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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1902
Page
7
This week's listings announce shows at the Grand for afternoon and night performances. The Park presents East Lynne Monday through Wednesday and The Great White Diamond Thursday through Saturday with matinee and evening shows. The Empire offers Cracker Jacks burlesque every afternoon and night.
The passage praises The White Diamond as the best work of its author and notes Park Theater events including H. Feicht's Park Auditorium lecture on Oberammergau. The talk includes 230 stereopticon pictures from Oberammergau and draws growing audiences with Feicht as an entertaining speaker.
The popular vaudeville bill features James Thornton monologuist, Mary Dupont actress, Stuart Barnes singer, Jordan and Crouch comedy sketch, Werden and Shepherd songs, Vaidis sisters dancing, and Prof Wormwood’s dog and monkey circus. At the Park, East Lynne returns with Inez Forman and J. F. Crosby Jr. for a long revival, plus The Great White Diamond melodrama closing the week with action and romance.
An article extols the Alma Spring at Alma Michigan and its waters then describes a crystallized salt form that brings healing benefits at home. It claims to cure constipation liver kidney and nervous disorders, with improved energy and mood, offering free literature and a sample bottle on request.
Bob Manchester's Cracker Jacks announce a six day engagement at the Empire next week featuring 25 chorus singers, clever specialties, pretty sets and costumes. Opening burlesque, closing grotesque, with Brown Harrison Mayo sisters Van Osten and Harvey Parker the wrestler. Parker will wrestle all challengers, offering $25 for anyone he cannot throw in 15 minutes. Local talent invited.
English actress Mrs Patrick Campbell held an impromptu reception in a Baltimore depot waiting room Sunday morning. A large society party surrounded her as 400 trunks were loaded onto the train for Washington. The engineer tooted the whistle and the scene ended as the departure neared.
An actress in transit absorbed in conversation paused for rumors and did not heed the depot crowd. The train finally started, alarming Mrs Campbell and her escort. The next train ran at 2:30, leaving the actress to entertain guests until arrival in Washington, where she arrived in the small hours in a foul mood.
A magazine surveys whether actors are content with onstage fame. Photographs of Julia Arthur Maude Adams Annie Russell and Henrietta Crosman suggest yearning sorrow and emotional strain despite success.
Weber and Fields troupe with Lillian Russell DeWolf Hopper Fay Templeton Fritz Williams John T Kelly Lee Harrison and Sam Bernard prepare a spring tour of major cities with Holly Tolty a blend of comic opera farce and burlesque A new Lambs club in New York will house a theater and banquet hall enabling actors to stage their gambols independently Other notes mention Paul Potters rising royalties Pauline Hall delaying her tour and Alice Nielsen rumored to return to light opera. Louis Mann to star in All on account of Eliza with Clara Lipman leading a new musical comedy project.
John B. Kase driving from Shamokin toward Elysburg saw ashes from his cigar ignite hay in the wagon rear. Wind pushed flames, catching his coat and sparking stubble fields. He escaped with a burnt coat as the wagon burned to a charred skeleton.
Ephraim Goway a Middletown Methodist deacon opposed dancing at his daughters party. He entered the parlor read a Bible chapter sang a hymn offered prayers and exhortations until nearly midnight prompting guests to disperse.
Indianapolis reader testimonial touts Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills as a cure for sleeplessness nervousness and indigestion linking weak digestion and fatigue to nerve lack. The notice claims the pills restore nerve force and strength and cites a customer from Indianapolis praising its effectiveness in stabilizing the nervous system.
Mrs William E English praised as a leading sportswoman in Indianapolis. She recounts how a fear of firearms gave way to a lifelong love of outdoor life, hunting trips with Capt English, a German imported $300 rifle, and daily farm practice including trap shooting.
The murder of Harvey Green, president of the Standard social club, remains unsolved. Four men who played poker with Green are held as witnesses after blood spots were found on Murdie, a blood smeared bottle was found, and police suspect sleep-time homicide with robbery as motive.
TERRE HAUTE Ind March 29 The Indiana miners and operators are at a crisis point in the fourth week of talks If no wage scale is signed by Saturday a strike is planned signaling possible disruption in mining operations and related communities.
The article promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best preventive against pneumonia from colds and la grippe and as a quick, safe cure. It asserts no pneumonia cases among tens of thousands of users and notes availability from all druggists.
A Sun sale column promises effective results for advertising needs with assurances of strong outcomes.
A letter from Mrs. Pettrie of 906 Shelby St Indianapolis asserts her twelve year old daughter suffered scrofula from infancy impairing eyesight and school attendance. She credits Hoyt's Poisoned Blood Cure with visible facial pimples clearing and praises the medicine highly.
A 60 year old woman from Indianapolis describes long headaches and nervousness ending after using HOYT'S POISONED BLOOD CURE. She credits two bottles with dramatic relief and hopes her testimonial helps others.
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