New Colonial Season Offers Forrest Halsey Play My Man
Colonial Theatre presents My Man based on The Quality of Mercy. The compact cast delivers strong performances with Mabel Taliaferro as the heroine and Robert Drouet as her husband. The play follows a woman who steals for her child, endures prison, and seeks parole while facing blackmail and moral conflict.
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Colonial Theatre
Forrest Halsey
Man
New York
Mabel Taliaferro
Robert Drouet
Anne Sutherland
Campbell Collan
Annette Frank
Anne Wynne
Boston Theatre Sells The Girl From Rector’s Farce
The Boston Theatre presented The Girl From Rector’s last night in a lively farce comedy run. Gertrude Millington stars as the title role with Eliza Proctor Otis as the severe mother and a cast including Nena Blake Nella Webb William Sellery Kenneth Davenport Charles Morrison and E R Burton. The engagement lasts one week followed by The Round Up with Rapley Holmes as sheriff on Labor Day.
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Boston Theatre
Rector’s
Gertrude Millington
Eliza Proctor Otis
Nena Blake
Nella Webb
William Sellery
Kenneth Davenport
Charles B. Morrison
E. R. Burton
Charles P. Eldredge
Rapley Holmes
Sheriff
Castle Square Theatre Opening Draws Big Crowd
John Craig opens his third season at Castle Square with The Squaw Man. Mary Young shines as the Indian wife and Craig receives praise for acting and thanks. Cast includes Meek Hassell Walker Bert Wilfred Young Colcord and Marie Curtis among others.
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Castle Square
John Craig
Lfe
Mary Young
Craig
Jim Carsten
Mr. Hassell
Mr. Walker
Bert
Wilfred Young
Miss Colcord
Marie Curtis
Diana
Mr. Craig
Tremont Theatre to Reopen With The Aviator This Week
Tremont Theatre reopens box office Thursday at nine for the new season. First production next Monday Labor Day week features The Aviator with Edward Abeles leading a strong cast as Cohan and Harris bring their latest venture to town amid Harvard meet excitement.
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Tremont Theatre
Harvard
Cohan and Harris
Emst
Edward Abeles
Elsie Ferguson Returns to Open Hollis Street Theatre
Elsie Ferguson will headline the Hollis Street Theatre opening the new year in a new play titled A Matter of Money. The production, noted for its novel treatment of the child labor issue, features Frank Mills in the supporting cast under Henry B. Harris. Box office opens next Thursday at eight in the morning.
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Elsie Ferguson
Hollis Street Theatre
Frank Mills
Henry B. Harris
Shepherd King shines as Wright Lorimer opens final Shubert week
Wright Lorimer’s The Shepherd King opens its last week at the Shubert Theatre with a large audience applauding the Biblical drama. A Newton lodge party fills the balcony while Grand Lodge officers in Boston will attend the boxes and a Thursday Odd Fellows night honors past masters and fellows with Major General E A Bliss overseeing.
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E. A. Bliss
Patriarchs Militant
Scenic Temple Show Draws Big Crowd
The Scenic Temple packed yesterday with enthusiastic audiences for a bill headlined by Ray mond Moore famed for Genevieve and Sweet Marie. Gertie Le Clair and her Picks entertained, irregular songs were well rendered, educational and amusing films shown, a bright comedy team praised.
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Raymond Moore
Genevieve
Marie
Gertie le Clair
Civics at Park Theatre Opens 1910-11 Season
The Park Theatre opened its 1910 11 season with The Civics a new three act drama by Edward Ocke presented for the first time in the city. Howard Lanze Carney Christie Ann Swinburne and Thomas Fallon led a strong cast with Ashley Breil incidental music by Joseph Breil enhancing the production which critics praised as well worth seeing. The Climax a separate piece by Luigi Golfanti featuring Adelina von Hagen and Pietro in a tale of suggestion and romance completed the program.
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The
Park Theatre
Civics
Edward Ocké
New York
Adelina von Hagen Cones
Luigi Golfanti
Pietro
John Raymond
Eila
Adelina
Golfanti
Howard Lanze
Carney Christie
Ann Swinburne
Thomas F. Fallon
Joseph Carl Breil
Brewster's Millions Opens at Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House inaugurated high grade melodrama with Brewster's Millions last night. Carl Gerard led as Monty Brewster with Grace Nile as the heroine, supported by Louise Sanford and Nestor Lennon. The engagement runs one week before Checkers follows.
