Stock listings include Union Traction Co and local firms
A fragment lists several securities with prices including six thousand dollars U S government bonds, fourteen thousand dollars Scott County Indiana Union Traction Co preferred stock, Indianapolis Fire Insurance Co stock at 146, and Indiana Guaranty & Loan Co stock at 96, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 8
Scott County
Ind
Union Traction Co
Woo Warren Water Co
K. K
Indianapolis Fire Lus. Co
Guar. & Lonn Co
Amazing Hi Watarral fire walk at Tokyo shrine
A New York Tribune report details a spring rite at a Shinto shrine in Tokyo where priests prepare a bed of charcoal and salt powder then allow about fifty foreigners and locals to walk over the glowing coals between 5 and 6 pm. The ceremony features chants, prayers, and various participants including a mother with a baby walking across the embers without severe burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Tokio
Berin
Fire ceremony under white robes stuns crowd with intense heat
Priests in white robes perform a ritual with drum and reed pipe while a coolie flees in panic. The crowd, including many foreigners, notes the fire is genuine and intensely hot, with salt and alum on damp mats offering only brief protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aesny
Less Flagrant Immorality in Public Life, New York Post
The New York Evening Post notes a decline in political dissipation among prominent figures, from Tammany leaders to Albany legislators and national lawmakers. It cites reports from reporters in New York City hall and Congress, showing fewer drunken outbursts, less flagrant immorality, and a broader trend of improved self-control influenced by public opinion. The piece contrasts past and present behavior and reflects on a century-long shift in political culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Tammany
Senate
Albany
House of Representatives
Washington
Bradley
Grady
New York City Hall
Board of Aldermen
Congress
Northampton
Mass
Old London reviewed in Hogarth era imagination
A Newcastle Chronicle piece invites readers to picture a biograph era Newcastle with Hogarth and contemporaries visiting Jack Sheppard. It blends old English and continental facades with gritty street life, theatres, debtors, highwaymen, and stage-like costumes, all lit by candlelight and coal smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
England
Hogarth
Wych Street
Newcastle Street
Holywell Street
Strand
Tee Bar
Temple
Studenta
Phrynes
Aspasias
Athens
Sara
Prize fights barred as Durbin aids Anderson Y M C A
Anderson Indiana May 18 The Y M C A there celebrates a victory over local boxing as Governor Durbin a member of the association boards enforces the prize fight law. Promoters cancel all engagements and boxers depart to other fields. Brazil Ball Club faces Sunday crackdown after criminal actions looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
Durbin
Anderson Association
Brazil
Benwood
Terre Haute
Four Schools Compete In Inter Academic Contest
SPICeland Westfield Plainfield and Fairmount attended the inter academic contest in Spiceland Indiana. Participants in oratory were Robert A Roberts Myron Cash Samuel A Little and Perry B Leach. Declamation entrants were Jessie Gordon Mamie Ellis Inez Blair and Clara Lacy. Fairmount won oratory and placed third in declamation Plainfield led in declamation and was third in oratory Spiceland finished second in both events. A reception for visitors followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Spiceland
Ind
Westfield
Plainfield
Fairmount
Robert A. Roberts
Myron Cash
Samuel A. Little
Perry B. Leach
Jessie Gordon
Mamie Ellis
Inez Blair
Clara Lacy
Weatfield
Fairete
Central Orthorical League annual meeting elects officers
Bloomington report lists officers including President Fulton from Ohio Wesleyan and vice presidents from Illinois Indiana Cornell and West Virginia. Next meeting set for Ohio State University Columbus. No constitution changes or new member institutions admitted. Grencas tle Di indiana Intercollegiate Prohibition Association elects officers and delegates to Buffalo convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Central Oratorical League
Fulton
Ohio Wesleyan
T. A. Clark
University of Illinois
J. M. Clapp
Indiana University
D. C. Les
Cornell University
J. Denny
Ohio State University
C. H. Patterson
West Virginia
Columbus
Greencastle
Indiana Intercollegiate Prohibition Association
B. H. McCoy
Taylor University
H. F. Waggoner
Franklin College
Ben Riley
de Pauw
Will Martin
Buffalo
Claude Alexander
B. H. McCor
John 8. Maxwell
Central Union Barred from Hartford City by Council
Hartford City Indiana May 18 The City Council revoked the Central Union telephone franchise, ending its long distance service in Hartford City while a local system revival faced competition from an independent firm already trenching lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Union
Hartford City
Council
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Central Union Telephone
Lincoln Letter Honored in Oxford Halls
