Closing Night of The Road to Yesterday at Lyric Theatre
The Frank Carpenter Stock Company performs the final show of The Road to Yesterday marking the end of the Lyric Theatre season 1911 1912. After summer renovations led by Isham the Lyric will reopen mid August with a transformed, more attractive house and a fresh stock of plays for a busier fall season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carpenter
Lyric Theatre
Yatenend
Carpenter Company
Man- Isham
Isham
Lyric
Eestenport
Anager Am
Jin
Sea Breeze to Host Major Attractions This Weekend
Bridgeport residents plan a final wave of Sea Breeze events with Beckwith Havens hydro aeroplane flights, a Frank S Robbins Wild West show, Indiana Congress acts, vaudeville at Poli's Theatre, and a major stage production The Third Degree by Charles Klein starring Wilson Melrose and Blanche Hall. Special matinees offer porch sets and autographs amid a grand fireworks display and a state league game Bridgeport versus Holyoke.
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Beckwith Havens
Morrow
Havens
Frank S. Robbins
Hermann & Rice
PJ Jean Bernard
Cleary & Tracy
Btella Stratford
Pike & Callan
The
Dancing Bugs
Sea Breeze
Bridgeport
Holyoke
Wheeler & Wilson
Bridgeport nurses receive diplomas in 1912 class
Floral tributes and a large gathering at First Congregational Church marked graduation for Bridgeport hospital training school for nurses class of 1912. Diplomas were presented by Judge E. F. Hallen with Miss M. J. Wilkinson addressing the graduates. Alice May Pearce received the Chase medal for general excellence and the group joined the Alumnae association at a Stratfield event with about sixty attendees.
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First Congregational Church
Bridgeport Hospital
Lyman 8. Catlin
the Hospital
Marsh
New Milford
Catlin
Jeanie C. Wheeler
John de Peu
M. J. Wilkinson
Hartford
E. F. Hallen
Oliver
Alice May Pearce
South Norwalk
Chase
George B. Cowell
New
Helen Cecelia Wortcheck
Britain
Mary Maria ‘Aither
I Jtzgerald
Senden Rai Nald
Managers Defy Strike Amid New York Hospitality Clash
New York June 1 A sweeping waiter strike affects 21 hotels six restaurants and two clubs but hotel managers refuse compromise insisting workers return individually while unions seek recognition. Strikers boast of crippling large hotels and anticipate 3000 plus workers out, with union organizers pressing three quarters of strikebreakers into line.
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New York
Zen Plaza
Plaza
Ests
Waldorf
Knickerbocker
The
Vanderbilt
Manhattan
National Association of Manufacturers
John H. Dashner
Aseee Te USA
South
State Department of Labor
Edward Tierney
Hotelmen’s Association
Commencement at Froebel kindergarten and list of graduates
Miss Smiths Froebel kindergarten holds commencement at 11 Friday June 7 with Miss Lucy Wheelock of Boston to speak on The Function of the Kindergarten. The normal class graduates include Anderson Branson Betts Carey Cave Dunbar Grimmer Hoyt Johnston Low Mc Williams Page Platt Sloper Talbot White. Also appears an advertisement for a new diamond selling plan by M J Buechler at 48 Fairfield Avenue.
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Fannie A. Smith Froebel
Lucy Wheelock
Boston
Thuy
Anna Alfreda Anderson
Ruth Isabelle Branson
Adele Randle Betts
Ruth Frances Carey
Estelle Ettie Cave
Julia Fannie Dunbar
Mary Agnes Grimmer
Emma
M. J. Buechler
Fairfield Avenue
Middle St
New Leading Man at Poli's Welcomed by Audiences
Wilson Melrose, new leading man for the Poli Players, received an enthusiastic reception at Poli's for his swift portrayal of Georges Armand in The Lily. With only about an hour to prepare 39 scenes, he delivered a flawless performance, earning an immense ovation and fast fans in Bridgeport. Melrose, 32, is described as versatile and highly endowed, commanding the highest salary for a Bridgeport stock company leading man and among America’s top salaries today. His career spans 12 years, from Des Moines to Chicago, with notable roles in Clyde Fitch’s The City and productions with Virginia Trescott, Julia Marlowe, and Belasco’s Alcazar Stock Company.
