Ma'mzelle Caprice at Keith's Theatre Delights Boston
One of the most delightful operettas seen in Boston this week at B F Keiths Theatre titled Ma'mzelle Caprice presented by Amelia Stone and Armand Kalisz. A Parisian cafe dining room setting frames a flirtation duet into a love story with a memorable score by Kalisz and several hit songs. A one act comedy Meadowbrook Lane by Edgar Allen Woolf features Juliette Dika in four songs with glamorous gowns. Notable acts include Willie Weston in character songs Ward brothers John B Henshaw Grace Avery and a vaudeville table d hote Young and Brown Loretty Antoinette in daring falls.
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Boston
B. F. Keith
Mzelle
Edgar Allen Woolf
Ma'mzelle Caprice
Meadowbrook Lane
Juliette Dika
Willie Weston
Ward Brothers
John B. Henshaw
Grace Avery
Young and Brown
Loretty and
Antoinette
Amelia Armand Stone
Kalisz
Ma'mzelle Cawaticn
Ward Bros
John E. Henshaw
Young & Brown
Loretty
Antoinette. Travers and
Douglas i
Five Idanias Highlight European Acrobats On Bill
A high elevated perch act accompanies the sensational European acrobats known as the Five Idanias completing the bill. The performance promises daring stunts and strong visual appeal for the audience.
Park Theatre Holbrook Program Promotes Star Lineup
The Park Theatre Holbrook features The Weakness of Man with Alma Hanlon Eleanor Woodruff and Johnnie Hines. Tyrone Power and Lois Weber present The Eye of God in five acts. Mary Pickford stars in The Unwelcome Guest. Billie Burke leads The Shadow of Scandal and Sydney Drew in Taking a Rest. Mme Calvert sings and William A Krauth conducts a symphony overture.
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Holbrook Blinn
Alma Hanlon
Eleanor Woodruff
Johnnie Hines
Tyrone Power
Lois Weber
Mary Pickford
Billie Burke
Gloria
Mrs
Sydney
Metro
Selig Tribune
Mme. Calvert
William A. Krauth
Symphony Players
Tyrone Powers
Paragon Park Holds Open Air Cabaret at Nantasket Beach
This Palm Garden event at Paragon Park Nantasket Beach offers free open air entertainment with cabaret singers the Palm Garden Orchestra and saxophonists Reynolds and Carpenter. Dansants follow with the Tango Banjo Band providing dance music and a variety of park attractions.
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Palm Garden
Paragon Park
Nantasket Beach
New England
Reynolds and Carpenter
Bowdoin Square Theatre Show Delights with Merry Maids
Bowdoin Square Theatre patrons found the venue cool and comfortable as Violet Mascotte's 2 Merry Maids wowed with clever offerings. The fun department led by Felix Martin, Tommy Levine, Frank Beaumont, and John Dillon delighted audiences, with standout maids Rosie Black to May Tylson. The show included patriotic songs and lively comedy, plus the week’s film The Man of the Hour starring Robert Warwick. Vaudeville featured Lieutenant Eldredge and Dainty Anette, with George Joy singing, and moving pictures such as Soldiers Sons Lubin and The Serenade Vim.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Violet Mascotte
Felix Martin
Tommy Levine
Frank Beaumont
John Dillon
Rose Black
Dolly Clifford
Louise Marshall
Clara Gibson
Elva Payne
Ruth Rosamond
Paulette Jasperre
Gladys West
Robert Warwick
Eldredge
Philippines
Mexico
Dainty
Annette
George Joy
St James Theatre Good Bill At Local Show
Marcus Loew presents a strong program at the St James Theatre with George Bancroft Octavia Broske from The Pink Lady, Cervo the pianist, Marshall and Welton singers, Roth and Roberts the Wop and the Cop, Zerbo the society clown and his dogs. The Mysteries of Myra and a Keystone comedy were shown along with Louise Lovely in The Grasp of Greed.
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St. James Theatre
Marcus Loew
George Bancroft
Octavia Broske
Cervo
Marshall and Welton
Roth and Roberts
Zerbo
Dogs of All Nations
Myra
Louise Lovely
Majestic Theatre Plays Enter Third Week of Where Are My Children
Majestic Theatre enters its third week of the photo play Where Are My Children. Four performances daily draw crowds, with patrons urged to arrive on time for the second show of the afternoon or evening to avoid lobby and sidewalk delays.
