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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1902
Page
3
NEW YORK STORE announces readiness to take orders for autumn and winter costumes, except Miss Trimble returning from Paria later this week. The department has been open a week and success shows customers want tailored gowns that fit right. Engagements can be made by phone, letter or wire. Fifth Floor.
The Empire Theater in New York opened last week with John Drew and his company in Isaac Hendersons The Mummy and the Humming Bird. The play centers on a besotted scientist husband and his wife pursued by an Italian novelist, with a plot of vendetta and romantic intrigue that critics deem conventional. Lionel Barrymore and Miss Dale appear in supporting roles. the article also follows the Drew family lineage and notes Miss Coghlans risks in Alice of Old Vincennes while reflecting on dramatizations of late.
The George Ade musical satire The Sultan of Sulu opened at the Olympic Theater to a full house after a Chicago run. The show, rewritten to two acts, drew many curtain calls and Col Henry W Savage with Ade and Chicago friends attended to push advance sales for the week.
Joe Welch headlines today at the Grand Opera House with Mrs Waterous and other acts completing the programme The Park promises a melodrama The Night Before Christmas during the first half and the Empire's second week features burlesque and vaudeville from The World Beaters company
Mr. and Mrs. Willis G. Wood of Chicago visit Mr. and Mrs. D. Elwood on North Pennsylvania street. The Frances E. Willard Union will meet at Mrs. Silvius's 1638 Hall place home tomorrow at 2 o clock with officer elections. Miss Frances Disette of 1210 Park avenue reported to police a burglary experience early morning. she saw a man in a strip sweater near the ice box, he grappled then escaped.
Fashion hints by May Manton describe tucks arranged in waist and skirt for children's dresses. The sample costume, cashmere in meteor blue with black velvet trim and lace yoke, features a novel bertha and a snugly fitted center-closing waist.
A vintage pattern description outlines dress details for sizes 8 10 12 and 14 with a square neck lace trim bishop sleeves and circular skirt. Material quantities listed for different widths and pattern number 4218. Include self-addressed envelope and fee for pattern return from The Journal Indianapolis Pattern Dept.
The New York Mail and Express lampoons a wage dispute in the Gold Beaters Union. It parodies a proposed rule that unmarred women losing jobs must be married by the best looking man in the shop, suggesting marriage could curb female competition and commenting on gender roles in industry.
A reflective poem where the speaker contemplates life and death from cradle to old age. Death accompanies and guides the narrator through youth, maturity, and the nearing end, offering patience and solace as memories fade and the afterlife nears.
George Fred Williams regards Bryan as the greatest man in the nation and praises his judgment. The piece notes Williams’s opinion as part of a broader value statement, concluding with a remark that the value is three cents per ton.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to discuss title, abstracts and fees in real estate deals with garbled terms and unclear references to individuals or places. The readable parts emphasize ensuring title is clear and an abstract may be unnecessary.
The Rev. Austin Hunter of North Park Christian Church argues laborers distrust churches because of class bias. He cites studies showing low wage-earner church attendance, with Catholics and moneyed classes more represented, and warns that the church too often aids capital. He calls for a practical shift toward human brotherhood and broader inclusion.
The Rev. T. J. Villers spoke at the First Baptist Church on regeneration and reconversion citing Luke twenty two. He urged that true renewal comes from Christ’s cleansing while daily conduct requires repentance and humility. Peter’s Pentecost conversion and renewed ministry were cited as models for Christian life and mission.
A passage notes Peter and Clement of Alexandria urging steadfast witness. It recalls Peter strengthening his wife on the road to martyrdom and asserts vigorous teachers foster widespread nobility through a strenuous, teaching life guiding courage and faith.
Rev Joshua M Stansfield preached on the destructive power of sin at Meridian Street Methodist Church. He argued sin wounds the soul by violating divine wisdom and God's laws, affecting physical and mental realms and corroding humanity's highest powers. He warned agnosticism and secularism neglect God, leading to moral ruin.
The sermon argues graduates of various fields must be rooted and grounded in love to grasp life’s breadth and the love of Christ. It likens mastery in navigation law music mathematics and teaching to a single curriculum of love and forgiveness concluding that all church life aims to pervade love through Bible teaching and daily living.
The Rev. R. B. Osgood preached a May yesterday morning at Mayflower Congregational Church on Love the Interpreter, using Ephesians chapter three to urge believers to be rooted and grounded in love and strong to grasp Christ’s breadth and depth. He likened faith to training at West Point, noting a diploma alone does not guarantee virtue or strength.
The Rev Allan B Philputt pastor of Central Christian Church resumed duties after vacation. He preached on Joshua 3 4 urging that transitions in life demand focus and faith. He compared Israels crossing into the promised land to personal shifts, stressing growth, renewal and purposeful living.
A preacher laments urban life eroding simple faith and stable home church values. He argues that youth and tradition share truth, urging continuity with early religious enthusiasm while adapting to broader life. Moses and Paul exemplify a lasting faith guiding growth without breaks as life grows richer.
The Rev. Lewis Brown of St. Pauls Church preached on The Sin of Murder and Its Divine Punishment citing Exodus Thou shalt not kill. He argued reverence for human life, connected murder to war hunger exploitation and neglect, and urged Christians to lift up and protect life.
The Rev. T. J. Villers will begin a series of sermons on The Pattern Prayer at Sunday morning services at the First Baptist Church next Sunday.
Much interest centers on Signor Liberati leading his band at Fair Bank. The engagement opens tomorrow evening and runs through the week with matinees on Thursday and Saturday.
Indianapolis sale listing notes Heary Hader Druggist offering items for sale at Washington Street and Pensacola Street area, with location implied.
The Liberati orchestra will bring fifty musicians to St Louis for the upcoming fair, performing popular programs with rotating pieces. Soloists include cornet, plus Miss Marie Valdez contralto, Signor A Baggetto tenor, and Monsieur Bernard baritone. The concerts will close the amusement season.
George W. Matheny has moved here from Findlay Ohio and Granville Barnes will visit Springfield area trade this week. J E Tyler will visit northeastern state trade while T M Thompson tours the northern region. E Johnson senior counselor returns from Columbus on business. A A Stephens elected sentinel replacing Barnes. Council 4 resumes regular meetings on first and third Saturdays. A Sept 27 class of twenty five will be initiated after invitation from Anderson No 187. Council 4 accepts and challenges Anderson 187 to a ball game. New full fledged members include John C F Ott Ellis O Newell Fred W Day Marshall A Fry. Old council 4 members installed: Charles Schmidt past senior counselor Will Cum p a 0. O Carvin W H Rodeamel.
The Indianapolis Musicians' Protective Association held its annual meeting at Germania Hall. With about 1 member, the primary business was electing officers: President H. D. Belasenherz, vice president W. Mitchell, secretary H. S. Beissenbergs, financial secretary J. B. Cameron, treasurer A. Schellschmidt, sergeant at arms Alwart, trustees Nick Rembusch and R. C. J. Curley, executive board M. Oscar Becker Adolph Schellschmidt Davia R. D. Ruth L. P. Ruth.
Mrs Catherine Dippel widow of Henry Dippel died early yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital. She was active in several women’s fraternal groups and served as financial secretary of Knights and Ladies No 4. She leaves sons Golleb and Dippel lace to-morrow afternoon at her late residence 236 street.
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