Kitty Grey at Tremont Boston Opens with Huntley
The London musical comedy Kitty Grey played at Tremont last night with G. P. Huntley as lead. Julia Sanderson returned to Boston in a winsome performance, supported by Valli Valli and a strong company. Huntley’s refined impersonation of English types drew high praise, while the ensemble delivered lively singing and dance numbers in this popular English piece adapted for an American audience.
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the Tremont
Kitty Grey
G. P. Huntley
Boston
London
Pall Mall
Piccadilly
Julia Sanderson
Miss Valli Valli
Charles Angelo
Illyria
Percival Knight
Bonita and Company Open Return Run at Globe Theatre
Bonita and her renowned troupe revive the Globe Theatre engagement with Wine Woman and Song. The opening revue Going into Vaudeville features Nat Carr James Mullen Charles Raymond Lew Hearn Allie Coogan Ethel Hall Nella Palma and Bonita in Christy Girl numbers. The show runs two weeks with strong crowds anticipated.
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Bonita
Globe Theatre
Nat Carr
David Warfield
James Mullen
Robert Mantell
Charles Raymond
Proctor Sxeith
Lew Hearn
Sheriff Tucker
Allie Coogan
George Cohan
Ethel Hall
Maud Adams
Nella Palma
Pay Templeton
Christy
Harold
Steinman, Wood and Pearson
Pony Ballet
Carr
Mr. Coogan
Miss Walker
Nervous System Disorder Promises Home Remedy
An article warns of nervous impairment in men and women causing anxiety sleeplessness and physical symptoms. It promotes a home treatment using syrups and tinctures mixed in a bottle of half a pint and taken after meals and at night claiming quick lasting relief without opiates. It targets sensitive readers with reassurance.
Ethel Barrymore Stars in New W Somerset Maugham Drama at Hollis Street
Ethel Barrymore headlines the Hollis Street Theatre as the second week opens to a large, fashionably dressed audience. The play from W Somerset Maugham showcases her refined wit and grace with a strong supporting cast including Jessie Millward Bruce McRae and Anita Rothe making it one of the season’s standout offerings.
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Hollis Street Theatre
Ethel Barrymore
Frederick
Miss Barrymore
W. Somerset Maugham
Hollis
Jessie Millward
Bruce McRae
Norman Tharp
Anita Rothe
the Hollis
Way Down East at Boston Theatre Returns for Week
The Boston Theatre features Way Down East this week with a nearly unchanged cast and new scenery each season. The Man of the Hour arrives March 15 with a star lineup including Cyril Scott Rapley Holmes and Kate Lester. Seats go on sale at 9 AM at the box office.
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New England
Boston
Grady
Phebe Davies
James R. Armstrong
Alice Neal
Charles Burke
Josephine Bacon
Ulric B. Collins
John E. Brennan
Estelle Ward
Warren Cook
James T. Galloway
Robert Tabor
Village Choir
Boston Theatre
Cyril Scott
Rapley Holmes
James E. Wilson
William Deming
Edward le Saint
Charles Stedman
Albert Parker
Thomas I. Tracy
M. J. Cody
Basil West
Lillian Kemble
Marian Chapman
Kate Lester
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents Cumberland '61 Melodrama
Bowdoin Square Theatre offered Cumberland ’61 a melodrama about two feuding Southern families whose children love each other. Alice Ainsley and Gordon Grayne clash with Colonel Murdock as the plot unfolds. performances by Charlotte Hunt Hal Clarendon and others received praise. a moving picture display accompanied the show.
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Cumberland
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Alice Ainsley
Gordon Grayne
Alice
Colonel Murdock
Hal Brown
Frances McHenry
Katherine Clinton
Florence Hale
Theatre Premier Show Highlights Pompeii and Variety Acts
The Theatre Premier features The Last Days of Pompeii with Roman court scenes arena sports and a volcano eruption. Also shown are Bud Ross Cameraphone songs Cohan numbers Emerson quartet Brady’s Thanksgiving The Rubes and the Tramp Fiddler and James Leahy as a change artist with Moolbari. Diamond and Smith perform with chorus and film effects. Robert Vanni offers farewell appearances and Gold Hunting in Cripple Creek in Travelogues.