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Majestic Theatre
Globe Theatre Screens New Photo Bill with Agnes Glynn
At the Globe Theatre yesterday a photo bill featured drama and comedy with short releases. The main attraction was Agnes Glynn in The Love Trail, accompanied by the latest Pathe News reel.
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Globe Theatre
Agnes Glynn
Pathe
Exeter Street Theatre Screens Two Shows Tonight
The Exeter Street Theatre presents a double bill with Marguerite Clark in Silks and Satins, a film well suited to her bright screen presence, and Charles Richmond starring in The Hero of Submarine D-2.
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Exeter Street Theatre
Marguerite Clark
Charles Richmond
Fyeter Street
Copley Square
Chas. Richman
Boulevard Theatre Presents The Beauty Bug at Medford
Two large audiences watched The Beauty Bug a musical comedy at the Medford Boulevard Summer Theatre yesterday. Fred Carmelo headlines the show with a skilled company of singers and dancers delivering lively performances.
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Medford Boulevard
Fred Carmelo
Pemberton Inn Hosts Evening Cabaret and Dansants
Pemberton Inn is the first place that suggests itself to autoists and excursionists. Cabaret and dansants comprise the entertainment, alternating with each other during the evening.
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Pemberton Inn
Boston Theatre Brings Lionel Barrymore West Western The Quitter
The Boston Theatre presents Lionel Barrymore in his first Boston appearance in The Quitter, with Margaret Skriven as leading lady. A new rural musical The Huskin Bee features 25 actors in songs and dances. Also shown are Shanghaied, Napoleon the Great and Sally his Mate, and vaudeville acts McLaughlin and Stewart Elite Duo and Henry Sperling.
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Lionel Barrymore
Boston
Margaret Skriven
Charlie Chaplin
Napoleon the Great
Sally
McLaughlin and Stewart
Man and
the Maid
Henry Sperling
Orpheum Theatre Vaudeville Bill Delights Audiences
The Orpheum Theatre offered three hours of vaudeville featuring the Countess de Leonardi Company with opera scenes, Joe Towle on piano and comedy, and Mack Albright and Mack. Bert and Lottie Walton, Adonis, Rucker and Winifred also performed. The Pathe News and a Keystone comedy were shown, with Douglas Fairbanks in Flirting with Fate featured as the photo. The entire bill will be changed Thursday.
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Orpheum Theatre
Countess
Adonis
Rucker
Winifred
Pathe
Keystone
Douglas Fairbanks
Scollay Square Olympia Show Features Lineup
Scollay Square Olympia presents Scollay Square Olympia John T. Doyle and company in The Danger Line a one act comedy. Other acts include Moscrop sisters singers dancers Scheck and DArville acrobats Dick Thompson and company Irish singing skit Dunley and Merrill eccentric comedians Howards bears and dogs The Fox feature A Womans Honor starring Jose Collins Selig Athletic No 2 wrestling boxing tennis and pool champions Pathe Weekly international news reel Keystone comedy Burton Holmes Travels and short reels shown.
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John T. Doyle
Scollay Square Olympia
Moscrop
Scheck
D’arville
Dick Thompson and Company
Dunley and Merrill
Howard's
Bears and Dogs
Fox
Jose Collins
Selig Athletic No. 2
Pathe Weekly
International
Keystone
Burton Holmes
Norumbega Park Vaudeville Offered This Week
Norumbega Park presents a summer vaudeville program featuring minstrelsy by the Seven Dorkers, Happy Fanny Rice the human marionette, Philbrick and De Voe in A Case of Soapalone, the Three Lorettas, and Fred and Albert in gymnastic acts. Motion pictures are shown.
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Norumbega Park
Seven Dorkers
Happy Fanny Rice
Philbrick
de Voe
Lorettas
Fred and
Albert
Lexington Park Pleasing Comedy At Benson Theatre
The Benson stock company presents Lex ington Park The Yankee and the Thief for the first three days of the week in the rustic theatre at Lexington Park. The park offers automobile parking space an excellent restaurant a 700 aquarium a dance hall and many other attractions to recommend it.
