New Gayety to Open with Strong Family VAudeville Bill
Indianapolis will welcome the largest and most comfortable ten cent family vaudeville theater as the New Gayety opens next Monday afternoon. The interior is redecorated with new scenery and lights, and a portion of the first three days receipts will benefit Salvation Army Fresh Air Fund and News and Star funds. The National Vaudeville association will supply a balanced opening week bill drawn from its roster of over 100 first class family theaters.
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Indianapolis
Middle West
Salvation Army Fresh Air Fund
News and Star
Gayety
National Vaudeville Association
Metropolitan Open Golf Championship at Wykagyl
Details for the Metropolitan open golf championship to be held September 16 17 at Wykagyl Country Club New Rochelle NY announced. Open to amateurs and professionals with entries due September 11 at noon. 72 holes medal play first prize 150 cash plus gold medal. second 100. Eight cash prizes and 60 in special prizes. An August 15 open 18 holes four ball best ball event precedes the tournament with amateur and professional teams. No entry fee.
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New York
Wykagyl Country Club
New Rochelle
N. Y
A Simple Home Remedy for Indigestion and Kidney Troubles
A prominent doctor touts Haag's Liver Pills as the best remedy, claiming they restore gastric and pancreatic juices, relieve liver, stomach, and kidney congestion, and aid digestion. The pills, with optional partial doses, were created for Haag's aged mother and are sold by Haag drug stores or by mail from Julius A. Haag in Indianapolis.
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Haag
Haag Drug
Julius A. Haag
Indianapolis
Ind
Actress Estelle Allen Stars in The Princess of Patches at the Park
Estelle Allen age sixteen delivers a delightful impersonation of Selma Silverthorn in The Princess of Patches at the Park theater for a three day engagement. Her performance blends melodrama and comedy with musical numbers and strong dramatic instinct. Alfred Allen as Waggins and the cast including Sidney L. Mason Frank Glendon Charlotte Wilkins Marie Van Wilson Farnum round out the production.
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Estelle Allen
Selma Silverthorn
Miss Allen
Alfred Allen
Waggins
Tramp
Judas
Sidney L. Mason
Lee Silverthorn
Selma
Frank Glendon
Jack Merry
Charlotte Wilkins
Marie van
Wilson Farnum
Prince of Liars Roaring Musical Comedy At Wonderland
The Prince of Liars presented by the enlarged Airdome Musical Comedy company at Wonderland proves a winner. Tom Arnela plays the liar prince with clever twists as laughter arises from his predicaments. Notable performances include George Peltier Edmund Flaig Cecil Summers and Clara Louise Canaan with Corene Bain among new faces. The cast, chorus, and orchestra shine amid a Wonderland program featuring a German Village orchestra and a Thursday fireworks display from the flatiron building.
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Airdome Musical Comedy Company
Wonderland
Tom Arnela
George Peltier
Indianapolis
Edmund Flaig
Cecil Summers
Shuberts Lease Play House at Terre Haute
The Shuberts have leased the Coliseum theater in Terre Haute Indiana for one year. The season will open in mid September.
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Shuberts
Terre Haute
Ind
The
Coliseum
Stowell Bros. Candy Theft Sparks Small Robbery Case
A thief robbed a candy slot machine at Stowell Bros grocery 2526 E Washington St Sunday night, taking a small amount of money. Other local items include the new Maj Harold Megrew camp forming with 150 names and a merged veterans group, a new school building planned at E Tenth and Dearborn, a rubber theft case at A Bornstein’s warehouse, the death of Mrs Sarah Jacobs, a petition to retain George Helm as Norwood color marshal, and Albert Gibney recovering from motorcycle injuries but vowing to race on.
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Stowell Bros.’ Grocery
Washington Street
Harold Megrew
John S.poland
Burton C. Cottrell
Union delegates nominated for state federation election
Central Labor Union on Monday night nominated candidates for delegates to the State Federation meeting in September at South Bend. The list includes John Hughes, Samuel Sullivan, R. G. Shaughnessy, Joseph Lumley, S. P. Meadows, Frank Ankenbrock, J. J. Walsh, Harry O'Leary and others. Five delegates will be chosen.
