Blaze Kills Child as Doll Dress Ignites
New York reports seven fires across the city causing one death and hundreds of injuries or near misses. Ethel O Connor, daughter of Magistrate O'Connor, died at Sydenham hospital after lighting her dress with matches while showing a doll dress. City Marshal Henry Lazarus smothered the flames with his coat. no other family members were present except the ill mother and two other children away.
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Sydenham Hospital
Henry Lazarus
Josephine
Gideons to Place 800 Bibles in Indianapolis Hotels
The Gideons national organization plans to place 800 Bibles in Indianapolis hotels next year, making the city one of thirteen in the United States to receive volumes. This year the group distributed 50,000 Bibles nationwide, far surpassing the 500 by the British organization.
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Gideons
Indianapolis
National Organization of Gideons
United States
Amusements This Week In Local Theaters
B F Keiths Grand Four Fords and Raymond Paine headline vaudeville with lively musical comedy. Majestic presents Rip Van Winkle performed by Arvine Benton stock company. Colonial features vaudeville with Anna Eva Fay cabinet performances. Empire offers burlesque.
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Rip van Winkle
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Empire
Four Fords Lead Vaudeville Bill At Keith's Grand Opera House
The Ford siblings headline a vaudeville bill at B F Keith’s Grand Opera House with four dance numbers including an Engish colonial castle theme and nautical, Grecian, plus individual pieces. Herzog’s eight trained horses entertain with high school style dancing. Bernard Granville and William Rogers perform a limited act while Miss Josie Heather sings with a bright stage presence. Viena Bolton shines as a baseball comedy star with notable youthfully glamorous stage presence. Frank Work and Heinbold Ower perform gymnastic routines with the Van brothers providing laughs and Delisle opening with juggling.
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William Rogers
Granville
Josie Heather
Indianapols
Viena Bolton
New York
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Frank Work
Heinbold Ower
van Brothers
Delisle
The Millionaire Kid at Park Theatre Delivers a Hit
A sprightly musical comedy at the Park Theater runs the week. The Millionaire Kid centers on Bobby Burke who hits Broadway, courts a gypsy girl revealed as the daughter of his father’s rival, and through treachery and risk becomes a millionaire. Raymond Paine stars with vim as the kid, Chauncey Cousland plays the father, Dan McAvoy and Sue Marshall also perform in supporting roles.
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Raymond Paine
Chauncey Cousland
Dan McAvoy
Miss Sue Marshall
Berry Khorn
Rip Van Winkle Delights Sun Audience at Majestic
With 600 newsies in the audience the Arvine Benton players presented Rip Van Winkle at the Majestic to strong approval. Charles Lindholm gives a standout Rip with an original style, supported by Florence Johnson Gretchen and Gladys Mecum as Rip’s daughter.
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Lillian Rutten
Louise Dunbar
George Arvine
Anna Eva Fay Delivers Popular Colonial Week Act
Anna Eva Fay remains a major draw at the Colonial with audience questions and experiments. The Levinos open with chalk sketches of Gov. Marshall Taft and James Whitcomb Riley set to songs by Mrs. Levine. Summers, Page, ventriloquist Charles Colby and Flo Harriet perform comic dialogue songs and illustrated numbers. Ak Ling Foo stars at the Empire as the Miner’s Bohemians provide theatrical color.
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Taft
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Levine
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Page
Charles Colby
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Ah Ling Foo Charms at Indianapolis Burlesque Show
A chorus performs lively numbers while Ah Ling Foo, a Chinese illusionist, delivers an acclaimed magic act. He conjures pigeons ducks chickens rabbits and rats and even a water bowl from beneath a cloth. His act, short on stage time, stands out as a top piece this season.
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Ah Ling Foo
Indianapolis
Parcels Post Bill Seeks Wide Postal Reform Debate
Frederick C. Beach and Frank H. Platt weigh in as parcels post legislation advances. Supporters argue rural areas gain shipping savings and postal revenue. opponents, led by express firms, resist expanding government mail under a new system.
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Postal Progress League
Germany
Frank H. Platt
United States Express Company
Untitled Remark About Defying Authority and Disobedience
A brief remark notes a man who in one day defies the cook, disobeys his wife, and bullies the ice man. The line hints at a colorful portrayal of behavior and social friction.
Policeman Battled Wolf on Brooklyn Stage
Brooklyn officer John J. Cosgrove received injuries while subduing a wolf that escaped its cage on the Amphion theater stage. The animal bit eight audience members and Cosgrove finally strangled it with his bare hands as stage hands aided. Panic followed as spectators fled and fainted.
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New York
John J. Cosgrove
Brooklyn
Amphion Theater
Cosgrove
Bicycle policemen escape near freight car on Seventh Street
Police officers Hett and Riedy of the First precinct hid a narrow escape from death when a inbound freight car on the Indiana union traction line passed between them at Seventeenth street and College avenue. They were responding to a burglar alarm when the car failed to signal and struck the tracks. Both officers suffered bruises but were not seriously injured.
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Riedy
First Precinct
East Seventeenth Street
Indiana
Trades council adopts constitution at Walhalla Hall
Behind closed doors the Indiana building trades council organized at Walhalla hall Washington street Tuesday morning. A constitution and by laws were adopted with each clause voted on separately by the convention. Election of officers will occur Tuesday afternoon.
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Indiana Building Trades Council
Walhalla Hall
Washington Street
Gold Heist Expands Into International Alaska Robbery
In San Francisco investigators report $78,000 in gold bullion and currency stolen from Alaska treasure shipments. Four suspects, E. L Smith, Margaret Henry, T. J. and G. M. Woodson, are jailed with $12,500 in valuables seized. Authorities link theft to Canada and a U S mailbag on the Humboldt.
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Fairbanks
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G. M. Woodson
Southern Insane Hospital Inspect Reported by State Legislators
State senators and representatives from southern Indiana visited the Southern Hospital for the Insane in Evansville on Tuesday at the request of Superintendent E Laughlin to assess needs. The group included Senators Bomer Traylor and Will B Careton and Representatives George W Curtis Charles Lieb A J Veneman and Ezra Lyon. Twenty more lawmakers were expected.
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George W. Curtis
Charles Lieb
A. J. Veneman
Ezra Lyon
Operation Called Off for Senator Aldrich
New York December 20 reports that a planned operation on United States Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island was canceled after opposition from his osteopath advisers. They assert they can treat him without surgery and preparations had been made for the operation.
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Nelson W. Aldrich
United States
Rhode Island
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