Rat Shop Triumphs in Rat Poison Trade Across States
G P McDermott & Co opened a Rat Shop office on the Board of Trade building fifth floor and now employ more salesmen than any Indianapolis firm. Rat Snap destroys rodents, leaves no odor, and carries a money back guarantee. The firm sells directly to consumers, not through jobbers, and trains agents to tell the truth. Government advice warns unchecked rat lines could hit hundreds of millions in four years, making extermination a duty.
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G. P. McDermott & Co
Board of Trade
Indianapolis
Oliver Twist
Jona
Egypt
Ivery
Rat Snap
Ge. P McDermott & Co
Amusements: Free Letters quartet gains stage demand
The Free Letters quartet, a top vaudeville act, drew praise for four strong male voices and solid comedy. Critics noted their appeal on tours beyond the Rhine city circuits and called them standard merit in vaudeville.
Flower of the Ranch at Park Theater Week
Park Theater presents The Flower of the Ranch a west set musical comedy proclaimed by New York Boston and Chicago critics as a novel diverting show. Three acts unfold in California with ranch Mexicans Indians cowpunchers and rustlers offering scenic displays. Ned Weyburn directs a large chorus and Joseph E Howard wrote the score back lyrics and music. principals include Frances Cossar Jessie Huston Edward Hume Frederick Knights Earl Stanley and John B McSweeney with elaborate scenery and electricals.
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Park Theater
New York
Boston
Chicago
West
California
Ned Weyburn
Joseph E. Howard
Frances Cossar
Jessie Huston
Edward Hume
Frederick Knights
Earl Stanley
John B. McSweeney
Forepaugh Players Prepare Lady Windermere's Fan at Majestic
The Forepaugh Stock Company at Majestic presents Lady Windermere's Fan next week after a successful current run of The House of a Thousand Candles. Critics praise the English society drama as a timeless classic with strong cast, elegant production, and superb setting. Seats are on sale at the Majestic box office.
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Forepaugh Players
Meredith Nicholson
Forepaugh
Majestic
Lady Windermere
The
Indianapolis
Majestic Theater
Empire Theater Sees Cast Shakeup Over Walkout
Dennis Mullen of the Big Review company at the Empire is cousin to Edmond Hayes of Wise Guy fame. Hayes walked out after jumping his contract with the show owner, while Mullen had been with the company and was in a vaudeville skit when the incident occurred.
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Dennis Mullen
Empire
Edmond Hayes
Wise Guy
Hayes
Mullen
Actor pressed into service in season hit and decline
In the characterization he was pressed into service at once and made a hit from the start. He was offered a starring tour for the season but declined.
New Gabety Ostler Joe at Talk-a-Graph theater
The Talk-a-Graph company presents New Gabety Ostler Joe, a remarkable Bio graph melodrama praised for sensational effects. The program features a travel picture, Eastern success pictorial ballads, big laughs from the comedies, and two shows daily under the theater’s Dollar show for a dime motto.
Wonderland Adds Three In One Show With Figaro Automaton
Wonderland debuts A Little Bit of Everything featuring Figaro the human automaton and Riley's Old SwimminHole pictorial, plus juvenile actors. Free vaudeville acts include Mad Miller the handcuff king and Emory White and company in Three Gypsy Fortune Tellers.
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Wonderland
Figaro
Riley
Mad Miller
Emory White
Hoosier Capital
Emory White & CO
Women Invited Burglars by Displaying Jewelry
A retired burglar testifies that most successful jewelry thefts came from studying women who show off valuables in public. He explains he shadowed be-ringed, be-diamonded women to learn where they lived and struck only when the haul was worthwhile.
Comedienne Miss Wood to Inherit Estate Share
Miss Maurice Wood, an 18 year old comedienne who impersonates Eva Tanguay and others with the Big Review at the Empire, claims a 360000 share of an estate left by her Kansas City grandmother. The will has been in litigation for years. Her father Dr Willis Wood was a famed Chicago surgeon. She remains on stage while awaiting the probate resolution.
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Maurice Wood
Comedienne
Eva Tanguay
Vesta Victoria
Big Review
Empire
Kansas City
Miss Wood
Willis Wood
Establishing the plural
A four year old Fred visits his uncle on the farm and recalls chasing geese and a big goose dinner. His father asks how to tell goose from geese, Fred answers that one geese is a goose and two gooses is geese, in a humorous misread about plural forms.
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Fred
Levinson’s Hat Ventures Grow With Style and Light
Harry Levinson, known as the $2 hat man, built a growing Indianapolis business from a single Pennsylvanian Street store to a second Illinois Street location. The ventures emphasize quality, uniform low prices, courteous service, and expert fitting, aided by Chicago family connections. Both stores feature bright Tungsten lighting, modern displays, and inviting interiors, with visitors and State Fair attendees warmly welcomed. Stanley Zimmerman leads the Illinois Street shop, as Levinson’s enterprise expands and gains public notice.
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Harry Levinson
Indianapolis
Mr. Levinson
Chicago
N. Pennsylvania Street
Levinson
S. Ilinois Street
Stanley Zimmerman
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