Theatres Schedule Major Ice Operetta and Virginian Show
The Imperial Grand Co presents Il Trovatore tonight with strong praise for last night’s performance. A bill of motion pictures and songs tomorrow promises reels never shown locally, with same low prices and a final strictly picture show at Smith’s. The Kirke La Shelle production of The Virginian, starring W. S. Hart, arrives Saturday with matinee and night shows. Robert Sperry’s Show Girl and merry musical gala push tickets, promising a record week with capacity crowds and urgent urges to buy now before seats sell out.
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Imperial Grand Ra Co
Smith's Theatre
Kirke la Shelle Company
Owen Wister
W. S. Hart
Western Plains
Wister
Wyoming
Steve
Rageton
Robert M.eerhe
Mr. Sperry
Sperry
Theatre Adds Margaret Mc Yaney to Cast Next Week
He has secured his best and biggest company yet and hires Miss Margaret Mc Yaney a prima donna with leading roles in shows headed by James T. Powers Eddie Foy Richard Carle and Raymond Hitchcock. She will draw crowds next week with daily matinees and the usual prices in force. Get tickets early.
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Margaret Mc Yaney
James T. Powers
Eddie Foy
Richard Carle
Raymond Hitchcock
Poli's Charmion Tops Poli's Vaudeville Week
Poli's week's top act Charmion impresses big audiences with aerial trapeze and vivacious personality. The show features Elsie Harvey and a lineup including the Olivetti Troubadours, Spanish serenaders, Muller Chunn Co, Carter Waters comedy, and Jennnings Renfrew burnt cork art. Motion pictures on the Electrograph close the bill.
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Chim
Charmion
Elsie Harvey
Olivetti
Muller, Chunn & Co
Carter Waters & Co
Jennings & Renfrew
Myers
Knights of Columbus State Deputy contest at Stratfield
At the Stratfield biennial state convention Knights of Columbus members prepare for a lively race for state deputy held by James J. Kennedy of New Haven seeking re election. His Danbury rival Martin J Cunningham is a respected local figure and former mayoral candidate.
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Knights of Columbus
Stratfield
James J. Kennedy
New Haven
Martin J. Cunningham
Danbury
Cunningham
William J. Malone
Bristol
Order
Eagles’ Hall
Ante nuptial religion agreements void in Missouri ruling
St Louis May 6 Judge Matthew G Reynolds rules stipulations made before marriage on education and religious training of children from a mixed marriage cannot be enforced by law. The decision affects primarily Catholic Church demands in such unions.
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St. Louis
Matthew G. Reynolds
Weather Indications from Tinsted Press May 6
New Haven reports a fair night with Friday showers as a disturbance moved from the eastern Lake region into the St Lawrence valley. Light rain occurred in the Lake region and Atlantic coast north of Virginia. A new disturbance in Minnesota brings cloudy skies and local showers across the upper Mississippi and western Lake region. Temperatures rise in the central and eastern areas.
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Tinsted Press
New Haven
Lake Region
St. Lawrence Valley
Atlantic
Virginia
Minnesota
Mississippi Valley
Coe
Roosevelt's Plea for First Class Fighting Navy
Former President Theodore Roosevelt, editor of Outlook, argues that universal goodwill toward foreign nations must accompany a strong navy to manage Japanese immigration and protect the United States. He asserts the government should enforce immigration limits, favoring a first class fighting navy as the surest peace guarantee and insurance against war.
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United Press
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Uncle Sam
Arbor and Bird Day Proclaimed for May Fourteenth
Governor Weeks issued a proclamation designating Friday May 14 as Arbor and Bird Day. It urges planting trees and shrubbery and calls for schoolchildren to receive instruction on forests, kindness to animals, and nature’s ways. The notice also reports the Ladies of Charity meeting at St Vincent's Hospital on Sunday May 9, 1909 at 3 30 p.m.
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Weeks
Hospital
Ladies’ of Charity of
St. Vincent de Paul
St. Vincent's Hospital
Hood's Sar Saparilia Promises Wide Range of Cures
The ad claims more than 20 ingredients in Hood's Sar Saparilia provide a curative power for numerous ailments including blood diseases and stomach troubles. It asserts the unique combination and proportions make it effective, offered in liquid or tablet form.
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Hood
Sanyo
Splendid Treat at Imperial Grand Opera at Smith's Theatre
A two days engagement by the Imperial Grand Opera Co. opened with Cavalleria Rusticana and Il Pagliacci at Smith's Theatre. Mlle Alvord and Signor Cilla led strong Italian performances with a 20-piece orchestra and 40-voice chorus. The company will present Il Trovatore tonight amid lively Italian and American audience showings.
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Cavalleria Rusticana
Imperial Grand Opera Co
Smith’s Theatre
Mascagni
Mlle
Alvord
Turiddu
Signor
Luigi Cilla
Mile
G. Morelia
Lola
Leoncavallo
Anna Frery
Nedda
Grand Opera
Brussels
Belgium
Calderara Wright airship flight ends in 100 foot fall
Rome May 6 Lieutenant Calderara, a Wright aeroplane assistant, was badly injured when the Wright machine fell from 100 feet during a flight. His shoulders were dislocated and doctors fear internal injuries. He remembers nothing after a vertigo attack. Calderara hopes to recover as details of the cause remain undetermined.
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United Press
Rome
Calderara
Wilbur Wright
Wright
Caldévara
Verona
Walking Papers and Parlor Plot in a Society Sketch
A humorous dialogue fragment shows Clarence in a parlor with a young man who plans to proceed without written permission. The exchange hints at motives and misunderstandings in a domestic setting. The piece segues to a gag about a daughter’s marriage, then a mock parliamentary aside and a caricature caption reflecting contemporary manners.
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Clarence
Fire in Holyoke Causes $25 000 Loss
Fire on two Main Street blocks in Holyoke owned by Florence Donohue and the Antoinette Mar cot estate caused $25,000 in damage. Fireman John McCarthy was injured, a tenant cut by glass, and Lena Robbins of Westboro robbed of her pocketbook. Cause suspected as a fascicle explosion on the first floor of the Donohue building.
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Tinited Press
Holyoke
Mass
Florence Donohue
Antoinette Marcot
John McCarthy
Lena Robbins
Westboro
Donohue
A Mosaic of Humble Wit and Oddities From a Printer’s Page
A collage of vintage clippings notes banquets in London with a bald vicar and a pineapple reply, rail and boat fare contrasts from the 1850s, a New York harbor eye flag and its supervisor, a groom’s cautious courtship, a liberal education quip, and a Fuller maxim on humility.
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New York Harbor
Battery Sea Wall
North River
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Kline Brothers
Money Back Store
Main St
Sworth
Iran
Kline’s
THE
Cyrus Pharmacy
Poli’s
Martin J. Cugpingham
Roosevelt
E.H. Dillon & GO
E. H. Dillon & CO
Mrs. Brown
Brown
Mr. Brown
Daughter
Cleveland
New York Press
London Express
Washington Belle
Kansas City Journal
Smith-Murray CO
Bette
Sam Harris
CONN
Office & Library Supply House
Fairfield Ave
Water St
London
Huntsville
Glasgow
iIt
Macon Republican
Upper Bay
Hudson River
New York Sun
Washington Post
Highmas
Muntoburn
Chicago Tribune
Fuller
A&p
Japan
Rossmore
Baronet Biscuit
Gattinas
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Rts
Deli Avery
E. Main
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