Lyric Glitters With Great White Way Gaiety Atop The Lyric
The Lyric last night offered The Great White Way led by Jeff De Angelis and Maud Raymond with Blanche King and Alexander Carr. Audiences roared at Warfield imitations and enjoyed the Moonlit cafe finale amid a parade of songs and bright tableaux. The review lauds De Angelis Carr King Raymond and Miss Bates in Under Two Flags as staged at the Olympic, praising scenery and performances despite some casting flaws.
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Alexander Carr
David Warfield
Jeff de Angelis
Maud Raymond
Blanche
Anna Held
Zeigfeld
Tristar
de Angelis- Ring-Carr
de Angelis
Carr
Miss Ring
Blanche Ring
von Barwig
Queenie Vassar
Melville” Ellis
Katherine Bell
Viola Hopkins
Frank Doane
Messrs
Post and Russell
Edward Craven
C. Halton
Joseph, Jr
Notable praise for Ouida by Col. Ingersoll at the Olympic
The late Colonel Robert Ingersoll praised Ouida as among the greatest modern fictionists. He claimed no man had written anything better than Under Two Flags in a public utterance at the Olympic.
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Robert Ingersoll
Ouida
The Star Bout Vaudeville Thriller Wins Noted Attention
A Bowery condensed thriller stars actors in a boxing plot with realistic scenes. The Bowery cellar opening, exterior confrontation, and the Olympian Boxing Club ring drive dramatic tension as the hero knocks out his opponent amid cheering crowds.
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Bout
Sullivan
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Bowery
Olympian Boxing Club
Strongheart at Walnut Street Theater Stars Ralph Stuart
Ralph Stuart earns strong audience praise as Strongheart at Walnut Street Theater. His portrayal of the Carlisle College hero blends realism and drama under Henry B. Harris management with a strong supporting cast including Evely Vaughn and standout ensemble performances.
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Ralph Stuart
Strongheart
Walnut Street
Mr. Stuart
Henry B. Harris
Stuart
Harris
Robert Edeson
Edeson
Carlisle College
Columbia University
Dorothy Nelson
Evely Vaughn
Dorothy
Vanner
Ramsey
Doherty
Gaillard
Costello
Wood
Mitchell
Miss Moffatt
Miss Carson
Sotherns Father as Lord Dundreary at the I Lyric
A Boston Times cites Sothern’s engagement at the I Lyric next week as Lord Dundreary, a role created by his father A. Sothern. The reviewer lauds Sothern’s makeup, stutter, and peculiar gait, noting the audience’s universal laughter and the long love scene with Georgina. The piece highlights the play’s humor and the audience’s desire for more.
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Humorist
Dundreary
Sothern
Georgina
Gingerbread Man Opens Week at Grand Theatre
The Gingerbread Man launches a week at the Grand tonight, charming audiences of all ages. Yesterday a company of over sixty performers prepared for the stage production and its debut.
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the Grand
Gingerbread Man on Tour Lures Big Cast to Grand
The Gingerbread Man arrives in this city as a new production after a long Pacific coast tour. Nixon and Zimmerman sponsor the show with over sixty people, a chorus, augmented orchestra, and show girls. Cast includes Fred J. Nice Carrick Major Ross Snow James McElhern and others. The program features foreign scenes domestic turmoil and humorous film vignettes. Audience applauded the life like illustrations.
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Pacific Coast
Nixon
Zimmerman
Fred J. Nice
Carrick Major
Ross Snow
James McElhern
Percy Matson
Lute Whreman
Bert Lovey
Evelyn Frances Kellogg
Mabel Day
Nellie Nice
Lillian Jacobs
On the Bridge at Midnight at Heuck Opera House
Klimpt and Gazal lo present a melodramatic production about a blind mother's anguish over her kidnapped child and a brother's vendetta. Daniel Layton Lawrence Williams Charlies Leekins Edward Taulman Eva Lewis Carrie Le Moyne Claudia White Jessie Stephens star in an elaborate show with Chicago River bridge scenes on the West Side.
