New Director Casazza Resigns to Lead Metropolitan Opera
Signor Giulio Casazza, newly chosen director of the Metropolitan Opera, arrives in New York with a five year contract worth $35,000 annually. He jokes about lard as a symbol of American money and says American audiences will hear mainly French and Italian operas next season. His career and autobiography are featured in the report.
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New York
Jove
Italy
Giulio Gati Casazza
Metropolitan Opera
America
Casazza
Signor
Giulio Gabi Casazza
Ferrara
Ferrara’s Opera Dreamer Becomes Milan’s Scala Lead
A Ferrara native born around 1884 recalls a varied path from civil engineer to theater reformer. After an early passion for opera and a city theatre revival, he led a shift to update scenery, music, and costumes, earning praise as Ferrara’s theatre grew artistic and influential.
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Ferrara
Italy
Dale Viscounti di Madrone
Scala
Milan
Eawork
Lion and the Mouse to Headline Nelson May 18
The Nelson stage will present The Lion and the Mouse with Henry Bb. Harris in the lead role on Monday May 18. The play is praised as a powerful sociological drama with brisk action and strong character portraits creating continual audience engagement.
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Henry Bb. Harris
The
Nelson
Klein
A Bit of Vaudeville Exchange on Insurance and Death
A humorous dialogue sketches a vaudeville skit about insurance and underwriting with characters debating life policies, premiums, and dissolution. The banter mocks policy terms as the narrator teases the notion of a life insurance shop run by a foolkiller threat.
Vincennes Man Killed by Switch Engine in Rail Yard Incident
Thomas Burns of Vincennes wandered into the E. and T. H. railroad yards while intoxicated and was killed by a switch engine. The accident underscores dangers in rail yard areas and is under local investigation.
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Thomas Burns
Vincennes
John Trinkle
Jeffersonville
Jesse Aldrich
Bryan Sees Big Lead in Democratic Convention Battle
A Washington dispatch reports William J. Bryan extending his delegate lead for the Denver convention. Bryan has 300 delegates pledged and could reach 426 in states with upcoming conventions or primaries, while many uninstructed delegates are expected to tilt his way.
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New York
Washington
the Herald
Denver
William J. Bryant
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Maine
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Judge Gray
East
Johnson
Taft
Rensselaer seniors stage Shakespeare in school event
Local updates report Rensselaer high school seniors will perform As You Like It during commencement. Other items note Rev Dr Cockerly leaving Greenfield ministry for medicine, a fatal shooting in Jeffersonville, a Gifford store fire causing 5000 in damages, and a 70 year old Warsaw man’s suicide by razor.
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Rensselaer High School
Thomas L. Cockerly
Greenfield
Cement Gutters Proposed to Improve City Streets
A letter argues for cement gutters city wide to improve appearance and reduce cleaning costs. It urges replacing stone gutters during repairs and applying cement gutters to new builds, opposing no paving and calling for an improved streets campaign. It mentions Fifth and Fourth streets and North street as targets.
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Health Board
Fifth Street
Broadway
Fourth Street
North Street
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Jefferson County
Martha Gray transfers land to Walter Pryor described as section 12 and section 14 in section 11, Jefferson. Transactions include two chattel mortgages filed totaling 1 092.00 dollars. Key figures show mortgage values and property transfer details for local records.
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Martha Gray
Walter Pryor
S. E
Jefferson
Panhandle yards organize a workers baseball team
The Panhandle yards employees form a baseball team with Biddy Navin as manager. Players include Shorty Flush, Frank Gill, Jake Bowers, George McDaniels, Walter Hackett, Tom Lefever, George Martin, Pete Grady and others, with all communications directed to Navin.
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Panhandle Yards
Biddy Navin
Shorty Flush
Frank Gill
Jake Bowers
George McDaniels
Walter Hackett
Tom Lefever
George Martin
Pete Grady
Printers Vote Set For May 29 Union Officers
Local printers will vote for union officers on May 29 with about forty ballots cast. James Lynch of Indianapolis seeks reelection as president alongside a New Orleans challenger. The present secretary also runs again and all voters must be in good standing.
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James Lynch
Indianapolis
New Orleans
Ben Hers Return From Northern Indiana Congress Meeting
Local Ben Hers returned from Garrett where they attended the annual meeting of the Northern Indiana congress. The session was good and well attended. Lee Jefferson and George Crum were named to the committee on resolutions. The next meeting will be at Huntington.
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Ben Hers
Garrett
Northern
Indiana Congress
Lee Jefferson
George Crum
Huntington
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Markeonner
Nelson Attractions
Rosar Mason Co
Lion and the Mouse
Summer Seston
al G. Fields
Minstrels
Mary Mannering
Rosar-Mason Stock Co
Rosar-Mason Stock Company
Rosar
Majestic Theatre
Chicago
Marcel
Academies of Design
Alice Norton
London
Charles Dickson
Sears
Violet Allen
Redpath
Osgar
Adolf
Fred Schaefer
STS OF Svi
Billy Taft
Sutton
Logansport, Ind
Logansport
Eel
Wabash
Wabash Valley
Sutton Hotel
Logansport Daily Reporter
Nordyke & Jacks
Gifford
John Roach
Warsaw
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
New Albany
Elmer E. Lebo
Richmond
West Baden
County
St. Joseph
Leslie Brunland
Rushville
Charles Coleman
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S. M. Velsey
Ben Hurs
Theatre Nelson
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Lone Bey
Walter
W. & Pay
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