My Lady Dainty at English's Opera House
Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon headline the new Madeleine Lucette Ryley play My Lady Dainty at English's Opera House last night with strong support from Grand stock company. Notable performances include Shannon as Jemima Jeffrey and Isabel Waldron as Mrs Hichards, with a mix of wit and pathos. the play closes with repeat showings this afternoon and tonight.
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Herbert Kelcey
Effie Shannon
Opera House
Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Lady Dainty
Mr. Kelcey
William Vane Oglethorpe
Jemima Jeffrey
Wil
Dainty
Milton Folger
Hichards
Isabel Waldron
Francis Folger
Richard J. Dillon
Richard J. Dillon. Mrs. Folger
Venus
Adonis
Louise Bryant
Robert Rocket
Jethorpe
Guy Bates Post
William Bong
Berry Selters
William A. Evans
Felix Montague-Smythe
Mr. Astor
Monte Donico
Ashe
Grand Stock Company
Iss Winona Shannon
Carline Kavanagh
Lot
William Weston
Edward Argyle
Wille Fink
Loretta Healy
Folger
Buffalo
My Lady Dainty
Stage Notes At Grand And Park Theaters In Indianapolis
Notes of upcoming acts at the Grand and Park theaters include ventriloquist A O Duncan not from Indianapolis but delivering local jokes, Marty Bryant Australian Burlesquers at Empire, Harry Grnzler in The Three Musketeers at Park, and The Sunshine of Paradise Alley with songs like The Holy City by George F Annand. Also featured are Verdi Ladies quartet, Fitzsimmons and family in The Honest Blacksmith with moving views of the Fitzimmons Ruhlin fight, Eddie Foy in A Night in Town, and a lineup of stars including Della Fox and Francesca Redding for the current week.
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A. O. Duncan
the Grand
Indianapolis
Paradise Alley
Holy City
George F. Annand
Verdi Yadies
Robert Fitzaimmons
Village Postmaster heads to Ens- Ash shows next Tuesday
The Village Postmaster with Archie Hoyd leads the cast in an early moving picture feature. A novelty in scenic production, it showcases quaint training days and farm scenes with colored light effects. Be sure to see Captain Bonavita’s flow groupings and Baby Stella’s act under the Mig calcium machine at the Zoo. Mrs. Fiske’s Becky Sharp and her big production come to the Park Theater on April 12 and 13.
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Sccnrc
Archie Hoyd
Ens- Ash
Zoo
Captain Bonavita
Boyker
Baby Stella
Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Becky Sharp
Fiske
Hac
Personal and Society notices in Indianapolis area
Miss Fanny McCarty and Miss Margaret Day are in California. Miss Ida Whitney of New York visits Miss Florence Jones. Mrs. Wilmer Christian returns from the East with Mr. and Mrs. Hussey visiting Woodruff Place. Missionary society events, club meetings, and social teas fill the week with guests from Chicago, Cincinnati, and Greenwood, including luncheon honors and card parties. Johnston Clark wedding at Centerville.
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Fanny McCarty
Margaret Day
California
Ida Whitney
New York
Florence Jones
Wilmer Christian
Valentine Martin
Rosedale
W. J. Spence
East Tenth Street
L. A. Warner
Summitville
E. Ll. Fisher
North Illinois Street
German Literary Club
Philip Hildebrand
North Meridian Street
Will Smith
Oldenberg Academy Fund
F. J. Hussey
Russel
Chicago
Hussey
West Drive
Woodruff Place
Harry Drew
Columbia Club
T. H. Noonan
Cincinnati
Lynn E. Stone
George W. Faris
Cuba
Franke Yockey
Euchre Club
George H. Herpeck
Camp Street
George H. van Camp
Charles H. Brackett
H. H. Schwankhaus
George ©. van Camp
B. H. Izor
BE. G. Alexander
Local visitors and society events noted in brief
Miss Ida Yorls of Franklin visits relatives in the city. Yoke Fellows Club presents a Thursday vocal. Mr and Mrs John Presser visit relatives in Jefferson county. Central Dee Association of Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, wat
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Ida Yorls
Franklin
Yoke Fellows Club
John Presser
Jefferson County
Central Dee Association of Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Wat
Local Society Notes From The Week In Indiana
Hold its annual convention in this city on next Friday. Mr. and Mrs. A W Owen visited friends in Indianapolis the first of the week. Professor Harry Longden of Greencastle visited relatives here the first of the week. The marriage of Mr H O Canary and Sallie Sharp took place Tuesday avenue. Mrs Katharine Broyles left on Wednesday for her future home in Marysville Tenn. Mrs C J Britton will return today from Crawfordsville where she has been visiting her parents. Miss Grace Stevenson went to Indiana toils the first of the week where she will visit for several weeks. Mr and Mrs Patrick Sharkey entertained on Tuesday evening in honor of their daughter Miss Gertrude whose birthday anniversary it was.
