Viola Allen to revive Knowles's The Hunchback at Grand Opera House
Chicago theater page reports Viola Allen will star in a special production of James Sheridan Knowles's The Hunchback at Grand Opera House in Chicago on April 3 with May 13 English's Opera House appearance. Liebler & Co. provide production and company. Eben Plymton named Master Walter. Maude Adams brings Quality Street to English's April 7 and 8, with Barrie’s English scenes and Adams’s popular company.
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Frank Wilstach
Liebler & Co
Viola Allen
James Sheridan Knowles
Grand Opera House
Chicago
Opera House
Knowles
Covent Garden Theater
London
Julia
Fannie Kemble
Walter
Maude Adams
J. M. Barrie
Mr. Barrte
Manager Miller Reports Boston Lyric Opera Cancelled Here
English's Opera House received word last night that the Boston Lyric Opera Company cancelled its Saturday matinee and night engagement due to poor business prospects during holy week. Patrons with reserved seats may obtain refunds at the box office.
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Miller
Opera House
Boston Lyric Opera Company
Eccentric Habits Inspire Writers Across Eras and Ages
Paul Wilstach notes that many great authors and scientists rely on odd prewriting rituals. From walking barefoot or lying down to wearing specific garments, these idiosyncrasies, plus sensory stimuli like candles or perfumes, help minds focus and generate ideas before writing or composing.
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Paul Wilstach
Richard Mansfield
Mansfield
Victor Hugo
Mistral
Ampere
Catullo Mendes
Gluck
Bossuet
Buffon
Balzac
Theophile Gautier
Milton
Mendes
Victorien Sardou
Francois Coppee
Pater
Lord Derby
Fenimore Cooper
Byron
Pierre Loti
Zola
Cimarosa
Verlaine
John Stuart Mill
Carolus Durar
Morot
Darwin
Ottawa writer wins Haswell prize for original play Worldlings
John A. Ritchie of Ottawa wins a $00 prize offered by Miss Percy Haswell of Baltimore for best original unacted play. Two hundred fifty manuscripts were read. Ritchie never had a play acted. The winner Worldlings concerns international marriage and New York society, echoing themes seen in Her Lord and Master. The play will be staged in Baltimore this spring.
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John A. Ritchie
Ottawa
Canada
Percy Haswell
Stork
Baltimore
Ritchie
New York
Martha Morton
Herbert Koeley
Miss Shannon
Mr. Ritchie
Miss Haswell
English's to Sell Seats for The Little Duchess Next Week
The sale of seats begins this morning at English's for next week’s performance of The Little Duchess by Anna Held and her company. Ten seats will be sold to one person. Henry James and Helene Modjeska prepare a matinée of Henry VIII at English's on April 12. The Byrne Brothers present Eight Bells at the Park today and all week with new tricks. Bohemian Burlesquers run at Empire Theater through week’s end. Inaudi the calculator and Delaur Debrimont trio headline vaudeville at the Grand with Perkins Fishers and others pleasing audiences.
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English’s
Anna Held
Helene Modjeska
Henry James
Henry VIII
Byrne Brothers
Anx
Empire Theater
Jacques Inaudi
Delaur-Debrimont
Mrs. Perkins Fisher
the Grand
Personal and Society Notes Span Visits and Plans
Mrs Darlow and sons left yesterday for Atlantic City. Miss Nellie Cox of Terre Haute is guest of Miss Ethel Havens. Miss Estelle Jones will go to Walday to start Miss Bebe Svere. Mrs Newton Claypool has discontinued her day at home for the season. Miss Delian Krauss hosts the Bachelor Girls this afternoon. Miss Susan Strong of Terre Haute visits Mrs Horce E Newcomer. Mr and Mrs Charles W Merrill return from California. Mrs Roxy Carey leaves Saturday for Chicago. Miss Fay Claypool arrives today to spend Easter vacation in the East. Mrs O S Runnels travels East to visit her daughter at Vassar College and will be with her son in Boston. Miss Leah Oppenheim hosted a reception with Miss Elma Silverberg of Columbus and Miss Harriet Messing of St Louis. A bowling party for sixteen at the German House honors Miss Silverberg and Miss Messing. Miss Jo Messing visits Lafayette to see her sister Mrs Isaac Rice, who participates in the Charity Ball under Mr George B McCutcheon. Miss Leonne See guest of honor at a reception yesterday hosted by Mrs Charles Adam and Mrs J W Rhihamel.
