The Pearl and the Pumpkin Opens at Colonial Theatre
The Colonial Theatre opened its new season with The Pearl and the Pumpkin, an imaginative spectacle in a lavish production. Paul West and W. W. Denslow created the lyrics, Bratton the music, while a large company and elaborate scenery filled the stage from fairies to Bermuda lily fields. The cast features Gertie Carlisle, Johnny Farnum, Lola Hawley, and many others with a rich chorus and impressive costumes and settings.
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Colonial Theatre
Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger
Paul West
W. W. Denslow
John W. Bratton
Hallowe’en
Bermuda
Farmer Pringle
Pearl Pringle
E.seeee
Gertie Carlisle
Qe Miller
Taylor Granvilleohnny Farnum
Wager Midgley
Polly
Lola Hawley
Sally Simpkins
Ethel Johnson
Jimmy Gingerbread
Carroll McComas
Mr. Dudley
Thomas Whiffen
Silver Clarion
Darling
Porter
Walters
Townsend Foreman
Canners
Allan Ramsay
John Doe
George Richards
Ike Canners
Harry MacDonough
Mother Carey
the Fairy Queen
Athryn Hutchinson
Prenglewings
Lillian Wallace
Dancing Eyes
Grace Emmons
Thistledown
Coceessebita Weir Bluebell
Maude Benson
Zephyr
Bian
Doseph Kane
Davy Jones
Dohn Mayon
Blackbeard
George Collins
Kidd
A. Anson
Jinks
Louis Massette Ohn Silver
Seseeeseees
Martin Reddy
Gonnaise Portugeeser
Harry Pergman
Ir Henry Morgan
Edward Wines
Bartholomew Roberts
James Caldwell
Avery
Howard Nancy Lee
Stella Beardsley
Philip Vanderdecken
Oscar Raggy
Captain Dolphin
Allan Rauway
Vanderdecken
Stellaste
Clara “Huehn
Ancient Mariner
Edwin Stevens
Sunbeam
Clare Moore
Stede Bonnet
A. H. Ransome
Squid Air Demonstrations at Norumbega Park Theatre
This week at Norumbega Park a covered open air theatre hosts demonstrations of squid air alongside vaudeville. Liquid air boils on ice with steam, ice speeds boiling, and when poured on ice it vaporizes. Liquid air melts steel pens and freezes fruit, while its expansion powers a whistle, a balloon, and a displaced plug.
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Norumbega Park
Torellis Dog Circus
Gracie Emmett
Creole Belles Delight at Austin and Stones Museum
Yesterday crowds filled Austin and Stone's Museum for a Creole Belles performance praised as the era’s greatest entertainment. The show featured Aunt Hannah and a Rastus type character, buck dancing by Mobile artists, a cake walk by darkies, and Powell's Minstrel Maids with a midsummer mood.
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Austin & Stone’s
Stephen Foster
Billy Wahington
Aunt Hannah
Billy Capes
Buck
Powell
Joe Ellis
West
LaBelle
the Winstanleys
Baker
Changes at the Castle Square Theatre for Labor Day Season
Renovations continue at Castle Square Theatre ahead of the Labor Day opening on Sept 4. Management promises surprises with a strong company led by John Craig and Lillian Kemble and a roster of classic English dramas, ensuring a historically notable season.
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Castle SQ
Castle Square Theatre
Labor Day
John Craig
Lillian Kemble
A Model Maid at Keiths Impresses With Humble Role
The week’s vaudeville bill at Keiths features Miss May Vokes in A Model Maid as a slipstream of comic charm playing a slavey. The programme offers Raymond and Caverly, Charley Case, Hawthorn and Burt, Lillian Mills and Elida Morris, and many others plus the Damm brothers, Bellatzer sisters, Maxsmiths, Burke’s musical dogs, and a new kinetoscope showing Governor Bartlett’s camp day.
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Rogers Brothers
Charley Case
Hawthorn and
Burt
Lillian Mills
Elida Morris
Delaphone
Martin
Ridgway
Damm Brothers
Bellatzer Sisters
Maxsmiths
Burke
Fadettes
Camp Bartlett
Westfield
Sherlock Holmes drama at Bowdoin Square Theat re
The Bowdoin Square Theatre presented Sherlock Holmes or the Sign of the Four to strong audience reaction. The cast included Charles Miller and Miss Hunt with notable supporting players. the offering runs for one week and leads to another strong play followed by Northern Lights during a testimonial event for Miss Charlotte Stunt.
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Sherlock Holmes
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Broad Street
London
Boathouse
Thames
Charles Miller
Miss Hunt
Mary Marston
Mr. Denison
Jones
Scotland Yard
Mr. Haviland
Tonya
Mr. Walters
Dr. Watson
Thad
Grey
D. L. Gaylord
Harry Brooks
Frank Wright
Charles Wheelock
Pearl de Sousier
Annette Marshall
Edwinna Booth
Fern Foster
Florence Hale
Charlotte Stunt
Palace Theatre Presents As You Like It Week At Palace
Manager Charles Waldron announces a midsummer program at the Palace Theatre. The comedy As You Like It stars Tom Kennette John J Black George Scanlon Al Patterson Milton Shuster and Mike Nibbe with a large chorus of actresses and dancers. The bill includes classic song hits and a burlesque Hotel ae Bamboozle. Smoking is permitted at the theatre.
