Oliver Goldsmith at English's Opera House
Stuart Robson stars in Augustus Thomas's Oliver Goldsmith at English's Opera House supported by a strong company. The cast includes Robson as Oliver Goldsmith, Stephen Grattan as Samuel Johnson, and Henry E. Dixey as Garrick, with Miss Ten Broeck and Miss Jeffreys Lewis in key roles. A lavish stage and period costumes heighten the atmosphere as audiences marvel at the revival before a Park Theater vaudeville and minstrel run is announced for April 27.
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Stuart Hobson
Augustus Thomas
Oliver Goldsmith
Ufe
Wright Thomas
Noily
Mr. Robson
Henry A. Weaver
Samuel Johnson
Edmund Burke
Stephen Grattan
Heaumont Smith
Boswell
Clifford Leigh
Captain Horneck
O. E. Hallam
Miss Jeffreys Lewis
Mrs. Feather
George C. Staley
Mr. KK
Joseph P. Winter
Edward Dodge
Tony Epkin
John Henshaw
David Garrick
Twitch
Henry E. Dixey
Mr. Henshaw
Dixey
Garrick
Miss Ten Broeck
Miss Maudette
Jen Mortimer
Catherine Hormack
Dr. Goldsmith
B. Washburn
Drury Lane
Goldsmith
James Grasit
Mr. Flannigan
Bessie Harris
Getty Sones
Little Mary
Izaisat
Opera House
Madcap Nineteenth Century Variety Lineup
A crowded bill features Quintet, Marsh Craig, Billy Miller, and a holiday in Zululand with Miss Wilks and Lewis Salisbury, plus Ernest Hogan in comic songs. Nashville Students perform daily. Joe Howard debuts The New York Girl. Several acts from burlesque to vaudeville tour Cincinnati and English's Opera House with Madelein Lucette Ryley, Marguerita Sylva, and a Grand week ahead headlined by Seven Allions and a long list of acts.
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Park Theater
Johnny
Emma Rey
Rusco & Holland
Nashville
Gideon
Billy Miller
Bobby Kemp
Urvey Goodall
Julius Glenn
Skinner Arris
Frank Kirk
S. E B. Dodd
Sonsiterabie
Marsh Craig
Mrs Malpas Visits Shelbyville Social Circles
Mrs Harriet A Malpas visits her mother in Shelbyville for a few days as social notices recount gatherings across the community. Invitations for cards and teas are noted, with several families hosting or traveling to events in March and nearby weekends.
Robing table and guest list at state event and wedding
A central table with a large green mound and primroses anchors a formal gathering. Elegant name cards feature the Statehouse engraving as guests including Governor Newton W Gilbert and many state officials attend. Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Charles Jacobson of Indianapolis and Estelle Torr of Coataville wed at the Methodist Church with Attica visit planned.
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Statehouse
Cotenant
Newton W. Gilbert
State
Union B. Hunt
Kient
William H. Hart
Leopold Levy
Wiliam L. Taylor
Supreme Court
R. A. Brown
Brown
Public Instruction
Jones
Fr. Remy
Remy
B. F. Johnson
Johnson
J. H
Coataville
W. M. Torr
F. G. Holmes
Minnie Torr
Verna Torr
Attica
Ind
Indianapolis
Harry Thomas
Terre Haute
John Kellar
Greencastle
Anna Torr Foreman
Emma Torr
Okalla
de Pauw University
Frank A. Holmes
Carl C. Osborne
Ross
Educators Debate Work Versus Play In School Training
In Chicago on February 2, Harvard's Dean Briggs urged tying education to hard work seen in football and industry, while Dr. Harris argued life-linked schooling over mental drill. Educators condemned alcohol as a food, endorsing school guidance on physiology and hygiene, with Chicago chosen for next year's meeting.
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Chicago
L. B. R. Briggs
Harvard College
National Educational Association
Briggs
Gammar
Grammar School
William L. Harris
National Commissioner of Education
Yale College
Lfe
T. R. Glenn
Atlanta
H. T. Emerson
Buffalo
N. Y
F. W. Copter
Calumet
Mich
John W. Deitricht
Colorado Springs
Col
Deputy Sheriffs Indicted After Miner Killings in Henderson
Secretary Wilson of the United Mine Workers received word from Henderson officers that indictments for murder were returned against deputy sheriffs who shot and killed miners Taylor and Cook during a January miners convention. The union says the men, employed by a coal company as officers, will be pursued to punishment in court.
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Wilson
United Mine Workers
Henderson
Taylor
Cook
Wison
Attacks Five Jurymen In Ray Case At Peru Trial
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Shelbyville Ind Feb 28 court adjourned until after dinner tomorrow in the George M Ray case to allow counter affidavits. Crowds filled the courtroom as the defense sought a new trial with sixty three counts citing juror affidavits alleging bias and prior remarks. The state planned counter affidavits as police and prosecutors noted the crowd’s strong feeling against Ray while Ray admitted issuing blanks used in the case.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
George M. Ray
Kirkpatrick
John 8. Duncan
Lorenzo Manly
William Embry
Louis Batley
St. Paul
Diltz
George Ray
William T. Shrout
Lee Shrout
James GB. Harris
William Midkif
John T. Peak
Ray
Fred 8. Strong
George L. Huffman
George W. Ferris
Phil Paty
Walter A. McDonald
John W. Carson
Leroy Jones
A. J. Westerfield
John W. Warfield
Phael Linville
Murdering inmate attacked in Indiana Reformatory
John Moore of Vigo county lies dying in the Reformatory hospital after seventeen knife wounds from fellow inmate Frank Freeman of Vincennes. A keeper's cane ended the assault. In Seymour, an armed farmer shot a neighbor fleeing with chickens, leaving him severely wounded and the incident kept quiet.