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Pompeii
Bud Ross
Cohan
Emerson
Brown and Fortune
Brady
James Leahy and Company
Diamond and Smith
Robert Vanni
Cripple Creek
Theatre Comique Presents Taft Inauguration Motion Pictures
The Theatre Comique screens the inaugural Taft motion pictures and a blizzard snow scene. Other features include The Stowaways Back in His Rent A Bad Shot Walking On His Toes and In Sore Straits with travelogues of Japan and illustrated songs Mae Vincent Al Steadman Gertrude Mann Edith Mellor perform. Thursday's bill will be completely changed.
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Theatre Comique
Taft
Japan
Mae Vincent
al Steadman
Gertrude Mann
Edith Mellor
Hub Theatre Sees Weekly Records With Miles Brothers Show
Hub Theatre continues weekly records with Miles Brothers presenting a mix of vaudeville, songs, and quality singers. Harlem Brothers ECCentric acrobats, Cannons, De Forest, Miss Maud Weston and Daniel O Mara headline, plus a new comedy and sensational pictures. Thursday features an entire change in the bill.
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Hub Theatre
Miles Brothers
Harlem Brothers
Cannons
de Forest
Maud Weston
Daniel O'Mara
Scenic Temple Maintains Popular Amusement Standards
The Scenic Temple continues its high quality shows with excellent films and newly colored dissolving views. The program includes a monologue, a sight specialty, vocalists, instrumentalists and a breezy comedy sketch, with the full orchestra performing opera selections. A Thursday program change is noted.
The Witching Hour Shines At Majestic Theatre
Last two weeks at Majestic Theatre show a feverish interest in the striking play The Witching Hour. Critics praise John Mason and the supporting company for living the roles with startling realism and call the acting of the highest order.
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Majestic Theatre
Thomas
John Mason
Mr. Mason
Witching Hour
Austin and Stone's Museum Vaudeville Show Prevails
The program featured Princess Cairo a Moham med dancer with dances of Cleopatra the snake and barefoot pieces plus other acts. Hayes and Hayes Morris and Bowman Roland and Morin Kenney and Adams Manhattan Girls Steele and Kenney Lamont See Saw songs and Chauffer and the Maid drew applause. Curio hall Wormwoods bears monkeys dogs and musical monkeys entertained with bells and trained dogs and clever bears delighting children.
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Cairo
Mohammed
Austin & Stone
Hayes
Morris and Bowman
Roland
Morin
Kenney
Adams
Manhattan
Steele
Miss Lamont
Ross
French
Gray
Elsa
Campbell
Curio Hall
Wormwood
Lena Rivers at the Grand Opera House Delights Fans
The Grand Opera House presents Lena Rivers by Mary J. Holmes with Miss Glaydis George starring as Lena Rivers. John Dunton and Miss Georgiana Wilson also headline a strong cast as the production tours the region to acclaim.
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Mary J. Holmes
Lena Rivers
Grand Opera House
Holmes
New England
South
Lena
Miss Glaydis George
John Dunton
Durward Bellmont
Lightning Conductor Opens Week at Castle Square
The Lightning Conductor received its first Boston performances at Castle Square during auto show week. John Craig plays an Englishman masquerading as a chauffeur with Mary Young as the American tourist. The cast includes Friebus Meek Trassell Cleveland Colcord West Binley Evarts Murray Roberts. next week, You Never Can Tell by Shaw follows.
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John Craig
Castle Square
Boston
France
Americans in Paris at Palace Theatre Delivers Lavish Burlesque
Palace Theatre manager Fred Irwin presents a two act seven scene musical burlesque Americans in Paris with a strong cast led by Gus Fay and Joe Hollander. Clara Rackett Evelyn Walker and a versatile company perform music dance and revelry with notable specialties by the Racketts Magda Dahl and the Peerless Quartet. Amateur night is set for Friday.
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Fred Irwin
The
Majestics
Palace Theatre
Paris
Gus Fay
Joe Hollander
Ernest Rackett
al Bonner
Clara Rackett
Evelyn Walker
Racketts
Magda Dahl
Lillian Carter
Marie Hartman
Marie Beaugard
Joe Bonner
Peerless
Colonial Theatre Ends Fritzi Scheff Run in Boston
Fritzi Scheff wraps up her engagement at the Colonial Theatre with The Prima Donna. The show pairs Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert and features a strong supporting cast led by James Sullivan. Box office sales begin at 8 this morning for The Girls of Gottenberg and the musical comedy's New York and London vogue.