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Charles Waldron
Palace Theatre
Tom Kennette
John J. Black
George Scanlon
al Patterson
Milton Shuster
Mike Nibbe
Boyce
Black
Walker's Museum Show Delights Boston Audiences
Visitors to Walker's Museum enjoyed an exceptional program headlined by Professor Baum the artist model. Cearlom's French poodles, a young ladies high jump contest, Battling Nelson ram and a $10,000 Paris film wowed crowds. Burlesque by Trilby troupe and bioscope fairyland attracted many, with several new numbers from Misses Waldo Campbell Garvin and others. Amateur bowers contest for prizes announced Wednesday.
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Curio Hall
Joseph Baum
Cearlom
Battling Nelson
Casey Auditorium
L. B. Walker
Trilby Burlesquers
Bioscope
Future of Michael Curran in City Hall
The article notes Michael Curran, longtime ally of the Mayor and former police commissioner, custom house official, and current private secretary, faces an uncertain tenure as secretary. It records an informal rule that retiring mayors ensure a permanent post for the secretary, with talk of creating a deputy fire commissioner to fill Curran’s potential vacancy.
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Michael Curran
Collins
Custom House
Wells
Curran
Be just the man at city hall Wells objects Curran deputy
Mr Wells questions appointing a deputy fire commissioner citing public perception and precedent. Commissioner Russell has thrived without an assistant, and Curran remains not deputy while Curran’s private secretary term ends and Mayor Collins faces a potential new two year term with possible changes.
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Michael Curran
Collins
Curran
Paragon Park Draws Record Crowd at Open Air Circus
Last Sunday Paragon Park saw a record crowd topping the Fourth of July attendance. The bill features the Lukens troupe of acrobats and Herbert's trained dogs. A standout feat shows a dog running around the ring with precision.
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Paragon Park
Lukens
Herbert
Four long shots win at Narragansett Park
Narragansett Park opens with 7500 fans as four of five favorites lose. Shrine wins the first race, Bragg upsets in the Rhode Island handicap with Oarsman second. Ike S and Sunglow pull up notable upsets in later races amid fast track conditions and new park arrangements.
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Providence
R. L
Narragansett
Bragg
Oarsman
Spring
Shrine
Phobus
Ike S
Yorkshire Lad
Bronze Wing
Arsenal
Ambitious
Sunglow
Tangier
Miss Point
Rust
Venus
Ch. m
O’brien
Crimmins
Diamond Flush
Ch. F
Miller
B. Q
White
Blk. c
B. G
Perrine
von Tangier
Aerae
Pepper Pool
Rhode Island
B. H
J. McIntyre
Greenfield
Creamer
Bell
Barnette
Speedy the diver thrills at Paragon Park show
Speedy the sensational diver leaps 125 feet into an eight inch deep tank in his final week at Paragon Park. The Martland Band performs daily by the lagoon and H F Blaney entertains crowds with singing. A 100000 light electrical illumination dazzles New England.
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Speedy
Martland Band
H. F. Blaney
Blaney
Paragon Park
New England
All Aboard at Lexington Park Rustic Theatre
Lexington Park near Boston hosts a musical satire in the rustic theatre titled All Aboard written by Matt Ott. The scene unfolds aboard a Pullman palace car during a workers strike with a colorful cast including a colored porter bridal party precocious newsboy old maid and train hands. The show features up-to-date specialty numbers and songs such as My Folding Bed Merry Passengers My Eskimo and All Aboard.
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Boston
Lexington Park
Matt Ott
Point of Pines Adds Fireworks and Music for Summer
Manager Raymond keeps Point of Pines orderly with cleaners and daily crowds. A new fireworks show near Boston draws large audiences each evening as the rustic theatre presents Mr Planet of Mars with a full cast and the Lynn Cadet Band performing daily concerts and a new waltz.
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Raymond
Point of Pines
Pines
White Wings
Miss A. Hathaway
Orbit Moon
Miss M. Clarke
Pressure and resignation tied to railroad committee report
Not by him the resignation is forced by business pressure and is met with opposition. A Democrat notes Senator Peters faced other reasons and avoids backing the report. The committee led by President Dana and Speaker Frothingham is seen as powerful, and the railroads are expected to gain. Peters faces a tricky choice amid possible Democratic candidacy in Sullivan’s district.
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Peters
Suffolk
Dana
Senate
Post
Frothingham
Sullivan
Newly Ordained Priest Assigned to Dorchester
The Rev. Joseph W. Connolly of South Boston, ordained in Baltimore for the Savannah Ga diocese, is assigned as a summer curate at St. Matthew's Church Dorchester and will serve as a substitute during vacation.
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Joseph W. Connolly
South Boston
Baltimore
Savannah
St. Matthew’s Church
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