The Best Man Opens Majestic Season In Light Farce
The Majestic Theatre hosts the premiere of Grace Livingston Furniss new farce The Best Man with Jameson Lee Finney Irene Moore Charles Lamb and William Herbert in a play about a gilded youth who tries romance by deception. The audience enjoyed the light entertaining farce despite occasional stiff moments.
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Majestic Theatre
Grace Livingston Furniss
Dempsey
Mr. Longacre
Houndsditch
Jameson Lee Finney
Lord Ure
Miss Moore
Charles Lamb
William Herbert
Duane Wagar
Lucky Jim at Grand Opera House Delights Audienc
Joseph Santley stars as the hero in Lucky Jim at the Grand Opera House delivering strong acting and an engaging story. The show opens in Wall Street and then moves to Death Valley and San Francisco with thrilling moments and love scenes. Santley, only 19, shows notable talent and a fine singing voice. Afternoon shows are scheduled for Thursday and Saturday.
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Joseph Santley
Grand Opera House
Wall Street
New York
Death Valley
San Francisco
Santley
Tuesday Pythian Day at Wonderland Revere Beach
The executive committee of the grand lodge schedules Tuesday events at Wonderland by special arrangement with Revere Beach management. Highlight acts include the Pawnee Bill Wild West show with cowboys and performers, plus Miss Annette Kellermann in a famed ten mile harbor swim near Boston Light. The Salem Cadet band performs daily while the arena showcases seven whirlwind Arabs and the four Londons in a casting act.
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Wonderland
Grand Lodge
Revere Beach
Annette Kellermann
Boston
Charlestown Bridge
Salem
Great Free Circus Arena
Londons
Steamer Satellite Aims for Heaviest Deep Sea Catch
The Satellite steamer sails daily from Central Wharf at 10 a m with Captain Sorenson at the wheel. August brings more bites as patrons vie for a $150 gold prize for the season’s heaviest catch on the famous middle banks noted for big cod and haddock.
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Satellite
Sorenson
Central Wharf
State Street
Scenic Bass Point Nahant Weekday Trip Coupon Offer
Bass Point and Nahant boast North Shore scenery as a weekday trip includes a coupon with every round trip ticket enabling free theatre admission and partial payment at the dancing pavilion. A branch agency opened at Connelly Burke's Adams House. Boats depart Otis wharf near Rowe's mouth at frequent intervals.
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Bass Point
Nahant
Connelly & Burke's
Adams House
Otis Wharf
Rowe's
Vaudeville Bills Shine at Boston Theatre Show Opening
The Boston Theatre offered a varied mid summer vaudeville bill headlined by Keith and Mattie Lockette with Buster Brown's Sweetheart as guests. Florence Quinn sang in Romeo and Juliet and received an encore as the Romany Opera Company closed their run with strong notices. The program featured juggling by the Barretts, Three Rewards with Dental Stunts, the McConnell Sisters, Exposition Four, Fiddler and Shelton, plus Lulu McConnell and Grace Simpson in a stormy hour sketch. Moose hunting and salmon fishing kinetograph scenes drew the crowd, with Moose Hunt images among the night’s big hits.
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Boston Theatre
Keith
Mattie Lockette
Buster Brown
Paul la Croix
Romany Opera Company
Florence Quinn
Comediennes
Alexander Brothers
Brady
Fiddler and Shelton
Noveltyland
Lulu McConnell
Grace Simpson
Lester Lonergan
Mattle Lockettee
van der Koors
Maine
New Brunswick
Ten Nights in a Barroom Delivers Temperance Drama
Bowdoin Square Theatre presents the temperance melodrama with a moving matinee audience. Joe Morgan defeats the liquor demon to a tearful reception as Miss Hunt and Mr. Vaughn support the cast led by Katherine Goodrich as Meritable and Harry Brooks as Sample Swell.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Joe Morgan
Miss Hunt
Mr. Vaughn
Katherine Goodrich
Scenic Temple opens season with varied stage and film program
Knights of Pythias and Pythian sisters drew crowds to Scenic Temple at Berkeley street and Warren avenue for the first performance of the season. The two hour program features motion pictures, illustrated songs, and a full orchestra with films updated Thursday and a long Saturday showing from 2 20 to 10 30.
