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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1902
Page
4
The Holden Comedy Company offers two performances of the frontier melodrama Nick of the Woods on the final day of the season at the Park Theater.
Mrs Winfield T Durbin returned from Anderson last night. The Study Club hosts a reception at the Art Institute Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Sol Meyer and son depart for Atlantic City and the East. Mrs Ross Hamilton Wallace hosts a breakfast for Miss Cora Stubbins, a June bride. Many gatherings honor Mrs J B Hendricks of Petersburg and others. Wedding plans, engagements, and invitations fill the page with society notices and upcoming events.
Mrs J A Houser and family host guests at a Meridian area gathering for upcoming marriage of Cora Stubbins to Layton Chambers Walker. Wedding party includes Percy Walker maid of honor, Lucy Matter and Susan Thompson bridesmaids, with Harry Hammond ushering. Chauffeuring guests from Indianapolis and nearby towns fill the social calendar with luncheons and multiple visits.
A stylish matinee dress design is praised for comfort and ease. The pattern uses white linen lawn with German Valenciennes lace trim and is washable, offering practicality for women seeking graceful, comfortable attire. The article notes suitable fabrics beyond linen lawn to suit different tastes.
Pattern 4142 for a matinee jacket with lace or cashmere trims and a lacy collar. Describes fabric requirements for busts 32 to 40 inches, sizes 34 36 38 40, back gathers, elbow sleeves, and invisibly fastened left front. Pattern coupon offers 10 cent pattern by mail from The Journal Indianapolis.
The Colored Women's Business Club has secured rooms at 315 East Sixteenth Street and will open an exchange and employment bureau for colored women. The sale of food and needlework will be handled there. Mrs Susie Porter chairs the board and oversees the employment agency, while Mrs Addie Jones acts as secretary and will receive employment applications. A census will be held in the rooms next Tuesday evening.
Parts of Gaul's cantata Ruth will be sung by the choir of the First Baptist Church on Sunday evenings in June and July. The Rev T J Villers will deliver lectures on the character and significance of Ruth.
W J Travis the national amateur champion defeated Findley Douglas 72 to 79 in a Met Golf Association semi final at Tuxedo. A course record 72 was posted as Travis, with steady play, finished four under par through the first nine and one over after the final finish. Marcellus defeated Thompson to reach tomorrow's 36 hole final to meet Travis.
Albert Champion wins the 25 mile Bras Gard race at Charles River Park in 39 1435. Harry Elkes led until the fifth mile when he was thrown and knocked unconscious but not seriously hurt. At Coliseum Park bike races Gus Lawson wins the five mile motor paced heat on points with six, Tom Hall second, John Lake third. Two heats time 7 43 and 7 88. Joe Judge wins two mile motor paced race with Clem Tur Ny Re and Bob Lake third. Time unknown.
Harvard has nineteen and Yale eighteen eligible for finals as trials at Berkeley Oval unfold. Georgeson, Duffey, and Schick pace sprint efforts with potential record bids. De Witt and Plaw headline hammer and weight events while Princeton, Cornell, and Penn push challengers in distance and field events across a crowded qualifying day.
In Chicago the annual road race for the American Century Wheelmen drew sixty starters from Chicago and nearby. James E. Gill, one of the three limit men, took first place finishing in 6 hours 36 minutes 38 seconds over the Waukegan course. Farmer Blum, scratch, who won the Pullman race two years ago, finished ninth but captured the time prize with 5 minutes 17 seconds 12 hundredths after starting two hours after the winner. In Buffalo Eddie C Bald defeated Johnny Fisher of Chicago in three heats at one mile each at the Buffalo Athletic Field, Bald taking the first two heats in 2 minutes 9 2-5 seconds and 2 minutes 11 2-5 seconds.
Pittsburg May 30. In the twenty mile motor paced race McFarland defeated Maya by about half a lap on the six lap track. The race covered five miles in 7 37, ten miles in 15 02 15 and twenty miles in 30 04 3 5.
At the Coliseum Harry Elkes defeated Basil de Guichard of France by five and a quarter laps in the twenty-five mile motor-paced race. The winning time was 40 minutes 49 2 5 seconds.
Franklin Geohegan of the Capitol Hill Tennis Club Washington upset John C. Davidson in the Southern lawn tennis championship final securing the right to play Raymond D. Little of New York the current champion in tomorrow's match. Miss Moore the 1901 national ladies champion defeated Miss Maude Banks in a dramatic final noted for a brilliant third set with eighteen games.
New Haven May 2 Charles Hitchcock Jr born 1908 won the Yale golf championship defeating J A Alsop born 1903 four up. Hitchcock has previously won the Yale championship.
Cornell easily captures the two mile triangular eight event on Lake Cayuga with a time of 10 48 as Syracuse finishes second by over three lengths and Harvard Newell Club eighth trails by more than four lengths. Rough water delayed start two hours with crews finally lining up at 7 20.