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Heuck Opera House
Klimpt and Gazallo
Daniel Layton
Lawrence Williams
Charlies Leekins
Edward Taulman
Eva Lewis
Lid Lifters Delight Burlesque Stage With Record Box Office
The Lid Lifters opened a week at the Standard in a lively burlesque and vaudeville program. The chorus impressed with singing and dancing while Kelly and Bartlett and Collins and La Belle drew applause. Boyce and Black and the Moulin Rouge dancers, plus Degere and La Belle Zuleika, were favorites.
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Lid Lifters
Kelly
Bartlett
Collins
la Belle
Boyce
Black
Mlle
Degere
Human Hearts at Lyceum Theatre Easter Run
The Easter attraction at the Lyceum Theater presented Human Hearts set in the Arkansas hills. Lincoln Plummer, Harry Knapp, Dora Mitchell, Mary Thompson and Baby Catherine starred, delivering strong performances that highlighted the story’s passions and life.
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Lyceum
Arkansas Hills
Lyceum Theater
Lincoln Plummer
Harry Knapp
Dora Mitchell
Mary Thompson
Baby Catherine
Panama trip musical at People's Theater delights audiences
A Twentieth Century Maids production titled A trip to Panama kept good-sized crowds engaged at the People's Theater yesterday. The mock voyage begins at a metropolitan dock and follows pretty girls and comedians aboard a ship through deck scenes, landing, and government works inspection. Cast includes Pauline Moran Fern Melrose May Strahl Beulah Cannon with Billy Mack Charley Drew Gus Adams Don Cornella William Terre. songs choruses pony ballet and notable comedy earned applause. Scenery and costumes suit the Panama setting.
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Panama
People’s Theater
Metropolis
Peanut
Banana Republic
South America
Pauline Moran
Fern Melrose
May Strahl
Beulah Cannon
Billy Mack
Charley Drew
Gus Adams
Don Cornella
William Terre
Pony Ballet
Cornelia
Eddie
Adams
Drew
Late Curtain at the Lyric Signals Trains to Hold
The Gay White Way at the Lyric ends around 11:20 to 11:25. Rail lines plan to hold trains for suburban riders after the show with c., H. D., B. and O. keeping all trains until 11:45 nightly and the Big Four delaying No 35 on Tuesday and Friday to 11:45.
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Big
Traveling Salesman Star Kerby Makes Sudden Stage Leap
Marion Kerby, to appear at the Grand Opera House for a week starting April 27 in The Traveling Salesman, rose from society dialect storytelling to leading lady after impressing James Forbes at a Newport reception. Her stage debut came at the Columbia Theater in Washington just weeks earlier, and her success has been swift.
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Marion Kerby
Grand Opera House
Thomas W. Ross
Miss Kerby
Columbia Theater
Washington
James Forbes
Newport
Easter Sunday Charm Draws Crowds to Cincinnati Zoo
The zoo's spring debut drew large crowds of locals and visitors who toured the garden tulips and blooming trees. Many patrons photographed animals, grounds, and flower beds as the season opens and daily attendance is expected to rise.
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Zoo
Robinson Circus Opens on Florence Avenue Lot
The Robinson Circus moves into the Florence avenue and Reading road lot tomorrow or the next day. The Big Ten Allied Shows open the season Monday afternoon, April 27.
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Robinson Circus
Florence Avenue
Reading Road
Entertaining Picture Show Delights Lyric Theater Crowd
A purely entertaining picture show drew a favorable crowd at the Lyric Theater yesterday afternoon with pleasing subjects and light entertainment.
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Lyric Theater
Sothern and Marble Wake a Sleeping Car Prank
The note recounts EB A Sothern famed for mischief aboard a New York to Washington train while presenting Our American Cousin. He tormented Edward Marble with heavy snoring, prompting repeated warnings from a boastful porter until Marble finally exposed the prank. Blanche King adds a burlesque triumph with Ring.
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EB. A. Sothern
Lord Dundreary
New York
Washington
Sothern
Edward Marble
Mr. Marble
Lagoon resort in Kentucky to reopen May 30 with new amusements
Lagoon in Kentucky ends public exclusion for 1908 and nears a fresh look. Manager J J Weaver returns from the East with new features and sets Decoration Day May 30 as opening date. Until then outings at the Lagoon will be held every Sunday starting April 26.
