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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1907
Page
3
Vast list of vaudeville and theatre acts with showtimes across multiple venues including Primrose's Minstrels Macmillen violinist Francis Wilson and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Features Kitabanzai troupe Four Barneys and other acts in afternoon and night performances at Park Empire Gayety and more. Includes quip about George Primrose and David Irwin.
English's Opera IOus review notes Primrose's Minstrels opening Monday night with a traditional minstrel show focus. The first part features cascaderic stage settings and strong song numbers by Ned Abel Emile Subers and Eddie Horan with interlocutor David Irwin.
The program features the Gola-My-Al-841 burlesque with Mme Itascally, David Irwin and a southern cadet drill, and Eddis Horan clog dancing. Francis Wilson stars in The Mountain Climber with May Robson and George Irving. Louis James excels as Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
A lively assessment praises Nellie McHenry and Aphie James as Mistress Quickly and Mrs. Ford, with Norman Hackett well cast. The production is called massive and costly, featuring a strong Grand bill including The Man From Denver sketch by Juniy Mocrea and a Kitabanzai act with Japanese fleet scenery, drawn from a bustling program.
The show features Albert Bellman and Lottie Moore and other acts including Les Durand Trio and the Weston Girls. Critics praise the wit humor and originality of Peggy From Paris with bright catchy music by J A Raynes and spirited chorus numbers.
A short, humorous line notes the sadness beside a funeral and mocks self praise. It quips that if men matched their mothers’ high opinions, life would be marvelous, in a Park setting attributed to Barney Gilmore.
Barney Gilmore headlined a strong cast in A Rocky Road to Dublin at the Park Theater, with Irish wit and pastoral detail. Key roles include Robert Dailey, Darby O Donnel, Patsy Burke, and Mrs Daley, with Mrs Henry Clifford and Bernadine Ferguson among the leading women. The show features native costumes, bagpipes, and harp solos, closing Wednesday with Under Southern Skies to follow. Peggy From Paris musical adds a high note for late next week.
A brief, humorous friction unfolds as a young woman boarding a streetcar declines a polite seat offer. The dialogue captures class and etiquette tensions of the era with a witty rejection framing. The skater insists she is tired of sitting, challenging the seat pleas.
The Gayety presents the burletta Show A with a plotted farce Oh What a Night running first half of the week featuring John Jess as Theodore Jerome Turtle and Joehn Madden as Rev Mr Doolittle. A dance novelty by Collins and La Belle and contortionist Auss LiBelioy highlight the cast while Madden and Jess deliver a quarrel routine and Kelly Bartlett provide a notable comedy knockabout. The program ends with a burletin School Days whose lines need pruning.
A remark by Charles Douglas at the Empire discusses his wife’s first husband Nichols, noting four children and a Sunday walk that drew a 30 cent look. The line hints at family history with a wry, dated humor.
The Empire presents Shorouch breds led by Blanch Wasithurn for a three day engagement starting Monday. Burlesques A Good Run for Your Money and The Union Man spark with bright comedy from Robert Cunningham and Harry McAvoy. Josie Jagin introduces musical numbers with a chorus of show girls and Mile. La Rosca opens vaudeville with a sensational contortion act and a new ring routine drawing applause. Charles Douglas and Robert Cusimingham provide clever comedy.
The program features the Lau rent Trio with German acrobats performing on a shoulder-mounted apparatus held by a female partner, Blanea Washburn and Josie Flynn delivering songs with lively dance, and a standout act by Whitiries Nitro and Dan Keilly in a grotesque dancing routine that tops the season.
In Oxford Maine Daniel Whitehouse, a lifelong fisherman aged about 47, explains his secret egg shell method to lure trout through crushed shells dropped into holes as he fishes Thompson's pond. Neighbors note his luck and curiosity among winter ice camps.
An early ad or article extols Peruna as a grip remedy, praising its effects and sharing testimonials. It notes grip as a severe, contagious illness and argues for keeping mucous membranes free of catarrh to prevent infection, citing Mr Morrison’s praise of Peruna.
Mrs. Jennie W. Gilmore of Waite Oak Indian Territory praises Peruna and Manalin for ending systemic catarrh after la grippe. She credits Peruna with years of improved health and notes dosage guidance during acute grip and aftereffects, urging use during epidemics.
Mr Victor Patneaude of Topeka reports twelve years of weakness after la grippe but recovered after using Peruna and now calls it a household remedy. His testimony notes a winter relapse but credits Peruna with restoring strength. Mr T Barnenett of West Aylmer Ontario says pneumonia followed la grippe and Peruna cured him in two months at little cost.
Reading testimonials from Mrs. Chas E Wells of Delaware and Mrs Jane Gitt of Athens Ohio, the Peruna tonic is praised after grippe illness. Wells notes it as a very good tonic after a severe grippe attack. Gitt recalls recovery and regained ability to work after using Peruna for grippe over six years.
Woodman and True told local anglers about minnows and baiting tricks seen on the pond. Two fish often swim nearby and eye the white vicers, triggering dives for bait. Uncle Daniel loses large strings after revealing his secret, while others report better catches this season.
A vast snowslide swept Monarch mountain side near a small mining camp 18 miles west of Salida on Monday night. Eighteen to twenty people are buried. Mrs. Fred Mason and an unknown man are confirmed dead. Three business houses lie under 50 feet of snow. ten others recovered as uninjured bodies. Steve Whenney's saloon, Fred Mason's rooming house, and Fred Schrader's restaurant were wrecked. The slide crossed the street and caved in the Farre hotel front. The Mason and Schrader families with eight and five members remain buried. The snow is waist deep on the level.
A great banquet at the Laypool Hotel Tuesday night will launch a campaign to establish a new Y M C A home in Indianapolis. C S Ward of New York City will be the main speaker with several others outlining plans for the campaign and building fund. Ten words to be inserted in The Sun free for three days under Wanted Male Help or Wanted Female Help.
Francis Macmillen, a young American violinist and son of the late Ohio politician S. M. Macmillen, is due to perform in Indianapolis on Wednesday night. His early musical predisposition was noticed after his mother’s broad piano practice and a steamboat excursion where an onboard orchestra revealed his talent Final mastery emerged with him playing Lightly Row within weeks and the overture to The Calif of Bagdad after three months of lessons.
Indianapolis Knights of Pythias lodge 46 hosted two receptions for members and families at the new lodge hall. Monday night invited A to UL, about 400 attendees enjoyed cards billiards and luncheon. Tuesday will host the remaining members, with another event Friday for all knights.
John J T Woodard charged with operating a so called lottery that paid no prizes asks for a change of venue citing prejudice in Marion County. The decision on venue rests with Criminal Judge Pritchard.
Snowstorm cripples transit across Chicago and hundreds of miles surrounding. Railroads, street cars, and telephone and telegraph lines face serious disruption as heavy snowfall continues for a second day. Trains have been tied up for hours in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The controller presents the 1907 city budget totaling 17,190,502 dollars to the Chicago council, an increase of 1,836,750 dollars over last year. The estimate covers all municipal expenses and reflects the city’s financial plan for the coming year.
A historical classified note indicates an upcoming Sun insert offering miscellaneous sale items for three days at a fraction of a cent. The brief ad hints at low cost commerce and newspaper promotion strategies of the era.
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