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Harriet Messing
St. Louis
Miss Silverberg
Copanne
Miss Messing
St.uls
Jo Messing
Lafayette
Isaac Rice
George B. McCutcheon
Eon Eee
Et Kiatech
Charles Adam
J. W. Rhihamel
Marriages and Society Weddings in Local Homes
Invitations mark upcoming nuptials for Theodore Bliss and Miss Elvira Gilmore in Uniston town at St Peters Church. Mrs C E Bacon hosts a birthday reception for the Roberts Park Church mission group at 730 North New Jersey, with silver offerings toward the district assessment. The Benner scheidt Busching wedding occurred at East North Street with a small family ceremony and later reception. Allen Krauss Smock Allen wedding noted with elaborate church ceremony, large reception at North Pennsylvania Street home, and out-of-town guests attending from Hamilton Ohio and Youngstown Ohio.
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Miss Smith
Theodore Reyer
Richmond
Theodore Bliss
New Jersey Street
C. E. Bacon
Amalie Bennerscheidt
Louisa Bennerscheidt
John P. Frenzel
Otto Busching
East North Street
Dr. Peters
Zion's Church
Mrs. Busch Ing
Newman Street
Allen—Krauss
Central Avenue M. E
Lilian Schaal Krauss
Charles Krauss
William Smock Allen
Henry Clay Allen
H. W. Kelley
W. B. Barry
Paul Krauss, Jr
Theodore Vonnegut
Jay B. DI
Urmston
Hamilton, O
Cora Stubbins
Stella Rauhe
Adelaide Goetz
Edna Kuhn
Emma Frank
Allen
Bloomington
Minnie Scholz
Helen Becker
Sara Adaline Branham
Katherine Krauss
Jessie Allen
Lena Solingen
Karl Krauss
Katherine Kraves
Pennsylvania Street
Krauss
Leviah Smock
Schaal
Toledo
Franklin Vonnegut
Jacob Becker
Fred Loomis
Lotte Murray
Charles Henry
Anderson
Fred Dickson
John R. Peirson
Robert Keller
William T. Brown
Margaret Deitrich
W. T. Brown
O' Boyle
Charles Wittenberg
Miss Wittenberg
Karl van Hake
W. C. van Arsdale
August Kuhn
Louise Spalding
Rochester
N. Y
Charles Sohingen
A. A. Anderson
Youngstown
Wallace Palmer
Ligonier
Oscar Lindstrom
New Orleans
North
TIME TO IMPROVE. Guest entrances criticized
In a letter to the editor Gilbert of Indianapolis condemns the practice of guiding guests through back doors and basements to save space. He cites a recent reception where guests entered via the back kitchen, tripped over debris, and a dress was ruined by a soiled sink. He praises grand front entrances and suggests Europe style ante rooms for proper reception.
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Indianapolis Journal
Inverness
Europe
Gilbert
Indianapolis
Critics Score Chicago Lectures in City Paper Voice
A reader letter denounces University of Chicago lectures as windy and uncouth. It argues wealth cannot be evenly distributed, insists wealth stems from thrift and industry, and labels wealth redistribution as spoliation and banditry. The writer accuses Chicago of damaging its reputation with flawed rhetoric. Indianapolis, March.
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Indianapolis Journal
Chicago University
Chicago
Neure
Diamonds From the Cutter at J P Mullally Jewelers
Direct from the cutter diamonds and jewelry offered by J P Mullally at 23 Monument Place with guaranteed edge quality and full assurance of value.
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J. P. Mullally
Monument Place
Life Publishing's Gibson Picture Trust Stirred in Hotel Lobby
In a hotel lobby a blonde man discusses a growing trust in Charles Dana Gibson's output, controlled by Life Publishing Company. He notes a shift from cheap copies to copyright-secured originals, with Gibson sketches now priced at about a dollar. A bystander recalls crowds viewing Gibson sketches and muses on changing standards of beauty.
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Gibson Pictures
Republican Party
Charles Dana Gibson
Life Publishing Company
Gibson
Pess
Senator Goodwine of Williamsport Visits Denison Farm
Senator Fremont Goodwine of Williamsport, a long time majority member in the last General Assembly, owns 1,200 acres in Warren county. A farmer and superintendent, he directs farm work from home by telephone, with three farm telephones linked to his house. He uses a card system to track farm costs and daily labor, weather permitting, and notes its profitability for both employer and workers. He plans to seek re election and favors separating the Woman's Prison from the Girls' Industrial School and a graded system for the girls department, consulting the board before drafting legislation.
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Fremont Goodwine
Williamsport
Senate
Denison
Warren County
Goodwine
Board of Managers
Hat from London stirs Covington chatter at horse show
James E. Allen of Covington explained a London hat gifted by an English horse owner after a Chicago encounter. The hat, named The Marlborough, arrived recently, while Allen sought the state geologist to settle a local dispute over Trenton rock at an oil well project in Fountain county.
