Amusements Park and Grand Opera Openings
Amusements include Superba pantomime and Miss New York Junior acts with daily matinees and two performances midweek. Grand Opera House reopens with a safe, modern rebuild for state fair week, featuring Minnie Seligman, William Bramwell in A Dakota Widow and the Jackson Family cyclists.
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Grand Opera House
America
Indianapolis
Henry M. Ziegler
Anderson-Ziegler Company
Cincinnati
J. J. Murdock
Martin Beck
Orpheum
Chicago
Minnie Seligman
William Bramwell
Jackson
New Grand Opera House
Indiana
Thaster
Wm. Bramwell
The
Jackson Pfamily
Mlle
Alba
Ladall & Cloud
Abdallah Bros
Too Vivions
Bimm
Bomm
Burr
Lilliian Ashley
the Kinodrome
Vaudeville bill features Abba the juggler and notable acts
Europe’s Mile Abba headlines the inaugural vaudeville bill with Abdellah Brothers Arab acrobats Ladell and Crouch singers dancers Two Vivians rifle shots Bimm Bomm Burr English musical experts and Lillian Ashley. Nellie Andrews Verdi scenes and Adgie the beast trainer plus Broncho Bill and Arndt Military Band visit Wonderland during fair week. Prof Arndt fell from his directing platform narrowly missing audience ribs.
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Mile
Abba
Europe
Abdellah Brothers
Ladell
Crouch
Vivians
Bimm
Bomm
Burr
Lillian Ashley
Herman Arndt
Arndt
Wonderland
Bangtown Crossroads
Adgie
Capital City fair week bill offers vaudeville and farce
Special features this week at Capital City garden highlight the meritous fair week as the best yet. Management added new tables and benches to handle crowds while the program includes the one act farce Its Up to You Bill and several clever vaudeville acts.
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Capital City Garden
Bill
Transatlantic Burlesquers at Gayety and Wonderland Acts
The Transatlantic Burlesquers present Flubb-Dubb Conspiracy along with A Gay Modiste at Gayety all week featuring Lizzie Freleigh and a diverse vaudeville lineup. Miss New York Jr at the Empire promises amusement with Abe Reynolds Ferguson Perry Esterbrooks and Lee White. Wonderland showcases Adzie with trained lions, Broncho Bill, The Bombardment of Ft Sumter display, Arndt’s Military Band, and other free acts during state fair week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transatlantic Burlesquers
Vaudevillians
Lizzie Freleigh
Smith and Convey
KaJinowski Brothers
Norma Bell
Fitzgerald
Quinn
Val Raynor
James Whitely
Eddie Nugent
DeGraff
NEW York, JR
the Empire
Abe Reynolds
Dave Ferguson
George Perry
the Esterbrooks
Davis
Lee White
Ampere
Wonderland
Adzie
Ft. Sumter
Arndt
Adgie
Pain's Fireworks Vesuvius Opens at State Fair Grounds
The Pain spectacle Vesuvius opens on the circus grounds during state fair week with a $2,000 fireworks display and volcano themed scenes. About 400 performers present a Naples 1903 eruption tableau with five acres of scenery and electric lighting. Monday features Indianapolis night with a large fire picture of Mayor Bookwalter under Indianapolis Battalion Armory association.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Italy
Mt. Vesuvius
Indianapolis
Bookwalter
Indianapolis Battalion Armory Association
W. Wash
Bookwalter Pain
Weber's Drug Store
Indianapolis Military Band
Songs by Orphans Observe Forty Years of German Asylum
The fortieth anniversary of the German Orphans asylum was celebrated with ten thousand Germans from Marion county and guests from Cincinnati and beyond. Morning services were followed by speeches, choir and orphan chorus, city band, Liederkranz, and open-house tours. Mayor Bookwalter and Rev. Hansen spoke on German Americans and the orphanage work. Refreshments and lunches funded operations, with last year’s expenses at 7,769.97 and women's auxiliary contributing 1,163.85. About 1,500 was cleared from Sunday booth sales.
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Marion County
Cincinnati
Theodore Schory
Zion Church
C. A. Bookwalter
P. Christian Hansen
America
Henry Prange
Committee On
Woman's Auxiliary
Teaching Will Continue At Young Women's Association
The Young Women's Christian association at 329 N. Pennsylvania St will move to a new home with tearing of the old building to start soon. Classes continue without break and the rear building will house offices and classrooms. Home arts and languages will be taught, with vocal music and elocution, and Dr E A Willis leads the music program. Miss May N Blodgett will lecture for ten days next month. The course remains free for all women.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Pennsylvania
St. A
Association
E. A. Willis
May N. Blodgett
Bible Committee
Edward J. O Connor Dies After Sinking Spell In Water Valley
Edward J O Connor aged 36 son of Michael O Connor of 818 N Capitol Ave and vice president of M O Connor Co wholesale grocers died Friday at the Struble house Water Valley Ind He is believed to have suffered a sinking spell and died before aid arrived The funeral was held Monday morning at SS Peter and Paul cathedral Burial followed at Holy Cross cemetery.
