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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
6
The Marion Trust Co advertises insurance options for all needs including rent collection, season-long coverage, and property charges. Located on The Circle, the notice invites customers to see the firm for management and protection services.
A Park matinee and evening show feature Two Little Waifs by Lincoln J. Carter. Blanche Shirley shines in dual roles of twin sisters, with Stanley and Lolita Lamb praise worthy as waifs. Strong villainy by Melville Hunt and solid supporting turns from Francis Ones and Miss June Names completa stagecraft in a well staged melodrama.
Judge Teley in Chicago ruled for Buda Foundry and Manufacturing to wind up the Columbia Celebration Company founded in 192? to stage spectacular jays. The suit, pending for years, involved over one hundred defendants. Steele Mackaye led the enterprise and attracted Chicago capitalists who now face liability for unpaid stock.
In October Timore hosts the initial precaution of a play. Miss Robson appears in Agatha beside Tomaso Salvini when he visits in April, Desdemona to his Othello and Cordelia to his King Lear. Hammerstein plans the Drury Lane theatre on Thirty fourth street as a Broadway price theatre. Madame Rejane returns to London in October to perform Gioconda. Justice Dugro signs Blanche Walsh divorce decree from Alfred Hickman.
A Fresh Air Mission Fair at Fairview Park on Ashland Avenue drew over 2,000 attendees and more than 2,000 tickets were sold. Money raised supports care for sick children and mothers, with early sales of ice cream and candy strong. Organizers expect the event to run again tonight and possibly raise well over $1,000.
In broad daylight a thief entered the Heaston residence at 144 West Nineteenth street through a rear door and stole two gold watches and a keybook while the family relaxed after lunch. Mr Heaston reported the burglary to police and no trace of the stolen items has been found.
A large audience enjoyed last night’s program at Fair Bank headlined by Eugene Cowles whose deep bass sang bal lads and operatic pieces alongside Madame Lapinsky’s contralto numbers. Cowles plans a new self-composed work tomorrow as two more performances with Madame Bainsky loom. Walter Watterson on xylophone joined the band in a lively program featuring Hohenzollern Ruhm and medleys. A German House Garden concert followed with Nicholas Rembusch and W S Mitchell among the soloists performing Ernani selections and Morning Noon and Night, ending with Daddy's Delight and The Lost Chord.
Mary H. Flanner presents a breezy poem about summer outdoors with birds, showers, meadows, and sunshine. The verses evoke hillsides, orchards, and a child singing, inviting carefree play outside throughout the day.
Miss Laura Hart visits friends in New York while many locals depart for vacations. The column lists dozens of residents traveling to Niagara Topeka Wawasee and Vermont with return dates in late summer plus social events such as bowling parties and lawn fetes. It notes weddings plans and receptions including the Sweeney twenty fifth anniversary party and multiple Fort Wayne nuptials.
A New York Times page notes inexpensive trinkets and home decor including a leather framed clock and calendar, a long skirt in Diacketamine for 12.50, a bronze ash holder with a central face, linen twill stationery, and elaborate loving cups. Also discusses etchings on brass and London society women aiding relatives with work, via private recommendations rather than public ads.
The article blends fashion guidance for women adapting hair to age and face shape with a New York Evening Sun chili sauce recipe. It lists hair formulas for skull shapes and suggests elderly matrons favor a pompadour while warning against overstyling. The sauce recipe details tomatoes peppers onions vinegar sugar salt and spices with simmering guidance.
Box plaited waists are in vogue and likely to stay popular for months. The example uses embroidered pongee stitched with corticelli silk and can suit washable fabrics as well as silks and wools. For more elaborate effects, the collar and cuffs can be varied.
Indianapolis Journal correspondent notes August fashion stagnation as buyers browse while autocrats Paquin and Francis unveil early autumn models. Shortened street skirts return with integrated linings, long coats in Louis cuts, and new trims like heavy lace and fringe. Velvet, tibelines, yokes, plaits, and ample sleeves signal a stylish season focusing on health, comfort, and refined lines.
A reader testifies that Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills saved their son from severe neuralgia and that years of use provided lasting relief. The letter lauds the pills as a sure cure for headaches and neu t algic pains and notes sharing them with others who suffered similar aches.
Pueblo law notes coroner in charge of the body of H. Roberts a returned sender who was struck by a passenger train while en route to his home in Michigan. The incident occurred as the man traveled through Pueblo.
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