Midsummer Opera Draws Crowds at Castle Square
Flotow's Martha was presented at Castle Square Theatre to a large audience despite heat. Mary Carrington starred as Martha with Hattie Belle Ladd, George Tallman Plunkett, Harry Luckstone, Otis B Thayer in supporting roles. next week Fra Diavolo with Mme Lane and Mr Murray, fall season starts Sept 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flotow
Martha
Castle Square Theatre
Lady Harriet
Mary Carrington
Nancy
Hattie Belle Ladd
Lionel
George Tallman Plunkett
E.s
sHarry Luckstone
Etibotot
George Tallman
Harry Luckstone
Plunkett
Otis B. Thayer
Tristram
Fra Diavolo
Mme. Lane
Zerlina
Mr. Murray
Wonderland Act Shines as Anna Schaffer Tops Wild West Show
Miss Anna Schaffer, hailed queen of the cow girls, rides untamed bronchs at Kennedy's Wonderland and headlines a new free outdoor program featuring Milo Loubet’s automobile daredevil act. Other acts include Leslie's Porcine Circus Carre sisters equestrienne routine Fritz Bene the clown and Salem Cadet Band. The festival showcases Fighting the Flames Hell Gate Princess Trixie Ferari's Trained Wild Animals Infant Incubators Hale's Tours and Shoot the Chutes to keep crowds returning nightly.
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Wonderland
Anna Schaffer
Milo
Loubet
Leslie
Porcine Circus
Carre Sisters
Fritz Bene
Salem
Fighting the Flames
Hell Gate
Trixie
Ferari
Hale
Big crowd crowds Norumbega Park on hot weekend show
Large audiences flocked to Norumbega Park on Sunday and yesterday drawn by pleasant shade along the Charles River and a new vaudeville bill in the open air theatre. Hallen and Fuller star in Her Sunday School Boy with Farce and song while Ches ter Blodgett Johnstone wowed with trick cycling and Melvil the aerialist staged aerial feats and dislocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norumbega Park
Charles River
Ags
Hallen and Fuller
James QO. Dale
Anna Caldwell
Fred Hallen
Chester Blodgett Johnstone
Quigg
Mackey
Nicholson
Melvil
Lake Champlain camps draw summer travelers in Vermont
Camping on the shores of Lake Champlain grows in popularity with many established camps along the lake front. The region offers boating, fishing, and comfortable canvas camps reachable by the Central Vermont railway line with three daily trains from Boston Springfield New London and Montreal.
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Lake Champlain
Vermont
Lake Front
Rich
Champlain
Central Vermont Railway Line
Boston
Springfield
New London
Montreal
Carnival Excursions From Boston to Newport Planned
The special excursion to Newport departs Boston South Station Wednesday Aug 8 at 11:00 a.m. and leaves Newport at 1:15 p.m. returning from Newport at 10:00 p.m. A regular weekly trip is set for Thursday Aug 9 from Boston at 9:30 a.m. and from Newport at 6:00 p.m. Round trip tickets are $1 with limited numbers.
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Boston
South Station
Newport
Ausable Chasm
Hudson River & Berkshires
Lake George & Saguenay
Thousand Islands
Maritime Provinces
Hudson River
Niagara Falls
Muskoka Lakes
Saguenay
Adirondack Mountains
Yellowstone
Colorado
California
Canadian Rockies
R. I
Back Bay
Superb Harbor
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Man From Now at Tremont Theatre Nears 100th Boston Show
Harry Bulger enters final three weeks of the Henry W. Savage musical novelty The Man From Now at Tremont Theatre. Two weeks remain until the 100th performance in Boston on Aug 20 with souvenir gifts for attendees. Cast changes planned in the next two weeks.
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Tremont Theatre
Harry Bulger
Henry W. Savage
Mr. Bulger
Boston
Bulger
Man
Palace Theatre Delights Crowds With Two Act Burlesque
Despite sultry weather, Palace Theatre drew two good crowds for a bright musical burletta In Vacation Time and a lively Hiawatha burlesque. Performers Edith Randall Tillie Cohen Hattie Mills Grace Graham Grace Lawrence Annie Carter starred in comedy and song with Allen Wightman Barry Thompson the Lafovar brothers and Wilsons delivering standout acts.
