Grand vaudeville week includes Butterflies and Doves act
A packed vaudeville bill at the Grand features Grigolati's midair illusion Butterflies and Doves from Europe, with pigeons and 19 performers, plus Misa Cheridan Simpson in a brief vaudeville tour. The lineup includes Winning 48 Queen, The Vindoponas tour, Uncle Lem's Dilemma, The Racing Waiter and the Guest, The Act Beautiful, and a kinescope episode The One Best Het.
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Grigolati
the Grand
Indianapolis
Europe
New York Hippodrome
Misa Cheridan Simpson
Drury Lane
Frank Gardiner
Lottie Vincent
West
Apollo Theater
Berlin
Martin Beck
Orpheum
Henry Horton
von Holden
James A. Herne
Uncle Lem
Edward Locke
Raymond
Caverly
Charles DeHaven
Jack Sidney
Gus Edwards
Carter
Bluford
Cuba
Park Theater Tonight Shows Oklahoma Star and Cohan Musical
Park theater features Louis Thiel in a Western drama and opens with Little Johnny Jones a top Cohan musical. Also Majestic presents The Rose of the Rancho by Forepaugh Stock Company with lavish Belasco style scenery and Spanish mission ambiance.
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Little Johnny Jones
Geo. M. Cohan
Park Theater
Cascarets Ad Highlights Mass Popularity and Trade Thieves
An old advertisement extols Cascarets claiming millions of Americans use the product daily and yearly spend on its merits. It notes vast sales and endorsements while warning of imitators and counterfeiters stealing goodwill and profits from Cascarets.
Cascarets Promote Health Aimed at Digestive Aid
An old advertisement extols Cascarets as a time tested remedy for digestive health, likening their effects to bowel exercise and claiming they cleanse and strengthen the digestive canal. It warns against dishonest sellers and touts the Sterling Remedy Company Ten Cent West Pocket box with CCC marked tablets.
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America
Cascarets
Cascaréts
Sterling Remedy Company
New Gaiety Presents High Class Vaudeville Program
A five act vaudeville bill opens at the New Gaiety with moving pictures. Hufford and Chaine headline with black face comedy, Ruth Curtis performs quick character work, and the Wolff Brothers dazzle with acrobatics on a billiard table. Billy Stanford debuts in The German Masher with song and drum. New reels, amateur showcases, a pie eating contest, and white amateur acts on Friday.
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Hufford and Chaine
Nick Hufford
Ruth Curtis
Wolff Brothers
Billy Stanford
Billy
Musicians Eloped Couple Held by Frisco Police
Daniel Maquarre and Matilda Lennon, millinery shop operators at 940 Fillmore Street, were arrested in San Francisco on a Boston dispatch for eloping. They are held pending extradition papers. The husband filed the complaint after the woman claimed her husband threatened to kill her. Maquarre is 22, Lennon is 32. Maquarre earlier worked as a flute leader at the Boston Conservatory.
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San Francisco
Cal
Daniel Maquarre
Matilda Lennon
Fillmore Street
Boston
Maquarre
Boston Conserva
Mother Reunites With Daughter Lost Five Years
Huntington Ind February 15 news: Mrs. Frank Drabenshot who became destitute after her husband died fifteen years ago and gave up six children to aid calls, learns her daughter Myrtle now eighteen is alive. Myrtle, last seen in Wabash county, was located by a Good Shepherd Home representative. Myrtle arrived Saturday to live with her mother in Gas City after years in various institutions.
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Huntington
Ind
Frank Drabenshot
Drabenshot
Benjamin Hahn
Dowagiac
Mich
Marion
Myrtle
White Institute
Wabash County
State Board of Charities
Good Shepherd
Indianapolis
Drakenshot
Gas City
Wabash
Myril
Big circuses prepare for road season with openings planned
Peru Indiana reports the Hagenbeck Wallace show opens May 1, Ringling Brothers debuting March 18 at Madison Square Garden New York. Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill start April 3 also in New York. Barnum and Bailey near Chicago April 1 Coliseum. Sells Floto to Denver March 29 with Shriners. 161 Ranch opens Ponca City March 29. Gentry tours begin soon. Ringling routes extend south after Denver. Three baggage cars from Hamburg arrive in Bridgeport for Ringling Brothers shows.
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Peru
Ind
Ringling Brothers
Madison Squaregarden
New York
Buffalo Bill
Pawnee Bill
Madison Square Garden
the Coliseum
Chicago
Denver
Colo
Cole Brothers
Erie
Ponca City
Okla
Shriners
Coliseum
Hagenbeck
Hamburg
Germany
Bridgeport
Conn
Bullet in Boy’s Cheek Not To Be Removed
Bluffton Indiana February 15 a bullet lodged in the cheek of Byros Angel son of Mr and Mrs Will Angel from toy gun play will not be removed. The attending physician expects the lead to work out on its own in time.
