Missing Asheville Belle Lola Walker in breach of promise case
Lola Walker, famed Asheville socialite, disappeared amid a breach of promise suit for 50 000 dollars against Robert Edwards the young millionaire who allegedly wed another heiress after she left Asheville for New York. Witnesses recalled a society man and railroad staff aiding her runaway to the city.
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Asheville
N. C
Lola Walker
Lola
Miss Walker
Robert Edwards
Walker
New York
Edwards
Court Wedding Sparks Surprise Separation Plan
In New York a couple wed in Queens after a 1920s style trial. The bride Lillian Kraft and groom George Stein faced a courtroom reveal by Rev. Calvin Loftus who had officiated. A love letter from Carrie led investigators to a palmist parlor and a late night confrontation, ending with plans for separation.
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New York
Lillian Agnes Kraft
Steinway
George A. Stein
Queens County
Calvin W. Loftus
Coney Island
Eighteenth Street
Second Avenue
MANY GIRLS REPLY TO PELHAM MAN AD
Lowell July 31 John B Hathaway of Pelham advertised for a girl to become his adopted daughter and received many responses. He notes many applicants want a wife or housekeeper, not a daughter, and that women over forty are common. He aims to select next week, wants photos, and says postage stamps are costly as he replies only when stamps are enclosed. He is in correspondence with several for more information.
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Lowell
John B. Hathaway
Pelham
Girl Found Wandering After Running Away From Home
Cambridge patrolman found 17 year old Margaret Cousins wandering near Broadway Common after she left her Somerville home on Friday. She slept in a Somerville depot and on Broadway park while claiming abuse by her mother. She had 10 cents, bought breakfast, and was turned over to Associated Charities.
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Rowe
Cambridge
Margaret Cousins
Broadway Common
Jay Street
Somerville
Broadway Park
Associated Charities
Cure by Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder Promises Relief
Mrs Benz of 418 E 8th Street New York, long troubled by catarrh, bought two bottles of Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder and was instantly cured. A single blast clears the head and halts headaches in moments.
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Benz
E. 8Th Street
New York
Dr. Agnew
Oxford ties lead to divorce in New York suit
Mrs. Katie Dangler sues for a limited divorce from Morris Dangler after alleging cruelty and abandonment. She claims he favors Miss Carrie Wolf, noting a pink ribbon package with white kid shoes and a handwritten note found at his Brooklyn office. The items were shown in court to support alimony for Mrs. Dangler and her infant son.
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New York
Katie Dangler
Samuel Dangler
Morris Dangler
Brooklyn
Supreme Court of
Kings County
Dangler
Carrie Wolf
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Follows Missing Wife Through Three States
Levy Brown of 114 Clinton Street Poughkeepsie searches for his wife who left in May with their two daughters. He traced her to Great Barrington where she lived for a time and left three weeks ago for Connecticut. Brown has followed into Connecticut to locate them.
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Great Barrington
Levy Brown
Clinton Street
Poughkeepsie
Brown
Lexington Park Souvenir Card Highlights Local Zoo Camel
A souvenir card from Lexington Park features Zillah the camel with a realist portrait and the claim the keeper says the animal can go seven days without water. The article also lists vaudeville acts at the rustic theatre including Grace Emmet in Mrs Murphy's Second Husband and other acts by the Gorman and Woodward troupes with the Otto brothers and Jimmy Wall in performances.
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Lexington Park
Zillah
Zoological Garden
Gorman
Rustic Theatre
Grace Emmet
Comedienne
Otto Brothers
Walker's Museum Draws Big Crowds for Last Week
Big crowds filled Walker's Museum yesterday with varied acts in the curio hall. The divorced woman's convention drew a dozen young ladies sharing experiences and reasons for separation. Johnny Taylor showcased a Canadian bag punching display while McAdams dazzled with flying-ring dexterity. Hartford and Davis offered The Isle of Champagne in the auditorium with Nellie Hartford and Tina Davis as principal soubrettes.
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Curio Hall
Johnny Taylor
Canada
McAdams
Vaschi
Hartford and
Summer Bills at the Theatres Well Patronized Last Evening
Yesterday's Empire Theatre audience again praised Bronson Howard's The Banker's Daughter with strong supporting turns. Mary Hall Mary Sanders Gertrude Berkeley and William Courtleigh led a skilled cast delivering finish and dramatic merit. The Empire plans a revival next week of Clyde Fitch's The Cowboy and the Lady in this city.
