The White Rat Opens Columbia Theatre Season in Boston
Messrs. Gulick & Co. open the Columbia with The White Rat a melodrama praised for strong plotting solid production and notable specialties Antonio Pearl’s harp and Totito DuCrow’s tumbling highlighted The cast includes Nes tor Lennon Ramie Austen Valerie Bergere L. R. Willard and Thomas Evans The show runs into September with Human Hearts following while Jack Harkaway clears the stage with elaborate sets and a dramatic voyage to Fort St Julien The Black America spectacle continues through Labor Day week with daily matinees and rainproof grandstands aiding attendance
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Messrs. R. M. Gulick & Co
Columbia Theatre
Boston
Antonio Pearl
Totito DuCrow
Nestor Lennon
Ramie Austen
Valerie Bergere
L. R. Willard
Thomas Evans
New York
Messrs. Gulick & Co
Columbia
Gulick
Vaudeville at the Park Opens with Minstrelsy and Acts
The Park Theatre opened its season with a mixed show of minstrelsy and vaudeville featuring Bar ney Fagan and a varied lineup. Romulus the strongman showcased a 280 pound dumbbell feat as the Park schedules two weeks of performances.
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Park
Park Theatre
Barney Fagan
Knights Templar
Boston
Hughey Dougherty
Carlotta
Charles E. Grapewin
Four Emperors of Music
Trilby
E. M. Hall
Fulton Brothers
Romulus
Hercules
Primrose West Minstrel Company Opens at Boston Theatre
Primose and West’s splendid minstrel company began a week at the Boston Theatre with hearty audience acclaim. The first part featured genuine colored performers with talented colored boys. the second part showed white members in court costumes amid a pleasing staging. West and Primrose led a strong cast including George A. Primrose, George Wilson, Jimmy Wall and Andy McLeod. memorable songs, novelty acts, and a superior ramic picture diorama closed the program. Special mention for ballad renditions by John H. Davis, James W. Reagan, A. W. Hulme, and W. H. Windom, all recalled multiple times.
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Primose & West
Splendid Minstrel Company
Boston Theatre
W. H. Proctor
W. H. West
George A. Primrose
George Wilson
Jimmy Wall
Andy McLeod
John H. Davis
James W. Reagan
A. W. Hulme
W. H. Windom
Primrose
Wilson
Wall
Three Black Cloaks Opens Fall at Castle Square Theatre
Last evening the Castle Square Theatre opened fall and winter with Boccalossi oper a Three Black Cloaks in Boston. New prima donna Myra Morella sang Girola with strong range and power earning repeated encores. Cast drew lively response with Persse as Don Luis and Hattie Ladd as Isabel, while Wolff as Cromer supplied wit and stage life. staging and costumes were handsome.
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Castle Square Theatre
Boccalossi
Wolff
Wooley
Boston
Myra Morella
Girola
Mr. Persse
Don Luis
Hattie Ladd
Isabel
Mr. Wolff
Cromer
Bowdoin Square Theatre Opens With Jack Harkaway
Last evening at Bowdoin Square Theatre the audience witnessed the first glimpse of Jack Harkaway in a new stage presentation. The performance drew a lively crowd and set expectations for the show’s run.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Sphinx at Tremont Thrills 100th Performance Night
Standing room only crowds filled Tremont Theatre for the 100th performance of The Sphinx. Over 500 were turned away as Askin's company delivered their best show yet with lavish decor and high spirits. A solid gold souvenir was presented, Egyptian theme features continued, and a special matinee is announced for tomorrow.
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Tremont Theatre
Frommia
K. T. March
Thompson
the Sphinx
Thrilby Burlesque Opens Second Week at Museum
A large audience attended the Museum last evening as the second week of the preliminary burlesque season opened with Thrilby, featuring new acts and heightened spirit. Labor Day Monday will bring The Widow Jones to Boston with May Irwin and company, followed by the dramatic season opening on Sept. 16 with The Fatal Card. Seat sales for The Widow Jones begin this morning.
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Huntington” Avenue Circus
Boston
America
Jones
May Irwin
New York
Remarkable vaudeville bill at Grand Opera House delights crowd
Yesterday the Grand Opera House presented a strong vaudeville program led by J. W. Kelly. Debuts included cockatoos by Marietta and Belloni, with acts by Schrode brothers and Walter Gale. The lineup featured Dolan and Lenhart, Nichols sisters, Mons. Bonita and daughter, Petrescu, Harry Hilton, Kitty Gilmore, and other performers. The Electromania cabinet trick wowed London crowds last year and now tours America. The management promises only pure, respectable vaudeville and will cancel any objectionable act to keep women and children safe.
