Amusements at Poli's Offer Rich Week of Vaudeville and Films
Capacity audiences enjoy Poli's first week offerings with Tango Shoes a dancing novelty, The Bride Shop with Toombes and Wentworth, a song revue by Moore O'Brien and Cormack, Idaliene Long and Nick Cotton in Her Diamond Heels, Eddie Dowling and Malone in acrobatic numbers, plus Sherlock Holmes seven part drama. Chaplin featured in Police, The Spider and the Fly five part drama, Cap Anson act with his daughters, and The Vivians world famous sharpshooters.
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Poli's
Toombes
Wentworth
Moore
O’brien
Cormack
Idaliene Long
Nick Cotton and
Menager Poli
Charley Chaplin
Robert B. Mantl
Genevieve Hamper
Cap” Anson
Vivians
Europe
Chaplin at the Plaza in the Police comedy and vaudeville bill
Tomorrow the Plaza shows Charlie Chaplin in Police a two reel laugh riot with a packed house expected. The program also features The Dairy Maids a lively vaudeville act with Roland West and others plus The Bugle Call a dramatic Kane picture and a two part Keystone Dash of Courage.
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Charley Chaplin
Plaza In
Chaplin
Weeday
Dairy Meids
Roland West
Keefe
Langton and White
Powers
West
Rialto
Dearto
William Cellier, Jr
The Girl Be Couldn't Buy at Lyric Impresses Studio Cast
Cecil Spooner leads a strong Lyric company as Hope Nelson with a flawless study in a difficult role Pell Trenton plays Jo Maynard a reforming crook Clyde Armstrong directs and acts Det Clancy Fred eric Clayton provides comic energy Kitty Burns Helen Burns support David Burnham is a sharp merchant king Mrs Smith is a steady landlady Rita Ville shines as the landlady Ezra Graham and George Kelly deliver notable turns The show runs this week with improving ensemble performance.
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Cecil Spooner
Lyric
Miss Spooner
Hope Nelson
Pell Trenton
Jo Maynard
Crook
Clancy
Clyde Armstrong
Frederic Clayton
Flip” Edwards
Kitty Burns
New York
Helen Burns
Clarence H. Doty
David Burnham
Merchant King
Rita Ville
Mre Smith
Empire Presents Triple Feature At The Theatre
The program includes The Scarlet Woman with Mme Olga Petrova in a five part drama along with Pee On the Ring and a Sydney Drew comedy The Universal circus story sixth episode will be shown plus an all select program of single and multiple part Universal subjects for a varied afternoon and evening show.
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Metro
Mme
Olga Petrova
Universal Mammoth Circus
Sydney
Mme. Petrova
Metro Wonder
Three Seek Secretary of State Post After Connor Vacates
Three candidates from the Ninth District seek the motor vehicle department berth in the office of secretary of state. Arthur F. Connor leaves July 1 to become examiner in Bridgeport. Candidates are Alderman Andrew R. Roswell Alderman Charles H. Roder and Hazelton Chandler. Salary is $2,000 annually. Unclear if successor will be S Secasen.
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Department of the Office
Secretary of State
Arthur F. Connor
Nena
Bridgeport
Andrew R. Roswell
Charles H. Roder
Hazelton Chandler
Connor
S Seca
Don Comedy Opens Tonight by Alumni Drama Club
Don the snappy Besier comedy will be staged Thursday at the new High school auditorium by the Alumni Drama club for Margaret Faith Somer set memorial scholarship. Edward O Neil stars as Don with Roselyn Barkey and Marguerite Linehan in key roles as Ann Sinclair and Mrs Thompsett. The club trains under Grace D Clarke with Graceful support from a long patroness list.
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Don
Rudolph Besier
Margaret Faith Somerset
Edward O’neil
Roselyn Barkey
Ann Sinclair
Girl With
Elizabeth Seton Guild
Marguerite Linehan
Thompsett
Miss Linehan
Fran Quixano
Alumni Drama Club
Trelawney
the Wells
Grace D. Clarke
Julia Farnam
Mrs. Bonnington
Ellwood Weise
Canon Bonnington
Frederick Harrison
Albert Thompsett
Ruth Macdonald
Mrs. Sinclair
Vaughn Garner
General Sinclair
Helen Rosenthal
May
William E. Allen
A. E. Belisie
William B Boardman
Ralph Barker
Thomas Barkey
Stage Employes Annual Concert Set for Sunday
Tickets on sale at Plaza Theatre box office for the second annual grand concert to benefit the Sick Fund of Theatrical Stage Employes Local. The event features a five part Bluebird drama Naked Hearts and a professional variety program arranged with New York booking offices.
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Plaza Theatre
Entertainment Committee
New York
George Chalmers Becomes Only Scotchman in Major Leagues
Aberdeen born June 7 1888 George Chalmers is highlighted as the sole Scottish native in majors the Phillies pitcher who emigrated to America as a child rose from semipro to a 1909 trial with Scranton and a 25 6 record in 1910 before joining Philadelphia for his big league debut yielding 13 10 in his first season.