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Kentucky
J. J. Weaver
Langtry Returns to London Stage in A Fearful Joy
Mrs. Lillie Langtry reappeared at the Haymarket Theatre in London on Saturday night in Sydney Grundy’s new play A Fearful Joy, an adaptation of a broad French comedy. Miss Lilly Grundy and Allen Aynsworth backed the performance, with Langtry displaying rich gowns and earning acclaim as she acted well and pleased the audience.
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Lillie Langtry
London
Haymarket
Sydney Grundy
Arthur Bourchier
Lilly Grundy
Allen Aynsworth
Queen Steamer Charms Crowds On Sunny River Day
The Coney Company enjoyed a record turnout as the Princess visited New Richmond and Pt. Pleasant while the Queen cleared Broad Street. Crowds boarded at ports along the Ohio for return trips by trolley and baseball outings. The Queen sails to Cairo this morning with a Japanese village on the second deck and Geisha girls aboard. The voyage promises a fortune before tying up April 30.
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Coney
New Richmond
Pt. Pleasant
Broadway
Coney Company
Cairo
Orient
Ohio
Home Wharf
Illustrated Magazine Preview Shows Two Baseball Teams
The next issue features two teams on page 10 the Bluegrass Baseball Club Newport Kentucky and the Columbia Cardinals. It highlights young muscular players likely to contend for pennants and invites readers to secure The Commercial Tribune and cultivate the Illustrated Magazine habit for free with Sunday issue.
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Ball Club
Newport
Columbia Cardinals
The
Commercial Tribune
Blind man escapes prison under rope descent in Saginaw
Francis Nichols a blind penniless man from Menominee escaped the West Side Police Station by lowering a clothes line rope from the upper floor. He swung twenty five feet to ground level but disappeared before officers could locate him, aided momentarily by a patrolman unaware he was detained.
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Commercial Tribune
Saginaw, Mich
Francis Nichols
Menominee
West Side
Nichols
Nichole
Good Samaritan
Campaign Against Lords 15 Dropped Reform Proposals Urged
London dispatch notes a shift in Lords reform stance as Morley and Fowler move to the Upper House, signaling the collapse of the radical campaign. Lansdowne proposes expert peerds to oversee the Lords, while Churchill and Tweedmouth spark debate over royal influence and cabinet reshuffles.
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Commercial Tribune
New York Herald Co
London
John Morley
House of Lords
India
Gilded Chamber
Henry Fowler
Lord Beaconsfield
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Morley
House of Commons
Commons
Lansdowne
Winston Churchill
Hill
Down Dale
Lord Tweedmouth
Woman hurt in elevator at Summerfield Hecht store case in Detroit
In Detroit Judge Rohnert dismissed a suit by a woman seeking heavy damages from Summerfield & Hecht over injuries alleged from an elevator ride. The store was closed that day for a family death, despite her claim the date matched a nearby fire. The judge criticized pursuing cases without full fact gathering.
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Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Mich
Rohnert's Court
Summerfield & Hecht
Michigan Avenue
Sone
Rohnert
Telegram saves man from poison on Montreal to New York train
William Brady, traveling from Montreal to New York City on the Mohawk & Malone division, was halted by a telegram after a Montreal druggist mistakenly prepared a deadly mixture. The message, sent to multiple stations, prompted Brady to avoid ingestion at Tupper Lake where the drug was discarded.
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Commercial Tribune
Utica
N. Y
William Brady
Mohawk & Malone
New York Central
Montreal
New York City
Brady
Bonaventure
Grand Trunk
Tupper Lake
Adirondacks
Campaign Hat Trends See Military Women Wear Bright Colors
Chicago April 19 reports the National Association mil liner style forecast for 1908 hats titled Mother’s Joy or campaign hat. Described are wide brims with lace lids, pearl gray and blue shades, prices from 10 to 150 dollars, and trends toward flowers gobelin blue pale yellow green or flame red with wide brim sailors and dress-occasion feathers.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
National Association
Dr Miles Heart Cure Promises Relief From Weak Heart
An advertisement attributes heart disease to poor circulation and decay. It claims Dr Miles Heart Cure strengthens heart nerves and muscles to stop sinking spells. A testimonial from A Bennet of Indianapolis reports relief after five bottles, with a money back guarantee from Miles Medical Co.
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Dr. Miles
Bennet
Indianapolis
Ind
Miles Medical CO
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