The letter praising a mother who lost five sons in battle was engrossed and framed. It has been displayed in Oxford University halls as a specimen of pure English and elegant diction, noting the Adjutant General of Massachusetts’ statement and offering consolation that the fallen died to save the Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oxford
England
War Department
Adjutant General
Massachusetts
Local and Indiana briefs rise in May reports and deaths
May 18 notes span Greensburg to Millhousen with wage talks at Green Bottle scales and molders seeking pay rises. Obituaries include Courtney Hays in Portland and Mrs. Werking in Anderson, with smallpox cases reported near Bowling Green and Pendleton denial of a quarantine breach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
William H. Lough, Jr
Richmond
Harvard
Royer Wheel Company
Aurora
Greensburg Council
Marsha
Washington
Baltimore & Ohio
Morristown
Wayne Township
Jay County
College Corner
Bowling Green
Clay County
Poland
A. L. Brick
South Bend
Charlies J. Sweazy
Nappanee
Frank Brown
Knox
Richland
Penn Townships
Ohio & Indiana Traction Company
Seymour
Humes Planing Mill Company
Allen Swope
William Humes
J. B. Carney
Wade R. Thayer
Harry Gordon
Mabel Hargrove
Mabel Hittle
Edith Mellis
Belle Scholl
Charles Cain
Connersville
Pendleton
Terre Haute
Pendeton
State Normal
Gambling in bucket shops grips Washington workers
A Washington dispatch reports heavy losses for clerks tied to bucket shops after the New York Stock Exchange panic. Despite police enforcement of anti gambling laws, many department employees rushed to blackboards for quick profits on dubious stock quotes, with expected rebound once markets move again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Treasury Department
Chats With Spirits at a Spiritualist Gathering
A spectral conversation unfolds as mediums address a daytime audience in Lyric Hall. No trance, just brisk messages from the spirit world delivered in plain speech, inviting curious attendees to reassess what seances can be.
Mediums at Lyric Hall Enthrall Ottawa Crowd
Reporters describe Mrs. May Pepper of Providence delivering spirit messages with dramatic effect at Lyric Hall. Pepper claims messages come from spirits, naming the departed, while critics and a plain observer test her accuracy. Other mediums report trance work and clairvoyant impressions as they describe white-clad spirits and non- trance contact during the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric Hall
Pepper
Providence
R. L
Hyslop
Mrs. Pepper
the Evening Post
Independent Tin Can Company Absorbed by American Can
George P Benjamin, treasurer of the Independent Tin Can Company, announced that the New Jersey incorporated firm with a capital of $1 099 000 has been absorbed by the American Can Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George P. Benjamin
Independent
Tin Can Company
New Jersey
American Can Company
General Fitz John Porter Improving at Home
NEW YORK May 18 General Fitz John Porter is ill at his Morrisania home physicians report he will recover from diabetes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fitz John Porter
Morrisom TS
Ysician
Bright Mounted Shades on Spring Rollers
Mount ed shades on good spring rollers offered in best colors. See our East Window for samples and details.
Tapestry Portieres in Full Line $4.00 to $5.00
A newspaper blurb announces a complete stock of tapestry portieres priced at four to five dollars per pair. The notice emphasizes the affordable range and availability, inviting shoppers to view the collection.
Fringed top and bottom design hinted for season debut
A rough snippet notes a fringed top and bottom with a full wide style, described as very latest out for the season. It hints at a fashion item or garment trend planned for release, emphasizing current style and newness.
Carpets and Draperies Ad at 17 and 19 West Washington St
An advertisement notes carpets wall paper and decorations of every kind at the location on 17 and 19 West Washington Street with draperies and grille work offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington St
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Jack
Campbell, Wild & CO
Stevenson Building
Japan
Old London
George Iit
Gov. Durbin
Anderson Y. M. c. A
Bedford
Central League
Prohibition League
Jeffersonville
Edna Gray
Henryville
Indiantan
Minnesota
St. Cloud
Minn
George Davis
J. ©. Davis
Davis
Montana
Williamsport
Pine Village
Warren County
E. G. Boyer
W. R B. Odle
Messmer
Charles Thurman
W. E. Miler
Miss Elliott
J. M. Swanley
Odle
Cuba
Havana Mey 1
Mobile
Ashes
Delphi
Bidenbender & Bennett
Greensburg
A. L. Donaldson
Ncoln
Marton Township
Millhousen
Gaar, Scott & Co
Robinson & Co
Richmond City
Martin H. Cox
Moore Park
Head
Indiana
Portland
Courtney Hays
Sumner W. Haynes
Hays
J. D. Weist
John A. Hays
J. W. Weik
W. W. Milligan
Elizabeth Werking
James Werking
Werking
Methodist Church
Martinsville
Thomas Nutter
Nutter
Ed Cortham
Indiana Notes
Te Heh Jilton
Washington and
Pennsylvania Streets
She Limit
Saks & Company
Tin
John Porter
R. M. Mueller
Delicatessen
S. E. Cor. del. and
New York Sts
Coppock Bros
Pembroke Arcade
Capital City
Indianapolis Paint and Color CO
Massachusetts Avenue
the Reliable Furniture and Carpet Co
South Illinois Strest
Albert Gall
C.aneshaensel & CO
East
Ohio Street
Gibson
Messia, Pike & Hoadley
Pennsylvania Street
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