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Benson Stock Company
Rustic Theatre
Lexington Park
Modern Theatre Presents New Films and Features
The Modern Theatre shows a balanced week with Virginia Pearson in William Fox's A Tortured Heart and Dustin Farnum in Davy Crockett from Paramount. Also on screen are the latest Matt and Jeff animated comics and other photo features.
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Fox & Paramount
Davy Crockett
Virginia Pearson
William Fox
T A Tortured Heart
Dustin Farnum
Paramount
Matt and
Jeff
Villa Napoli At Nantasket Tops Summer Resort Scene
Record crowds visit the Villa Napoli at Nantasket during a warm week as the seaside spot cements its status as a leading summer resort in the state. Manager Alfred Di Pesa offers a high class cabaret and dansant along with orchestral popular and classical selections.
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Nantasket
Alfred di Pesa
Bass Point Retreat Near Nahant Offers Calm Bay Escape
With temperatures nearing 100 degrees the Bass Point area provides a city escape. A sail down the harbor and across the bay offers relief for tired business people and a pleasant respite from urban heat.
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Bass Point
Nahant
Franklin Park Theatre Features Scarlet Woman and Tillie's Tomato Surprise
The Franklin Park Theatre presents Mme. Petrova in The Scarlet Woman and Marie Dressler in Tillie's Tomato Surprise along with the Pathe Weekly, Alvin and Williams, comedians Simmons and Bradley, European skaters, and the Clover Leaf Three performing singing and dancing.
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Franklin Park Theatre
Mme. Petrova
Marie Dressler
Champ Wins Shoot Trophy in Philadelphia
A. B. Richardson of Delaware State captured the 18 yard challenge trophy at the Keystone Shooting League traps in Philadelphia. He posted 97 breaks in 100 targets in a preliminary to the Interstate Association's Eastern handicap shoot set to begin the next day.
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Philadelphia
A. B. Richardson
Delaware
Keystone
Interstate Association
Richardson
Folly of Taking Digestive Pills Ad Warning
An old advertisement argues that digestives fail to address stomach acidity and cause reliance. It promotes taking an ounce of pure bisulated magnesia after meals to neutralize acidity, stop fermentation, and restore natural digestion without drugs.
Sports talk on track, boxing and baseball legends
A crowded sports column reviews trade talk around Matty Herzog and Billy Big Six, weighs chances for Walter Butler and Ted Meredith at Readville, and notes plans for National A. A. U. championships in Newark. It covers amateur meets at Holliston, the Readville track outlook, and praise for Honus Wagner as he shines this season.
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Matty Herzog
Big Six
Herzog
Andy Welsh
Readville
George W. Brown
New England
Andy
Ted Meredith
Bingo Desmond
Fred Murray
Bob Simpson
Holliston
Natick Way
George Brown
Newark
N. J
Ty Cobb Career Length and Peak Batting Average
Ty Cobb joined Detroit in 1905 after being purchased from Augusta of the South Atlantic league on August 28 of that year. His highest batting average was .420 in 1911. The rest of the text covers boxing results and various name misattributions.
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Ty Cobb
Detroit
Cobb
Augusta
Salem
Gunboat Smith
Arthur Pesky
Daly City
Gil Gallant
Frankie Calahan
Johnny Dundee
Joseph Carrera
Sharkai
Italy
Scotty Moneith
Jim Corbett
Bob Fitvasimmons
England
Corbett and Fitzsimmons
Trade in hides sparks talk of ongoing US Uruguay war
A Post reporter at the Shoe and Leather Fair quotes United States consul Jose Richling noting Uruguay has doubled hide output for the US in two years and now has about 8,000,000 cattle. He says last year’s hides export reached 13 million dollars and predicts wartime demand could sustain trade after the conflict.
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Uruguay
United States
Jose Richling
Post
South America
Richling
New York
E. C. Allen
Shanghai
Nicanor Pancorvo
Santiago
Chili
Alfred H. Benjamin
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Frank J. Boyden
Slater Shoe
Montreal
W. P. Francis
John Ritchie Company, Ltd
Quebec
H. C. Carter
Colonial Hide Company
Turkey
Arthur W. Cotton
Seventh Day Adventists
Massachusetts Avenue
West Roxbury department at risk without 9312 raise
Dr John J Dowling superintendent of City Hospital told the City Council that the supplementary budget of 9312 is needed to open the new west department this year. The Finance Commission recommends against the extra appropriation. No action was taken on the budgets.
