The Players And Play Houses At Grand's Next Week
The Grand bill next week features novelties and all new turns in Indianapolis. Act names include the Merrills bicycle troupe, Julia Kingsley in Her uncle's niece, Louise Dresser, Galetti's monkey comedians, Jack Norworth, Vera King, Adele Purvis Onri, and a biograph Kansas City fire fighters. The Eleventh Hour drama runs three days at Park. A jolly American tramp centers the vaudeville program with Eddie H. O'Connor and a strong chorus. Burlesques, archipelago dances, and a star-loaded vaudeville lineup fill the Empire portion. several shows previously announced have ended tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Merrills
Julia Kingsley
Nelson Lewis
Louise Dresser
Marie Dresser
Maze
Galetti
Jack Norworth
Smith, Doty and Coe
Vera King
Adele Purvis Onri
Kansas City
Crystal Palace
London
Bronson
Hale
the Park
Lincoln J. Carter
Chicago
E. E. Kidder
Sol Smith Russell
Edward H. O’connor
Happy Jack
Gertrude Barnés
Carrie Godfred
the Empire
Scanlon
Stevens
Stage spectacles and a country tale of Betsey Dobson
A fragmentary NBC style newspaper sketch blends theatre notes with a rural comic tale. Gilded illusions, April wardrobe, and the tale of Betsey Dobson defending her father Ichabod from a would be thief reveal a lively late 19th century mood. The piece includes theatre gossip about Molly Pitcher and The Way of the World plus a country scene with Miss Anastasia Everett and Algernon Mortlethorpe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ichabod
Betsey
Sing Sing
Betsey Dobson
Algernon Mortlethrope
Martin
Anastasia Everett
Algernon
Algy
World Over Tour Stops In Nashville and Chicago Case
Schley plans a southern tour visiting Nashville Tennessee while Judge Haneey of Chicago will rule next Tuesday in a contempt case in Chicago American. Mrs. Biggard drowned after being washed from a boat in Lake Erie near Kincardine Ontario. John W. Wilson a self confessed forger from Oklahoma is held in Chicago. The Jane Toppan case, a nurse in Barnstable Massachusetts charged with poisoning Mary Gibbs, was moved to November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haneey
Chicago
John W. Wilson
Oklahoma
Jane Toppan
Barnstable
Mass
Mary Gibbs
Fire sweeps Bradford livery district killing thirty eight horses
A large fire destroyed the city building two livery barns several stores and houses in Bradford on Friday morning. Thirty eight horses including fast animals were burned to death. Several people were seriously injured by flying bricks. Loss estimated above 150 900 dollars. Fire started in Beamer's livery hay barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Beamer
Norfolk Fire Claims Wife and Three Children in Explosion
In Norfolk Connecticut tonight Mrs Guy Permembere wife of an Italian laborer and three of her children were burned to death by a blast. The explosion leveled their home and emergency crews worked at the scene as investigators sought the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Conn
Guy Pemimbere
Indiana editor to enter ministry after selling Fountain City Times
Roy L. Brown, once editor of Fountain City Times, sold the paper to Charles Hart of Portland and plans to enter the ministry. A local farmer, Sam Hollingsworth, cut down a hollow-tree yielding two bushels of apples and a brood of groundhogs. Several juveniles from Ko komo were sent to Plainfield reform school amid reports of their toughness. The Marion Chronicle urges free kindergartens for under eights, and private options are noted for those who can afford them. Franklin residents oppose a Grafton Johnson plan for a $5,000,000 tin can factory. J BR Riley of Muncie returned home to find his wife and five children unconscious from gas. he rescued them. George Brush of Perry County regrets a fire under a bulky horse that damaged his $200 rig and left the horse tail-less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Roy L. Brown
Fountain City Times
Charles Hart
Portland
The
Marion Chronicle
George Brush
Perry County
Mr. Brush
Brush
Thousands of foreign corporations defy Indiana laws
Union B Hunt Indiana secretary of state says thousands of foreign corporations do business without complying with the foreign corporation law He plans to direct a prosecuting attorney to sue to enforce compliance Grant county Republican Dc C Lyons visited the state house and Alonzo Barrier may oppose Lyons in the senate race
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union B. Hunt
Indiana
Dc. C. Lyons
Grant County
State House
Alonzo Barrier
Lyons
Democratic Club Stirling Meeting to Hear Clubhouse Site Report
President John W. Kern of the Indiana Democratic Club will convene a meeting within two weeks to hear L. P. Harlan’s report from the site committee on a clubhouse. The June report to directors has not been given to the club, and the recommended location is not public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Kern
Indiana Democratic Club
L. P. Harlan
Friends of the Admiral Confident He Is Vindicated
Friends of Admiral Schley cite Judge Advocate Lemly on Thursday who found no evidence to prove cowardice, boosting hopes for a favorable verdict. The court will study evidence for about two to three weeks before sending its report to Secretary Long, with possible actions against Maclay and publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maclay
Sampson
Schley
Admiral Schley
Rayner
Baltimore
Capt. Parker
New York
Lemly
Secretary of the Navy
Long
Admiral Schrey
Mac Jay
Greenwood screen door firm poised to contract 130000 units
Greenwood Indiana reports the local screen door company near closing a contract for 130000 screen doors to be delivered early next season. Bloomington Indiana notes Supt W H Glascock remains critically ill with typhoid fever after a costly incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Ind
Greenwood Screen Door Company
Bloomington
W. H. Glascock
Voter coercion and elephant parade tales spread by ward politician
A ward politician recalls a coercive voting method using paid voters and alcohol, admitting it was strenuous and unlikely to be repeated. J Rush Bronson recounts an Omaha elephant arrival tale with Lockhart trained elephants, where Bronson reluctantly led the elephants after a tense late-night train arrival in rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Rush Bronson
Omaha
Bronson
Lockhart
Also Mentioned on This Page
Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
Margaret Meredith
Joan of the Sword Hand
Blanche Walsh
Bertha Galland
Peter Dailey
Prince Rudolph
Austria
Mazenona
Patti
Adelina Patti
Madrid
Signor Nicolini
Calve
Mme. Calve
Paris
America
AME
Jean
Drury, Lane
Klaw & Erlanger
England
Ben Teal
Palace of Crystal
Drury Lane
Molly Pitcher
Kathryn Kidder
Elizabeth
N. J
Voorhees
Grover Cleveland
Clyde Fitch
Fitch
Elsie de Wolfe
Clara Bloodgood
Miss de Wolfe
Grace van Studdiford
Bostonians
Grand
Maid Marian
DeKoven
Smith
Philadelphia
Dalton
Charles Dalton
Washington
Navarre
Etienne
Miss Dobson
Wolf Mountains
Jim Higgins
Ichabod Dobson
Vallybles
Sam Black
Mr. Mortlethorpe
Algernon Mortlethorpe
New York City
Nashville, Tenn
Sam Hollingsworth
Russiaville
Hollingsworth
Elmer
Clarence Jackson
Eddie
Fred Albaugh
Henry Miller
Willie Barr
Augustus
Gus Druelle
Kokomo
Plainfield Reform School
Franklin
Grafton Johnson
J. BR. Riley
Muncie
Riley
Democratic Club
Stirling
Coe Bredonia
Keeley
Friends of
Lem
Iowa
Manning
Carro
Bertha Addison
Lake
Williams
Pennsylvania St
Senate Avenue
North
P. J. S. Cruse
E. Market St
Lew Shank
J. S. Cruse
E. Market-St Lew Shank
GEM Laundry
Indiana Ave
Hes
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!