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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1907
Page
11
Wall Street reports a mixed day with stock prices rising modestly amid cautious trading. Bears retain a large short interest as key leaders like Northern Pacific and Reading post gains, while losses and bank loan concerns temper enthusiasm.
The Boston Market column records the day’s stock and bond activity with total sales and closing quotations. Nipissing, Superior & Pittsburg, Acme Consolidated, Boswyocolo and Bullfrog Mines Inc. led gains as prices strengthened across the board.
Reports from Cobalt note an eight inch cross vein in the south drift of the %5 foot level and a surface ore strike at the Buffalo property. Shawmut Consolidated Copper schedules its annual meeting in Portland April 27 with books closing and reopening. Nipissing property shafts reach 125 feet with 400 men planned to prospector on the surface. New hoisting engine and 125 horsepower motor coming to the Davis Daly smoke house shaft. Nevada Douglas Copper reports progress with equipment arriving and installation advancing. WILLIAM E. SOULE
The Boston curb market notes a pronounced rise in business volume across the larger exchanges, signaling a wholesome effect on dealings. Traders report broader participation and steadier prices amid the uptick in activity.
Fiske O'Hara closed the regular dramatic season at the Globe Theatre with two audiences, delivering a rollicking performance in Mr. Blarney from Ireland. Florence Rossland, J. B. Sullivan, John Martin and a large cast earned applause for humor and humanity, with Dorothy Gish and Little George Cooper among the standout young performers. The Now and Then Club greeted O'Hara, then the John Craig stock company is set to open next week with The Heart of Maryland starring Mary Young.
Hal Reid's four act melodrama A Fight For Love stars Robert Fitzsimmons in the leading role at the Grand Opera House this week. The Boston run drew full houses as the boxing entwines with a banking plot, Vivian Ellington, Horace Shepard, and Madge Gray figure in a tale of love deception and a dramatic boxing finish.
The Tremont Theatre will present The Time the Place and the Girl on May 6 returning to musical comedy. The Chicago hit has run at La Salle Theatre for over 350 performances and moves east with Ned Wayburn directing staging and Singer-Askin resources in a lavish production led by Arthur Deagon as the lead comic role.
Miss Eva Taylor, formerly a Castle Square Theatre lead, headlines the Orpheum as she returns to Boston with a one act playlet The Circus Rider supported by Lawrence Grattan and notable acts. The program includes Hartigan the juggling comedian Therese Renz Horse act and Fred Ray troupe in a Shakespearean travesty The London acrobats and others in a varied vaudeville bill.
The musical comedy Coming Thro' the Rye at the Boston Theatre will close on Saturday May 4 after a one week extension due to its popularity. Frank Lalor stars as Nott and Stella Mayhew as Mrs Malaprop with Alma Youlin Besse Gibson and others in a lively cast. Nena Blake debuts as Bessie Claude the Girl With the White Horse in a notable replacement.
The Dodge-Spear Company organized a wholesale ticket purchase so every employee could see Ellen Terry on her last American tour at Hollis Street Theatre. Hundreds of salesgirls and their escorts, from junior to senior staff, enjoyed the show and praised Terry and her company.
The Lyric shows The Exciting Honeymoon and The Hero and features The Life of a Cowboy with lady ushers and admission cut to six cents. Misses Powers Patten share honors with illustrated songs, while Fred Gardner Miss Chase and Miss Walters perform instrumental numbers. Lombard and Gardner present impersonations.
Newark April 22 Former Senator John F Dryden president of the Prudential Company returns to business after illness and outlines insurance legislation impacts He notes Prudential's liberal actions include waiving premiums for industrial policyholders aged 75 and older saving over 750 000 and extending benefits dividends and paid in policies totaling more than 8 000 000 with further increases planned.
Big Frank the bear returns to Austin and Stone's drawing cheers from morning and afternoon crowds. Braln Bonnette the gymnast and the Robertos perform a hair raising knife act. Annie Howard the tattooed queen and Professor Riley entertain with music and fiddling. Marionettes, a big python, and diverse acts light the stage with applause and variety.
Best burlesque and vaudeville in the city this week at the Palace Theatre. Clark's Runaway Girls star in The Sultan's Dilemma alongside a strong vaudeville bill featuring Frank Damsel Abe Reynolds Bert Wiggin Clara Burg Mollie Williams the Delsarto sisters Starr Bowery Boys quartet Bert Wiggin juggle and cartooning Livingstons acrobatics Burtinos equilibrists Clark Hanson musical acts and more with novelty acts and moving pictures.
The Theatre Premier stages Amateur Night this week featuring acts like Buy Your Own Cherries and Won by Strategy. The show includes The Cook's Dream and Wonderful Flames with illustrated songs such as Arrah Wanna. Performers Frank Cohan Al Weston M. Van Horn John Lavin May Vincent Grace Merriman, instrumentalists Harry Norton Ruth Wilmore Bessie Beasley, and impersonator Cheney Turner provide a lively program.
United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina lectured in Washington Hall before a large audience on the race question. He will travel to Northampton tomorrow to appear on the lecture platform there.
The fourth and last concert of the Interesting series featured Felix Fox with Miss Mary Vincent Pratt in Steinert Hall. The program included Liszt Sonetto, Chopin preludes, Ravel Jeux d’ Rau, Saint Saens two pianos, and MacDowell Sonatas. Fox appeared an objective artist with refined technique and thoughtful interpretation.
The Dainty Paree company began a week at the Lyceum Theatre with a lively show. Tim Cronin and Jack Marshall play Irishman and Dutchman in a funny sketch, with Cun ningham and Fowley dancing and singing and Moran and Wiser doing hat and club stunts. Belle Travers sings, and the burlesque in two acts opens in New York with the second act atop an apartment house roof.
Interest at the Globe Theatre box office suggests strong demand for John Craig's summer season opening next Monday. The company will stage The Heart of Maryland as opening play, cast and produced with careful attention. Abrams Seltzer, a baker of 24 Barton Street, has been missing since April 12, wife seeking police help.
Massachusetts Loan and Guarantee Co offers New England Goldfield stock at 10 cents a share with a par value of 1 dollar. It claims Boston control, 40 acres including a gold ribbed mountain, and a rich ore vein. Investors urged to buy before a 100 percent rise to 20 cents by April 25.
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