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Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1908

Page

3

Amusements at Grand feature boisterous comedy and horse loss

Foy and Clarke perform in Will Cressey’s The Spring of Youth at the Grand Theater. The plot centers on a hotel with magical springs and a fortune motive, featuring a New Hampshire humorist and a dramatic faux family. The Park theater company mourns Lady Bertha the mare, once Higgins’ star in His Last Dollar, euthanized after glanders. Star replaces her in the touring cast.

MR. Higgins South Capt. Clay Missouri THE Park Theater Foy & Clarke Will Cressey New Hampshire Expressman Express Via Express Fountain of Fountain of Love Lady Bertha Higgins David Higgins Grand Rapids

Majestic Theater previews Forepaugh stock week

The Majestic will emphasize its stock season next week with the Forepaugh Company presenting Are You a Mason a light farce in contrast to this week’s The Sign of the Cross a romance drama. The comedy promises hearty laughter for audiences.

Majestic

Are You a Mason a Welcome Visitor at Ma jestic

The European hit Are You a Mason will play at the Majestic as part of the Forepaugh repertoire. The company is provided with strong roles and accessories, promising a week of unalloyed pleasure with a fine stock company balancing. Stage reads will announce presidential and gubernatorial results Tuesday evening to avoid street crowds.

Europe The Majestic

Empire Theater Presents Williams Imperial at Empire

Charles H. Macair presents an unusual advertisement style show at the Empire this week featuring Williams Imperial. The romanti atmosphere of the race track supplies the foundation as humor blends with drama in a sketch about Snapper Garrison a jockey during a crucial moment. Special scenery depicts a grindstand and race track while a company of 15 people is employed.

Charles H. Macair The Empire Williams Imperials

The Melting Pot at Chicago Grand Opera House

Walker Whiteside stars in Israel Zangwill’s The Melting Pot at the Chicago Grand Opera House in his last week. The play portrays race harmony through America as a loving mother melting away feuds. Lieblers' company brings a strong cast amid high praise for Whiteside’s performance.

Walker Whiteside Chicago Grand Opera House Israel Zangwill Aangwill Man Zangwill America Messrs. Lieblers Chicago

Gill Seeks Grand Rapids Central League Franchise

Warren Gill, ex Grand Rapids first baseman, is the leading candidate to purchase the Grand Rapids Central league franchise from Bert Annis, the South Bend owner who bought it last season. Gill is popular with Grand Rapids fans, who hope he takes over. President F B Carson has explained Annis cannot hold two franchises.

Gill Fort Wayne Ind Warren Gill Grand Rapids Bert Annis South Bend F. B. Carson Annis

Hatfield Illness Could Bench Star Tackle Saturday

Bloomington Indiana report says Hatfield star tackle may miss Illinois game with grip illness confined to room since Sunday, casting doubt on his lineup for Saturday.

Hatfield Bloomington Ind Illinois

EIGHT WOMEN SEEK UIVERSES ONLY ONE MAN IN DIVORCE FIGHTS

Eight women apply for divorces while one man, Charles K. Stewart, sues for divorce claiming his wife N Simmons dallied with Silas Simmons. The spread includes Bertha Mitchell seeking support for herself and son, Minnie May Stone accusing Charles Stone of drinking cursing and infidelity, Marie F McCauley alleging Eugene H McCauley struck her, Nellie Jones seeking support and custody, Addie J Greene requesting custody after abandonment, Rosa Flora alleging lack of support, Fiora A Slater alleging abuse, and Sural Oberley charging John Oberley with temper and threats.

Charles K. Stew Silas KE. Simmons Heart Jewar Simmons Stewart Bertha Mitchell David Mitchell Minnie May Stone Charles Stone Marie F. McCauley Eugene H. McCauley Nellie BE. Jones Oliver M. Jones Addie J. Greene Orth W. Greene Rosa Flora Willis Flora Alan Fiora A. Slater Flora A. Kidaree Sural Oberley John Oberley

Hatpin Girl Fends Off Attacker Near Stanwick

Miss Catherine Dudley aged 17 or 18 fought off an assault near her home on Berton's Landing road in Mount Holly New York using a hatpin. Fifty armed men with dogs searched the countryside for the assailant after she escaped unharmed, sustained only by a prostrated state at her father's home.

Mount Holly N. Y Stanwick Catherine Dudley Berton

Notre Dame Starts With Strong, Weakened Lineup Today

Notre Dame lineups at an Oct 299 game show Maloney at left end Kelley at left tackle Mertes left guard Sullivan center Duffy right guard Dolan right tackle Marianity right end Dwyer quarterback Miller left half Ruel right half Vaughan full back. Absentees Lynch Paine Edwards on sick list. Sullivan Duffy Mertes strong. Vaughan or Miller to punt.

Notre Dame Ind Maloney Kelley Mertes Sullivan Duffy Dolan Marianity Dwyer Miller Ruel Vaughan Lynch Paine Edwards

Hill Praises Bryan In Har monious Albany Meeting

David Ben nett Hill, long at odds with the Bryan wing, joined William Jennings Bryan at a packed Harmonus Bleecker hall mass meeting in Albany. Hill presided and praised Bryan as incorruptible brave and a true friend of labor while Bryan received an ovation. He warned a Bryan victory would not cause a business panic but a purge of federal officeholders.

Albany N. Y David Bennett Hill Bryan William Jennings Bryan Harmonus Bleecker Hall Hill Labor

People Should Rule In Affairs Of The Nation

Daniel W. Church of Iowa campaigns for Bryan and Kern. He argues nations must apply the people’s rule to both government and industry, comparing slavery and early governance to modern corporations. He says the Philippines case shows alternate governance failed and urges voters to back Bryan by extending popular rule to industrial action.

Daniel W. Church Iowa Bryan and Kern Mr. Bryan Taft Philippines Bryan

Terre Haute Elks to Honor Mordecai Brown Saturday

Terre Haute Elks plan a big reception for pitcher Mordecai Brown on his Saturday night arrival at the lodgerooms. They will also present him with a yet undisclosed gift as part of the tributes.

Brown Terre Haute The

Gage of measles halts midnaper in woman's home

Staunton Virginia October scene of a measles outbreak drives a curious kidnapping plot. Mrs. F. B. Field and her son Fred, heirs to $40,000, are kept in a hotel by health authorities after a separation with the father who enrolled the boy at a military academy. The commandant refuses to release the child.

Gage Field Fred Military

Guesser Explain Thurston Trick Earns Orchestra Reward

Readers are invited to explain the Park theater magic trick by Mr. Howard Thurston. A water filled coconut shell pours into a brass bowl and then to three large caldrons. The best ten explanations will win an orchestra for a performance.

Howard Thurston Park Theater Thurston

Injured Lads Set for Miami Test at Oxford After Michigan

Although neither will play in Saturday's con test with the heavy Michigan Aggies their injuries will have sufficently recovered for them to get in the struggle with Miami at Oxford a week for Saturday.

Michigan Aggies Miami Oxford

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