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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
3
An advertising feature touts Cascarets as the “true faithful servant of Mankind” with millions of users and billions spent on promoting its merits. It warns of imitators and counterfeiters profiting from Cascarets’ popularity and public trust.
An old time promotion touts Cascarets as a safe vegetable remedy for the digestive canal. It argues they act like exercise on bowel muscles, prevent disease with a harmless, reliable product. The ad warns against dishonest salesmen and promotes a ten cent West Pocket box from the Sterling Remedy Company Chicago or New York.
The Grand features Gaston and Green in a grotesque skit with black and white scenery and poster style makeup. Mme Renz and white horses headline state fair week. Forepaugh Stock at Majestic opens season with Meredith Nicholson drama The House of a Thousand Candles and strong advance seat sales. The Labor Day opener stars include Arvine Arnold Foster Walker with new cast additions.
Park theater presents The Montana Limited a melodrama about twin brothers one honest one a robber a mistaken arrest follows and love heals. Also FAIR WEEK highlight The Flower of the Ranch by Joseph E Howard with Chicago cast returns from Garrick theater run to thrill Park audiences.
The Empire show highlights Charles Ledegar the flying Dutchman with a rope walking act full of comedy and daring falls that thrill the audience. He performed Tuesday afternoon, leaving a slight eye discoloration noted yesterday. The New Gaiety offered a fresh program of talking pictures this afternoon as the feature.
A film from Talk-A-Graph titled The Greaser's Gauntlet delivers a border drama with edge of seat suspense and a well executed comedy. Wonderland manager Wicks opens playground gates for matinees during state fair week and adds Three Gypsy Fortune Tellers and Mad Miller as featured acts with handcuff tests by police.
A long feature blends entertainment gossip with business education advice. It notes Mike Donlin and Mabel Hite enjoying financial success and public interest, then shifts to endorsing a local business college in Indianapolis with details on location, faculty, equipment, discipline, and graduate employment.
Mrs Jennie M Conrad of Newton county, reputedly Indiana's wealthiest woman, declares lifelong Republican status but now supports Democrats over Bryan. She criticizes party bosses for office rotation and rising taxes, while Republicans question her party history and family ties. Her switch is seen as influential in statewide sentiment.
The Indiana state fair declares a full week of events including Labor Day promotions with 25 cent admission and nightly shows. Tuesday offers free admission for children and veterans while Thursday features candidates day as politicians from state to county visit. Sirena the guiding trotter adds to outdoor attractions as city merchants offer advance ticket sales.
The Colored Rescue Mission at Blake and Colton streets with superintendent Emory Jas. Cain will hold services Sunday Tuesday and Thursday nights at 8 p.m. Donations of money or clothing for winter relief are welcomed at 736 Blake Street.
War maneuvers at Ft Benjamin Harrison involve extended minor tactics with regular troops. Three problems were solved by umpires as brigades clashed over Bakers bridge and Fall Creek. Key combats pitted Thirteenth cavalry against the bridge while Blues fought Browns nearby during the exercises led by Capt Williamson and Lieut Cuthro. Maj Kennon and Maj Chatfield led provisional units to locate and drive out imagined enemies. Another engagement near the reservation’s southwest corner saw Maj Beall command a provisional battalion to attack the Second battalion of the Tenth defending the fort.
The roller skating and dancing act of Charles T. and Bettina Bruce at the Family theater this week draws strong notice. The Bruces display graceful skating and dancing that would shine on vaudeville stages and entertain audiences.
In Muncie Indiana four hundred Knights of the Golden Eagle and Ladies of the Golden Eagle attended the seventeenth annual state convention. Officers elected include Farmland’s F G Mills as chief and Union City’s L R B Lenath as vice chief. Mrs Fannie Hanley of Muncie became grand templar. Next year’s convention will be in Union City.
The Men ter and Rosenbloom Co. at 1 N. Pennsylvania St offers boys suits made of stout material with strong stitching and durable buttons. Prices are low and payments are convenient with $1.00 weekly installments.
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