Vaudeville at Grand Opera House Next Week
The Grand Opera House bills Mile. Laya as headliner and Joe Welch as extra at traction. Mile. Laya, a former prima donna with a French company in New Orleans and New York last season, headlines alongside Joe Welch, famed as a top Ghetto impersonator. English's will feature The Burgomaster as the week’s entertainment.
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Grand Opera House
Mile
Laya
Joe Welch
Lays
New Orleans
New York
David Warfield
Miss Virginia Pickens Returns from Philadelphia
Personal notices list Miss Virginia Pickens returning from Philadelphia and many others from trips and visits across Michigan, Ohio, New York, and nearby towns. Names include Miss Theresa Pierce, Mrs. T. W. Ashmead, Mr. and Mrs. William Leyton, Mrs. Katherine Keely, Mrs. Emma Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Rauh, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest, and Mrs. Ayres among numerous relatives and guests.
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Virginia Pickens
Philadelphia
Theresa Pierce
W. R. Beard
Lake Maxinkuckee
Nellie Cunningham
T. W. Ashmead
Brookside Avenue
Julius Wocher
Irma Wocher
Herbert Wocher
Wequetensing
Wilhelmina J. Helwig
Jesse Overstreet
Petoskey
William Leyton
Covington
Tipton Leyton
Hugh J. McGowan
New York
Atlantic City
Katherine Keely
Oxford, C
T. C. Shepperd
Walcott Street
Emma Davis
Mary Davis
Michigan
Samuel E. Rauh
Stella Rauh
Lake Harper
Mich
William Forrest
Jacob Dorsey Forrest
Irvington
R. K. Syfers
Miss Syfers
Ohio
Georgian Bay
Ethel Cleland
Burtlake
Edward Daniels
Arnound
de Crotey
William J. Baylor
Church Street
Mabel Norris
Owensboro
Terre Haute
Joseph E. Raycroft
Elizabeth
Chicago
William Scott
Charlotte Scott
Maxinkuckee
Owen Davies Odell
England
A. C. Ayres
Canada
Henry C. Adams
Stella
Edith Adams
Mabel Rose
Vermillion
Greencastle
William A. Hughes
Pen University
Lemcke
J. A. Lemcke
A. A. Zion
Gianapolis
Delevan Smith
Lake Forest
Ill
Ernest Kneter
Social notes from Indianapolis society columns
Colgan travels with Miss Martindale at Harbor Point and plans to move into their Blacherne apartment on Sept. 7. Several couples, including Mr. and Mrs. Blair en route to Paris, visit relatives in town. Various family movements and wedding preparations, receptions, and social events fill pages with travel, hosting, and upcoming nuptials across Indiana.
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Colgan
Miss Martindale
Harbor Point
Blacherne
John A. Blair
Mason Lake
Wisconsin
Mage
C. A. Wallingford
Layman
Woodruff Place
Cambri
M. Arbuckle
Rena Tucker
Maine
W. F. C. Golt
Edith Knight
Philadelphia
Alexander P. Spruance
Machiavelli
Woman's Club
Charles Edward Seaman
Florence de Pauw
Catherine de Pauw
New Albany
North A Street
Emil Kellar
Logansport
Hadley
Joseph Tarvis
Cincinnati
Ple
Country Club
Preets
Maxinuckee
Annie Elsworth
Marion Smith
Miss Levering
Lafayette
Betty Wilson
Tom Wilson
Edwards
Peru
Martin Pierce
Scantlin
Pierce Ward
Andrew and
Andress
St. Paul's Church
R. O. Johnson
East Washington Street
Hanford Newell Rogers
Savoy
Misa Gardiner
Igs Gardiner
Florence
Anna Louise Rogers
Mary Pratt
Lucetta
Cerene Ohr
Louise Pugh
Jean Morrison
Belle Dean
Gertrude Brown
Gardiner
Rogers
Man called Fagin accused of luring boys to theft
Telph McBride of 211 Cook Street told police a strange man selling needles and pins mimicking Fagin teaches boys to pick pockets. He says his six year old son was enticed away and several other boys report similar approaches.