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S. E. Earp
Mothers’ Club
North Ilinois Street
D. A. Byers
Ladies’ Literary Union
Willard Fontaine
Walcott Street
Emma Hanna
Nina Murphy
Hannah Woodward
Albertee
E. C. Atkins
Miss Atkins
Alice Fenton
Ethel Beatrice Carpenter
Chicago
A. M. Robertson
Irving Swan Brown
Worcester
Mass
Veronica Club
Florence Wacker
Walter Fitch
George Vondersaar
William Smith
W. L. McWhinney
Clara Langsdale
John Schl
Carmi Williams
Paul Mason
Walter P. F Fat
Adebel Chenoweth
Miss Cooper
Shelbyville
Tenn
Sallie Hall
Marguerite Lilly
Edith Wilson
Iris Wynn
Helen Day
Aoye Wright
Hazel Kinney
Bertha Ball
Helen
Louise Barbour
Lynn E. Stone
T. H. Noonan
Cincinnati
Noonan
Arthur Meeks
Charles Bender
Muncie
F. A. Hinds
Corella Taylor
Eliza Chambers
Elizabeth Cooper
Brecount
Cinccinnati
Emily Otcutt
John Milton Gray
Munele
A. W. Owen
Indianapolis
Harry Longden
Greencastle
H. O. Canary
Sallie Sharp
Katharine Broyles
Marysville
C. J. Britton
Crawfordsville
Grace Stevenson
Indiana Olls
Patrick Sharkey
Gertrude
Bacquerel Rays Reported From Berlin Institute
Berlin scientists reportedly secretively work on Bacquerel rays resembling X rays. A new element allegedly causes luminescence in most materials and may allow dark testing of diamonds and a conductor effect for wireless telegraphy. Results promised for Emperor William.
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Washington
Berlin
State Department
Guenther
Frankfort
Germany
William
Views of Nikola Tesla on Becquerel rays and telegraphy
New York March 8 Professor Nikola Tesla comments on the Berlin Becquerel ray report and Currie discoveries. He doubts practical value for wireless telegraphy, predicts Hertzian telegraphy will fade, and notes his early theory of radiant energy from all sources. He mentions forthcoming work and cites diamond testing by jewelers.
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New York
Berlin
State Department
Washington
United States
Nikola Tesla
Currie
Electrical Review
Labor and Industry Highlights From The Era Voice
The New York Court of Appeals rules a state law on stone use in public contracts unconstitutional. Richmond tobacco workers gain an agreed wage increase and women workers see a rise to 7.44 cents per hour. A Newark man reports a Mindanao gold dust find worth 18.50 per ounce. Altoona coal deals consolidate several mines under Beech Creek ownership, with 10,000 tons shipped last year. Illinois miners and operators settle engineering hoisting terms, maintaining wage floors, while New York transit schemes forecast multi‑million dollar underground rail projects in London and near the Bank of England.
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New York Court of Appeals
Ralph J. Treat
New York City
Richmond
Frank W. Redding
Newark
N. J
Astor Battery
Mindanao
Philippines
William F. Wedding
United States Assay Office
New York
Government Assiger
Altoona
Patton Coal Company
Clearfield and Indiana Coal Company
James Kerr & Co
E. C. McCormick & Co
Chest Creek Land and Improvement Company
Pardees
Beech Creek Coal and Coke Company
Illinois
Miners’ Union
Columbus
New York Herald
Albert F. Johnson
London
Baker Street
Elephant and Castle
Paddington Station
St. George's Circus
Slaveholders to Be Punished in Anderson County
Judge W. C. Bennett signed an order directing the grand jury presentment to magistrates in Anderson county. They must issue warrants against the presented men and bind them over to court for trial on charges of false imprisonment and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.