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F. R. Kautz
Badger Furniture Co
C. H. Badger
Gossip Sparks Fight Between Women in Goshen
In Goshen Indiana on February 15 Mrs Charles Wysong was arrested by Marshal Self for assaulting neighbor Mrs Nancy Wolf. The dispute arose from a report circulated by gossiping neighbors leading to the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen, Ind
Charles Wysong
Marshal Self
Nancy Wolf
Deputy Auditor Patten to Address Taxpayers
Deputy County Auditor William F. Patten will speak to the Tenth Ward Democratic club next Wednesday evening at Hoyt avenue and Laurel street. He will explain how county institutions are run and maintained. A large voter turnout is expected.
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William F. Patten
Tenth Ward
Democratic Club
Hoyt Avenue
Laurel Street
Patten
New Cascaroyal Pills Promised To Relieve Constipation
Advertised as a reliable treatment for women and men, cascaroyal pills claim to ease constipation without cramping or nausea. The compound includes castor oil cascava wild lemon and other ingredients, sold in ten and twenty five cent packages, with free samples offered by the Blackburn Products Co. in Dayton Ohio.
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Blackburn
Blackburn Products Co
Dayton, C
Diamonds stolen from sleeping Mrs Frick in Evansville
Mrs W K Frick aged 41 says a thief entered her home and cut a ribbon around her neck to take a small chamois bag holding ten diamond rings and a set of diamond earrings valued at about 1500 dollars. She suspects an observer outside watched her remove the jewels and believes curtains were not drawn.
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Evansville
W. K. Frick
Chandler Avenue
Indiana Girl Heroine At Chicago Fire
Miss Mae Donnelly, 18, formerly of Argos, Indiana, stayed at her post as a Bell telephone operator during a Chicago depot fire that caused about $500000 in damage. She alerted officials and firemen before being rescued by coworkers who broke into the switchboard room to save her.
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Argos
Ind
Mae Donnelly
Chicago
Hetty Green Denies Daughter Engaged to Wilkes
New York February 15 There was a circulating story that Sylvia Green daughter of the world famed Mrs Hetty Green has an engagement with Matthew Aster Wilkes Mrs Green said she has not given consent and doubts the Wilkes claim saying they even published it in the London Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hetty Green
Sylvia Green
Matthew Aster Wilkes
New Waltz Song by Indianapolis Man
We Waltz as in a Dream is the title of a new waltz song with words and music by F. W. Heller an Indianapolis man. It is published by the Victor Kremer company and boomed by Mr Heller and local music dealers. The song, not yet released, has been accepted by vaudeville singer Elisabeth Murray who visited Indianapolis two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Heller
Indianapolis
Victor Kremer Company
Heller
Elisabeth Murray
Hernley and Campbell Named Headliners for Marion Meet
Marion Indiana February 15 Charles Hernley of Newcastle and Wallace Campbell of Anderson accepted invitations to be headliners at the Marion boosters mass meeting at the Coliseum on Wednesday night February 17. Hernley a seasoned booster and speaker and Campbell secretary of the Anderson Commercial club are closely tied to the state federation of commercial clubs. The event marks the formation of Marion's new Commercial club.
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Marion
Ind
Charles Hernley
Newcastle
Wallace Campbell
Anderson
Anderson Commercial Club
State Federation of Commercial Clubs
M Marion Boosters
Boosters
Coliseum
Young couple seek marriage license in Sullivan
Garnet Elmer Wall and Lora Viela Mosler drove from near Farmersburg to Sullivan to obtain a marriage license. They waited in the hall as County Clerk DeSBaun opened the office and the groom phoned his father, who arrived to grant consent. Both are 18.
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Ullivan
Ind
Garnet Elmer Wall
Lora Viela Mosler
Farmersburg
Sullivan
Desbaun
John Wall
Annie P Cahall to Christen Delaware Battleship
Miss Annie P Cahall of Bridgeville Delaware will christen the new battleship Delaware in a ceremony. The event marks the vessel's launching with a local guest of honor and naval officials in attendance.
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Annie P. Cahall
Bridgeville
Del
Delaware
Remedy Advertises Grippe Cure and Constipation Relief
An ad touts a treatment for La Grippe Fever and Chills and constipation. It claims to restore function to stomach liver bowels and kidneys and prescribes two to three teaspoonfuls plus a recipe of aromatic fluid cascava cardiol and rhubarb syrup. Adults take 1 2 teaspoonfuls after meals and children use five drops to a teaspoonful.
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A. Seo
Louis
Thiel
Oklahoma
Texas
Park
Lone Star State
Plains
Cohan
Johnny Jones
George M. Cohan
Flo
California
Broadway
Majestic Theater
the Majestic
David Belasco
Majestic
Rancho
Casearet
Seater
Garvereen Atenne
Frisco Police
Badger Furniture Company
Drapery
Bengal
Madagascar
Ecro
Dunbar and Shiki
Washington St
Indianapolis, Ind
Weeweeeese
Indiana
Reg
Imperial Axminsters
Royal Axminsters
Huntington, Ind
Evansville, md
Indiana Girl
Chicago Fire
Charles Hernley and
Campbell
Papa
Will Christen
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