Amusements at Poli's vaudeville week features many acts
A lively vaudeville bill at Poli's opens with a musical comedy titled At Midnight led by Mabdl Berta. Fred de Gresac arranged music for the production. Clara Kimball Young stars in The Common Law adaptation. Also on the bill are Pathe News, Willard Dashiell in A Boss There Was, William Morrissey and company, ventriloquist William Ebbs, and Claire Attwood in dancing and acrobatics.
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Poli
Mabdl Berta
Fred de Gresac
Robert W. Chambers
Clara Kimball Young
Pathe
Willard Dashiell
Poll Players
John J. Splain
New Haven
William Morrissey
Vaudeville at Plaza Delights Audiences with Diverse Acts
The Plaza presented a crackerjack Dill program drawing large crowds with Dora Dean and six dancers performing singing and dancing routines. Carson and Willard's "At the Bulletin Board" kept the laughs coming as Jack Sidney and Billie Townley won encore admiration. Samayoa staged aerial feats while Beasie Barriscale starred in Triangle's "Plain Jane" about a boarding house romance. Charles Ray supported as the student, with a two part Keystone comedy ending the show.
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Plaza
Dora Dean
Darkjies
Carson
Willard
Jack Sidney
Billie Town-ley
Samayosa
Samayoa
Beasie Barriscale
Triangle
Jane
Charles Ray
Texas play at Lyric features genuine border life
A breezy stage work set on the Texas border presents authentic ranch and cowboy life with four strong acts. The production, designed around J. Mauldin Felgl’s central points, combines action and refreshing comedy with dramatic incidents throughout the four big acts.
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Texas
J.mauldin Felgl
Fire Spectacle Rehearsals Begin at Avon Field
Rehearsals started for Fighting the Flames the Bridgeport fire department’s big spectacle at Avon Field Saturday afternoon. Firemen train with ladders nets and life lines to show rescue and firefighting efficiency as a four story hotel is burned in a staged city street scene with dancers and a large orchestra trapped inside. Guests register at the hotel and volunteers may join via Dick Ferris at Stratfield hotel. A two hour program of sports precedes the fire event with gates opening at 1 pm and a police civic parade following the spectacle. Tickets available at Hartigan’s.
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Bridgeport Fire Department
Avon Field
Bridgeport
Dick Ferris
Stratfield Hotel
Hartigan’s
D A R Members Urged Enroll in Red Cross Campaign
The Mary Silliman chapter of the D A R held its first meeting of the season at Odd Fellows hall. A key topic was supporting the American Red Cross with each member contributing $1 yearly. Miss Boardman outlined Red Cross issues from the European War, as Mrs. Fones left for New Haven to attend the Mary Clapp Wooster chapter's events. A bridge party at the Brigdeport Art League was planned for Oct 25 with prizes and reserved tables, music and recitations featured by local performers.
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Mary Silliman
Odd Fellows’ Hall
American Red Cross Society
Mary Fones
New Haven
Mary Clapp Wooster
Mabel T. Boardman
J. Cook McClure
Florence Davidson
Gertrude Lang
Grace D. Clarke
Union Meeting of Bridgeport Christian Endeavor
The Bridgeport Christian Endeavor Union held its annual gathering at First Presbyterian Church. A 6:30 supper preceded a praise service and an address by Rev. J. MacLaren Richardson, pastor of the church.
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Bridgeport Christian Endeavor Union
First Presbyterian Church
J. MacLaren Richardson
Submerged U boat is raised after collision
Copenhagen reports the Danish diver unit has raised a sunken U boat. Five of six crew members rescued alive after a collision with a Norwegian steamer. Lieut. Commander Christiansen found dead in the conning tower. mer Want Ads One Cent a Word.
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Copenhagen
Marine Dykkeren
Yessay
Christiansen
Republican ex-mayor Broatch to back Wilson Hitchcock
W J Broatch former Omaha mayor and lifelong Republican writes a signed statement declaring his intent to vote for President Wilson and Senator Hitchcock. He notes Wilson's administration has achieved more for common people in three years than the prior 20 years under Republicans and cites his Civil War service and repeated public roles.
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Omaha
W. J. Broatth
Exmayor
Woodrow Wilson
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Wilson
United States
Republican Party
Broatch
Blaine
Harrison
Roosevelt
Governor Hughes Resigns After Political Struggles
Governor Hughes declined to appoint a railroad expert to the state public service commission, vetoed bills on women teachers pay equity and tax measures, and vowed an unbossed administration. He resigned in a later term to join the U.S. Supreme Court amid party boss resistance and external criticism from Roosevelt era reformers.
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Hughes
State Public Service Commission
State For Commission
Tax Board
United States Supreme Court
Deaf mutes face murder trial in New Haven case
Francisco Veteri and Joseph Castelli of New York stand trial in superior court charged with murdering Anna Castelli in a New Haven rooming house last April. The defendants, both deaf mutes, allegedly acted with Anna's husband in planning and carrying out the crime. Over 70 tale men were summoned to select a jury.
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New Haven
Francisco Veteri
Joseph Castelli
New York
Anna
Castelli
Veteri
Paris Papers Decry Submarine Campaign and Blackmail
Paris papers under Blackmail and Defiance banner condemn Germanys submarine campaign off the American coast. They say neutrals must act, fearing war escalation and paralysis of world trade as Scandinavian and other neutral ships are sunk.
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Paris
Germany
United States
Washington
A Republic an Boomerang and a Putrid Film
A critical take on a Republican campaign film tied to President Wilson's Mexican policy. The piece accuses the Republican National Committee of exploiting a scandalous movie directed by a pardoned convict to attack Wilson, arguing the effort backfired and exposed campaign methods as sordid and disgraceful. It cites Hal Reid and Everett Colby, questions responsibility, and frames the affair as a modern Rum, Romanism and Rebellion boomerang.
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Republican National Campaign
Wilson
Hal Reid
Republican National Committee
Republican
Everett Colby
Brooklyn Eagle
Roosevelt
Evening World
Berlin eyes Wilson move as election nears
Advertising note runs in the farmer section urging readers to place notices and announcements while Berlin hopes Washington will ease the blockade and the British pressure intensifies. The message hints at political leverage tied to the coming U.S. election and the desire to force policy changes.
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Great Britain
Berlin
Wilson
G O P Elephants Call For Voters Support In Prosperous Era
The Republican appeal argues four years of Democratic rule brought peace and prosperity with high wages, urges voters to turn out Wilson and give Republicans a chance. It notes Wall Street backing and claims government by influence, then shifts to a commercial notice about restored cable with Manuos and a one cent per word farmer want ad.
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Republican Party
Woodrow Wilson
Wall Street
Wilson
The
Commercial Cable Co
Manuos
Farmer
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Jimmy
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H. Virginia Kline
Tom Moore
George Marion
Robert Lowe
Max Spiegel
the Merry Rounders
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Midgie Miller
Hartigan
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