Cross-Country Event Preparations Spur Intercollegiate Race
Colleges gear up for a Saturday cross-country meet on the MIT Brookline course under the Intercollegiate A A A banner. Harvard Tech Yale and Cornell led by Coach Moakley train hard with Morris Park cited as an ideal spectators’ view. Bowdoin will not participate this year as Princeton hosts the event shifted from New Jersey to Boston.
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Brookline
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A. A
Harvard
Tech
Yale
Jack Moakley
Princeton
Moakley
Cornell
Morris Park
New York
Boston
Bowdoin
White
Watkins
MacKenzie
Maccrendie
Technology
Post Team Dominates Tre Monts in Commercial League
In Boston at the alleys the Post team rolled to three straight strings, posting 2799 and 2578 totals. Puffer starred with 268 in his second string and 658 for the evening, while the Emmerson team took two strings and earned the Beacon total.
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Boston Alleys
Post
Commercial League
Tremonts
Puffer
Emmerson
Beacon
Flite Alleys Scores and Totals in Loch Lot Meet
In a compact arcade scorecard style, numbers list tallies for games at Flite alleys. Reading shows team totals 479 and 459 with 430 and 1368 as partial scores and contact line 404 426-1282 for further details.
Giant Wrestlers to Meet at Columbia Theatre
Two of the city’s largest wrestlers will clash at the Columbia Theatre Wednesday night in a special arrangement between Manager Farren and promoter George Kennedy. Kennedy, back from Europe with top contenders, brings Raoul de Rouen to scout and introduce new talent. The program features Tangal the Turk versus Ebberly, both around 240 pounds, as part of a series to decide contenders for the world champion Gotch.
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Columbia Theatre
Farren
George Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
Europe
Frank Gotch
Raoul de Rouen
Tangal
Ebberly
300 Terriers Shine at Boston Terrier Club Show
The Mechanics Building opens at 10 am Wednesday for the Boston Terrier Club three day show. About 300 terriers will be on display including champions and top prize winners. Dr. C A White of Chicago will judge for the first time in this region and 185 special prizes are offered.
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Mechanics Building
Boston Terrier Club
C. A. White
Chicago
Crafts Will Is Sustained In Probate Court
Hannah D. Tammans of East Boston niece of the late William D. Crafts challenged her uncle's will in probate court seeking to break it. Judge Grant sustained the will awarding the bulk of the $17 000 estate to Ida G. Vannever, Crafts' fiancée for 10 years. Mrs Tammans plans Supreme Court appeal citing undue influence and strained relations with the uncle.
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Hannah D. Tammans
Boston
William D. Crafts
Grant
Ida G. Vannever
Crafts
Tammans
George H. Shields
Improvement Day at 1915 Boston Exposition
The Improvement Day program at the 1915 Boston Exposition split into afternoon and evening sessions. Afternoon speakers included Dr Laura A C Hughes and Mrs Clara B Bentley with Rev C R Eliot and William C Ewing presiding. Evening sessions were led by Judge M H Sullivan and Myer Bloomfield with speakers Nathaniel C Fowler Jr John Ritchie Jr Henry Neal Frank S Mason and J Lincoln Steffens.
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Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr
John Ritchie, Jr
Henry Neal
Frank S. Mason
J.lincoln Steffens
Cobb and Wagner Plan January Hunting Party
Macon Ga November 15 Tyrus Cobb Detroit outfielder and Hans Wagner Pittsburg shortstop will join a hunting party at George T. Stallings plantation near Macon early in January.
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Macon
Tyrus Cobb
Detroit
Hans Wagner
Pittsburg
Here
George T. Stallings
New York Americans
Shipping News Nov 16 Vessel Movements And Arrivals
Shipping report lists arrivals including Menominee Anfindsen Lichtenfeld Esparza Halifax Hawkesbury Algonquin Staples Jacksonville City of Columbus Bury Savannah Ontario Bond Baltimore and many tugs and barges. Cleared steamers Ivernia Hannah M Bell City of Columbus Savannah Bunker Hill James S Whitney Eva Stewart and more. Sailed Governor Cobb Malden Everett Kennebec Nantucket Sutton Hall and others. multiple towings and port movements noted.
