A Fair Rebel at the Castle Square and Grand Theatre
Opening day at the Grand Theatre and Castle Square features The Bells with Mr Keenan in Mathias and a strong supporting cast led by Frederick Murray. An all star bill includes Clarke and Temple Hillman and Perrin and a long list of specialty acts, with Lillian Lawrence in A Fair Rebel and Dr Bill to follow.
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Messrs
Thomas and Watson
Grand
Washington and
Dover Streets
Frank J. Keenan
Casey Little South End Playhouse
New Grand Theatre Stock Company
Keenan
Mathias
Henry Irving
Mr. Keenan
Frederick Murray
Walter
W. B. Downing
Hans
C. L. Farwell
Boston Museum
Zimmer
Frank de Vernon
Christian
Joseph Donahue
F. W. Irish
Theresa Newcombe
Catherine
Fannie Hayward
Annette
Kate Weston
Sorel
Harry Thompson
the Bowery
America
Clarke
Temple
South End
Hillman and Perrin
Ellis
Lewis
Dale Armstrong
Ray Wilson
Coon
Tom Ripley
Lillian Lawrence
Clairette Monteith
Vicomte Savarie de Perrin
William Humphrey
Horace Lewis
Major Stillman
Mary Saunders
Joan Fitzhugh
Johnnie
Agnes Findlay
Margie
Rose Morison
North Carolina
Lindsay Morison
Will Bronson
Tony Cummings
Nelse
A Fair Rebel at Castle Square Theatre Impresses
The Castle Square Theatre presented A Fair Rebel last evening to strong acclaim. Charles Mackay as Colonel Ezra Mason delivered one of his best performances, engaging fully with the role and winning audience approval through the play’s vivid Civil War tableau.
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Castle Square Théatre
Ezra Mason
Union Army
Charles Mackay
Uncle Tom's Cabin gets new life at Boston Theatre
A fresh stage version by Harkins and Barbour debuts at the Boston Theatre with a transformed cast and updated settings. The production, praised for dignity and inspiration, features Frank Losee as Legree and James W. Harkins as St. Clare in a two week engagement ending with midweek and Saturday matinees.
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Harkins
Barbour
Boston
Mrs. Stowe
Mr. Barbour
Uncle Tom
Frank Losee
Simon Legree
James W. Harkins
Mr. St. Clare
Logan Paul
Senator Bird
Marion Elmore
Topsy
Mathilde Weffing
Reed and Company Arrive for Boston Theater Week
Roland Reed and company arrive in Boston for a three day season at the Boston Museum opening with The Wrong Mr. Wright on Sunday night and Monday August 23. Isadore Rush appears as Rosalind in a rehearsal of As You Like It while George H. Broadhurst supervises Reed in A Man of Ideas before a ten week New York engagement.
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Boston Museum
soveSus
Roland Reed
Ted We
Boston
Mr. Wright
Mr. Reed
New York
Opening of the Park at Park Theatre Aug 23
The new play At Gay Coney Island stars Mathews and Bulger and opens at Boston’s Park Theatre Monday August 23. The production promises a lively Gotham theme with Bowery spectacle and a large cast of comic performers.
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Gay Coney Island
Boston
Mathews
Bulger
Park Theatre
Metropolis
Gotham
Cohey Island
Rew
Tenor Albert Guille Headlines Keith's Show With Strong Encore
Albert L. Guille, celebrated tenor, drew large afternoon and evening crowds at Keith's with an instant success. The Symphony Orchestra under Max Zach backed the performance while new motion pictures, including Atlantic City fire department scenes, entertained between acts.
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Albert L. Guille
Keith’s
Boston
Sig. Guille
Symphony
Max Zach
Atlantic City
Jessie Couthous
Wood and Shepard
Gilbert and Goldie
Charles T. Aldrich
Hafford and Brown
Alburtus
Bartram
Adolph Seeman
Oscar Eagle
Esther Lyon
Arthur Sidman
Mr. Sidman
Howards offers a varied Boston entertainment bill
Merriment filled Howards with strong comedy from McAvoy and May, the Dixons, and Sullivan and Weber, plus debut acts by John and Harry Dillon and Joseph T. Donovan. The Acme Four performed Tubbs’s Visit with lively songs and dancing as crowds cheered the eccentric acts. Norumbega Park and transit news follow with park attractions and a G A R trip offer.