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Telph McBride
Cook Street
Fagin
McBride
Home Dressmaking Hints Apron Design for Children
May Manton explains an essential apron pattern that protects dresses for children. The pale blue chambray version with a carefully shaped yoke and shoulder seams offers practicality and simple charm, with white lawn or colored gingham as suitable materials.
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May Manton
Children's apron pattern 4215 for ages two four six
The pattern describes a slightly circular front and back apron with underarm seams and a belt piece buttoned at the center back. Bishop sleeves with straight narrow cuffs and a standing collar finish the neck. Two front patch pockets provide convenience for young wearers. medium size requires 24 yards of 26 inch wide material.
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the . Journal
Singers Celebrate Warm Reception at Fair Bank Programme
Miss Maude Angell opened the Fair Bank week, drew sustained applause after repeated encores for her pleasing soprano in the programme. Mr Holcombe introduced six numbers as the second performer, with further encores noted.
Festival Field Plans and Big Demand for Season Tickets
The fall festival and horse show executive committee awarded contracts for festival field improvements. J A Schumacher Co will build grand stands and clubhouse, F J Mack Co handles painting and decorating, Eberhardt Co supplies canvas for fencing and coverings. Season tickets at $10 grant admission, two reserved seats, and field access, with voting rights on seat reservations.
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Festival Field
J. A. Schumacher & Co
F. J. Mack & Co
Eberhardt & Co
Schumacher
White River
Block
G A R Orders for National Encampment Staff Aids Named
Department Commander Benjamin Starr announces aides for the Washington encampment with appointments by Adjutant General Smock. Indiana headquarters will be at the Riggs House with an information bureau and badges. The Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home Band will perform, and a grand parade register opens at headquarters. The six month end reports show a healthy G A R in Indiana with a net membership loss of forty eight and a push for active recruiting.
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Benjamin Starr
Washington
Smock
David Denny
William M. Bruner
M. W. Marshall
William P. Polen
Charles P. Richardson
C. C. Schroeder
O. P. Koont
John Giles
Jefferson M. Maine
George H. Graves
John W. Tower
Robert Dorste
Joseph Bottenburg
Theo. E. Biery
David H. Olive
J. A. Sanders
Urban S. Marrs
James M. Yoder
M. A. Jennings
Charles Behn
Indiana
Riggs House
Grand Army
Knightstown
Fremont E. Swift
Grand Army of the Republic
Order
Meridian civic notes and upcoming meetings in city
City notes list a W C T U meeting this afternoon with Mrs. C W Oakes at 107 College avenue and a Y M C A state executive committee dinner at Hotel English at 6 30 this evening. Also noted are a firemen association meeting September 16 in the council chamber, a social event hosted by Mrs. William Hauk at 208 Broadway, and a call for Skagway Alaska to aid in electing a congressman with Alaska’s surplus payments cited. A new Posey county board of charities is named led by Mrs Isaac Wolf with officers Mrs S Jett Wilson secretary Mrs Amy Calkins and Mrs O L McAllister and Mrs Charles Brinkman. The Beck family reunion is set for tomorrow at Leander Beck grove Lebanon with Dr W S Beck as association president.
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Meridian
C. W. Oakes
College Avenue
P. H. Fitzgerald
North
Meridian Street
State Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association
Council Chamber
Thomas R. Shipp
Beveridge
Washington
Indianapolis
Y. M. C. A. State Executive Committee
English
Ladies’ Aid Society
Fourth Presbyterian Church
William Hauk
Broadway
Commercial Club
Skagway
Alaska
Athis
Board of County Charities
Posey County. Com
Isaac Wo
S. Jett Wilson
Amy Calkins
O. L. McAllister
Charles Brinkman
Beck
Leander Beck Grove
Lebanon
W. S. Beck
Illness of Thomas E. Chandler Retired Manufacturer
Thomas E. Chandler a retired manufacturer is seriously ill at his West Michigan Street home. For two weeks he has been feeble and friends fear for his recovery. He long led Chand ler Taylor foundry on West Washington Street and was once active in Republican politics.
