The Prima Donna in Role of French Singer
The vivacious Kitzi Scheff opens in The Prima Donna at the Knickerbocker theater a lively operetta by Herbert and Blossom. A Paris cafe scene and a brash baron provide color as Mlle Athenee and Lieutenant Armand fall in love despite debt, vice, and social whirl.
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Mile. Athenee
Miss Scheff
Armand
New York
Kitzi Scheff
Knickerbocker Theater
Victor Herbert
Henry Blossom
St. Germaine
Chantante
Herry
Max Gundelfinger
Mile
Athenee
Iritzi Scheff
Opera Comique
Count de Fontenne
Max
Captain Bordenave
Bordenave
Papa
Ile de Poteaux
Paris
Mlle
Jobert Butler
Harvard Names Fish Captain of Next Football Season
Harvard selects Hamilton Fish Jr of Garri son on the Hudson New York as captain for the next football year. The 20 year old right tackle has twenty seasons at Harvard and acted as captain when Burr injured. Fish, six foot one and two hundred pounds, is praised for leadership and playing skill.
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Hamilton Fish, Jr
Garrison-on-the-Hudson
N. Y
Harvard
Fish
Burr
Teader
Demarest Moves Toward Professional Billiards Rise
Amateur billiard champion Calvin Demarest likely exits amateur ranks as plans form for a Chicago winter professional tournament. Observers expect him to contend with world masters like Hoppe Sutton and Cure, after winning the national amateur championship in 1907 and 1908.
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Calvin Demarest
Demarest
Simon Pure
Demarests
Schaefer
Sutton
Hoppe
Vignaux
Cure
Chicago
Detarest
Japan readies pro baseball with Nippon leagues
Japan plans a professional baseball system within months with at least one league in full swing. C F Gibbs of Tokyo backs the project and has requested Seattle contracts. Tokyo is to host the first team as promoters expect a national league to grow, aided by American investment and strong amateur interest.
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Japan
C. F. Gibbs
Tokyo
Nippon
Seattle
Islands
United States
Penns Athletic Carnivals at Franklin Field Planned
The fifteenth annual relay events at the University of Pennsylvania will occur on April 24 1909 at Franklin Field Philadelphia with Pacific coast teams expected. Middle states scholastic championships follow on May 15 attracting eastern and midwest talent. A medley relay proposal may be added if colleges show interest. The race, once featured in the Olympic games, drew strong interest.
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University of Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Pacific Coast
Middle States
Frank B. Ellis
Britt to Fight Summers in London Rematch
San Francisco lightweight Jimmy Britt and Johnny Summers near a London rematch after their Wonderland bout Britt won on decision Summers pressed for another encounter and the National Sporting Club offered 5000 pounds for a twenty round fight Summers has accepted and Britt may join after a brief music hall stint
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Jimmy Britt
San Francisco
Johnny Summers
National Sporting Club
London
Wonderland
Britt
Summers
Record Breaking Football Game in Detroit
Detroit University school defeated Bay City Eastern high school eleven by 160 to 0 in a game that set a world record pace. The winning squad scored twenty eight touchdowns and kicked twenty goals, with 103 points tallied in the final twenty minutes. Many scores came on a kickoff followed by a touchdown.
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Detroit
Detroit University School
Bay City Eastern High School
Michigan Coach Yost Offered Five Year Contract
Football gossip claims Michigan coach Hurry Up Yost has received a five year offer to stay with the team. Thorpe has scored all Carlisle’s points in two games this season, with six goals from placements. Madden of Amherst is noted as a top defensive end and a skilled drop kicker. Triple passes, including a forward pass, are popular in the west and helped Chicago score a late touchdown against Cornell.
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Yost
Michigan
Carlisle
Thorpe
Photographic Pillow Tops in Five Colors
Mer cerized Lateen pillow tops offer washable ironable photo enlargements on satin like cloth. Available white pink blue yellow and lavender these novelty items let families display baby, class, view or party pictures as affordable home decor souvenirs.
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Kodak
Humor and Philosophy by Duncan M Smith
A witty column explores how money cannot buy all sorrows and how income, outgo, and creditors shape worry. It notes some people have dollars but lack sense, contrasts facts with imagination, and suggests gold hearts may fail to pay for meals.
Aberdeen Attorney Wilson Buttner Listed With Practice
An Aberdeen Washington attorney at law, Wilson Buttner, is listed with office at 12 East Heron Street and residence at 309 South L Street. Office phone 1493 and residence phone 2681 are provided.
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Koebler Elk
Aberdeen
Wash
Washington Hotel
E. Heron St
South L St
The Bachelor and His Pocket Etiquette
A portrait of a lonely bachelor who must guide himself in actions and manners. The speaker notes his solitary life and self policing habits while a hopeful lady nearby contemplates improvement yet remains restrained. The piece mocks repetitive talk and self neglect in pursuit of companionship.
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Ritzi Scheff
Feur
Fritz Scheff
Crimson
Penn’s Athletic Carnivals
Football Gossip
Aberdeen Herald
The
Herald
Beckenhauer Bros. & CO
By Duncan M. Smith
Arey
DR. Watkins
Crowther-Wooding Block
G and
Heron Streets
B.N. Maclafferty
Maclafferty
Physicians and Surgeons
Zelaska
Boston
DR. McNiven
E. Mohrmann, M. D
C. E. Bartlett
Koehler Bldg
Bassett’s
Heron Street
J. C. Cross
Wishkah Block
Corner G
Wishkah Streets
E. H. Fox
Ben Sheeks
Room
Dabney
Austin M. Wade
Was
Wilson Buttner
Aberdeen, Wash
Patterson & Locke Co
General Insurance Agents
Superior
H. L. Cook & Co
Aberdeen Meat Market
Townsend
Candy Factory
L. L. Maley
Telephone 1701
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