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Menominee
Anfindsen
Antwerp
Lichtenfeld
Ger
Frerichs
Calcutta
Esparza
Glenn
Port Simon
C. R
Halifax
Ellis
Charlottetown
Hawkesbury
C. B
N. S
Algonquin
Staples
Jacksonville
Brunswick
Charleston
City of Columbus
Bury
Savannah
Ontario
Bond
Baltimore
Newport News
Lackawanna
Lewis
Hoboken
N. J
Ampere
Poccono
Prudence
Chandler
Philadelphia
Manheim
Schuylkill
Patience
Willin
Cto
Cleona
Portsmouth
Beechwood
Gloucester
Barry
Tamaqua
Isaks
Sevier
Langhorre
Newburyport
Cacoosing
Thomaston
Ivernia
Liverpool
Hannah M. Bell
Bunker Hill
New York
James S. Whitney
Barkentine
Ethel VY. Boynton
Eva Stewart
Parrsboro
N. 8
Governor Cobb
St. John
N. B
Portland
Eastport
Malden
Everett
Kennebec
Massachusetts
Nantucket
Sutton Hall
Blanche
Haverhill
Monocacy
Conewago
Salem
Robesonia
Phenix
Kimberton
Ephrata
Coleraine
Buck Ridge
Onward
Port Wade
Emma E.potter
Clementsport
Marry Morris
St. Martins
George A. McFadden
Edward J. Lawrence
Hampton Roads
Edward&. Brirr
Charles W. Jureh
Margaret Haskell
Ned P. Walker
Hortensia
Oliver Ames
Sheepscat River
M. E. Eldredge
New Bedford
Everett C Brown elected A A U president in New York
Everett C Brown of Chicago is chosen president of the Amateur Athletic Union, succeeding James E Sullivan of New York who becomes secretary-treasurer. The Southern California Athletes Association gains membership, a new rule protects under 16 athletes from races over five miles, and Emilio Lunghi's Montreal 830 yard record is approved amid a year with a deficit in cross country and gymnastics events.
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New York
Everett C. Brown
Chicago
The
Amateur Athletic Union
James E. Sullivan
Sullivan
Southern California Athletics Association
Emilio Lunghi
Montreal
Lichtenfels Arrives with Boston Consignments and Trade Updates
The Lichtenfels from Hamburg docked at Cunard pier with 10,000 bales of jute and other goods including plum bago and Hessian cloth. Captain Frøgidhs said she sailed from Chittagong on Sept 28 with 2600 tons of jute for Boston and New York, total cargo 8094 tons valued over $1,000,000. Nearby, imports to Boston for the year 1909 show a strong rise, with weekly customs data highlighting sharp increases in both imports and exports.
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Hansas Line
Lichtenfels
Hamburg
Chittagong
Calcutta
India
Cunard
Boston
Fr¢gidhs
Chitta
Naples
Azores
McDonald
Lizard
London
Ocean Steamship Company
Savannah
Sabine
Seneca
City of Columbus
Lewis Wharf
Sea Island
Jacksonville
Brunswick
Charleston
J. N. Staples
New York
Huron
C. W. Devereaux
Malden
Erie Basin
Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Rockefeller to Receive $10 Million Through Oil Dividend
New York November 15 Standard Oil declares a quarterly dividend of 10 a share totaling 10 million for the quarter and 40 a share for the year amounting to 40 million. John D Rockefeller owns a quarter of the stock and will receive 10 million.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Viola Allen Returns to Boston in The White Sister
After a long absence Viola Allen opened at the Majestic Theatre in Boston with The White Sister by Crawford and Hackett. The cast, including James ONeil William Farnum Fanny Addison Pitt Minna Gale Richie Ling and others, delivered strong performances in a dramatic tale set in Rome about love duty and religious vows.
