The House Next Door at the Gaiety Theater
The Indianapolis Sun adapts a Manners comedy featuring Sir John Cotswold a proud patriarch whose anti Jewish prejudice clashes with Sir Isaac Jacobson and his son Adrian and Esther as Cecil sings operatic triumphs and negotiates a transfer to America through his agent Lewis Epstein amid family tensions and media hype.
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Indianapolis Sun
J. Hartley Manners
J. ©. Dodson
Gaiety Theater
John Cotswold
Kensington
London
Isaac Jacobson
Isaac
Cotswold
Adrian
Esther
Sir John
Cecil
Ulrica
Lady Margaret Cotswold
Jacobson
Sir Isaac
Oxford
Mr. Lewis
Lewis
America
Hammerstein
Ada
Father
Lewis and Epstein
Epstein
Hesby
Sir John Finds Lewis’s Exuberance Vulgar and Offends
In a heated exchange Sir John rejects exuberance as vulgar while Lewis appears openly flashy. The baronet withdraws his hand and glances at him with a stern unreadable expression as Maares questions the scene with indignation.
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Lewis
Baronet
Abdret
Financial statement of state insurer with assets and liabilities
Auditor of State of Indiana certifies the balance sheet for the insured company as of December 1. The document lists on hand and bank balances, real estate, bonds, loans, premiums, and total admitted assets at 657,286,670.78 with liabilities including death loss reserves, matured claims, dividends, and policy reserves.
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Herand
Nicisassedevnee
Insurance Department of
State of New York
Actuaries
State of Indiana
State of
Indiana
Cy Billeeimer
Auditor of State
Morning foibles in a tense drawing room scene
Sir John polishes his satirical volley as Lewis aches for a Cecil earnings report and an American impresario contract. A caustic exchange with Sir Isaac, jest about Australia, and brief hellos with Lady Margaret Ulrica and Cecil punctuate a setup for further intrigue.
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Lewis
Cecil
Sir John
Baronet
Jacobson
Sir Isaac
Lady Margaret
Ulrica
Joan
Australia
Australa
Tadies
John
Tristan
A Kansas Martyr Bites Ribbon At Party
A visiting young man at a Topeka social event ate the ribbon tied around a sandwich. He ate at least four sandwiches and is believed to have consumed about three yards of ribbon. The source withholds his origins, noting frequent blunders by visitors from Topeka.
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Topeka
Brother of the
The Art of Living Long and Eating to Live
A discussion of temperance and diet inspired by Louis Cornaro who lived to 104. Emphasizes moderation, simple meals, and avoiding excess to prevent illness and reduce medical costs.
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Pitti
Florence
Italy
Tinterette
Louis Cornaro
Aittle
William Butler
Rockford
Lord Bacon
Addison
Cornaro
Charles V
Spain
Maryland Supper Delicacies With Country Touch
A historic menu lists fried chicken wilted lettuce sweet pickles hot waffies country butter new honey and iced tea. It features cold ham tomato cups cucumber French dressing Maryland biscuits strawberry short cake mint juleps soft shell crabs terrapin and clam juice with coffee.
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Maryland
Unattended Husbands by Winifred Black
A Western husband vows to end a quarrelsome marriage as his wife spends nights at the club. The writer argues both sides, noting many wives neglect home duties while blaming the club and calling for harmony, urging sympathy for the western husband’s plight.
Notice Posted Forbidding Swimming On Shoes Growns
A Berkshire Courier report notes a local man received permission to erect a sign on his property warning boys not to swim in a pond. The sign read No Sotling or Swimmig on Shoes Growns order by If Catched Uin Will be Forced.
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Berkshire Courier
Surrey hotel opens to flying visitors with clubroom
An enterprising Surrey hotel keeper has raised a signboard inviting aerial voyagers. The house and grounds are ready for flying machines with a splendid garage and a dedicated clubroom for airmen. Repairs will be promptly done and gasoline kept on hand.
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Surrey
London Chronicle
The Use of Health
A humorous query about recovery times from illness. The Brooklyn Life quips a doctor’s reply on when a patient may safely eat foods that disagree with their stomach, reflecting early 20th century health commentary.
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Brooklyn
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Parenthood
Maares
New York Life Insurance Co
Darwin P. Kingsley
Thomas A. Buckner
Rufus . Weeks
W!l- Ham
EB. Ingersoll
Edward R. Perkins
Edmund D. Randolph
John C. McCall
Seymour M. Ballard
Arthur R. Grow
Arthur Hunter
Adolph Davidson
Lane
Broadway
City of New York
PTHE
Fouos
Atall
Vonnegut Hardware CO
Wash. St
J. Francis Wilson Hes
Newton
Cry
Coughlin &Wilson Dental Co
Price, & Square Yard
Compressed Air Vacuum Cleaning CO
Jos
H. Young
Mgr
15Th St
Victor Records
Massachusetts Avenue
Shelbyville
Greensburg
Rushville
Connersville
Tion
Kansas
Maia
Alexandria Bay
Thousand Island
William H. Warburton
Prince George Hotel
MONON
Michigan City
Coney Island of the West
Theodore Roosevelt
Lake Michigan
Indianapolis
Samuel Newhouse
Denver
Col
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Nero
Galigula
Earth
Sastoria
Winifred Black
Tolstai
Dante
Girla
Club
Date
Ibsen
MT. Jackson Sanitarium
West
Washington Street
Hill
Hiawatha
Fairview Park
F. K. Moore
Fairview
Broad Ripple Park
Saida
Quintano
Toledo
Bail Park
Huder
Weber
Ferger
Pearson
Gall
Thompson
Capitol City Garden
Capitol Ave
Garden
N. B
Moose Lodge
Family Theater
Jessie Herferd
Evans
Charles Nelson
Gilliland’s
Black Hussar Band
Airdome
Nelson Musical Comedy Co
Pfostess
Launaly
Eveywner
Polk’s Milk
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