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Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Scenic Temple
Berkeley Street
Warren Avenue
Theatrespi er Premier Presents New Film and Vaudeville
At the Theatre Premier a full week lineup includes The Broken Heart a love tale and The Search for Happiness a quest for a happy man. Walter Baumwelle returns with violin solos and Rose Catherine Hawley debuts as a whistling soloist. Crescent City Quartet offers new songs with moving picture choruses and Travels in Old Mexico accompanies. A Trip in Old Savoy and Men in the Public Eye showcase visual features this week.
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Walter Baumwelle
Rose Catherine Hawley
America
Crescent City
Old Mexico
Savoy
Eden Musee in Boston Offers Notable Wax Exhibit
Boston hosts a premier wax exhibit, rivaling New York and international displays. Two buildings cover nearly an acre of floor space with many realistic wax reproductions attracting tourists and visitors.
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Boston
Eden Musee
New York
Parlor Concerts Afloat On Cape Cod Trip
The Cape Cod steamer offers vocal concerts during daily trips to Provincetown. A fine piano graces the saloon and a singer with a sweet baritone performs pleasing ballads for an hour or two of the voyage.
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Cape Cod
Provincetown
Gold Prizes for Deep Sea Fish on King Philip Trips
The King Philip sails daily and Sunday at 10 a.m. offering fishing trips under Captain Edward Dixon. Patrons may win liberal gold prizes if they catch big fish, though success depends on the weather and luck.
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Edward Dixon
King Philip
Fire at Auburn Maine Causes $52000 in Damages
Auburn Maine August 8 losses totaling about 52000 from a fire that swept two lumber mills the Union Box and Lumber Company and the N S Page Saw Company along with three tenement houses and a residence. The Union Box and Lumber mill suffered 25000 damage and the Page Saw mill 20000. The residence of Mrs. Benjamin Gould in New Auburn was damaged by embers. Firemen were overcome by heat and several minor fires were extinguished.
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Auburn
Lewiston
Union Box and Lumber Company
F. W. Winter
N. S. Page Sow Company
Knight for a Day at Tremont Thrills with Vokes Deshon
The Tremont Theatre opened its final week with A Knight for a Day as Frank Deshon as Jonathan delighted a large crowd. May Vokes drew strong applause on her first appearance as Tilly Day while Carleton Carolyn Lilja Morrison Mayme Taylor Edward Beck and the chorus delivered notable ensemble numbers.
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the Tremont
Jonathan Toy
Frank Deshon
Jonathan
Miss May Vokes
Tilly Day
Comedienne
William
Vokes-Deshon
William Carleton
Carolyn Lilja
Charles Morrison
Mayme Taylor
Edward Beck
Merry-Go-Round Opens Colonial Theatre Season
The Colonial Theatre brings The Merry-Go-Round from New York to open next Monday night with Raymond Hitchcock starring as a lively Rube. Supporting cast includes Margaret Sawyer, Ignacio Martinetti, Bobby North, Vivia Ogden, Jonathan Keefe, and others. The Six Cyclonic Shrimps headline the chorus with notable dance acts.
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Colonial Theatre
Circle Theatre
New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Margaret Sawyer
Boston
Ignacio Martinetti
Bobby North
Vivia Ogden
Jonathan Keefe
Andrew Mack Plans Boston Return At Park Theatre
After touring Australia he returns to the United States and resumes American tours in his boyhood home Boston. The Park Theatre will host the engagement on August 24 with an unusually large company.
