William Faversham Appears at Hollis Street in The Squaw Man
At Hollis Street Theatre William Faversham continues The Squaw Man for a one week run to strong crowd approval. The cast includes Miss Margaret Bourne and Albert Cowles with Charles H. Mailes and Robert Edeson, who will return next week in Classmates. Boston audiences hear the drama’s strong theatrical moments and the new leading lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Street Theatre
William Faversham
Diana
Albert Cowles
Earl of
Chorus Lady Thrills Boston Crowds at Park Theatre
Rose Stahl shines in The Chorus Lady at the Park Theatre with strong pathos and comedy. Patrons praise the performance and the central character Patricia O'Brien drawing the audience’s chatter. A benefit show for the box office staff is planned for Monday May 4 featuring The Chorus Lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Stahl
Park Theatre
Boston
Miss Stahl
Patricia
Thing
Patricia O'Brien
Palace Theatre Burlesque and Vaudeville Delights Crowd
Louis Robie s Knickerbocker burlesque company at the Palace Theatre presents The Arrival of Prince Hadji and Murphy s Mishaps with Clyde Barrow Flo Elliott Fannie Wood leading. Christy The Happy Juggler Reid and Gilbert Elliott Neff Jennings Jewell Louise Willis Ward Caulfield also star along with new Palacescape pictures. Tomorrow chorus girls contest for prizes with cash incentives from managers Robie and Waldron and a path for season advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Robie
Palace Theatre
Clyde Barrow
Flo Elliott
Fannie Wood
Prince Hadji
Murphy
Alio
Christy
Reid
Gilbert
Elliott
Neff
Jennings
Jewell
Louise Willis
Ward Caulfield
Palace Theatre Company
Palacescape
Robie and
Waldron
Inaugural 1492 Revival at Globe Theatre Thrills Boston
The Globe Theatre unveils a revived 1492 musical with Mayer and Sweeney leading a new company. Richard Harlow reprises Queen Isabella while many young performers fill fresh roles. Modernized scenery, costumes, and new songs energize the show, with "The Girl in Green" highlighted. prospects for a successful run look bright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Theatre
Messrs. Mayer and
Sweeney
Richard Harlow
Isabella
Charles H. Bowers
Columbus
Budd Rose
King Ferdinand
Charlie Tatters
Neil McNeil
Hughie Flaherty
Don Juani
Felix
Anna McNabb
May Banton
Nellie Daly
Ednas
Evas
Graces
Mildreds
Madelines
Margarets
Blanches
Florences
Idas
Miriams
Hazels
Harlow
Theatre Premier Presents Chelsea Fire in Motion Picture Form
Thousands of spectators flocked to the Chelsea fire ruins to see motion pictures of the catastrophe shown at Theatre Premier. A film crew was dispatched to the scene before the ruins cooled, capturing the burning buildings and crowds, plus about 40 photographic views. Macbeth and comic numbers rounded out the program as the Chelsea fire film remains on the bill for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Shakspere
Washington
Hub Theatre Delights with Song and Chelsea Fire Views
Yesterday's programme at the Hub Theatre pleased audiences with songs and singers. Joseph Mack lectured during orchestra hours on the Chelsea fire scene, drawing strong reaction to the remains and clearance work. Ben F Lor ing, Boston tenor, Miss May White, Miss Olive Nelson, and the ladies' orchestra all performed well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hub Theatre
Chelsea
Joseph Mack
Ben F. Loring
Boston
May White
Olive Nelson
Cooper's New Discovery Promises Stomach Cure Faith Spreads
The article portrays L T Cooper promoting Cooper's New Discovery as a cure for stomach trouble and related ailments. It cites testimonials, notably from Brooklyn contractor Frank Perkinson, claiming dramatic health improvements after twelve days, and notes Cooper’s marketing claims and the Jaynes Drug Stores as distributors.
