At the Old Cross Roads at Jackson Theatre
A historic South style drama, At the Old Cross Roads, appears at Jackson's Theatre with James L. Edwards headlining a notable company including Walton, Mulligan, Healy, Wilson, Rex, Mary Downs, Vera Walton, and others. The triple headline features Lillian Herlein in The Little Sunbeam, John E. Ince and Patty Allison in The Man Who Lost, plus the sensational scientific attraction promised to be announced soon.
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Jackson's Theatre
Toat
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Arthur C. Alston
Promi
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T. F. Mulligan
Wm. Healy
Sam B. Wilson
Leon Wil- Roland S. Rex
Mary Downs
Vera Walton
Florence Ockerman
Madeline Clark
Leila Bennett
Jackson Theatre
Poli
Lillian Herlein
Wired
England
France
Germany
London
Bishop Praises State Mission Growth in North Haven
Right Rev Leigh Richmond Brewer Bishop of Montana praised Connecticut in North Haven last evening. He noted the state’s first nine year apportionment under a plan, recounting missions and his Montana Diocese. He said Montana’s communicants rose from 300 in 1881 to 3000, and church property increased from 25000 to 3500 600, as he traced Episcopal church growth since 1835.
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Leigh Richmond Brewer
Montana
Connecticut
North Haven
Brewer
Montene
Montane
Episcopal Church
Commercial Travellers Secure New Quarters for 1911
Bridgeport Council No. 269 of the United Commercial Travelers moves to the new Odd Fellows building at Broad and Cannon streets. Meetings will be held the fourth Saturday of each month. The year 1910 has been prosperous and members anticipate 1911 as a banner year. Wm. Booth of Booth & Platt invites members to Stratford to close the year and welcome the new year with plans to annex Bridgeport to Stratford for the night.
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United Commercial Travelers
Odd Fellows
Broad
Cannon Streets
Wm. Booth
Booth & Platt, Waterstreet
Stratford
Billie
Bria
Fires Break New Haven Records
New Haven officials report 1910 will surpass prior years in fires damage and loss of life with two days left in the year. The jail fire tragedy leads memories, while the Judson packing house blaze of 1901 killed four firefighters. The year features nine second alarms and two third alarms, far above former years.
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Mew Haven
Old Judson
Winchester Avenue
Local acts to headline next week at theater show
Bonded through and recased at the local customs house Tuesday the headliner will draw local fans. John Ince and Patty Allison lead a western type sketch as Pianophonend Minstrels provide piano and song while Keller Mack Frank Orth comedy entertains with The Wrong Hero. Also featuring Charles and Rose Coventry Rita Redfield Ernest Carr and Company Primrose Four and Sammy Watson’s Farmyard Circus with special matinees for children due to school vacation. Quillings of taeta silk trim gowns adding tone to tunics and sleeves.
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John Ince
Patty Allison
Ince
Keller Mack
Frank Orth
Charles
Rose Coventry
Rita Redfield
Ernest Carr
Primrose Four
Sammy Watson
Farmyard Circus
Irish Patriot Condon Visits New London as Irish Lectruer
Capt Edward O Mara Condon an Irish patriot and former Manchester Fenians escapee visits New London. He served 12 years in prison after a death sentence was commuted, later becoming a Tammany regiment captain and a treasury inspector. He lectures on Irish history and tours lecturing nationwide.
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Edward O'Mara Condon
Condon
Ireland
England
Manchester
Nfe
Blaine
Walsh
Great Britain
America
Tammany Regiment
New York City
Death by headache wafers shocks Hartford man
John J. Daly, 25, died at his boarding house on Trumbull Street. Medical Examiner H S Fuller attributed death to poisoning from headache wafers Daly had used as a remedy. A box contained acetamlid. one powder had four grains. Daly had taken two powders, with three more in the box, five left. Death considered accidental. Daly had worked for Woolley & Son and Hartford Rubber Works.
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Hartford
John J. Daly
Trumbull Street
H. S. Fuller
Daly
George R. Miller
Miller
Fuller
Muller
German health system for hotel staff rolls out in New York
In New York a major Broadway hotel with 450 waiters adopts a German health supervision program to screen employees for disease. Management says guests depend on hotel hygiene, recounting a case where a scrub woman with a skin disease shared a glass. Twelve of the 450 workers refused the exam and were discharged. A broader call favors a National Health Bureau to oversee sanitation of interstate carriers.
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New York
Broadway
Congress
National Health Bureau
Reverend Kennedy Serious Ill In Danbury At Parish Residence
Reverend J. D. Kennedy, rector of St. Joseph's church in Danbury, lies seriously ill at the parochial residence with gastric fever and threatened pneumonia. He is out of danger now but remains very sick. Doctors Stratt on and Selleck have cared for him two weeks. Local priests and friends have kept vigil at his bedside. Kennedy's strain from mediating the hatters strike years ago is cited as a contributing factor to his health decline. He built St. Joseph's parish from debt to prosperity and has served as National Chaplain of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
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J. D. Kennedy
St. Joseph's Church
Danbury
Father Kennedy
New York City
St. Joseph’s Parish
Tierney
They'll Never Elect This Fellow Again
In a Hartford area town the newly elected Republican representative faces a wary town committee. Amid jokes about meals and cocktails, the crowd recalls past feast days and the candidate leaves quickly after election results, sparking doubt about his ability to satisfy party workers. The town committee chairman is left to consider the outcome.
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Hartford
United States
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Bernhardt Birth and Rise to Fame on Paris Stage
The piece traces Sarah Bernhardt born October 8 1845 to Dutch Jewish parents through convented childhood to Conservatory trials winning praise under Samson, ascent to Comedie Francaise, later exile and return, international tours, and acclaim as the Queen of Tragedy. Her Paris theater, government support, and royal reception mark her enduring status. A Jacksons Theatre appearance on January 2 in La Dame aux Camelias is advertised.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Rosine
Paris
Theatre Francais
Conservatory
la Fontaine
Samson
Rachel
Comedie Francaise
National Theatre
Mille
Sophie Croizette
Adrienne le Couvreur
Victor Hugo
Dona Sol
Francisque Sarcey
London
Perrin
America
Belle Isle
France
Sarah
Mme. Bernhardt
Jackson's Theatre
Alexander Dumas
State Farmers After Solons State Farmers After Solons New Haven
E H Jenkins rector and treasurer of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station urges incoming legislators to fund agricultural bodies for the next biennial period. Total requests reach 47500 for the experiment station plus 235000 for the college and various associations seek increases to support buildings, equipment, and programs.
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New Haven
E. H. Jenkins
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
General Assembly
Storrs
Connecticut Agricultural College
Connecticut State Board of Agriculture
Connecticut Dairymen's Association
Connecticut Pomological Society
Connecticut Poultry Association
Connecticut Bee Keepers Association
Sheep Breeders Association
Connecticut Forestry Association
Judge Reed Denies Hart's Temporary Injunction Plea
Judge Reed of the Litchfield County Superior Court denied Sanders W. Hart of New Haven his request for a temporary injunction against Carter and West of Washington Conn. The case centered on a right of way across Carter and West’s land on the shores of Mt Tom pond in Washington.
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Sanders W. Hart
New Haven
Carter
West
Washington, Conn
Reed
Superior Court
Litchfield County
Mt. Tom Pond
Washington
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