Vaudeville Opens at Grand with the Russells as Leads
The Grand Opera House launches a new vaudeville season featuring the Russell brothers returning after years away. Their farcical sketch “A Romance of New Jersey” with Maggie Mooney and Rosie O Grady fuels the night, supported by the Lowe Hughes trio and acts Green and Werner in a jungle burlesque, plus Daly family dancers.
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Grand Opera House
Russell Brothers
Russells
George Cohan
John
Maggie Mooney
Olive Bankroll
James
Rosie O'Grady
Maggie
Rosie
New Jersey
Lowe-Hughes
Green
Werner
Vinle Daly
Daly Familly
Reone
Davin
Utopians and Two Little Waifs Open Empire Season
The Empire opens with The Utopians a clean burlesque show praised for its bright choruses and agile acrobats while The Two Little Waifs at the Park features the Lamb children in a Carterian five act drama about double dealing heartbreak and eventual happiness with strong acting by Joseph W. Walsh and Della Morton.
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Empire
Olio
la Velles
Joseph Madden
John W. Jess
Jess
O'Donovan McCann
Lincoln J. Carter
Lamb
Wayne Fleming
Lyman Pendeville
A. G. Edwardes
Joseph W. Walsh
Della Morton
Nell
Pendeville
James T. McElherne
Richard III
Edna Reming
Pinkie
Francis Pierlot
Officer Flanagan
A. W. Martin
Society Notes: Local Residents Arrive and Depart for Winter
Mr B F Hitz spends three weeks in New York while Dr Lafayette Page returns from Camp De Pauw Wis. Numerous guests visit relatives in Indiana and neighboring states. Birds and dances at Canoe Club mark social season as Miss Bertha Bacon heads to New York and a theater party hosted by Mr and Mrs P B Raymond.
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New York
Lafayette Page
Camp de Pauw
Wis
Ferdinand Club
Canoe Club
George Keep
Chicago
L. W. Hatch
Almus Vinton
Blacherne
Austin Niblack
Sadie Niblack
Tom Garber
Lake Maxinkuckee
Henry Severin
Albert Seaton
Wawasee
Lillian Ditmars
Franklin
A. L. Ensley
Eleanor Garber
Madison
Bennett Gates
Elizabeth Dougherty
Buffton
Josephine Morss
A. ©. Dunn
The
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New Rink
Ellen Baker
Crawfordsville
Country Club
Lafayette
Logansport
Peru
Younople
Strauss
Meyer
Louisville
Steinfeld
Greensburg
Terre Haute
Benjamin Walcott
Grand Haven
F.S. Newcomer
Nancy Newcomer
Mabel Rose
Vermilion
Houghland
Greencastle
Winters Combs Franklin wedding links two newsroom families
Miss Bertha Combs and Lester Winters married at the bride’s home in Franklin Ind. Rev A R Woodson officiated. The couple left for Anderson where Winters works on the Anderson Herald staff. Holiday visits and summer travels fill this society page with gatherings and pianoforte tones.
Seven Councilmen Fail to Secure Holiday Quorum
Seven council members present in the chamber last night could not reach a quorum on a holiday. A special meeting may be called for the latter part of the week. The gas meter ordinance division caused a split in the public health committee and the council, with McFarland for, Warnek against, Crall undecided.
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Rhodes
Cooper
Negley
Meyer
Sourbier
Berry
McFarland
Sergeat-at-arms Dawson
Kaiser
Warneg
Crall
Home dressmaking hints shows versatile blouse style
May Manton presents a simple blouse pattern suitable for school wear and knock-about use. The model suits blue serge or wool fabrics with black braid and gold buttons, using only back and front pieces closed by front buttons.
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May Manton
Ladies 1880s style blouse and skirt pattern details
A sewing pattern description for girls aged 4 to 12 shows a bishop sleeve blouse with a rounded collar or standing collar option and a three piece skirt with front gore and circular sides. Material amounts vary by width. pattern 4211 from Indianapolis Pattern Dept. includes a note about a pattern return and a watch sale by J. P. Mullan.
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Joa
Indianapolis
Tna
Hotel lobby gleanings as Charles Major returns from Maine
Indiana author Charles Major visited the Hotel English yesterday after a Maine summer at Polland Springs with Mrs Major. He plans to travel to New York soon on business to decide on a stage version of Dorothy Vernon and may delay this fall. Major has another modern novel nearing completion and regrets announcing Dorothy Vernon prematurely.
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Indiana
English
Polland Springs
Cee
Major
Dorothy Vernon
Landis and Goodrich discuss a vintage baseball game
In the Hotel English lobby Republican chairman Goodrich and Representative Landis recall a 26 year old Seven Mile versus Jacksonburg game in Butler county Ohio. Landis notes a self-made ball owned by Andy Long and recalls a hard bounding ball.
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Republican State Committee
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English
Butler County
Ohio
Seven Mile
Jacksonburg
Noblesville
Tipton
Indianapolis
Kokomo
Milton FE. Atles
the Treasury
Indiana
Alabama
Crawfordsville
Wilson
Editor Welman in town resists sale rumor
Charles W. Welman editor and publisher of the Sullivan Times denies selling to Hob Miers. He cites a past deal with Rep Tra Larr that failed and says he remains at the helm. Welman plans to campaign for Miers and criticizes local Republicans for their remarks about him.
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Sullivan Times
Bryan
Hob Miers
Mr. Welman
Tra Larr
Sullivan
Times
Welman
Miers
the Times
Kansas City
Congress
Democratic candidate Schoonover declines to predict outcome
Albert Schoonover, Democratic state ticket hopeful for secretary of state, tells reporters in the Grand Hotel he will not forecast the race against Daniel E. Storms. He compares his approach to Sherlock Holmes weighing clues, plans to guess after the election, and notes cooperation with supporters in Attica and the Eighth district. Republican John O. Piety, Terre Haute, visits town commenting on prospects in the Fifth district.
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Daniel E. Storms
Grand Hotel
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Attica
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Storms
Holmes
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John O. Piety
Terre Haute
Congress
Ambitious Democrats Seek Winning Vote For Congress
R Harry Miller president of the Lincoln League of Indiana met at Hotel English to discuss a Vigo county ticket and a winning campaign. He plans county managers and league headquarters after September 20 in the Majestic Building to cooperate with the State committee and push organization to every township. Hamilton county was a strong league county two years ago with thousands of members. Henry W Lawrence, Hotel English proprietor, returned from a St Lawrence River trip improved in health.
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Lincoln League of
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English
Fairmount
Miller
Lake Wawasee
Majestic
State Committee
League
Hamilton County
Henry W. Lawrence
Hotel
St. Lawrence River
New Pore Oe
Nea
Old Peddler Thomas Leddey Seized On Vagrancy Charge
An ailing seventy eight year old peddler from St Joe Michigan named Thomas Leddey slept on a curb in South Illinois. He could not walk further and was taken to the police station where he was booked on a vagrancy charge. Newsboys watched as two bicycle cops ferried him to the patrol wagon and into custody.
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Morgan
Simon
St. Joe
Mich
Thomas Leddey
East Washington Car 760 Collides With Stone Wagon
A car numbered 760 from East Washington collided with a wagon loaded with stone yesterday at 4 30 PM at New Jersey and Washington streets. Driver Ed Beamer was knocked from the wagon but unharmed. Four horses were attached. two were badly injured, later killed. The wagon was demolished and no passengers were hurt.
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New Jersey
Washington Streets
Ed Beamer
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