The Drama at Theaters Today
English's Florodora at 8 15 Grand Vaudeville shows at 2 15 and 8 Flaming Arrow melody Empire The Dainty Duchess and vaudeville program at 2 and 8 pm
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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
4
Florodora at English's Opera House Excites Lincoln Audience
Florodora a musical comedy from England, staged at English's Opera House last night, drew crowds with its famed double sextette and sparkling songs. Grace Dudley led as Lady Holyrood while a large company performed coastal island and Welsh castle scenes with lively music and dance. The troupe, including Go-Won-Go-Mohawk and Park Theater acts, continues nightly through the week amid elaborate stage pictures by Lincoln J. Carter.
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England
Opera House
Jong
Wales
Leslie Stuart
Lady Holyrood
Grace Dudley
FT. Carleton
Gilfain
M. J. Smith
Charles H. Bowers
Dolores
Terprenes
Les Gordon
Angela Gilfain
Laura Millard
Philip H. Ryley
Anthony Tweedlepunch
Ida Dweree
Charles Lloyd
Park Theater
Lincoln J. Carter
Fort Reno
Indians in Costume Stage Drama at the Fort
The drama features real Indians in native dress with principal figures riding on horseback. An Indian brass band plays at the fort as adventures and clashes unfold between whites and Indians. Go-Won-Go-Mohawk as White Eagle aids soldiers, while Colonel Fremont his daughter Mary and Lt Brightly lead the action. An Irishman and a negro provide comic relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Eagle
Fremont
Mary
Brightly
Social and personal notes from Indianapolis area
Dr J M Rhodes returns from Chicago today Miss Louise Gerrard sails for Europe on the Columbia Tuesday Dec 10 Mr and Mrs D P Erwin travel to New York for three weeks Miss Elma Igelman goes to Richmond next Tuesday to sing at Lutheran Church Mrs L L Walker leaves next Tuesday for three months visit with her daughter in New York The German Ladies Aid meets today at 2 30 at the German House Mrs E J Heeb hosts luncheon at the Columbia Club Monday for sister Mrs T M Greene of Walnut Hills Cincinnati Mrs C F Zener and Mrs E J Foster entertain First Baptist Social Circle this afternoon at 2 20 Adele H Adams of Portland Me guest of Miss Martha M Foster
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J. M. Rhodes
Chicago
Louise Gerrard
Europe
Columbia
D. P. Erwin
New York
Elma Igelman
Richmond
Lutheran Church
Ll. N. Walker
Black
German Ladies’ Aid Society
E. J. Heeb
Columbia Club
T. M. Greene
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
C. F. Zener
E. J. Foster
First Baptist Church
Anne Hurty
Adele H. Adams
Portland
Martha M. Foster
H. H. Hanna
Propylaeum
H. B. Frissel
Hampton Institute
Hampton
Mannheimer
Floss Newby
Knightstown
Miss Newby
John H. Holliday
W. C. de Pauw
Florence de Pauw
Harriet Nesbitt
Meridian-street Church
Hoosier Magazine Club
Hereth
North New Jersey
R. O. McAlexander
I. B. Bugbee
Steel Trust
Hart
Durbin
William L. Taylor
R. A. Brown
Frank L. Jones
Charles F. Remy
Col
Charles E. Wilson
Dr. Edenharter
Frank Martin
J. K. Cooper
Talbott Avenue
W. K. Cooper
Cooper
George Pangborn
Homer Cooper
Ransom Griffin
Winifred Harper
Alice Somerville
Hattie Allard
H. P. Wasson
Harrison Monument Commission
Mr. Wasson
John G. Williams
HK. Morss
Charles R. Williams
W. H. H. Miller
A. A. Barnes
H. C. Adams
Hugh H. Hanna
W. C. Bobbs
Louis Holweg
Smiley N. Chambers
Evans Woollen
Charles W. Smith
New
College Avenue
R. B. Ford
Sylvanius Smitkins
E. A. Morris
Una Clayson
Dorothy McGrew
Dotty
Frances McGowan
Notty
Dorothy Deschler
Faith
Jeanette Harvey
Charity
Mildred Brown
Choo Lee
Benjamin Nysewander
Topsy Turvy
Alfred Bingham
Swarth Geigle
Donald McGibeny
Hans Ach
Wallace Hamilton
Blitzen Donnerwetter
Morris Hamilton
Snyder
Harold Megrew
Vories
Hervey Daniel Vories
North Capitol Avenue
John Oscar Henderson
Oliver FP. Ensley
Johns. Briggs
J. B. Fansler
John C. McNutt
Margaret Neely
Mary and
Katherin Bain
Martinsville
Horace A. Dill
Kate Moore
Ashland
Irene Bulman
Terre Haute
John Wesley Ragsdale
Franklin
Charles M. Zion
Lebanon
Monograms Surge In Fad Across Ladies Wardrobe And Home
A 1900s style column notes monograms on underwear stockings gloves and more as a growing fashion. Stores tout Dutch silverware bric a brac and weathered oak dining room pieces while cheaper decor ideas and improvised card tables show domestic adaptability.
