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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1909
Page
3
London engineer A. H. Maycock says he has designed a perpetual motion machine with a large aluminum drum and an intricate plane system that could boost aviation. The device, which Maycock keeps secret, is claimed to generate 20 horsepower and will be shown to engineers and aero clubs.
The First Reformed church tower at Seventh Avenue and Carroll Street in Brooklyn will gain four searchlights mounted 200 feet up. They will flash before and during evening services with chimes discontinued. A wealthy congregant is funding the installation, which will face four directions.
Washington December 27. The president weighs candidates for the U S circuit bench seat to be vacated when Judge Horace H Lurton joins the Supreme Court in January The list narrows to Loyal E Knappen of Western Michigan and A M J Cochran of Eastern Kentucky both district court judges.
Passengers arriving in San Juan Puerto Rico report critical political conditions in Santo Domingo with President Caceres under attack by multiple factions. Revolutionists led by Jiminez anticipate capturing Puerto Plata soon.
The Grand presents Edwin Holt in The Mayor and the Mani cure a ten minute farce about a mayor's blackmail scheme and a staged police call. Gus Edwards Night Birds with Nellie Brewater leads a starry bill. The Wark Theater shows The Clansman in three day run by the New York company amid national debate and packed houses. Forepaugh stock at Majestic brings David Harum with a strong company and special holiday matinees.
The Colonial Theater announces Nellie Wallace, a gifted English vaudeville comedian known for boisterous humor and caricatured panto mime roles, will appear next week. She joins a lineup aimed at top European talent for patrons of William Morris Inc. venues.
A promotion touts CABCARETS as a cure for a sluggish liver and torpid bowels, claiming improved appearance and mood. The ad emphasizes beauty and happiness when the digestive system functions well.
A British theatre anecdote recalls Nellie Wallace in pantomime where audiences doubt if she is truly a woman. A soldier in Woolwich bets a chum five shillings on her gender after meeting her at Woolwich and having seen her at the Artillery theater. Wallace asserts she is the dame and charms with songs like Down by the Riverside and I Was Born on a Friday.
Burlesque attraction featuring Miss Hazel Grant in the leading role with Dave Ferguson John C Hart and Abe Reynolds as fan-makers in chief. Also presented are The Three of Us a comedy singing act Bissett and O'Brien dancers Lilla Brennan and a chorus, plus the musical burletta Under Ocean Subway with fourteen new songs and elaborate scenery.
Evansville Indiana may host a Standard Oil refinery after a secret visit by C A Dorn superintendent of Tidewater pipeline construction. Dorn spent most of a week in Evansville and Oakland City gas fields but revealed no definite plans or purpose.
A visiting figure told a hotel friend there is enough oil in the Oakland City and Princeton fields to justify a refinery in Evansville. When asked if he sought a site or a pipeline, he declined to answer.
An invitation to abandon city walls for space and fresh air. The speaker longs for primal bonds and free life beyond town constraints while offering services to a world yearning for broader life and lighter existence. The verses celebrate nature, peace, and a larger scope to live and die.
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