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Grand Opera House
J. W. Kelly
Marietta
Belloni
New York
Schrode Brothers
Europe
America
Walter Gale
Boston
Dolan
Lenhart
Nichols Sisters
Mons. Bonita
Petrescu
Harry Hilton
Kitty Gilmore
William H. Burke
Carnival of Venice at Olympic grounds in Boston draws crowds
Pain presents Carnival of Venice on Huntington avenue with illuminated gondolas and a grand fireworks show. Metropolitan star Franciola trains huge ballets while acts from the Herberts and Lafayette brothers entertain nightly audiences. Special nights include carnival, governors, Masons, wheelmen, and naval nights with Gov Greenhalge in attendance.
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Huntington Avenue
Plaza St. Marc
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Metropolitan Opera House
New York City
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Glass Brothers
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Pain
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New York
Boston
Stholdine
Black America opens Knights Templars exposition week
The Knights Templars begin a week dedicated to Black America, touted as a major Southern exposition of negro life, opening with promise and public interest.
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Knights Templars
Boston Symphony Orchestra Aids Keiths Palace Gala Week
The gala week at Mr Keith s palace of amusement drew large crowds with Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians headline acts plus the Egger Reiser Tyrolean troupe. The Russell brothers Irish Chambermaids Florrie West Odell and Page and other stars delivered popular specialty acts to enthusiastic audiences.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
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John and
James
Florrie West
Europe
Odell
Page
Master Meek
Riley
Wolfe
Eagleton
Signor Dowell
Frank Moran
May Wentworth
Palace Theatre triple bill draws crowded audiences this week
A packed Palace Theatre audience yesterday enjoyed a trio of acts led by the Knights Templars. A satirical musical sketch titled A Night at the Lodge mocked Masonry, produced by Thomas J. Ripley with the Palace stock company. Also featured were Pat's Misfortunes with the Donovans, top-flight instrumentalists and dancers, and a burletta Babes in the Wood ending the program with Knights Templar regalia and drill by a company of performers.
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Casey
Knights Templars
Lodge
Thomas J. Ripley
Pat
Donovans
Alio
Clayton
Grant
Brown Brothers
von Tilzer
Sidney
Dawiey and
Barrington
Howard
St. Clair
Kittie Hart
Josie Emery
Ettie Albion
Corean performers headline Austin & Stone's museum show
A two week engagement at Austin & Stone's museum features seven Korean dancers with native attendants and musicians. Coffu the Nubian wonder and a Burmese artist attract crowds while vaudeville acts include Sidmans and the Keegans among others.
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Austin & Stone’s
Austin & Stone
Coffu
Coopers
Sidmans
Symonds
Rastus
Keegans
Ashleys
Baisley
Simonds
Andersons
Geneva Ardell
James W. Bingham
Fred Lucier
Romella
Kittie
Nickleodeon Promises High Class Entertainment All Week
The Nickleodeon continues to draw crowds with a lineup led by Robinson and La Mont Irish comedians and vocalists, the Mack sisters, Violet Cameron, Julia Norris, Gertis McIntyre, Rose King, Cora Armstrong, Major English, and Jennie Frazier among others. Lectures feature regional prize corn husking by five young ladies. Also shown are hand shadowgraphs, merionettes, a knife and battleaxe act, a tambourine spinner, broom factory demonstrations, Punch and Judy, and Zeb the giant boa constrictor lingering in the lobby.
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Nickleodeon
Robinson and
la Mont
Boston
Mack Sisters
Eddie Clark
Wonder
Maggie Cline
English
Bert Eastman
Lynette and Brown
Jennie Frazier
Violet Cameron
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Chase
Dill
Royal Merionettes
Lees
William Weinefeld
W. B. Franks
Doyle Williams
London
Zeb
Grand Museum Review At Lothrop’s Corner
New York Day by Day delivered a satisfactory performance yesterday at the Grand Museum under Manager Lothrop. The event took place near the Washington and Dover streets corner with attendees noting the acts and presentation.
