Henrietta Crosman at the Grand with The Country Girl tale
Henrietta Crosman stars in The Country Girl at the Grand next week. The show blends Wycherley's The Country Wife origins with Garrick's expurgated version and recent revivals, amid notes on Daly's Theatre history and a comic horse tale backstage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Crosman
THE
E. H. Sothern
LYRIC
William Wycherney
David Garrick
Maurice Campbell
Danielle of
Cleve
Shropshire
Engand
France
England
Queen's College, Oxford
Charles II
Duchess of
Cleveland
Villiers
Duke of
Buckingham
Bow Street
Charles
Drogheda
Wycherley
Ross and Players Invited to Pure Food Show at Music Hall
Thomas W. Ross and his Grand players were invited by merchants to attend the Pure Food Show at Music Hall this week as thanks for their attendance at Monday night’s presentation of The Traveling Salesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Ross
the Grand
Music Hall
Forepaughs Farewell Reception After As You Like It
The Forepaugh Stock Company will hold a farewell reception on stage at the Olympic after the matinee today. Cast and crew will don street dress for the onstage goodbyes, allowing the audience to bid personal farewells. The popular production has drawn crowds, and cool weather adds to the comfortable visit as the farewell week reaches a climactic finish.
Olympic Club formed by Forepaugh matinee attendees
A large group of women who attended Saturday matinees at the Olympic Theater formed an Olympic Club. They will continue biweekly summer meetings, with Mrs. Fish named honorary member. At next Saturday's reception they will appear on stage wearing badges and bid farewell to the Forepaugh Stock Company, a unique theater family atmosphere.
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Olympic Theater
Fish
Olympic Club
Children of Home to Attend Robinson's Circus
Children from the local Children's Home will go this afternoon to Robinson's Circus as guests of Governor John Robinson. They will be conveyed in tally-hos and carriages provided by Busse and Borgman along Freeman Avenue to the circus lot on Reading Road.
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Robinson's Circus
Johnobinson
Reading Road
Busse & Borgman
Freeman Avenue
Chester Park ready for Sunday inspection day crowds
Manager Martin readies the Chester Park grounds for public opening on Sunday. Attractions include The Tickler Choir Celestial Flea Theater Stanley sub marine boat exhibit the battle royal Cairo Skating Rink Nut College and the jollier. A whirling platform on which riders must hold on as centrifugal force drives them off the seats.
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Martin
Chester Park
America
Stanley
Battle Royal
Cairo
Nut College
Jollier
Governor Robinson Seeks Reading Road Exhibit Site
John "Governor" Robinson, famed circus figure, asked the Board of Public Service for rights to exhibit on Reading road and Florence avenue in 1909. The board plans to convert the ground into a park but will consider the proposal at a committee meeting. Robinson suggested naming the future park the Robinson Show Grounds.
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John Robinson
Reading Road
Florence Avenue
Board of Public Service
Robinson
Pew Park
Robinson Show Grounds
Fifty Indians Join Robinson Circus In City Parade
Fifty Indians newly arrived from the agency joined the Robinson Circus in a city parade led by Mr. George Fisher and the show's press agent. They appeared in war paint and feathers along principal streets yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson Circus
George Fisher
Striking appearance in tent parade draws crowd
Last evening they participated in the big show performance, turning the tent parade into an interesting and dramatic feature that made onlookers stop and stare.
Sothern to Attend Robinson Circus Dinner
Mr. E. H. Sothern the distinguished actor now with a Lyric Theater engagement will be guest of Governor John Robinson at the Robinson Circus Thursday afternoon. The Sothern Company will join the chief for dinner under the big tent with Manager Robinson and invited friends.
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E. H. Sothern
Lyric Theater
John Robinson
Robinson Circus
Sothern
Robinson
Miss Crosmans New Comedy In The Country Girl
Peggy Thrift is a country lass in Henrietta Crosman’s new comedy The Country Girl. The plot features disguise as a boy in London gardens and a guarded courtship that reveals clever, light hearted misunderstandings. The piece is praised as one of the season’s most interesting comedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Crosman
Peggy Thrift
Henrietta Crosman
Peggy
London
Sothern Stars in Our American Cousin at Lyric
Two performances today at the Lyric feature E H Sothern as Lord Dundreary in Tom Taylors satire Our American Cousin. Audiences praised Lestina as Asa Trenchard Helena Head as Florence Trenchard and Ina Goldsmith as Mrs Mount-Chesington. This marks Sotherns first Wednesday matinee in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric
E. H. Sothern
Lord Dundreary
Tom Taylor
Mr. Sothern
Mr. Lestina
Asa Trenchard
Joe Jefferson
Notable Circus Horse Trainer Survives Dublin Chicago Night
Riccobono, famed trainer of a Ringling Brothers trained horse, nearly lost his life in Chicago during a performance era. He arrived amid skepticism of Americans, and his groom fell ill, leaving Riccobono to watch the horse overnight, pistol loaded, in a stable room beside the stalls.