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Empire Theatre
Bronson Howard
Mary Hall
Lillian Westbrook
Mary Sanders
Brown
Gertrude Berkeley
Holcomb
Blanche Winters
Natalie
John Strebelow
William Courtleigh
William Humphrey
Count de Carolac
Francis Ball
Harold Rutledge
Carl Anthony
Lawrence Westbrook
Mortimer Weldon
George Washington Phipps
Lindsay Morison
Mr. Brown
Empire Company
Clyde Fitch
Cowboy
the Lady
Pearl and the Pumpkin at Colonial Theatre Adds New Scene Gags
Last evening's performance of The Pearl and the Pumpkin at the Colonial Theatre was enriched with new comic scenes. The cast presented a yacht, a locomotive with Ed win Stevens as headlight, a whistle by John Mayon, a bell by George Richards, a cab by BE A Anson, and a tender by George Collins, plus a cheeky chase of the canned corn dodger in the final act. Stevens also delivered a tour through Boston and Bermuda with humorousRedux of landmarks such as Chelsea and Bunker Hill, while a strong supporting group led by Gertie Carlisle and Kathryn Hutchinson contributed polished turns. The production is a lavish spectacle with striking scenery and costumes, and the engagement is strictly limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre
Boston Yacht Club
Mr. Stevens
Edwin Stevens
John Mayon
George Richards
BE. A. Anson
George Collins
Boston
Bermuda
Chelsea
Boston Common
Bunker Hill
Gertie Carlisle
Ethel Johnson
Kathryn Hutchinson
Ida Hawley
Stella Beardsley
Colin McComas
Sager Midgeley
Taylor Granville
Bowdoin Square Theatre Delivers Her Fatal Love
Lively five act melodrama at Bowdoin Square The atre garners praise for nearly all new scenery and stage detail. Fern Foster leads as Marquita Caroni with Charles Miller as Walter Wentworth and Henry Alexander in a rich Mexican cattle dealer role.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Lothrop Stock Company
Fern Foster
Marquita Caroni
Charles Miller
Walter \Wentworth
Henry Alexander
Manuel Monti
Grace
Edwin Denison
Michael O’connor
Mr. Butler Haviland
Chris Krause
Wilmer Walter
Harry Brooks
D. Ll. Gaylord
Charles Wheelock
Annette Marshall
Pearl de Sousier
Florence Hale
Neapolitan Troubadours Shine At Austin & Stone’s Curio Hall
Signor Jouvine's Neapolitan Troubadours headline a show at Austin & Stone’s with fourteen singers and dancers, featuring the La Paloma sisters. The act wowed the crowd alongside vaudeville, Powells Minstrel Maids, and acts like Bardo the ventriloquist and Punch and Judy, in a lively museum venue.
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Austin & Stone’s
Curio Hall
Signor Jouvine
Atlantic
Messrs
Stone
la Paloma Sisters
Naples
Powell
John Harrington
Helen Robinson
Ida Campbell
Della Rooney
Pearl Irving
Marion Cleveland
Frankie Heath
Cecil Beverly
Maud Irving
Tom Carroll
The Millionaire Detective opens at Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House presents The Millionaire Detective by Charles E Blaney and Howard Hall with Mr Hall and a strong company opening Saturday night and running through next week Box office opens Thursday morning.
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Charles E. Blaney
Howard Hall
Mr. Hall
Grand Opera House
Boston
Fadettes Orchestra Shine At Keith’s Theatre Vaudeville Show
Keith’s Theatre presents a full summer programme by the Fadettes Woman’s Orchestra with six encores and strong turns by Mrs Wilczek in Hungarian Gypsy Dance and the World Kings ton acts. The bill includes John World Mindell Kingston, Nevarros, Kalinowski brothers, the Williams and Walker Glee Club, La Petite Adelaide, Violet Staley, and Curtis and May. A Cinema piece Raffles the Dog completes a lively night of music and comedy.
