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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
4
A theatrical brief notes the production Under Two Plage showing at the Park theater. The feature draws local audience interest with its program and cast details not fully captured in the snippet.
In Denver a statement from Richard Mansfield discusses a court injunction involving Cyrano de Bergerac and Rostand. Parallel plots in Mr Gross drama allegedly inspired Rostand, with implications for royalties and future theater activity in Chicago and abroad. In Louisville the Empire Circuit reelects officers and leases key venues. In Los Angeles a Tosca on stage incident injures an actor during a fourth act. In Chicago authorities raid a “play factory” run by Alexander Byers for unlicensed manuscripts.
Mrs. Ray Eldon Scott plans a Sunday visit to Louisville. Miss Sue Chipman tours Oregon and California. tea for Miss Mary Fitch Sewall hosts guests. invitations for senior hops, engagements, and summer plans fill a busy social week across Indianapolis including families, clubs, and alumnae events.
A bridal luncheon hosted by Mrs. A. W. Coffin honored Miss Mary Fitch Sewall with a heart motif table. Guests included Mrs. Coffin and Misses Herron, Ketcham, Reeves, Bennett, Plum, and Taggart among others. Out of town socializing guests gathered at the University Club for Mrs. W. H. Brown’s flower luncheon for Mrs. Shryer.
Sailor costumes are fashionable and serviceable for young girls. The showcased model uses dull blue linen canvas with narrow black and white braid and a white linen shield. Suitable fabrics include white linen natural linen galatea madras cheviot serge flannel and etamine in blue or white. The blouse is shown with a high neck.
Describes a girls blouse and skirt pattern with shield bodice and double-breasted sailor collar. Includes construction details, fabric choices, and yardage for sizes eight to fourteen. Gives pattern number 4123 and instructions to mail 19 cents for pattern coupon from The Journal Indianapolis.
The note indicates diamonds sold and jewelry repair services offered by JP Mullally at 28 Monument Place. It cites a jeweler and repair shop presence, mentioning diamonds and the address for the business.
Street tourism to Indianapolis draws Indiana residents to the State Capitol museum on the third floor where curious exhibits and quirky questions delight visitors. Panic erupts when a loud miscommunication leads police to a mistaken murder alarm, culminating in Lester’s assault and battery charges at the station.
The Second Presbyterian Church installed the new pastor Rev Owen Davies Odell in a solemn service led by Rev J Cumming Smith. Charges to the pastor and to the people were delivered by Rev G L Mackintosh and Rev F O Ballard, with Rev J H Odell of Scranton present to preach. The congregational attended despite heat and humidity and a quartet sang several numbers.
Municipal affairs report the Board of Public Safety debated speeding on North Side streets where cars reach near forty miles per hour. Commissioner Bryson urged strict enforcement of the ten mile per hour limit and sidewalk cyclist cautions. The board set two o clock this afternoon to hear charges against Patrolman Lou McKinney, brought by Sergeant Schwab for unbecoming conduct.
A vivid, period piece details museum visitors asking where birds eyes and bones are kept, a rattlesnake in alcohol, and a skeleton room rumor. It also recounts a street rescue of a pony runaway, a church installation with sermons on leadership and community service, and civic steps to regulate police badge requests and add patrolmen for newly annexed areas.
Charles Seiter, intoxicated, attacked his family in their residence in Cereal Inetown, choking his sister after assaulting his parents. The family reported the incident to police as screams of murder rang out, marking a violent domestic scene with two injured parents and a frightened sibling.
Reserve seats go on sale at Grand Opera House box office for Dr. C I Fletcher lecture on the destruction of St Pierre and islands of St Vincent and Martinique. 150 best photos from Antilles trip, twenty foot square lantern slides, showing topography, wrecked cities, homes, and daily life with faultless slides. Lectures aims to be instructive as well as interesting.
City Council debates an ordinance creating a ward at City Hospital funded by a Flower Mission gift of 5000 dollars, with a 1000 dollar maintenance appropriation. Controller Breunig questions the trust terms and the city’s maintenance liability and suggests amendments for clearer responsibility before final approval. The plan enjoys council support but awaits revisions and timing of funding.
Chairman Negley of the Council committee on judiciary calls a meeting tonight at the city clerk office to discuss the plumbing ordinance introduced weeks ago. It covers general registration and inspection of plumbing with fees to cover enforcement costs and the appointment of a plumbing inspector. Aquilla Jones questions the vacation of the first alley south of Fifteenth Street from Delaware Street to the adjacent alley.
Public notices authorize water main on Temple avenue from Tenth to Twelfth street. Petition denied for private sidewalk along 196 street. Lighting changes include discontinuing a Laurel gas lamp and adding a ramp at Fletcher avenue. Multiple plats approved, and numerous street paving, sidewalk, curb, and roadway improvements authorized across several blocks and avenues.
Albert Dougherty, arrested Tuesday evening for failing to report to the Board of Health that he had smallpox, was fined $5 and costs yesterday in Police Court. He had the disease in a room to himself, which was fumigated and all bedding burned after his recovery. He said he has been well since May 6.
A reader urges coffee drinkers to quit coffee after years of nervous breakdowns and poor sleep. She credits Postum Food Coffee with restoring health, improved sleep, and restored energy, citing a minister’s wife who quit coffee years earlier and switched to Postum.
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