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Edward J. O'Connor
Michael O'Connor
N. Capitol Ave
M. O’connor & Co
Struble House
Water Valley
Ind
SS. Peter and Paul
Holy Cross Cemetery
Grand Army Train Departs Indianapolis to Saratoga Springs
A special Grand Army train carrying about 200 Indiana Civil War veterans in blue uniforms left Indianapolis Monday at 2 PM en route to Saratoga Springs New York for the national encampment. Twenty six of the department's 29 delegates joined the party led by several of the state's notable figures.
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Grand Army
Indiana
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Indianapolis
Department of Indiana
Brick Tile and Terra Cotta Workers Convene in Chicago
The ninth annual convention opened at Germania hall on Monday with delegates from major cities. Charles Hauck of Chicago serves as international president and announced headquarters at the Lorraine hotel.
Judge Willis Brown Urges Boys to Play Square in Salt Lake
In Salt Lake City Judge Willis Brown spoke to a packed Irvington Presbyterian tent audience about trust and the importance of “playing square” for boys. He led a band of 20 boy musicians during the Sunday night lecture at Johnson avenue meetings.
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Willis Brown
Salt Lake
Utah
Irvington Presbyterian Church
Johnsonave
Death by Carbolic Acid Linked to Railroad Dismissal
Richard T Cassidy a locomotive engineman of 167 West Market Street swallowed a three ounce bottle of carbolic acid Saturday afternoon and died soon after. His wife found him unconscious on the bed with the bottle nearby and a note saying unemployment from the Big Four railroad led to his despair. He left a wife and one son.
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Richard T. Cassidy
W. Market St
Cassidy
Big Four Railroad
Funeral of Mrs. Mary Miller in Indianapolis
Mrs. Mary Miller aged 84 was buried after a Saturday funeral at 50% N Noblest. Born in Germany she came to Indianapolis in 1852 and was widowed twice, first to Vincent Herbert then Henry W Miller. She had 13 children buried, 22 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren survive.
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Mary Miller
Miller
Germany
Indianapolis
Vincent Herbert
Henry W. Miller
Strife in Temple Ends in Arrest at Church Collection
James Shively and Henry Williams, both deacons at the Negro Missionary Baptist church on Sheppard street, clashed over Sunday night’s collection. Williams reportedly drew a knife and fired a shot after a dispute over banking the money or paying the church debt. Bicycle Officers Kitzmiller and Trimpe arrested both men.
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James Shively
Sheppard-st
Henry Williams
Negro Missionary Baptist Church
Williams
Kitzmiller
Trimpe
Mysterious recluse Ellis found dead in Indianapolis
James Ellis, reputedly worth about $1000 and renowned for frugal living, was discovered dead Saturday afternoon in the Stewart block, Indianapolis. Heart failure caused his death. Ellis had lived as a hermit for years, leaving little known about his past. He had a sister Mrs. T. B. Wilson in Ashland Nebraska and a brother Edwin Ellis of Terre Haute, notified. A well stocked library was in his room, and T. J. Seamans, a former confidant, recalls Ellis’s disappointment in love and solitary life.
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James Ellis
Stewart Block
Iinois
Ellis
Indianapolis
Filis
T. B. Wilson
Ashiland
Neb
T. J. Seamans
Edwin Ellis
Terre Haute
Three Die in Akron Lake Canoe Tragedy
United Press reports divers search Summit Lake near Akron for the bodies of May Adkins 20 of Cleveland Ina Reifsnyder 21 of Akron who perished in a canoe capsizing last night Also missing is Akron resident Charles Holoway Harold B Todd a Cleveland bank clerk survived by swimming to shore Dr J W Slemmons Akron was towing the canoe when the accident occurred He saved himself after leaping into the water and later recovered Heloway’s body was found early today Todd was found two hours later nearly exhausted
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City
May Adkins
Cleveland
Ina Reifsnider
Akron
Charles
Holoway
Harold B. Todd
Heloway
J. W. Slemmons
Father and Son Jolley Buried in Double Funeral
The Irvington Presbyterian church hosted a Saturday afternoon double funeral for Robert Jolley and his son Bruce Jolley. Both were buried in Crown Hill cemetery after respective deaths early Thursday morning, with Rev. J. C. Day officiating.
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Robert Jolley
Bruce Jolley
Irvington Presbyterian Church
Crown Hill Cemetery
J. C. Day
Engineer Bloody Eye Injury Likely Blindness
Evansville Indiana September 9 James Loftus an Illinois Central railroad engineer was struck in both eyes by hot broken glass from a bursting lubricator while on his engine The injury threatens the loss of sight in both eyes and follows the dangerous accident aboard the locomotive
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Loftus
Illinois Central Railroad
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