Two Speculators Trade Dowry for Barrels and Backroom Wins
In Minnesota flour markets two rival speculators Peter Muller of St Paul and David Barnet of Minneapolis scheme through marriages and debt. Muller mocks dowries while Barnet winds up with barrels and a $20,000 check to settle claims. The Kentycky whisky motif frames a moral about who pays for a dowry.
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Minnesota
Peter Muller
St. Paul
David Barnet
Minneapolis
Barnet
Muller
Lena Muller
Frank Barnet
America
Germany
Mr. Muller
Mr. Barnet
Kentucky
Assembly
Lena
Park amusements feature Wages of Sin melo drama
Holden comedy company presents The wages of sin a popular melodrama at the Park in a half week engagement starting Thursday afternoon Matinees and evening shows daily for the rest of the week Also billed B Empire boxing contest noted in the listings
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Park—Holden
the Park
The Lazy Man Observes Springtime Street Scene
A lazy man in University Square idly watches a bustling sidewalk. He notes shoes and outfits of passersby, including a Chinaman, two Western youths, a poor woman, and a little colored boy, while a cigarette stub and a sidewalk pin close the scene.
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University Square
Mr. Lazy
Quips and Quirks in a City Slice of Life
A string of vignettes from a city scene includes a preacher’s classroom moment with a child, a trio of drunken cyclists taunting a horse, a phonograph drawing Indians into a photo ploy, and a circus night domestic fracas where a wife asserts control after a drunken husband’s outburst. The anecdotes mix humor with streetwise observation of temperance, curiosity, and home life.
Gaslee erupts in Muncie causing chaos and eerie floods
Hoosierisms reports a subterranean eruption near Mount Gaslee in Delaware county, igniting flames and nitroglycerin debris, cooking fish in White River, and prompting emergency camp instructions for Indiana guards amid a chaotic night. The sensational tale notes repeated eruptions and a bold, though dubious, telegraph-sized warning to readers.
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Muncie
Ind
Mount Gaslee
Old Gaslee
White River
Anderson
Gaslee
Joshua Pitman
Delaware County
Blood on Circle as Dedication Ends in Mayhem and Mischief
A festive dedication scene on the Circle ends amid unusual carnage and humor. A horse is killed by a buggy shaft, blood flows around the curb, and Meridian Street toward Washington. Charley Catterson, once Indianapolis baseball booster, proclaims retirement. A souvenir hustle features a soldier’s tale and a tambourine bit, while a Muncie flirtation provokes a curbstone moment and a hustler’s prompt for coverage.
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Meridian
Washington
Undertakers' Program In State Funeral Directors Meeting
A clipped description notes the unique program of the state funeral directors meeting. One side of a small card presents the neatly printed program while the opposite side shows additional details.
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State Funeral Directors’ Meeting
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