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Ricecobono
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Chicago
Royal Horse
Coliiseum
Riccobono
America
Four Behind the Laughs and The Candy Kid
The text notes theater funding hinges on vibrant productions full of music and mirth. It mentions the group dubbed four behind the laughs and a character nicknamed The Candy Kid, with Mr. Hunting smoking his daily cigar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Candy Kid
Mr. Hunting
Amatis sisters endures tragedy during Columbia week
Four Amatis sisters appearing at the Columbia learned their father had died in Berlin just before yesterday's matinee. They had traveled to America six weeks earlier and were escorted to their hotel after the sad telegram. Despite grief they returned to perform last night and will complete the week's engagement as they cannot reach home for the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Amatis
Columbia
Berlin
Germany
America
Ringling Brothers Circus Aerialists At Cumminsville and Norwood
The Flying Jordans, renowned aerialists, headline a sensational Ringling Brothers Circus act set to perform in Cumminsville on May 6 and in Norwood on May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flying Jordans
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Cumminsville
Norwood
Four Huntings Boost Walnut Theater In The Fool House
The Clever family act the Four Huntings bring musical comedy to Walnut this week with The Fool House. The performers promise hearty laughs and an entertaining mix of songs, acrobatics, and comic routines appealing to audiences seeking light, joyous theatre.
Real Stage Laugh Found in Barton at the Standard Theater
Charles Barton of Rice and Barton Big Gaiety Company creates a genuine infectious laugh on stage. His hearty mirth, broad countenance, and natural timing draw audiences to roar with laughter at each performance. Barton appears with the company at the Standard Theater next week for a standout extravaganza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Barton
George Wilson
Rice and Barton
Big Gaiety Company
Mr. Barton
Rice
Barton
Coram the ventriloquist draws Cincinnati notice at Columbia
Amusement notes salute Coram the English ventriloquist in his third Columbia appearance. Report says he will likely return to England in four weeks and may not perform in the United States again. Gil Robinson departs for New York to join a meeting of United States Lithographing Company directors.
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Coram
Columbia
England
Gil Robinson
New York
The
United States Lithographing Company
Two Men Arrested for Burglary in Burned Dry Goods Store
Patrolman McCorkhill arrested August Biefang and William McCarthy after hearing a noise and finding a light at the Twelfth and Main store formerly occupied by Windhorst Dry Goods. They faced burglary charges with brass from steam fittings found near them. The store had burned earlier with a woman killed and several injured.
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McCorkhill
Third District
Twelfth
Main Streets
Windhorst Dry Goods Company
August Biefang
Gest
William McCarthy
Oehler Street
Indiana minister elected president of Iowa Wesleyan University
Rev. Edwin A. Schell of La Porte Indiana was elected president of Iowa Wesleyan University at Mt Pleasant Iowa and has accepted the post. He has long been a prominent figure in the Methodist Church and served six years as Secretary of the Epworth League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edwin A. Schell
Laporte
Ind
Iowa Wesleyan University
Mt. Pleasant
Schell
Methodist Church
Epworth League
New Suit Filings in Common Pleas Court
Court docket lists 10 cases numbers 189766 to 139774 across actions including divorce alimony and injunctions. Parties include The United States Paper Goods Company versus The National Label Company on appeal and various individuals such as Eva D Geers Elizabeth Callahan Florence Heinlein Grace Nagel Carl Sennt and John F Sipe with claims for alimony divorce injunction and notes due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Paper Goods Company
National Label Company
Squire Muller
Louis B. Sawyer
Eva D. Geers
Harry Geers
Raymond Ratilff
Elizabeth S. Callahan
Henry M. Callahan
Joseph Lehmkani
Florence. Heinlein
Charles Heinlein
John F. Sipe
Building Permits for Repairs and Alterations on Ryan Street
Two and a half story brick structure on the west side of Ryan street near Dorchester listed for repairs and alterations. Bofinger and Hopkins owners with Kallmeyer estate owners and William Windhorst noted as lessee, cost around $ 2,509.
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Ryan Street
Dorchester
Bofinger & Hopkins
Kallmeyer
Wiliam Windhorst
Bartender Arrested In Midnight Closing Violation
William Schewe of 109 East Court street, bartender at the Stag Cafe, was arrested at 1:30 this morning on a charge of violating the midnight closing law by Patrolmen Wilson and Green.