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Boston
Viola Allen
Majestic Theatre
F. Marion Crawford
Walter Hackett
Crawford
Rome
Giovanni Severi
Africa
Giovanni
Miss Allen
James O'Neil
Wiliam Farnum
Fanny Addison Pitt
Minna Gale
Richie Ling
Basili
Joseph Whiting
Dwight Dana
Joseph Carducci
Belle Chippendale Warner
Park Theatre Presents A Gentleman From Mississippi
A naturalistic Park Theatre comedy set in Washington features Senator from Mississippi played by Thomas A Wise and Douglass Fairbanks as a sharp reporter. Fairbanks quickly wins the senator over and lands a private secretary berth. Holiday matinee on Thanksgiving Day. seats on sale at the Park.
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Mississippi
Park Theatre
Washington
Thomas A. Wise
Douglass Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Castle Square Theatre Presents The College Widow Football Scene
The Castle Square Theatre features The College Widow by George Ade with a vivid football game between Atwater and Bingham colleges as part of the action. Craig and Miss Young lead a strong cast delivering sharp character contrasts and lively college town humor. Next week the theater stages Hoyt’s farce A Contented Woman.
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Castle Square
George Ade
Atwater
Bingham
Mr. Craig
Miss Young
Mr. Meek
Mr. Hassel
Mr. Firebus
Mr. Roberts
Miss Binley
Flora Wiggins
Charles H. Hoyt
Moving Pictures Highlight Johnson Ketchel Fight At American Hall
A vaudeville bill at American Music Hall wowed patrons with moving pictures of the Johnson Ketchel fight as a centerpiece. New acts included the Three Madcaps, the Marco Twins, Rinaldo the wandering violinist, and humorist George Fuller Golden. W H Whittle offered ventriloquism and a pantomime titled A Night at Maxine's.
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Vauderlilie
Marco Twins
Rinaldo
Lucia di
Perezoffs
W. E. Whittle
Lillian Russell Stars In The Widow's Might At Hollis Street
Lillian Russell headlines the Hollis Street Theatre last night in The Widow's Might a new comedy by Edmund Day. The plot follows four suitors of a widow facing a mercenary guardian with Russell displaying strong comic talents aided by an balanced supporting cast including Truesdell Tuohy McVickar Hitchcock Booth O Hara Burton Fitzgerald Mortimer Westford. The piece runs two weeks and showcases her charm and gowns while delivering lively humor despite an unreal central plot.
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Lillian Russell
Hollis Street Theatre
Boston
Edmund Day
Miss Russell
Withal
Frederick Truesdell
Joseph Tuohy
Julius McVickar
Walter Hitchcock
Sydney Booth
John D. O’hara
Samuel Burton
Daniel Fitzgerald
Ellen Mortimer
Susanne Westford
Tremont Theatre Sees Third Week Of The Love Cure
Tremont Theatre enters its third week of The Love Cure with full houses and strong audience praise. Performers Lina Abarbanell and Craig Campbell receive acclaim for songs while Charles J. Ross earns admiration for acting in a witty musical romance. Florence Reid replaces Florence Nielsen as Mildred Silliman and wins quick favor with the crowd.
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Tremont Theatre
Mme
Lina Abarbanell
Craig Campbell
Charles J. Ross
Mr. Ross
Florence Reid
Florence Nielsen
Mildred Silliman
Miss Reid
The Fair Co ed plays Colonial Theatre in Boston
Elsie Janis opens the final half of her engagement at the Colonial Theatre with a popular co educated girls theme. A masquerade naval cadet scene amuses and impresses as college boys would be mystified. Her celebrity imitations draw repeated call backs and praise for the show. Matinee performances are added for Wednesday and Thanksgiving Day during the run.
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Elsie Janis
Colonial Theatre
Boston
Miss Janis
Janis
Blue Mouse ends at Globe Theatre with star cast
The Globe Theatre in Boston closes its current run of The Blue Mouse as it begins its final week. After this engagement the show moves on to Philadelphia and resumes under Shubert management. Star performers Mabel Barrison Harry Conor Zelda Sears are slated for future productions. Clyde Fitch's The City debuts on November 22 on a metropolitan stage.
