Claude and Fannie Usher Star In Fagan's Decision Sketch
The town talks about Claude and Fannie Usher performing in Fagan's Decision the Grand this week. Fannie Usher plays Patsy a waif from New York while Fagan, a former prize fighter, adopts the girl and bonds with her. the piece draws heart strings despite its rough writing and lack of action.
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Claude O'Shaugh- Daley
Claude
Fannie Usher
Fagan
the Grand
Fannie ‘Usher
New York
Rat” McCann
Patsy
Holden stock company opens Park season with strong praise
Park theater launches summer stock with the Holden company amid big ovations for all performers. Leading man Cecil Owen directs with Belasco like finesse, while Marie Curtis headlines the cast. Ethel May plans a women only matinee after Secret Service, followed by Mrs Temple's Telegram.
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Holden Stock Company
Park Theater
Gillett
Secret Service
Holden Company
Charles A. Holden
Cecil Owen
Mr. Owen
David Belasco
Owen
Miss. Marie Curtis
Holden
Mr. Holden
Hugh Diilman
Maude Haldon
Edmund Flaig
James Harris
Margaret Hagen
Eleanor le Croix
Arthur Rutledge
Louis Conover
Rollo Floyd
Ethel May
Majestic Theater Presents Thelma by Forepaugh Stock
Forepaugh Stock Company impresses with Thelma at the Majestic as a vivid staging of Marie Corelli’s novel. Next week the company plans Lena Rivers from Mary J. Holmes with Beulah Poynter’s authorized version and a praised cast.
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Majestic
Thelma
London
Beulah Poynter
Relief From Pain With CAROUS Medicine
Relief I had suffered every month for a year. My head and back ached so badly I could not sit up. I tried many medicines and they failed. Then my mother told me to take CAROUS. After one bottle I could do all my work. Mrs. Dora Garrett, Vandevoort, Ark.
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Carous
CARDUS Restores Health for Mrs Ritter of Wilmington
Mrs Cora L Ritter reports ten years of ill health with headaches dizziness and weakness improved after using CARDUS the woman's tonic. She expresses gratitude and says she is now well.
CARDUS Woman's Tonic Claimed To Heal Long Suffering
A testimonial from Mrs. M. C. McElroy of Clinton Kentucky says after six years of illness she began CARDUS and within a week felt better than she had in six years. The ad promises CARDUS works like a charm for women’s health.
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Cardus
CARDUS Credited With Saving Sister and Self
Mrs Mary Hudson of Eastman Mississippi reports her younger sister endured severe misery but improved immediately after taking Cardus. She also credits Cardus for preventing her own misfortune and survival.
Lena Rivers At Majestic Promises Major Week
The play Lena Rivers earns praise for its sympathetic story humor and vivid characters. Beulah Poynter’s adaptation is said to sustain interest with well woven incidents and should draw one of the season’s biggest weeks at the Majestic.
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Lena Rivers
Beulah Poynter
Majestic
Empire Theater Presents The Girly Show Jolly Girls
Empire Theater showcases The Girly Show this week headlined by Edmond Hayes the original Wise Guy whose sharp humor and stunts drive the audience to laughter Beatrice Harlow supports as the leading performer with The Three Judges acrobats and other acts including Doherty and Harlowe plus a troupe of 20 maidens in elegant attire.
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Jolly Girls
the Empire
Edmond Hayes
Hayes
Beatrice Harlow
Will
German Theater to Give Two More Performances in Cincinnati
The German Theater company of Cincinnati will stage two more shows at English's Opera House. On Tuesday April 27 they present the comic opera Das Suesse Maedel The Sweet Maiden and on Wednesday April 2 Tante Resina Aunt Regina with Elisa Kramm in the title role. Ferry Bettesch Jessie Mueller Vera Meyer and others appear. Manager Otto E Schmid with Musical Director A Schlobach have won unusual success this season and drawn large houses.
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O.ck Company
Cincinnati
Opera House
Tante Resina
Aunt Regina
Elisa Kramm
Ferry Bettesch
Jessie Mueller
Vera Meyer
Otto E. Schmid
A. Schlobach
Resorters Prepare Cottages for Summer Season
Resorters who own cottages at Wawasee Yellow Creek Winona Lake and other Kosciusko county resorts are preparing for the summer season. Cottages are being put in order gadgets and outfits are being overhauled and summer plans completed in Warsaw Indiana.
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Warsaw
Ind
Kosciusko County
Wawasee
Yellow Creek
Winona Lake
Stone Buildings Planned After Fire Devastation
Rosedale Indiana April 21 new stone buildings will replace several frame structures destroyed by fire last week on the same site.
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Rosedale
Ind
Shaggy Monsters of Arctic Zone Exhibit Wonders
The Arctic polar bears are trained in a Hagenbeck Wallace show opening April 29. Acts include bears in a see saw, a bear pyramid, a bear on a tricycle, a living arch of seven bears, a bear driving a trainer in a cart, and a comic scene with chairs and a table. The bears drink from bottles, dance to a band, and the act ends with a wrestling match between man and monster.
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Polar
Rock Arms
Stigger
Man
Monster
Traveling city on circus train two miles long
The Barnum and Bailey circus brings five trains to Mays on May 10. Each train has eight cars, 70 feet long, and together could stretch over two miles. The circus operates as a traveling city with workshops, a post office, two physicians, and a corps of veterinary surgeons, all under Barnum and Bailey ownership.