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Grand Museum
Col. Washington and
Dover Sts
New York
Splendid reception for a vivid 1838 New York Battery scene play
The production drew strong approval for its scenery and mechanical effects. Cast members Marie Arkwright and Maud Miller earned praise for demanding roles, with Charles C. Patterson and others delivering engaging performances. A diverse lineup of specialties and acts accompanied the main show, highlighting a bustling variety program.
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Battery
New York
Harlem Bridge
Marie Arkwright
Rags
Charles C. Patterson
Moses Wopps
Maud Miller
Polly Horn
Charles F. Gibney
Blakeley
John Wilks
Fogarty
W.S. Perry
Joe Harris
Kate Medinger
Rikart
Binney and Chapman
Chic Kehoe
Howard Atheneum Burlesque Show Attracts Large Audiences
Proprietor Lothrop presents a merry and fascinating burlesque and variety program at the Howard Atheneum. The show features sixty young women in ballets, choruses, tableaux and marches, doll dances, Trilby scenes, and high kicking by Mile. Eulalie. Notables include Adah Richmond company, Annie Sylvester, Norma Wills, Montie Collins, Dan Regan, Dixon and Dixon, Fannie Leslie, Waterbury brothers, Ella Carlington, Max Pettingill with Tiger, Ella Caldwell, Thomas and Watson, Turner and Edwards, and the Howard Atheneum company in a McVicker creation.
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Howard Atheneum
Lothrop
Howard Athenaeum
Adah Richmond
Charles Harris
Nellie Waters
Dixon
Bowers
John McVicker
Inaugural Lyceum Vaudeville Week Opens
The Lyceum Theatre launched a week of vaudeville with high class acts led by Jerome and Alexis in a flawless frog and lizard impersonation. Kit Koster, Campbell and Evans, Pete Shaw, Eldora and Norine, plus Leon ard and Fulton and others delivered strong performances for a festive audience.
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Evans
Pete Shaw
Eldora
Norine
Leonard and
Fulton
Billie’ Barlow
Luckie Thurlow
George Kaine
Sexteens
Knights Templars Attend Hanover Theatre Bill
A Hanover Theatre program drew a large crowd with an Alabama Minstrels first part, followed by Cowper and Howe and a slate of acts including Professor Rubins, May Frances, Reed and Brings, and the Tally-Ho Trio. The afterpiece The Doctor's Labratorium delighted both matinee and evening audiences.
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Hanover Theatre
Knights Templars
Alabama Minstrels
Cowper
Howe
Murphy
McCoy
Professor Rubins
May Frances
Reed
Brings
Burke
Mack
Crowley
Foley
Sam Adams
Perry
Morgan
Katie Ryan
Dramatic Notes Labor Day Openings At Tremont Theatre
The Tremont Theatre opens Labor Day with Lillian Russell in The Tzigane and praise for De Koven and Smith's new opera. Hollis Street Theatre restarts season Labor Day matinee with William Hoey in The Globe Trotter. Bramhall’s scenic Brmah presents Labor Day at Boston Theatre and Widow Jones seat sales begin at the Museum.
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Tremont Theatre
Lillian Russell
Hollis Street
William Hoey
Thousand Mile Race Set for Island Track Start
The 1000 mile race between Shabel of France and Savoy of Boston will begin on Thursday September 5 at the Island track in Toronto Ontario. Patterson a local rider and Grimm of Cleveland are expected to enter the event.
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Ont
Shabel
Savoy
Boston
Patterson
Grimm
Cleveland
Rochester Garment Workers Strike Reaches 1200 Laborers
In Rochester New York 1200 garment workers are on strike. A minority of shop bosses offered terms named by the union, but the strikers refused to return until all employers make offers. About one hundred shops have all employees in strife.
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Rochester
N. Y
City Solicitor backs extra licenses after census gain
Lawrence officials report City Solicitor Bell has sent to the license commissioners an opinion permitting grant of additional licenses in response to the city's population increase shown by the recent census.
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City
Bell
New Haven Hartford Railroad Offers Boston Narragansett Pier Trip
On Saturday August 31 the New York New Haven Hartford line runs a special Boston to Narragansett Pier excursion. Trains depart Park Square at 9 15 am and Pier return at 6 30 am, arriving Boston 8 15 pm. Round trip fare is 1 50. Tickets go on sale three days earlier at No 3 Old State House and Park Square station. The number of seats for this excursion is strictly limited.
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