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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1905
Page
10
Park Theater continues Dora Thorpe an adaptation by Bertha M. Clay and received acclaim as a lively melodrama. Producers Rowland and Cumnord present a heartfelt love story with audience appeal as a gallery god remains attentive.
A stream of brief social notes records Mrs. Henry Kimble’s planned New York return next week after weeks away, Miss Bertha Coulter’s early next month trip from Denver to New York, and numerous visits among Martinsville Lafayette Muncie and Greensburg residents. Families including the Reagans, Lankfords, Enders, Pearson, Chandler, Wellington, Steele, Cass, Barnett, Jamison, O Royle, Spotts, Thompson, Wyne, and others are mentioned with travel to Detroit, Michigan, Monon, and Clark Lake, plus a May wedding at Grace Cathedral and upcoming autumn travel plans by Tarkington and others.
Innes and his band will perform Wagnerian pieces at Fair Bank park on Friday night. The program includes Overture Rienzi, The Mastersingers, Song of the Rhine Maidens, Twilight of the Gods, Tannhauser selections, and Dreams. The event funds the Roberts Park Choral Society at Tomlinson hall with about 50 local performers.
In St Louis a protest against the Sunday closing law is being prepared for Missouri women to sign. The Missouri branch of the German American National Alliance and 57,000 voters have already protested, with several thousand women volunteering signatures.
Governor Folk attempted to drive a train returning from Homanyville Thursday night. Staff member H B McDaniel tried to fire the engine but got only two miles.
A train engine accident aboard President Roosevelt's train near Elmira New York claimed the life of William Maroney on Thursday night. The incident occurred during a water stop, as officials investigated the engine failure and crew responses to the fatal event.
The presidential party arrived Friday morning and stayed at Higgins hall where Domestic Science students cooked breakfast. About 1,200 guests attended as the president and party were served in white uniforms with flag caps. A flower scattering line greeted him en route to the amphitheater where the chorus sang and Bishop Vincent introduced the president who spoke to Chautauquans. A missing watch caused a minor incident as a guard suspected a light fingered theft.
Fire destroyed a barn a summer kitchen and a woodshed on the Ambrose Danean farm one mile south east of Broad Ripple Friday morning. A bucket brigade fought the blaze. The Hawkins Hart family had recently moved onto the farm. The fire is believed caused by spontaneous combustion in a hay mow.
San Francisco Aug 1 Jimmy Britt agrees to return match with boxer Dut after 11 weeks of pressures from sporting writers. Negotiations include 39 rounds, a side bet and club stakes. No guarantees to stand, with a percentage of proceeds for Britt and effort to ensure a fair purse.
A wary ad warns that stimulants only raise temporary stomach well being. It praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discoveries as a remedy for weak stomachs with indigestion plus chronicles a Gordonville reader's recovery after eight bottles. Also notes substitutes and Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a cure for constipation.
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