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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1901

Page

4

Musical and stage notes from Eng lish Opera House and vicinity

A burst of audience applause greets Policeman and the French Maid and The Man from Away Back opens and closes the burlesque. Lillian Nordica headlines a recital with pianist E Romayne Simmons. Cecilia Shaye Semipany leads three English opera performances with Carmen and Il Trovatore on Friday and Saturday. The Glitzy Act shows acrobats by the De Courcy brothers while Florodora's Alf C Whelan joins English’s tomorrow. Eugene Cowles plans a Europe return. Perley contends with Nielsen’s absence as The Chaperons struggle to stay solvent.

Katherine Rowe Palmer Burge Rice and Barton Mise Carrie Webber Nell Gwynne Lillian Nordica English Opera House E. Romayne Simmons Sess Webber Berenade Richard Strauss Elsa Lohengrin Wagner Schumann Eeers Rose Cecilia Shaye

Nobles of Murat Temple Gift Christmas Baskets

The Nobles of Murat Temple Mystic Shrine plan 150 Christmas baskets for the poor, each with staples like bacon butter flour potatoes rice coffee sugar. Baskets stored at 110 South Pennsylvania and distributed via postal greetings and streetcar tickets. Committee led by Chalmers Brown with J W Lilly Horace Wood C L Wade Charles Furgu son and Samuel Townsend. Also gifts of barrels of produce to Eleanor Hospital for Sick Children Home for the Friendless Indianapolis Orphans Home and Col ored Orphans Home.

Murat Temple Mystic Shrine Pennsylvania Street Potentate Chalmers Colored Orphans’ Home

Across the Desert and Rose Hill’s English Folly Company at two theaters

Park Theater presents Across the Desert featuring Frank James as a celebrated guest star in a melodrama with Wamega Madge and Jimmy Hearne, amid desert scenes and staged bravado. Empire Theater hosts Rose Hill’s English Folly Company with Joe Sullivan and Berry and Hughes delivering sketches and songs through week’s end.

Lillian Nordica PARK Desert Empire Rose Hill Company Variety The Park Theater Frank James Missouri James Wang James Wamego Wamega Madge Lone Gulch Richard Lewis George Hampton Hampton Jimmy Hearne Arizona Desert Miss Sega California Jack Ward Kett Lew Stivers Rose Hill English Folly Company Rice & Burton Empire Theater Rice Joe Sullivan Berry Hughes Om Nolan Nolan Robert Garnelin May Shirk

City News Notes and Local Events Summary

Jane McElroy is jailed on a charge of shooting at Rebecca Moore on December 14. Alfred R. Hovey’s family battles diphtheria, with three affected but improving. A church choir directed by Miss Josephine Robinson performs Christmas music tonight. A gospel meeting replaces the Christmas service Sunday, led by Mrs. F F Metres, with Robinson performing. The association’s classes are on a two week vacation and resume January 2.

Jane McElroy North California Street Rebecca Moore Indiana Avenue Alfred R. Hovey Meridian Street Josephine Robinson Friends of the Association F. F. Metres Association

Township trustees must publish annual reports after board review

Attorney General Taylor stated his ruling on township trustees duty to file and publish annual reports had been misconstrued. Advisory boards meet on Jan. 7 to review the reports, after which trustees must publish them.

Taylor

Prospects for Good Ice Harvest Season Ahead

Harvesters celebrate a thick natural ice cover on canals and ponds. The cold snap has been beneficial, and cutting is expected to begin in a few days, signaling a promising season for ice harvesters.

Bowling League Set For Tomorrow at Pastime Alleys

The Shortridge Bowling League meets tomorrow morning at Pastime alleys. The Mayers and Delectables duel for first place while the Hoot Mons face the Trentoms. Delectables lead the standings with Mayers second, Hoot Mans third, and Trentons last.