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Grand Opera House
Colonial Theatre
Grand Opera
Carl Gerard
Castle Square
Boston
Monty Brewster
Grace Nile
Montgomery
Louise Sanford
Nestor Lennon
Waldron's Casino Opens Burlesque Season with Finney
Waldron's Casino opened its burlesque season with Finney at the North Pole featuring a prologue and two acts. Frank Finney leads the company with supporting cast including Frank Ross and Corinne Ford. The show drew strong audience enthusiasm for musical numbers, dancing, and elaborate costumes, with a realistic Eskimo dog team as a highlight.
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Charles H. Waldron
Waldron
Finney
The
North Pole
Frank Finney
Mr. Finney
Frank Ross
John P. Griffith
George Brenning
Sam J. Adams
Charles Madison
Tom Bullock
Martin J. Walsh
Minnie Burke
Jeannette Young
Daise Thorn Tandy
Corinne Ford
Miss Burke
Columbia Theatre Opens With Tiger Lilies Company
The Tiger Lilies Company opened at the Columbia with Hot Night in the Rockies and The Prince Affinity. Acts included Morley and Lester Rita Loraine Jenkins and Slavin Alvin and Kenney and a popular comedian Matt Kennedy. Zallah impressed with dances as vaudeville entertained. Wrestling set for Wednesday and Hook Night Friday. Moose Night Thursday with Loyal Order of Moose attendance.
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Esembles
Matt Kennedy
Tiger Lilies Company
Columbia
Rockies
Morley and Lester
Rita Loraine
Jenkins and Slavin
Alvin and
Kenney
Zallah
Order of Moose
Serenaders at Gaiety Thrive in Two-Act Burlesque
Jack Singer's Serenaders perform at the Gaiety this week with a lively chorus and handsome costumes that boost the show's appeal. George Armstrong delivers witty parodies on popular songs, while Lew Kelly as Professor Dope adds punch lines. The two-act burlesque On the Ocean features Margaret H. King Grace Arnton Billee Steator and a strong supporting cast including W H Stevens Joe Dungley Bobby Harrington and Ted V Armond.
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Jack Singer
George Armstrong
Lew Kelly
Professor Dope
Armstrong
Kelly
Margaret H. King
Grace Arnton
Billee Steator
W. H. Stevens
Joe Dungley
Bobby Harrington
Ted V. Armond
The Globe’s Closing Week Programme Delights Audiences
The Globe offers its final summer week bill headlined by the three Shorties Mackie and Walker and Hallet and Stack with Bo Jangles. New “coonisms” and familiar pictures entertain, with changes to the entire program and Globe trio on Thursday.
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The
Globe
Mackie
Walker
Boston
Hallet
Stack
Bo Jangles
Lexington Park billed with comedy singing act and film show
The Lexington Park program features Cutting and Zaida in a refined comedy singing act with Gilmour and Latour as comedy characters. Germaine and Langley headline sensational aerial acts, Jack Magann and Marlowe with Plunkett headline illustrated songs and celebrated farcical comedians plus the latest motion pictures.
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Lexington Park
Cutting
Zaida
Gilmour and Latour
Germaine and
Langley
Jack Magann
Marlowe
Plunkett
Majestic Theatre Repeats The Merry Widow Reception
The Merry Widow drew a packed Majestic Theatre audience last night amid acclaim. Critics note flawless performances, lavish staging, Parisian costumes, and an excellent Arthur Weld led orchestra enhancing the show’s enduring appeal.
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Majestic Theatre
Boston
Paris
Arthur Weld
Girls from Dixie headlining at Howard Atheneum Burlesque
The Girls from Dixie opened a week at the Howard Atheneum with Adams and Guhl in their first burlesque appearance. Supporting acts include Marion and Thompson, Karl Lang, Gertie Hart, Lillian Keeley, woods and Greene, Ballroom Boy, Cummings and Gla dings, Sandy Chapman, Martellini brothers, L Aigzlon, Alphonse, Carroll and Leslie, and others, delivering a varied program of musical, dance, and specialty acts.
