Amusements at the Grand and Park Theater Season News
The Grand presents Eliza Proctor Otis in Mrs Bunner's Run with Hoops and other European acts including Willy Pantzer troupe and Ernesto sisters. Vernon the ventriloquist and Kinodrome pictures join a varied vaudeville lineup as Park Theater ends stock season with Maude Adams vehicle The Little Ministers and a star cast. Ten cent seats offer broad access to ongoing high class entertainment through summer.
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Eliza
Proctor
Otis
Willy Pantzer
Mr. Pantzer
Europe
America
Ernesto
Ray L. Royce
York State
Carson
Willard
Egypt
Vernon
the Grand
Havelocks
Grand
Majestic Theater Opens Summer Program With The Blue Mouse
Majestic theater concludes a successful Forepaugh season and welcomes Shubert presented The Blue Mouse in Indianapolis for the week. The program starts Monday afternoon at 1 30 with two matinees, continues until 5 30, and returns at 7 30 for two evening shows until about 1 o'clock, featuring Spoor’s motion pictures.
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A.c Majestic Theater
Blue Mouse
Shuberts
Indianapolis
Spoor
Majestic Theater Plans Summer Program With Lectures
Management intends about four merit acts mixed with animated pictures and travel talks by leading explorers. Admission is ten cents for any seat. Music will accompany the entertainments and Mr. B. J. Reilly will continue in charge of the Majestic during the summer.
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B. J. Reilly
Majestic
New Gayety to Stage Farce and Vaudeville Next Week
Next week at the New Gayety theater a farce comedy will be presented at all performances, with a lively vaudeville bill including a ventriloquist sketch by McCormick and Sallace, the English song bird Mare Scheffells, new songs, and fresh motion pictures. The final city amateur diamond medal contest is set for Friday evening with colored amateurs featured Wednesday as usual.
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New Gayety Theater
McCormick and
Sallace
Theater New
English Opera House Week Offers Genter and Gilmore Comedy
Patrons enjoy programs at the Casino Company English opera house with a May 4 lineup featuring Genter and Gilmore, Mort Fuller, and Miss Grey. The week promises varied musical and illustrated entertainment alongside new motion pictures for a broad audience.
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English Opera House
Genter and Gilmore
Mort Fuller
Yiddish Play Star Kessler to Tour The Jewish Heart
David Kessler famed Yiddish tragedian leads a May tour for The Jewish Heart with leading woman Mme Malvina Lobel and Bernard Young supported by Miss Clara Young. The Empire engagement on Tuesday features the powerful performance and emotional music that stirred Hebrew communities. tickets at L Brown’s and Empire box office.
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David Kessler
Empire
New York
Thalia Theater
Joseph Lateiner
United States
Kessler
Mme
Malvina Lobel
Bernard Young
Clara Young
Comedienne
Mr. Young
Mme. Young
L. Brown
W. Washington Street
Riverside Park Balloon Ascension Attracts City
Riverside park hosts Jimmie Bidwell next Sunday in a balloon ascent at 4 o clock directed by Captain G L Bumbaugh. He will ascend several thousand feet and parachute back to earth. Other amusements include Old Mill coaster penny arcade and merry go round with park grounds prepared for a popular summer season and refreshments and dancing featured.
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Riverside Park
Jimmie Bidwell
G. L. Bumbaugh
Riverside Amusement Park
Wimmy Bidwell
Tne
Fairview Park Military Band Concert Program
Sunday at Fairview Park the Indianapolis Military Band directed by H W Klausmann presents a rich afternoon program. Selections include Washington Salute Marcella and I Wish I Had a Girl with arrangements by Beissenberg, plus overtures by Haydn, Beethoven, Rossini, and Lincke. Featured solos include Euphonium Inflamatus and a Descriptive Death of Custer.