Livestock Convention Sets Legislation and Appoints Executives
Delegates at the livestock convention in Chicago debated an aggressive anti-oleo label bill and approved a resolution to tag cloth goods by composition and to classify cattle. Oklahoma statehood was supported, and executive committee members for 1902 were named. fat cattle sales opened with Angus Steadfast bought by Armour & Co, while Missie the two year old shorthorn brought 3600 to A C Edwards amid weak prices.
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Chicago
Leonard Pearson
Pennsylvania
Cowen
Simpson
Oklahoma
W. E. Skinner
Count Quadt
Washington
Count Komatz
Senor Alberto Serantes
Lillnois
G. W. Baker
Indiana
Mortimer Levering
Kentucky
John B. Castleman
Michigan
G. C. Lilly
New Mexico
Sal Luna
New York
G. H. Davison
Ohio
W. E. Fulton
W. B. Powell
Tennessee
Overton Lea
Texas
R. J. Kleeburg
Virginia
J. P. Cowan
West Virginia
H. E. Williams
M. A. Judy & Son
Williamsport
Ind
Armour & Co
Missie
E. W. Brown
Delphi
A. C. Edwards
Rockland
Int
Peter Hopley
Swift & Co
Zuni Corn Growth Miracle Stumping Scientists
A detailed New York Times account describes Zuni medicine men at a corn festival performing a rapid, thirty six hour corn growth stunt. Spectators marvel while theories range from natural chemicals to hypnosis and concealed machinery, with no consensus.
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New York Times
Medicine Lodge
Jones Opposes Execution Plan by Humane Society
Toledo mayor Samuel M. Jones resigned from the Toledo Humane Society board over a president’s statement that a man who abandons his children should be put to death. The annual report also contrasted strict penalties for abandonment with longer terms for cow theft. Jones said he cannot serve as director if the society aims to kill people for crime.
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Toledo
Samuel M. Jones
The
Toledo Humane Society
James M. Brown
American Humane Society
Ohio
Jones
Brown
A Shock to the Engineer in Denver Colorado
Charles Frye of the Rio Grande has completed twenty years with the company. The veteran engineer, born April 11 1846 in Franklin Massachusetts, recounts fatal crashes and near misses that haunt him. Despite tragedies he remains popular with management and workers in Denver.
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Denver
Col
Denver Knights
Charles Frye
Rio Grande
Franklin
Mass
Boston & Albany
Bay State
Taunton Works
Cheyenne
Sidney
Neb
Colorado Springs
Oregon
Soecal
Manitou
Dutch treat theater party idea urged by Chicago Post
A columnist favors a Dutch treat plan to keep social gatherings economical. Groups would organize theater outings where each person pays their own bill for meals and drinks, ensuring a jovial, no fuss affair. The writer argues such a custom, once started locally, tends to catch on.
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Chicago Evening Post
Amusing Oldtimer Tale Of Peck And Horton Lunch Debt
A Kansas City observer recalls a Chicago wedding tale about Albert H. Horton and George R. Peck. In New York they dined at Delmonico s. Peck, briefly flush, borrowed from Horton to cover a $4.75 meal. Peck pretended to be busy eating while Horton fetched funds, paying the bill with a mortgage company loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
Kansas
George R. Peck
Chicago
Albert H. Horton
New York City
Horton
Peck
Delmonico’s
New York
Judge
George
Shack
Delmonico
Danish West Indies sale decision maker questioned
A Copenhagen dispatch reports the decision to sell the Danish West Indies was taken contrary to the wishes of the royal family the ministry the Rigsdig and the people of Denmark. The dispatch questions who made the decision suggesting it was not the office boy.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Copenhagen
Danish West Indies
Rigsdig
Denmark
Jell 2 Pairs Dessert Recipe Note
A fragment describes a two minute dessert idea with Jell and lemon orange and strawberry flavors. It mentions adding hot water and cooling steps and references a mixed fruit or citrus option. The text is incomplete but suggests a quick dessert preparation.
A Professor's Idea On Mark Twain Book In A Hundred Years
A professor suggests Twain wrote a book expected to be published in a century to reveal how today’s literature would be viewed by future generations, aiming to illuminate our era for descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Museum of Prague
Mark Twain
Mansfield's Plays and Pronunciation Pantheon
A Baltimore Herald piece recounts a lobby debate over how to pronounce names from Mansfield plays. The Bald Headed Man disputes Andr é Rossini and Cyrano de Bergerac with examples like Pedro, Sombras, Courvoisier, and Monsieur, ending with a joke about Wilton Lackaye and Les Miserables.
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Baltimore Herald
Mansfield
Academy
Andre Rossini
Mario de Jardot
Monsieur
John Sombras
Castle Sombras
Eugene Courvoisier
Baron Chevrial
Cyrano de Bergerac
Beaucatre
Bertara
Wilton Lackaye
The Difference as Nevada Senator Stewart Got a Hat
Friends of Senator Stewart of Nevada wonder if he will wear a straw hat at Christmas. A reporter, meeting him, sighed with envy and said he wished he could do likewise. Stewart retorted that the reporter could not, adding if he wore the hat they would say he lacked the price of a derby.
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New York Times
Senator Stewart
Nevada
Stewart
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