On the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park Philadelphia the University of Pennsylvania defeated Columbia and Cornell in a 1.5 mile race with a time of 8 4. The crowd cheered as Penn led from the quarter mile and never relinquished the front. Columbia finished second five lengths ahead of Cornell which fell behind after rough water near the midway point.
The Country Club sweepstakes for women yesterday crowned Miss Marjorie Potts winner with a 57 over 12 handicap, defeating scratch runner up Mrs. Harry New who shot 59. Potts, only fourteen, began golf last year and quickly mastered the sport amid strong local interest.
Atlantic City reports Joe Nelson of Chicago breaking the world amateur ten mile record twice, first in the evening by twelve seconds and then in the afternoon by fourteen. Opponent A M Courter of Newark. Nelson turns professional at Vaileburg on Sunday. The night’s feature was a five mile tandem motor race between Bobby Thompson and Al Boake of Canada and Oscar Babcock and Dan Daly of New York, run in $10 1-5.
Hilton New Jersey May 9 The twenty five mile road race on the Irvington Milburn course drew 102 riders with a dust laden wind. Samuel La Voice of Syracuse won with a handicap of 6 minutes 11 seconds. James Zanes Newark was second with 5 minutes, Otto Wolf Bloomfield third and Robert Myers Paterson fourth. Winning time 1 14 37. A six starter ten mile motor race was won by C F Wyckoff New York in 8 17.
Bobby Walthour of Atlanta won the motor-paced race over James Moran of Chelsea at Revere track. Moran’s wheel failed in the 13th mile, so Walthour rode 17 miles in 20:15.2.
Thousands watched the Harlem Regatta Association on the Harlem river one mile course. In the senior single, Scholes of Canada edged Titus of New York for victory by a length and a half after a close duel. The senior eight saw Harlem and Columbia duel to a photo finish, Harlem prevailing by four feet.
Salt Lake city reports N E Graves a mining man shot and killed his wife at their home then fatally shot himself. No motive is known.
Fourteen colleges and leading midwest universities contest the second annual Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association track and field championship tomorrow afternoon in Chicago. Michigan leads as favorites with Wisconsin and Chicago close behind amid injury concerns for Wisconsin's Fred Sebule. In New York, M J Sheridan of Pastime AC set a new world discus mark, while hammer champ John Flanagan injured his back and withdrew.
McKim captured the big gasoline event while Ayres failed to beat the world one mile record. About 5,600 paid spectators attended the inaugural Indianapolis races on the state fair grounds. Brandt led the 3 mile open class, with times around 1:56 per mile, and Moore won the 5 mile gasoline race. Merz and Elston won the electric three mile, and McKim topped the 2000 pound class in 7:66. The final trial by Ayres in 1:57 fell short of the world mark, with Brandt closing on a running horse in a dramatic finish.
The afternoon program at Newby Oval begins at 1 30 with eight Indiana high schools represented in the events program. Entries span hammer throw to mile relay with Purdue starter J Walter Esterline officiating. Schools include Indianapolis M T H S H and S H, Marion, Veedersburg, Covington, Crawfordsville, Terre Haute and Lebanon.
London reports that Americans hope for a share of the American challenge cup but polo experts foresee England winning two of three matches. Betting ranges from 2 to 1 to 5 to 1 for England. Weather hampered practice for both sides and delayed team selections. Green Castle Ind May 3 De Fauw Athletic Association elects new board: Lee Hawthorne president, Edgar O Daniels vice president, Le Washburn secretary, Carl Conley and Paul Jones student members.
Kid Brune known for clever showing against the Kentucky Kid faces Ray Clarke in a four round prelim at the Burn-Bradford contest at the Empire next Monday evening. Two other strong preliminaries are scheduled.
General Spurgin retires creating two brigadier vacancies with Col Samuel White to be named and Major McCammon also retired. Cabinet meets with no business, Hitchcock reports Knox ill. Roosevelt plans two fall trips through the West and Midwest with stops in Springfield Detroit and San Antonio. Cuba orders issued sanction Aultman transfer, Palma requests service. Broussard testifies on Cuban investments and tariff shifts. Moody leaves for Detroit to address Michigan Club banquet.
Pittsburg May 3 The General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America devoted the morning to the Home Missions report and consolidation talks. Tarkio Missouri will host next year with no opposition, and College Springs will host the home missions committee meeting. Memorial services impressed attendees as veterans stood en masse and a Chautauqua salute sparked an emotional wave among commissioners.
In Cleveland Ohio delegates to the Socialist Labor party nominate a state officers ticket headed by Theo Adams of Columbus and Sance Court judge Samuel Horton of Salem with board of public works member J R Besaee of Dayton and dairy and food commissioner William Garrett of Akron The resolutions claim capital and labor oppose each other and labor must control the critical power of the nation to end wage slavery and subjection of producers.
Rev Henry Minton of California, moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly held in Philadelphia last year, is to preach next Sunday in the city church and is understood to be invited to accept the pastorate there. It is also reported that Dr Minton will accept.
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