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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1907
Page
6
Renowned violinist Francis MacMillan will perform a return engagement at English's on February 6, presenting a curated program. The event promises a refined recital atmosphere and showcases MacMillan's classical repertoire.
George Primrose and company bring minstrel novelty to English's with Primrose and a black face troupe. The program features Silver Shower style clog dancing, a negro sketch, and a mountain climber theme. Notable soloists include Chappel Reinhart Brower Irwin and Ed Davin with a 20 voice chorus.
Senator Forkner introduces a bill creating a state board of the auditor governor and secretary of state to license and supervise public fund depositories. It bans Indiana banks and trust companies from acting as depositories, sets daily fund transfers, and limits interest to 2 percent per year for fixed deposits. It also makes governor secretary of state and auditor subject to impeachment for failure to perform duties.
In a humorous exchange the speaker jokes about having relatives in London being distant, while another character confirms if any exist would by nature be distant. The moment hints at cultural distance and family ties in a lighthearted tone.
A new dancing number titled Cotton Blossom Coons features soft shoe dancers followed by Twilight on The Old Plantation with old time negro characters presenting dances songs humor and pathos of the Dixie era The finale Hippora tion of the Negro traces ancestry from Africa through slavery old Kentucky home freedom and progress culminating in Birth of the Rage Francis Wilson headlines The Fountain Climbers a London farce about a Parisian holiday and a deceived wife by a climber who pretends Alpine adventures to hide his Alps ignorance and Alpine copying from a book.
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