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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1908
Page
3
The Forepaugh stock company ends its season at the Majestic with a farewell festival. Floral tributes are given to favorites after stage performances and several stage receptions are scheduled. The Shakespearean romance As You Like It features Orlando and Rosalind in a romantic forest setting.
Article recounts Georgia becoming dry on January 1 via legislative action. It describes the ensuing political push, prohibition lobby tactics in Atlanta, and Savannah Chamber of Commerce urging moderation. It notes fears of liquor transport, social upheaval, and proposals to permit malt beverages under regulation while banning distilled spirits.
A fragment expresses relief that once prohibition ends and the election is settled, people will stop needing signals to smile. The speaker muses about thriving business, rising real estate, travel, and daily greetings, imagining removal of the red cards enforcing smiles.
Col. Cody announces a home-coming Buffalo Bill’s Wild West tour after four years abroad. The show will include a Battle of Summit Springs reenactment, a Great Train Holdup, A Holiday at The Ranch, and Indian attacks. Cody leads the Rough Riders in dramatic horsemanship feats and daring stunts enhancing a seasoned, popular production.
A prisoner's plea to avoid another summons clashes with a magistrate's stern rebuke. The exchange ends with the prisoner insisting the policeman would not believe his claim.
In a tense domestic scene, Brooks confronts Emma at a doorway and tries to keep her from leaving. He threatens and assaults her until Jimmy Smith intervenes, warning Brooks to relinquish his claims. Emma leaves with Smith’s quiet support as the men discuss past bargains and future freedom. The encounter ends at the elevator shaft with Emma’s departure and Brooks’s resignation.
Commissioner Bingham of New York questions the guilty policeman’s defense in a sensational anecdote about a wall sound proofing scheme. A carpenter allegedly built a shoddy barrier and tested it by asking if he could hear in the nursery, prompting the literary man to verify silence.
French scientist G Bonnier reports experiments showing bees in groups develop collective problem solving. Individual bees fail to act intelligently, but when working together they bucket brigade water to sugar, dissolve it, then proceed to the next task.
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