found by Prospect street near the Big Four tunnel suffering an acute rheumatic attack. He said he had been there since Sunday after leaving Peru over alleged misrepresentations. He could not move by Monday and was aided by residents. An ambulance from Cliv Mspensary physicians, Dr. Hicks, conveyed him to City Hospital for treatment.
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Joseph Ropsion
Cincinnati
Prospect Street
Peru
Cliv
Hicks
City Hospital
Audacious seven year old wheels away a pony
Charles Woody aged seven from 19% North Meridian Street says he has bad eyes and skipped school. He rode a pony and buggy through Meridian Street near St Clair, returning it to his hall. Police later found the pony and buggy. the boy was released and the owner Thomas F. Crutcher, attorney of Tuxedo Park, had been away.
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Charles Woody
Meridian Street
St. Clair Street
Thomas F. Crutcher
Tuxedo Park
Bo Anding
Whipped by His Wife Arrest Sparks Domestic Dispute
Mrs. Ollie Baker of 113 Massachusetts avenue was arrested by bicycle police for whipping her husband. She plans to plead guilty to assault and battery saying she kept the family afloat as he would not work. The husband, previously arrested as a fugitive from Anderson for beating a board bill, claimed a misinformed excuse due to illness.
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Ollie Baker
Massachusetts Avenue
Kruger
Anderson
Boiler accident claims two men casualties
The paper reports a boiler explosion last Sunday that killed a black worker named William Phelps and badly scalded a white man, James Stansbury, with investigators spending most of yesterday examining the incident.
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Pany
Wiliam Phelps
James Stansbury
Y M C A AYFAIRS BOARD FOCUSES ON BOYS DEPARTMENTS
The Y M C A board at the Commercial Club session planned a high school boys department and formed a railroad workers committee with C S Denny H Bickel and D M Parry. The athletic carnival left about 50 cents net. Junior department membership rose to 501 and a Mount Nebo boys camp is set for mid June. An extra committee will expand the educational department.
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C. S. Denny
H. Bickel
D. M. Parry
Tomlinson Hall
Bickel
Tablet to honor Col Eli Lilly to be placed June 6
The Commercial Club directors announced the bronze Tiffany tablet honoring Col Eli Lilly will be installed June 6, the third anniversary of his death. The head of Lilly was molded by local sculptor Mahoney. Clarence Gaumer urged the club to back union home made cigars, but no action was taken.
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Commercial Club Committee
Col
Eli Lilly
Colonel Ny
Tiffany
New York
Colonel Lilly
Mahoney
Clarence Gaumer
Commercial Club
Cigar Makers’ Union
Three New Smallpox Cases Reported
Three new smallpox cases were reported to the Board of Health yesterday. Victims are Archie Wells and Floyd Wells of 353 West Seventeenth street and George L. Collyer of 2183 Trowbridge street.
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Board of Health
Archie and
Floyd Wells
West Seventeenth Street
George L. Collyer
Trowbridge Street
Annual Encampment Travel Rates for G A R Logansport 1901
Rail excursion details for Indianapolis to Logansport for the annual Indiana G A R encampment May 14 15 16 1901 with $1.55 round trip, tickets valid May 13 14 15 16, and special through coaches on select trains. Also includes Buffalo Pan American Exposition excursion May 15 at 0.35 round trip with return by May 17.
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Indianapolis
Colfax
Logansport
Big Four
H. M. Bronson
Pennsylvania Lines to Logansport Direct Route Ad
Railway ad announces Pennsylvania Lines offering direct through coaches to Logansport with a $1.55 hound trip fare. Annual Encampment G A R and W R C tickets to be sold May 4 14 and 15 good for return until May 18. Agents or W W Richardson D P A Indianapolis contact information included.
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W. W. Richardson
Indianapolis
Cincinnati Excursion By Big Four Route Sunday May 19
Special fast train from Indianapolis Union Station at seven in the morning returns from Cincinnati at seven in the evening. Round trip fare is 81.25 dollars. Excursion offers a full day trip via the Big Four line with convenient timings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Union Station
Cincinnati
Pan-American Exposition Special Train Note
Special train offer from Indianapolis to Buffalo via Big Four and Lehigh Valley routes with a stopover at Buffalo to view the Pan-American Exposition. Package priced at $1 extra for Decatur round trip, depart Indianapolis 7 a.m. May 19 returning 6:30 p.m. via J D & W. Insured by German Fire Insurance of Indiana, 29 South Delaware Street.
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Philadelphia
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Lehigh Valley
Lackawanna
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Decatur
New York
Boston
German Fire Insurance of
Indiana
South
Delaware Street
Warning Against Impostor Feather Renovators
The J. C. Hirschman Company at 111-113 North New Jersey street cautions the public about canvassers posing as solicitors for the firm. With 24 years in business they deny employing such solicitors and offer delivery by phone. They urge customers to trust a reliable house that will honor commitments and provide quality feather renovation work.
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J. C. Hirschman Company
Feather Renovators
New Jersey Street
Hirschman Company
Feather
Wellen House
Cananea Copper Company Refuses 154 Dollar Offer
The Cananea Consolidated Copper Company tied to Indianapolis figures including Mayor Taggart FE Morss Dr Henry Jameson and other local men refused 154 for its Sonora Mexico mining property. The offer equaled all stock value of 2 million capital as Eastern capitalists pressed the sale via director Lindgay who returned from the East. The property was acquired through H Pernet’s efforts.
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Canmea Consolidated Copper Company
Taggart
FE. Morss
Henry Jameson
Indianapolis
Sonora
Mexico
Lindgay
Ter H. Pernet
Madison Banker Leads Voting Machine Inspection
Frank L. Powell, a prominent Madison banker, arrived yesterday to begin inspecting voting machines. He works with Albert R. Thompson of the Indiana Voting Machine Commission. Samples from two makers will be ready for examination today at the Statehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Powell
Madison
Albert R. Thompson
Indiana Voting Machine Commission
Statehouse
Factory Inspectors Probe Cerealine Plant Visit
State Factory Inspector McAbee and chief deputy D F Spees visited the Cerealine Manufacturing plant as part of an official inquiry into conditions and safety practices. Inspection focused on process controls, worker safety, and compliance with regulatory standards.
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McAbee
D. F. Spees
Cerealine Manufacturing Com
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Entertainment Committee
L. S. Ayres Cq.co
Golf
Danbury Hat Co
East
Washington St
J.C. Sipe, ‘Imosas
North
Meridian St
Joseph BD
Rof. R. A. Ogg
Kokomo
the Adjutant General
John H. Sonntag, JR
McUtcheon
Y. M. C. A. Ayfairs
Col. Lilly
Department of Indiana
G. A. R. and
Logansport, Ind
East Washington Street
Union Station
Pennsylvania Lines
G. A. BR
W. RE. C
Janes
Juliusc
Gon
Badger's
Irish Point
Brussels
Renais
H. Lieber
W. Washington ST
A.B. Meyer & CO
North Pennsylvania St
H. T. Condo Implement Co
West Washington Street
Kipp Brothers
South Meridian St
Wulachner’s
D. B. Sullivan
South Capital Avenue
Patie A Mae
S.penn
Badger Furniture
Draughtsiman’s
Indianapolis Blue Print CO
Buliing N. B
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