Shortridge Bowling League Mayers and Delectables Hoot Mons Trentoms Mayers Hoot Mans Trentons

Coal Famine Strikes Chicago St Louis Amid Deep Cold

Severe cold drives charity pleas as Coal routes fail. Grout of the Charity Organization Society notes busiest day yet with many families needing coal and bed clothing. Weather readings show the coldest hours, while Chicago faces a looming coal shortage and rising prices in East St Louis transit and delivery.

Grout Charity Organization Society Friendly Inn East Street Charity Organization Weather Bureau ST. Louis

Snowbound Lines Halt Plains Rail Traffic Across Wyoming

Winter storm cripples Union Pacific, Colorado & Southern, and Burlington routes in Wyoming and Nebraska. Trains stalled, wrecks and fires mount, with blockades at Ramsey and Sherman delaying westbound traffic. A derailed Colorado & Southern passenger train near Cheyenne blocks the line. Guthrie reports 10 percent cattle losses across the two territories due to severe cold and blizzards, signaling a harsh winter ahead.

Cheyenne Wyo Union Pacific Colorado & Southern Burlington Wyoming Nebraska Sherman Ramsey Rawlins Laramie Holdredge Guthrie C. T Oklahoma

Grain De On January Meeting Of State Dealers

Grain dealers from across the state will convene to form a state association. L. B. Sampson secretary of the Cambridge City association issued the call. The gathering will take place at the Board of Trade building.

L. B. Sampson Cambridge City Association Board of Trade

Arrest of Dutot and two youths in thirteen case

Clarence Dutot was arrested yesterday by Detectives Kinney and Lancaster with two other boys, following an arrest made several days earlier. The case centers on involvement of the number thirteen.

Clarence Dutot Kinney and Lancaster

War Spirit Growing In Buenos Aires Amid Tense Talks

The Tribuna reports no change in the international crisis between Argentina and Chile. A patriotic league formed with a meeting at Politeama Theater where Anistao Zaballos praised efforts to restore tranquillity. A telegram from Gibraltar says the Argentine school ship Presidente Sarmiento arrived there and is ordered to Sicily for overhaul at La Spezia, Italy.

Buenos Ayres Tribuna Argentina Chile Patriotic League Politeama Anistao Zaballos Gibraltar Presidente Sarmiento

Woman Burned to Death in California and Pearl Block

Mrs. Fannie Boal a widow and pensioner about fifty died in a kitchen fire about 1 am in the Hubbard block at California and Pearl streets. John Agnew her brother and Edward Hughes roomer woke from smoke and found her body burned, clothing reduced to ash. Coroner summoned after police investigated and she was taken to the morgue.

Fannie Boal Hubbard Block California Pearl Streets John Agnew Edward Hughes Mrs. Boal Fire Department Manning Griffin Long & Finn

Dixon Beats Rice In Hard Boxing Classic In New London

In New London on December 19 Austin Rice of New London and George Dixon of New York fought twenty rounds at 122 pounds. Dixon started sluggish but gained speed with footwork by the tenth round. The twentieth round featured the fiercest exchanges as both men pressed hard, and referee Pollock awarded Rice the decision.

New London Conn Austin Rice George Dixon New York Dixon Rice Ollock

Goulette Loses To Leonard In Ninth Round Bout

In Grand Rapids Rochester’s Kid Goulette was defeated by Buffalo’s Joe Leonard in the ninth round of a mislisted ten round match at the Olympic Athletic Club. The referee stopped the action as Goulette appeared finished.

Grand Rapids Mich Kid" Goulette Rochester N. Y Joe Leonard Buffalo Olympic Athletic Club Chicago Harry Forbes Billy Rotchford Pyramid Athletic Club Forbes Kansas City Clarence Forbes Jack O'Keefe Convention Hall

Brush Eyes New Twelve-Club League Plan

John T Brush returned from the New York National League meeting amid talk of forming a new twelve club league. He shows confidence about Cincinnati’s future and intends to push for a first class team, while reports suggest New York and other cities may join a merged American and National League lineup if conditions align.

