Professor Napoleon charms audiences at English's Opera House
A large Monday crowd enjoyed the musical extravaganza Professor Napoleon at English's Opera House benefiting the Indianapolis Orphans' Home. The show featured 720 onstage performers in colorful choruses, campus comedy, and German professor humor with Otto Krauss in the lead role. The audience praised the music and performances, with social leaders and a long list of patrons in attendance.
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Profussor Napolman
Opera House
Indianapolis
Campus Cops
Orin T. Tuttle
H. A. Tutewiler
E. Connaughton
Herbert Trague
G. A. Smith
Sambo
Mr. Smith
Otto Krauss
Napoleon
Sagehurst College
Helen
Gertrude Hussler Fugate
Madam de Williard
Sagehur
The Fight for Innocence in Gotham Trust Scandal
In a sensational turn, Robert Granger is convicted for overcertifying a 700000 check that sank Gotham Trust, while Burton Temple fights to clear his name. Craven, Temple’s lawyer, and Cane uncover Granger’s forged letter promising to certify the check, sealing Granger’s downfall and signaling Temple’s victory in a looming confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Grang
Gotham Trust Company
Cornelius Brady
Burton Temple
Temple
Craven
Brady
Flo
Cane
Miss Graham
Anna Dale
Miss Tre
Robert Granger
Granger
Templer
Miss Dale
Gotham Trust
Markley
Robert
Anna
Mr. Craven
Tien Temple
Mr. Brady
O. K
Home made cough syrup promises quick relief and savings
A home remedy blends Pinex with Granulated Sugar Syrup to yield an inexpensive cough syrup. The recipe uses 24 oz Pinex in a pint of syrup, with one teaspoon taken every few hours. Promises rapid cold break up and relief in twenty four hours, cautioning against pine oil preparations. Pinex is described as Norway White Pine Extract and widely available.
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Norway
Mirandy and Sis Calline propose a home reform via sleep suggestion
In a humor piece set in a southern dialect, Mirandy and Sis Calline discuss a Newark preacher’s plan to reform marriages by suggestion. Husbands would be influenced in sleep, with wives prompting kinder behavior and domestic harmony, while Mirandy jokes about preferring the rolling pin and flatiron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Ike
Furderme
Lawd
Pusson
Sis Calline
Jane Jones
Sis Mirandy
Sis Caltine
Mirandy
Sis Caline
Women and Wiles in a Laughing Mirror
A satirical collection on marriage and gender roles, observing how women pursue desire and status while men face stereotypes. Witty lines poke at flirting, cooking, posing as a man hater, church attendance, and the dynamics of marriage, reflecting social mores of the era.
Savings account gift idea from Indiana Trust Co
A holiday appeal praises a savings account as a lasting gift suitable for any age that grows in value and teaches thrift. It urges readers to visit Indiana Trust Co for appropriated desisted covers and to consider opening an account as a wise start to the recipient’s future. The text includes aged figures for capital and surplus showing the bank’s stability.
Raphael's Prophecies For December 9 1908 Forecast
Forecast for a child born on this day warns of health risks and a year of business losses. Travel should be avoided before 6 p m and remaining in employment is advised. The child is described as active and persevering but unlucky in business with potential disgrace for a female.
Carrot Pie Lift and Potato Rolling Tips from Home Recipes
Instructions outline carrot pie substitution using milk sugar spices and eggs, plus a method to roll potatoes quickly using newspapers and cloths. Also notes adding baking powder to pie crust flour for healthier crust and less shortening.
Humorous Exchange on Patenting Almanac Boldness
A witty exchange depicts a strong minded husband raiding a patent medicine almanac from cover to cover without recognizing any symptoms. Mrs Oatcake and Mrs Hayrix trade quips about his stubborn poise and sharp wit in a small town chat.
A Work That Women Should Do For Women
The piece urges American women’s clubs to found a national home for professional women lacking funds. It calls for a board, a fund funded by member taxes, and nationwide entertainments to raise money, led by women with male support on advisory boards. It proposes naming the institution d’Angelo Home for Professional Women and stresses a permanent endowment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulie d’Angelo Bergh
America
Miss Bergh
Ouida
Lfe
England
Women of
d'Angelo Bergh
d’Angelo
Lead Confusion Over Double New Touches Promises
A fragmentary quote suggests a man leading a double new venture and promising to ask two different girls. The readable text shows confusion over his plans and the nature of his commitments. Names, places, and dates are not provided in the available excerpt.
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Tijohn
Fiske
Dr. John
BR. Newcomb
Murray
Jessie R. White
Charles A. Clary
Marguerite Strode Bennett
Jack
Glee Club
Robert J. Hamp
Albert
Norman F. Joseph
Rosalie
Augusta Rentsch
Margaret King Spear
Marie Wilson
Hilsi
Elmer A. Steffen
Fred Wilson
Charles E. Abbott
Howard W. Adams
Cornelia A. Allen
Norman Peck
Albert B. Anderson
Raymond M. Ayres
Thomas G. Barry
William O. Bates
George Bauer
Henry W. Bennett
Everett S. Benson
Albert. J. Beveridge
Richard Bigger
Charles A. Bookwalter
Charles P. Brant
Daniel B. Brosnan
Agnes C. Brown
George W. Brown
Lewis Brown
Louis G. Buddenbaum
John Buehler
Vinson Carter
Edward F. Claypool
W. H. Coburn
Henry Coburn
Lewis Austin Coleman
James E. Collier
William H. Cook
Albert B. Cornelius
Anthony S. Cost
Edward Daniels
Samuel D. McCoy
Scott Runnels
Ucenry Jameson
William Kothe
John J. Kyle
J. Newton Lambert
Fred J.ichtenauer
Carl H. Leiber
Robert W. McBride
Therese V. Smith
William P. Marott
George J. Marott
Albert O. Marsh
Allison Maxwell
William Cooper
Charles W. Mayer
John C. Wright
Gorgon Tanner
George F. Muller
Benjamin B. Minor
Judson D. Moschelle
Rudolph M. Mueller
Herman Munk
Ranson Griffin
George C. Haerle
Andrew Hagen
William N. Harding Jr
Watson J. Hasselman
Otto Hauelisen
Wiliam G. Hauelsen
Horace F Haynes
William Helfenberger
Frank S. Hill
William J. Hogar
Jacquilen S. Holliday
Charles E. Hollingsworth
Arthur M. Hood
James H. Hooker
William H. Hubbard
George W. Hufford
William A. Hughes
Q. S. Bunzes
Herbert Whitehead
John T. Saubter
Frances F. Sayles
William Schaefer
Gustav A. Schnull
Frederick A. Schuele
George Seidensticker
C. C. Shirley
Herman H. Sielken
J. F. Wallick
C. A. Wallingford
Chapman Williams
W. F. Wochcer
Thomas A. Wynn
Lima BF. Whitsett
W. A. Wildhack
Clarence Walsin
George B. Yandes
Carl von Hake
John T. Brush
George C. Hitt
Caleb S. Denny
Senator Fiske
Prof
Mr.uzarp
Napoleon's
Elsie
Bae
Sravers
Jarese Ging
Anna Granger
Tye
Anna Gardner
Dorothy DIX
Alonzo
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Indiana Trust Co.a.home For Savings
Raphael
Beatrice Fairfax
American Journal-Ex
Aminer
United States
Indianapolis Gas Co
Carl L. Rost
Diamond Merchant
Illinois St
the Glaypool Has
Colt
Chicago
Northllinois St Claypool Hotel
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