Amusements at Grand Opera House This Week
A bustling bill at Grand Opera House features Hymack as The Chameleon Comedian, Clara Belle Jerome and company with Joyland, and a roster of acts including Avery Hart Picquays and more. The Shields family present Their Daddy a powerful Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children themed playlet. The Majestic hosts In the Bishop’s Carriage with Forepaugh rights, plus strong vaudeville and film segments noted by Manager Owen as a peak lineup.
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Mr. Hymack
Hymack
Clara Belle Jerome
William Seymour
Gus Sohlke
James Harrigan
Avery and
Hart
Picquays
Ruby Raymond
Hove
Johnstons
Winodrome Pictures
Rheims
Peary
Shields
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Revival at Grace M E Church Opens Strongly
Grace M E Church starts a revival led by Rev YdAincoln McConnell. The Sunday service drew 16 conversions and featured soloist Harry Lincoln Maxwell with a 47 voice choir. Members called the gathering the greatest in the church history.
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Grace M. E. Church
YdAincoln McConnell
Harry Lincoln Maxwell
Jesus
Expenged Touring West With An Auto
Charles A. Benedict and wife of Poy Sippi Wisconsin started July 22 on a 4000 mile auto trip without mechanical knowledge. They reached Denver November with 5.75 for repairs and paused due to bad roads. They toured Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Nebraska and Kansas in a Reo touring car converted for baggage and film gear. They funded travel by moving picture shows in churches and stayed with locals.
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Col
Charles A. Benedict
Poy Sippi
Wis
Arizona
Benedict
Glenarm Place
Oshkosh
Benedicts
Chicago
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Deer Trail
Benedicts Plan Western Tour After Farm Sale
The entire outfit weighing 3,350 pounds including car and baggage, along with the two Benedicts, aims to tour Arizona and California then up to northern Idaho where their two sons reside. They have barely covered expenses and may sell the farm to settle permanently in the west.
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Benedicts
Benedict
Arizona
California
Idaho
West
Aerial railway to be sold at public auction
An entire aerial railway including track coach and office equipment will be sold at Broad Ripple on December 6 to satisfy a Foster Lumber Co claim against Aerial Electric Amusement Co which ran an aerial railway at Broad Ripple park last summer. Deputy Sheriff Sloan indicates most assets have already sold, this is the first time a railway has been auctioned.
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Broad Ripple
Sloan
Foster Lumber Company
Aerial Electric Amusement Company
Broad Ripple Park
Hello Dearie Cost Her Forty Dollars
Denver magistrate in police court fines Kittie Mack twenty dollars per word after she accosted Patrolman Dea on Larimer street with the phrase Hello dearie The judge jokingly noted the fine would be two dollars and something per letter and set the total at forty dollars including costs
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Denver
Col
Kittie Mack
Dearie
Dea
Stapleton
Larimer Street
Beverly at Park Theater Brings Star Cast and lavish staging
A. G. Delamater and William Norris present Beverly a dramatization of Beverly of Graystark at the Park Theater with Justina Wayne Lawrence Ewatt Mortimer Martini Hazel Harroun and more. The production by Castle Harvey is lavish with Belasco Warfield courtesy and Oscar Eagle as stage director.
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Beverly
Sioux and Cherokee Warriors To Perform Native Dance
A half dozen Sioux and Cherokee warriors will present a native dancing and musical act featuring traditional dress and rhythmic drums for festival visitors.
Minna von Barnhelm to be staged by Cincinnati stock company
The Cincinnati stock company will perform the German classic Minna von Barnhelm at English’s Opera House with the original Indianapolis cast under Otto E. Schmidt. Leading lady Amanda Blum heads a renowned ensemble including Else Schmidt-Uorty, O. E. Schmidt, Ulrich Haupt, Walter Fincher-Achten, Helene Buerger and Victor Kueller-Fabricius. This revival promises a rare treat for the theatrical season in Indianapolis.
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Cincinnati
Minna von Barnhelm
Opera House
United States
Indianapolis
Otto Ernest Schmidt
Amanda Blum
Else Schmidt-Uorty
Franziska
O. E. Schmidt
Maj
von Tellheim
Ulrich Haupt
Werner
Walter Fincher-Achten
Riccaut
Helene Buerger
Trauer
Victor Kueller-Fabricius
Wirth
Germany
Rex Theater Promotes Dig Show Little Dough
At the Rex theater regulars call the program Dig Show Little Dough. The week’s lineup is marketed as entertaining and suggestive of the era of famed turkey and the ax. The note urges audiences not to miss it.
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Rex Theater
Travelers to Dance Sixth Annual Ball to Be Held
Members of Indianapolis council No. 4 United Commercial Travelers will hold their sixth annual dance next Friday night at the German house. Louis G. Adams serves as general chairman of all committees. With over 50 members, a large attendance is expected.
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Indianapolis
United Commercial Travelers
Louis G. Adams
Playgrounds Group Plans Public Meeting and Civic Ties
Fort Wayne reports a December public meeting of the Playgrounds Association to disclose all reports and discuss affiliating with the Civic Improvement Association. They raised funds to keep Clinton and Holman streets playground open all winter and plan three new sites when funds allow, aiming to unify efforts while preserving member identities.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Playgrounds Association
Civic Improvement Association
Miles F. Porter
Clinton
Holman
Fatal End of Grudge in Lawrenceburg Shootout
Louis Wingerter, ex policeman, shot and killed Harry Justis in Lawrenceburg Indiana after a long standing feud. He then attacked Henry Crowe who stood with Justis as the conflict ended the old grudge from Wingerter’s police days.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Louis Wingerter
Harry Justis
Henry Crowe
Justis
Wingerter
Knights of Pythias Marion Lodge Plans First Reunion
Marion lodge No 1 Knights of Pythias announces its first annual reunion in Castle hall 230 1 Ohio street on Wednesday evening. Entertainment committee members are William Krieger Roy Dobbs William Lewis Barney Ungerer William Mano and William Bryan.
Eugene Risk Dies of Tuberculosis at 38
Eugene Risk a Big Four railroad brakeman and 15 year employee died at home at 761 Lexington Avenue on Sunday. The 38 year old leaves a widow and his mother. The cause of death was tuberculosis.
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Eugene Risk
Big Four Railroad
Lexington Avenue
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Cecilia Loftus
Ed Blondell
Mlle Lorette
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Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
English Woolen Co
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Yankee Doodle
the Empire
Bailey & Fickett
Sevens
No-Mans-Ville
Collins & Hawley
Gladstone Sisters
Harry Hearn
Joseph Dixon
Chinatown
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John Saunders
Harry Seyon
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National Board of Fire Underwriters
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