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Poli
Poli Players
Bridge- Port
Charles Klein
All America
United States Senate
Connecticut
Wilson Melrose
Richard Brewster
Blanche Hall
Helen Ware
Leer
Georges Armand
The
Lily
Melrose
Bridgeport
America
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Clyde Fitch
Mr. Melrose
George Rand, Jr
Virginia Trescott
Julia Marlowe
Boston
David Belasco
Alcazar Stock Company
San Francisco
Discipline Rules for Trinity Freshmen
Hartford June 1 freshmen entering Trinity College must obey strict etiquette. They may not sit in the first two rows of any theatre, must yield seats to higher classmen on streetcars, supply matches to seniors, and refrain from talking too much or interrupting conversations.
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Hartford
Trinity College
Vice Presidential Possibilities at Chicago Convention
Washington editors discuss potential vice presidential picks as Taft or Roosevelt loom for the Republican ticket at Chicago. Names most cited include Governors Johnson of California Stubbs of Kansas Aldrich of Nebraska Glasscock of West Virginia Osborne of Michigan Carey of Wyoming and Hadley or Mie.
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Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
Johnson
California
Stubbs
Kansas
Aldrich
Nebraska
Glasscock
West Virginia
Osborne
Michigan
Carey
Wyoming
Hadley
Mie
Political ticket choices loom in Roosevelt Taft era
The article notes scattered opinions on Roosevelt or Taft influencing a running mate choice, listing several U S senators and figures. It mentions a council vote on a commutation case in Maine where McGregor must see new evidence before voting, with a four to four result previously.
New Evidence Claimed in Cusumano Death Penalty Case
Boston June 1 Sensational new evidence claimed by Attorneys Grady and Coughlan may force the governor's council to commute the death sentence of Mrs Lena Cusumano. The lawyers say they have unearthed a depraved story that could alter witness testimony and shed new light on the case. Mrs Cusumano and her lover Harry Marshall await summons to the electric chair at Charlestown prison.
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Marshall
Iran
Spremana
Dra
Metalac Lodge
Umbageg Lake
McGregor
Cusumano
Boston
Lena Cusumano
Grady and
Coughlan
Harry Marshall
Charlestown
Grady
Usumano
Charles
Korea to Try 200 for Plot to Kill Governor General
Seoul expects the most sensational trial in history to open within a week. Between 120 and 200 men will be tried for complicity in an alleged plot to assassinate Governor General Count Trachee. A large temporary court is being built to handle publicity and 1,000 spectators.
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Seoul
Korea
Count Trachee
Manchuria
Cis
Iget
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Wild West and Indian Congress
Lariat Throwers
Broncho Busters
Women Riders
Full Blood Indians
Cowboy Band
Henry Street
Stratford Avenue Docks
Seaview Avenue
Beckwith
Captain Baldwin
Glenn
Curtiss
Hydro-Aeroplane
Palm Garden
SEA Breeze Ball Room
Knablin’s Orchestra
Casino Theatre
Duke Darling
WEST
Hermann
RICE
THURS
FBI
Phil Jean Bernard
Cleary and
Tracy
Pike and Callan
Bugs Stella Stratford
Europe
Poli'ss
Friends OF Graduates
Srn
H. Lawson Hill
Shuttleworth
Tierney
Miss Smith
N. Buckingham &Co
Richmond Ranges
State Street
Poli’s
Trinity Freshies
Household Guarantee Andindorsement Co
Citizens
Main Street
Detroit
Starbuck & Mattice
Fairfield Ave
Sprague Ice & Coal Co
Washington Ave. Bridge
IRA Gregory & CO
Stratford Ave
Wheeler & Howes
Congress Street
Souri
Beveridge
Indiana
Fairsaane
Burton
Joff
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