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Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
John Moore
Vigo County
Reformatory
Frank Freeman
Vincennes
Freeman
Moore
Summerland
Terre Haute Lynching Sparks Indignation and Fear
Terre Haute Ind Feb 28 There is little prospect of local prosecution for the lynching of George Ward with many condemning the act Sheriff Fasig publicly stated he allowed the mob and issued no arrests The community shows indifference while bones are sold from the scene Schools and factories suffer as the incident lingers Muncie Feb The wager between Mayor Taggart and William Hoey regarding Lally bears and bears captured in the mountains will be settled at McKinley inaugural exercises Mark Lally trains two bears for the parade Expected arrival in Washington Saturday
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
George Ward
Fasig
Old Town
Piety
Grand Jury
Muncie
Taggart
Indianapolis
William Hoey
Nogales
A. T
McKinley
Hoey
Mark Lally
Lally
Washington
Bryan
Sally
Revival ends the Blue Goose saloon in Burlington
In Frankfort Indiana February 23 a religious revival in Burlington leads to the closing of the Blue Goose saloon as patrons abandon the establishment. The movement gains steam as the revival continues with strong local attendance and calls for reform.
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Frankfort
Ind
Burlington
Night altar scene leads to Blue Goose closure decree
A dramatic Tuesday night scene at an altar ends with a declared conversion and orders to close the Blue Goose at once. Fixtures to be destroyed, possibly the building torn down, as witnesses report a strong public transformation.
Laporte grand jury fails to indict Brill in mine murder case
Laporte Indiana February 28 It was learned that the Laporte county grand jury did not indict Joseph W Brill Cleveland mine owner for the attempted murder of Attorney Ellsworth BE Weir. State attorney said money influenced justice and arrests would follow. Brill is free on $25000 bond.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Laporte County
Joseph W. Brill
Cleveland
Ellsworth BE. Weir
Brill
Grocers Consider Union Delivery Plan in Wabash
Wabash Indiana February 28 retail grocers totaling thirty contemplate a city union delivery plan to end wagon deliveries. The proposal invites bids for an exclusive delivery service with horses and vehicles supplied by the winner and daily deliveries at set hours for a yearly fee. Supporters say costs would fall and customers gain.
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Wabash
Ind
Banker Palmer Arrested In Ashley Bank Failure
Sheriff Cohlmeyer arrived from Chicago with Edmond Palmer the banker accused of causing the Ashley bank failure through investments in liquair. Palmer requested time to assemble friends for a possible settlement with depositors. Preliminary trial scheduled for Saturday. prisoner transported to Nashville.
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Ashley
Cohlmeyer
Chicago
Edmond Palmer
Ashley Bank
Lquidair
Palmer
Nashville
Glass price rise reported by industry leaders in Pittsburg
Pittsburg Feb 3 President Chambers and Secretary Phillips of the American Window Glass Company reportedly conferred with the Window Glass Jobbers Association in New York. They gave notice that prices will be advanced 2 percent for March and April delivery, with another likely rise in May. Earlier increases totaled 30 percent.
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Pittsburg
Chambers
Phillips
American Window Glass Company
Window Glass Jobbers’ Association
New York
Edinburg Farmer Dies. Widow and Children Named
Edinburg Indiana February 28 John 8 Drybread a prosperous farmer aged sixty eight died at his home near Edinburg leaving a widow and a family of children Olive Ott and Miss Kittle Drybread of Indianapolis two daughters. Other dispatches report Roscoe Parkhurst found dead in a haymow at age twenty four leaving a wife and infant, a Rochester barn fire with three horses lost about six hundred dollars a farmers institute in Ridgeville with Professor Heusellman of Auburn teaching. Knights of Pythias convention at Rockville. Jacob Turner estate diamonds and a niece in Muncie. rent scam by a collector taunting tenants. Hereford sale cattle top price 49250 with two noted purchases by local buyers.
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Ind
John 8
Drybread
Olive Ott
Kittle Drybread
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Roscoe Parkhurst
Rochester
Jacob Turner
Hot Springs
Ark
Muncie
Gus Messersmith
Kansas City
Vanatta & Son
Fowler
Clem Graves
Bunker Hill
Gadgett & Simpson
Trouble Among Recruits En Route to San Francisco
General McKibben in Texas learns of trouble among recruits heading for San Francisco. He orders a 20-man detachment under Captain Beall and Lieutenant Perry to Ennis, Texas, to meet the train and handle the situation. Details are scarce. the unit departs Fort Sam Houston tonight and will arrive tomorrow.
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San Antonio
Tex
McKibben
Department of
Four Children Die In Pa. House Fire Near Waverly
In Litchfield Pennsylvania a residence owned by Jacob Ball burned early this morning. Ball was away. a hired man rescued Mrs Ball and Mrs Alonzo Scott. Four children aged four to twelve were trapped upstairs and cremated.
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Waverly
N. Y
Jacob Ball
Litchfield
Ball
Fight at Washington Street dance ends with injuries
Ed Stringfellow and Sarah Leslie left a dance with John Lyons, her steady, and fled when Lyons appeared. Stringfellow jumped from a sixteen foot window to escape, suffering serious leg injuries and facial cuts. Lyons helped Stringfellow from the scene as all were detained at the police station.
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Ed Stringfellow
Sarah Leslie
Washington Street
John Lyons
Sarah
Stringfellow
Lyons
James Smith Arrested Over Shoe Store Theft Incident
Detectives Splan and Haley arrested James Smith, a Black man, last night for forcibly entering the Jacob Newberg store at 34 Indiana avenue and stealing shoes. One pair was found on his feet. Coburn Coal Company is cited in unrelated advertisement.
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James Smith
Splan and Haley
Aetering
Jacob Newberg
Indiana Avenue
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