The Charlatan at Tremont with Hopper and Klein
De Wolf Hopper presents The Charlatan with Sousa and Klein at the Tremont. The Boston premiere features Hopper in the title role and Alfred Klein in drag, with strong chorus work but some uneven music and a few missed chances. Nella Bergen appears as prima donna while Alice Judson shines in a lively soubrette part.
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Sousa
Klein
Hopper
New York
Messrs. Sousa
Mr. Hopper
Nella Bergen
Alfred Klein
Alice Judson
Columbia Theatre vaudeville stars headline week at the Columbia
Billy Clifford and Maud Huth open a week at the Columbia Theatre in A High Born Lady a three act sketch by Herbert Hall Winslow. The pair lead a strong cast including Harry E. Fisher and Samuel J. Adams with sketches and cake walk finale. Audiences praised the snap and humor.
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Columbia Theatre
Billy Clifford
Maud Huth
Herbert Hall Winslow
Huth
Clifford
Willie du Much
Chappie
Harry E. Fisher
Samuel J. Adams
Mr. Adams
James A. Herne
Shore Acres
Darkies
Oene
Columbia
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents In the Name of the Czar
The Bowdoin Square Theatre staged In the Name of the Czar as a strong modern melodrama in two performances yesterday. It drew packed houses and promises continued popularity.
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Bowdoin
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Franklin Fund Public Hearing on November 14 1898
The Board of Managers of the Franklin Fund will hold a public hearing Monday November 14 1898 at 8 pm in the Aldermanic Chamber City Hall. The meeting will discuss rescinding the December 28 1899 vote that directed funds for a Franklin Trades School in Boston and decide the future disposition of the fund. Per order William Hilott chairman J M Galvin clerk.
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Franklin Fund
Aldermanic Chamber
City Hall
Boston
Franklin Trades School
William Hilott
J. M. Galvin
Evans’ Ale Celebrates Superior Brewing Science
The advertisement proclaims Evans’ Ale as the world standard for ale brewing, claiming triumph of science over ignorance and noting the beer’s high degree of perfection in brewing and brightness.
Health and marriage ideals in an old age vision
A reflection on noble marriage goals higher health as the path to lifelong happiness. It extols Dr. Pierce internal remedies for male and female health, praises Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery, and notes stage show performances and upcoming museum sales amid a backdrop of public praise and entertainment.
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Dr. Pierce
Bowdoin Square stock company stages strong week of theater
The Bowdoin Square Theatre stock company presents an excellent production with superb staging and a large trained cast. E. L. Snader excels in the heavy role, Maurice Darcy debuts as the hero, and Fanny McIntyre lights the heroine part. Matinees daily with the best seats priced at 50 cents. next week the offering will be Trilby.
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Iay
Bowdoin Square Theatre Stock Company
E. L. Snader
Maurice Darcy
Bowdoin Square Stock Company
Fanny McIntyre
Florence Hale
Carley
Mark Kent
Mamie Gilroy
Helen Byron
Gertrude Hill
Henriette Rich
Trilby
The Girl From Paris Opens at Grand Opera House
E E Rices production of The Girl From Paris played to a large crowd at the Grand Opera House last evening. Delia Stacy Julie Bon Bon and Sidney De Grey as Pompiers drew praise for acting and dialect while Olive Wallace and Allie Clark gave notable turns. Amarita danced skillfully and J C Marlowe impressed as Major Fossdyde in a strong overall cast. The engagement continues this week with the Russell brothers coming next in Maids to Order.
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Grand Opera House
E. E. Rice
Paris
London
Delia Stacy
Julie Bon Bon
Sidney de Grey
Olive Wallace
Ruth
Mary Jane
Harry Ermsen
Allie Clark
Ebenezer Honeycomb
J. C. Marlowe
Major Fossdyde
Amarita
Russell Brothers
Cyrano de Bergerac at Castle Square Theatre Ends Week Run
A revival of Cyrano de Bergerac plays to a large audience at Castle Square Theatre with the same cast as prior performances. Minor stage changes enhance scenes while actors Gilmour and Miss Lawrence receive noted praise. a violet water bottle souvenir is offered at today's matinee. After Cyrano, The Solicitor opens next Monday.
