Burlesque Troupe Opens at The Columbia With Gaiety Goings On
The Columbia hosts the London Gaiety Girls burlesque a week before the Empire circuit season begins. The Indians brings bright musical numbers and a strong chorus with top acts Wedmars Grace Deane Ferguson and Watson Adams and Swinburne plus Bissett and Scott. Pat White Dave Ferguson and Charles Watson close with Mixing Things Up to frequent laughter audience cheers throughout the performance. A matinee is offered daily ahead of Miners Merry Burlesque next week.
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Columbia
London Gaiety Girls
Elise
Wedmars
Grace Deane
Ferguson
Watson
Adams
Swinburne
Bissett
Scott
Pat White
Dave Ferguson
Charles Watson
Jack Strauss
Rube
Hiram Green
Georgia
New Empire
Miner's Merry Burlesquers
Empire Theatre Brings Back Sara lago in Merriment
A large audience applauds the revival of Bronson Howard's Sara toga at the Empire The atre with a strong cast led by William Courtleigh as Bob and Herbert Cortell as Jack Benedict. The review highlights comic timing and ensemble work with Flora Bowley and others, and notes next week’s offering The Man From Mexico by Walter E. Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Theatre
Bronson Howard
Saratoga
America
England
Boston
Robert Sackett
William Courtleigh
Herbert Cortell
Jack Benedict
William Humphrey
Papa Vanderpool
Carl Anthony
William Carter
Francis Ball
Sir Mortimer
Walter Lewis
Freddie Carter
Effie Remington
Flora Juliet Bowley
Mabelle Estell
Lucy Carter
Mary Sanders
Olivia Alston
Gertrude Berkeley
Mexico
Colonial Theatre previews The Shepherd King in Hartford
Wright Lorimer and company rehearse The Shepherd King in Hartford Connecticut with one or two performances before Boston. The Colonial Theatre season opens September 4 with a Labor Day matinee and Lorimer will again portray David alongside last year’s favored cast in a more elaborate spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Lorimer
Hartford
Mr. Lorimer
Boston
Park Theatre Opens Season With Faith Mother Premiere
The Park Theatre plans to open the new dramatic season with the Boston play Faith Mother. The first performance is set for Saturday evening September 2. Bailey Avery, the producer, has led cast rehearsals in New York and the company arrived by midnight train to report for duty in Boston. Cast members include Margaret Pitt in the title role E R Mawson Lionel Adams Russell Bassett Eleanor Elkins and A L Jarrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theatre
Boston
Bailey Avery
New York
Margaret Pitt
E. R. Mawson
Lionel Adams
Russell Bassett
Eleanor Elkins
A. L. Jarrett
Heir to the Hoorah opening at Hollis Street Theatre
With two weeks to go before the season opener at Hollis Street Theatre the American comedy The Heir to the Hoorah arrives fresh from New York. Kirke La Shelle produced it at Hudson Theatre to great success and it will feature Guy Bates Post in the leading role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Street Theatre
Paul Armstrong
New York
Kirke la Shelle
Hudson Theatre
Guy Bates Post
Largest Monday attendance at Lexington Park shores up trolley fame
Lexington Park saw its largest Monday crowd yesterday as visitors rode the Paul Revere trolley soon after 10 am. The outing blends Revolutionary landmarks with cultivated suburban scenery and rugged state landscapes, while the rustic theatre presents Said Pasha with lively music and comedy. The cast and chorus are praised and performances will run all week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Park
Pasha
College Widow Opens Boston Run To Enthusiastic Review
The College Widow, boosted by strong audience support, opens in Boston with record attendance. George Marion earns praise for directing credit while many cast members debut, including Ring Troutman Forde Meighan Brownlee. Management urges 8 o clock seating to ensure full dialogue.
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Boston
Ade
George Marion
Ring
Troutman
Forde
Meighan
Brownlee
New York
Miss Quinlan
Miss Ring
Edgar Davenport
Edwin Holt
Boston Theatre Opens 1905 06 Season with Happy Land
The Boston Theatre resumes its dramatic season on September 2 led by lessee Lawrence McCarty. Opening bill is De Koven and Ranken's comic opera Happy Land set in Elysia with De Wolf Hopper as King Ecstaticus. Tickets go on sale next Monday at the box office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Theatre
Lawrence McCarty
de Koven
Ranken
Kingdom of
Elysia
de Wolf Hopper
Ecstaticus
Globe to Sell Seats for The Grafter Musical Comedy
The Grafter by Hap Ward opens ticket sales at the Globe box office on Thursday August 24 at 9 oclock. Engagement lasts two weeks starting Monday August 6 3. A Labor Day matinee is set for Monday September 4 at the Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hap Ward
Globe
The
Castle Square Theatre Opens with Ola Heidelberg Comedy
Castle Square Theatre starts the season on Labor Day with the merry comedy Ola Heidelberg. A special matinee will be offered and the Castle Square stock company led by John Craig as Karl Hein rich will present the play, a role once made famous by Richard Mansfield.