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Palace Theatre
Hiawatha
Edith Randall
Tillie Cohen
Hattie Mills
Grace Graham
Grace Lawrence
Annie Carter
Messrs
Frank Graham
Barry Thompson
Milton Schuster
al Patterson
James Dixon
Allan Wightman
Mr. Thompson
Miss Carter
Lafovar Brothers
Wilsons
Palacescope
Paragon Park Reports Record Sunday and Monday Attendance
Paragon Park announced its biggest Sunday in history and followed with the largest Monday crowd yet. Visitors could enjoy free attractions like the Japanese village, band concerts, and the free open air circus while features such as the Bostock Animal Arena showcase Teddy the almost human chimpanzee and thrilling stunts by Will Hill and La Belle Blanche.
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Greater
Paragon Park
Bostock
Martland
H. F. Blaney
Johnny McGuire
Palm Garden
Hill
Professor Darling
Teddy
Nantasket Beach Steamer Excursions Draw Summer Crowds
Great crowds throng Nantasket Beach via Rowe's Wharf steamers as a large Nantasket line fleet provides safe comfortable transport for thousands seeking relief from the city heat. Steamers depart hourly and at half hours to Pemberton and Nantasket with evening runs. moonlight sails are highlighted this week. Surf bathing is a chief attraction at the reservation.
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Nantasket Beach
Rowe's Wharf
Nantasket
Pemberton and
Old Colony to Plymouth Steamer Excursion Delights Summer travelers
An all day trip aboard the Old Colony steamer of the Nantasket line offers a break from heat. The two and a half hour sail to Plymouth includes a long two hour stop, with ocean breezes along the harbor and south shore. Return reaches Boston after 6 PM, allowing evening train or streetcar rides home.
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Old Colony
Plymouth
South Shore
Old Town
Boston
Provincetown boat trip from Bay Line wharf to cool harbor
Crowds from Lowell Lawrence Worcester New Bedford Providence and intermediate towns travel to Boston for a Provincetown trip. The Bay Line ship sails from 400 Atlantic avenue at 9 o clock Sundays 9 30 on a charming voyage with a 90 minute Provincetown stop for dinner and returns to Boston at 6 30 to connect with evening trains.
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Lowell
Lawrence
Worcester
New Bedford
Providence
Boston
Provincetown
Bay Line
Atlantic Avenue
Staunch & Elegant Steamship
Rowe's Wharf
A. Moody
Nahant line steamers offer moonlit harbor cruises
Bass Point in Nahant attracts Pleasure boat trips from Lincoln wharf near Battery Street almost hourly. Evening sails along the harbor and north shore are enhanced by full moon nights, with sight of pleasure craft glimmering on the water.
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Bass Point
Nahant
Nahant Line
Lincoln Wharf
Battery Street
Gypsy Life Leads Keiths Theatre Program With Zingari Troupe
Audience packed Keiths Theatre for an afternoon and evening show featuring the Zingari troupe in Gypsy Life a bright gypsy camp scene with attractive costumes and stage effects Estelle Wordt e and Jules Kusell offered A Honeymoon in the Catskills while Ray Cox impressed with Bert Williams imitation The Four Ever etts Clifford and Burke Dixon and Anger provided laughs and Fadettes offered Offenbach Orpheus and a Schumann serenade Films included The Prospectors about a miner’s life
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Keith's
Keith
Zingari
Estelle Wordette
Jules Kusell
Catskills
Dicky
Gwendolyn
Mr. Kusell
Ray Cox
Bert Williams
Everetts
Clifford
Burke
Dixon
Fadettes
Orpheus
Offenbach
Schumann
The Gambler's Daughter at Bowdoin Square Theatre
Bowdoin Square Theatre presents a week long melodrama The Gambler's Daughter set in a Chicago wheat pit. Horace Merrick the broker clashes with a penniless lover while a virtuous heroine battles false accusations to win love and justice as the wheat pit climax unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Chicago
Horace Merrick
Gertrude Binley
Charles Miller
Wilmer Walter
Charles Collins
Edwin Denison
Henry Alexander
Butler Haviland
Harry Brooks
Dwight Gaylord
Charles Wheelock
Frank Wright
Annette Marshall
Alice Thornton
Viola Armstrong
Charlotte Hunt
Darkies From the South at Austin and Stone’s Museum
A novelty show at Austin and Stone’s features 35 black performers delivering singing and dancing, with back and wing dances and a brass band. The curio hall includes illustrated songs by Pearl Hudson and vaudeville acts with several named performers and touring acts presenting musical and dance entertainment.
