Grand vaudeville bill delights Grand audience
The Grand opera house presents a lively vaudeville program with acts like Boothblack quartet Gus Edwards School Boys and Girls and Sammy Watson Farmyard Circus. Five Normans Indian club dexterity and Perkins Fisher playlet The Half Way House draw applause while The Sisters Breselly Rooney Sisters and a kino drome film add variety.
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Grand Opera House
Perkins Fisher
Ezra Kendall
Kendall
Silas
Frank Whitman
Rooney Sisters
Gus Edwards
Perkne Fisher
Sammy Watson
Millionaire and the Policeman's Wife at Park Theater
The Park theater opened a sensational two crowd night run for The Millionaire and the Policeman's Wife by Theodore Kremer. The plot follows a New York millionaire who schemes to control a policeman's wife after she spurns him, with dramatic escapes including dynamiting a bridge and a house fire and a final heroic rescue of the husband from a Chinese opium joint.
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New York
Casey's Empire Theater opens with lively burletta stars
The Empire presented Casey's Alley written and staged by Roger Imhof opening to a large Monday audience. Imhof plays Michael Casey delivering hearty laughs. he’s supported by John A. West Joe Howard Suzane Corinne, with new choruses, clever turns by Howard and Corinne, and a lively closing act by Montamba and Bartelli.
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Alley
Roger Imhof
the Empire
Michael Casey
Mr. Imhof
Tad
John A. West
Joe Howard
Suzane Corinne
Times
Alio
Bennett Sisters
Armstrong
Levering
Howard
Corinne
Brownie
Wolf
Montamba
Bartelli
Majestic stage presents Lady Windermere's Fan with flair
The Forepaugh troupe repeats success with Oscar Wilde drama showing English society life through sparkling epigrams. The production is strong with delicate dramatic situations demanding fine acting. The cast excels as scenes unfold with stylish costly costumes and impressive staging.
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Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere
Ufe
Adventuress Matilda Choate Leads In Complete Cast
Work was done by Miss Matilda Choate, as the adventuress. All the other roles were satisfactorily handled.
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Miss Matilda Choate
New Gayety Song Debuts For Gertrude Fugate at Show
The song Cupid Has His Eyes on You written for Gertrude Hassler Fugate by Mrs. W. W. Carter and Miss Julia Neibergall premiered at New Gayety. Fugate’s contralto voice shines and she will perform two new encore numbers today. The program also features Black Eyed Susan and The Coast of Brittany as part of the talking pictures.
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Cupid
Gertrude Hassler Fugate
W. W. Carter
Julia Neibergall
Talk-A-Graph
Brittany
Bryan Invites Taft Into The Open In Roosevelts Shadow
William Jennings Bryan reacts to President Roosevelts support for Taft by arguing Roosevelts testimony is irrelevant and impractical. He contends Tafts platform remains vague and unresolved on key issues. Bryan accuses Tafts stance on labor laws juries and trusts of not satisfying workers or delivering results.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Roosevelt
Conrad Kohrs
Montana
Taft
Mr. Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Mir. Taft
Wonderland Free Pavilion Show Delights Hundreds
Wonderland patrons filled the free pavilion Monday evening for motion pictures in the park. Prof. Sleight's concert orchestra performed a varied program with several soloists. Weeklong nightly program changes promised surprises as the season neared its end.
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Wonderland
Prof. Sleight
Lillian Durham Not Leaving Taft Tour In Indianapolis
Ed E. Daley of Murray and Mack denies a Chicago report that Lillian Durham would quit the Sunnyside of Broadway company in Indianapolis to campaign for Taft. He says neither Miss Durham nor he sanctioned the claim and notes Durham's Democrat father favors Bryan.
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Ed E. Daley
Murray and Mack
Indianapolis
Park Theater
Sunnyside
Broadway
Chicago
Lillian Durham
Taft
Mr. Daly
Miss Durham
Phineas R. Durham
Lynn
Mass
Bryan
Taft confronts trust and tariff questions in campaign critique
The author questions Taft’s positions on antitrust enforcement and tariff revision, arguing he should declare a clear stance rather than rely on Roosevelt’s endorsement. The piece notes distrust in Taft’s reform record and calls for direct statements on policy directions and outcomes.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Washington
Mr. Taft
Nelson Gans Fight Pictures Promised at Tomlinson Hall
Photographs of the Nelson Gans lightweight title bout taken at Catma Col on Sept 9 are billed as the greatest moving pictures of a fight. The Indianapolis Athletic Club will show the reels at Tomlinson Hall on Thursday with dramatic realism emphasized by numerous flashes.
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Nelson-Gans
Mission Street
Catma
Col
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Exhibition opens Friday at noon runs to eleven each night
The event begins Friday at noon and continues daily until 11 pm each night. Women may attend with propriety, and a large turnout of ladies is expected, similar to the crowds drawn by Britt-Nelson pictures years ago.
Maennerchor 10s Wednesday Concert Series Extended
The Maennerchor will continue Wednesday evening concerts during the 1906 1909 season with access limited to society members Admittance and programs for next Wednesday feature Belsers orchestra with selections including The Sho Gun Trombone Blizzard Salute Amour Girl Question Al Fresco intermezzo The Whistler and His Dog Il Trovatore Verdi Hungarian Rhapsody and The Dervishes with Dances by Berdia Bendire City Welden
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Belser
Bene
Cohan
Dante
Berdia
Hungarien
Bendire Chty
Bloomington Farm Sold Back by Dr Warr for 7500
Dr A Warr repurchases the old Elrod farm south of Bloomington for seven thousand five hundred dollars. The 1 acre property changes hands as part of local land movements. In Shelbyville farmers move cattle stock while hog prices lag behind corn profits. Newell Saiders, ex Bloomington resident, elected director of the Nashville Chattanooga St Louis railway. Madison former Chief of Police Calvin Cisco dies at home aged ?.
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Bloomington
Dr. A. ©. Warr
B. FL Elrod
Newell Saiders
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
South
Madison
Calvin Cisco
Central lines offer mass meeting travel at reduced fare
Central Passenger Association offers one fare round trip to political gatherings within 150 miles of the meeting place until November 1. Tickets return valid one day after sale date with a minimum fare of fifty cents. The arrangement includes the Pennsylvanis Lines West of Pittsburgh.
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Central Passenger Association
Pennsylvani Lines
Pittsburg
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