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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1901
Page
5
A lively guide to holiday gifting, warning against ill chosen sets and celluloid trinkets. It favors practical items like brass pieces, lace, gloves, handkerchiefs, and tasteful boxes, while noting fine dress waists, cigars, and books as solid choices.
Lotta Gladstone and company please Grand audiences with a lively program nightly. Rice and Barton’s company headlines the Empire late this week with burlesques and vaudeville acts. Charles Barton and Idylla Vyner deliver standout verse and songs, while Edward Hayes debuts new features including a Garrick travesty. Tom Nawn will headline at the Grand next week with polished vaudeville performances.
Crawford Johnson and the horses of an Indianapolis transfer company theatrical truck were slightly injured when Illinois Street car 161 bumped the truck at Market Street Thursday afternoon.
The Fisher automobile company of Indianapolis announces capitalization of 10000 dollars. Directors named are Horace L. Hewitt Carl G. Fisher and Merton H. Bentley all of Indianapolis.
A girl named Dorothea Brainard rescues a ragged boy and later seeks mercy for him. Wallace Bremer, now Brainard’s secretary, declares his love and asks for Dorothea’s hand in marriage with Brainard’s consent after recalling a past act of kindness.
Wallace learns that Mr. Brainard will adopt him, becoming family with Dorothea. The reunion scene follows as Dorothea meets the news with warmth and Wallace declares his eternal love and pledge. The elder Braindard invites a long talk to follow, hinting at future family ties.
A marketing line states the product name Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets the celebrated Cold and Grip Cure and its price of 25 cents appears on every box. The text reflects a 19th or early 20th century drug advertisement style.
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