Kelcey and Shannon star in Lyric's Bridge and Royal Chef shows
Kelcey and Effie Shannon return to the Lyric in Alicia Ramsey's Bridge delivering strong performances as Nora Fielding and Lord Royal Fitzmaurice. The cast also features Mrs Sol Smith, Charles Rowan, Arthur Hoops, Ruth Chester and Frank Kingdon with praised staging and vivid period style. The second entry notes The Royal Chef at Walnut with Ben Jerome directing, Frazee and Wade producing, and a lively score by McCarthy and company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Kelcey
Effie Shannon
The
Lyric
Kelcey
Miss Shannon
Alicia Ramsey
Mr. Kelcey
Lord Royal Fitzmaurice
Nora Fielding
Charles Frohman
Sol Smith
Charles Rowan
Arthur Hoops
Ruth Chester
Frank Kingdon
Edward Montgomery
Cecelia Radclyffe
Miss Chester
Lady Norton
All Things
Messrs
Frazee and
Wade
Ben Jerome
McCarthy
Heinrich Lemphauser
Clara Berger
Teto
Mr. McCarthy
Dorothy Rae
Oscar England
Dixey Lilliard
Charles Huntington
Joe Rich
Isadore Lachman
Herbert Carter
George Porter Smith
Fanchon at the Olympic Featured in Congratulatory Note
Ida Adair receives congratulations on her Fanchon at the Olympic. The piece discusses George Sand’s crickets tale and its enduring appeal, noting its theatrical history with Maggie Mitchell and Clara Morris and its verse of romantic comedy and peasant life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanchon
Ida Adair
George Sand
George Fuller
Maggie Mitchell
Cleveland
John Elisiler
Clara Morris
Savoy
Miss Mitchell
Jefferson
van Winkle
Irving
Mathias
Bells
Booth
Hamlet
Mous
Blue Ribbon Girls at the Standard Present a Lively Burlesque
The Standard theater drew strong crowds with the Blue Ribbon Girls Company delivering two highly entertaining burlesques. Monte Carlo and A Day at Niagara featured Rice and Cady, Ward, Roche, Tangeman, and a troupe of attractive performers led by May Ashton Armstrong Raymond and Mayers. The olio included novelty dances and encores, with added scenes like The College Boy and Dainty Miss and The Eight Cyclone Girls making the program stand out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Blue Ribbon Girls Company
Monte Carlo
Rice and Cady
Harry Ward
J. T. Farron
Arthur Roach
Bruen Tangeman
Pretty May Ashton
Anna Armstrong
Hattie Raymond
Sadie Mayers
Rice
Cady
Ward
Raymond
May Achton
Roche
Tangeman
Niagara
Roach
Farron
Ashton
Armstrong
Mayers
Fire Brigade
Sherry’s
O'Brian
Sadie
May Ashton
The Royal Chef at Walnut Delights Cincinnati Audiences
Heinrich Lemphauser portrayed by William J. McCarthy charms crowds in Frazee and Wade's musical comedy The Royal Chef at the Walnut. The Chicago import, new to Cincinnati, proves popular with polished singing and clever staging, signaling a strong run under Frazee's direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinrich Lemphauser
Chicago
Oolong
Mr. Lemphauser
William J. McCarthy
Emery
Frazee and Wade
McCarthy
Cincinnati
Harry F. Frazee
The Star Boat and Notable Acts at Columbia
The Columbia presents a strong lineup for the week with The Star Boat awaited by patrons. Eddie Girard and Jessie Gardner star in Dooley and the Diamond, with crowd-pleasing routines by Charles Lemon and the Juggling Normans. The Kronemann Brothers entertain as acrobats, and the Musical Mix-Up features Walter Jones and Blanche Deyo among others. Kinodrome battleships film draws many viewers amid the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Star Boat
Calcium
Eddie Girard
Jessie Gardner
Dooley and
the Diamond
Gilbert
Donnelly
Girard
Mr. Girard
Miss Gardner
Charles F. Lemon
Charles Mack
Erin
Caroline Hull
Myrtle Byrne
Kronemann Brothers
Walter Jones
Blanche Deyo
Emily Wellington
Ethel Ricketts
Emil M. Spatz
Jones
His Terrible Secret at Heucks Opera House
Charles E Blaney’s new play His Terrible Secret was staged at Heuck’s Opera House yesterday afternoon and evening by W H Turner leading as Melmoth a man with a gorilla ancestry and a hidden burden. The supporting cast includes Edith Yeager Mary Condon Alan Bennett and others as the company delivers a strenuous drama with thrilling climaxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Blaney
Heuck
Opera House
W. H. Turner
Turner
Melmoth
Mr. Turner
Edith Yeager
Mary Condon
Alan Bennett
Richard Earle
Letty Holmes
Charles Sutton
Roy Smith
Toreadors at the People's Theater Stirs With Burlesque
The Gay Toreadors Company presented The Toreadors in Spain at the People's Theater with boisterous humor and vivid color. George Walsh earned top honors as Cornfield while Olga Orloff portrayed a wealthy American widow in a castle setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toreadors
Spain
People’s Theater
Land of the Dons
Hispania
George Walsh
Cornfield
New York
Robert Harris
A. C. Bruce
William Cook
George Garden
Walter Sommers
Olga Orloff
Nettie Hyde
Mildred Valmore
Alfo
Tempest and Sunshine At Lyceum Theatre