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Thomas E. Chandler
West Michigan Street
Chandler
Chandler & Taylor
West Washington Street
Unknown man killed in Monon railroad yards
An unidentified man about 84 years old was found dead yesterday morning in the Monon railroad yards Indiana. He stood five feet eight inches tall, weighed 175 pounds, and wore a heavy beard. A crucifix and rosary beads were found in his pocket. he likely traveled from Indianapolis on Monday afternoon.
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Monon
Ind
Indianapolis
Michael Egan Compared to a Boy as He Faces Repeated Arrest
Michael Egan aged forty acts like a small boy when ber fluid fills him. He vents anger on his aged father and mother. He has been arrested five times in two months. He was released from the workhouse Monday morning and is again in trouble.
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Michael Egan
Egan
Young man threatens father amid intoxication dispute
The man, intoxicated yesterday, threatened to “fix” his father when denied a dollar for liquor. He was arrested by Bicycle Policemen Street and Losh on four charges, with another to be added this morning.
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Fense
Egan
Street and
Losh
Patrol Box Wire Cut. Children Arrested
Patrolmen found wires in the patrol box cut yesterday afternoon. Chris Vehling nine, Fred Jacobs ten, and William Roepke ten, all of Sanders street, admitted taking the wire and were placed under arrest. Parents to take them to Juvenile Court next Friday.
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Bernauer
Woerner
Chris Vehling
Sanders Street
Fred Jacobs
William Roepke
Noss
Women’s Clothing Stolen From Plant at West New York
Bicycle policemen Morgan and Simon were alerted to a major theft at the Consumers’ Ice Company plant on West New York Street. Officers found a large pile of women’s attire hidden behind the platform including skirts waists hose and a basket of toiletries. Detectives suspect a lodger who left a rooming house placed the goods there with plans to move elsewhere. The owner must identify the items at the police station.
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Morgan and
Simon
Consumers’ Ice Company
New York Street
Festival and Fair by St John’s Church Opens on Georgia Street
The lawn festival and fair hosted by the young ladies of St. John’s Church opened last night on the lawn beside the parish residence on Georgia street. A large crowd attended as hawkers offered a variety of wares at booths for pleasure and small coin collection. The Boys’ Father Mathew Brass Band played music, and a parish house room displayed a neat exhibit of fancy articles, art, and needlework. The fair continues tonight and closes tomorrow night.
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St. John’s Church
Georgia Street
Father Mathew
Dedicatory Exercises for New Hospital at Central Hospital
The Marion County Medical Society will host dedicatory exercises for the new hospital for the sick insane next Tuesday night at 7:08. Superintendent George F. Edenharter and the board of trustees A. O. Lockridge R. L. Kennedy and Eli Marvin issued invitations yesterday for the dedication.
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Central Hospital For the Insane
Marion County Medical Society
George F. Edenharter
A. O. Lockridge
R. L. Kennedy
Eli Marvin
Chicago men plan iron mill at Premier Steel site
Chicago investors lease the old mills of the Premier Steel Company at Capitol avenue and Merrill street and will start an iron mill within sixty days. John D. Briggs of Chicago says in a letter to the Commercial Club that $25,000 of stock will be offered locally. The plant will employ about one hundred men to begin.
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Chicago
Premier Steel Company
Capitol Avenue
Merrill Street
John D. Briggs
Commercial Club
Seventh district Democratic convention details set at Masonic Hall
The Seventh district Democratic congressional convention will convene Saturday afternoon at Masonic Hall with Vice Chairman Fanning calling the meeting to order at 2 p m. Earlier at 1 p m a joint senatorial convention for Marion and Morgan counties will occur. Delegates to both conventions will be chosen Friday from 4 to 8 p m.
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Seventh District
Masonic Hall
Fanning
Marion
Morgan Counties
President hints at federal power over corporations
The President, addressing critics, says national legislation could expand federal power over corporations and anticipates a constitutional amendment to grant further authority. He stresses sincerity and openness, noting his statements would endure under private scrutiny by major corporate leaders as the train departed amid continued cheers.
Education and character form citizen's foundation
The speaker argues education alone is insufficient without moral development. A high level of learning matters, but the greatest value comes from shaping character to benefit both the individual and the state.
