Aces and Scenes Set for Grand Season with Robert Hilliard
The Grand announces next week will feature a dog and monkey act from England, Prof. Wormwood's educated animals, and vaudeville stars led by Robert Hilliard in The Littlest Girl. A. G. Seymour, Miss Dupree, Miss Gassmann, Dan Hiatt, Coakley, and Nora Bayer round out the strong season lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hilliard
England
Hilliard
van Bibber
A. G. Seymour
Seymour
SOTHERN'S HAMLET AT ENGLISH'S TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
The noted performer E H Sothern brings Hamlet to English's for two nights, with Virginia Harned as Ophelia. Despite Grand Opera House fire losses in Cincinnati, Indianapolis saw replacement costumes and plans for the new production. Detroit praised Sothern's refined soliloquies and Booth like presence with a jeweled circlet in act one.
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E. H. Sothern
Mr. Sothern
Detroit
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Rothern
Edwin Booth
Mr. Booth
Virginia Harned
Ophelia
Characer
Detroit Free Press
Sothern
Burbage
Richard Carvel at Eng lish's with John Drew and Ida Conquest
John Drew leads Charles Frohman in a four act stage adaptation of Richard Carvel at English's for one night. Dorothy Manners and Richard Carvel face romance, piracy, and Revolution with Capt. John Paul Jones aiding a rescue at Carvel hall. Tense scenes shift from Maryland to London as loyalists threaten the couple.
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John Drew
Richard Carvel
Charles Frohman
Ida Conquest
Carvel Hall
Maryland
Star and Garter Inn
London
Duke of Charlesea
Richard
Dorothy Manners
Patty Swain
Duke of Chartesea
Dorothy
Chartesea
Grafton Carvel
John Paul Jones
King George
Topham Beauclerk
Lexington
Carvel
Capt. Clapsaddle
Ma Jestie Durlesquers at Empire theater next week
Fred Irwin presents a vaudeville burlesque program at the Empire theater featuring twenty five women in the company including Miss Flore Van Schaack the choir girl and Misses Irwin Valmere and Revere. Acts include the Martells fancy and trick bicycle riders and Morgan and Otto singing. Two burlesques titled Down the Line and The Kneipp Cure round out the lineup with the entire company in both burlesques.
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Empire Theater
Fred Irwin
Pzid
Flore van Schaack
Martells
Fancy
Kate Dahl
Morgan
Otto
Irwin
Valmere
Revere
Percy Walling
Kneipp
Train Service Details For Indianapolis To St Augustine
A fragmentary notice outlines weekly train departures from Indianapolis to St Augustine via Jacksonville, with 6:13 p m departures and 7:30 pm arrivals, one night out. It mentions KEW Florida Service and ticket agents R P Algeo, Behuller's, in Meridian, advertising cold remedy tablets and California wines.
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Indianapolis
St. Augustine
Jacksonville
R.P. Algeo
Chicago
Indianapolis & Louiskiis Railway
Washington St
Chicago St Mls
Chicago Express
Chicago Vestibule
Cleveland
The Park Hosts The Dairy Farm Play Next Week
The Park presents The Dairy Farm with rustic country folk in a Sh ere-like atmosphere. The piece emphasizes character study over action and is praised for its strong story and distinct individuals. The original company returns with period costumes, scenery from a long New York and Chicago run, and scenes of Ulster County.
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Shore Acres
MINTY
New York
Ulster County
Chicago
Zoo presents rare program by Director General Bostock
At the 700 The Zoo announces a rare program next week with new novelties unlisted in the regular lineup. Capt Bonavita, famed hunter and trainer of lions, will stay with his twenty forest bred performing animals, offering daily acts and surprises.
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Zoo
Bostock
Bonavita
Animal Circus Attracts With Feats And Pets
The program features Doodle fetth the boxing kangaroo, Briggs as boxing partner, and upcoming acts including Capt. Sidney Hinman with Daisy Bell the lifelike dog, Doc the elephant, and Chauncey Morlan. Feeding times are 4 30 and 10 30 daily. Bostock offers a prize to students spelling animals from Frank C Bostock the animal sing title by Feb 23.
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Patriotis
Pig Frank
C Pbraratey Briggs
Sidney Hinman
Daisy “Bell
Chauncey Morlan
Indianapolis
Frank C. Bostock
Stage Notables and Musical Anecdotes of the Era
A collection of anecdotes about famous performers including Bernhardt Nordica Homer and Paderewski. The piece recalls a San Francisco interview where Bernhardt spoke gibberish English, Nordica appla lips after a scene with Homer, Paderewski's restaurant prank, and Janauschek's paralytic stroke with theft of her diamonds.