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Boston
Blue Mouse
Globe Theatre
Philadelphia
Mabel Barrison
Shubert
Harry Conor
Zelda Sears
Clyde Fitch
Theatre Premier Presents New Showbill of Plays and Music
Premier's program features stage pieces including Dora and The Road Agent along with Good Lesson in Charity and Running in Hard Luck. A return engagement by the Koppas brothers with new numbers joins Lilian Melcher Annett La Vine Misther Ray and Leo Ryan in a strong musical lineup. Talking pictures grow in popularity at the venue.
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Dora
India
Koppas Brothers
Lilian Melcher
Annett la Vine
Misther Ray
Leo Ryan
Talking Pictures
Keith's Theatre Presents New Acts and Classics This Season
Review lauds Keith's Theatre program with Billy B Van in Props and other new acts. Amelia Summerville returns with songs and stories. W C Fields unveils new hat stunts. Exposition Four delivers music and comedy. Barry duo and Hall Brothers entertain. Al Raysnes' dogs headline marvels. Kinetograph shows Pittsburgh vs Detroit game highlights.
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Keith’s
Sam Mahoney
Billy B. van
Patsy Bolivar
Rose
Nellie Beaumont
Van
Beaumont Sisters
Mr. van
W. C. Fields
Europe
Exposition
Amelia Summerville
Jennie Barry
Henfoot Corners
Ryan
White
Hall Brothers
Boston
al Raynes
Pittsburg
Detroit
Columbia Theatre Burlesque Night Features Jets and Acts
The Columbia Theater presents the Mankichi troupe of Japanese jugglers along with burlesque, a singing chorus and a trio of noted female principals. Mike Kelly and Ben Cook provide standout humor. Performers include Gertrude Fiske Alma Burman May Belmont and a strong chorus. Tomorrow Ebberly faces Turk Tangal while Friday brings amateur entertainment.
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Columbia
Mike Kelly
Michael
Ben Cook
Gertrude Fiske
Alma Burman
May Belmont
Alio
Chick
Bicycle
Quigg
Nickerson
Burman
Belmont
Tangal
The Sporting Deacon at Grand Opera House
William H. Turner stars in The Sporting Deacon at the Grand Opera House this week. The loyal deacon owns Queen Mab a top racing horse but faces ostracism over his racing habit. A theft of Queen Mab entangles the plot as a lover is suspected, then cleared and the race proceeds to a happy ending.
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William H. Turner
Sporting Deacon
Grand Opera House
Queen Mab
Mab
Four Legged Woman Austin and Stones Show
Myrtle Corbin the only four legged woman in the world began a new engagement at Austin and Stone's museum. The curio hall is crowded daily with her act supported by Fielding the man fish and Prince Mungo. The Manhattan stage presents Harry Church Erla Musette Dolly Clifford Cassie French Frank Van Etta Tom Bullock. vaudeville includes Tom Fleming Dick and Dolly Barry the Gideon Trio and Tom Bullock.
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Myrtle Corbin
Austin & Stone
Curio Hall
Fielding
Manfish
Prince Mungo
Manhattan
Harry Church
Erla Musette
Dolly Clifford
Cassie French
Frank van Etta
Tom Bullock
Tom Fleming
Dolly Barry
Gideon Trio
Palace Theatre hosts ten acts for week long vaudeville show
An all star vaudeville program at the Palace Theatre features Margaret Rosa and company in Stage Aspirations Hoffmand and Kelly clever dancers Professor Corey magic Lander and Allen Those Minstrels Harvard Judge juggling stunts Harry Pieres the potato man Ardele and Leslie character changes Charles T. Bordeley eccentric comedian and Germaine and Langley in a comedy ladder act plus a series of motion pictures.
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New Palace Theatre
Margaret Rosa and Company
Hoffmand and Kelly
Professor Corey
Lander and Allen
Harvard
Harry Pieres
Ardele and
Leslie
Charles T. Bordeley
Germaine and
Langley
Fred Irwin Tops Gaiety Theatre Show With Broadway Cast
The gay and festive Fred Irwin headlined at the Gaiety Theatre yesterday with What Happens After Twelve a musical comedy full of clean humor and a chorus of 49 Broadway show girls. The vaudeville lineup included Leeds and Lamar, Coccia and Amato Apache dancers, Engleton and Dixon travesty artists, and the Watson sisters with the Imperial Ortette.
