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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1902
Page
5
A cautionary tale unfolds as Kitty Carew is drawn into a lavish Rossbeg castle ball. The dowager matriarch lures Kitty to dance with her grandson the prince, revealing a fairy godmother role and a romance with Lord Rossbeg. Kitty’s sisters watch as the magic deepens, hinting at social ascent and intrigue.
On a Dublin to Rosslare journey the Misses Dudgeon occupy a third class compartment with their maid and guard, snubbing an old lady traveling with a servant. They debate money for new gowns while their sister Kitty suffers, and disembark at Rossbeg station as night falls.
Rev Burris A. Jenkins, former president of the University of Indianapolis and now head of the University of Kentucky, will preach at the Third Christian Church Sunday morning and evening.
The upcoming Park Christmas attraction features The James Boys in Missouri a touring show with scenery and spectacular acts. A plot centers on the rightful heir of Sir John Dexter facing arrest for murder amid a romantic sub plot and a train robbery with George Klint and Alma Hearn leading the company.
The piece notes weak holiday amusement with limited play options on Christmas Day in Indianapolis. It praises the vaudeville line up including Clayton White and Marie Stuart, remarks on foreign acts and management practices, and recalls Otis Skinner’s festive visit and theater decorations elsewhere, urging local managers to dress venues festively.
The Grand presents a holiday vaudeville program headed by Clayton White Marie Stuart and a five person company with les Frascttis European musicians noted as the highest paid acts on stage They perform violin harp and xylophone and avoid comedy A second sketch Mr and Mrs Es mond is acclaimed among the top artistic bits Other acts include Lenaro and Bailey Zagel Vernon the Yankee four Kelly and Kent Al Lurtus and Millar Jessie Millar and a new play with a hero boy stolen by gypsies A deathbed confession.
From Monday to Wednesday the venue will present Gypsy Jack with star Wille Granger. Granger, a well known romantic actor, recently performed stock melodrama work for the company.
Fred Irwin presents his Big Show at the Grand Empire all week with Clayton White and Marie Stuart. The bill features two European acts eight comedians and a chorus. Acts include the Sison City quartet the Ronays from Berlin the Salvaggis from Europe and performers Lester Curtin Blossom Seely and the Waldron brothers.
Mrs. Will Kavanaugh, formerly Pauline Devoss of Muncie, Indiana, returns to the stage after years in the newspaper field with The Sun. She and her husband spent years as traveling representatives for circulation, covering much of Indiana including the gas belt cities, gaining wide recognition.
The Indianapolis Sun notes a promotion by Dr. Franklin Miles offering $10,000 worth of free treatments for heart liver stomach and nerve diseases. Each package includes elixir pills tonics and a diagnostic chart with personal advice.
The leading lady of the Josh Spruce brand company now tours the western states and achieves hit status as a performer.
A Greenwood dairyman proposes two rooms for hot water baths to treat cows with sour milk issues. The item also notes local asides about a driver’s lost screwdriver at a drugstore and a quip about eggs as a Christmas gift for editors. Other brief items mention a Tamarack undertaker’s customer service, a Lawrenceburg tree cut down by Mike Daly, and a horse incident in Rockville with damage to a tulip bed and pansy bed.
An Indianapolis Sun contest offers one dollar and a No 1 Ananias club membership for the best 160 word or shorter confession. Personal lies disqualified. Submit your name for verification, not for publication, to THE BOSS LIAR Indianapolis Ind care of Indianapolis Sun.
A farmer in Greenfield Indiana recounts a remarkable tale as a sow, escaping through a fence into a corn crib, shared grain and water with piglets, then returned to the pen. The event inflamed locals who doubt the sow’s worth at any price.
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