Food Fair Opens at Mechanics Building in Mass. Center
The Massachusetts Retail Grocers and Provision Dealers Association opened a five week food fair in the Mechanics Building yesterday. The event features a circus, dog show, band performances by Vessela and Tuskegee Jubilee Singers, and numerous exhibits including anthracite coal, fine crafts, and prize terriers. Bell Yeaton Menfrew’s ladies’ orchestra is slated as a upcoming headliner.
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Massachusetts Retail Grocers and Provision Dealers’ Association
Vessela
Tuskegee Institute Jubilee Singers
Massachusetts
Long Hall
Pennsylvania
Nellie Mack
Maxman
Little Teddy
Checkers
Merger Here Says Mellen
President Charles M. Mellen of the New Haven reports that a Boston Railroad Holding Company purchase will give indirect control of Boston and Maine stock via its stake in the holding company. He notes laws allow the deal and expects benefits for a New England railroad system and smoother administration. Total New Haven operating expenses for year ending 1909 were 36,080,306.54 with taxes and expenses at 7.73 percent of revenue on 54,347,630.97 in operating revenue.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston Railroad Holding Company
Charles 8. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Mellen
Boston Holding Company
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New Haven Road
New England Navigation Company
Boston « Maine Railroad
New England
New Haven
The Chorus Lady at Colonial and On the Eve at Hotte Street
Last night the Colonial Theatre opened week two of Rose Stahl in The Chorus Lady and drew crowds for the second act set in a burlesque dressing room. Boston audiences also packed Hotte Street Theatre for the final week of the Russian drama On the Eve featuring Hedwig Reicher and a strong supporting cast.
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Colonial Theatre
Rose Stahl
Patricia O’brien
Miss Stahl
Boston
Colonial
Hotte Street
Hedwig Reicher
Miss Reicher
Harry Davenport
Frank Keenan
Ethel Brandon
Frederick Lewis
Edwin Brandt
The Gay Hussars at Boston Theatre Ends Soon
Nine remaining opportunities to see Henry W Savage's romantic operetta The Gay Hussars at the Boston Theatre. The Hungarian quality music and rollicking comedy draw crowds as Misses Anna Bussert Muriel Terry Florence Reid and Bobby North earn pronounced hits ahead of the Oct 4 follow up Three Twins.
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Henry W. Savage
Boston
Savage
Anna Bussert
Muriel Terry
Florence Reid
Bobby North
Boston Wins Warm Echoes for A Gentleman from Mississippi
Boston, New York clashed in praise over the Park Theatre engagement as Thomas A. Wise stars as the Senator from Mississippi with convincing accent and gesture while Douglas Fairbanks impresses as the clever reporter in love scenes. The second week opens with strong acclaim.
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New York
Mississippi
Park Theatre
Thomas A. Wise
South
Douglas Fairbanks
Our New Minister at Castle Square Theatre
Denman Thompson stages a lively New England rural drama at Castle Square. The John Craig stock company delivers strong performances with Thaddeus Strong and Skeezicks from New York enhancing the village life portrayal. The run continues this week with a revival of The Circus Girl to follow.
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New England
Castle Square
Denman Thompson
John Craig Stock Company
Hardscrabble
Mr. Craig
Thaddeus Strong
al Roberts
Boy Skeezicks
New York
Knickerbocker Burlesquers Open at Gaiety Theatre
The Knickerbocker Burlesquers opened at the Gaiety Theatre yesterday afternoon. Holden and Marron led with The Girl and the Messenger Boy, singing well. Bowen Lina and Mull provided acrobatic novelty, and the California Trio offered a solid musical act. The second part reused the same title with musical numbers. Mark Adams Mark Wooley and Jimmie Rowland hosted the fun end. A closing march was cleverly performed.
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Knickerbocker
Mark Adams
Mark Wooley
Jimmie Rowland
Dr Frederick A Cook to Lecture in Boston Oct 1
Dr Frederick A Cook the Arctic explorer signs a contract with Symphony Hall management for the third lecture of his series in Boston next Friday night Oct 1 The first lecture was at Carnegie Hall New York and the second at the Academy of Music Philadelphia The talk will feature photographs from the far north including a view of the North Pole with an American flag The Arctic Club of America sponsors the lectures following a recent banquet with over 100 guests
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Frederick A. Cook
Cook
Boston
Carnegie Hall
New York
Academy of Music
Philadelphia
North Pole
Arctic Club of America
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William Collier to star in The Patriot at Hollis Street
Charles Frohman presents William Collier in The Patriot a three act farce by J Hartley Manners and Collier opening next Monday at Hollis Street Theatre in Boston Life in the West and fashionable London feature American Indians and British lords The supporting company is described as exceptional Box office opens at 8 this morning for seat sales.