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Dixie
the Howard
Adams and Guhl
Marion and Thompson
Karl Lang
Gertie Hart
Lillian Keeley
Woods
Greene
Henry
Lizel
Cummings
Gladgings
Howard
Sandy’ Chapman
Martellini Brothers
L’aigzlon
Alphonse
Carroll and
Leslie
Bowdoin Square Theatre Offers Top Vaudeville and Moral Films
A week at Bowdoin Square Theatre features vaudeville acts from Robinson and Le Favor Barrel of Fun Landis and Knowles and Boston duo Leonard and Leslie live acts with xylophone king Martin. Nick Conway delivers Irish wit and Hughes brothers provide coster comedy while the moving pictures stress moral educational themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Robinson
le Favor
Landis
Knowles
Martin
Leonard
Leslie
Boston
Nick Conway
Hughes Brothers
Paragon Park to Host Big Labor Day Weekend Events
Paragon Park and the Palm Garden will host special events through the season ending next Monday Labor Day. The Harvard Boston Aero meet crowds will linger at the Palm Garden after contests. An extra fireworks night is planned Thursday, with a grand display Labor Day. On Sunday a city of Boston banquet at the Palm Garden features three regiments and bands performing continuous concerts from 1:30 to 5 p.m. and consolidating at 4:80 and 8 o'clock for a 149 piece international program.
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Paragon Park
Palm Garden
Squantum
Boston
Forty-third Regiment of Infantry
Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles
Ottawa
Park
Martland Military Band
Norumbega Park Brightens With Open Air Vaudeville
Crowded crowds applauded a new open air theatre show at Norumbega Park featuring six sensational Bosses aerial act McNish and McNish on their famous fun and silence routine Wallton and Lewis in a comedy singing act the three Lorrellas in comedy acrobatics and Eli Dawson with the Gillette sisters as patter vocalists comedians and dancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norumbega Park
McNish
Wallton and
Lewis
Lorellas
Eli Dawson
Gillette Sisters
King Philip Fishing Trips Endure Rivalry at Sea
The steamer King Philip sails from Commercial Wharf daily at 10 with Capt. Edward Dixon guiding trips to prime fishing grounds. Patrons report steady catches of cod and haddock and good luck from the start.
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Edward Dixon
Wonder Land Act Delights Crowds At Closing Resort Days
The new swimming and diving act thrills attendees in the big tank at Wonder land. Crowds enjoy the closing days while the balloon is a center of attraction and the riding devices draw packed crowds. Matt Henson and Faust report solid business as the infant in incubators draws curiosity.
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Wonderland
Matt Henson
Faust
Frank Daniels to star in The Belle of Brittany at Shubert
Frank Daniels heads the Shubert Theatre engagement of The Belle of Brittany with a special matinee next Monday. The Massrs Shubert directs the show with a company of 85 performers, promising a large, polished production.
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Shubert Theatre
Frank Daniels
Brittany
Shubert
Mr. Daniels
Keith's Theatre Presents Sweet Widow Marie and More
Eleanor Gordon and Theodore Friebus star in Frank Ferguson's Sweet Widow Marie at Keith's Theatre following several successful performances at American Music Hall. Rose Pitonof is extended for another week with diving feats, while Joe Hart's Bathing Girls mix comedy and aquatic display. Further acts include The Travelling Dentist, Quinlan and Richards, Lemon, Readings, and Richards and Montrose.
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Eleanor Gordon
Theodore Friebus
K Keith
Frank Ferguson
Marie
Miss Gordon
Mr. Firebus
Keith
Rose Pitonof
Joe Hart
Dan Quinlan
Vic Richards
Mr. Quinlan
Mr. Richards
Charles Lemon
Richards
Montrose
al Haynes
Julia Redmond
Swan
Bambard
Medford Boulevard Theatre Show Leads With Vaudeville Stars
Manager J W Gorman presents a top vaudeville bill at the Medford Boulevard Summer Theatre headlined by the Otto brothers Dutch comedians Brindamour who escapes locks chains ropes and handcuffs Marron and Heins two man minstrel act the mystic musical duo the Bretto brothers gymnastics Burdette Johnson and Burdette comedy acrobatic team.
