Chaplin to Lead Village Volunteers Last Show Tonight
Poli's presents Charley Chaplin in The Fireman the final screening with laughs from start to finish. Also shown Her Husbands Wife a five part feature starring Sallie Crute Mignon Anderson. vaudeville The Court Room Girls musical comedy with pretty girls and lively acts Prosperity rural comedy Ezra Mathews and company. Wilson Bros Mack Sidney Phillips Hollanders round out a varied program.
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Charley Chaplin
Poli
Sallie Crute
Mignon Anderson
Ezra Mathews
Company
Wilson Bros. and
Mack
Sidney Phillips
Hollanders
Unemployment Presses Garment Workers in New York
A government study notes 60,000 workers in New York cloak and skirt firms face 24 weeks of work per year with low wages. It links chronic unemployment to poverty, debt, disease risks, and overcrowded housing, while unions fight to protect workers from exploitive sweatshops and contractor practices.
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Committee On Industrial Relations
Washington
New York
Juliet Stuart Poyntz
Trachtenberg
Randschaal
Manufacturers’ Association
United States Public Health Service
New York City
United States
Pittsburgh
Avi
Moose Parade Decoration Plea From Bridgeport Lodge
Bridgeport Lodge No. 239 of the Loyal Order of Moose urges 5 000 members and local business men to decorate their shops and homes for a parade this week as 10 000 visiting Moose are expected to join the line of march along Stratford Avenue East Main Street Barnum Avenue William to Congress Main State Clinton Avenue and the circus grounds during the June 16 17 field day convention.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Bridgeport
Stratford Avenue
East Main Street
Barnum Avenue
William
Congress
Main
State
Clinton Avenue
Clinton
Fletcher Divorce Case Heard in Superior Court
Ellen Fletcher of this city sues Walter Fletcher of Groton for desertion on July 1 1910. They married June 5 1901, Ellen's maiden name Ellen Stirk. Judge Curtis in Part Two reserved decision.
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Ellen Fletcher
Walter Fletcher
Groton
Curtis
Superior Court
The House of Lies Shines at Lyric with Strong Cast
The Lyric delivers a polished four act comedy about a newly married couple disrupted by the wife’s aristocratic relatives. Cecil Spooner as Rose Morton and Pell Trenton as John Livingstone Kent lead a strong ensemble including Clarence H. Doty, Rita Villers, Helen Tilden, Frederic Clayton, Clyde Strong, and Roy B. Williams, praised for vivid character work and humor.
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House of Lies
Lyric
Rose Morton
Cecil Spooner
Pell Trenton
John Livingstone Kent
Rose
Clarence H.doty
Dick Wilmot
Rita Villers
Frederic Clayton
Plaza Booking Promises A Top Vaudeville Week
Bessie Barriscale headlines the Plaza with The Sorrows of Love a Triangle production plus Dan Ely s Black and White Revue and Bits of Vaudeville. Also featured are Hoyt Maniah Hyams Hermann and Shirley The Mysterious Maskerader and White and White with Moonshiners as the keystone comedy.
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Bessie Barriscale
Plaza
Callan
Bridgeport
Miss Barriscale
Dan Ely
Hoyt, Maniah & Hyams
Hermann and
Shirley
Passing Show of 1916 to Feature Public Events Scene
A new musical and dramatic production modeled on winter shows will include public events such as American troops entering Mexico, ending the first act with a grand scenic effect. The complete cast lists Ed Wynn Florence Moore Lillian Lorraine Countess Thamara Swirskaia Fred Walton and over 100 others.
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Mexico
Ed Wynn
Florence Moore
Lillian Lorraine
Thamara Swirskaia
Fred Walton
William Philbrick
Jimmy Hussey
Jack Boyle
Dolly Hackett
Herman Timberg
Hattie Darling
George Baldawin
James Clemons
Dorothy Wahl
Stewart Jackson
Ruth Randall
Mabel Ford
Dora Ford
Stella Hoban
Saranoff
Blg Brown
Ma Belle
Dorothy Goffrey
Farnum Stages Hoodman Blind and Hollis Resurrection
Farnum brings Hoodman Blind on stage about a man who marries one sister and mistakes the other for his wife. The program also features The Resurrection of Hollis, a three act Vitagraph feature with a comedy reel. Tomorrow George Beban and Myrtle Stedman star in Pasquale, a five act Paramount production.
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Farnum
Hoodman
Hollis
Vitagraph
George Beban
Myrtle Stedman
Pasquale
Paramount
70 Years Since First Real Baseball Clash
The article recalls the June 14 1846 meeting of the New York Knickerbockers and the New Yorks at Elysian Fields Hoboken marking baseball’s first regular game. New Yorks won 21 to 1 in four innings. listed players include Murphy and others, with Knickerbockers’ lineup named.
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Hoboken
N. J
New York Knickerbockers
New Yorks
Knicks
Jersey
Elysian Fields
New York
Giants
Yankees
Manhattan Island
Alexander J. Cartwright
Knickerbockers
Hibernian
Teutonic
Murphy
Ransom
Davis
Case
Thompson
Trenchard
Lalor
Winslow
Johnson
Adams
Avery
Turney
Birney
Tucker
Paulding
Tryon
Anthony
Washingtons
Gothams
Red House
Second Avenue
106Th Street
Dorian's Divorce headlines Metro Wonderplay at Empire
Lionel Barrymore stars in the five part Empire feature Dorian's Divorce shown tonight and tomorrow with a masterful drama. Colonel Barrymore memorable for Biograph work, Sydney Drew comedy and Universal program also included. The seventh episode of Peg On the Ring serial features Francis Ford and Grace Cunard.
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Dorian
Metro
Sterling
Lionel Barrymore
Colonel Barrymore
Biograph Company
Sydney
Universal
Francis Ford
Grace Cunard
West End Screens A Man of Sorrow Starring William Fox
West End tonight presents the William Fox production A Man of Sorrow. The theater promotes the stage work starring actor William as the lead.
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West End
William Fox
William
Poli's Theatre Dons Summer Interior Makeover
Poli's Playhouse unveils a summer refresh as interior decor shifts from heavy velour to light cretonne. Decorators replaced draperies, seats are covered in grey slips creating a cool inviting vibe. Manager Matt Saunders receives public praise for the transformation.
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Poli
Matt Saunders
Big Playhouse
Passing Show of 1916 at Shubert New Haven
The Passing Show of 1916 moves from the Winter Garden to the Shubert theatre in New Haven for four performances starting tomorrow night. The annual Summer shows are reviews rather than three winter extravaganzas and are expected to outdo prior Winter Garden productions.
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New England
Winter Garden
Shubert Theatre
New Haven
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