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Castle Square Theatre
Laboray
Castle Square
John Craig
Karl Heinrich
Richard Mansfield
Palace Theatre Prepares Stock Company Closing Week
Palace Theatre enters its final stock company week after a highly successful season. The program opens with a lively concert The Bradleys Fourth of July featuring a lineup of comedians and vocalists including Hattie Mills Marie Bordeaux Beatrice Kennette and the Melville Young Hoffman and Gilmore trio. Notable acts Daly and Kelso Le Claire and Hart Nibbe and Bordeaux and the Max lays also appear with a rapid fire burlesque The Count Salam. Audience favorites are expected to receive enthusiastic welcomes this closing week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theatre
Marie Bordeaux
Beatrice Kennette
Melville
Young
Hoffman
Gilmore
Thomas Kennette
al Patterson
Tommy White
Mike Nibbe
Daly
Kelso
le Claire and
Hart
Hattie Mills
Nibbe
Bordeaux
Maxlies
Count Salam
Gibson Girl draws crowds at Norumbega Park’s open air theatre
Norumbega Park reports rising daily attendances as season advances and mild weather continues. The Gibson Girl musical comedy returns with Phil Ott and an excellent company delighting crowds in afternoon and evening performances with dances songs and witty repartee all keeping steady momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norumbega Park
Phil Ott
This Park
Nantasket Beach Steamers Offer Final August Sail
As August ends, Nantasket Beach trips from Rowe's wharf run hourly. The harbor cruise to Nantasket offers scenic views and safe comfort aboard the Paragon Park area attractions. A late boat returns to Boston at 10 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantasket Beach
Rowe's Wharf
Nantasket
New England
Paragon Park
Boston
Revere Beach A Day Of Fun And Fine Dinners
Visitors praise Revere Beach for invigorating air and surf bathing that renews the traveler. The boulevard offers amusements and the north shore location is famed for excellent fish dinners, drawing repeat visits from those who try it.
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Revere Beach
Keith's Theatre Show Brings Hilliard In As a Man Sows
Keith's Theatre presents Robert Hilliard in As a Man Sows a society drama with a moral and strong acting. The 30 minute bill features June Pelton in a standout performance plus an all request music program by the Fadettes and a varied vaudeville lineup with comedians jugglers and aerial acts. The new kinetograph pictures add to a balanced show as crowds fill the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith
Robert Hilliard
New York
Yan
Elsie
Little June Pelton
Mr. Hilliard
Largo
Reeves
Muscat
Four Pianos
Africa
John D. Gilbert
Rice
Cady
Gallagher
Barrett
la Roses
Herbert Brooks
Alf Holt
Mooney and Holbein
Turner’s Southern Serenaders at Austin & Stone’s Museum
Crowded Boston audience witnesses Turner's Southern Serenaders in a two part show. An 80 member troupe mixes songs, dances and comedy in a plantation tableau with George Mardo the ventriloquist drawing strong crowds. Powell’s Minstrel Maids add to the appeal as crowds stay for multiple shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Austin & Stone
Curio Hall
Professor Hutchins
Boston
George Mardo
Powell
Paragon Park Show Highlights Speedy and Popular Acts
Speedy returns to Paragon Park drawing large crowds as he dives 150 feet into a 35 inch deep tank. Bristol’s trained horses ponies and mules entertain children in a two part act. The midway features include South Before the War Katzenjammer castle and a 100000 light illumination with the Filipino band and Florence Bixby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speedy
Paragon Park
Bristol
Paiamond
Ruby
Klondike
Johnstown
North Pole
Cairo
Florence Bixby
Singing Boys
Johnny McGuire
Cornelius Coakley
Eastern Steamboat Co Offers Ideal Maine Coastal Trips
Returning travelers praise the Eastern Steamboat Company for superior Ocean excursions along the Maine coast and Maritime Provinces. The White Flyers attract many travelers from Boston on beloved daylight trips to Portland via the International division leaving Commercial Wharf Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Maritime Provinces
Eastern Steamboat Company
Boston
Eastern Steamship Company
Portland