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Castle Square Theatre
Ollowing
The White Heather at Boston Theatre Ends Engagement Soon
The Boston Theatre runs The White Heather in its last week with strong public favor and a star cast led by Rose Coghlan John T Sullivan Grace Thorne Olive May Sara Maclaren Alice Arnold Fred Perry Wallace Campbell Richard Bennett Charles Rowan and Herbert Ayling. Election returns bulletins will be read tonight during the performance. Next Monday Shore Acres opens for a three week engagement.
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Boston Theatre
Shore Acres
England
Scotland
Charles Frohman
White Heather
Rose Coghlan
John T. Sullivan
Grace Thorne
Olive May
Sara Maclaren
Alice Arnold
Fred Perry
Wallace Campbell
Richard Bennett
Boston Museum Presents Jack and the Beanstalk Return
The Boston Museum revives Jack and the Beanstalk to strong public delight. Performances meet the high standard set by prior visits and show marked improvement in music, costumes, and scenery.
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Boston Museum
Jack and the Beanstalk
The French Maid at Park and The Little Minister at Hollis Street
Park Theatre shows The French Maid entering its sixth week with Anna Held in the lead and a strong supporting cast as election bulletins are read during performances. At Hollis Street Theatre Maude Adams stars in The Little Minister for the final weeks, joined by William Harbeck Kittie Harbeck and other acts, with military pictures and a noted animal act providing variety.
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Park Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Edward E. Rice
Paris
Suzette
Anna Held
Charles A. Bigelow
Ellen Mostyn
William Armstrong
E. J. Heron
Edouard Jose
Eva Davenport
Yolande Wallace
Blanche Sherwood
Mamie Forbes
the Park
New York City
William
Kittie Harbeck
Jim” Harrigan
Frank Bush
Doherty
Biograph
Fighteenth
Pennsylvania
Glad Hand Burlesque Tops Howard's Week Show
The Howard's bill features Weber and Fields's Glad Hand Burlesque company with star vaudeville acts. Its main attraction is The Glad Hand a farce by Kenneth Lee and John Stromberg set at Bashbury Beach with Dutch fools and pranks. Joe Fields Mark Wooley and Al Curtiss lead the burlesque, with Margie Ford and the LaVerde sisters plus twenty dancers. The vaudeville lineup includes Douglass and Ford Will Halliday and Tom Ward Post and Clinton Fields and Wooley the German ambassadors Manning and Master Weston in The Irish Pawn broker. Mile Valesca Ike Johnson Scott and Cole Fredo and Forrest Bonnie Goodwin McLean and Hall Tom Crowley and Ned West also appear.
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Weber and
al Curtiss
Joe Weber
Lew Fields
Sam Bernard
Margie Ford
LaVerde
Douglass and
Ford
Will Halliday
Tom Ward
Bright Per Ecne
Post
Clinton
Mr. Post
Fields and Wooley
James H. Manning
Master Weston
Ine Howard
Mile
Valesca
Ike Johnson
Scott and Cole
Fredo and
Forrest
Bonnie Goodwin
McLean and Hall
Tom Crowley
Ned West
Comean
Vaudeville at Keith's Delights Audiences with Varied Acts
A full twelve hours of continuous performance featured the Hungarian Boys' Band in the final week of its run, Alice Raymond and John Kurkamp with cornet and violin solos, Maxwell and Stimson in illustrated songs, Conway and Staats with vocal numbers, Caicedo the daring Mexican aerialist, and the Behrwells a trio on flying rings. The program offered a lively mix to suit diverse tastes and drew strong audience applause throughout.
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Alice Raymond
John Kurkamp
Miss Raymond
Mr. Kurkamp
Conway and
Staats
Caicedo
Behrwells
Grand Theatre Presents Hurtig and Seaman Bowery Burlesquers
Patrons enjoyed one of the citys best burlesque troupes the Hurtig and Seaman Bowery Burlesquers at the Grand Theatre with afternoon and evening shows yesterday and this week. The bill features the Nelson sisters Lewis and Elliott Gladys Van Gracy and Burnett Truly Shattuck the World's trio Loney Haskell and a全 original satire Slumming with Boston specialty acts. Local favorites Dutton and Dracut Morgan and West and the Thomas and Watson company also perform in Muldoons Second Trip.