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Andrew Mack
Antipodes
Boston
Park Theatre
Hollis Street Theatre Opens Season With The Gay Musician
Julian Edwards composes The Gay Musician to open the Hollis Street Theatre season. Opening night is Monday August 31 with Amelia Stone as prima donna and stars including Joseph C. Miron Tem plar Saxe and other noted Boston performers.
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Julian Edwards
Hollis Street Theatre
Wallack
Metropolis
Amelia Stone
Joseph C. Miron
Templar Saxe
Boston
Comique Theatre Week Features King Fregolo and Dog Heroes
The Comique Theatre bills this week include The Story of King Fregolo and Dog Heroes of St Bernard showing canine sagacity. Pierrot's Drunkenness depicts a drunken frenzy dream, with laughs from Disappointed Relatives and Slumming Party Deceived. Pictorial ballads include I Want Someone to Call Me Dearie Roll On Life Is a See Saw and Brother Noah Gave Out Rain Checks. Singers Bessie Remington Frances Avery Starry Ross Signor Fontaine with Eunice McDougall Miss Dramis Miss Moning. impersonations by Johnson and Cusack.
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Comique Theatre
Fregolo
St. Bernard
Pierrot
Noah
Bessie Remington
Frances Avery
Starry Ross
Signor Fontaine
Eunice McDougall
Miss Dramis
Miss Moning
Johnson and Cusack
Star Theatre Week Offers Topshelf Bill and Songs
The Star Theatre presents one of its best bills with the popular Yiddish Cowboy act in costume and dialect drawing big applause. Screenings include Uncle Fortune and The Road to Ruin with comedies Vacuum Cleaner and Policeman for an Hour and melodious songs throughout the week.
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K. P
Hub Theatre Presents Miles Bros Picture Bill
Hub Theatre keeps readers entertained with Miles Bros moving pictures and illustrated songs as the main feature. Between films bright songs are sung by skilled vocalists, each segment outdoing the last in brightness and humor. Thursday’s program will undergo a complete change following the usual pattern.
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Hub
Miles Bros
Gorman Summer Theatre Charms Medford Audiences
A vaudeville program at J W Gorman's Medford Boulevard Summer Theatre drew large crowds yesterday. Acts include J W Gorman's Imperial Japanese acrobats, Wynne and Lewis, the Bison City Four, the Three Mosher bicycle act, and Claude Frederick with his trained pony Don noting color tests and arithmetic tasks.
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J. W. Gorman
Medford Boulevard
Wynne and
Lewis
Bison City
Moshers
Claude Frederick
Don
Wine, Women and Song Returns to Globe Theatre Cast
Globe Theatre reopens with largely the same cast and draws a packed audience. Bonita leads a lively program featuring a burlesque on Three Weeks, a pony ballet, The End of the World sketch, Harmonists, and impersonations of Maude Adams and others. Notables Nat Carr, Lew Hearn, Charles Raymond, James Mullen, Allan Coogan, Herman Steiman, Ethel Hall and more headline the show.
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Globe Theatre
Bonita
Theise
Maude Adams
Dave Warfield
Fay Templeton
George Cohan
Nat Carr
Lew Hearn
Charles Raymond
James Mullen
Allan Coogan
Herman Steiman
Ethel Hall
Hal Pierson
Arthur Wood
Orville Harold
Nella Palmer
Mamie Walker
Gloria Douglas
Palace Theatre presents Waldron stock burlesque act
Charles Waldron's company offers two burlesques Who's Who and A Henpecked Husband at Palace Theatre with Frank Finney directing. Cast includes Buckley Bates Ernest Morgan Chester Jordan Brauneck Clark and Hanson. Musical numbers by Reinhart Waters Cohen Falardo Burke and Hanson. The show features a Rube sketch, baton juggling and hoop rolling, plus a Palacescope. Chorus girls contest tomorrow and amateur prize night Friday.
