Vaudeville and Chaplin wow Plaza crowds in mutual praise
Holiday audiences packed the Plaza theatre for a vaudeville show heavy with Keystone Chaplin antics and a varied bill. Wharry Lewis Quartet impressed with versatile violin work and three talented women. Hogue & Sere, McCabs, Serve & Pond, Miller & Aonbeer and others offered top laughter and refined entertainment. Chaplin’s Gentlemen of Neree drew roaring laughter while God’s Witness and At the Come Edge of offered dramatic masterworks with Florence LaBadie among the featured stars.
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Vaude- Ville Nui
Plaza Theatre
Charlie Chaplin
Keystone
Wharry Lewis
Wharrye Lewis
Hogue & Sere
Cabs
Serve & Pond
Miller & Aonbeer
Man
Cworkan
Florence LaBadie
Polps Manager Poli Delights With Holiday Program
Poli presents a diverse week long holiday program at Polis with standout acts featuring Hal Jones in a Charley Chaplin impersonation and a musical number The Luck or Totem by Harry Gerardhand. Travelogue by Hon Francis P Rent and a Tolstoi adaptation provide variety alongside a comedy by Walter Steam Co and performances by Elsie May Trio and Newport & Stirk in a brisk vaudeville bill.
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Poli
Polis
Charles Chaplin
Hal Jones
Jones & Jones
Jones
Charley
Mr. Jones
Harry
Francis P. Rent
Actiie
New York City
Gaynor
Mexico
Bent
Anna * Inal
Count Tolstoi
Bettey Nansen
Throusnou
Walter Steam= & Co
Elsie May
Newport & Stirk
Stolen Goods leads Keeney's Empire program at Paramount repertory
Empire presents Blanche Sweet in Stolen Goods as the lead in a five part Lasky Paramount masterwork about a poor shop girl wronged and falsely imprisoned. Also shown is photoplay star z and the Silent Drama serial The Black Box with Herbert Rawlinson and Anna Little in an all star Universal program tomorrow.
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Blanche Sweet
Lasky-Paramount
Keeney
Empire Theatre
Paramount
Aim
Herbert Rawlinson
Anna Little
Tara
Oakley
Universal
Birthday of Charlie Neary the German boxing star
Charlie Neary born in 1860s era as Nehring was a noted German heavyweight. He began fighting in 1900 and beat or drew with notable boxers including Kid Broad Battling Nelson Kid Herman and Johnny Thompson. He faced Aurelio Ferrera in 1904 1905 drew twice and was defeated by Wid Herman in Denver.
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Charlie Neary
Nehring
Kid Broad
Nelcon
Kid Herman
Johnny Thompson
Aurelio Ferrera
Wid Herman
Denver
Ferrera
Jimmy Briggs
Los Angeles
Packey McFarland
Hintle
Neary
Freddie Welsh
Milwaukee
First State Forest Survey to Begin Near Redding
Redding is chosen as the first Connecticut town for a complete woodland survey by the State Forestry department, a part of the Experiment Station under the Board of Agriculture. State Forester W C Filley outlines plans, including site selection, mapping forest types and volumes, and advising woodland owners, with a June 21 start and publication of results as a station bulletin.
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Redding
State Forestry Department
Experiment Station
Connecticut Board of Agriculture
Boards of Assessors
Forestry Department
General Assembly
W. C. Sanford
State Agricultural Board
Commodore Luttgen
Red- Wing
Notebgoe Time Table Mix Up At 1912 Factory Morning
Pop rushes to shave and to catch trains as Thel and Benny scramble to read a time table. A chaotic scene unfolds with misread hours and two types of times, light and heavy print, revealing a 1912 northbound schedule starting January first.
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Pop
Mothir
Mike
L.dent Care
Fathir
MAY ASK ENOS TO BE GENERAL SECRETARY OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
A plan to persuade Fred Enos to become general secretary of the newly formed chamber of commerce follows his announced resignation as Bridgeport Board of Trade president. The chamber includes many civic groups, with Enos having led the board of trade for years.
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Enos
Chamber OF Commerce
Fred Enos
Bridgeport Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Local social notes from Bridgeport area communities
Mrs Miles Eastwood of Bridgeport visited her brother Perry Hubbel in town last week. David Fairchild stayed with his aunt Ada Parmalte in Newtown Sunday. Miss Jackson of Ansonia visited Miss Mary E Seeley. Carrie Elwell attended the county Kings Daughters convention in Norwalk. Alfred Edwards bought George Mallett farm in Tashua. Napoleon Milo moved there to work. John Liebold visited his father William in Palestine. D E Osborne spent days with friends in New Haven. Mr and Mrs John Poland of Bridgeport were guests of Jesse C Lewis. Harmony Grange met Thursday with a surprise program led by Miss Pauline Smith. Guests included readings and songs on the dairy cow theme. Rose Sinclair presented pansies to Dorothy Thompson and Russell Thompson. Cutler's Farm school had pupils take final exams. Mrs Ormel Morgan visited daughter Mrs Fred O’Hara in Providence. O’Hara welcomed a son last week. Mrs Denchfield hosted Mr and Mrs Thomas Denchfield of New Jersey for a few days. Mrs Sarah Allen was driven to Norwalk to visit her son Frederick Lovejoy after a brief illness.
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Miles Eastwood
Bridgeport
Perry B. Hubbel
David Fairchild
Ada Parmalte
Newtown
Miss Jackson
Ansonia
Mary E. Seeley
Carrie Elwell
Norwalk
King's Daughters
Alfred Edwards
George Mallett
Tashua
Napoleon Milo
Edwards
John Liebold
William Liebold
Palestine
D. E
Osborne
New Haven
John Poland
Jesse C. Lewis
Harmony Grange
Pauline Smith
the Grange
John M. Busolo
A. D. Jacot
S. Beardsley
Dorothy Thompson
Shelton
Stanley Joyce
Robert Sinclair
Russell Thompson
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U. S. Patent Office
Main ST
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George M. Cohan
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