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Austin & Stone’s
Alabama
Coon
Rastus Jones
Billy Purcell
Roger Wilson
George Wright
Wesley Day
Frank Fowler
Bob Purcell
Bill Johnson
Alma Diamond
Lucy Purcell
Rosa Wilson
Ruth Sprague
Maggie Johnson
Viola Spencer
Jennie Hudson
Phoebe Murray
John Topp
Curio Hall
Pearl Hudson
Tom Adams
Mack
Welcome
McDade
Gorman
Francis
Mme. Sato
Imperial Trio
Lottie Blanchard
Marion Cleveland
Erla Musette
Mildred Elsa
Noyes Bros Odd Lot Sale Cuts Prices
Noyes Bros on Washington street at Sum mer street announces one third to one half price reductions across a wide range. The sale targets both men and women with varieties from waists to neckwear and summer dress materials plus underwear raincoats and accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noyes Bros
Washington Street
Summer Street
Rail and Boat to Bass Point Delights Revere Beach Visitors
Visitors favor the rail and boat route from the Narrow Gauge depot to Revere Beach then Lynn for swift boats to Bass Point. Trains run every 10 minutes, linking with Lynn Steamboat Company boats. The electric color scintillator show on Relay grounds runs 9 to 9:30 nightly, with Sheaf's Theatre drawing strong crowds.
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Bass Point
Revere Beach
Lynn
Lynn Steamboat Company
Sheaf's
Civil Service Board Supports Moran Open Letter Request
The civil service commissioners of Massachusetts welcome District Attorney Moran's offer to present evidence of civil service law violations to the grand jury. They cite frequent illegal employments and perjury in applications and express cooperation with Moran to curb abuses. The State Board of Health notes no direct communication from Moran about pure food evidence.
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Civil Service Commissioners
State Board of Health
Moran
Civil Service
Grand Jury
Civil Service Commissioners of
Massachusetts
Suffolk County
Criminal Court
Charles Warren
George B. Magrath
Post
Charles Harrington
Magrath
Globe Theatre Delivers Strong New Magdalen Performance
Two large audiences enjoyed The New Magdalen at Globe Theatre in Boston where heat did not dampen reception. Miss Lawrence and Miss Berkeley led the cast with forceful Grace and Mercy roles while Mr MacLarnie and Mr Humphrey supported with polished work and natural charm.
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Globe Theatre
Globe
Boston
Wilkie Collins
Grace Roseberry
Miss Lawrence
Miss Berkeley
John Craig Stock Company
Mercy
Grace
MacLarnie
Humphrey
Mr. MacLarnie
Miss Winslow
Lady Janet
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl Opens Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House opened its dramatic season with Ber tha the Sewing Machine Girl last Saturday. The show repeats nightly this week and drew an enraptured crowd. Edith Browning starred with good taste and flair, ably supported by a capable cast as the drama unfolded smoothly. The following attraction is Howard Hall in The Millionaire Detective.
