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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1889
Page
3
A rural flirtation unfolds at Fitz Culverin’s castle as Sir Marmaduke courts Barbara the dairymaid, while she resists and reveals a prior engagement to Adelgitha, exposing a comic misunderstanding in a Toledo Blade style scene.
A sweeping roundup notes Marie Wainwright headlining an European tour in April with Louise Muldener as support for next season, Beatrice Cameron as Anne in Mansfield's Richard, and T Sullivan as Rose Coghlan's lead. Other stars linked include Charles W. Bowser in Mareden's Cheek, Sarah Bernhardt studying Lena Pespard for a French adaptation, and Nat Goodwin engaging Isabelle Coe for Kata Forsythe’s part in A Gold Mine. Also covered are divorce suit by Marion Manola from Carl Irving, new opera Adrielle debuting June 3 at Union Square, Digby Bell's retirement from McCaull company, and a Bright's disease notice promoting Water’s Safe Cure with medical authority endorsements.
In Toledo a theft occurred three minutes before sunset, changing classification from burglary to petty larceny. The Bean brothers of Fairview Montgom County Pa feud over a shared lane with legal wrangles, John's stone use and Samuel's fence risk. Boston courts ruled a local debt collection bureau cannot chase delinquents by corpselike burlesque agents, a humorous but halted tactic that distressed some victims.
The article notes 1,500 Indiana miners in a progressive union and details depressed wages for Black workers in North Carolina towns. It cites monthly pay for men and domestic workers, with women and girls taking low wages for services such as laundry and nursing. Reports from Cleveland and Pittsburg suggest a depressed iron trade and barely livable wages for workers in Cleveland.
A Missouri paper notes several first class death notices were crowded out this week to make room for a circus advertisement. Instances include a Rothschild man who dressed in a shroud and slept in his purchased coffin and a Minneapolis retiree who drank poison in a cemetery lot.
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