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South End
Grand Theatre
Hurtig
Seaman's
Bowery
Lewis and
Elliott
Gladys van
Lillian Russell
Gracy and
Burnett
Truly Shattuck
California
Loney Haskell
Monoere
New York
Boston
Dutton and
Palace Theatre to feature famed Greco-Roman wrestler Roeber
The Palace Theatre hosts a high profile Greco-Roman wrestling engagement led by Frank V. Dunn with Roeber challenging all comers and a $50 prize for throwing him within fifteen minutes. Roeber recently faced Leo Pardello and Northwest champion James Cleary amid a strong vaudeville lineup.
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Palace Theatre
Board of Aldermen
Frank V. Dunn
Roeber
Leo Pardello
Pardello
James Cleary
Northwest
Crane Brothers
Rosalie
Daisy
Devere
Bridget
West
Williams
Ford
Dot West
Alf Grant
Yeddo Wrestlers Stir Crowds at Museum Week of Shows
Yeddo wrestlers wow crowds at the Museum with new holds and lively bouts. Yato Tashveti, visiting from abroad, watched Harvard vs U P and expressed desire to play, promising to introduce the game home. The week features electros2.2e pictures, a strong vaudeville bill, Christine minstrels, and famed acts by Mamie Anderson and others.
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Austin & Stone's
Yato Tashveti
Soldiers Field
Harvard
U. P's
Christine Minstrels
Mamie Anderson
The
Muses
Patnaudes
Hogan
Glenroy
la Belle Wistana
Hughes
Andy
Moervellous Hornmann
Clark
Daly
Dr Bull's C Syrup Pleasant to Taste
A fragmented note praises Dr Bull's Ch Syrup for its pleasant taste and warns that a child should not take it. The text appears as a damaged OCR snippet with unclear context or additional details.
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Dr. Bull
High Rollers Burlesque At Lyceum and Tremont Temple Quartet
Perkins the great Danola and Mazie Howard headline a Lyceum Theatre burlesque week with The High Rollers delivering two acts and vaudeville turns. Tremont Temple hosts Kalterborn String Quartet with Soprano S. Marcia Craft and a varied program of Mendelssohn Tschaikowsky Raff Haydn and DeBennot pieces.
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Tremont Temple
Mendelssohn
Tschaikowsky
Herbert
Raff
Haydn
Mr. Kalterborn
DeBennot
Miss Crafts
Bevignani
Rosenthal Recitals Boost Demand for Music Hall Seats
Rosenthal’s success at last Saturday’s Symphony concert sparked high demand for his Music Hall recitals. He performs Wednesday November 16 and Wednesday November 23 with a varied program highlighting MacDowell in Boston. The Tremont Theatre and Ben Stern arrange two weeks’ engagement for Melbourne MacDowell Blanche Walsh and company in Cleopatra La Tosca and Fedora beginning December 12 with Fanny Davenport production quality. Andrew Mack returns to Boston Museum next Monday for The Ragged Earl after Jack and the Beanstalk. Mack, long famed as America’s favorite Irish comedian, brings new songs and an Irish ballad repertoire to the Boston audience.
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Macdowell
Boston
John Schoeffel
Tremont Theatre
Ben Stern
Melbourne
Blanche Walsh
Fanny Davenport
New York
Mr. MacDowel
Montreal
Andrew Mack
Boston Museum
Jack and the Beanstalk
Mr. Mack
America
Rich and Harris
Ragged Earl
Ernest Lacy
Joseph Humphreys
Mack
Irish Nationalists Call Americans to Reject Alliance With England
An address from English Irish Nationalists warns Irish Americans against any US Britain alliance as a British ploy. They accuse England of using American Spain tensions to control the Mediterranean and press US involvement in foreign wars while draining American labor and wealth. The message, dated London October 26, 1898, urges Irish soldiers in America to resist and preserve Ireland’s independence.
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Great Britain
England
America
Europe
Spain
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Republic
London
Columbia
Bunker Hill
Free America
Ireland
India
Africa
Ameri
Russia
John Bull
China
Republican Party
Pontenay
Limerick
$1 for Spicer Fund letter of support from 1898
A reader sends $1 to the Spicer Fund to aid the family of Walter Spicer who died in Cuba. The note praises postal clerks at the front and hopes returning soldiers will contribute in the future. Dated November 7, 1898.
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Post
Walter Spicer
Cuba
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