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Central Labor Union
South Bena
John Hughes
Samuel J. Sullivan
R. G. Shaughnessy
Joseph R. Lumley
S. P. Meadows
Frank Ankenbrock
J. J. Walsh
Harry O'Leary
Dirs
Catherine O'Connell
Adrian Hathcock
C. A. Hayes
Jac Leiden
James Enidicott
Frank Hirkhart
F. M. Hackett
D. L. Stoddard
E. A. Perkins
H. L. Wright
Bruce J. Hinager
Frank Davis
Albert Aiiler
Lou Ackers
Merritt Lenz
George Green
J. R. Lumley
P. B. Pitzpatrick
Charity Dunhkip
Frank Johnston
Blind farmer’s suicide at Indiana home
In Columbia City Indiana on August 24 Rudolph Helblig eighty and blind for two years hanged himself at his farm home. He was dead when his wife discovered the body hours after the act. The couple had just marked their golden wedding anniversary.
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Columbia City
Ind
Rudolph Helblig
Helblig
Grand Patrons Delighted With Season Opening at Grand
The Grand opera house opened the social season in Indianapolis with a cool pleasant afternoon and a high quality vaudeville lineup. Billy Van, Edward Jolly, Winifred Wild, Grigolati’s Aerial Ballet, Borani and Nevaro, the Tempest and Sunshine trio, and a well staged Superstition sketch headline a diverse program. The audience praised comfort improvements and the overall entertainment value.
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Alianapolis
Billy van
Elwood
Billy
Edward Jolly
Winifred Wild
Indianapolis
Mr. Jolly
Miss Wild
Grigolati
Borani
Nevaro
Tempest
Sunshine
Charles W. Bowser
Edith Hinkle
John McCloskey
McKay and Cantwell
Polite Pastor Pays Do Cents To The Bride
In Scottsburg Indiana Aug 24 a Presbyterian minister Rev W O Goodloe officiated a wedding for a Greenwood couple. After the ceremony the groom asked for the charge. The minister said there was none but accepted a quarter and a nickel from the groom. He then handed the bride a coin as her first wedding present.
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Scottsburg
Ind
W. O. Goodloe
Presbyterian Church
Greenwood
Dr. Goodloe
Tales From The City Fire and Police Barns
Reports describe assistant chief Petty carrying a small hand extinguisher in his buggy and a recent solo fire save. Desk men can swap patrol duties while downtown affairs require attention. Nick Hofbauer repairs a dud motorcycle horn at fire station No 2 with no success. Wagonmen and bicycle cops avoid cards to stay ready for alarms. Robert Simms, truck driver, trains cats and entertains with music between the kitten stunts.
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Petty
Nicholas Hoffbauer
Robert Simms
Hank
Simms
Bob
End of a Red Nose New Flesh Colored Face Skin Healer
A skin colored pigment claims to hide blemishes and inflammation on the face. It allegedly neutralizes redness and pimples, allows daytime wear, and heals eczema within days. Sold by Weber Drug Co and available via Emergency Laboratories, New York, for fifty cents per small amount.
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Weber Drug Co
West Twentyfifth Street
New York
Patrick Seeks Freedom via Appeal From Sing Sing
Albert T. Patrick now serving a life term in Sing Sing for the Rice murder has filed notice of appeal with the court of appeals. He seeks review of the appellate division decision denying a writ of habeas corpus. Patrick spoke from his cell in the prison to a World reporter, saying the appeal could be his final bid for liberty with an October hearing anticipated.