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John J. Dowling
New West Department
West Roxbury
Finance Commission
Dowling
Fire Department
Health Department
Curley
Suffolk County
Deer Island House of Correction
Council
Mrs Marie L Paine Dies After Operation
Marie Louise Paine wife of Robert Treat Paine of 50 Commonwealth avenue died yesterday at Corey Hill Hospital Brookline after an operation. Born in Washington she was daughter of William I Mattingly and Mrs Mattingly. She married Mr Paine in December 1898 and was active in Chilton Club and charitable groups.
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Marie Louise Paine
Robert Treat Paine
Commonwealth Avenue
Corey Hill Hospital
Brookline
Mrs. Paine
Washington
William I’. Mattingly
Capital
Mr. Paine
Chilton Club
Portland Splits Doubleheader With Springfield in Portland
In Portland on July 17 the home team won the first game 4 to 2 and lost the second 6 to 1 against Springfield. Martin pitched effectively in the opener, while Powers struggled in the early innings. Key hits included Dowell and Hammond doubles, a three-base hit by Dowell, and singles by Booe and Smith. Springfield produced timely hitting and base running in the nightcap, with three base hits by Dowell and Gas ton, and a three-base blast by Dowell.
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Portland
Springfield
Martin
Powers
Portland Wos
Clemens
Tamm
Brown
Dowell
Booe
Smith
Hammond
Lonergan
Leroy
Watters
Mayberry
Postiaig Niesc
Koch
Flynn
Justin
Gaston
Lonergal
Fice
Tine
Hartford Daly
Hartford
Worcester
Trantian
Herring
Hartford Worcester
Spires
Sir Fewster
Zinvman If
Maloney
Lf. Reed
Pot
NEW London
Hearne
Lynn
Becker
Gleason
Dowd
Datley
Den
Porter
Wiverrseef
Carrolile
Odell
Prysock
Fisheroy
Conley
Poe
Williams
Bocker Odell
Orentz
Daley
Russell
Whitenouse
Orcutt
Fish
Doute
Statford
Ben Earl Wins Edwards Pacing Stake at North Randall
Ben Earl driven by Marvin Childs wins the Edwards pacing stake at North Randall in Cleveland, the first big feature of the 1916 harness season. Favorable heat times include Goldie C making a strong showing, Roan Hal and The Savoy winning heats, and Mary Coburn delivering Cleveland’s sole victory in the Forest City 2-year old trotting sweepstakes.
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Cleveland
Ben Earl
Marvin Childs
North Randall
Edwards
Tommy Murphy
Trampright
Goldie C
Roan Hal
Savoy
Valentine
Ohio
Mary Coburn
Pastime Stable
Welling versus Butler headline arena boxing clash tonight
Walter Butler of Revere faces Joe Welling of Chicago at Arena in a crucial bout that could set up a title shot against Jack Britton. Butler's trainer Al Delmont says the fighter is in peak form and ready to take punishment and land hard punches, with wagering suggesting a tight, high stakes contest.
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Joe Welling
Walter Butler
Revere
Butler
Jack Ryder
Dave Caldwell
Tom Halpin
Billy Meanix
Harry Barwise
Newark
Chicago
Jack Britton
al Delmont
Fettle
Aerial Guns for Warships
Washington July 17 Construction of enough high power anti aerial guns to supply all active battleships and cruisers of the navy has been completed announced by Secretary Daniels The new three inch 60 caliber weapon will have a 27000 foot ceiling and an all around fire sweeping the skies one forward and one aft on each vessel with the ordnance bureau having designed it after three years of work
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Washington
Daniels
Pennsylvania
Nevada
Ordnance Bureau
Lewando's dye works workers strike over discharge dispute
About 149 employees in the cleansing and repairing department of Lewando’s dye works in Watertown walked out yesterday after the company refused to reinstate a union member dismissed for reasons not stated. A strike committee planned to meet company officials today to seek a settlement.
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Lewandos Dye Works
Watertown
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Boston Evening Record
Keystone Comedy Pathe News
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Miss Helen Holmes
Billie Buake
Scandal
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the Scarlet Woman
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Boston Theatre
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Philo Hay
N.J
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Frank Kramer
Kramer
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Sweden
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Norman Taber
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Dorchester Club
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Wolgast
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Big Cowboy
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Honus Wagner
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Cambridge
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