Durants Works and a Royalty Plot at the Steel Firm
In a Pittsburgh setting, DurantWorks manager Wilhelm Pinckney schemes to patent a gun invented by naval lieutenant Sommers and secretly pays a big royalty to head draughtsman Marsh. The plan aims to boost Pinckney’s power and wealth while courting Frances Durant as the plot thickens.
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Opsis
Neces Durant
Durant
Lieut
Som
United States Navy
Mera
Pinck
Frances
Sommers
Pinckney
Sam
William Marsh
Durant Works
Particulary Marsh
Marsh
Rhinestrom
Meno
Rhiinestrom
Marat
Zone Pinckney
Durant Steel Company
Wilhelm Rhinestrom
By a Woman-Hater and Other Witty Observations
A humorous column notes gendered views on marriage duties alimony silences and apologies. It quips that engagements elope with common sense and highlights stereotypes about husbands wives and divorce with sharp banter and dated provocation.
Obsolete Cough Remedy Promoted As Quick At-Home Cure
An old home recipe advertises Granulated Sugar Syrup mixed with Pinex to treat obstinate coughs. It claims rapid relief in a few hours and markets cost estimates for syrup and Pinex, praising Pinex as Norway Pine extract and warning against weaker oils.
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Norway
Grand Camille dArville Tops Week at the Grand
The Grand features Camille dArville a famed singer and star returner with Monday performances selling out in Indianapolis. The week offers a varied vaudeville bill including The Belle of London Town drinking song, a realistic stage sketch by Tom Barry and Madge Hughes, and lively numbers by Miss Mabel Maitland and No Smoking Allowed harmonies.
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Camille dArville
The
Indianapolis
d’Arville
London
Tom Barry
Madge Hughes
Bowery
Henry ‘Clive
Mai Walker
Mr. Clive
Park Theater opens Lucky Jim and Promoters at Park
Park Theater launches a three day run of Lucky Jim by Santley and Beckwith with Frank Hatch staging. John Markham drives Jim toward a ruin then wealth in Death Valley as Mrs Nora O'Brien and Larry MecQuirk provide humor. The program also highlights The Promoters a Ward and Vokes musical with new numbers written for the production.
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Joseph Santley
Lucky Jim
Death Valley
Park Theater
Santley
William G. Beckwith
Frank Hatch
John Markham
Jim
Arizona
Markham
Mr. Santley
J. H. Doyle
Nelly Daly Moran
Nora O’brien
Joseph Kelly
Larry MecQuirk
Vaudevilleits
Sue
Shore Acres at the Majestic theater
The Majestic theater presents Shore Acres a simple realistic drama about ordinary people facing everyday loves and hates. The review praises the play for its straightforward portrayal and absence of melodrama noting its prior popularity in Indianapolis.
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Majestic Theater
Shore Acres
Society Couple Sidney J. Smith and Wife Face Divorce
Sidney J. Smith and his wife, noted in New York and Newport society, are about to separate as Mrs. Smith initiates divorce proceedings.
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Sidney J. Smith
New York
Newport
New Gabety The Waltzer Twins on Indianapolis bill
The Waltzer Twins on the New Gayety vaudeville bill deliver a singing and dancing act that is dainty and popular. DeMonio and Belle draw laughs with eccentric comedy and banjo solos. Hampson the ventriloquist and Miss Norma Gray with strong vocal performances also appear. Wednesday night features colored amateurs after the second show.
Trial in Aberdeen for Craeburn Burial Trial
A Scotchman consoles his dying wife asking if he can help. She insists she be buried in Craeburn Kirkyard, not Aberdeen. He balks at expense but agrees to a three months trial in Aberdeen to see if she will settle, ending with a humorous twist.
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Edward
Pittsburg
Pinckney
Marsh
Rhinestrom
Durant
Sandie
Craeburn
Aberdeen
Philadelphia Ledger
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VIA
Wireless
Ll. W. Edwards
Pright
Frederick Thompson
H. P. Wasson & CO
Directoire
Wasson’s
Adam
Ain
Mabel Maitland
Miss Maitland
Snyder
Buckley
Porter J. White
James A. Hearne
J. Francis Kirk
Nathaniel Berry
Martin Berry
Harry Preston Coffin
Miss Spinney
Helen Berry
Martin
Nathaniel
George Arvine
Sam Warren
Genevieve Reynolds
Perley
Mattie Choate
Strongheart
American College
Hfe
Robert Edeson
Empire Theater
George B. Scanlon
James Tenbrooke
Jules van Cook
Ada Barnett
Louise van Cook
Pearl Stevens
Richard Brothers
George Hers
Herson
van Cook
Provost and Brown
Ace Robats
Springfield
Billy, the Kid
GENO
Dr. R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N.Y
Dr. Pierce
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
Pierce
Mass. Ave
Delaware
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