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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1909

Page

6

Frances Durant Declines Edward Pinckneys Suit in Dramatic Night

On the veranda Frances Durant and Lieut Sommers share a vow of love not marriage to a penniless officer. Frances rejects Edward Pinckneys push for engagement, choosing love over status as a steel magnate’s daughter watches on and the night lights glow over the distant factory chimneys.

Frances Filkins Miss Durant Pinckney Frances Durant Lieut. Sommers Earth Edward Pinckney Edward Sommers

Ward as Lady Bantock in The New Lady Bantock at Powers Theater

Stage notes praise Fanny Ward in The New Lady Bantock at Powers Theater. The plot follows a music hall singer who unknowingly marries a lord and meets 23 Bennetts in Rutlandshire, with Ward’s performance drawing strong applause. The Colonial Theater offers The Soul Kiss with Adelina Genee, described as bold and colorful but not fully praised.

Chicago Fanny Ward Lady Bantock Bantock Rutlandshire England Bennetts Bantock Hall Jerome K. Jerome Charles Cartwright Bennett Miss Ward America Colonial Adelina Genee F. A.C

Home Recipes and Quick Dishes From Basic Pantry

A collection of simple methods for Cheese Balle Celery and Cabbage and Peach Dessert. Cheese Balle uses grated cheese egg whites and breading fried in lard. Celery and Cabbage combines celery with cabbage simmered with butter and starch to thicken. Peach Dessert coats peaches in sugar icing and coconut then serves with wafers or lady fingers.

Grand The Four Nightons Shine At The Grand Bill

Amusements review lauds The Four Nightons as feats of strength and skill under white light. It praises Lucky Jim, Raymond Finley and Lottie Burke, the Reiff brothers dancing, ventriloquist W. E. Whittle, and Fidler and Shelton, with strong chorus in The Promoters and stylish Linodrome pictures.

Lucky Jim Ross Jane Courthope Charles Forrester St. Bernard Raymond Finley Lottie Burke Reiff Brothers W. E. Whittle Mr. Whittle Roosevelt Fidler and Shelton Fidler Byers Hermann Pertina Paris

Promoters at Park Theater Prove Popular Return Engagement

The Promoters with Ward and Vokes Lew Kelly and Susy Daly played the Park theater to crowded houses on the return engagement Monday. The show drew unusual applause with new jokes brightening the performance. Ward and Vokes form a hard to duplicate team while Kelly as Professor Dope and Daly as Sympathetic Sue drew strong notices.

Ward Vokes Lew Kelly Susy Daly Park Theater Geagzon the Park Professor Dope Lucy Daly Sue

Happy Ending Emphasized in Strongheart Stock Version

Forepaugh Stock Company at the Majestic Theatre alters the Strongheart finale to unite the lovers rather than feature a sacrifice. De Mile approves the change to deliver a modern, uplifting conclusion. Cast includes Arvine as Strongheart, Arnold as Billy Saunders, Spinney as Dorothy Nelson, Coffin as Thorne. production praised for staging and college-enthusiasm spirit.

Fish Strongheart de Mile Robert Edeson Strong

Service, Democracy, and the Employer You Serve

The letter argues against keeping a permanent servant class in a democracy, favoring temporary service and cooperative reforms. It defends employer and employe terms, notes leaders often rise from poverty, and calls for broader cooperation, fair pay, and exits to better work while asserting all serve a greater power.

Herbert Hodge America Hodge United States Earth Joan of Arc France

Stock company to stage Salomy Jane dramatization

A local stock company previews next week’s performance of Brete Hart's Salomy Jane. The production adapts the famous story for the stage, inviting community theater patrons to attend.

Brete Hart Salomy Jane

Empire Theater Burlesque Opens With Spectacle and Comedy

The Empire Theater hosts the Yankee Doodle Girls burlesque featuring the Randolphs in grotesque acrobatics and a Chinese costume routine by Fred Randolph. Gerti Randolph shines on rings while the troupe presents At the Springs and Seeing Indianapolis to appreciative crowds.

Gerti Randolph Empire Theater Randolphs Fred Randolph Springs Indianapolis Charles Collins Sam Hawley Harry Julia Seyras

New Gaiety Vaudeville Show Shines With Standout Acts

The New Gayety week bill features the Aerial Budds, a clever duo whose midair acrobatics headlining the program. Harry Selwyn Mack delivers strong impersonations of Eddie Foy Raymond Hitchcock and other stars. Gray and Van Liéyu perform pleasing songs, and the comedy films receive hearty applause.

Harry Selwyn Mack Eddie Foy Raymond Hitchcock Gray van Liéyu

Col Gilbert Pierce A Heroic Rescue In Indiana

A Cleveland Leader anecdote recalls Col Gilbert Pierce, then minister to Portugal, rescuing a hesitant young woman from a flooded Indiana street. He carried her across with dry feet and apologized later for any implied insult, offering to make amends.

Cleveland

Open Air Pine Forest Cure for Lung Troubles

An old pamphlet promotes open air living and a home remedy for incipient lung trouble. It urges pine air as healing and presents Granulated Sugar Syrup with Pinex as a simple at home treatment to ease coughs hoarseness and bronchial issues. The remedy is claimed to work within 24 hours and is marketed with affordability and easy preparation.

Great Pine Forests Caing Ais

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VIA Wireless L W. Edwards Mr. Sommers Wasson Axminster Superior Brussels Stage News' of Theater Adelaide Stringer Eva H. Barker Barker Charles Bell -Barker Miss Stringer Harold Percy Charles Sandy” Chapman Sandy Roads Majestic Theater India Ceylon Grocers Ella Wheeler Wilcox Marjorin Gould George Gould Col Gilbert Pierce Portugal Indiana
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