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Charles Frohman
William Collier
Hollis Street Theatre
J. Hartley Manners
Mr. Collier
Far West
London
Havana Musical Opens at Majestic With Powers
Havana the big musical show with James T Powers begins at the Majestic Theatre next Monday. Seats go on sale Thursday morning. The production features the original company plus a new cast, gowns, scenery, and the Hello, People girls.
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Havana
James T. Powers
Majestic Theatre
Mr. Powers
Condit’s Ballroom at Revere Beach Seasonal Hours Extend
Condit’s Ballroom at Revere Beach will stay open every evening through October 18. Dancers enjoy the cool evenings for pleasant hours. Next Thursday the Maranacook vacationists plan a reunion and Friday features Centre Harbor night.
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Revere Beach
Maranacook
Centre Harbor
Majestic Theatre Ends Boston Run With Faversham
William Faversham brings his actor manager style to the final week of The World and His Wife at the Majestic Theatre Boston offering a special matinee on Wednesday beside the regular Saturday show. The production centers on scandal and its evils with a strong company led by Faversham as Ernesto and supported by Julie Opp Olive Oliver H Cooper Cliffe Lionel Belmore Morton Selten and others.
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Majestic Theatre
William Faversham
Boston
the World
Mr. Faversham
Ernesto
Sterling
Julie Opp
Olive Oliver
H. Cooper Cliffe
Lionel Belmore
Morton Selten
Columbia Theatre Dope Fiends Showcase Delights Audiences
Columbia Theatre screens Dope Fiends in a lively mix of humor and grotesque drama. John C. Hart Boston born brings a vivid drug fiend portrait while Dave Ferguson Abe Reynolds and the two women Carrie Thomas and Lilla Brennan lift the show with clever turns. Tomorrow Willoughby faces Joe Franz with Friday featuring amateur acts.
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John C. Hart
Boston
Hart
New York
Carrie Thomas
Lilla Brennan
Bissett
O’brien
Messrs
Oswald
Nelson
Borger
Willoughby
Joe Franz
Ohio
Red River at Bowdoin Square Theatre Drama Review
Bowdoin Square Theatre presented Red River to patrons with a tale of Ramon La Rose who returns home to lead a dissolute life until rescued by Louis D Alroi who makes him overseer on a plantation. The plot twists as the same girl who spurned Ramon marries Louis, leading to jealousy and conflict with Ramon allying with Rita Errol to ruin his benefactor. Edytha Ketchum and Beatrice Truner drew praise in new roles, with strong work by Frederick Van Rensselaer James Barrett Sadie Hilton Tommy Shearer Florence Hale Hal Brown and Harry Brooks.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Red River
Ramon la Rose
Louis D’alroi
Louis
Ramon
Rita Errol
Edytha Ketchum
Helen D’alroi
Beatrice Truner
Lucile
Frederick van Rensselaer
James Barrett
Sadie Hilton
Tommy Shearer
Florence Hale
Austin and Stone's Museum Vaudeville Show Highlights
A lively bill at Austin and Stone's Museum features a new sketch A Subject for Dissection with Frank Van Etta Ed Keane and Tom Bullock aided by the Manhattan girls and performers Ida Campbell Cassie French and Ida Steele. New songs dances illusions and a strong curio hall lineup delight patrons with feats by George Pinault Sampson the Great and Anderson the sword swallower. Three French graces appear in living pictures.
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Austin & Stone
Frank van Etta
Ed Keane
Tom Bullock
Manhattan Girls
Ida Campbell
Cassie French
Ida Steele
Dionne
Zara
Fortin Brothers
Curio Hall
George Pinault
Sampson the Great
Anderson
Hub Theatre bills two vaudeville acts and film program
The Hub Theatre opens the week with Marlowe, Myers and Murri in A Simple Lesson in Shakspere and Jerome and Hunter in a novel comedy acrobatic act along with Charles Mackie. The bill will be entirely refreshed on Thursday. Miles Brothers pictures continue to draw public interest with unusually attractive songs.