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Grand Opera House
Howard Hall
At the Rustic Theatre This Week
Lexington Park J W Gorman's Imperials present the giant myrio phone novelty. The Lambert Tenbrooke trio perform Professor Schmaltz's Academy satire. Torrelli's ponies delight all ages. Boyce and Black sing and talk. Wentworth and Vesta showcase comedy acrobatics. A Winter Straw Ride komograph provides a light feature.
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J. W. Gorman
Imperials
Rustic Theatre
Karseys
Lambert, Tenbrooke
Professor Schmaltz
Academy
Torrelli
Boyce
Black
Wentworth
Vesta
Lawson's Fast Run to Reach Dead Mother
Arnold Lawson eldest son of Thomas W Lawson sped from Lynn to Dreamwold in a borrowed car and then aboard a White steamer to reach his mother’s deathbed. He drove at near a mile a minute and arrived within two hours of learning of the death. Flags were at half mast at Dreamwold and funeral arrangements were being prepared.
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Arnold Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Lynn
Dreamwold
Lawson
Marblehead Harbor
Puritan Strikes Obstruction, Liner Beached in Sound
In dense fog off New London Harbor the Fall River steamer Puritan, with about 800 aboard bound for Fall River, broke her shaft after hitting a heavy obstruction in the Sound. Passengers were landed at New Haven line station and transported by special train to their destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London, Conn
Fall River Line
Puritan
New York
Fall River
New London Harbor
Sarah’s Ledge
T. A. Scott Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Puritan Passengers Reach South Station
The special train bearing the Puritan passengers arrived at South Station around 3 pm yesterday. Passengers praised the boat officers for their coolness in calming incipient panic among many women aboard.
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Puritan
South Station
Father and son drown in Clinton River boating accident
In Mt. Clemens Michigan on August 6 John Wilman a 29 year old farm laborer and his 8 year old son Albert were drowned when a small boat capsized while they rowed on the Clinton River. The father rocked the boat to frighten the boy causing the capsize.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
John Wilman
Albert
Clinton River
Harvard Crew on Thames at Bourne End
Harvard men began training on the Thames at Bourne End England with their racer and two shells arriving Sunday. The Cantabs shared their coach launch with Wray and included Rudolph Lehmann and Nuttlebury aboard. Heat was intense but both crews avoided racing speed while river traffic resembled a regatta on the holiday.
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Bourne End
England
Harvard
Wray
Rudolph C. Lehmann
Nuttlebury
Two Killed In Pan Handle Train Wreck Near Pittsburg
Two firemen died when Pan Handle line Cincinnati and New York limited engine leaped track near a bridge at Monongahela and Allegheny rivers. Engineer and baggage car crew escaped as wreck collapsed.
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Pittsburg
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Keith’s Theatre
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Lexington Park
Entertainments
Gilchrist Night
Revere
Gilchrist Co
Bostock Animal Arena
Fadettes Woman's Orchestra
Model Playhouse
Steel
Rowe’s Wharf
Boston Harbor
Hull
Pemberton Landing
Nantasket Point
Hese Ek Rae
G. P. Cushing
Cape
Eastern Steamship Co. International Division
Portland
Ste
PTARL
BE. Laechler
Union Wharf
Amer
Philadelphia
Central Wharf
State Street
Rere
King Philip
Commercial Wharf
Washington St
Gloucester and
Cape Ann
Foot State St
Gloucester
E. S. Merchant
Mgr. & Gloucester S&s
Battery St
Richmond
H. W. Barbour
Hough’s Neck Bay Line
Atlantic Ave
Boson
Hough's Neck
Castle_ SQ. EVES
Auber
National League
Columbus Ave
Clobe
Oxford
The
Magdalen
John Craig Co
Quex
A. Century Club
Burlesquers
Rices
Thames
Raymond and
TQ Whitcomb
Raymond & Whitcome Co
Old South Church
Union Sq
Chestnut St
WEW Line
Enterprise Transportation Co
P. O. Sq
Van’s
Mats
Bertha
Bowdoin
Cambler
Hazel Kirke
Norumbega
Charles de Chares
D. C
Washington L. C. L
Reed Battery St
Batery Wharf
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