Shenandoah at the Boston Theatre headlines entertainment rush
Bronson Howard's Shenandoah dazzles Boston Theatre crowds with war scenes and a strong company led by Robert Elliott Joseph Slayter Gertrude Fillingham Estella Dale Julia Bachelder W A Whitecar and Louis Hendricks Next week Chauncey Olcott stars in A Romance of Athlone at the same house Florence Marlowe Julia Marlowe Barbara Frietchie postponed to tomorrow night at Hollis Street Theatre Boston Museum presents Meni Osborne in The Girl From Maxim's with strong support and a full audience mix of song and chorus acts at multiple venues across Boston
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Shenandoah
Boston
Robert Elliott
Kerchival West
Joseph Slayter
Captain Thornton
Confederate
Secret Service
Gertrude Fllinghams
Estella Dale
Julia Bachelder
Jenny Buckthorn
W. A. Whitecar
General Haverill
Louis Hendricks
General Buckthorn
Chauncey Olcott
Ec SF
Hollis Street
Julia Marlowe
Barbara Frietchie
New England
Touraine
Frank J. Kirke
Dave Armstrong
J. J. Owens
Allen Westford
T. F. Thomas
James A. Bliss
Mark Kent
A. K. Bender
Charles Butler
Frank Anderson
Thomas Carroll
Mildred Hyland
Florence Mack
Jesse Paul
Grace Euler
Sadie Faulkner
London
Rich Widow Seeks Adoption of Dead Daughter's Fiancé
New York February 26 Mrs Mary Augusta Mott a Brooklyn widow with a large fortune petitions the Supreme Court to legally adopt Charles H Crane 26 a member of a prominent Greater New York social family Adoption of adults is rare and the petition cites no minor status for Crane The piece also notes memorial services for Frances Willard and reports on readings from Franklin School students and remarks from officials at the National Woman Suffrage convention in Washington
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New York
Mary Augusta Mott
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Charles H. Crane
Frances E. Willard
A. J. Gordon
Miss Willard
Franklin School
J.A. Stewart
Washington
Gifford
Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction
W. C. Gaddis
Testimonial to Edward E. Rice Set for Boston Theatre
Theaters managers in Boston and New York plan a monster testimonial at the Boston Theatre on Thursday afternoon March 8. Planned features include Madge Lessing and Ethel Jackson performing scenes from Little Red Riding Hood and Evan.
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Boston
New York
Edward E. Rice
Boston Theatre
Madge Lessing
Ethel Jackson
Little Red Riding Hood
Mature widow seeks to adopt fiancé as her son amid family tragedy
Mrs. Mott, 60, petitions to adopt 26-year-old Mr. Crane under an adult adoption law. The motive blends affection and estate planning as Crane, her late daughter's fiancé, lives with her after the daughter's death. If the Supreme Court rejects the adoption, a legislative workaround may follow.
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Mr. Crane
Olney’s Cousin’s Secret Marriage In New York
Miss Channel Imogene Huntington Olney aged 23 secretly wed Henry Kolear of an Indianapolis stock company at the Little Church Around the Corner. The bride, who has spent a year on stage, left Tarrytown for Syracuse then New York. Rumors of a planned marriage to her father’s disapproval circulated as he traveled from Watertown to intervene.
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Castle Square Theatre
Girdlestone
Conan Doyle
Boston
Henry D. Coolidge
Arthur L. Griffin
W. H. Dugan
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South Africa
Clutterbuck
Pitman
Messrs. Seeley and Fowler
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John Craig
Tobias Clutterbuck
Mary Young
Susan
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Miss Young
Miss Lawrence
Kate Harston
Tremont Theatre
Frank Daniels
Tremont
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Sarah Cowell LeMoyne
Marie Wainwright
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Admiral Schley
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Keith
Beng
New York
Richard Olney
Miss Channel
Imogene Huntington Olney
Henry Kolear
Indianapolis Stock Company
Tarrytown
Syra Use
Koiar
Watertown
Boston W C T U Meeting at Park Street Church
A meeting of the Boston Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was held yesterday afternoon in the vestry of Park Street Church. Details of the proceedings are not fully available in the provided text.
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Boston W. C.T. U
Park Street
Big New York Talent in Boston Showcase at Park Theatre
The program features Richard Golden as LeBlanc and Verona Jarbeau as Evangeline with an ensemble including Louis Mann, Clara Lipman, and Mark source acts from The Girl in the Barracks and The Rounders. An orchestra of 100 opens with George H. Hayes overture Bon Ami. Ticket sales begin next Thursday at 9 am at the Boston on-site.
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Park Theatre
Louis Mann
Clara Lipman
Boston
George W. Barnum
Ben T. Dillon
Helen Harringteen
Thornton Cole
Mary Post
George H. Hayes
J. H. Gilmour
Julia Marlowe
Robert Hilliard
Rice
Holmes on Arizona Presents Moki Land Tour in Lecture
Burton Holmes closed his evening lectures in Music Hall with Moki Land Arizona. He described life among the Moki tribes including travel hardships, dress and rites, and their religious fanaticism. The talk featured vivid pictures and motion scenes enhancing the description. It will be repeated Saturday afternoon.
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Music Hall
Burton Holmes
Moki Land
Arizona
Mr. Holmes
Moki
May Irwin Returns to Boston Stage in Stis ter Mary
May Irwin comes back to Boston at the Museum next Monday evening in Stis ter Mary with the same company as New York. The return promises to be the season’s laughing event and may become her biggest Boston hit.
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May Irwin
Boston
Boston Museum
Stister Mary
New York
Miss Irwin
Bostom
The Cherry Pickers at Grand Opera House and Darkest Russia at Bowdoin Square
The Grand Opera House presents Joseph Arthur's East Indian melodrama The Cherry Pickers featuring Garland Gaden Wilbur Higby and Alice Irving with strong praise for the cast and gun room scene. Bowdoin Square Theatre continues Darkest Russia with Horace Mitchell leading a large cast in period costumes and notable performances by Miss Dreux and Miss Tremain.
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Weathy
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Ollie Tremain
Baroness von Fhineberg
Horace Mitchell
Alexis Nazimoff
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FE. D. Denison
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Will E F. Phillips
Wilbur Stiles
D. L. Gaylord
Charles Mailes
James Levering
Robert Ellwood
Fred Watson
Charles Lamson
A. T. Appleton
Miss Preux
Olga
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