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James E. Allen
Covington
Mr. Allen
London
Allen
Chicago
Oine
Fountain County
Trenton Rock
Blatcheley
Trenton , Rock
Irish National League invites Irish MPs to Indianapolis meeting
P H McNelis announced that any person can join the Irish National League by paying $2 annual dues and supporting Ireland farmer relief. The group fixed a visit by Redmond and Devlin to Indianapolis, with a speech at Masonic Hall on Sunday night April 27. Charles A Van Matre denied withdrawing from the Republican race for superintendent of public instruction after pressure from James Bingham and supporters.
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Irish National League
P. H. McNelis
Occidental
Movement For the Relief of the Farmers of Ireland
McNeils
Redmond
Devlin
Indianapolis
Masonic Hall
Charles A. van Matre
Muncie
James Bingham
Mr. van Matre
Bingham
Republican state committee leader weighs delegate selection plan
Chairman Goodrich of the Republican state committee considers a resolution likely to reach the state convention. He favors a system where each township or ward would pass its own mechanism for choosing delegates. In another note, railroads have decided to offer a rate of relief or concession in relation to the convention coverage.
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Goodrich
Republican State Committee
Round Trip Fare and Hotel Guests in City News
One fare for the round trip tickets valid for travel to Indianapolis on April 2 and 23 and return on April 24 and 3. Guests at the Denison Hotel include E. F. Tindolph and wife and Miss Pritchett of Vincennes, with Tindolph a former hotel proprietor now in Vincennes stave business. H. A. Strohm of Kentland says locals back George Ade new opera, Kentland home of Ade. Others include John Lowlow of the John Robinson circus, George A. Gamble of Logansport, Lon M. Newly of Muncie, and Francis T. Roots of Connersville staying at local hotels.
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Indianapolis
E. F. Tindolph
Pritchett
Vincennes
Denison
Mr. Tindolph
Peered
Barclay
Detroit
Emery
Cincinnati
H. A. Strohm
Kentland Enterprise
Kentland
George Ades
Chicago
Ade
John Lowlow
John Robinson
George A. Gamble
Logansport
Lon M. Newly
Muncie
Francis T. Roots
Connersville
Florence Kelley meetings announced with labor and reform groups
The Women’s Label League outlines Florence Kelley events for next Monday to Wednesday. Activities include a Propylaeum gathering by the Women’s Council, a Tuesday council address and a Masonic Hall session by the Central Labor Union and Women’s Labor League, plus a Wednesday reception at May Wright Sewall’s home.
City News Notes Military, Lectures and Local Events
Patrolman Petticord reports he lost his monthly pay. Rev J H Duncan of Shelbyville to lecture on Tithing at Hall-place M E Church tonight. Bible Literature Club meets at Mrs Dugdale’s, Tabernacle Church. Harmony Council M P L to entertain at hall on Wednesday evening. Queen Esther Auxiliary O E S to be entertained at Mrs Eastburn’s home tomorrow. Woman’s Home Missionary Society tea at Mrs Hammel’s tomorrow at 2 with a paper by Mrs Carr. Joseph Inna injured by a falling switch frog at the Indianapolis homing mills and hospitalized. Central Christian Church Sunday school to entertain for mission fund. Frank Shellhouse to lecture with stereopticon views. Charles Mayer & Co to close 5:30 daily, noon Saturdays in July/August. rule to take effect regardless of others. Several residents arrested for assault and battery after fight at Georgia and Liberty streets Tuesday night. A mass meeting for suffrage inquiry in the South to be held at Jones Tabernacle Wednesday. The Cisters of the Cowing Circle plan a bake sale at Mrs Gates’s to raise funds for the choir. Public school No 4 gym classes to present an exhibition tomorrow evening. Gym drills include dumbbell work, rings, ladders, and a pyramid finale.
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Edward Petticord
J. H. Duncan
Shelbyville
M. E. Church
Duncan
Bible Literature Club
Tabernacle Church
J. Cumming Smith
Dugdale
Harmony Council
No. 263
Central Christian Church
Mission Fund
Frank Shellhouse
Indianapolis
Jerusalem
Charles Mayer & Co
Harvey Rees
South Liberty Street
Claude McBride
East Georgia Street
Michael Klein
Herman Paschel
Georgia
Liberty Streets
Jones Tabernacle
North
Blackford Streets
A. B. Gates
North Meridian Street
Where Willie Boys Shine
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal a critique notes the glare of urban cafe life as a social mirror. It mocks indulgent patrons and a twenty year old figure, paired with his companion, entering a city venue while waiters take notice.
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Indianapolis
Algernon
Algernon's Late Night cafe caper nets a costly ego boost
In a Rex dispatch from Indianapolis dated March 26, Algernon, already known to the group, consumes a premium meal while his entourage indulges his vanity. He boasts that his suggestions saved a panic and funded hundreds of thousands, then signals for a girl and a final round as the cab arrives at 2 14 a m with his mother anxious at home.
