Amusements at Grand feature Dream of Baby Days burlesque
Miss Catherine Hayes and Miss Rabel Johnson headline a two female burlesque act at the Grand in A Dream of Baby Days a lively travesty that replays childhood with humor and song while their sister act status and Jamaica weight jokes color the interview driven program. At the Ark theater Park hosts Graustark with Miss Eda Von Luke as Princess Vetive and Atkins Lawrence in a forty five year veteran role in an elaborate scenic presentation.
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Rand Opera House
Catherine Hayes
Rabel Johnson
Buster Brown
Comediennes
Miss Hayes
Miss Johnson
Detroit
Jamaica
Katherine Hayes
Suwanee River
ARK Theater
Graystark
Park Theater
Park
the Park
Eda von Luke
Princess Vetive
Atkins Lawrence
Baron Danglass
Atkins
Majestic Theater presents Alice of Old Vincennes and Our New Minister
The Forepaugh Stock Company at Majestic Theatre delivers a strong run of Alice of Old Vincennes with passionate patriotism and polished ensemble work. Following, Denman Thompson’s Our New Minister is slated as Thanksgiving’s rural highlight with humor village types and hopeful drama, plus a holiday matinee on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Denman ‘Thompson
Knox County Teachers Drop Institute Plan
County Superintendent Edgar N Haskins says Knox county teachers abandon a Thanksgiving institute due to a clash with the Evansville Southwestern Indiana Teachers Association meeting. City teachers favor Evansville and rural teachers won t back a profitable institute. they may attend the State Teachers Institute in Indianapolis December 28. Prof Logan Esary of the local high school serves as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Ind
Edgar N. Haskins
Knox County
Evansville
Southwestern Indiana Teachers’ Association
State Teachers’ Institute
Indianapolis
Logan Esary
Hartford City Y M C A Plan Fails to Progress
Hartford City Indiana November 17 plans for a YMCA in Hartford City this winter have dwindled as Rev George Sheldon Presbyterian church chairman has not convened the committee. The gymnasium is rented as a skating rink for the season and the project seems likely to die. Public interest has been tepid and committee solicitors met with little encouragement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
George Sheldon
The
Presbyterian Church
Swamp Root Ad Claims Kidney Health Remedy
An Indianapolis Daily Sun advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a premier kidney liver and bladder remedy. It warns of kidney disease signs such as back pain frequent urination and poor appetite and promises a sample bottle offer and a free information book by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Indianapolis Daily Sun
Indiana Tobacco Crop Proves Record Breaker
Madison reports record tobacco receipts with wagons lining warehouses before dawn and more loads arriving through the night for the sale. A Jefferson County grower projects a crop worth $2 per capita, while Switzerland County hopes for about $8 per capita, reflecting strong quality and large yields across the region.
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Indiana
Madison
Ind
Jefferson County
Switzerland County
Bellefontaine High Cancels Remaining Football Games
Bellefontaine Ohio November 17 The high school faculty canceled all remaining football games on the schedule due to serious injuries suffered last Friday by players from Bellefontaine and Troy in a game there. The new school board will bar the game next year unless it is modified.
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Bellefontaine, O
Bellefontaine High School
Bellefontaine
Troy
New Sanitarium Planned at Pierceton Fort Wayne Ind
Local capitalists reportedly plan to rehabilitate the Sledd mineral sanitarium near Pierceton after a fire destroyed the site seven or eight years ago. The proposed project would cost about 256000 and utilize the famed mineral spring drawing visitors from distant states. The surrounding farm, owned by John W. Hull and appraised at 8500, will be sold at sheriff's sale in December, with local buyers eyeing the property.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Sledd
Pierceton
S. D. Sledd
Texas
John W. Hull
Attractions of Merit Booked for the Park
Dickson and Talbott book extraordinary attractions at the Park theater promising good season prospects. Productions priced from $1.50 to $2 will bring popular plays to local theatergoers, with many shows preserving original casts and stage settings. A New York trip secured booking agents' agreement and a slate includes Mrs Wiggs of The Cabbage Patch and The Clansman among others.
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Dickson and
Talbott
The
Park Theater
Dickson
New York
Mrs. Wiggs
the Cabbage Patch
Pierre of
Plains
Major Wilson for Congress Stirs Fort Wayne Republicans
Fort Wayne business circles consider Major G Will Wilson as a potential Republican candidate for congress. The Lagrange Democrat notes his abilities and warns rivals to move fast, while the Waterloo Press elevates Jesse Grice as the coming congressional figure in the area.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Lagrange Democrat
C. C. Gilliams
O. N. Heaton
Jesse Grice
Congress
G. Will Wilson
Wilson
Waterloo Press
The Chaperon at Garrick Is a Scenic Comedy
Miss Maxine Elliott stars as the Countess Van Tuyle in The Chaperon at the Garrick. A light scenic comedy set in a Adirondack house party with a chaperon romance, fashionable costumes, and a dramatic canoeing accident ending with a dawn quiet.
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Frances A. Cook
Maxine Elliott
Garrick
Adirondacks
Countess van Tuyle
America
Elliotta
Silver Birch Cottage
Miss Elliott
Madame X and The Wishing Ring Playhouse Review
A Chicago theater survey lauds Madame X as an ornament to the stage and Marguerite Clark as a rising dramatic star. It also discusses The Thief, with Effie Shannon, praising tense scenes and noting minor authorial quibbles about a line. The piece highlights McVickers and Frohman era productions and the Great Northern theater policy.
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Kingsbury
Chicago
Opera House
Richard S. Tuthill
Circuit Court
Jesus Christ
Mack
France
Marguerite Clark
Messrs. Shubert
Charles Frohman
McVickers’ Theater
Herbert Kelcey
Richard Voysin
Effie Shannon
Marie
Henri Bernstein
Abe Martin’s Almanack brimming with Abe Martin tales
A brisk advance look at Abe Martin’s Almanack by Kin Hubbard, featuring Abe Martin observations on street cars cook books automobiles and baseball. The edition honors Virginia Hubbard and notes appearances by Alec Tanse y Cale Fluhart Newt Plum Tell Binkley and Pinky Kerr. Also reports the Anna Aroma Moots and J Dwight Moon marriage tied to Niagara Falls romances and Back Bay weddings.
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Mr. Hubbard
Abe Martinville
Marvel of
Alec Tansey
Cale Fluhart
Newt Plum
Indianapolis
Tell Binkley
Pinky Kerr
Abe Martin
Anna Aroma
J. Dwight Moon
Niagara Falls
Goat Island
Wiley Tanger
Back Bay
Illinois
Chester White
Peoria
Papke Willing to Fight Ketchel for Titles
Ekewanee It November 17 Billy Papke expressed readiness to meet Stanley Ketchel for the light heavy title or the middleweight honors if Ketchel moves up a class. Papke claimed the middleweight title remains open and that he is champion in spirit.
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Buen
KNOX
WDY
C.A
Nature
Dr. Kilmer
AY Pierceton
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Major Wilson
Altdeutsche Leuchter
Charles Mayer & Co
West
Washington Street
Columbia National Bank
Maxine
Elliott
Sastoria Iaistetsan
Kin Hubbard
Sam Blythe
Fawn Lippincutt
Brown County
Abe
Aba
Virginia
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