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Fritzi Scheff
Boston
Colonial Theatre
Mme. Scheff
Henry Blossom
Victor Herbert
Katherine Stewart
Renee Dyris
Gottenberg
London
New York
James Blakely
Aimee Angeles
Lionel McKinder
Louise Dresser
May Naudain
John E. Hazzard
Boston Welcomes Scotch Star Jack Lorimer at Orpheum
ORPHEUM THEATRE crowds celebrate Jack Lorimer and wife as Highland regalia parade to the theatre. Lorimer earns wild cheers for singing and dancing, with a full band of Highlanders, while Grace Tyson Arthur McWatters Rita Redmond and Mile. Vanity headline a strong vaudeville bill including Toblitsky Bosanquet and the Huxter Brothers.
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Boston
Jack Lorimer
MacIntyre
Scotland
England
Loch Lomond
Grace Tyson
Arthur McWatters
Miss Tyson
Mr. McWatters
George Arliss
Victor Moore
Eddie Foy
Rita Redmond
Mile
Vanity
Alex. Carr
Toblitsky
Bosanquet
Huxter Brothers
Wiltons
Lorimer
Park Theatre Nightlife Sees Hattie Williams End Run of Fluffy Ruffles
Hattie Williams bids farewell to Park Theatre audiences this week as Fluffy Ruffles closes, with the revival of the song Experience and support from William Norris Bert Leslie and a strong cast. Naval officers from New Jersey and Missouri visit the show along with Charlestown navy yard officials. Beauty contest prize winners, six young ladies, occupy boxes and plan to appear Wednesday in the suffragette scene.
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Hattie Williams
Park Theatre
Miss Williams
William Norris
Bert Leslie
New Jersey
Missouri
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charles Rrohman
Columbia Theatre thrills with Strolling Players and Broadway tributes
The Columbia Theatre showcased Theise's Strolling Players delivering a lively bill headlined by The Devil’s travesty. Highlights included Broadway star cameos, a Music Master showcase by David Warfield impersonator Sam Liebert, and performances by Cowan, Adams, Pearl, Hearn, Barto, Ardell, and Conboy. An olio followed with song and dance. next are Young Sandow and Cyclone Burns, then the hook and trick drop curtain.
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Columbia
Theise
Newport
David Warfield
Sam Liebert
George M. Cowan
Kmddie Barto
Margie Cowboy
Maude Adams
Elizabeth Adams
Gertrude Hoffman
Salome
Kathryn Pearl
Sam Hearn
Eddie Barto
Lillian Ardell
Sperry's flagship Connecticut sails to New York
The battleship Connecticut, flagship of Admiral Sperry's fleet, weighed anchor at Hampton Roads on March 8 for New York. The other battleships Louisiana Wisconsin Georgia Illinois and Kentucky were set to depart for home stations. Kentucky to Norfolk instead of Philadelphia.
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Norfolk
Connecticut
Keith's Theatre Brings Star Vaudeville Bill to Town
Keith's Theatre presents a strong vaudeville program headlined by Neil Burgess in a condensed The County Fair with Aunt Abby. Jerome and Schwartz perform, Claire RomineLE "London's Pet Boy" pleases Boston crowds, and acts include Pals sketch Monroe and Mack Taking the Third Degree Trapnell sisters Whitaker and Hill Evans and Lee Beatrick Brewer and company The Interrupted Rehearsal Maud and Gladys Finney Louis Guertin and Picquays with a standout back handspring routine.
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Keith's
Neil Burgess
Abby
Keith's Theatre
Jerome and
Schwartz
Claire Romaine
London
Boston
Hal Davis and Company
Monroe
Mack
Trapnell
Whitaker
Hill
Evans and Lee
Ed Gray
Beatrick
Brewer and Company
Maud
Gladys Finney
Louis Guertin
Picquays
Bowery Burlesquers At Gaiety In Too Much Isaacs
Gaiety Theatre presents the Bowery Burlesquers in the two act musical comedy Too Much Isaacs featuring Ben Jansen as the lead. The first act follows a New York department store daily bustle and the second is set at a Hudson shore resort. The show promises constant laughter with witty dialogue, clever specialties, and an engaging chorus of 20 attractive singers.
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Bowery
Hudson Shore
Gardner and Gardner headline at the Howard Atheneum
The Howard Atheneum hosts Jimmy Gardner and Billy Gardner with a dual daily appearance after recent win over Bill McKinnon. The show features Jack Sheehan Henry Myers Joe Ellis and a full vaudeville bill including Kenney Hollis Lero Payne Perry and Gertie Everett among others. Films run between acts as the week-long engagement continues daily.