A South silhouettes play set in Kentucky titled Tempest and Sunshine adapts Mary J. Holmes novel. It follows two motherless sisters Tempest and Sunshine with contrasting temperaments as their father seeks a husband. Marie DeBeau and Ruth Raynor lead with strong turns. supporting cast includes Gus Arthur Frank Gillan Nellie Small and others. The antebellum staging complements the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Kentucky
Lyceum Theater
Mary J. Holmes
Sunshine
Marie DeBeau
Tempest
Ruth Raynor
Gus Arthur
Frank Gillan
Nellie Small
Harry Miller
Martin Gibbon
Charles Small
Minnie Gordon
The Gay White Way Comes to Lyric Theater
The Gay White Way transfers from New York and Boston to the Lyric Theater next week with a large cast and elaborate scenic production. Stars Jefferson De Angelis Blanche King and Alexander Carr headline eighty associates performing burlesques of popular musical and dramatic successes from this and prior seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay White Way
New York Casino
Majestic Theater
Boston
Lyrc Theater
Jefferson de Angelis
Blanche King
Alexander Carr
Post and Russell
Laura Guerite
Viola Hopkins
Eddie Craven
Frank Doane
Gertie Moyer
New York
The Girl Question Comes to Grand Opera House
A large company from Columbus arrives for The Girl Question at the Grand tonight. Seventy five performers, including many pretty girls and good looking men, settle into nearby hotels as the show promises melodic music and a big musical comedy venture for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Grand
Columbus
Grand Opera House
The Girl Question at the Grand Tonight
Messrs Adams Hough and Howard bring The Girl Question to the Grand tonight praised as daring original musical comedy with real dramatic touches. The two straight parts feature Jo Forster played by Henrietta Tedro and Baron Von Tesmar a refined traveling German nobleman. Critics note unique humor sentiment and genuine drama elevating this show above typical musical comedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Hough and Howard
Josephine Forster
Henrietta Tedro
Cincinnati
America
Baron von Tesmar
von Tesmar
River steamers draw crowded crowds on moonlit day
The Coney steamers carried an immense throng yesterday. The Princess had two good runs to up river ports she was scheduled to visit. The Queen did brisk business between this city and Aurora and Lawrenceburg, especially in the afternoon, with moonlight adding to the pleasant day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Lawrenceburg
Actors To Play Ball At Newport Park Face Royal Chef Walnut Clash
Royal Chef Company and Walnut Street Theater base ball teams meet at Spinks Newport Ball Park this afternoon. Both clubs undefeated this season eyeing the theatrical bashball title. William J. McCarthy of the Royal Chef, former professional, will play second base. Admission is free as spectators are invited. Game starts at 2 30 with a full lineup listed for both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spinks
Newport Ball Park
Royal Chef Company
Walnut Street Theater
Broilers
William J. McCarthy
McCarthy
F. A. Hunt
W. 8. Howe
Actress challenges age record in press communique
A notable actress, Mrs Sol Smith, is reported to have sent a message to the press asserting her age is older than previously published. The note marks a rare public stand by a respected stage figure amid ongoing curiosity about her years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Smith
Her
Veteran actress Mrs Smith defends age in Bridge at Lyric
Bert Kelcey and Effie Shannon stage Bridg e at the Lyric. Mrs Smith, 74, protests adding four years to her age and shows off a famed wardrobe and jewels bequeathed by the late Mrs John Drew. She wields a cane once used by Madame Malaprop in The Rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Kelcey
Effie Shannon
Lyric Theater
Smith
Zoo opens for spring with new arrivals delighting visitors
Cincinnati Zoo greeted a sunny spring day as unofficial spring opening with hundreds of visitors. New arrivals included four giant European hares twenty three and twenty four pounds each two pure white peacocks from East India and two pairs of Manchurian pheasants from China. The carousel ran all day and the clubhouse and gardens attracted many families to mark the season’s start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
East India
China
Earl Hubble Leads Egypt Talk At Lyric On Sunday
Earl A. Hubble spoke on Egypt in a picture talk at the Lyric Sunday afternoon describing the land of the Pharaohs and the Sphinx. Maude Raymond of the Gay White Way Company is a practical woman teaching housekeeping to her daughters Leon a and Ethel who cook Sunday dinners for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl A. Hubble
Egypt
the Lyric
Maude Raymond
White Way Company
Leona
Ethel
New York
Gus Rogers
Bill Simmons
Miss Raymond
Fine residence badly damaged in Avondale blaze
Fire partially destroyed the residence of B. K. Morris at 8539 Wilson avenue Avondale last night. A lace curtain blew across a gas jet and a sheet of flame filled the room. The blaze spread quickly, the occupants escaped with no injuries. Loss estimated at 1000 dollars. owned by A. Cc. Sherrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Avenue
