Indianapolis Theatergoers Ring Up High Prices For Meh Season
The Indianapolis dramatic season has been poky with scant hits and many shows lacking star power. Critics note Florodora underwhelmed in Indianapolis, while Alice of Old Vincennes failed to impress. Otis Skinner and Mrs. LeMoyne offered the few strong engagements. Prices are blamed, patrons feel they deserve better value and more new productions from major players who rarely appear locally.
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Indianapolis
San
New York Way
New York
Alice
Old
Vincennes
Indiana
E. Rose
Charles Frohman
Dodo
Beck
Joe Jefferson
William H. Crane
Otis Skinner
Grace van Studdifard
Bostonians
Miss van Studdiford
Marian
Grace George
Bhe
Molly Pitcher
Kathryn Kidder
San Gene
Miss Kidder
Sheridan
School For Scandal
Park M Faddens Row of Flats Comedy at Park
Local favorite MeFadden’s Row of Flats opens at the Park for a short week. A lively political farce based on Tim McFadden and Jacob Baumgarten with comic "yellow-kid" characters. Specialties include Tierney Rooney Yeo man Lamont Klein Ott brothers Ralston Sullivan Watson and a chorus of 16 girls with stylish costumes. Scenic sets depict Tammany Hall Five Points and the Waldorf Astoria.
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Fadden
Atories
Tim McFadden
Jacob Baumgarten
Bell Boys
John Tierney
Katie Rooney
George ‘Yeoman
Jennie Lamont
Klein
Ott Brothers
Bobby Ralston
Jerry
Sullivan
Harry, Watson
Tammany Hall
Five Points
New York City
Waldorf Astoria
Passion lecture author to speak at the Park
Harry Feicht, famed for his Indianapolis Passion play lecture, will present at the Park Rec 29. He has recently returned from Oberammergau with new pictures, and the Pike theater company of Cincinnati begins a spring stock season in Indianapolis with several NY-run plays first shown locally. Grand-Vaudeville week promises strong acts including Tom Nawa with a novel one-sketch and a cast of four.
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Harry
Feicht
Indianapolis
Park
Oberammergau
Bummer
Pike Theater Company
Cincinnati
New York
Tom
Nawa
Nawn
Pat
Genii
Sager Midgley
Gertie Carlisle
Bruett
Reviere
Amer
Weber
the Empire
Mildred Murray
Navarros
Snyder
Buckley
Jordan
Welch
Garrity
Charlies Falke
Charles Lillian
Nelson
Milledge
West Point
Across the Desert Comes to the Park Stage
The Park announces a diverse bill featuring Josephine Sabel, Madge Fox, the Tossing Austins, and Frank James in Across the Desert a sensational melodrama about a kidnapped girl and a lover who rescues her through perilous adventures. Engagement begins Thursday.
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Park
Frank James
Desert
James Brothers
Indianapolis
New York
Arizona
Jap Miller of Brooklyn Sells Wit and Roots in Indiana
In Brooklyn Indiana on December 4 staff correspondent profiles Jap Miller, a famed and cantankerous local figure known as the Sage of Brooklyn. He narrates a colorful life from a 1857 birth forecast to campaign speeches and a thriving store, praising Riley and local politics while noting his town pride and humor.
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Brooklyn
Ind
Shelby County
Indiana
Jap Miller
Fountain Head
James Whitcomb -Riley
SUN
Ike
Martinsville
Indianapolis
Morgan
Brown County
Riley
Jim
Caleb Meeks
Kokomo
Jes
Poisons in Blood and the Alma-Bromo Remedy
The article explains how poisons reach the blood through the intestines and how regular bowel movement prevents many diseases. It praises Alma-Bromo Salt as a natural, gentle cleanser that supports liver and kidneys and contrasts it with artificial laxatives which irritate intestines and offer only temporary relief.
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Alma
Oldest residents note record high Christmas prices in windows
Shoppers discuss extravagant displays as merchants report strong sales of costly wares. A rosy young woman examines a $25 china plate, a $100 Favrile glass article, and a $35 Royal Copenhagen dog figurine, finding most prices too steep and doubting universal appeal.
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Tao
Royal Copenhagen
Copenhagen
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