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L. T. Cooper
New York
Mr. Cooper
Cooper
Cooper Meanie Company
Frank Perkinson
Butler Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Man of the Hour keeps record run at Tremont Theatre
The Man of the Hour at Tremont Theatre enters its fourth week on holiday program drawing an estimated attendance exceeding 200 000 from across New England. Producers Brady and Grismer report similar success with other company sections, signaling strong harvest for the enterprise and talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont
New England
Messrs. Brady and
Grismer
Boston Hippodrome Proves Greatest Indoor Circus of the Year
Large crowds filled Mechanics Building for afternoon and evening performances as Manager Rogers unveils new acts. Highlights include Steve Miato and clowns, Power's animals with Jumbo Jr, musical ponies, Minco and Reed stunts, Herzog's football pony, Mme Marantette's high jump attempt, and Crane’s triumphant return after a leg sprain in the closing tandem race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Hippodrome
Mechanics’ Building
Hippodrome
Rogers
Steve Miato
Minto
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Power
Wonderful Animals
Jumbo, Jr
Minco
Reed
Herzog
Mme. Marantette
St. Patrick
Crane
Orpheum Vaudeville Night Delights with McNaughtons
The Orpheum audience enjoyed a lively vaudeville bill led by the McNaughtons with rapid sidewalk talk and a burlesque duel. Victoria Parker’s trained dogs and the Carmen wire troupe added dramatic flair, while Jimmy Lucas and Bobby Pandur offered comedy and feats. Lillian Tyce voiced strong songs and ventriloquist A O Duncan impressed, McKenzie Shannon staged a musical comedy, and the show culminated with strong balance acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum
McNaughtons
Victoria Parker
Jimmy Lucas
George M. Cohan
Bobby Pandur
Gladiators
Lillian Tyce
A. O. Duncan
McKenzie
Shannon
Carmen
Wire
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents The Black Hand Melodrama
Bowdoin Square Theatre offers a stock company production of The Black Hand. The Blue Grass feud tale stars Arthur Maitland, Jane Stuart, Isabelle Sherman, Charles Stevens, Tommy Shearer, and Lillian Sinnott with strong supporting acts by Florence Hale and others in Gaunville style entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Claytons
Blue Grass State
Marcum
Case Marcum
Belle Clayton
Black Hand
Arthur Maitland
Jane Stuart
Isabelle Sherman
Marah
Charles Stevens
Gabe Stetson
Tommy Shearer
Lillian Sinnott
Florence Hale
Gauneville
de Corret
Howard
Sweet
Lonnie Follett
Crouch and Richards
Rich and
Billy Cross
Lyceum Theatre presents Rentz Santley company burlesque pair
The Rentz Santley company performed at the Lyceum Theatre yesterday in a kaleidoscopic burlesque program. Two new numbers titled A Day's Frolic at Atlantic City and The Darlings of the Demon featured a cast including Glockers Charles and Anna Ross, Fred Russell, Marshall and King, Louise and Dottie, Frank Ross, Charles D. Weber, Rosco and Sims, Fisher and Berg, Carl Anderson, and the revived May Howard acclaimed as queen of burlesque.
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Rentz Santley
Lyceum Theatre
Atlantic City
Glockers
Charles
Anna
Fred Russell
Marshall and King
Louise
Dottie
Frank Ross
Charles D. Weber
Rosco and Sims
Fisher and Berg
Carl Anderson
May Howard
Bijou Dream Enjoys Long Run After Revere Program
The Bijou Dream theatre drew crowds from morning to night as a special day program revived scenes by Paul Revere and the patriots, making history feel current. The well received program will stay on for several more days with musical and vocal features kept in the lineup as bills change weekly.
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Paul Revere
Marine Eye Remedy Promises Relief After Sun and Wind
An advertisement warns of eye strain redness and granulation from sun wind and dust. It promotes Marine Eye Tonic as a soothing remedy offering relief without starting, urging readers to ask their druggist about the product.
