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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
10
Gov Hanly faulted James P. Goodrich and his family for attendance at a state troops review at St Ben Harrison on Wednesday. Guests include Mx and Mia Goodrich and their son Pierre among others.
The program lists Thursday Friday and Saturday shows at Park Theater featuring Old Isaaca of the Bowery and a Metropolitan Concert Band from New York with Grace Van Studdbeld. Fair Bank Park offers Wonderland acts, performing bears the Willards contortionists the DeGraw trio and more. White City presents Chutes baby Incubator Hale's tours scenic railway and Riverside Park offers chutes river wild animals boating golf and amusements. Avon dale Heights showcases Nellie the high diving dog Twenty Minutes From the Farm and vaudeville acts.
Wonderland attracts larger crowds than any prior week as its popularity remains steady. President Richard Kany arrived from Milwaukee for a few days and praised the park’s attendance. Free attractions are among the season’s best with Deena, the Day Grand trio, and the Willards drawing praise. Friday features water fireworks in the lagoon, a novelty spectacle. Knights of Pythias day is set for September 4 at Wonderland.
The Park Theater opens Old Isaacs From the Bowery by Charles E. Blaney with Harry First in the title role. The drama centers on a Hebrew merchant in wartime New York, promising brisk action, comedy, and strong realism, as Blaney’s latest work aims to surpass previous productions.
Pat Reilly and Woods' Big Show booked for three days at the Empire Theater starting Thursday August 23. The burlesque act headlines a new vaudeville line with top acts from major music halls, including The Madman and notable dancers and singers.
Miss Grace Van Bruddiford appears at Fair Bank park this week wearing a Jong Hight coat and describing her lozenges as ponbons though they are plain candies. The Metropolis band, led by Henry Rentorff, opens Thursday night with For Liberty and Right, a piece praised for its strong reception in prior performances. Rentorff, educated in Germany, has played with Gilmore's band and Theodore Thomas's orchestra, adding prestige to the concert series.
The program showcased martial and descriptive pieces by noted composers and conductors with Thursday afternoon and evening concerts. Colin Well’s, St Louis, led by William Weil, opens a two week engagement at Far Bank Monday. Excursions to White City attract crowds from across the state, featuring the loop the loop and chutes, Duster Brown, and Hale’s car tours. Henry Kramer, a longtime Indianapolis German resident and meat dealer, dies at 7 131 E Seventeenth St, survived by a large family.
Denver August 16 Mike Ifwint Bullivan of Bozton and Rube Smith of Denver fought two rounds to a draw in a local boxing bout. Blaze at Lilly Plant Fire late Wednesday night damaged EM Lity wet manufacturing chemists plant near an elevator shaft on the third floor amid dense smoke and water. fire subdued with difficulty.
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