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Wiliam Schewe
East Court Street
Stag Cafe
Wilson and
Green
Shoenberger Park proposal aims to preserve family name in Cincinnati
The Shoenberger family asks Councilman Wes Rippey to back naming Vine street hill park as Shoenberger Park, preserving the old Inwood Hillside home name amid demolition of the Shoenberger estate. Also noted are real estate sales, a Mt. Healthy church school and sisters' home project budgeted at 15000 dollars, and multiple residential transactions and plans by local architects.
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Church of Assumption
Mt. Healthy
Shoenberger
Inwood Park
Hillside Park
Church of the Assumption
A. Kunz, Jr
Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages Filed
Transfers list numerous parcels with sizes and street references including 830 Hutchins avenue and Fifth Street various blocks. includes many owner names Abe Marcus to Hannah Marcus Clarence Williams to Frank Fox Margaret McMakin to Louisa Freckmann and others. also notes mortgages filed totaling values such as 4300 and 1425 and mortgages canceled. covers multiple townships and avenues with specific lot and line dimensions.
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Hutchins Avenue
Abe Marcus
Hannah Marcus
Sixth Street
Smith Street
Lg Eh Ee Ptet
Clarence Willams
Frank Fox
Fifth Street
Margaret McMakin
Louisa Freckmann
Mann
C. J. McDiarmid
Stanton A. Ee
Robert J. Cresap
Ogden B. Donley
Bofinger & Hopkins
Elmwood
Asbury Road
Bruce Judd
Justina Corry
Margaret Clark
McLean Avenue
Hunt
Cornelia E. Martin
John W. Dalton
J. F. Mills
Maplewood
Little Duck Creek
Columbia Township
Frank Thesing
Elizabeth Thesing
Theron L. Loose
Edward R. Merckel
Avenue
South
Norwood
James S. Carter
Philabina Pratt
Sullivan Av
St. Weenie
Mary Singer
John Singer
Lot
Lockland
Pipes Sing Shore
Hyman Passel
Solomon Rosenblatt
Helen B. Schoenberger
Et al
Miami
Anderson
William H. Wilson
John Wentzel
Amelia
Donaldson
Beech Grove
James
Carter
Nellie Gray
Lower River Road
C. W. Short
Lincoln Av
Linn Street
Everett
Bungoe Senks Sas Ceechavete
Seddsves
Grsance
Jacob Kronacher
David I. Johnson
Sycamore Street
Pearl W. Browne
Guardian
Emma B. Place
Reading Road
Harry and
Della M. Shaf
Margaret BF
Madisonville
John B. Je
John H. Linnemann
John B. Jewett Et al
Columbia
Elizabeth
Sciscensee
Jefferson
Lower River
Henry A. Nurre
John Lintelo
Otto Schanz
Christina Palmer
Colerainayv
J. H. Oliver
Central Avenue
Chestnut Street
Central Av
Chester J. Young
Frederick Schurick
Rosanna E. Edwards
Alice W. Perin
Perin
Delhi al
Euclid Land Association
Tan He Upson
Cornelia B. Macbrair
Belmont Avenue
College Hill
Frank C. Summer
Laura_ Fineran
Sas
Cagarelon
Hocea de Les
Pauline Huber
John S. Huber
Thomas Mackey
Louisa CG. Miller
Ande Town
Mary E. Evans
Emma Schwarz
Henry J. Kathmann
Frank H. Kinney
John M
Walsh
Frances G. Walsh
Henry Cordes
Cub
Britain Probes Japan Status Over Manchuria Policies
Peking April 28. The British government through diplomatic and consular channels in China quietly investigates rising Chinese antagonism toward Japan. London critics accuse Japan of violating the Anglo Japanese alliance and the Portsmouth treaty provisions while Britain hopes for action in line with known treaties and a Hague appeal to settle secret protocols.
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Peking
China
Japan
Far East
Great Britain
Portsmouth
Russia
Manchuria
Harbin
Hague
Gala Destroyer Sunk After Night Collision Off Kentish Knock
The British torpedo boat destroyer Gala was cut in two and sunk in the North Sea near Kentish Knock during night maneuvers. Engineer Lieutenant Frank A. Fletcher went down with the vessel. the Ribble sustained water in two compartments but reached Sheerness with no other fatalities.
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Harwich
England
Gala
Kentish Knock
North Sea
Ribble
Sheerness
Frank A. Fletcher
Explosion injures five on British battleship Britannia
In Portsmouth on April 28 the boiler tube explosion during a full speed trial on the British battle ship Britannia wounded five sailors, four severely and one slightly. The vessel anchored at Spithead by night with no shore contact or ashore reports available.
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Portsmouth
Britannia
Spithead
Naval Surgeon Convicted By Court Martial
Acting Assistant Surgeon Leopold E Schwerin of the torpedo boat destroyer flotilla was found guilty by a court martial and sentenced to dismissal from the navy. He was charged with neglecting a sick man while sailing from Hampton Roads to San Juan Puerto Rico and sending a hospital apprentice instead. the man later died.