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Jimmy Gardner
Billy Gardner
The
Howard
Bill McKinnon
Jimmy
Jack Sheehan
Henry Myers
Joe Ellis
Gardner
Lowell
Cherry Blossoms
John Perry
Kenney
Hollis
Boston
Lero
Payne
Carlisle
Perry
Granville
Mack
Monk
Lillie Perry
Hunt
Brown
Harris
C. W. Littlefield
America
Durands
Gertie Everett
Reded
Hadley
Castelluci
Harry Rego and Company
Injunction Against the Fletchers Stands in Rutland
Judge Zed S. Stanton upheld the injunction against Clifford C. Fletcher and Clauson Fletcher in the Vermont Accident Insurance case. The order lets the Perry brothers William F. and Walter G. Perry and A. C. Mason of Keene New Hampshire continue operating the company. The dispute traces to January annual meeting when rival factions claimed a board of directors.
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Rutland
March
Zed S. Stanton
Superior Court
Vermont Accident Insurance Company
Clifford C. Fletcher
Clauson Fletcher
William F
Walter G. Perry
A. C. Mason
Keene, N. H
Unhappy Marriages End in Divorce Court Decrees
Thirteen women earned decrees in a Divorce Court session led by Judge Lawton. Grounds cited included desertion cruel and abusive treatment and drunkenness. Several divorces and alimony arrangements were ordered with custody outcomes noted. A separate note mentions Union Pacific coal lands in Wyoming valued at about 1.5 million dollars linked to dummy entries.
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Rose Gershenoff
Harry
Russia
Harriet Sefton
John H. Sefton
Elizabeth LaPierre
Louis L
Gertrude JD. Staples
Boston
Edward B
Florence B. Track
Dedham
Frances E. Chambers
Florence J. Davis
Frank B. Davis
Lynn
Margaret Hamilton
William Hamilton
Griffith W
Robert
Alice A. Tryyer
Holyoke
Thank A. Dyer
William H. Parks
Brockton
Mary FE. Parks
Parks
Ada L
Ellen Carrafello
Michele Carrafello
O'Brien
Union Pacific Railway
Wyoming
Settlement Ends Coal Land Suit in Interior Action
Washington March 8 the Secretary of the Interior announced a settlement in the government lawsuit over coal lands. Details describe terms reached to resolve the dispute and end litigation between federal authorities and the named parties.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Whiskey Cure for Lame Back and Rheumatism
An era of medical discussion grows over whiskey based remedies. A formula mixes whiskey Toris compound and syrup Sarsaparilla compound with meals and before bed claiming muscular relief and systemic health benefits. The text asserts appetite boost and restoration of vigor with repeated use.
Clifford Found Guilty of Theft
Dorchester solicitor Henry G. Clifford was found guilty by a Superior Criminal Court jury of larceny of 1400 dollars from monument contractor William A. Gould. Clifford allegedly promised to obtain monument contracts in Newton Quincy Revere and other towns and Gould paid him money on the belief.
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Henry G. Clifford
Dorchester
Superior Criminal Court
William A. Gould
Clifford
Gould
Newton
Quincy
Revere
Gilchrist Co Celebrates Fifty Fourth Anniversary in Boston
The Boston firm Gilchrist Co marks 54 years since its 1855 origin, tracing growth from 5 Winter Street through multiple expansions to Washington Street. The celebration features anniversary bargains across all stock with aggressive pricing and a policy of fair exchanges and returns to guarantee quality.
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George Turnbull & Co
Winter Street
Churchill, Watson & Co
Gilchrist
Churchill, Gilchrist & Smith
R. & J. Gilchrist
7 Winter Street
Gilchrist & Co
Washington Street
Washington and
Winter Streets
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No. 413
Gilchrist Company
Boston
Cooper's New Discovery Restores Health for Musician Harry Hamilton
Harry F. Hamilton of New York reports a long illness healed after using Cooper's New Discovery. He details stomach and digestive troubles, kidney pain, rheumatism, and how the remedy brought rapid relief and complete recovery. The testimonial promotes Cooper Medicine Co. Dayton Ohio and urges readers to obtain the treatment locally.
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Harry F. Hamilton
East Fifty-ninth Street
New York
Mr. Hamilton
Cooper
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
Ohio
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