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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1903
Page
5
A collage of small town vignettes reports honest cords protests in Columbia City regarding wood dealers. Ken ton lodge knighted Marshal Wasson and a playful egg lunch follows. Edinburg violence erupts after a taunt, a man fires four shots, while another tale mocks a thirsty town for milk and a gun trade gone awry.
A long row of town anecdotes and Sunday planning fills the page. Jake Bentley travels from Indianapolis while a revival talk, canary singing service, and fiddled humor keep the town lively. Mrs Fiske Mary of Magdala is praised for its stage mastery as readers anticipate new shows at Park Theater.
A Columbus woman Miss Helen Roling describes acute indigestion two years ago with weight loss paleness and fatigue. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for People with restoring health after doctors offered no lasting help. The ad touts pills aiding digestion and invites a free diet book from the Williams Medicine Company in Schenectady New York.
The program lists two schools presenting on Tuesday and Wednesday, The Joy of Roaring on Friday, The Second Mrs Tanqueray on Saturday, Magda on Saturday, grand Vaudeville daily afternoons and evenings, Royal Lilliputians at Park Monday to Wednesday, On the Stroke of 12 at Park Thursday to Saturday, Phil Sheridan's Burlesquers at Empire daily afternoons and nights.
A varied entertainment bill showcases Who singer and Hazel Burt alongside European act Ronse and La Rue. The Everett lo and Short and Edward present musical numbers, while Fergueon and Leeson headline a dance act with continental flair.
The Grand features Beaur and Belles octette Wer den and Gladish with new style illustrated conga, soprano Sophie Burnham, ragtime winners Biller and Kreako, and Mark Murphy duo in James Thornton songs. Five Treves Des Lucca lead a new musical comedy with colorful characters, amid fairy land finale and a returning melodrama Untre etroko of 33. Park acts include Royal Lilliputians with stage thrills, Empire burlesque A mistake iy a society and Fun at Brighton, plus Crissie Sheridan in vaudeville.
New York show world buzzes as Wagenhals Kemper and Oscar Hammerstein move toward major battles for open time in leading stages. Miss Kate Barry clashes with Mrs. Fish over Sunday performances and star salaries while managers poise elaborate productions. James K. Hickett secures Pierre Walff and Mildred Aldrich for next season as theaterhouses strain for profit.
A tangled tale centers on Jimmy Satherns and Avery as their circle watches a budding romance. Jimmy’s blunt honesty unsettles Avery who fears reforming him. she questions the fit of marriage to a man with bad habits. She asks for truth, then forgives or ends it based on his vow to temper his vices.
In Cincinnati a crowded streetcar on a damp evening forces an elderly laborer to sit on the car floor after clinging to a strap. Passengers observe the scene as the car negotiates a curve and a bystander jokes that more cars would ease the danger.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve itching burning and dampness in shoes. It promises rapid relief for swollen feet sweating corns and calluses and offers a trial bottle with a P.O. box address for orders.
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