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Washington
Leopold E. Schwerin
Hampton Roads
Magdalena Bay
Navy
San Juan
Porto Rico
Schwerin
Delegation Protests Smoke Abatement Bill in Columbus
A Northside Business Men's Club delegation led by William F. Ray Dr. C A L Reed H G Pouns ford and Sydney H Wheelhouse traveled to Columbus to press the Smoke Abatement League agenda They will attend the reading of the proposed abatement bill to show support and seek amendments or actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Ray
Northside Business Men's Club
Dr. C. A. L. Reed
H. G. Pounsford
Sydney H. Wheelhouse
Business Men's Club
Columbus
Random Transfers Link Silent Names To City Deals
A garbled OCR list shows various transfers or contracts between individuals including M Schoemer, Marie F ticks, William H. Lene, John O Wahl, Carrie Kirchner, Charles B. Morris, Bernhard H. Moss, Alfred D. Ackles and others. The text hints at exchanges or withdrawals linked to places like Findlay Exposition Victoria and Miami, but details are fragmented and dates or actions are unclear.
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Stanton A. Stuart
Daniel BR. Meacham
Hannah Marcus
Abe Marcus
Louisa Area
Winton Pl & L
Mary N. Ds
Margaret Clark
Justina ‘Corry
Reas E.hunt
Katherine Ww
Brownine Oooses
Speeders
de Bas
Hichland
East End
Carrie Ki
M. Schoemer
Marie F. Ticks
M. Cooper
William H. Lene
Pee ‘ Gohn
Kieimeier
Cicne
Snd
Disloyalty Charged at New Jersey Democratic Convention
At the New Jersey Democratic State Convention in Trenton on April 28 delegates to the national convention were chosen with no unit rule instruction. James Smith Jr a Bryan opponent controlled the proceedings defeating Hudson County's Robert Davis and Union County's James E. Martin for delegates at large. The disorder continued as Hamill urged Hudson loyalty while other disputes arose over previous gubernatorial loyalties.
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Trenton
N. J
Denver
William J. Bryan
United States
James Smith, Jr
Robert Davis
Hudson County
James E. Martin
Union County
Mr. Bryan
Martin
Bryan
Hudson
Davis
John Hinchcliffe
Frank 8. Katzenbach
Howard Carrow
Camden
James Martin
James H. Birch
Hamill
Katzenbach
Essex County
James S. Seymour
Franklin Murphy
William H. Davis
E. E. Grosscup
Gloucester
Clarence L. Cole
Atlantic
Mulford K. Ludlam
Cumberland
W. Parker Runyon
Middlesex
Merry H. Rice
Monmouth
Charles H. Gallagher
Mercer
James M. Pidcock
Hunterdon
William E. Tuttle, Jr
Union
Willard W. Cutler
Morrifs
Frank J. van Noort
Passaic
Archibald Hart
Bergen
John R. Hardin
John F. Sinnott
Essex
James R. Nugent
Walter I. McCoy
B. Otto Wittpen
Robert 8. Hudspeth
James A. Hammill
Democrats target Harmon for governor despite letter
Columbus dispatch reports Ohio Democrats aim to force Judson Harmon into the governorship by presenting his nonwithdrawn letter as a pledged nomination. Harmon denies seeking the post but allows the convention to draft him. Ingalls eyes Senate and challenges loom over Campbell endorsement with Franklin County backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnatian
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harmon
Senate
Connecticut Democrats Uninstructed Delegates Chosen
At the Democratic State Convention in New Haven eight county delegates and one from each of four congressional districts were selected for the Denver convention. The caucus produced delegates not expected to be instructed and no overturn of caucus selections anticipated.
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Connecticut
Democrats
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Herschel Ytaxall
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Amatis
Windhorst Company
Indiana
E. A. Schell
Iowa University
Common Pleas Court
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Inwood
Sol Rosenthal
Bosinger & Hopkins
Julius Cantoria
Rockdale Avenue
Lee Hirsher
Joseph S. Thomas
Ben C. de Camp
Columbia Avenue
F. H. Karsher
de Camp
Linwood Avenue
William Nickles
Hutchine Avenue
Avondale
Philip Pfeiffer
Pulte Avenue
Charles Berger
L. J. Harloff
City Hospital
Union Station
City Hall
Service Board
Building Code Commission
Katie M. Ormsby
O. P. Morten
Tie Schickling
Atte L. Sag Co
Eneat Gilfillen
Exposition
Britton
Bait Warsi
New Jersey
New Haven
Conn
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W. Reynolds
Ohio
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