Amusements at the Grand and Park with vaudeville shows
The Grand presents Imma Francis and Mile Nadai with two young mothers as managers in two vaudeville acts including Emma Francis, Nadgi, and a trio of Arabian acrobats. The Park features The Mysterious Burglar with three days and The Wizard of Oz continued with George Jane as the Scarecrow. Empire offers Williams Ideals with a beach scene and troupe, while Majestic runs Glass Put In and other acts. Park includes Captain Fox and his Zouaves and athletic displays.
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Benjamin Chapin
White House
Imma Francis
Amonderland
Capt. Fox
Lotto
Arndt
Fair Bank
Emma Francis
Mile
Nadgi
Miss Francis
Mile Nadai
Europe
America
Teddy’pears
Williams
the Empire
Fray
Alien
Murphy
Megee
Sommers and Stork
Gruett
Perrin Sommers
Marie Gruett
Ruth Everett
Scarecrow in Oz to Appear at Park 8oon
Wonderland manager Wicks plans a season end celebration in Indianapolis with a last week of free vaudeville at Wonderland. A parade, lights on the electric tower, and a closing show accompany skating and dancing outdoors for winter. Knights of the Maccabees and Modern Woodmen outings draw many members.
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Scarecrow
Wonderland
Wicks
Indianapolis
Knights of the Maccabees of the World
Woodmen of America
Texas seeks ouster of Western Union Telegraph Co
Special to The Sun from Dallas reports Attorney General Gibson Davidson has filed a suit against Western Union Telegraph Co for ouster from Texas on grounds of operating without a permit. The suit mirrors the Pullman case, alleging a capital stock of 190 million dollars and taxes due to the state amounting to 100,046 dollars.
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Dallas
Tex
Gibson Davidson
Pullman Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Texas
Organizers Work To Unite Tobacco Growers In Indiana
In Boonville Indiana organizers of the Tobacco Growers Association of Kentucky are moving into southern Indiana to rally farmers into a group to press for higher prices against the American Tobacco Company.
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Boonville
Ind
Tobacco Growers’ Association of Kentucky
American Tobacco Company
Indiana
Bank Chief Injured in Runaway at Morris Town
Special to The Sunn. In Rushville Indiana Earl Payne 26 president of the People's Bank was thrown from a buggy in a runaway accident at Morris town and suffered internal injuries that will prove fatal.
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Sunn
Rushville
Ind
Earl Payne
The
People’s Bank
Morristown
Labor Captain Goes for Taft in Public Clash
United Press dispatch from Washington reports organized labour led by Samuel Gompers countering Secretary of War Taft as a presidential aspirant. Gompers denounces injunctions and Taft’s stance on court powers, claiming his rhetoric favors capital and would empower courts to break up lawful worker assemblies.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
American Federation
Taft
Federation
Gompers
Cincinnati
United States
Oklahoma
Amateur unrest and theater auditions prompt publicity
The piece cites objections to injunction abuse and jury abolition in labor cases, criticizes Congressman Littlefield’s district stance, and notes theatre manager Shane’s belief in Lillian Calve as an amateur hit. Calve proposes using a phony name to gain press, then offers to sing popular songs to fool audiences.
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Littlefield
Gompers
Buck's Stove and Range Company
St. Louis
Manufacturers’ Association
Fed
Shane
Illian Calve
Lillian
Lillian Calve
Lilium Russell
Opry
Labor Boycott Cites Compulsory Purchase Law Opposition
The speaker attacks a St. Louis concern over a forced purchase need and urges a boycott. He vows not to buy the stores until a law requires laboring men to purchase, calls for cooperation with sympathetic friends, and ends with a defiant injunction against actions.
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Eration
St. Louis
Black Het
Labor's Magna Charta in Taft labor rulings cited
Columbus Sept 26 Arthur L Voris national Taft bureau manager cites Fred N Judson on Judge Taft labor decisions. Judson says Taft rulings support labor rights and union representation, noting Phelan and Wabash strike as pivotal examples hailed as Magna Charta for organized labor.