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J. W. Gorman
Medford Boulevard
Otto Brothers
Brindamour
Marron
Heins
Bretto Brothers
Burdette
Johnson
Austin and Stone's Museum Week of Varied Acts and Bears
The venue presents Frank Walsh and Frank Vanetta along with Cunningham and Pierce. Annie Ross the Barrys and Jennifer DeHaan headline serio comic skit with Ida Campbell and the Manhattan Maids. Miss Huber's performing grizzly bears appear in Curio Hall and the Rego rells showcase astonishing exhibitions. The Holbrooks and the Glassblower of Moscow add musical interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin & Stone
Frank Walsh
Frank Vanetta
Cunningham
Pierce
Annie Ross
Barrys
Jennie DeHaan
Ida Campbell
Curio Hall
Miss Huber
Regorells
Holbrooks
Glassblower
Moscow
Firework display at East Boston celebration ends safely
Ten thousand people watched a band concert and fireworks at Cottage Street playground East Boston for the feast of San Pellegrino Martire. A bomb in mid air exploded into fire balloons scattering sparks and slightly burning a few spectators. flames were extinguished quickly. Sergeants Hines and Rubens with 15 officers kept the crowd back past danger.
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Cottage Street Playground
Boston
Pellegrino
Revere
Rubens
Cotton Price Near Civil War High In New York
August cotton sold at 20 cents a pound in New York amid urgent demand from speculative shorts. They delayed covering until the last moment hoping new Southwest crop movements would break bull leadership. The price marks the highest for any delivery since the Civil War and tops the 1903 04 bull year by about 2 1/2 cents.
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New York
Southwest
Burglars Loot Tenement on Hanover Street
Burglars stole 1500 in cash and 500 in jewelry from Gennaro Salone and his wife at 204 Hanover Street. Mrs. Salone fell into hysterics after the Sunday evening theft and is confined to bed in critical condition. The treasures were kept in an iron bound trunk under their bed.
Brighton man dies at home during attack
Harvey V. Maxim age 38 of 326 Lincoln Street Brighton died suddenly at his residence at 8 30 pm while writing a letter to his wife. Walter H. Summers a friend was with him and summoned Medical Examiner Waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey V. Maxim
Lincoln Street
Brighton
Walter H. Summers
Waters
Leprosy Research Pioneers Return to Harvard Medical School
Dr Walter R Brinckerhoff of Molokai leper station returns to become professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School after five years among lepers. His team isolated leprosy germs and grew them in pure culture signaling progress toward a vaccine.
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Washington
Walter R. Brinckerhoff
Island
Molokai
Harvard Medical School
Brinckerhoff
Globe
Nellie
Harvard
Gallups Island
Boston
Government Hospital
Wvife
Donald F. Curry
H. T. Hollman
Clegg
Manila
Chicago Rector Blinn Blunt Accepts Dorchester Call
The Rev. Simon Blinn Blunt of Chicago’s Church of the Redeemer has accepted a call to All Saints Church Dorchester. He will begin in October and departs for Narragansett for the summer with his wife and children. Blunt, 16 years in ministry, previously served in Providence.
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Simon Blinn Blunt
Chicago
All Saints Church
Dorchester
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Blunt
Narragansett
Madison Avenue
Providence
R. I
Church of the Redeemer
Barnstable Fair Opens With Children’s Day
Barnstable fair in Hyannis opens at 10 00 am with Children’s Day offering free entries for youngsters. Afternoon events include 2 pm sports featuring quarter, half and three mile races plus relay contests between the Boston Athletic Association and the Brooklyn Athletic Club. Notables include runners William C. Prout W Bingham and A S Barnes. Governor’s Day follows with speakers listed including Governor Draper Meyer Fitzgerald Congressman Foss and James H Vahey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyannis
Barnstable
Boston Athletic Association
Brooklyn Athletic Club
Dies While Taking First Auto Ride
In New York on August 29 Henry Vroom a wealthy 81 year old retired farmer from Somerset county New Jersey died after being stricken with paralysis during his first automobile ride. He had reluctantly agreed to ride at his daughter Mrs Etta S Young's request of Clinton Avenue Bloomfield New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Etta S. Young
Clinton Avenue
Bloomfield
N. J
Henry Vroom
Somerset County
Warden Named Sheriff in Providence County
Warden of the State prison at Cranston Andrew W Wilcox was appointed high sheriff of Providence county.
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Providence, R. I
Andrew W. Wilcox
Cranston
Providence County
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