Majestic Theatre hosts Fiske in Rosmersholm closing week
Mrs Fiske delivers a near perfect Rebecca West in Rosmersholm at the Majestic Theatre as the Manhattan company offers strong support. The cast includes Bruce McRae George Arliss Fuller Mellish Albert Bruning and Mary Mannering. Madame Nazimova tickets go on sale Thursday for A Doll's House Hedda Gabler and Comtesse Coquette with performances beginning next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic Theatre
Bruce ,McRae
George Arliss
Fuller Mellish
Albert Bruning
Mary Mannering
Madame Nazimova
King of the Wild West plays Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House presents The King of the Wild West set in Arizona. Young Buffalo leads a dramatic rescue as Wild Nell Ruby Elwood and Kate Morton Caroline May captivate the crowd with lively performances and vivid frontier action.
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Grand Opera House
Arizona
Wild Nell
Pine Ridge Reservation
South Dakota
Cowboys
Bronehes
Young Buffalo
Cowboy
Buffalo
Ruby Elwood
Caroline May
Kate Morton
Jack Morton
Charles Payton
Charles E. Blaney
Thelma at Castle Square Theatre Enthralls Audiences
Castle Square Theatre presents Thelma a four act drama based on Marie Corelli. Edgar Baume stars as Sir Philip Orrington with Louis Albion and Mabel Carruthers in key roles. The cast wins praise for performance while audiences were moved by the finale. The Iron Master is announced for next week.
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Thelma
Marie Corelli
Alten Fjord
Norway
London
East
Edgar Baume
Sir Philip Orrington
Louis Albion
George Lorimer
Mabel Carruthers
Mark Kent
Pierre Duprez
Gertrude Bondhill
Ritta
Elfreda Lasche
Violet Vere
Gertrude Binley
Lady Winsleigh
George Paige
Sigurd
Ogden Stevens
Valdemar Swenson
Fletcher Harvey
Olaf Guildmar
Edmund Barrett
Sir Francis Lennox
Iron Master
Austin and Stones Museum Sees Holiday Crowds and Acts
Holiday crowds packed Austin and Stone's Museum with the curio hall featuring Mlle Pau line's leopards performing a high order animal intelligence act. Camille Fona and Maxey the needle king appeared in the hall while Manhattan Girls lit the theatre with a rising act. The Cribbage Club initiation by college girls led by Dorothy Norton, Olive sisters and Miss Gilbert and Ames impressed audiences. The Olive sisters staged The Fire Fighters and other acts included see-saw, Norma Phara, Sylvester sisters, Vesta Gilbert and more. The all vaudeville lineup featured the Hughes, Lillian Wathers, Pearl Hudson, Feunella the eccentric dancer, and the Meadows company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin & Stone
Mlle
Pauline
Camille
Fona
Maxey
Manhattan Girls
White
Dorothy Norton
Olive Sisters
Gilbert and
Ames
Miss Norton
Norma Phara
Sylvester Sisters
Vesta Gilbert
the Hughes
Lillian Wathers
Pearl Hudson
Feunella
Meadows Comedy Company
Miss New York Jr Delights Columbia Crowd
A burlesque show at the Columbia Theatre drew a large audience last evening with Miss Lee White’s standout performance. Abe Reynolds Dave Ferguson and George Perry led the fan makers while Ampere stunned the crowd with electric current feats. Cazeaux and August Faust scheduled to wrestle tomorrow night as amateurs perform Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, Jr
Columbia
Lee White
Abe Reynolds
Dave Ferguson
George Perry
Ampere
Cazeaux
August Faust
Anna Held Ends Colonial Run With Parisian Model
The last week of Anna Held in The Parisian Model at the Colonial Theatre draws crowds as she enchants with Parisian songs and dainty stage antics. Upcoming: Richard Carle stars in a new musical comedy next week. box office opens at 8 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Held
Miss Held
Paris
Boston
Richard Carle
Colonial Theatre
Mary’s Lamb
Boston Theatre Stagecraft Shakes Pearls in Taming of the Shrew
The Boston Theatre stock company opens with Shakespeare's untidy but entertaining comedy featuring Wilson Melrose as Petruchio and Olive Oliver as Katherine. Strong supporting cast includes Hasson, Theil, MacLarne, Friebus, Walker, Meek, Thayer, Saunders and West with harp accompaniment. Shenandoah and a baseball night with Boston and Philadelphia teams conclude the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespere
