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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
3
Auto racing in Indiana in mid December brings a test of weather and grit as speed trials at the new track open with drivers preparing today. Sweepers have ready the surface while Christie and Fred Wagner arrive to push for records and a first trial.
After a week of cycling work in New York a loud melee erupted at the Hotel Bath Bartholdi as Demara and Lawson argued over pay. Demara found a $14 deduction given to trainer Booles for extras, sparking a fight that sent him sprawling into a telephone booth and barroom. Rumors claimed winning teams shared prize money ranging from $7,000 to $100 per pair.
Hot Springs Ark December 14 definite announcement that the Brooklyn ball team will train here with a lease on Whittington park from March 1 to March 21. The Pirates will use the park until the end of April making four major league teams in spring training at Hot Springs alongside the Boston Americans and Cincinnati teams.
A tele phone comedy Awake at the Switch with Miss Margaret Moffat opens at Grand Opera House, plus The Virginia Judge by Walter C Kelly and ventriloquism by Marshall Montgomery. Park Theater features Cole and Johnson company with vivid musical numbers and Aida Overton Walker dances. Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch comes to Park Theater next week with a large cast led by unique characters including Cuby the horse.
A lengthy reviews montage covers Majestic Theater with Arnold and other Cincinnati cast additions in A Night Off while Colonial Theater presents vaudeville’s strong bill. Rawson June impress in boomering, Violinsky thrills on violin, Sophie Tucker headlines, and a string of acts including The Runaway Kids and The Watermelon Trust draw lively crowds.
The American Cans widened their Manufacturer's league lead by taking three from the Parrys while the National Autos beat the Spades in two odd games. The Lil Tys swept the Laycocks and the Marion Overlands fell to the Kahns who rolled 1,088 to set city league records. The Tailors posted 347 919 and 1 088 for an average of 985, highest this year, with Giffin top scoring at 250 and Wallace second with 246. The MO's notched the second high score of 948 in their first attempt.
A brief anecdote recounts a man's startled reaction to his wife revealing she had set the clock for 6 am the following morning. The exchange ends with a startled, humorous note about early rising.
A lighthearted exchange riffs on Jones marrying Miss Gabbie. The crowd quips that the couple are on a wedding tour and that Jones will mistake it for a lecture tour upon returning, reflecting playful gossip of the scene.
Ayer's Pills are recommended to stir the liver and start bile with a single nightly dose. They are described as acting directly on the liver to treat constipation biliousness dyspepsia and sick headaches and note a long history of selling for more than six decades.
A clipped OCR fragment mentions retail coal prices and includes a brief humorous dialogue about facial expression and leaving a vacuum company for lack of substance. The readable parts reference prices and a joke about changing countenance.
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