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Rin
Algernon
Cabby
Rex
Indianapolis
Chicago Lawyer Threatens to Kill Wisconsin Prosecutor in Court
In Kenosha Wisconsin attorney Edmund Firthman representing former alderman John Gaster on bribery charges publicly threatened District Attorney A B Buckmaster. Commissioner Myron A Baker intervened as jailer attempted to move Gaster before a writ. Spectators fled as Firthman declared he would defend his client with his life. No decision on habeas corpus writs was announced.
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Kenosha
Wis
Myron A. Baker
Edmund Firthman
Chicago
John Gaster
A. BE. Buckmaster
Baker
Gaster
Reinold
Firthman
Buckmaster
Wisconsin
Circuit Court
Fanston Defends War Remarks In Topeka Tour
Gen Fred Fanston visited Topeka on his way to California and denounced Eastern papers for misinterpreting his Lotus Club New York speech. He defended actions in the Aguinaldo campaign, saying only four men wore insurgent uniforms, and praised President Roosevelt’s approval while noting orders prevented a Boston trip.
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Topeka
Kan
Fred Fanston
California
General Fanston
Lotus Club
New York
Aguinaldo
Roosevelt
Boston
Senator Lodge
Andrews Was a Plunger in Stock Deals
Detroit reports reveal Frank C. Andrews, vice president of City Savings Bank, engaged in massive stock speculation. From Aug 1901 to Feb 1902 he bought and sold through McLaughlin & Co and Cameron Currie & Co totaling 27,952,815 dollars across stocks and bonds. Amalgamated Copper figures dominate his activity with large purchases and substantial sales through both firms.
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Detroit
May
Frank C. Andrews
City Savings Bank
McLaughlin & Co
Cameron, Currie & Co
Amalgamated Copper
Currie & Co
Amalgamated
McLaughlin
Patrick Is Guilty and Heads Toward New Trial
The defense signals plans for a new trial and appeal after Patrick is declared guilty. Prosecutors predict trials for witnesses David L. Short and Morris Meyers within ten days, while questions linger about Charles F. Jones’s immunity and the cost of the Patrick case, potentially running into thousands.
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Attorney House
Patrick
Sing Sing
Court of Appeals
David L. Short
Morris Meyers
Jerome
Charles F. Jones
Millionaire Rice
Jones
Moore
Police Fail to Locate Cock Fight Link Near City
Superintendent Taffe and detectives along with sergeants spent hours last night patrolling the countryside northeast of the city chasing a tip about a cocking main at Jack Zimmerman's roadhouse. No evidence of any sport was found.
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Taffe
Holtz and
Wallace
Jack Zimmerman
Taft in Cincinnati Hospital After Surgery
Hon William H Taft Governor of the Philippine Islands has spent two weeks in a Cincinnati hospital recovering from a surgical operation performed after a prior procedure in Manila His general condition is excellent and he may be released in ten days to two weeks. Dob 8 known as Silver Dick was arrested in Chicago and police are checking if he is wanted in Kentucky for the Goebel assassination.
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Patrick
Cincinnati
March
William H. Taft
Philippine Islands
Magila
Chicago
Dob
Silver Dick
Frankfort
Goebel
Prairie Fire Tragedy Near Anadarko Claims Family
A destructive prairie fire about twelve miles southeast of Anadarko, Oklahoma, claimed the lives of Hattle Hand and her small children as they tried to move to safety. A fire guard had been plowed around the house but the blaze overtook them.
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Anadarko
C. T
Hattle Hand
Three Million Dollar Timber Deal in Wisconsin
The Edward Hines Company closed with Bigelow Lumber for 30,000,000 feet of white pine timber and a sawmill in Washburn Wisconsin. The $3,000,000 deal makes Hines the controlling factor in the white pine market in the Northwest.
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Marinette
Wis
Edward Hines Company
Bigelow Lumber Com
Washburn
Hines Company
Tragedy at Pueblo Grade Crossing Claims Two Lives
Denver dispatch reports an incoming Rock Island passenger train struck a street crossing in East Pueblo this afternoon. Mrs. John Close and her young son were killed, and Miss Ella Hines, aged twenty one, was fatally injured.
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Denver
Rock Island
East Pueblo
John Close
Ella Hines
The New Woman and Postum Health Testimony
An elderly Richmond woman describes severe health decline from coffee, including headaches and eye issues, then credits Postum Food Coffee and Grape Nut Breakfast Food with dramatic improvements. She reports better energy, weight gain, steadier walking, and improved reading memory, urging publication of her experience.
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Sue W. Fairall
4Th St
Richmond
Reading
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