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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1909
Page
5
Martin and Emery Co announce the forthcoming engagement of The Red Mill at the Colonial tonight. The musical proves itself with lasting power and draws the season's largest gross receipts at New York Broadway theaters, continuing a long run.
The article lists engagements for The Red Mill by Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert after a Knickerbocker Theatre run. It follows two American men, Con Kidder and Kid Connor, stranded at a Dutch inn in a Holland village, facing debt and a failed escape before capture by the Burgomaster.
BERT O SWOR acts as Italian musician in The Rea Mill comedy where Kidder pretends to be a linguist at an inn and Connor becomes a waiter. Gretchen plans elopement with Dorris Van Damn to avoid an arranged marriage to Zeeland’s Governor. The Americans aid the couple in return for passage to America. The Burgomaster locks Gretchen in the red mill until the Governor arrives. Connor and Kidder rescue her as she descends on mill sails. In the Burgomaster’s hall the Governor arrives seeking the missing bride. a reward is offered and Sherlock Holmes is requested from The Hague for help.
Reports from the Georgia prison commission indicate 2000 workers on state public roads have doubled first class road mileage in many counties since the April start of the new convict law. Carroll County reports 1200 miles first class and 800 miles second class roads. Stephens County has over 150 miles of first class roads. A new division will allocate convicts among counties next year with tighter apportionment and possible repayments in convicts for excess.
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