Theatres Openings and Vaudeville News in Pittsburg and Chicago
The Nixon Theatre opens Monday October 7 in Pittsburg and the Auditorium in Chicago follows on Sunday October 13. Miss Hetty King makes America's first appearance as a male impersonator, drawing heavy attention. RK G Knowles, a top American monologist, also headlines as England’s long rising stage presence. The Tremont Theatre bills rise in strength with Irving Jones and others, while matinees attract more ladies and children. Best quality MALINE offered at Bennett's.
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Nixon Theatre
Pittsburg
Chicago
New York
Miss Hetty King
RK. G. Knowles
Hetty King
England
Vesta Victoria
Tremont Theatre
Vaudeville Thrills at Orpheum and Keith's Next Week
The Boston Transcript lauds high quality vaudeville at the Orpheum with Charmion leading a strong bill including Raffin's monkeys and James Thornton. Keith's Theatre showcases "The Song Birds" with thirty performers and stars like William Burress and Julian Eltinge. A separate Health Board statement links a Cambridge Somerville typhoid outbreak to contaminated milk and calls for stricter can sterilization and milk-can inspections.
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Boston Transcript
Orpheum
Boston
Europe
America
Charmion
Raffin
Monkeys
James Thornton
Joe Hart
Stain Dears
Mason and
Shannon
Junie McCree
Bertha Waltzinger
Allison
Minnie
Minnesota
Sheck Brothers
Keith's Theatre
Child of the Regiment at Boston Grand Opera House
The Boston Grand Opera House presents A Child of the Regiment a new military drama by Charles E Slaney next week with Miss Vivian Prescott as Little Major and Mr Walter Wilson as Private Tom Hadley The plot centers on Hadley taking the blame for a murder committed by the regiment’s child and his escape from the death penalty Matinees are Tuesday Thursday and Saturday Thursday features a stage reception by Miss Prescott who will give her latest photograph to attendees
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Charles E. Slaney
Vivian Prescott
58Th Cavalry
Walter Wilson
Tom Hadley
Hadley
Surprise party honors Miss Rufina Donaven at home
Friends surprised Miss Rufina Donaven of 355 Massachusetts Avenue Friday evening, presenting her a purse of gold. The event featured piano selections by Mrs John Lavery, vocal and recitation acts, dancing, and a collation during which Mrs Monahan announced the gift. Miss Donayvon plans to marry in another city and will be greatly missed.
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Rufina Donaven
Massachusetts Avenue
Miss Donaven
John Lavery
John Haley
Mary Monahan
Margaret Hanlon
Monahan
Donayvon
Tobacco trade lessons and obituaries from East Cambridge
The item notes that wholesale or retail tobacco demand special knowledge and cites Thomas Charak’s establishment at 502 Massachusetts Avenue near Brookline Street station. It lists multiple East Cambridge deaths with funeral details from the Church of the Sacred Heart and local cemeteries, naming Deehan Durgin Dwyer McCarthy Leary and families, with dates and burial places.
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Thomas Charak
Massachusetts Avenue
Brookline Street
Cambridge
Deenhan
Henry Deehan
3D Street
Church of the Sacred Heart
Malden
Wis
Cambridge Probate Court Seeks Admin for Mary Dady Estate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Court in Middlesex issues citation for Mary Dady estate of Cambridge intestate death. Public administrator James F.F. Outward to be appointed. notices required weekly for three weeks and served on the Treasurer and Receiver General at least fourteen days before the hearing on October 22, 1907. Judge Charles J. McIntire presides.
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Cambridge
Middlesex
Commonwealth
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Cambridge Sentinel Og
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
W. BR. Rogers
Register
A Scholarly Wit of Charterhouse Tutor Haig Brown
The London Telegraph recalls Doctor Haig Brown, master of Charterhouse School, whose quick mind turned absurdities into wit. A parent asked to inter her son. his reply promised to undertake her son with gentle humor.
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Haig Brown
Charterhouse
London
London Telegraph
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