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Fadettes Woman's
Keith's
Wilczek
Herbert
Offenbach
Charles Guyer
Nellie O'Neil
John World
Mindell Kingston
World
Miss Kingston
World Comedy Four
Owley and Randall
Maud Harrison
Williams and Walker Glee Club
la Petite Adelaide
Violet Staley
Curtis
May
Raffles
Point of Pines Hosts Week of Childrens Entertainment
Gala week at Point of Pines features two daily shows by J W Gorman's Columbia vaudeville troupe and Mrs L A Judkins Cinderella in Fairyland with 50 children. The $1000 nightly fireworks display, Lynn Cadet Band concerts, and a Punch and Judy fireworks act highlight the program.
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Point of Pines
Joseph J. Raymond
Pines
Pines Theatre
J. W. Gorman
Columbia Vaudeville Company
Waterbury Brothers
Tenney
Hayman and
Franklin
Daly
Kelso
Toledo
Price
Bailey and Fletcher
L. A. Judkins
Cinderella
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
E. W. Stafford
Lynn Cadet Band
We Two
Luther and Cosby
Norumbega Park Vaudeville This Week
At Norumbega open air theatre a vaudeville program features the Baker troupe five fearless athletes on bicycles and a comedy act with wheel jumping. Will Dockray performs blackface parodies while Mitchell and Cain deliver witty vocal routines. Peto and Wilson present comedic juggling and acrobatics Rae and Brosche star in A Woman of Few Words highlighting the futility of talk.
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Norumbega
Baker
Will Dockray
Mitchell and
Cain
Peto
Wilson
Rae and
Brosche
Burlesque Show at Pal ace Theatre Delights Week Audience
The Palace Theatre stock company earns praise as manager Waldron sustains high standards. The burletta Connubial Felicity stars Scanlon Patterson Nibbe Kennette with Ellston Stevens Mills Leslie Fisher Taylor Bordeaux. Vaudeville acts by Mackie Walker, Fisher Clark, Taylor, Rice brothers, Jennings Renfrew entertain.
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Palace Theatre
Waldron
Messrs
George Scanlon
al Patterson
Mike Nibbe
Thomas Kennette
Maud Ellston
Pearl Stevens
Hattie Mills
Alice Lesle
Gladys Fisher
Mae Taylor
Marie Bordeaux
Alio
Mackie, Walker and Company
Fisher and
Clark
Rice Brothers
Chinaman
Rube
Jennings and Renfrew
Geezer of Geek Tops Tremont Theatre Run
Tremont Theatre enters its second week of the Geezer of Geek engagement with Dave Lewis as the sausage maker in a Turkish province role. Amelia Stone and Amy Taylor receive praise for vocal and stage work, while Nena Blake scores with juvenile parts and John Park along with Frear and Marlowe bolster the cast. The show has two more weeks before leaving for Chicago.
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Tremont Theatre
Dave Lewis
Amelia Stone
Amy Taylor
Nena Blake
Volest
John Park
Fred Frear
James C. Marlowe
Chicago
Paragon Park Free Attractions Highlight Esplanade Race
Paragon Park in New England offers free open air entertainment led by the Londons acrobatic troupe and the Everetts juggling and feats. Donette brothers perform on the double trapeze. Martland Band and five other musical acts provide continuous music. the Fair Japan exhibit features hand crafts and Geisha tea. The Buddha statue replica draws interest and the Palm Garden feeds the hungry and thirsty.
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Paragon Park
New England
Flying Londons
Four Everetts
Donette Brothers
Esplanade
Martland
Japan
Palm Garden
Two Girls Paddle Canoe From Waltham to Boston and Back
Watertown July 31 two young athletes Miss Bessie Hussion of Waltham and Miss Maud Tower completed a 16 mile canoe trip from Waltham to West Boston bridge and return in six hours. They started before dawn to catch the high tide and faced dams near Watertown twice requiring a carry. Both are noted for aquatics and other sports. Hussion 22 Tower 20.
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Watertown
Waltham
West Boston Bridge
Bessie Hussion
Maud Tower
G. H. Tower
Charles
Watertown High School Miss Tower Was A Noted Athlete. Miss Husston
Waltham High
Watertown Street
Galen Street
Moody Street Bridge
Hussion
Tower
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