Investigators Probe Capt Hurtt Civil War Misconduct
Washington reports an 1860s inquiry into Capt F W Hurtt assistant quartermaster U S W at Cincinnati after irregularities surfaced. Maj Nathaniel McLean led the probe for Gen Burnside. Hurtt faced attempts to label McLean disloyal. McLean argued voting absence due to army service led to his scrutiny and exile to Oregon before eventual reinstatement and retirement.
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Washington
F. W. Hurtt
Cincinnati
Hurtt
Gen. Burnside
Department of the Ohio
Nathaniel MaLean
Edgar
Conkling
Cincinnati Times
McLean
Secretary of War
Oregon
Ratah
Doctor Says His Wife Is a Devil in Court
A New York magistrate hears a melodramatic tale of a physician seeking protection from an abusive wife. Dr Norman Lewis claims Mildred Lewis is possessed by devils and has wrecked his practice and life. The judge issues a summons for the wife after egg-throwing evidence is presented. Neighbors describe the pair and note the wife has long carried the load.
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New York
Crane
Yorkville Court
Norman Lewis
Wine, Women, But Not Much Music Trickeries End in Court
Emma Webber and Clarence Standford’s tale unfolds after Standford, an iron molder from El Paso, met Webber in a Stout’s beer garden. He gave her his $600 roll, aimed for a Galveston trip, and faced a $2000 grand jury bond with a $60 loss plus $0 costs.
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Emma Webber
Berrita Goldmar
Clarence Standford
Standford
el Paso
Tex
Illinois
Indianapolis
Stout
Washington St
Galveston
Emma
Rural Merchants Alarmed by Chicago Mail Orders
Bolivar New York February reports show county merchants losing vast sales to Chicago department stores via mail orders. In 11 months Bolivar traded $10,000 in goods shipped to residents, with total yearly imports matching three prior years. Extrapolated, Allegheny County may have sent over $100,900 to Chicago and New York stores, feared to threaten local merchants.
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Bolivar
N. Y
New York
Chicago
Express
Alleghany County
Man keeps birds in Indianapolis store filled with prima donnas
Klepper, born in Prussia, runs a bird shop at 433 Massachusetts Ave in Indianapolis. The article describes his lifelong devotion to birds, the store ambiance with feathered performers, parrot anecdotes, stock from New York and Europe, a second-floor exercise room, and a display of a white cockatoo and Indian paradise fish.
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Klepper
Massachusets Ave
Isle of
Scylla
Ulysses
Hussia Castle
Prussia
Russia
United States
New York
Metropolis
Indianapolis
Polly
Strawberry Finch
Australia
India
Klepper Fan
So Long as I Love You
Mrs Corinne S Brown told a Chicago meeting of the women's branch of the Society for Ethical Culture that marriage could soon be redefined to allow separation if love fades. She argued economic freedom drives dissolution fears but would not imperil morals, insisting women's vices are their own.
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Bernhardt
San Francisco
France
Madame
Henry Abbey
Sarah
Chicago
Corinne Ss. Brown
The
Society For Ethical Culture
Mrs. Brown
Sleigh Trade Dims As Snow Fades In Late Winter
Liverymen and sleigh dealers wore smiles when snow fell but fading fast as treacherous late winter weather kept customers away. Sleighs at cost failed to draw buyers while some $10 clerks took dates on sleigh rides. Bobsled parties, once lucrative for liveries, are fading with demand. experts say more snow and earlier in season are needed.
Injunction Motion Filed in Jeffries Ruhlin Fight Case
Cincinnati dated report states attorney Charles E. Tenney filed a motion for a temporary injunction in the court of common pleas against the Jeffries Ruhlin fight. Judge Hollister will hear the motion next week.
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Cincinnati
Court of Common Pleas
Charles E. Tenney
Hollister
Grace White to Start New York Newspaper The Reasoner
Grace White, noted spellbinder and speaker for McKinley last fall, will launch a New York newspaper titled the Reasoner. The venture aims to rival Bryan's Commoner and push reformist and political commentary through a separate voice.
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Grace White
New York
McKinley
Reasoner
Bryan
City balks at Morgan amendment to improvement law
Officials oppose allowing appeals to courts from city assessment fixes arguing the change would halt progress. Chairman Sahm warns contractors may refuse bids or price higher, fearing lengthy litigation. Myron King adds property owners frequently object to orders, complicating improvements and court oversight.
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Morgan
Sahm
Myron King
Board of Works
Cure for Catarrhal Headaches Promoted in Ad
An old © ad explains headache causes as varied and promotes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a cure for catarrhal headaches. It cites Miss Cora Ainsley praising the product and notes tablets cost fifty cents per package with no cocaine or opium.
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Stuart
Cora Ainsley
Insurance men scared by Carrie Nation glass smash
A New York plate glass insurer in Kansas orders agents to endorse policies on glass in saloons or drug stores with a clause denying liability for damage caused by Carrie Nation or W C T U members when done to prevent liquor sales.
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Fort Scott, Kas
New York
Kansas
Carrie Nation
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