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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1904
Page
5
A fragmentary exchange shows an anxious speaker asking for a ministering word on debts tied to a brother-in-law while noting the wife’s legal counsel and a linked medical or cosmetic venture. The dialogue hints at a troubled domestic scene with betrayal and temptations surrounding Beatrice and Edith amid illness.
I piece together a tale of wealth, deceit, and a wife named Mme Sara connected to an ominous money interest. A sudden illness claims Edith at breakfast as signs point to a larger crime or scheme, with confidants urging escape to the country and warning not to confront danger.
The burgomanter stars Monday night with Raymond Hitch tock in The Yankte consul on Tuesday and Wednesday nights and Wadnesday matings. Bartha Galland presents Dorothy Vernon, of Haddon ball on Thursday to Saturday nights and Saturday matinee. GRAND Vaudeville plays daily afternoons and nights. PARK features From rage to riches Monday to Wednesday, The desperate Lord Barrington Thursday to Saturday with matinee. EMPIRAE Utoplano burlesquers perform daily. UNIQUE Vaudeville also daily.
Charles A Taylor, a noted melodrama writer, premieres From Rigs to Riches at the Hark theater Monday afternoon. The tale follows Ned Nimble, a New York newsboy, through Bowery Chinatown and Broadway, as he faces villains, aided by a detective and an Irish pastywoman, ending with inheritance lifting him from poverty. The cast includes Joseph Stantley age 13, with scenery described as impressive. engagement runs three days.
In a London scene Dr. Vandeleur the renowned medical jurist joins Mr. Selby and Dr. Osborne at Selby’s Eaton Square home to investigate Edith Dytlerica’s sudden illness and mysterious decline after a breakfast incident. The coroner’s officer stands by as autopsy plans unfold. Edith’s distress escalates as she collapses in pain prompting urgent medical calls.
A chaotic scene unfolds as a misused wire in a theater causes a disturbance. A tall blonde is startled by a sudden noise and a heavy woman reacts with distress, while the audience briefly fears a combat incident before it’s revealed the sounds were mistaken. See how the crowd calms as two men and another woman observe and whisper amid the commotion.
The Dew Lord Barrington play opened in St. Louis with a plot about a bogus nobleman who wins a Missouri girl’s heart then faces exposure. Written by Juint Winston and Oscar Dane, with Dorothea Wolbert and Florence Tresile among the cast, the production features striking scenery and travels to the Park on Thursday.
The Vinplans company brings a burlesque program with the Moptans on stage featuring George B. Alexander as the vagabond hero in three scenes. A church interior and other sets highlight a 20-voice chorus with colorful acts, new songs, and a closing piece titled Which is which. A moving picture feature promises top film in the city.
A fragmented passage describes a stage moment where a character removes a hat and uses hatpins in the frame of a scene. Ten minutes later a second woman enters and the blonde forgets to remove a hatpin. The description then shifts to an enthusiastic homage to a character named Ixyria Bellew with provocative gestures toward harping heads and pistons in plush, culminating in a tense climax.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for painful hands and feet with itching burning and cracking skin. It promises relief from eczema scales and dermatitis and offers Cureall pills claiming to cleanse blood and scalp, all priced at one dollar and marketed to all ages.
Phebe Ett Enos of Oneonta New York recounts six years of numbness pain and inability to walk. After doctors warned of incurable loco motor ataxia she used Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and improved rapidly. The account cites another cured patient and urges use of the remedy for nervous disorders.
In a crowded venue the audience watches a clash between a fat woman and a blonde performer. The Monde intervenes to defuse the quarrel with an apology, while bystanders note red spots on the fat woman’s blouse. The scene ends with the blonde eluding the crowd and the performer bowing.
A fragmented ad invites readers to guess a grocer item sold at 10 cents per package. It promises 78 in gold for correct guesses and offers rewards for verse submissions. The notice cites submission details and a deadline, with the brand name withheld.
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