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Columbus
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Taft
Arthur L. Voris
Taft Bureau
Organized Labor
Fred N. Judson
St. Louis
Railroad Brotherhood
Phelan
Judson
Wasson sale list of damask linens and fabrics prices
A scanned newspaper item lists numerous fabric and household goods with prices. Items include red table damask at 29 cents, crepe paper, hat pins, school hosiery, sleeve boards, curtain stretchers, galvanized pails, wash boilers, dish pans, towels, damask, infants and children's garments, underwear, stockings, cloths, plaids, flannels, and ginghams with varied prices.
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Wees SC
Minneapolist musician Evangeline Gorham marries W R Butler
Miss Evangeline B Gorham of Minneapolis and W R Butler were quietly married at Mrs Mary Cupplies home 240 West New York street Wednesday Both are musicians Butler sings at the Majestic theater Miss Gorham left Minneapolis likely to spend the winter in New York
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Evangeline B. Gorham
Minneapolis
W. R. Butler
Mary Cupplies
New York St
Butler
Majestic Theater
Miss Gorham
New York
Majestic Manager Heads to Open Avenue Theater in St Louis
M. E. Lund, manager of the Majestic theater, has traveled to St Louis to oversee the opening of the Avenue theater on October 7. The new vaudeville house is reported to cost $100,000 and will feature a varied program.
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M. E. Lund
Majestic Theater
St. Louis
Avenue Theater
Kills the Home Wrecker in Whiting Killing
Anton Sheher with a loaded revolver shot Steven Kovac to death in his home after finding Kovac with Mrs. Sheher. The two returned to Toledo where Kovac had served three months for prior charges. Sheher fled with his two year old daughter after the shooting.
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Whiting
Ind
Anton Sheher
Hiswelling
Steven
Kovac
Standard Oil Company
Farmers Hold Prices For Wheat And Grains
The Minnesota union of the American Society of Equity with about 35 000 farmers passed a resolution urging members to hold their wheat until it reaches 1 1 4 dollars per bushel. It also set support prices for flax 1 55 per bushel for cattle 0 70 per 100 pounds timothy seed 5 50 per 100 pounds and hay 20 a ton.
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Union of the American Society of Equity
Northwest
Justice Hutchinson Fines Jesse Alley for Wife Assault
A Justice of the Peace named A R Hutchinson fined Jesse Alley ten dollars and costs on a Wednesday afternoon for striking his wife. Alley resides at Forty eighth street and Broadway.
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Jesse Alley
Justice of the Peace
A. R
Hutchinson
Mrs Thaw Reported Worse as Auto Delivers Meals
Mrs Harry Thaw who has been at home with a cold since last Saturday is reported worse today. Her automobile continues its daily trip to the Tombs to deliver messages to Harry Thaw, with luncheon and supper for the prisoner.
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United Press
New York
Harry Thaw
Tombs
Auditor warns Camden insurer to liquidate and withdraw
Auditor of State John C. Billheimer warns New Jersey Fire Insurance Company of Camden that it will write 110 more policies then withdraw from the state amid trouble. The Indiana book shows $254,000 in force, capitalization $200,000, at risk totaling $18,047,672 in the US, assets admitted at $44,195.11, and a surplus of $2,885.43. The company, incorporated in May 1906, was admitted to Indiana then.
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New Jersey Fire Insurance Company
Camden
Indiana
United States
Bonds Sold for City of Washington Fire Stations
Petersburg Indiana reports the city sold $10,000 Washington bonds to W. R. Meredith at par. The issue funds construction of four fire stations, matures in five years, with 4 percent interest.
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Sun
Most Popular Man Crowned at Empire Theater Event
The Empire theater audience chose John Herr as the most popular man on Wednesday night. Herr, a well known businessman, received an order for a new hat as the prize.
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Empire Theater
John Herr
Hers
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