Detroit Chief cites Frenkel reputation in murder case
In a Detroit communication Chief John J. Downey reports to Cant. of Detectives Bray that Mayor Frenkel, accused of murdering his wife to obtain life insurance while in Detroit, had a bad reputation. Downey notes a prior arrest for receiving stolen goods without conviction and alleges Frenkel harmed his wife and sent her to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Downey
Detroit
Mich
Bray
Frenkel
New State Hospital Progress Acknowledged by Trustees
At the monthly meeting Governor Hanly and the board of trustees of the South eastern Infant hospital praised new contractors Pulse and Porter of Greensburg for advancing work since taking over from E M Canfield. The board approved their regular monthly allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanly
Southeastern Infant Hospital Board of Trustees
Pulse & Porter
Greensburg
E. M. Canfield
A Little Brother of the Rich’s Triumphant New Novel
A Chicago writer Joseph Medill Patterson triggers society uproar with A Little Brother of the Rich a saga of wealth lineage and romance in Darbeyville and New York. It follows Sylvia Castle and Paul Potter from youth to engagement tests amid family pressure and social clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Medill Patterson
Chicago
Reilly and Britton Company
Sylvia Castle
New York
Sylvia
Hermes
Papa
Kitten
Heaven
Paul
John Castle
Darbeyville
Carl Paul
Carl Wilmerding
Billy Dunbar
Boozy
Billy
Lassie Ellis
Miss Beulah Poynter Delights Park Audiences In Lena Rivers
Park crowds packed the theater as Miss Beulah Poynter staged Lena Rivers, drawing praise as the city’s most beautiful dramatic star. The production, less than three years old, spurred multiple touring companies and big money for managers. A Wonder land comedy drew laughs when a tailor performed in sheath trousers, echoing Mae Melbane’s wardrobe, while a dancer wore a sheath skirt attracting attention in the earlier show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Poynter
Lena Rivers
Miss Poynter
Wonderland
Mae Melbane
Park
Miss Melbane
Gaiety Presents The Stage Rustler At New Gayety
The Talk-a-Graph company stages the border drama Gaiety The Stage Rustler as the feature talking picture at the New Gayety theater. The firm also showcases Wonders of Canada a scenic film and offers the Symphonia Trio with a Darktown Directoire Girl act. This week marks the theater as the only talking picture venue in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Gayety
Permanent
Talking Picture Theater
Canada
Symphonia Trio
Indianapolis
Empire Theater Star Supports Women Voting in Colorado
Dorothy Collins of the Broadway Gaiety Girls at the Empire theater says she believes women should vote and reveals she cast her ballot for Colorado governor Peabody. She defends fiction undercuts but uses satire to persuade audiences and vows to keep voting as long as legal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Collins
The
Empire
Colorado
Miss Collins
Peabody
East
West
Miss. Collins
Grand Thre seat sale opens for Grand and Indiananels vaudeville season
The Grand theater opens its eighth vaudeville season with a Thursday morning rush for season tickets at the Grand and Indianapolis home of vaudeville. Manager Shafer Ziegler notes an unprecedented demand as foreign acts lead a large, elaborately staged bill. The lineup features Les Salvaggis with six performers and the Mar tells with five, plus several acts of three or more performers. Kinodrome may show latest motion pictures as season finale.
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the Grand
Indiananelis
Shafer Ziegler
The
Grand
Les Salvaggis
Martells
Grand Management
Kinodrome
Majestic Manager Plans Labor Day Matinee Return
Forepaugh Stock company head George F. Fish arrived in Indianapolis after summer by the sea near Ocean City. He announced plans to open the Majestic on Labor Day matinee and bring back familiar performers along with new stock players from other cities.
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George F. Fish
Forepaugh Stock Company
Majestic Theater
Indianapolis
Ocean City
Fish
Majestic
Indianapols Theater
Fair Bank Manager Plans Sale Of Noted Horse
Mrs. A. J. Tron, manager of Fair Bank, admiring Madame Marantette and her educated horses, falls for Prince Rowland the gaited saddler and asks Colonel Harris for a price. A former daring rider, she renewed interest in Indianapolis riding this summer and owned her own horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Tron
Fair Bank
Madame Marantette
Prince Rowland
Colonel Harris
Tron
Indianapolis
Prize Ring Heroine Shuns Boulevard Jaunts
The horse trained and in good condition is kept from the boulevard due to a mishap. Prince Rowland draws attention and Colonel Harris quotes a price of about twenty two and a half, to which Mrs. Tron replies twenty three forms with a laugh. A matinee of Madame Marantette and society horses is advertised at Fair Bank on Saturday afternoon with Master Joseph Casey as headliner and other acts filling the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Evers
Sylvia
Paul
Billy Dunbar
Katherine
Lassie Ellis
Carl Wilmerding
Anita Devereaux
Prince Rowland
Colonel Harris
Mrs. Tron
Madame Marantette
Fair Bank
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Yale
Lassiter Ellis
Harvey Ellis
Carl
Muriel Evers
Richard Evers
Muriel
Anita
Katherine Dunbar
Mr. Potter
Ellis
New Haven House
Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek, Mich
Morris
Brussels
IOC
Soc Per
Kentucky Ave
Empire Theater
Hoosier
Zemo Zemo
Sleight’s
Mme. Marantette
ST. Patrick
Columbus
Tanae Ryder
Weber
Ferger
Piersos
Gall
Edna May Glover
Directoire Gow
White City
Peckaoe
Joseph Casey
Capital Garden
Moses Rosenthal
Ager
Capital City Garden
Rosenthal
Seliom
Scotland
Uganda
Apolo Kagwa
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