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Palace Theatre
Charles Waldron
Splendid Stock
Chester
Jordan
Lexington Park Vaudeville Offer Charms New England
The rustic theatre hosts a weekly vaudeville lineup praised as the best visit this year. Bradley Martin and company present Jessie Jack and Jerry, Mollie Malones Birthday by the Young America Five delivers lively comedy singing and dancing, with the Marlo Trio and Ben Johnson adding acrobatics and storytelling. Donat Bedini and dogs perform as clever canine acts while the park features zoological gardens athletic fields and a ladies orchestra.
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Lexington Park
Rustic Theatre
Lexington
Bradley, Martin and Company
Jessie
Jack and
Jerry
Mollie Malone
Young America Five
Marlo
Ben Johnson
Donat Bedini
Zoological Gardens
New England
Paragon Park Slides From Lion to Goose Aeronautics
Paragon Park adds sensational stunts with a Bonetti aeronaut and a proposed goose drop from 1000 feet. Manager Dodge plans the balloon release with precautions to avoid a park-wide incident and ensure the goose returns to the circus if it lands outside the park. The park also features Knights of Pythias week, Farrington's Olympic Theatre vaudeville, Colonel Ferari's jungle show, human roulette, Alligator Joe's menagerie, the Palm Garden, and Mace Gay's Martland Band with soloists Bla ney and Maguire.
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Paragon Park
Dodge
Bonetti
Oscar Lowande
Mr. Dodge
Circus
Earth
Knights of Pythias
Farrington
Olympic Theatre
Colonel Ferari
Alligator Joe
Palm Garden
Mace Gay
Martland
H. F. Blaney
Johnny Maguire
Maid of Japan at Norumbega Park Charms Open Air Audience
Norumbega Park staged the musical comedy Maid of Japan written by Matt Ott as a bright Asian operatic romp. Maude Dunne and Robert Bartlett drew praise for singing and verses while Geisha dancers excited the crowd with colorful costumes. Visiting Knights of Pythias toured the woodland venue as Allen's Orchestra provided daily music. Next week Norumbega promises free diving horse exhibitions.
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Japan
Matt Ott
Andrew Tomby
America
Maude Dunne
Robert Bartlett
Knights of Pythias
Zoological Gardens
Allen
Norumbega Park
Norumbega
North Shore Route Excites Gloucester Steamer Crowd
Crowds travel daily to Gloucester and Cape Ann from Central wharf on Gloucester line steamers. The trip showcases Nahant Swampscott Marblehead and other coast gems, drawing fashionably hosted summer homes and scenic beauty along the North Shore Route.
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Gloucester
Cape Ann
Central Wharf
North Shore
Nahant
Swampscott
Marblehead
Ethel Roosevelt to Be Mrs. Munn's Guest
Ethel Roosevelt is expected tomorrow at Dodge Cottage Old Neck the home of Mrs Charles A Munn a Washington friend of the President's family Mrs Munns son Charles is a Harvard College class mate of Theodore Roosevelt Jr a guest at the summer home A grand dance at the Essex County Club is planned for Friday night with sixty youths from Manchester Magnolia and the Beveries among attendees.
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Ethel Roosevelt
Dodge Cottage
Old Neck
Charles A. Munn
Washington
Swordfish Battle Endangers Sailor at Sea
Stanley McGrath of the schooner Robert and Carr fought a lone swordfish in his dory during the vessel’s final trip. The fish lunged and drove its sword into the boat midships, but McGrath, in the stern, escaped unharmed despite the peril.
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Stanley McGrath
Robert and
Carr
McGrath
Young New Yorker fined for overspeeding and drunk driving
A man identifying as James Smith of 71 Fifth Avenue New York faced the District Court in Fall River on charges of overspeeding reckless driving and operating an automobile under the influence. He was fined $100.
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Fall River
James Smith
Fifth Avenue
New York
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Mrs. Munn
Fawcett
Miss Ethel Roosevelt
Winnipesaukee
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