Roosevelt Addresses Springfield Crowd On Army Rifle And War Duty
President Roosevelt greeted some 75 000 in Springfield Mass and spoke from Court square praising soldiers in Cuba and the Philippines. He checked the new Springfield rifle, noted its accuracy, and urged citizens to support the troops, then addressed Grand Army of the Republic veterans before departing to Dalton.
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Springfield
Mass
Roosevelt
Court Square
Ellis
United States Armory
Phipps
Second Massachusetts Regiment
Rough Riders
Santiago
Massachusetts
Cuba
Philippines
Northfield
Uncle Sam
United States
Dalton
Roosevelt at Fort Wayne and Tennessee trip plans
Lt Gov Gilbert received Roosevelt itinerary details for Fort Wayne dedication September 23 with a nonpartisan speech at the courthouse and $2080 set for events including $500 to Bourke Cochran. Separate Worcester schedule covers depart Oyster Bay September 5, reach Chattanooga September 7, Knoxville September 7, Asheville September 9, return Oyster Bay September 10.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Gilbert
Cortelyou
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Freeramanse
Bourke Cochran
Worcester
Mass
Roosevelt
Tennessee
North Carolina
Oyster Bay
Washington
Wheeling
W. Va
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Knoxville
Asheville
Roosevelt Praises Cortelyou at Westfield Speech
President Roosevelt lauds Secretary Cortelyou in Westfield Massachusetts noting Cortelyou’s role with alumni and the value of education. He hails the city’s second oldest normal school and the public school system as foundational to good citizenship and national strength.
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Westfield
Mass
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Alumni Association of the Schools
Republic
Will Prosperity Continue New York Financier View
The piece weighs whether prosperity will persist amid mixed forecasts from financier James R. Keene who sees continued growth and the London Times which warns of a credit heavy rapid expansion. It notes likely divergence in economic outlook and potential for a market reaction as the era of rapid borrowing faces scrutiny.
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New York
James R. Keene
The
London Times
United States
Economic Outlook as Nation Rebuilds and Foresees Stability
The text reviews a recovering economy with improved railways and a sound monetary base, noting abundant crops and robust domestic trade. It warns of heavy borrowing and foreign credit tied to American assets, urging conservatism to safeguard wealth, while highlighting strong banking, rising wages, and broad market confidence through the near future.
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United States
Europe
Credit and Investment
Hill Finds No Wealth From Scripture Yet Says So
Nebraska State Journal notes Dave Hill’s claim that scripture search yields no support for wealth through corporate trusts aimed at stifling competition. It suggests Hill could challenge Colonel Bryan’s long standing Bible knowledge in the upcoming campaign and urges rereading Joseph and Pharaoh in Egypt.
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Nebraska State Journal
Dave Hill
New York
Dave
Colonel Bryan
Hill
Joseph
Pharaoh
Universal Peace Union calls for army disbanding
Salt Lake Tribune reports on the Universal Peace Union’s stance denouncing all soldiers and urging abolition of the army, warning of the consequences of such folly if fully enacted.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Universal Peace Union
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George D. Crane
Moffat
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Frank I. Bond
L. Park Drayer
Blanche Hattersley
Sinclair Hattersley
Alice Foster
Howard—Truedell
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Leona C. Truedell
Isa Delta Theta
Executive Committee
Starr
City News Notes
Hiness
Women's Apparel
Central Hospital
Defense OF the Army
Addrenal
David Christie Murray
War Co Mdent
Stringer
Scotland Yard
Sunday Journal
the Guardian OF the Strand
Roby
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London
Private Enquirer
Hicks
Chickering
Vose
Jewett, Ivers , Pond
Fischer, Cameron
Braumuller
Hallet & Davis
Wolschner
Stewart, Stodart
Pennsylvania Street
College Law
Hervey D. Vories
Public Instruction
Vories
Susiness College
Ndianapolis
Bryant & Stratton
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E. J. Heeb, Pres
Howe
Hugh T. Reed
J. H. M' Kenzie
Lima
Hotel English
Tudor Hall
N. Meridian St
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Pri
J. Cumming Smith
School of Expression
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Edward Amherstott
Philip Gerard
Pine Arts
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Pisarro
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