Commercial Wharf
Bath
Ransom B. Muller
Fighting Fate at Grand Opera House Promises Thrilling View
Anne Blanche stars in Fighting Fate at the Grand Opera House with a wireless telegraph station plot device and a strong supporting cast. Fr Angus Guston Thomas Aiken John K Mackay Louis Wolf William Tully Antoinette Smart appear as key figures with added vocal selections. Next up is Custers Last Fight starring Montgomery Irving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry
Grace Stewart
Blanche
Angus Guston
Harry Langdon
Thomas Aiken
Pincus
John K. Mackay
Officer Smith
Louis Wolf
William A. Tully
Antoinette Smart
Irene Meara
Dan Healy
Harry Smith
Trocadero Burlesque Opens Season With Doping the Winner
Two crowded houses enjoyed the Lyceum Theatre opening featuring the Trocaderos in Doping the Winner and A Saintly Sinner. The company includes Frank Graham John Boyce Charles Mackie Ben Walker William Black and Charles Belmont with leading women Annie Hill Mae Taylor May Bryant and Cecil Early. The program showcases musical numbers and specialty acts including Brian the jugger and a Derby Day feature by Mackie and Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trocaderos
Frank Graham
John Boyce
Charles Mackie
Ben Walker
William Black
Charles Belmont
Annie Hill
Mae Taylor
May Bryant
Cecil Early
Mackie
Walker
Yanekee
Brian
Boyce and
Black
Grahams
Alf
Marie Wilson
Mackie and
Sinking of Reine des Anges Brings French Crew Rescue
News from North Sydney reports the sinking of the French fishing schooner Reine des Anges off the Grand Banks. Captain and 16 crew members reached port aboard the Norwegian brig Speed after abandoning ship as it leaked and sank fifteen minutes later.
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North Sydney
C. B
Speed
Grand Banks
Haverhill Poultryman Files Bankruptcy Petition
Jedediah H Thomson a Haverhill poultryman filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in federal court. Liabilities total 16474 mostly secured by real estate mortgages. assets are 737. Largest secured claims include Sarah Kimball 4000 Philip M Wadleigh 4400 Mary F Taylor 3500 and Samuel Merrill 1300.
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Jedediah H. Thomson
Haverhill
Sarah Kimball
Philip M. Wadleigh
Mary F. Taylor
Samuel Merrill
Boston
Boston National Club Incorporated in Bath Maine
The Boston National Baseball Club has been incorporated at Bath Maine with an announced capital stock of 450000 though no payments have been made yet. Officers named are Adolph H Waterman president and F Humphreys treasurer, both of Bath.
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Boston National Club
Maine
Augusta
Boston (National) Baseball Club
Bath
Adolph H. Waterman
F. Humphreys
J J Grady of Winthrop Joins State Police Detective Dept
James J Grady of Winthrop was yesterday appointed by Governor Douglas to the state police detective department to fill the vacancy from James B Dunn's retirement. He now serves as a Metropolitan Park policeman since April 24 1902, and he is unmarried residing at 89 Quincy avenue Winthrop.
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James J. Grady
Winthrop
Douglas
The
State Police
James B. Dunn
Roxbury
Grady
Metropolitan Park Force
Howard Atheneum Opens 60th Season With Vaudeville Show
The Howard Atheneum opened its 60th season with a bright vaudeville revue. Headliners include Mr. and Mrs. Mark Murphy in The Coal Strike, James Richmond Glenroy, Hoey and Lee, The Avolos, Naldings, Grace Leonard, D Elmars, Russell and Tillyne, W. W. Obrien, Nessen and Nessen, Rich and Harvey, Felmar sisters, and the Crane brothers slated for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Mark Murphy
Mr. Murphy
James Richmond Glenroy
Hoey and Lee
New York East Side
Avolos
Naldings
Grace Leonard
D’elmars
Russell
Tillyne
W. W. O’brien
Nessen
Rich
Harvey
Felmar
Crane Brothers
the Howard
Howard i Thay
Dan
Richmond Glenroy
Murphy
Frances
Streets of
New York
Nahant Line Introduces Swift Excursion Steamer Mannatawket
The Nahant line replaced the steamer New Brunswick with the fast Mannatawket to Bass Point, drawing thousands of excursionists. The ship’s speed and comfort boosted season service, while Bass Point visitors enjoyed open air theatre vaudeville a dancing casino free concerts and sea shore amusements.
