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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1908

Page

7

The Gay White Way at the Lyric Sparks Circus Crowd

The Shubert premiere of The Gay White Way features three stars Jefferson De Angelis Blanche King and Alexander Carr with Maude Raymond Melville Ellis and a large troupe. The production promises music mirth and burlesque with new stage attractions including The Human Roulette Wheel Cairo Skating Rink a submarine boat and an airship.

Messrs Messrs. Shubert Maude Raymond Gus Rogers Bill Simmons Miss Raymond Topsy William A. Brady Melville Ellis Ellis Henry Woodruff George Ade Mr. Ellis England Queenie Vassar Tony Pastor Chinatown Belle of New York Frank Doane Woodland Post and Russell America Katherine Bell Babes In Toyland Company Viola Hopkins Joseph Herbert, Jr Lew Fields Bessie Friganza Trixie Friganza Cairo Cairo Skating Rink Shriners

The Ginger Bread Man at the Grand Opens Monday

The Ginger Bread Man returns to the Grand for a week long run blending a musical comedy of pastry land fairies Santa Claus and a kidnap plot with over sixty performers plus an augmented orchestra. Stars include Ross Snow Fred J Nice James McKelhern Garrick Major Lute Wraham Frances Kellogg Nellie Nice Mabel Day Helen Gray.

the Grand Santa Claus Jack Horner Simon Sallie Lunn Margery Dan Childhood Our Town Fudge Ross Snow Fred J. Nice James McKelhern Garrick Major Lute Wraham Valine Frances Kellogg Nellie Nice Mabel Day Helen Gray

Chester Park Opens May 3 With The Tickler Thrills

Chester Park will open Sunday May 3 as Manager Martin races to ready attractions. The Tickler headlining with shoot the shoots and scenic railway promising thrills and new sensations unseen elsewhere. Nut Coi is introduced as a new feature.

Chester Chester Park Martin

The Gay White Way Comes to Lyric Theater Sunday

The Gay White Way by Sydney Rosenfeld and Ludwig Englander arrives at the Lyric Theater Sunday night. Authors defend lack of plot as entertainment while showcasing a Broadway flavored program with eighty performers led by Jefferson De Angelis, Blanche King, and Alexander Carr.

Lyric Theater Sydney Rosenfeld Ludwig Englander Broadway Tristar Jefferson de Angelis Blanche King Alexander Carr Maude Raymond Melville Ellis Queenie Vassar Frank Doane Katherine Bell

The Star Bout Adds A Large Cast For Columbia Stage

The star studded The Star Bout at Columbia features six active characters plus club members and guests, totaling over sixty on stage for the final scene. Taylor Granville leads as the male star and wrote the sketch, previously the star of The Futurity Winner. Laura Pierpont of Cincinnati appears as Mayme Farrell, fond of fighters, with Elbow Harrigan Spider Brockway Tommy Murphy Battling Nelson Cyclone Kelly and Young Britt among the other principals in the preliminary bout.

Columbia Taylor Granville Laura Pierpont Cincinnati Mayme Farrell Elbow Harrigan Spider Brockway Tommy Murphy Battling Nelson Cyclone Kelly Young Britt

Strongheart to be staged at the Walnut next week

The Walnut presents Strongheart starting Sunday matinee. The drama tackles the race question with a thoughtful approach and is praised as well put together by four college men who call it classy. The production features extensive scenery and a strong company fit for their roles.

Stuart Wood

Ringling Brothers Circus Arrives in Two-City Run

Ringling Brothers Circus heads to Cumminsville May 6 for a two day stand on Colerain and Spring Grove avenues and in Norwood on Main and Elm streets. A parade is planned for opening day leaving Cumminsville at 10 AM for Fountain Square before returning to the grounds.

Ringling Brothers’ Circus Cumminsville Colerain Spring Grove Avenues Norwood Main Avenue Elm Street Fountain Square

Princess Cruises Drawn For Repeats To Aurora And Lawrenceburg

The Princess delivered successful trips to New Richmond and Pt. Pleasant last Sunday and will repeat the service next Sunday with the Queen visiting Aurora and Lawrenceburg.

New Richmond Pt. Pleasant Aurora Lawrenceburg

Memorial for Edwin Booth planned at Gramercy Park

Plans mature for a $25,000 memorial to Edwin Booth in Gramercy Park opposite The Players club. The Players will cover the cost, and the club has applied to Gramercy Park trustees for approval of the private enclosure site.

