Polys Plaza and Empire Offer Diverse Vaudeville and Film
The Telegram reviews Poli's big theatre and Plaza vaudeville with acts from Shirleys and Miss Francis Dyer to Larry Reilley and Gillette's Monkeys. Consul Betty chimpanzee and Madge Kennedy in Baby Mine are noted. Cecil DeMille's The Devil Stone screens at Empire with Barbary Sheep at Hippodrome. Goldwyn drama Fighting Odds at West End. Mary's Ankle at Park entertains Bridgeport audiences before a Burlesque show.
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Poli
Shirleys
Francis Dyer
Larry Reilley
Francis Williams and Company
Gillette
Consul Betty
Madge Kennedy
Billie Burke
Halmond Magee
Honors
Murphy
Van
Kenyon
Gardner
Bartell
Mpire
OD. W. Griffith
Cecil DeMille
The
Lasky Company
Geraldine Farrar
Empire Theatre
Jeanie MacPherson
Beatrice DeMille
Leighton Osman
Grenelda
Marcia Manot
Alppodrome
Artcraft
Hippodroms
Elsie Ferguson
Miss Ferguson
Rexience
West End
Goldwyn
End of Year Grain Trade Quiet Amid Year-End Closings
New York reports a quiet grain session with many commission houses closing year-end contracts. Oats led activity with profit taking and a firm start, while farmers pressed for prompt shipments though cash corn and oats faced limited demand. Foreign buyers were noted, and Argentine weather improved outlooks. Provisions and hogs moved within narrow ranges as Chicago quotations showed modest shifts.
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New York
Chicago
Cheating Cheaters Blessed by Lyric in New Year Show
The Lyric presents Cheating Cheaters as a melodramatic farce praised for sharp cues and surprising situations. Miss Howard and Mr. Ayers appear in changed roles while Manager Arvine earns commendation for staging a high class production. Attend to start the New Year right.
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Strand Theater
Herbert Rawlinson
William Jussell
Pinyera
Lyric
Miss Howard
Mr. Ayers
Theemory
Arvine
Marked Growth on Tittle Board in 1917
New York December 2 The Consolidated Stock Exchange shows a marked year end rise with year to date sales outpacing 1916. Membership demand is strong and open odd lot trading remains heavy on the exchange floor. A table compares 1917 monthly sales to 1916. Georgia Tech and Pittsburg football scoring totals are noted for nine games.
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Tittle Board
New York
Consolidated Stock Exchange
United States
Georgia Tech
Pittsburg
Middletown Nominates Connery for Mayor
James I. Connery received an unopposed nomination for mayor at a Middletown Democratic caucus. He previously ran as the party’s candidate and serves as an alderman. The election is set for January 21.
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Middletown
Connery
James I. Connery
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