Riley Denies Writing Play Involved in Kendall Tale
The Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley says he never wrote a play for Ezra Kendall nor intended to. He details that Kendall asked him multiple times, but Riley declined, citing lack of time and market risk. He denies involvement with any poem or promised autograph, and mocks the circulating story as absurd.
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Ezra Kendall
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Kendall
Riley
Mrr. Kendall
New England
Indiana
California Western play to open at Park theater Monday
A three day run of California opens Monday at the Park theater. The production features Mrs J Rush Bronson leading a large company with Louise Inresser Jack Norworth and Edward Kimball in key roles. The play, set in Mount Shasta Yosemite Santa Barbara and a Spanish home, includes a bronco act and a stage coach hold-up scene with a romantic plot of Dolores and a reconciled eastern suitor.
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Park Theater
California
Bronson
Old
Mount Shasta
Yosemite Valley
Tom Bolton
Santa Barbara
Gal
Tance
J. Rush Bronson
Louise Inresser
Jack Norworth
Edward Kimball
Dolores
David M. Hartford
Katheryn Tabor
James Casey
Maggie LeClair
John G. McDowell
Henry Walker
Montana Outlaw at Park Theater Opens Thursday
A melodrama titled A Montana Outlaw will be shown at Park theater for three days opening Thursday August 28. Authors Herbert Hall Winslow and Fred S Gibbs present a western tale of life and love set in mining and ranching country with picturesque scenery.
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Park Theater
Montana
West
Herbert Hall Winslow
Fred.s. Gibbs
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Popular singer Hubert Wilke to perform in Fairbank week
Indianapolis theatergoers will welcome Hubert Wilke, famed baritone of The Princess Chic Opera Company, to Fairbank next week. He plans popular ballads and selections from comic operas, with Ostendorf's concert band also giving popular concerts featuring comic opera favorites.
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Indianapolis
Fairbank
Hubert Wilke
Princess Chic’ Opera Company
Wilke
Ostendorf
Empire Theater to Open September First With Utopian Co
The Empire theater announces its opening on September 1 featuring the Utopian Company as the first attraction. Two new burlesques are promised, signaling a lively start to the season.
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Empire Theater
Utopian Company
Pinky Panky Poo Returns with Mrs Campbell in New York
The small dog Pinky Panky Poo arrives in New York with actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell after a voyage from Europe. A plot to steal the pet failed as it was closely watched, and onboard a concert aboard ship drew attention to the animal while Mrs. Campbell expressed concern about the bagpipes.
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Europe
Patrick Campbell
Pinky
Plays and Players Show Shifts in Stage and Personal News
Grace Von Studdiford returns to the Bostonians after vaudeville earnings this season. John Drew will star in The Mummy and the Humming Bird. Gertrude Wallace inherits 100000 from her father. Adele Ritchie starts with an auto smash in Broadway traffic. Grace George headlines with new speaking parts. Blanche Walsh’s What Will People Say draws curious title inspiration. William A. Brady plans a heavy season with Grace George and multiple productions. Eva Tanguay is replaced by Maud Raymond in The New Clown cast amid rehearsal incidents.
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Bostonians
John Drew
Gertrude Wallace
Adele Ritchie
Broadway
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Blanche Walsh
Eva. Tanguay
New York
Miss Tanguay Resting After Manager Frohman Row
A theatre scene reports Miss Tanguay insisting the presence of Charles Frohman as manager did not excuse her breach of stage rules. A voice from the audience noted Frohman would not permit artists of her calibre on stage while he watched, and the incident was then considered closed with Tanguay resting.
Hoosierisms and Outings Dominate Local News Notes
A hoosier con man in Indiana moves into Ohio swindling buyers with a soap scam and carpet promise, while Indiana editors plan an outing at Smiths Island. Claude Hamilton reports 11,000 sheep shorn in Colorado with steam powered rotary shears, and a Carlisle youth’s misdelivered underwear note jokes about courting. Farmers in Washington county fear missing nubbin corn, threatening cow feed.
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Greencastle
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Big Four Engineers Awarded Substantial Wage Increase
The Big Four engineers ratified a new wage scale on Friday and signed the contract Saturday led by J. L. Underhill. Freight engineers gain 4 dollars per 100 miles and yard engines 29 cents an hour, with a 12 hour day and 25 cent overtime. Conductor scales also improved, and the Peoria & Eastern scale matches the Big Four.
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Tarantula at Republican HQ teases Charley Elliott and Gates
A Tarantula in a glass paperweight at chairman Elliott’s desk riffs on Charley Elliott and a mistaken call to Mr Gates. The exchange hints at Marion County Republican machine politics and the Young Women’s Christian Association, with a teaser about future disclosures.
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Charley Eliott
Chairman Elliott
Republican
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Harry Gates
Young Women’s Christian Association
Young Women's Christian Association
Marion County Republican Machine
No Smallpox Found at Oldenburg and Local Incidents
State Health Board reports no smallpox in Oldenburg Franklin county after careful investigation. George Boeldt admits to burning farmer Martin Reiffel's barn after alleged mistreatment. Fred N Smith resigns as chief clerk to join Union National Bank, charter approved for 200000. An EL E W switch engine derailed on Massachusetts avenue injuring conductor William Ashlinger. A loose steer caused chaos on Woodside avenue. boy on a wheel escaped, steer captured after a chase.
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State Health Board
Franklin County
George Boeldt
Downey Sr
Martin Reiffel
Reiffel
NEW Bank
Fred N. Smith
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Led Astray opens with a grand metropolitan premiere
The opening night of Boucicault's Led Astray at Castle Chandoce features a powerful performance by George de Lesparre, dramatic tension, and Edith West's mounting fascination. Herbert West and his wife Edith meet Edwin Bourne, the renowned actor, in a tale of artistic allure and tentative romance amid theater life.
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Castle Chandoce
Edith
Herbert
George de Lesparre
de Lesparre
Edwin Bourne
West
Bourne
Philadelphia
Magnolia
Eddie
George de Lesvarre
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