Avondale
A. Cc. Sherrick
Dreadnought Sets Sights On Faster Speeds
London April 12 an announced discovery in turbine engines of the Dreadnought yields a great speed increase. In a twelve hour trial she averaged 21/2 knots near her designed pace, marking a significant improvement in performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Seek Young Couple Absent After Theater Visit
After attending a theater, Bud Settles age 23 and Lucy Parker age 15 of 1803 East avenue boarded a Millcreek Valley car at 7 15 tonight and headed toward Kentucky Ohio. Cincinnati authorities were requested to intercept and detain them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Bud Settles
Lucy Parker
East Avenue
Kentucky
Ohio
Cincinnati
Fall From Roof Kills Worker Struck by Wires
Coroner notified of Peter Becker death after a Saturday fall from a roof at St. Francis Hospital. Becker was employed there when he slipped and fell, his body later caught in live electrical wires causing severe burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Becker
St. Francis Hospital
Becker
Grand Army Posts honor twenty two men in Cincinnati
The Commercial Tribune's Illustrated Magazine next Sunday will feature pictures of twenty two veterans and acquaintances honored by Cincinnati Grand Army Posts. The note urges readers to obtain the issue and enjoy the usual stories jokes and anecdotes alongside the portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercial Tribune
Illustrated
Army Posts of
Cincinnati
Troubadour and Prilistne Clash Ends in Hospital
Paris April 12 A cafe crowd jeered Jesse Brandini who styled himself the last of the troubadours. A patron struck him with a cane after he ignored the hiss and Brandini was hospitalized at Lamiboisiere Hospital as police took Philistine into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Brandini
Brandini
Lamiboisiere Hospital
Philistine
Archaeologists Seek Cyrano de Bergerac Remains in Paris
In Paris on April 12 archaeologists yielded a lead coffin unearthed in Rue de la Charonne. Believed to hold Cyrano de Bergerac, the remains proved to be those of nuns. The search for the famed writer's remains continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rue de la Charonne
Commercial /Tribune
Paris
Unear G
Cyrano de Bergerac
de Bergerac
River Departures and Ohio River Stage Report
The River notes departing boats from Pomeroy Maysville Louisville City of Cincinnati Madison and Kentucky. Queen City departures listed for tomorrow at 5 p.m. plus other daily times. Yesterday the Ohio River at Cincinnati stood 37 feet 7 inches and rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cincinnati
River Notices and Departures From Local Port
The Ohio River rise continues with packets departing yesterday for Manchester Louisville and today expected arrivals from Charleston Maysville Madison and Louisville. The Greenland leaves at 5 p.m. for Pomeroy and all Wayport and the Courier at 11 p.m. for Maysville and all ways. The Kentucky leaves at 5 p.m. for one and the City of Cincinnati for Louisville at 5 p.m. Tomorrow the Queen City sails for Pittsburg at 6 p.m. from Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Manchester
City of Louisville
Louisville
Greenland
Charleston
Maysville
Kentucky
Madison
City of Cincinnati
Ohio River
Pomeroy
Main Street
Pittsburg
Queen City
Broadway
River Conditions Report from Multiple Dams and Ports
Pittsburg Davis Island Dam shows 12.9 feet and falling while Madison reads 30.8 feet and rising. Ships Up The Lizzie Bay and City of Cincinnati. Down The City of Louisville. Evansville 38 feet and falling, Memphis 32 feet and falling. Cairo 45.1 feet and rising with arrivals and departures noted for the Ford Herald and Mississippi steamboat traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Davis Island Dam
Madison
Lizzie Bay
Cincinnati
City of
Louisville
Kentucky
Evansville
Cairo
Ford Herald
Emphis
Mississippi
St. Louis
New Orleans
Memphis
Copy of next Sunday’s Com contains choir group photo
The notice invites St. Peter's Cathedral choir members or friends to obtain a copy of the upcoming Sunday's Com which will feature a group picture of the choir along with jokes stories and anecdotes. The magazine is freely given with the Sunday edition and bound with colored covers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. @ Peter's
Mercial Tribune
Illustrated
Queen City Leaves Wharfboat For Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
Packet line listing shows the Queen City sailing from the wharfboat foot Broadway on Tuesday April 14 at 7 p.m. under agent E A newt at No 204 Public Landing, with Virginia following on Saturday April 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Cincinnati Packet
Pomeroy
Wheeling
Queen City
Broadway
Public Landing
Virginia
Steamer Courier Schedules Local Run From Wharfboat
The steamship Courier will depart Maysville and nearby points today at 11 p.m. from the Line wharfboat foot Sycamore. For inquiries call M 1457.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