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Monster Barnum & Bailey
Harth
Barnum & Bailey
New York
Chicago
Trust escape attorney general wickers in beef trust case
Attorney General Wicker remains at the center of debate over his handling of the beef trust case and his broader stance on trust regulation, drawing substantial discussion among officials and observers.
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Wickersham
Beef Trust
Woman Prevents Prisoners Escape in Bluffton Jail
Deputy Sheriff Pierce uncovered a long planned jail break by inmates in Bluffton Indiana. Mrs Lipkey, wife of Sheriff Lipkey, sat by the wall and heard the escape attempt, thwarting the plot as Orville Clum refused to join. Prisoners tried again after learning of the first failure, with initial blame on John Darling but investigations shifted.
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Pierce
Clum
John Darling
Darling
Mansfield, ¢(c
Child Wanders Off Dash Causes Bedford Town Search
Frances Duncan, three, wandered from the Payne home at Twelfth and O streets in Bedford Indiana. Police Chief E Payne and officers found her on L street with her doll and wagon. She was happily unaware of the scare she caused and returned safely home.
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Bedford
Ind
Frances Duncan
L. E. Payne
Payne
Twelfth and
O Streets
Farmer Told to Stop Cutting Timber on His Farm
Jasonville Indiana April 21 John Jones a Clay county resident four miles northeast of here received a legal notice from the Lewis township constable to refrain from cutting timber on his own farm He and his family have lived on the land since the first settlements The Ingleheart heirs of North Dakota seek ownership claiming Jacob Ingleheart once owned the tract The outcome remains uncertain though it is noted Ingleheart never paid attention to the farm and may still hold an old deed while the Jones family could regain possession
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Jasonville
Ind
John Jones
Clay County
Here
Lewis Township
Jacob Ingleheart
North Dakota
Ingleheart
Jones
Boys grab old pistol and tragedy follows in Clinton
Three boys Roy Petty Vergie Hanson and Harry Davis stole an old revolver and crossed the river to shoot. Roy Petty shot Vergie Hanson in the right arm with the bullet entering near the elbow and lodging in the shoulder area.
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Clinton
Ind
Roy Petty
Vergie Hanson
Harry Davis
Fieddy’ Pert
Vincennes Methodists Celebrate Century of Faith
The First M. E. church in Vincennes observes a week long centennial celebration. Rev. Dr. T. H. Willis delivers the centennial address and 15 former pastors and presiding elders are named among the enduring ties to the church. A notable Friday night gathering will reenact century old customs with participants in period costumes.
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Vincennes
Ind
M. E
T. H. Willis
J. B. Lathrop
Greensburg
W. T. Barron
California
John A. Ward
Hymera
George F. Culmer
Odon
W. H. Grim
Sullivan
H. C. Clippinger
Indianapolis
E. R. West
Madison
J. H. Ketcham
Heavenridge
Mitchell
L. H. Marlin
Baldwin
Kas
William Zehring
W. B. Collins
Saint Marie
Mich
Doddridge
Bloomington
Divorced Woman Alleges Abandonment and Abuse in Decatur
Ellen V. Louthan sues George Louthan for divorce after alleging abandonment on April 3 and repeated abuse including a 1901 incident when he knocked her off a table while whitewashing a wall. She married March 6, 1899, and six children were born, with two dead. she seeks alimony.
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Decatur
Ind
Ellen V. Louthan
George Louthan
Injury in Elkhart Ball Game Blows Eye
In Elkhart Indiana on April 21 Willie Stephens aged six was hit in the right eye by a sat during a ball game causing a deep eyebrow laceration. He was taken home bleeding and a physician attended to the wound which was sewn up.
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Elkhart
Ind
Willie Stephens
Log Rolling Date Shift for Modern Woodmen Meet
Decatur Indiana reports the annual district log rolling event by the Modern Woodmen is moved from June to July. The gathering occurs in Decatur with June dates canceled and new July timing announced.
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Decatur
Ind
Angered girl leaps from window in Elkhart incident
In Elkhart Indiana on a pre dawn day Mrs Esty Cobel, angered by her mother’s sharp rebuke, ran upstairs and jumped from a window onto a boardwalk. She sustained bruises to head face and limbs but was not seriously injured. A doctor attended her.
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Esty Cobel
Burglar Seen In Evansville Home Fleeing Into Night
Fred and Mrs. Rauscher returned from church to find a man crouched behind a cellar door. He sprang up and fled through the back door before pursuit. No theft was reported. bicycle officers Blum and Saum investigated.
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Evansville
Ind
Fred Rauscher
Blum and
Saum
Minute To Spare Watches Need For Perfect Time
The piece argues travelers and businessmen require precise timekeeping. It notes cheap watches drift minutes daily and cannot replace a reliable timepiece. It cites price ranges from $15 to $50 as necessary for those who must keep perfect time.
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Ivario
Majestic Theater
Dora Garrett
Vandevoort, Ark
Cora L. Ritter
Wilmington
N. C
Mary Hudson
Eastman
Empire Theater
German Theater
Gastoria Technnicien
Shaggy Monsters
Arctic Zone
Methodists OF
Elkhart, Ind
Vonnegut Hardware CO
Washington Street
J. H. Reed, ‘Jeweler
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