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McAvoy
May
Acme
John
Harry Dillon
Mile. Rezac
Fish and Quigg
Sullivan
Weber
Cooke
Clinton
Iris
Collins
Jos T
Donovan
Gallagher
Lambo
Alice McAvoy
Chip
the Norrises
Howard
Robert
Dick Garnella
Elsie Stirk
Maud Harris
Tubbs
the Howard
Boston
Joseph T. Donovan
Mr. Sullivan
Miss
Bowdoin Square Theatre to Open Under New Manager
Bowdoin Square Theatre begins its season under George E. Lothrop on Monday night August 23. The initial attraction is C. E. Blaney's The Electrician, a melodrama that drew strong acclaim last season. The familiar strong company returns, and the theater has been overhauled for an attractive new look.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
George E. Lothrop
C. E. Blaney
Electrician
Bowdoin Square
Tremont Theatre season opens August 30 with Sunshine of Paradise Alley
John B. Schoeffel directs Tremont Theatre for a new season beginning Monday evening August 30 with Sunshine of Paradise Alley. The cast features Mrs. Charles Peters who recreates the Widow McNally from last season, a role praised as a Franz Hal likeness.
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Tremont Theatre
John B. Schoeffel
Strong Women Compete for World Championship at Austin and Stone
Large crowds filled the Austin and Stone’s Museum hall for a world championship strongwomen contest. Athletes including La Blanch, Ada Sansoni, Minerva, Nina Demar, Yucca, and Victoria showcased remarkable strength as the final week unfolds with rivals forming tense relationships. the championship is to be awarded Saturday evening amid notable stage acts by Delhi fakirs and Cruihkshank imitators.
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Austin & Stone’s Museum
la Blanch
Ada Sansoni
Germany
Minerva
Switzerland
Nina Demar
France
Yucca
Sweden
Victoria
Canada
Delhi
Cruikshank
Hamilton and Herndon
Sam Lucas
Tennessee Trio
Littie Harbeck
Warren Sisters
Bertie Fitzgibbons
Minnie Cline
Knight and
Kingston
Huntington grounds offer seaside thrills and otter attractions
The Huntington avenue grounds draw crowds each pleasant evening with a lakeside resort vibe. A tented minstrels troupe, ostrich farm, pony track, and trolley ride entertain stay at homes, while Roxbury Cadet Band provides music and a lively scene full of merriment for all ages.
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Huntington Avenue
Roxbury Cadet
Lanterns Light Up The Pines In Mikado Night Spectacle
The Point of Pines showcased thousands of Japanese lanterns in varied designs, centered by a Mikado themed bower. The event drew praise for the illumination, free dancing, and bath houses, with nightly free performances this week featuring selections from The Mikado.
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Point of Pines
the Pines
Mystery of Boy Drowned Off Cambridge Wharf Unfolds
Nine year old Michael Flynn disappears after allegedly being pushed from a Charles River embankment by two older boys. Johnny Flynn names suspects and recounts a raft incident, threats to silence him, and police search the river as they pursue leads and potential arrests.
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Michael Flynn
Windsor Street
Cambridge
John
Charles River
Captain Murrey
Station 2
John Flynn
Flynn
Charles
Flynn Boy
Daniel Flynn
Roxbury
Jeremiah McCarthy
Gore Street
John Saunders
Weedie Hughes
Johnny Flynn
Johnny
Charles River Park
Michael
Mrs. Flynn
Chelsea Democrats Set Plans for Campaign Headquarters
The Chelsea Democratic city committee met in Knights of Columbus Hall with President Dennis Tirrell presiding. They aim to elect a Representative in the Twenty sixth Suffolk district this year and will report on permanent headquarters at a August 24 meeting. Franklin O Barnes currently holds the seat and will run again.
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Democratic City Committee
Chelsea
Knights of Columbus Hall
Dennis Tirrell
Suffolk
Franklin O. Barnes
Barnes
Boy Fatally Cut In Two By Freight Car
Twelve year old Peter Dewer of 8 B Street South Boston was cut in two yesterday forenoon while playing near railroad tracks of the Old Colony division of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad at the foot of C Street.
