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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1902
Page
5
In a Civil War scene Drew earns the nickname Colonel after marching to save the day. General Devine lifts the flag and praises him as a hero while Drew insists he acted to aid the boys. He remains a private end to the war, earning lasting respect from comrades.
Substantial aid offers arrive as public performances will fund a sanatorium project. At least 25 companies pledge benefits when needed, including Stuart Robson James O Neill Raymond Hitchcock and several named troupes. An executive committee led by Aunt Louis Eldridge will oversee the fund.
The notice lists a string of acts and venues for the coming week. Bonnie brier bush plays Tuesday and Wednesday at English's with The inegar buyer on Thursday. GAND-Vaudeville runs daily afternoons and evenings. On the Suwanee river at PARK there are McFadden's row of flats Thursday to Saturday. The high rollers show at EMPIR every afternoon and evening.
Local items from towns like West Newton Southport Clermont Acton Oaklandon New Bethel and Muncie report everyday life notes. farming rents a streetcar job banter bassinet banter prohibition lecture gas shortages polo craze rink talks and a bachelor club bake with eight gallon keg and a near choking incident.
The narrative follows Abner Drew nicknamed Humpy a conscripted private who refuses to desert and earns a hero’s fate at the Seventeenth. In a brutal engagement near a woods front lines falter yet Humpy returns across the field with the regimental colors and leads a charge capturing guns and rallying 700 men into a decisive assault. His act elevates him to a six foot tall figure in the company’s memory.
Public notice invites entries under one hundred words describing lies told, with a dollar prize and membership in the Ananias club No 1. Personal lies disqualified. Sign name for good standing, not for publication. Letters to THE BOSS LIAR care of INDIANAPOLIS SUN Indianapolis Ind.
The Boss Liar I transported two bar rels of sugar from Indianapolis to Castleton with 50 pounds of shot on each barrel. On another occasion one car carried two hot Trails, each weighing 93,742 pounds, noted as from Castleton, Indiana.
Kin namer KINNAMANN of Noblesville reports paying $50 for a single pump kin seed that yielded a half ton pumpkin exhibited at the Elwood fair in Co. IL. The farmer claims the plant produced a remarkable result from the costly seed.
The narrator claims a bizarre chain of events starting with a dangerous lie and an encounter with a mermaid at Asbury Park. He describes leaping into the sea, being swallowed by a whale, beaching it at Madagascar, and carrying an Indianapolis Sun in his pocket along with cheese crackers and an electric light. He says they inflated the whale’s bladder to sail back to Indianapolis and sold the paper for a fortune.
The Grand plans a week of vaudeville with Kath erine Bloodgood and the Heras family acrobats as top attractions. O'Brien and Buckley, Alf Holt, Mr and Mrs Harry Thorne in An up-town flat, and Bellman and Moore join a cast featuring Collins and Hart for comedy, gymnastic stunts, and burlesque.
A three day Park bill opens Monday matinee featuring a gentle southland melody with Aunt Lindy Stella Mayhew as a cherished plantation character. The program offers new songs, new scenery, and fresh specialty acts designed for broad amusement without offense.
An assortment of old advertisements promotes Rough on Rats and bed bug killers with bold claims of complete roach and rat elimination. It extols Wells' Hair Tonic and Wells' Hair Balsam as superior hair restoratives, including pricing and mail order notes from Jersey City.
Early next month the Park stages Sergeant James Kirke LaShelle companion to Arizona. It is billed as one of the season’s biggest productions at the Park with January bookings including The Little Outcast Faust Reilly and Woods and Alphonse and Gaston.
A survey of upcoming plays and stars likely to reach Indianapolis next season. Blanche Bates in The Darling of the Gods garners attention though not locally known. Mrs Leslie Carter's DuBarry and Mrs Fiske Mary of Magdala may not visit. Nat Goodwin Maxine Elliott in The Altar of Friendship also figures prominently.
A projected sanatorium for consumptive actors may start next summer funded by benefit performances with no private donations allowed. The plan aims to provide treatment for actors and has widespread support from across the country.
Hull Caine and Hadden Chambers whispered plans after praising Nat Goodwin in The Altar of Friendship with Dillingham listening as Julia Marlowe’s manager. Caine agreed to write a Goodwin play, while Mrs Langtry’s The Cross Ways opens at Garrick next Monday. Frances Aymar Matthews, invalid author of Pretty Peggy, braved a snowstorm to see Grace George perform. Lillian Sinnat, 15, rising star as Simplicity in Lovers Lane, will headline a fairy tale play next season. The original cast of Lovers Lane near Columbus marks its second anniversary with a Fitch-hosted banquet. the company has endured two years with minimal breaks.
The ad argues rheumatism is not cured permanently by external treatments but can be corrected by Hood's Sarsaparilla. It claims this internal remedy neutralizes blood acidity the root cause of rheumatism and then cures the disease.
Dr Miles offers $2.50 worth of personal heart treatment free to readers who mention the Indianapolis Sun. The ad touts twenty five years of study and cites multiple cures and testimonials including Mrs Kronck, Mrs Graeter, actor Jas R Waite, Col N G Parker and others. Free examination chart pamphlets and treatment are sent on request from 20 to 22 State street Chicago Illinois.
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