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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1900
Page
6
Mr Mitchel reads of a foundling infant abandoned in a graveyard amid poverty and sweatshop fear. Col Payton argues for punishment while Mitchel proposes reforms focusing on parent support and state aid to prevent abandonment. The dialogue explores legal and moral remedies including compassionate care and compulsory marriage.
After a five year gap Mr and Mrs Kendal arrive at English's next week with The Elder Miss Blossom a pure comedy from London The stars original cast scenery and costumes travel with the production to the St James theater London Critics praise it as their most successful play yet The five act piece features a mistaken engagement a middle aged scientist and a dramatic reveal with 15 scene changes and notable set pieces at Newmarket Earl's Court Covent Garden and Epsom Denris A boxing bout and an exciting horse race on stage are highlights Hardee Kirkland returns to lead a large crowd of fans in the new role
William Morris stars in Anthony Hope four act romantic comedy The Adventures of Lady Ursula with Frances Drake and company of players at English's one performance only Thursday. The piece centers on Sir George Sylvester vow to keep women out and to avoid duels while Lady Ursula wagers to enter his home. the plot follows her success and Sylvester's reform.
London brand melodrama presented by Jacob Litt with a notable cast including Eliza Proctor Otis and Haydee Kirkland. The production of Sporting Life premieres next Friday and Saturday, attracting attention from theatergoers and critics for its high-class contrast and dramatic performances.
A sensational depa production titled Midnight in Chinatown is slated for the Park in the first half of next week. The show features opium drama, vivid stage settings, and matinees daily opening Monday with veteran performers Henshaw and Ten Broeck in a breezy new comedy Dodge's trip to New York with a score of merry makers.
Henshaw and Ten Broeck dubbed the millionaires of fun will perform at the Park next Thursday Friday and Saturday with a company of twenty persons, all clever artists.
The Grand resumes photograph souvenir night on Monday January 2 featuring Frou-frou marking the four hundredth performance since last year’s stock plays. Miss Shannon will be pictured in costumes for that week with weekly Monday pictures.
The Grand stock company presents the comedy Our Boys next week. A wealthy butter maker and his two sons travel with Talbot Champneys and return home to find love with women their fathers disapprove of, ending happily. Cast includes Sheldon as Perkyn Middlewick Macy as Charles Middlewick Kolker Champnerys and others.
The House met at noon to pass a Senate pension extension for the Missouri bridge at St Charles and to begin the general pension appropriation bill. The bill carries about 145.245 million dollars with 99 19 pensioners on the roll and a 3 to 4 million boost for Spanish War claims.
E W Felt, an attorney and circuit judge candidate, and Tribune publishers Austin Boots and Howard Beanham were arrested for criminal libel in Greenfield Indiana. Capt A S Oge accuses the Tribune of ridiculing him on January 18 1888 over his opposition to a subsidy for the Greenfield and Maxwell railroad.
A Detroit Chicago mail clerk describes a long standing pile problem caused by his job. He reports relief after using Pyramid Pile Cure, noting lasting improvement for four years and endorsing the remedy as widely sold and tested by physicians and patients alike. He claims the cure is popular in the United States and Canada and offers a free booklet from Pyramid Co.
The Hoosier market lists smoked meats beef and ham cuts with packer names and prices for various weights. vegetables fruits and nuts with regional lots. canned goods and dairy prices. teas spices and groceries. fish game and pet foods with unit costs. and coal retail rates across multiple districts. Local vendors quote detailed tiers for butter eggs lard flour and oils, noting wholesale and retail distinctions.
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