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New Brunswick
Nahant Line
Mannatawket
Bass Point
Enjoyable trolley trip praised by riders from Dorchester
A letter from I P Wiley of Dorchester lauds the Old Colony railroad excursion to Plymouth and Cape Ann areas on Aug 18 1905. He commends staff and telephonic car operation between Whitman and Plymouth, notes dinner at Hotel Pilgrim, and mentions regular and special departures from Postoffice Square and Portland Hanover Streets with tickets at the Passenger Department 309 Washington Street.
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Dorchester
Robert H. Derrah
Old Colony St. By. Co
Boston
Mass
Plymouth
Whitman
Pilgrim
I. P. Wiley
Westcott Street
Postoffice Square
Paragon Park
Portland
Hanover Streets
Gloucester
Long Beach
Cape Ann
Pass Qenner Department
Washington
Old Colony to Plymouth Excursion to Pilgrim History
The Old Colony steamer from Nantasket line departs Rowe's Wharf daily at 10 a.m. and Sundays, reaching Plymouth before 1 p.m. Passengers return at 3:30 p.m. after three hours to explore historic sites in the Mayflower landing area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Plymouth
Old Colony
Rowe's Wharf
Plymouth
Peck's Bad Boy charms Bowdoin Square Theatre crowd
Laughter fills Bowdoin Square Theatre as Peck's Bad Boy entertains with Pearl De Sousier in the title role and a strong supporting cast. Fay Foster, Annette Marshall, Thad Gray, and Schultz the grocery man deliver highlight performances with a lively ensemble rounding out the cast. Next week Streets of New York comes to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Peck
Pearl de Sousier
Fay Foster
Annette Marshall
Mrs. Peck
Miss Hale
Maggie
Lottie Dwyer
Lillian Henrie
May Martin
Rose Carey
Nellie Lewis
Thad Gray
Major Peck
Butler Haviland
Schultz
Denison
Patrick Duffy
Charles Wheelock
Harry Brooks
Thomas Russell
Herman Miller
Frank Wright
New York
Eight hour ocean trip to Provincetown and back
A daily excursion aboard the steamer Cape Cod travels from 400 Atlantic avenue near Rowe's wharf station to Provincetown and returns the same day. Weekday departures are at 9 a m and Sunday at 9 30 a m offering ocean breezes for travelers without extended vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay
Provincetown
Cape Cod
Atlantic Avenue
Rowe's Wharf
Pilgrims
First Landing
Cape Cap
Bay Line
Atlantic Ave
Rowe's
A. Moody
Official route to Denver chosen by Grand Army of the Republic
Massachusetts Department Grand Army of the Republic names an official rail route for delegates. The list includes Boston & Maine, West Shore, Nickel Plate, Chicago & North Western, Union Pacific via Cheyenne, Denver & Rio Grande, Missouri Pacific, and Wabash. Return via Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Kansas City. It authorizes arrangements for transportation, sleeping cars, and hotels.
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Denver
Grand Army OF the Republic
Department of Massachusetts
George FE. Marsters
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
Transportation Committee of the Delegates
Boston & Maine Railroad
West Shore Railroad
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne
Denver & Rio
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Point OF Pines
Jennie DeHaahn
We Two
Lynn Lodge of Elks
Yours
Tremont Theatre
Globe Theatre
Keith’s Theatre
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Eastern
S&s
Lyceum Theatre
Haverhill Poultryman
J. J. Grady
Howard Atheneum
Falia
X-Zalia Corporation
Batterymarch St
Entertainments
Readville
Crounds
Free
National League
Columbus Ave
Louis
Anne Blanche
Custer
London
Gaiety Girls
Bath House
Rough Riders
Musical Railway Palace
Coney Island
Scollay Square
East Boston
Unnel
Empire Empire Theatre Dramatic
Theatre Tel
Jock Co
National Fireworks Co
Norumbega
Zoologi Garden
Lyceum
Line New York
B. D. Pitts, Agt
Congress St
United States
Martland Brockton
Rowe’s Wharf
Beazly
Pemberton
aWeek
Cushing
Salem Willows
Eturn
Salem Wilows
City of Haverhill
Union Wharf
Battery St
L Road
Salem Cadet Band
the Willows
A. P. Lane
Gen. Mer
North Shore Nav. Co
Favorite
Lincoln Wharf
Nahant
Battery Street
North Shore
City of
Remeine
Philadelphia
Sorensen
Central Wharf
State Street
King Philip
W. Breen
Hough
Ron Hough
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