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Fred Irwin
Gaiety Theatre
Irwin
Leeds
Lamar
Cocccia
Engleton and
Dixon
Watson Sisters
The
Imperial Ortette
Howard Atheneum Burlesque Show Delivers Up to the Minute Entertainment
The Howard Atheneum featured Dave Marion and the Dreamland Burlesquers in a 1909 style program. Marion wrote much of the material with tunes like Slumberland and The Great White Way. The bill included Rosalie sisters, Bailey and Teare, Jeans and Carena, DeCorret and Rego, the Lovitts, and others with a mix of singing, dancing, juggling, and comedy.
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The
Howard
Dave Marion
Dreamland Burlesquers
New York
Bailey and Teare
Jeans
Carena
Prince
DeCorret
Rego
Charles B. Dayton
Mre. Antoinette
Ferris and
Davis
Thibault
Drink at Bowdoin Square Theatre A melodrama thrills crowds
Bowdoin Square Theatre presented Drink by the Lothrop stock company. Charlotte Hunt stars as Gervaise the laundress facing hardship and peril. Frederick Van Rensselaer as Coupeau leads a plot with Virginia and a scheming villain. The cast includes Edytha Ketchum Beatrice Turner and others as the audience cheers a moving picture feature accompanying the drama. The show runs this week with bargain matinees for ladies.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Lothrop Stock Company
Charlotte Hunt
Gervaise
Virginia
Frederick van Rensselaer
Coupeau
James Barrett
Edytha Ketchum
Beatrice Turner
Florence Hale
Ruth Francis
Tommy Shearer
Harry Humphrey
Harry Brooks
Hal Brown
Harold Clairmont
Sam Brack
Boston Exposition Showcases Live Human Life and Inventions
The 1915 Boston Exposition in the old Art Museum builds a strong case for its originality with live exhibits from the Perkins Institution and the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind. Visitors flock to watch the Curtiss biplane, airship rooms, marionette theatre, moving pictures, and lectures. The films cover education of the blind, airship flights, Hudson Fulton celebrations, and scientific topics from ant life to butterfly existence, while a church history series highlights philanthropic and educational foundations.
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Old
Art Museum
Copley Square
Boston
Perkins Institution
Massachusetts Commission For the Blind
North Bennett Street
New York
Church
Hub Theatre Presents Varied Act Lineup Next Week
Madison Square shows feature John Zimmer Hallett and Stack Knox brothers Helene Martyne and Hardy Lynd Jewett Lynd with a mix of comedy song and dance. An entire change of programme starts Monday Thursday as usual.
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Madison Square
John Zimmer
Hallett and
Stack
Knox Brothers
Helene
Martyne and Hardy
Lynd
Jewett
Hub Theatre
Illustrated lectures on The British Empire in Chickering Hall
Professor F. C. de Sumichrast will present the second in a series of illustrated talks on The British Empire at Chickering Hall under the Victoria League. The first lecture on Oct. 27 drew a strong audience and the remaining dates are Dec. 15, Jan. 19, Feb. 16, March 16 and April.
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Chickering Hall
British Empire
F. C. de Sumichrast
Victoria League
New Boston to Galveston Line Announced
The Mallory line with Clyde Steamship Company will start a new weekly Boston to Galveston service on Degril with Wednesday sailings. Calls include Charleston and Jacksonville. ships San Mareces Colorado Algonquin Onondaga Chippewa Katahdin alternate weekly. Chamber of Commerce transportation committee secured the line.
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Boston
Galveston
Transportation Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce
Platts Annoyer Could Escape Trial In Forgery Case
Mae Wood indicted for forgery and perjury in connection with her suit against ex Senator Thomas Platt. She did not appear when the case was called. The case was marked off the calendar as prosecutors cited Platt's feeble condition as the main obstacle to proceeding.
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New York
Mae €. Wood
Thomas Co. Platt
Miss Wood
Platt
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