Sycamore
Louisville Freight Schedule Fragment
Local freight notices show boats leaving Main Street daily at 5 p.m. and Sundays at 9 a.m. for Louisville and Intermediate Points and Lower Ohio. Kentucky River freight received daily. Telephone M. 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Ohio
Main St
Kentucky
Notice of stockholders meeting to surrender bank
The Norwood Savings Bank and Trust Company calls a stockholders meeting for April 24 1908 at 4 PM in Cincinnati Ohio to surrender and dissolve the corporation under law. Dated Norwood March 20 1908. C E Page president H W Hartsough secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwood Savings Bank and Trust Company
Compa
Union Trust Building
Fourth and
Walnut Streets
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio
Norwood
C. E. Page
H. W. Hartsough
State of Ohio
Columbus
Charles C. Lemert
State of
Reserve Loan Life Insurance Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
Public bids for Colerain Avenue Bridge wood block repair
The Board of Public Service of Cincinnati invites sealed bids by April 27 1908 for furnishing and delivering materials to repair the Colerain Avenue Bridge paving the roadway with wood block. Bids must include all interested parties names and a bond or certified check equal to one tenth of the bid. The board may reject any or all bids. John J. Wenner Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Service
City of
Cincinnati
State of Ohio
Colerain Avenue
John J. Wenner
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Landry Barbeaud
James Coullier
Lizzie Hudson Collier
William Collier
Frank Sylvester
Didier Barbeaud
Walter Gilbert
Father Barbeaud
Harry Fenwick
Maye Louise Aigen
Wilson Hummel
Robert Ely
Jennie Ellison
Lier Schell
Ialanl
Foreraugh
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Troubadour
Rue de la Bouchefoucauld
DE Bergerag
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Thomas Cook & Son
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Harvey Av
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Interstate Investment Co
Walnut Hills
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Robert Kidney
Joe Schulte
Harry P. Johannigman
Bache Koehler
Louis Burrus
Susan Powell
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Frances Zoller
Warner Oliver
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Bernard H. A. Krecke
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Anna Busse
Elizabeth Lattier
Mary Kleibecker
Josh Schneider
James W. Sleet
James McLaughlin
Friedericka Hoese
Charles Eminer
Mary F. DeWitt
Louisa Brunning
Louis Jander
James Watson
James A. White
Catherine Pflantz
John G. Rabenstein
Alphonso Heuck
Louis A. Langenbrunner
James McKeehan
Ella G. McGamman
Frank Wharty
Albert Volz
Bernard Weinewuth
John W. Smith
Merrill Wilson
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James Henry Kerr
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Hugh Hurley
Isaac W. Wolf
Sarah Levi
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Charles Jackson
Louis 8. Becker
Betty Banks
Jessie A. Dolan
Charles 8. Holder
Mary A.duncan
Redmond Roach
Cfartin A. Stall
Isaac G. Whetstone
Clemens Willenberg
Joseph Martin
Annie Morris
Edward E. Jones
Louis Hart
William Jung
Charles Bode, Sr
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John Merz
Minnie Meier
Frederick Mueller
John Stevens
Anna M. Schmidt
Wm. Déprez
Anna Bolinert
Barbara Freeman
Adolph Grimm
Theresa Heuer
John H. Heuer
Anna Rassenfoss
Johann G. Pleisteiner
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Caroline Remmy
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Francis E. Wilson
Margaret H. Bernard
Anthony Sauer
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Fred W. Burke
Anna’ R. Brunsmann
Mary Desch
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Frances Berheide
Lucinda Edmiston
Maggie Edwards
Isaac Kimball
J. Henry Bosse
Consuelo P\Buila
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Ann Gibson
John H. Brown
Catharina Bunthoff
Bernardine Fischer
Thomas Lofthouse
Johanna
Michael Schraffenberger
Michael Kelly
G. H. W. Musekamp
Henry Stagaman
Phillippena Schag
Mary Quantz
Franz Bernet
John N. Poland
Elijah Coombe
Abbie I. Bernard
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Theresa Viel
Harry M. Hidden
William Gersie
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Catherine Bolger
Francis Bolger
James Kelley
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Mary Gale
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Marie Osseforth
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Marie Grau
Joseph Schafer
Aaron E. Jones
Cassius J. Gilmore
John P. Merz
James McCann
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John H. Huer
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Frank M. Kraemer
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Daniel Cash
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