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Peter Dewer
B Street
Boston
Old Colony
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
C Street
Three Hundred Chicago Public Officials Deprived of City Posts
Three hundred Republican officeholders in Chicago were notified today that their services are no longer required. The move brings all branches of the municipal service under civil service law control.
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Chicago
Fire Chimney Collapse Kills Man at Melrose Highlands
A blaze at Charles Miller's home on Main Street Melrose Highlands caused the chimney to topple. Bricks struck Georg H. Darling on the head fracturing his skull. He died three hours later after being taken to Melrose Hospital.
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Charles Miller
Main Street
Melrose Highlands
Georg H. Darling
Melrose Hospital
California Gold Mine Promises Big Returns at Green Prospect
The Green Gold mine in California reports 700 000 dollars in gold during development and projects 1000 dollars daily profit with a 30 ton per day mill. Manager Mr Minear and his son run the operation, offering limited stock for sale to expand capacity and provide maps and full information at No 2 Wall Street Newark.
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Green Gold
California
Klondike
Minear
Green
America
A. P
Wall Street
Newark
Still booming stock market report with copper and rail notes
The Aug 16 market session shows strong gains with St Paul Chicago Burlington Northern Pacific Atchison preferred and Flint Pere Marquette leading. Sugar rises on dividend hopes while Cleveland and Canton and Calumet & Hecla advance. Copper expert Pinkham notes Hooleys option buying and forecasts, but concerns linger over Butte transfer book actions and uneven home rail performance.
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Standard Railway
St. Paul
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Northern Pacific
Atchison Preferred
Flint & Pere Marquette
Chespeake & Ohio
Tennesse Coal & Iron
Europe
Cleveland & Canton Preferred
Cleveland & Canton
Pioneer
Lawson
C. J. Hodge
Butte
West
Pere Marquette
Calumet & Hecla
Arnold
Old Dominion
Hayden, Stone & Co
New England Telegraph and Telephone Company
Butte & Boston Mining Company
Butte & Boston Company
Williston
Boston & Maine
Revere Sugar Refining Company
Prison Point
Rock Island
Pinkham
Navy Yard Notes Chronicle Changes at Charlestown
The Lancaster has been ordered to Charlestown Navy Yard to go out of commission but is now at Montevideo and will start for Boston by Sept 1, likely arriving late in the month. The vessel is loaned to the New York Naval Reserves. Past Assistant Engineer J Gow was ordered to Charlestown yard. Veteran watchmen at the yard include John Sullivan with 32 years service and 72 years old, Edward Carraway with 41 years, and Frank F Cassidy with 20 years. Captain of the watch John Cucko has served about 10 years, Mathew Perry seven. An appointment fills Sullivan’s vacancy.
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Lancaster
Charlestown Navy Yard
Montevideo
Boston
New York
Charlestown Yard
John Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
Edward Carraway
Frank F. Cassidy
John Cucko
Mathew Perry
Sullivan
Hartwell Resigns as Medical Director and Permanent Secretary
Dr Edward M Hartwell resigns from Medical Director post and becomes permanent secretary of the statistical department. Chairman Calderwell of the hygiene and physical training committee is in cos session of his resignation letter.
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Edward M. Hartwell
Statistical Department
Hartwell
Calderwell
Committee On
Hygiene
Man Injured After Fall From Electric Pole
Frank Hawkins was thrown to the ground yesterday after a fall from an electric light pole and was severely injured.
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Frank Hawkins
Shipping News Mini Almanac for August 19
The issue lists arrivals and sails for steamers and schooners, including Halifax Pye and Tremont Blanchard, with merchandise, passengers, and tows to various firms and ports. It records high and low water times, moon and sun data, and multiple vessel names across Canadian and U S. ports.
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Pye
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E. I
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C. B
Richardson & Barnard
Parthian
Snow
Philadelphia
BE. B. Samp‘son
Tremont
Blanchard
Portland
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Jackson
Wiscasse
Boothbay
Suga Herald
Kategs
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