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Hub Theatre
Marlowe
Myers
Murri
Shakspere
Jerome and Hunter
Charles Mackie
Miles Brothers
Three Twins Seat Sale Opens at Boston Theatre
At 9 o'clock this morning the Boston Theatre begins selling seats for the musical comedy Three Twins. The original company is led by Clifton Crawford and Bessie McCoy, coming to the Boston Theatre with a festive program of comedy and music.
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Boston Theatre
Clifton Crawford
Bessie McCoy
Comdy
Tremont Theatre Candy Shop delights with stellar vaudeville cast
Instantaneous favor marks a second week for The Candy Shop at Tremont Theatre. William Rock Maude Fulton and Frank Lalor headline a strong vaudeville lineup with light travesty intricate dancing and witty turns. Lucy Weston Louis Harrison Mile Raye and others contribute songs dances and comic bits.
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William Rock
Maude Fulton
Frank lLalor
Boston
Mr. Rock
Miss Fulton
Mr. Lalor
Coney Island
Annie Yeamans
Lucy Weston
Louis Harrison
Mile. Raye
Alimony
Weimers
Rice
Florence Morrison
William J. McCarthy
Ethel Millard
Sherlock Holmes
Globe Theatre presents The Lion and the Mouse at popular prices
Henry B. Harris players stage Charles Klein drama at Globe Theatre with Edith Barker in a leading role and Oliver Doud Byron as Ryder. Notable performances by George Carson-Casselberry Rose E. Tapley Clifford Leign and Rose Tapley praise for the cast. Two week Boston engagement marks the season’s sole local production.
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Charles Klein
Globe Theatre
Henry B. Harris
America
Edith Barker
Shirley Rossmore
Oliver Doud Byron
John Burkett Ryder
George Carson-Casselberry
Jefferson Ryder
Clifford Leign
Fitzroy Bagley
Rose E. Tapley
Kate Roberts
Charles Sturgis
Ellen Craven
Elizabeth de Witt
Dora Allen
Ida Glen
Walter Allen
Seymour Stratton
William H. Burton
Boston
Irish Irish Rose and a Hundred Roles Shine at American Music Hall
The vaudeville program at American Music Hall features Fiske O'Hara singing Irish airs including My Irish Rose and Nora McNamara, plus Caesar Rivoli the man with a hundred roles performing rapid impersonations. Hilarion and Rosalie Ceballos’ phantom act and the skeleton dance delight the crowd, with Al Fields and Dave Lewis delivering witty sketches. The lineup also includes the Brittons, Bon-Air trio, De I Ay e sisters, Jeff Fitz and a boxing kangaroo, and Rembrandt the cartoonist, capped by moving pictures.
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American Music Hall
Mr. O'Hara
Rose
Nora McNamara
Mr. O’hara
Caesar Rivoli
Sousa
Verdi
Suppe
Listt
Strauss
Gounod
Mascagni
Wagner
Rossini
Hilarion
Rosalie Ceballos
al Fields
Dave Lewis
de I‘aye Sisters
Jeff Fitz
Rembrandt
Moving Pictures
Queen of the Secret Seven at Grand Opera House
A. H. Wood presents Queen of the Secret Seven a melodrama lavishly staged at the Grand Opera House. The plot follows a heroine captured by a gang of blackmailers as a police squad arrives to foil the underground secret society. Strong cast chosen for diverse roles delivers thrills and pathos.
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A. H. Wood
Grand Opera House
Secret Seven
Theatre Premier Works Showcased At Humanoscope
The Curse of Cocaine premiering at the Theatre Premier promises advanced cinema with actual on screen conversation. Also featured are dramatic films The Winning Boat and On the Crest of the Waves and comedies All for a Nickel A Fish Story and Old Love Letters. New songs are performed by Grace Palmer Mae Reed and Gordon Richards.
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Grace Palmer
Mae Reed
Gordon Richards
Pastime Theatre Presents Notable vaudeville bill
A strong show at Pastime Theatre last night featured George Goslin a mimic C Greene a character comedian Clark and Temple singing and talking comedians Turner and Heath impersonators and Elinore Mack and Charles MacNaughton as singers The moving pictures were splendid.
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Pastime Theatre
George Goslin
C. Greene
Clark and Temple
Turner and Heath
Elinore Mack
Charles MacNaughton
Keith's Theatre Headlines Laughs and Feats At Keith's
Keith's Theatre presents a vaudeville bill blending rural New England humor with spectacular acts. Cressy and Dayne star in Town Hall Tonight with eight iXellinos, Tone Edwards ventriloquist, Peter the chimpanzee, Paul Stevens pole balancer, and James Harrigan.
