Merely Mary Anne Play Draws Crowds at Polls Theatre
Poll's Theatre continues to run Merely Mary Anne a dramatic comedy drama with Alice Fleming in the title role and Jabu Tyce as Lancelot. The article lauds the unusual excellence of the supporting cast and the engaging love story that elevates the production above typical comedies. A Thursday matinee offers a souvenir photo for lady patrons and a flower matinee next Saturday with stage access and giveaway carnations.
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Mary Ann
Zangwill
Poll’s
Sis Alice Fleming
Poll
Jabu Tyce
Lancelot
Mary Anne
Summer Vaudeville at Smiths Brightens Bridgeport Evenings
Bridgeport theatre is packed each night with audiences enjoying a top summer vaudeville bill and new motion pictures. Grace Lavelle delivers a pure soprano, Sagan and Warren perform clean acrobatics, Mary Cohen stars in The Red Rink with Frances Brooke, and daily matinees start at 2 15 with evening shows from 7 15 to 10 30.
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Bridgeport
Grace Lavelle
Sagan and Warren
Mary Cohen
Bowery
Frances Brooke
Dreadful disease cured by Cuticura remedies
A six year old girl with a hive like skin condition improved after daily baths with Cuticura Soap and applying Cuticura Ointment. The writer reports relief from itching and disappearance of the disease after trying multiple remedies and notes the success of the Cuticura treatment. The letter is dated Warren Michigan, June 60 and July 23, 1908.
Cure for Itchy Skin: Cuticura Remedies Wow Reader
Mrs J J Maxwell of Woodside Long Island NC reports her son suffered severe itching on his back from shoulder to shoulder until Cuticura Soap Ointment and Remedies cured him like magic. She praises the products and recommends them to friends, dated May 21 1908.
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Woodside
Longland
N. C
Tor
George C Hanson Named U S Interpreter for Japan
George C Hanson son of Park Commissioner Hanson has been chosen by President Taft as one of two interpreters to study Japanese language in Japan. The five year appointment covers all expenses and he departs Friday. Hanson, Cornell graduate and Bridgeport native, was endorsed by Alderman Gould Postmaster Marigold Congressman Hill and Senators Brandegee and Bulkeley.
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Taft
Japan
Bridgeport
Cornell
Hubert H Gould
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J. Hill
Norwalk
Brandegee and
Bulkeley
Taft Confesses Bewilderment Over Tariff Intricacies
Washington reports President Taft told Ohio woolen manufacturers he is puzzled by tariff complexities as they push for changes to the Senate bill schedule. He recalled a Tennessee travel anecdote about spellings illustrating differing views.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Tennes
Boodle Alderman James A Richmond Dies in Paris
James A Richmond a twice arrested participant in the Doodle Aldermen cases died suddenly in Paris. He led the first Broadway surface railway venture linked to Jacob Sharp and later headed Albany lobbying. Born in Herkimer County he came to New York poor and amassed a fortune. He was elected to the Assembly in 1868 and faced bribery charges in 1886 with bail set at 25 000 and later increased. He supported a niece’s marriage with a $100 000 wedding gift implying a fortune.
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Paris
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Broadway
Jacob Sharp
Herkimer County
Albany
Assembly
Twenty-third Street Railway
Charles Waite
Sharp
Annie Snell
Little Falls
N. Y
Clarke Ingham
Buffalo
Banker Tod Seeks Warrant After Tent Theft Charge
Greenwich news reports banker J Kennedy Tod known as the Laird of Innis Arden demanded a warrant from Prosecuting Attorney H B White on larceny charges against EB J Lucas of Mount Vernon. Tod alleges Lucas caused removal of a tent Tod placed on Great Island near Innis Arden and the Lucas estate. Tod had pitched the tent as a storm shelter for fishermen. The island is state property. Tod’s camp is open to the public. The warrant awaits action by Constable Palmer.
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Sound Beach
Conn
Great Island
Innis Arden
Mr. Tod
Lucas
Connecticut
Mr. Lucas
Greenwich
Constable Palmer
Bishop Doane Attacks the New Woman at Graduation
Albany reports Bishop William Croswell Costie condemning the new woman and woman suffrage during St. Agnes School graduation, calling female equality a chimera. He urged women to guard their femininity and warned against women entering male work.
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Albany
William Croswell Costie
St. Agnes School
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