Grand Opera House ends a triumphant summer vaudeville season
The Grand Opera House closes its tenth season this Saturday after a summer of record attendance fueled by top vaudeville acts and Spoor’s talking pictures. Manager Ziegler lauded for cooling systems and quality shows. George Christena to oversee Spoor’s engagement with a strong cast including Helen McGowan and James LeRoy.
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Grand Opera House
Spoor'e Talking Pictures
Grand
Indianapolis
Ziegler
America
Europe
George Christena
Spoor
Helen McGowan
James LeRoy
George K. Spoor
Moving Picture Man
Indiana
Wonderland Nights at Air Dome Presenting A Night in Bohemia
Wonderland continues its musical comedies in tabloid form at the Air Dome. A Night in Bohemia is second in the series by Nelson Musical Comedy Company of New York. Final performances of A Racing Romance are Saturday at 8 and 9 30. The act runs about an hour with over 20 numbers, lively chorus, and skilled scenery. A big captive balloon ride is planned for the following week.
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Bohemia
New Air Dome
Wonderland
Nelson Musical Comedy Company of
New York
Pean Coe
Air Dome
Honolulu
Wicks
Riverside Park Balloon Ascension Promises Record Altitude
Riverside park hosts a Sunday afternoon feature with Jimmy Bidwell piloting a balloon ascent under Capt. G L Bumbaugh. Thousands expect a record height and daring parachute leap, complemented by amusements including rides, Ferris wheel, and a large pavilion for dancing.
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Jimmy Bidwell
G. L. Bumbaugh
Riverside Park
Concert Selections Include Polka March and Civil War Echoes
A list of musical pieces appears featuring cornet solos by Holt and Nevin influenced numbers. Selections include Columbia Polka, William Teéll overture, Send lus Davis march, Keeble selection, A Stubborn Cinderella, Rosary, Humoresque, Afraid to Come in the Dark, Lampe March Semper Fidelis and Sousa-Rossini fare. The lineup credits performers such as Jos EB and Weisman.
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Cornet
Rollinson Earl Holt
William Teéll
Lus Davis
Keeble
Eor
Howard Cornet
Ha Povers
Ethelbert Nevin Otte Weisman
J. Rodewalt Lampe March
Sousa
Local society notes from Indianapolis and surrounds boost events
The Tudor Hall Alumnae elected officers led by Miss Olive Brink with Miss Lila Kurtz as VP and Miss Ruth Thompson as recording secretary. Other updates include Mrs. S. E. Thomas planning a Los Angeles trip, Miss Irene LaPorte hosting a party for Mary Meixner’s upcoming June 9 nuptials, and sorority Gamma Tau Sigma naming Florence Cook as president and Hazel Gay as VP. A china shower honored Helen Nash, Marie Leckner’s palmistry party featured Miss Leckner as guest of honor, and the Irvington Fortnightly club met with Mrs. Winders. Chester R. Ferguson and Miss Lou Ettu Davis are noted residents involved in local gatherings.
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Tudor Hall Alumnae Association
Olive Brink
Chicago
Lila Kurtz
Ruth Thompson
Marguerite van Camp
Jessie Stake
Gamma Tau Sigma Sorority
Florence Cook
Hazel Gay
Emma Ludlum
Eleanor Bernhardt
Buelah Bresette
Zelda Osenbach
Helen Nash
Gladys Williams
Hazel Nash
Hazel Gaylord
Hazel Mayer
Elizabeth Nailer
Lillian Nailer
Hester Wren
Mary Nash
Marie
Hazel Batty
Ruth Mull
Edith Duke
Richmond
Osenback
Concert at St. Pauls by Choral Society and Orchestra
St Pauls Choral society and orchestra present a cantulet concert on Friday evening June 1. Miss Emma Holloway contralto and Mr Robert V Fessler baritone assist. Program features Gauls The Ten Virgins cantata excerpts. A E Thomas conducts.
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St. Paul’s
Socialite Parties and Notable Guests Highlight Indianapolis Scene
A description of social events in Indianapolis outlines a Thursday wedding at 1402 East Tenth Street and multiple gatherings. Mrs Philip Gilblom hosted a slumber party with guests from Chicago and New York including Miss Ida Gilblom and Miss Effie Parnass. Garden party hostesses included Mrs Jacquelin Holliday with notable attendees such as Mrs Thaddeus Ream Baker and Edinburgh guest Mrs James Young Simpson.
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Philip Gilblom
Alabama Street
Lou Silversmith
Chicago
Hosess
Ida Gilblom
Effie Parnass
New York
Eva McAdams
Lillian Downing
Irmal Laughlin
Elinor Moseman
Nona Melvin
Elsa Dombrowski
Peoria
Edna Goldberg
Samuel Drosdowitz
Benjamin Hersch
Jacquelin S. Holliday
Broad Ripple
Thaddeus Ream Baker
Lucius B. Swift
Albert Baker
Gertrude Baker
Evans Woollen
Edgar Evans
Miss Shipp
Margaret Shipp
Lafayette Page
Frederick Joss
Claire Wilson
Louise Hibben
Anna Hasselman
Miss Hempsted
Meadville
Harry Hempsted
Reet's Acrobatic Bulldogs headline New Gayety bill
The New Gayety offers Reet's Acrobatic Bulldogs as the main act in Indianapolis in a top animal show with somersaults high diving and bag punching by canine performers. Also featured are Al Wilson Admont and George Lawrence Pelliter in songs. The afterpiece is the comedy A Coming Man. An Old Fiddlers Contest is set for Monday night with colored amateurs on Wednesday and white amateurs Friday.
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George Lawrence Peltier
Gayety Stock Company
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Weber
Ferger
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Dorothy Morrison
S. E. Thomas
Alice Thomas
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Cal
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Oklahoma City
Frances Crum
Irene LaPorte
Mary Meixner
Mrs
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Fredericksburg, Va
Marie Leckner
George Philip Meter
Woodruff Place
Miss Leckner
Irvington
C. H. Winders
Ritter Avenue
Chester R. Ferguson
Lou Ettu Davis
Coatsville
Louisville
Cy Landreth
Kansas
Landreth
Topeka
East
Wolgast
Ad Wolgast
National Club of
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Tommy Langdon
Quakertown
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Noblesville
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Central Electric Traffic Association
Ohio
Indiana Unon Traction CO
East Tenth Street
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Eagle
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Geo. M. Cohan
M H Wettingan
de Derk
London
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Claypool Hotel
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Decatur
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Terre Haute
Eave
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Detroit
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Massachusetts Ave
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