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Keith
Will M. Cressy
Blanche Dayne
New England
Mr. Cressy
Boston
Peter
Paul Stevens
James Harrigan
Headless Lady Photo Sought on Tremont Street
A photograph shows a headless woman in the shopping district near Meyer Jonasson & Co. taken yesterday at 1 45 o clock. A $5 reward is offered for the woman to identify herself by calling the City Editor’s room of the Post between 3 and 5 p.m. while wearing the same costume.
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Tremont Street
Meyer Jonasson & Co
The
Post
Headless Lady photo prank shocks Newton Centre resident
Mrs. W. M. Turner of Bradford court Newton Centre says she followed the Post daily and never expected to be Sunday’s Headless Lady. She recalls visiting Hovey's last Saturday and not spotting the Post photographer, calling the stunt clever and in keeping with the paper’s up-to-date character.
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Post
W. M. Turner
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Matty in Three Games Series Between Two Baseball Clubs
The Boston Americans and the New York Nationals will play a post season series after the season ends on October 7. The first two games are set for New York on October 8 and 9 with the next two in Boston on October 11 and 12. A fifth game, if needed, will be scheduled later. Matthewson is expected to pitch in three of the games.
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Burlesque Show at Howard Atheneum Impresses Crowd
Pat White leads a starry burlesque at the Howard Atheneum in a bright case of Casey Among the Starts and a Fountain of Fun. Anna Grant Margie Catlin and many beauties headline a varied bill with songs comedy juggling and novelty acts.
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Pat White
the Howard
White
Casey
Anna Grant
Margie Catlin
Green and
Lewis
Alvora
Brownie
George T. Davis
Emma Wagner
Krusada
Job
Usher
Whitecliff
Lee Tung Foo
Hennings
Buckley
Anderson
Julia Redmond Tracy
Dorothy Collins
the Two Trents
Jack Marshall
Scenic Temple Presents Major Doyle and Night of Talent
A Scenic Temple weekly bill features Major James B. Doyle as a special attraction. Ira Kessner sings several numbers, Ben F. Hilbert draws laughs, Miss Girard performs high class songs, Edward Dillon lectures, and Lenna Howe's Union Orchestra of ten young women delivers operatic gems to the crowd.
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James B. Doyle
Ira Kessner
Ben F. Hilbert
Girard
Edward Dillon
Lenna Howe
Union Orchestra
Theatre Comique Presents Quo Vadis and Leather Stockings
The Theatre Comique features Quo Vadis as its premier attraction with Cameraphone and the bold early Roman tale praised as the finest motion picture spectacle. Leather Stockings, depicting early Western days, along with Caucasian Customs and comedies True Love Never Rung Smooth and The Careless Tramp, entertain audiences. Knight for a Night is noted as very good.
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Theatre Comique
Motorcycle race at Brighton Beach off due to weather
The six day motorcycle race at Brighton Beach Motordrome was canceled late this afternoon because of bad weather and a poor track condition. There will be no more racing at the venue this week.
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Brighton Beach
N. Y
Brighton Beach Motordrome
Women's Trade Union League Pushes Allies in Cabinet
At Chicago on September 27 the National Women's Trade Union League advocated a woman's auxiliary to the U S Department of Commerce and Labor during the convention's second biennial session.
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Chicago
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
National Women's Trade Union League
Dentist Dr Maskell Carll Dies at 60 in Kingston
Dr Maskell Frank Carll a leading Providence Rhode Island dentist died at his Kingston summer home aged 60. He practiced in Providence and was known for his professional work and community involvement. The death occurred on September 27 at his seaside residence.
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Kingston
Maskell Frank Carll
Providence
R. I
Charlestown Woman Hannah Roche Dies at Home
Mrs Hannah J Roche wife of Martin J Roche of Charlestown died yesterday at her home 8 Rutherford avenue near City square Leaving a husband two sons and a daughter The funeral arrangements were not announced by press time.
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Martin J. Roche
Charlestown
Rutherford Avenue
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Pyramid Pile Cure promises cure at fifty cents per box
A bold advertisement touts the Pyramid Pile Cure as a lasting remedy for severe bowel problems. It claims rapid, dramatic results, offers a free trial, and urges readers to mail in a coupon today. It warns that untreated conditions can cause ulcers and serious health risks. The pitch emphasizes accessibility and faith in the product.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid
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