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Columbia
8. C
March
Ww. C. Bennett
Anderson County
Divorce Follows Elopement In Grand Rapids Suit
Grand Rapids Michigan March judge Perkins of the Kent Circuit Court granted a decree of divorce to Gertrude well nee Sherwood from Thomas Thornton Snell of Bloomington DL on nonsupport cruelty. The decree awards permanent alimony of 7.60. The couple eloped from a summer Macataw Park about two years ago. The affair attracted wide attention.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Perkins
Kent Circuit Court
Gertrude Well
Sherwood
Thomas Thornton Snell
Bloomington
Ecree
Macataw Park
Wabash Grocers Award Delivery Contract To Dawes & Logan
The Wabash Grocers' Association awarded the delivery contract for all groceries to Dawes & Logan for one year starting April 1, 1991. The bid totals 5008 dollars with eight double teams, uniformed drivers, and thrice daily deliveries plus an extra Saturday night run.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash, Ind
Wabash Grocers’ Association
Dawes & Logan
Wabash
Fraud Alleged in Pennsylvania Plate-Glass Company Case
William R. Blair, special master in Farmers' Loan and Trust Company v Pennsylvania Plate-glass Company, reports bonds issued were unlawful and company organization illegal. He deems articles stating 10 percent paid on 1,000,000 capital false and notes property transfer worth 850,000 as not over 100,000. Bonds are void except for bona fide holders unaware of the facts.
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Pittsburg
William R. Blair
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Pennsylvania Plate-glass Company
United States Circuit Court
Glass box order sets record high price
Pittsburg reports that the Jobbers' Association ordered 775000 boxes from the American Window-glass Company for a price of 406000 dollars. The move marks the highest price in the window-glass industry history.
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Pittsburg
American Window-glass Company
Jobbers’ Association
Lip Pincott Glass plant strike ends shift
Lip pincott Glass Company began operations after a brief shutdown in Alexandria Indiana. Some workers were placed, others walked out after a meeting when management refused full employment for all. About 60 men remained out of work with no settlement prospect at present.
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Indianapolis Journal
Alexandria
Ind
Lippincott Glass Company
Brazil scale talks aim to sign yearly wage pact
The Brazil scale committee of black coal operators and miners met at the Brazil Block Coal Company office to settle local issues before signing the yearly scale. They discussed wage rates for day men, adjourned to February 2 and planned another session to finalize an agreement.
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Indianapolis Journal
Brazil
Ind
Brazil Block Coal Company
Mrs Zollman Fires on Bru Baker's Saloon in Churubusco
In Churubusco near Fort Wayne Indiana Mrs Charles Zollman smashed the Bru baker saloon with a basket of stones after her intoxicated father sparked the incident. She fired into the saloon destroying mirrors windows and glassware. She is to be arrested tomorrow.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Charles Zollman
William Brubaker
Churubusco
Smallpox Cases Reported in Sidell Vermilion County
Nine cases of smallpox are reported in Sidell, a town of about a thousand in southern Vermilion county. None are very severe. Some victims did not know the disease until symptoms appeared, raising fears of further spread.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Sidell
Vermilion County
Death in Knightstown from cat bite complications
Fred Brumfield a well known young man of northern Henry county died last night from blood poisoning that developed after a cat bite received a month ago.
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Indianapolis Journal
Knightstown
Ind
Fred Brumfield
Henry County
Indiana Man Dead in St Louis-San Francisco Yard
An unknown man was killed by a train in the St Louis and San Francisco yards here last night. Papers found in his pockets suggest he was Leonard Smith of Logansport Indiana.
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Cherryvale
Kan
March
St. Louis
San Francisco
Leonard Smith
Logansport
Ind
Zehner Windfall grain dealer dies in Florida
John H. Zehner a prominent Windfall grain dealer died in St Augustine Florida shortly after arriving there He was sixty seven a longtime Tipton county official and active in Odd Fellows He served in the Fourth Ohio Cavalry and helped capture Jefferson Davis at Irwinville Georgia. He was Tipton treasurer once and a noted local citizen.
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Tipton
Ind
John H. Zehner
St. Augustine
Fla
Fourth Ohio Cavalry
Jefferson Davis
Irwinville
Tipton County
Odd Fellowship
Danville
Herman Weippert
Danville Zeitung
Carlo of Wurtemburg
Peru
Susan Snederly
Sarah McNeil
South Bend
Arthur Gillis
Hagerstown High Alumni Meet. County Measles Case
An alumni association of Hagerstown High School graduates held a Thursday night meeting with about fifty members. Uriah Coulson of Sullivan is appointed a colonel on the staff of Commander-in-chief Bassieur of the Grand Army of the Republic. Attorney W. E. Mowbray of Peru won a $20 fee case against the County Commissioners for aiding in the defense of the abductor Roy Jones. There are sixty measles cases among Greensfork school children six miles east of Hagerstown, spreading to older residents. Sullivan County Commissioners refused three saloon licenses after anti saloon league remonstrances. Fifty two Purdue students studying agricultural tech are at Rence examine the shorthorn breed. Robbins of Greensburg...
