Murat theater opens with Shubert era in Indianapolis
The Murat theater in Indianapolis, pronounced Murah, will open March 1 with James Powers leading the Havana company of 120. Leonard A. Blumberg, new manager, predicts Indianapolis will become a week stand city with Shubert attractions like Herod and Dick Whittington, while iris features a pillarless cantilever balcony and vi It. Souvenirs will greet the opener.
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New Jersey Street
Charles A. Mayer
Murat Temple of Mystic Shriners
Leonard A. Blumberg
Murat
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Middle West
New York City
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Schubert
Fie
Chicago
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Shubert
Sam and
Lee Shubert
Shriners
Temple Theater
Havana
James Powers
William Faversham
Herod
Dick Whittington
Drury Lane
New York
Forndianapols
Ninsteble
James T. Powers
Grand Opera House to Become 14 Story Office Block and Modern Theater
A deal closes to replace the Grand Opera House with a steel and concrete 14 story office building and a modern theater. Owners M. Anderson and H. M. Ziegler of Cincinnati and a New York trust company reach agreement. Construction planned to start May 1 after vaudeville season ends. lobby to imitate Cincinnati Columbia theater.
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Grand Opera House
M. ©. Anderson
H. M. Ziegler
Cincinnati
Penney Vania
Columbia Theater
New York Trust
New York
Aged Man Found Frozen in Snow Near New Palestine
Thomas Shea, 71, was found three miles southwest of New Palestine near a fence, alive but critically ill after exposure to a snowstorm overnight. Taken to a nearby house and revived after three hours of effort, he faces severe frostbite likely requiring amputation. he resides at 15235 E Market St, Indianapolis, and will be moved to St Vincent's Hospital.
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Thomas Shea
New Palestine
E. E. Mace
Shea
Market Street
Indianapolis
St. Vincent's Hospital
Mace Beiie
Fox killed by Martin dog on Rushville farm
Rushville Ind February 17 A fox killed on the R E Martin farm south of the city after an animal destroyed shacks in the fodder. Martin saw his dog chase a large fox under the corn crib and pull it out dead confirming suspicions. Foxes are rare in this county and seldom seen.
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Rushville
Ind
R. E. Martin
Martin
Don’t Marry Say Bertillon, Mortality Proves Otherwise
Paris reports Dr Jacques Bertillon arguing that marriage extends life across multiple European studies. He cites lower death rates for married men and women, higher mortality for widows and spinsters, and urges caution for young men and women to marry for longevity, noting widowers’ danger after losing spouses.
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Punch
Jacques Bertilon
Bertillon
Mademoiselle
Roosevelt Hunt Nears End in African Jungle Expedition
Col. Theodore Roosevelt arrived at Gondokoro Sudan marking the end of the Smithsonian African expedition hunting trip. The party, in good health, spent ten days crossing difficult terrain, gathering nearly 10,000 vertebrates plus plants and invertebrates, and taking 2,500 photographs. Roosevelt will proceed to Khartoum to meet Mrs Roosevelt, then Cairo and Europe.
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Soudan
Col
Treodora Roosevelt
Bar-el- Javel
Nile
Khartoum
Shank to Wheeze Men to Assist in Reform
Mayor Shank plans to appoint a commission of preachers, businessmen, and professionals to advise on maintaining reforms begun in Indianapolis. No selections have been announced yet as to who will serve on the commission.
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Shank
Indianapolis
Unprecedented Storms Hit France Causing Havoc
Paris reports severe weather across the country with landslides and avalanches in the Alps endangering towns and resorts. Cyclonic winds toppled houses in Marseilles. snow derailed trains and communications are tangled. Seven feet of snow blankets parts of France as floods recede in Paris and Seine.
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France
Departments
Alps
Alberts
Navy abandons search for missing tug Nina near Hog Island
Washington reports the navy has practically given up hope for the missing naval tug Nina. Only Salem and Louisiana remain near Hog Island, cruising in hopes of finding wreckage to identify the crew. The bureau of navigation says the Salem and Louisiana will probably end the search today.
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Navy Department
Nina
Hogg Island
Salem
Louisiana
Norfelk Navy Yard
Bureau of Navigation
Secretive drink cure offered for free trial sample
An advertisement touts a tasteless odorless treatment to end alcohol craving secretly, endorsed by temperance workers. It claims relief in thousands of cases without the drinkers' knowledge and asks readers to request a free trial coupon.
Golden Remedy Free Trial Request Card Improper Ad Claim
A reader writes to request a free trial package of Gold en Remedy from Dr J W Haines Co. The letter asks for a discreet home delivery and urges quick sending. It includes blank lines for name and address and references a Cincinnati address.
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Dr. J. W. Haines Co
Glenn Ridg
Cincinnati
Tragic duel ends in theater shooting death on stage
In Indianapolis two musicians Cassan Cassau and Louie Ostendorf quarreled over notices and a firing revolver ended with Cassau shot three times in the head and Ostendorf killed by a rapid automatic revolver. Police and coroner investigated as the couple’s long standing feud culminated in a fatal alley confrontation.
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Cassan
Hugh Dugan
Houlihan
Wabash Street
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Dugan
Lieuts
Corrigan and Kinney
Sergt. Hagerty
Houser
Larsh
Trimpe
Rucker
Blackwell
Carl Vogt
Washington Street
Musicians’ Union
Muscian
Cessau
Barrier Flats
N. East Street
Cassau
Murat Temple Theater
Herry Beiser
Beiser
Indianapolis
The
Grand
Caseau
Belser
N. Ilinois Street
Ceetan
Receiver Henry makes another fine showing
Charles I. Henry as receiver for the Indianapolis and Cincinnati traction company filed in superior court report for January. Receipts from all sources totaled 35 87.11, payments 33 770.78. Operating receipts by division Cincinnati 14 003.99 and Shelbyville 15 544.78 totaling 20 148.41. Total operating expenses 22 179.75 leaving net earnings for the month 97 008.87.
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Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company
Superior Court Room No. 3
Carter
Cincinnati
Shelbyville
Platter sizes and vegetable dish measurements listed
The notice catalogs platters in varying sizes from 1 to 15 inches and round covered vegetable dishes. It lists individual vegetable dishes by size and per dozen pricing, noting multiple inch measurements and unit costs.
Witness on pier saw woman with man night of Adams death
Thomas Appleby, a wireless telegrapher on a million dollar pier, testified he saw a man and woman at his window on the stormy night Jane Adams was slain. He said he could not hear a cry due to wind and his ear-piece, and he remains certain he was at his station when the events occurred. His testimony supports that Adams was on the pier with a man.
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Thomas Appleby
Jane Adams
Appleby
Alice
Iagai
Adams
Petersburg Suspects Refuse to Discuss Atlantic City Tragedy
William and Orvis Seyler, linked to the Atlantic City pier death case, refused to discuss accusations or the death of Jane Adams. The brothers arrived in Petersburg two days after her disappearance, debated extradition, and were arrested after detectives shadowed them at 552 Commerce Street.
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William
Orvis Seyler
Atlantic City
Jane Adams
New Jersey
Excelsior
Malseede
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