Boston Theatre Stock Company
Wilson Melrose
Petruchio
Katherine
Olive Oliver
Miss Oliver
William Hasson
Baptista
Louis Theil
Vincentio
Thomas MacLarnne
Vlucentio
Theodore Friebus
Trania
Walter Walker
Gremio
Donald Meek
Otis Thayer
Biondello
Mary Saunders
Bianca
Eleanor Gorgon Returns in The Girl from the Golden West
After a well earned rest Eleanor Gordon rejoins Wilson Melrose in the Boston Theatre company on Monday May 4 to play the title role in The Girl from the Golden West the first production secured for the stock company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Gordon
Boston
Wilson Melrose
Morison
Union Labor Influence Promised in Local Politics
J W Kline international president of the Blacksmiths and Helpers Union says labor men will gain political influence in the national campaign. He cites the Sherman act ruling and calls for amending the act, expanding organization, and bringing Boston wages toward western standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Kline
Blacksmiths’ and Helpers’ Union
Post
Mr. Kkline
Senate
Supreme Court
Boston
Chicago
Mob forces Black residents to flee Kennett homes
A mob of armed men and boys visited Black families in Kennett Missouri before daylight and ordered them to leave town with their families. Several shots were fired into the home of Frederick Barnum, wounding him in the shoulder.
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Kennett. Mo
Frederick Barnum
Simple tonic for age related decline promises relief
An old advisory prescribes a home remedy for declining vigor after age forty. Mix one ounce Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla, one ounce Toris Compound, and half a pint of whiskey, shake bottle before each use, and take tablespoonful doses before meals and at night.
Lloyds and Varied Vaudeville at Keiths Boston
Keiths theatre presents Alice Lloyd billed as the daintiest cleverest in a strong vaudeville bill. Charlotte Parry appears in The Comstock Mystery with rapid changes. The Three Rubes Griff and Scott perform juggling and balancing feats. The Joscarys Rennier and Gaudier sing and dance, with Lee Walter and C Blanch Rice in a one act comedy. Moving pictures complete the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd
Alice Lloyd
Keith's
Alice
Lloyds
Charlotte Parry
Boston
George W. Barry
Maude Wolford
Bowers
Walter and Crocker
Rubes
Ethel McDonough
Joscarys
Rennier
Gaudier
Lee Walter
C. Blanch Rice
Howard Atheneum Hosts Banner Patriots' Day Show
Howard Atheneum celebrated Patriots Day with Mlle Irma Lorraine as star attraction in a stylish cabaret. Williams Burlesquers and Imperials entertained with lavish gowns and a Paris night skit. McIntyre McAvoy Healey sisters and Dan Malumby top a diverse bill of singers, sketch artists, and performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Mlle
Irma Lorraine
Mile
Lorraine
Williams
Imperials
Paris
Jerry McCale
Ben Cook
Joe Love
Harry Bentley
Margie Hilton
Ida Sturgis
Tina Allen
Julia Heitzman
Mlle. Farlardaux
Warren
Malloy
St. Clair Brothers
Needham and Wood
Gompers Urges Labor Bloc to Back Friends in Congress
Samuel Gompers warned Congress opponents of pending labor measures with political extinction at the Grand Central Palace rally in New York. He urged organized labor to unite to defeat foes and elect allies, while calling for Sherman anti trust reform to shield unions from its provisions. He ridiculed marriages of wealthy American girls to foreign nobles, noting European dukes for which buyers may pay dearly.
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Samuel Gompers
Congress
Grand Central Palace
Supreme Court
Gompers
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Globe
Formula
Jaynes
Tremont Theatre
Orpheum Theatre
Castle Square Theatre
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Columbia Theatre
Boston Theatre
Eleanor Gorgon
Union Labor
Keith’s Theatre
Howard Atheneum
Achael
the Post
Boston Post
Watson Coleman
White Lynn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Louise Jung
Chestnut St
Detroit
Mich
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Emma Wheaton
Vienna
W. Va
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