John T. Brush Cincinnati Indianapolis New York Freedman Spalding Brush Brooklyn Philadelphia Chicago Pittsburg Boston Baltimore Washington Detroit Cleveland St. Louis

Harvard Faces UC Challenge in May Dual Meet at Cambridge

General sports roundup notes Harvard to host University of California in a May dual track meet in Cambridge. Also reports Muncie Royal Polo beating Richmond Henleys 2 to 2. Dixon–Tipman boxing match set for Dec 30 in Baltimore. long shot Gar terman wins at 580 to 1. Trilby wins dachshund class at New York show. Minnesota names John Flynn captain for 1902 football. various race results and legal notes on boxing injunctions and club finances. deaths and organizational changes noted.

Harvard University of California Cambridge Muncie Richmond Henleys Richmond Muncie Royal Polo George Dixon Joe” Tipman Baltimore Bee Oaks Athletic Club Long Shot New Orleans Garterman New York Ladies’ Kennel Association Trilby Carl O. Folkans Cleveland John Flynn Minnesota Henry L. Williams Oakland Cal Billy Lyons Jacqueminot Phil Archibald Commissioner Forester Jim Hale Dr. Bernays Boomerack Marie Bell Freedman-Spalding Columbus Bright Monroe Athletic Club George Monroe Durbin Judge Philadelphia Ie Winters Chief Griffin Ontario Police Niagara Falls Ont J. Herman Buffalo Joe Walcott James Ferns Fort Erie Mouzadoulah Martin Burns Davenport, Jr Iowa Burns John Voss Davenport Horace Carter Dixon Turk John J. Rooney Chicago Barton Lewis Northerne Blue River Park Kansas City Dickey Bird The Athletic Association of Western Reserve University McCleary Fairfax Neidling Micklethwsite Western Reserve University Kelly Gold Baron Tommy Burns Armstrong Mago

Portland socialite Mrs Hall dies in hotel stroke

Mrs Emma B Hall wife of Lewis A Hall president of Port Lumber Company and several rail and lumber concerns died suddenly of apoplexy in her Hotel Portland apartments in Portland Oregon. Henry B Steward senior partner of Steward Merriam oatmeal mill firm in Tucson Arizona died of heart failure at fifty nine.

Portland Ore Emma 8. Hall Lewis A. Hall The Port Lumber Company New York Boston Pacific and Idaho Northern Railroad Company Call & Munson Lumber Company Bay Mills Mich Peoria Henry B. Steward Steward & Merriam Tucson A. T

Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tab Mentioned for Ev Box

The note references the genuine Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tab and its celebrated Cold and Grip Cure product, indicating a requirement for the name to appear on the ev box. The wording stresses brand and active cure association in connection with the product line.

Transformation Magazine Supplement Next Sunday

This note promotes a unique weekly supplement, a joint newspaper and magazine edition for five cents. It highlights an artistic and literary array produced by a marvelous transformation process, appealing to intelligence, curiosity and humor, and urges readers to subscribe now.

NEW ERA Supplement promises engaging varied weekly content

The New Era Magazine Supplement pledges weekly, child friendly, education oriented features with transformation effects using Hall Process. Departments include women’s topics, household economy, and illustrative arts alongside entertaining amusing pieces and practical lessons for children.

NEW Era

Christmas Features From Our Number Magazine Supplement

A list of period pieces and features for a Christmas themed magazine supplement. Includes illustrated items such as Her Christmas Eve Dream of Him, Mabel Mine From Slumberland, Olde Time Christmas, and transformations. Also mentions stories like A Christmas Eve Ghost and a short New Era Kindergarten course.

Our MNK Joee Jasper Mr. Carnegie Moketown Magazine

Don’t Forget It’s with Next Sunday’s Journal

A brief reminder notice encourages readers to place orders now for the upcoming Sunday Journal edition. It stresses that the issue costs five cents and warns that late orders may lead to disappointment.

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