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Hagerstown
Uriah Coulson
Sullivan
Bassieur
Grand Army of the Republic
W. E. Mowbray
Peru
Roy Jones
Greensfork
Anti-saloon League
Sullivan County Commissioners
No Agricultural de Etech
Purdue University
Rence
Ez. Robbins
Greensburg
Ity Oes
Tesa
Local notices from Vincennes and nearby towns
The Christian Church of Vincennes hires Rev William Oeschger from Fairburg Nebraska and Rev Henry Mehl to lead the German Evangelical Church. J R McKinley and wife celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary in Sullivan. Richmond High School suspends eleven students for crepe wearing and other disciplinary issues. Plans revive for an electric railway from Peru to Converse by Joseph Larimer and James Statesman. Richmond School Board withdraws from the State High School Cratorieal Association and ends local oratorical contests. Silas T Blizard and wife to chase Klondike for four months, as Blizard leads Michigan division of Big Four and cofounder of Wabash Klondike Company with mining near Dawson.
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Ing
J. W. Wyeth
Christian Church of
Vincennes
William Oeschger
Fairburg
Neb
Henry Mehl
J. R. McKinley
Sullivan
Richmond High School
Eliebarger
Joseph Larimer
James F. Statesman
Peru
Converse
Richmond
Boa
Silas T. Blizard
Wabash
Klondike
Michigan
Big Four
Wabash Klondike Company
Dawson
George M Ray In City Refuses Interview Profane Outburst
George M Ray convicted at Shelbyville and jailed arrives in Indianapolis with Deputy Luther and companions. They lodge at Grand Hotel amid secrecy and plan to contest a habeas corpus writ in Greenfield today. Ray refuses to speak to reporters, telling them to go to hell.
Writ of Habeas Corpus Sparks Shelbyville Turmoil
In Shelbyville Indiana on March 8 the filing of a habeas corpus writ for George M. Ray in Hancock county dominated street talk. Coroner Ray served the papers on Sheriff Luther during midmorning, and on the afternoon train Deputy Sheriff Luther and Ray headed to Greenfield to answer Judge Phelps. The grounds claim lack of jurisdiction due to concurrent circuit court terms and that the indictment used was altered by erasing an article and inserting said. Prosecutors Blair and Duncan, retained by Sheriff Luther, planned defense with Attorney General likely to accompany them. The community is intensely agitated over the prospect of Ray’s possible escape after a hard conviction by a Democratic jury. Street chatter hints at rough sentiment if he is returned.
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George M. Ray
Shelbyville
Indianapolis
Luther
Grand Hotel
Greenfield
Phelps
Hancock County
Ray
Journal
Thomas Campbell
George H. Fernold
June
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Fairland
Chester Luther
Blair
John 8
Duncan
Embezzlement Charge Against Order Treasurer
John J. Ellis a colored former treasurer of the Order of United Brethren No 10 was arrested by Detectives Gerber Asch and Wallace on embezzlement charges involving three belonging to the order. He had been absent for months and returned yesterday to visit relatives and refused to speak.
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John J. Ellis
Order of United Brethren, No. 10
Gerber, Asch and
Wallace
Order
Hamilton, O
Nation trial details hinge on husband adviser claim
In Wichita on March 8, during Mrs Nation’s trial her husband David Nation testified that he and Ed Sample urged her smashing crusade against saloons as they believed saloons lay outside the law. The court barred this evidence from the jury. Nation may face accessory before the fact questions over his admission of advising illegal action.
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Wichita
Nation
Accidents to Two Big Guns at Fort Wadsworth
A firing squad at Sandy Hook tested a six inch Armstrong gun when it jumped its carriage causing major damage to the carriage though the gun remained unharmed. No injuries were reported. Separately at the Hook proving grounds a ten inch rifle breechlock blew out during smokeless powder tests, damaging the barbette carriage mechanism while the rifle stayed intact.
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New York
March
United States Ordnance Department
Sandy Hook
Fort Wadsworth
Money Hook
Itelf
Jesus Trials and Sanhedrim Condemnation Scene
A detailed meditation on Jesus before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrim. The piece highlights the unlawful timely trial, suborned witnesses, Jesus silent defiance, and the driven aim to condemn despite justice. It contrasts divine silence withecclesiastical ruthlessness and notes enduring infidelity vs belief.
Christian Endeavor Temperance Meeting Echoes on Ash Barrels
A temperance gathering recalls the grim image of destitute women seeking scraps from ash barrels, arguing that salvation lies in redemption rather than mere survival. Speaker cites Rev John Barrows and Charles Lamb to condemn drink's ruin, urging action against the liquor trade and its impact on the vulnerable.
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Fred Dickson
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Francesca Redding
George W. Monroe
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Charles Sweet
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