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Scotia
Bobby Burns
George Chalmers
Aberdeen
Phillies
America
New York
Scranton
Chalmers
Grover Alexander
Syracuse
Alexander
George
Chalmers Remakes a Streak of Baseball Comeback
The article traces George Chalmers, scouted as a discarded pitcher, through injuries and trials with multiple teams from 1911 to 1915. After rough years and a near end, he revived his career with the Phillies, starred in the 1915 World Series, and married a New York girl, defining a remarkable comeback and character.
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Chalmers
George
Finis
New York
McGraw
Marlin
Muggsy
Jersey City
Pat Moran
Phils
Alexander and
Mayer
Phillies
Giants
Philadelphia
Dut
Major League Scouts Eye Top College Players This Season
Worcester reports major league clubs keep scouts active through graduation, aiming to sign a large batch of promising college players. Minors fear loss of talent, while drafts may supply many from smaller teams. National and American league managers look to value school prospects at low cost.
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Worcester
East
Mack
Diamonds in the rough shine cheaper to clubs
The text argues that clubs pay no salary to college players and that minor league prospects cost at least 1200 dollars, valuing rough diamonds over flawed gems as more economical when secured cheaply.
English middleweight champ Jim Sullivan’s long boxing arc
Born in Bermondsey in 1886 Jim Sullivan rose to England’s middleweight top by 1909 after early losses. He fought Billy Papke in 1911 earning a ninth round KO defeat, then was knocked out by Georges Carpentier in Monte Carlo in 1912 before wartime service in the Third London Scottish.
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Jim Sullivan
England
Bermondsey
Sullivan
London Scotish Regiment
Little Island
Billy Papke
London
Georges Carpentier
Europe
Monte Carlo
Australia
Advertising schemes and barber customs in early culture
The text recounts a wealthy man profiting from an advertising partnership that quadrupled a product’s output in a month and expanded to other cities. It also notes Japanese barbers shaving facial hair including eyebrows, a female barber trend in Tokyo, and Hipparchus the father of astronomy noting the precession of the equinoxes and his early stellar catalog and instruments.
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New York City
Japan
Tokyo
Hipparchus
Christ
Patchwork quarrel: Browns' old dispute mended
A neighbor notes the Browns patched their old quarrel until it seems new. The exchange plays on light humor about fixing a dispute as one would repair worn goods, reflecting a social vignette with a witty quote about appearances.
Graduation Baskets and Bouquets by John Rech & Son
A short item from the Louisville Courier-Journal presents a light quip about restraint and punctuality, then pivots to a notice for graduation baskets and bouquets offered by John Rech & Son.
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John Rech & Son
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Mary A. A. Boland
Euphrosyne L. Brown
C. Valentine Barrington
John Bergen
D. B. Bullard
I. W. Birdseye
Nathaniel W. Bishop
George Burns
A. N. Cheney
Geo. ‘B. Cowell
Sara Curtis
Charles D. Davis
William E. Davenport
Marion DeForest
George H. Edwards
James
Philip Holzer
Lyman Hill
Percy Hill
F. Merton Hammond
George Hadley
Harvey Hubbell
John Hawley
H. H. Hamilton
John T. King
Henry Lee
Walter Leewith
Josephine Lyon
T. Lee Lalley
Seymour Lacy
John T. Linehan
Arthur la Field
James Lawler
Reuben A. Lockhart
Norman Leeds
Thomas lLashar
Carlos Logan
Thomas Logan
Clifford Marsh
James A. Meath
H. Archibald Msayse
Paulie Miller
Thomas McNamara
A. E. Macdonald
W. B. Middlebrook
H. S. Miles
C .D. Mills
Thomas Morrissey
Gertrude MacMahon
Willam B. Naramore
H. E. Nickerson
R. S. Neithercut
C. M. Newman
H. G. Oliphant
John Phelan
C. H. Rohrbach
James T. Rourke
Carl Beck
J. Rosenthal
J.a.rusling, Jr
Frederick Sailer
Charles Shapiro
Fanny Smith
Robert Strang
Samuel C. Shaw
Thomas P. Taylor
Alfred H. Terry
Alfred Tomlinson
Phyllis Tomlinson
H. B. VanGiesen
Arthur N. Wheeler
Dwight C. Wheeler
Walter S. Wilmot
Irene Wren
Julia Farnan
WM. Collier, JR
Keefe, Langton & White
Powers & West
Darto
THE
Dairy Maids
Police
Fairfield, Conn
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Hutchinson
D&u
Besser
B. H
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Newfield Park
New Haven
New London
Royal Order of Moose
Circus Grounds
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Porgies
W. D. Cook & Son
Water Street
Williams
Atlanta Constitution
Louisville Courier-Journal
Punekor
Kati
Toombes & Wentworth
WM. Gillette
Cotton & King
Malone & Malone
Eddie Dowling
Keeney
Empire Theatre
FIRST
Aramount
Ali, Ghats
Scarlet Woman
Raatreae i
Borr
Cars
Pekin
Dorsen’s
Fashion Plate
Spooner
the Girl
Sumner Nichols
House OF Lies
New Lyric Hall
W. H. Isham
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Highland Spring Water Co
Warren Street
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