New York Edwin Booth America Gramercy Park Players

The Lid Lifters at Standard Theater Next Week

The New Lid Lifters open at the Standard Theater with a Sunday matinee. Maude Elliston headlines a burlesque program featuring The Lid Littery at the Paris Exposition and The Devil Dodger, promising a high class all around entertainment.

Human Hearts at Lyceum for Easter Week

The Lyceum Theater presents Hal Reid’s Human Hearts next week during Easter week. The play, set in Arkansas hills, blends pathos and comedy and centers on a mother’s love for a man believed condemned. A capable company promises a major season event.

Lyceum Lyceum Theater Hal Reid Arkansas

Twentieth Century Maids at People's Theater in Panama satire

The Twentieth Century Maids present A Trip to Panama a bright burlesque at the People's Theater starting Sunday matinee. The show follows a dock departure and steamer voyage to Panama with seasick passengers customs reception and patriotic songs. The act includes vaudeville specialties and promises to be among the season’s best satires.

Panama People’s Theater Uncle Sam Banana and Peanut Republic

Italian Bandmaster Opens Zoo Concert Season This Sunday

Italian bandmaster Chevalier Enrico Gargiulo leads Gargiulo's Band in the Zoo concert season opener on Sunday afternoon May 10. Last year Creatore tried to block Gargiulo from using his former players, while the Zoo expands its animals and amenities this season. The clubhouse cafe reopens under new management and otter amusements return as concerts begin their summer schedule.

Chevalier Enrico Gargiulo Gargiulo Creatore

Under Two Flags at the Olympic Next Week

Forepaugh Stock Company announces its next week production of Under Two Flags at the Olympic. The show features Blanche Bates in a major prior success and promises lavish staging with Algeria set pieces and dramatic scenes.

Desert David Belasco Blanche Bates Quida Algeria

On the Bridge at Midnight at Heuck's Opera House

A sentimental Easter attraction titled On the Bridge at Midnight will debut at Heuck's Opera House with a Sunday matinee. The Windy City drama follows a blind mother's search for her kidnapped child, mixing sorrow with comic relief and featuring a realistic jack knife bridge scene and multiple Chicago locales.

Heuck’s Opera House Windy City

Robinson Circus Announces Open Air Week Ahead

The Robinson Circus plans to move rehearsals to Reading road and Florence avenue for early next week. The ten allied shows will open Monday April 27 with a morning street parade. Celebrities include Dare Devil Sylva Leap to the Moon and the Kinta mura Troupe of Royal Japanese jugglers.

Robinson Circus Robinson Terrace Park Reading Road Florence Avenue Dare Devil” Sylva Kintamura Winston Seals Rooneys Albert M. Davenport Hines-Kimball Rooney Davenport Five Flying Moores William de Mott Barnum Circus Europe Gordon Orton Jack W. King James French Rough Riders United States Cavalry W. F. Spencer Pine Ridge Reservation Bert le Mount

Amusement Notes on The Royal Chef Cast and Society

Herbert Carter plays Lieutenant Parke in The Royal Chef on tour at Walnut with a merit-rich company. Marguerite De Von stars in The Girl Question at the Grand, performing with her mother and a noted incident in Illinois. Easter Sunday features Lyric Theater moving pictures with travel scenes and slapstick comedy.

Herbert Carter Parke Walnut Carter Anna Held Europe New York Chicago Lyric Theater

Still Needs Men Examinations Listed by Civil Service

The Civil Service Commission announces May examinations for several posts including switchboard attendants and marine engineers with salaries from 420 to 1 000 dollars monthly. Posts also include veterinarians in the Philippines and electricians. Post office service tests will occur in Alliance Ohio on April 29 and Crawfordsville Indiana on May 9.

United States Civil Service Commission

New Wards Created for Hamilton City

Special Dispatch from Hamilton Ohio reports an annexation ordinance to take effect next Tuesday. Greater Hamilton will be real, with two new wards named Five and Six. They will include East Hamilton and Lindenwald in their areas.

Hamilton Greater Hamilton East Hamilton Lindenwald

Architects Defend Role Amid Smoke Abatement Controversy

Cincinnati architects reject Hamilton County Smoke Abatement League claims of opposition. President George W. Rapp says the chapter will respond officially and notes plans to submit to inspectors when official channels exist. Also reports leases, permits, and new buildings on Fourth Street and in Avondale with multiple firms involved.