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Patrick
World
Partick
Lecause
Court of Appeals
Undertaker delays Crary burial at Goshen cemetery
In Goshen Indiana the funeral cortege for Charles Crary was halted by undertaker C B Stiver, his lawyers, and police over a disputed written contract Crary made six years earlier with Silver to handle his funeral and cremation. Crary died in Dallas Texas. The body was kept in a vault as guardianship and an estate dispute proceed in court.
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Goshen
Ind
Charles Crary
Oakridge Cemetery
C. B. Stiver
Crary
Chicago
Dallas
Tex
D. M. Bechtel
Smith Clark Company
Wesley Crary
Kid Henry Stops Brennan With Knockout at Gregon Club
In Troy New York on August 24 Kid Henry did not lose to Willie Brennan. He knocked Brennan out in the eighth round with a powerful uppercut at the Gregon Athletic Club.
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Troy
N. Y
Kid Henry
Waterloo
The
Gregon Athletic Club
Willie Brennan
Special Excursion Fares to Montreal and Other Cities
Grand Trunk Railway announces summer 1903 excursion fares Chicago to Montreal and many destinations with return prices such as 20.00 to Quebec, 21.60 Temagami, 27.50 Portland, 25.69 New York, plus over 100 other Canadian New England and Jersey Coast locations. Tickets valid 30 days with liberal stopovers. St. Lawrence routes included at higher fares. Obtain timetables and literature by mail from W S Cookson or Bliss Native H RBS.
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Chicago
Montreal
Quebec
Ceeerences
Temagami
Eaeeaceres
Portland
New York
Atlantic City
Asbury Park
Canada
New England
Jersey
St. Lawrence River
Rapids
Cookson, A. G. P. A
Adams Street
Burlesque Still A House Filler At The Empire
The Empire in Indianapolis filled seats with burlesque crowds as The Big Empire Show opened. Tom McRae led the two burlettas with sharp comedy, supported by Nolan Ryne White Fontaine sisters Emerson Palmer and others. The Garden City Trio and a lively prize fight burlesque drew loud laughs as manager Burton promised further improvements.
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Empire Theater
Indianapolis
Empire
Tom McRae
McRae
Tom Nolan
Jack Ryne
Clara White
Fontaine Sisters
Sue Emerson
Russell Palmer
Russell-Palmer
Ryne
Emerson
Miss Emerson
Rose
Ellis
Garden City
The
Frank Walmsley
O'Neal Brothers
Burton
Artificial gas for Decatur in ten days
Decatur Indiana residents will receive artificial gas service within ten days after Indiana Lighting Co completed connecting the town mains to the Fort Wayne gas works. Old natural gas lines will be used with no house piping changes required while a scented leak detection solution is pumped into mains to alert occupants of any leakage.
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Decatur
Ind
Aug. N
Indiana Lighting Company
Fort Wayne
Hoosier Girl Travels 7000 Miles for Brazil Wedding
Miss Ida Bruggerman of Kendallville will travel to Brazil to marry Rev. Martin J. Frosch, a Lutheran missionary. She will be met in Rio de Janeiro and escorted to their new home for the wedding. The couple met when he was a pastor in Fort Wayne.
Capitol City Garden Vaudeville Week Promises Top Talent
Capitol City Garden offers a week of entertainment with Earl Wogan the tenor Mile ton Neighbors on piano and Waltzes Peterson on violin. Manager Sloan delivers lively acts and attentive service with Mose and Charley handling food and drinks.
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Capitol City Garden
Vaudevile
Earl Wogan
Secord
Mileton
Waltzes Peterson
Echo
Sloan
Mose
Charley
I Cure Men and Women Doctor Wechsler Ad
A medical ad promoting Dr Wechsler a specialist for chronic and private diseases. It lists cures for nervous debility lost manhood emissions blood poison skin diseases syphilis gout stricture rheumatism varicocele bladder kidney liver stomach and female complaints. Mentions nebulizer treatment for catarrh nose throat lung diseases trial treatment free confidential evaluation and office hours with location at Delaware and 6th streets and entrance on Delaware.
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Wechsler
Delaware
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