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Fairview Park
Indianapolis
H. W. Klausmann
Washington
Marcella
Luders
Pee Ae “Anthony
Cleo- Mes
Tale Alfa
Gruenwald
Haytman G. Eurone
Gomez
Beissenberg
Old Oakers Bucket
Rollinson
Cohan Maree Brothers
Chambers Venin
Dolly Madison
Wilmuth
Egmont
Beethoven
Neules
Rossini Noble Howard
Custer
Teaveidet
Poeta
Jonnson
Leoncavallo
Beissenherz
The
Indianapolis Military Band
Wedding bells turn to jail cells in Lafayette tale
Joseph Neher, a Frankfort man, was jailed in Frankfort after stealing a horse and buggy from a Frankfort livery stable and selling it for fifty dollars. His fiancée Evelyn Kuhns, also of Frankfort, waited at home as the couple’s wedding plans collapsed. Neher, paroled from the Indiana Reformatory a month earlier for larceny, faces transport back to Jeffersonville.
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Joseph Neher
Frankfort
Evelyn Kuhns
Neher
Lafayette
Mulberry
Miss Kuhns
Trousseau
James Bryant
Indiana
Jeffersonville
Westfield and Sheridan Seek Sheridan to Carmel Traction
Westfield Indiana May 22 business men here and at Sheridan are seeking a traction line from Sheridan to Carmel via Westfield to connect with the Union traction line.
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Westfield and
Sheridan
Westfield
Ind
Carmel
Union
Careful eating and a nighttime aid for digestion
A newspaper ad promotes casual eating and overindulgence, urging readers to take Cascarents at night to aid digestion by morning. It claims Cascarets work while you sleep and markets the product as the world’s biggest seller with widespread use.
Badly Injured Man While Leading Calf to Water
Daniel Wagner, a farmer in Union City Indiana, attempted to lead a calf to water. The calf reared and plunged, dragging the 70 plus year old man by a rope, breaking both bones of his legs. Recovery feared to be lengthy due to age.
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Union City
Ind
Daniel Wagner
Wagner
Baldwin Beats Young Nitchie At Nonpareil Club
In Philadelphia on May 22 Matty Baldwin of New York outpointed Young Nitchie at the Non pareil Athletic club wind-up. Baldwin used his greater strength to dominate, leaving Nitchie with two black eyes and a damaged nose from a fourth round flurry as the bout stayed close on cleverness.
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Philadelphia
Matty Baldwin
New York
Nitchie
Celverness
Baldwin
Wnitchie
Ami
Welsh Knocks Goodman Sensationally in Weat-side Bout
Freddie Welsh the English lightweight overwhelmed Jack Goodman in ten rounds at the Fairmont A. C. last night. Welsh dominated each round with superior ring generalship and outclassed the local fighter, delivering a decisive artistic beating.
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New York
Freddie Welsh
Jack Goodman
Fairmont A. C
Welsh
Speed Forces Opponent to Slow, Dodges Goodman’s Right Swing
Speed outmaneuvered his rival as the Britisher denied Goodman any opening to unleash his famed right hand. The bout left Goodman unable to find space or time to counter, underscoring Speed’s elusive defense.
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Goodman
Second Meeting Scheduled for McGovern Coster Bout
In New York on May 22, Phillie McGovern and Joe Coster will clash in a ten round fight at the Bedford A. C. in Brooklyn Monday night. This marks their second meeting in the ring.
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New York
Phillie McGovern
Joe Coster
Bedford
A. C
Brooklyn
Doctor Brigham Offers Cancer Treatment at Indianapolis Clinic
Dr. E. B. Brigham at 18 W Market Street in Indianapolis advertises the best cancer treatment available. He invites consultations for malignant skin diseases. The Gem I Laundry promotes family washings by the pound with rough dry and flat pieces ironed. Try it.
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E. B. Brigham
W. Market Street
Indianapolis
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Margaret Hageny
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Jean
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Lady Babbie
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Nannie
Rintoul Castle
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Majestic Theater
AT the Park Theater
MR. Frederick
Hani
Raygli
Endge
Holden
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Gray & Graham
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Helen Grey
David. Kessler
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Empire Theater
Lafayette, Ind
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Men Rei
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Young Nitchie
Net Park
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Holden Stock CO
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Big Hit
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Louisville
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Weber
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Pierson
Gall
Denison Hotel
McLelland
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