Matthew Nelson Hamilton County Nelson George W. Rapp Cincinnati The American Institute of Architects League President Rapp

Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages in Clifton and Oakley

Real estate transfers list multiple parcels in Clifton and Oakley with buyers including William Lobitz James Donnelly Warren Corbitt and Mary E Pettit. Leases and mortgage cancellations accompany a dense roster of lot numbers and sub divisions in Hamilton County and surrounding areas.

Louisa E William Lobitz I. D. Wheeler James Donnelly Helen R. Larkin Barton, Brewster & Folz Ke K. R. Hosea Alma E. Voss Robert Hosea Clifton C. V. Beck J. H. Folsom Hamilton County House Hart- Wales Veep Alice Taylor Dremep Avenue Cd Telemiss Elizabeth BE. Kinney Allice’ Taylor Bruds Diodevef Amy Ruppert Mathew Margold Warsaw Avenue A. L. Brambie Frederick Busch Andrew Murphy Enoch Anderson Lak Lee Lak Lee Beusecads Robert J. H. Archtable Laura I. al- Schuster Green Domme Thomas L. Wayne Cooper Riddle Road Thomas Mangan Belle Mangan Bofinger & Ageran Elmwood Millie Carr Michael Frizzell Baum Street Enese Mills & Kline Oakley de Das Ida S. Patterson Maggie Gerhardt Mary L. Bramble Robert J. Cresap Crrch Ida Patterson Et al Henry Jostsub

Fragmentary Trade Notes Note Odd Transfers

Partial OCR item lists transfers between individuals and firms with unclear names. The readable parts show movements involving George Yaffe Ida A. Ramsey M. L. Galvin J. Walter Jenkins and J. R. Webster in a brewing or trade context, with multiple abbreviated lines.

Building Permits Ledgers Show Multiple Dwellings Planned

The notice lists several building permits for residences on Woodburn Avenue Poplar Street Myr tle Avenue Alms Place Mitchell Avenue Corry Street. Owners include James G Hyde Park Minnie Meyer Cooper William Eves and Peter Spinnenweber with costs ranging around 1 800 to 4 500 dollars.

West Side Woodburn Avenue Ruth St. Leger James G. Hyde Park Minnie Meyer Cost Cooper North Side Myrtle Avenue Ashland J. St. C. Glassmeyer Sowner Alms Place Albray Mitchell Avenue Orient William Eves Corry Street Clifton Avenue Peter Spinnenweber

New Civil Suits Filed in Common Pleas Court

A list of fresh filings in Common Pleas Court numbers 139668 to 139675 shows cases including Durr v. Loveland & Cincinnati Traction Co for costs 899.75 Doyle v. Doyle for divorce and alimony Wing v. C, ., C. & St. L. Ry. Co for damages 1500 Sadler trustee v. City Hall Bank for 3674.01 Kکن Kidwell v. Second National Bank for 35000 damages Keys v. P., C. & St. L. Ry. Co for 10 damages Millner v. P., C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co for 150 damages Conavon v. Con dren for divorce.

Peter W. Durr Loveland & Cincinnati Traction Company Ireton Collins, Schoenle & Poor Grace Doyle Edward Doyle A. J. McNair Mary W. V. Wing The William R. Collins Louis L. Sadler City Hall Bank Gideon C. Wilson Albert Danbury Catherine One Bennett & Utter and F. Woodward May Conavon George Condren J. H. C. Smith

Girls Strike Threat Over Self supplied Thread Demands

Seventy five workers at Famous Shirt Company 34 and 36 West Pearl street plan talks with Edward A lowman and Leo J Lowman to resolve grievances over having to furnish their own thread for sewing. The firm disputes any differences and warns a strike could close the shop, noting operations are currently four days a week.

West Pearl Street Edward A Leo J. Lowman

May Festival chorus rehearses amid two pianos at Music Hall

In Music Hall last night the May Festival chorus and children's chorus rehearsed under Van der Stucken with two pianos standing in for the orchestra. The session focused on The Children's Crusade, a major novelty of the festival. A Chamber of Commerce noon meeting on Change will feature Mr. W. H. Hobart addressing the festival programmes.

Music Hall van der Stucken Children’s Crusade Chamber Ofmmerce W. H. Hobart Association

City Hall Notes on Viaduct Repair Contracts and Local Incidents

Grainger of Grainger & Co. visits City Hall about Liberty Street Viaduct repairs as the Board of Public Service prepares papers for the City Solicitor. Firemen Boehme and Branlage face morning charges for fighting. Mayor Markbreit to host Music Hall Association annual meeting in his office.

Grainger Grainger & Co Louisville Board of Public Service Liberty Street Laidlaw Paul Boehme Joe Branlage Markbreit The Music Hall Association

Linwood Improvement Assn criticizes street conditions

A letter to the Service Board from F. O. Wilkinson, secretary of the Linwood Improvement Association, denounces the Street Repair and Street Cleaning Departments. He contends that Linwood when an independent village had better streets, and current conditions are the worst.

Service Board F. O. Wilkinson Linwood Improvement Association Linwood

General Wherry Visits Col Markbreit in Cincinnati

Major General Wherry of the United States Army called on Major Markbreit yesterday in a social visit. The two long-time friends discussed personal matters as Wherry visited his daughters in Cincinnati, Mrs. Dr. Mark A. Brown and Mrs. K. K. Rachford.

Wherry United States Army Markbreit Colonel Markbreit Cincinnati Mark A. Brown K. K. Rachford

Birth certificate request from Edward F. Lawrence in Apartado Mexico

Health Board records show Edward F. Lawrence seeks his birth certificate for marriage in Germany. Clerk Evans confirms birthplace at 4 Fillmore street and will issue the document. The Emery estate and George Bendigs complained about Cleveland and Highland avenues respectively. The North Cincinnati Business Men's Club commends the city for street flushing.

Apartado Mexico Health Board Edward F. Lawrence Germany Evans Fillmore Street Emery Service Cleveland Avenue George Bendigs Highland Avenue North Cincinnati

Pardons Granted by Workhouse Board Names Four Men

The Workhouse Board granted pardons yesterday to Doc Hughes William Lichtenfeld George W Bartley and Henry Spruel in a decisive act.

Workhouse Board Doc Hughes William Lichtenfeld George W. Bartley Henry Spruel

Paris Art Society Opens Eighteenth Beaux Arts Exhibition

The Societe des Beaux Arts opened its eighteenth annual show at the Grand Palais with President Fallieres present. The exhibit leans toward tempered impressionism and includes works by Abbey, Lhermitte, Weerts, Boldini, and multiple American contributors. Abbey's pieces titled The Duke of Gloucester and Lady Anne and Daughter of King Lear are highlighted for bold color and stately composition.

Paris Societe Des Beaux Arts Grand Palais Fallieres Societe Des 4Gtists Francais Normandy Lhermitte Haspignies EB. A. Abbey New York Abbey Duke of

William Bair Dies Former Maud S Trainer Passes Away

William W. Bair, famed trainer of the trotting mare Maud S., died in Philadelphia at 65. He bought Maud at two in Ohio for 300 dollars, her record 2 08 percent setting a world mark. Maud S. later sold for 21 000 and 40 000, after which she retired. Bair also leased Belmont Park and other raceways for years.

Philadelphia William W. Bair Maud S Mr. Bair Maud 8 Ohio William H. Vanderbilt Robert Bonner Belmont

All Will Be Equal Four Autos Reach Viadivostok Simultaneously

The New York to Paris auto race left Seattle on the steamer Aki with the French and Italian cars leading. The Italian car is second and the French third. the German and American cars, delayed by breakdowns and Alaska detour, head for Vladivostok and will be shipped on the Glen Logan with transshipment at Kobe.

Seattle Wash Viadivostok Pocatello Alaska Valdes Glen Logan Vladivostok Kobe Japan

Doctor Fatally Attacked Near Welch West Virginia

Doctor R M McGuffin a leading West Virginia physician and brother of Captain James McGuffin of Gallipolis was attacked in a remote Welch area. He is in dying condition after his head was crushed by J E Williams who was arrested and refused to discuss the fight.

Gallipolis R. M. McGuffin West Virginia James McGuffin Welch W. Va

Physicians Praise Oil of Wintergreen for Skin Cure

A medical notes feature extols D D D Prescription as a near specific for eczema and itching skin diseases. Dr C B Holmes of Silver City Mississippi endorses the oil of wintergreen preparation with rapid relief and potential cure, inviting readers to consult Dow's Drug Stores for skin complaints.

C B. Holmes Silver City Miss D. D. D. Company of Chicago Dr. Shielmes Dow's Drug Stores

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