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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1902
Page
6
A big production of The Night Before Christmas receives high praise from audiences for its beauty and clean dramatic intensity. The show promises hearty rural humor and wholesome domestic charm. playing at the Lyceum Theater from Sunday matinee onward all week.
Major James D Doyle a gifted midget Irish comedian in the Royal Lilliputians Company spent vacation in Europe and won fans aboard with wit and diminutive charm. An onboard exchange with a young lady touched on boxing the compass and age as he joked about voting and half fare travel.
Will Gray arrives to prepare for De Wolf Hopper who will perform Mr Pickwick a bright musical version of Dickens novel in Chicago next week. Hopper wowed Windy City theatergoers with the accessible adaptation showing the famed Pickwick tale in musical comedy form.
Saharet, a major feature of The Little Duchess presented by Anna Held at the Grand next week, wows Cleveland critics as a dance prodigy. The piece praises her long absence and her evolving stage motions, noting a new turn that heightens anticipation.
The article traces coffee from a sixth century Arabian shepherd who tasted the effects of the berry to its spread across Europe and beyond. It argues coffee is a nerve stimulant and poison, detailing symptoms of overuse and claiming Postum Food Coffee as a safer alternative, citing a Sabastopol California user.
A vivid account praises Saharet's mastery in Spanish dance with a male escort, highlighting high kicks and grace that consistently win the applause of nations and establish her as the premier artist in her field.
The Big Musical Extravaganza Fiddle-Dee-Dee featuring chorus girls clever comedy and new costumes and scenery comes to the Walnut for a Sunday matinee next week. It has the longest Weber and Fields Broadway run and sold out twenty weeks in Buffalo.
Washington December 5 Kocian the Bohemian violin virtuoso appeared at the Columbian Theater for the first time in Washington before an enthusiastic audience that included members of the Diplomatic Corps He has just composed and dedicated to Miss Alice Roosevelt a serenade for violin
Hunt arrives from New York with about twenty involved in the Pike's Christmas pantomime Cinderella. He wired to bring several singing comedians two premier dancers a stage director and other key persons. Distribution of 40 000 boxes of Cinderella to schoolchildren to begin Monday.
Chicago dispatch reports actor E H Sothern will acquire a Welsh country estate on Mt Snowden’s west slope. The 2000 acre property includes a chalet and hotel, with a asking price of 15000 pounds.
The Pike company presents Diplomacy with Byron Douglas John B Maher Hudson Liston and Emelie Melville in prominent roles. George Farren Mary Hall Thurlow Bergen Helene Wintner and other cast members deliver strong performances in this engagement.
Sam Kingston reported from Cleveland that Anna Held was standing nightly. The update notes Held’s ongoing stage presence and public appearances following a recent engagement.
Met opera barytone David Bispham has filed suit for divorce against wife Mrs Caroline Bispham. The action names New Yorker Robert Newton Shaw, tied to EB 8 Willard & Co. papers served in London and in New York. Bispham’s daughter studies away, two other children with Mrs Bispham. wife is Miss Caroline Russell, daughter of General Charles A. Russell.
In Chicago a gown bag tear dropped jewels to the street and roses from another car fell into the bag. A passing teamster handed the flowers and bag to a churchgoing passerby. The pastor at Oakland Methodist Church later reported a small bag found as the case unfolded.
The text notes a nighttime discovery of gems after which Mrs. Davis, busy in Lafayette Indiana, was telegraphed with the news.
Justice Hall placed on the short-cause calendar a suit by Clara Morris Harriott against Thomas W. Broadhurst to recover 1574 for alleged breach after she delivered ten of twenty five lectures. Broadhurst admitted the contract but countered that Harriott broke it and sought 5000 in damages.
A reporter in Hastings confirms sightings of May Yohe and P B Strong in the village this morning based on statements from several residents including Officer Edward Murray. Yohe's mother denies the claim and refuses to comment or meet reporters.
Remains of Miss Kate Hassett the actress killed in Philadelphia by Barry Johnstone arrived in Aurora Illinois today. The funeral will be held tomorrow at St. Marys Church with private services at her father M D Hassetts home preceding the church ceremony.
Miss Anna Eva Fay known as the White Mahatma exhibits uncanny powers at Robinson's Opera House. Despite bondage tests and levitating objects, the performance wows a packed audience with mind related demonstrations and a dramatic final act.
Cincinnati contractors announce a new Contractors Association aiming to end walking delegates and nonunion work on shared projects. The move, backed by Archibald Colter and others, signals a potential finish fight with Building Trades Council unions as organizers seek broad signups and stricter discipline.
The Cigar Makers' Union reports shortages at some shops and plans to draft union workers from Rohde and Gassman as calls go out today. A twenty‑member committee will press the anti trust campaign and seek help from other unions and independent dealers to oppose Tobacco Trust products. Fifteen workers are slated for the pullout.
Former District Attorney Olcott says the search warrant for Canfield's alleged gambling house was obtained on a perjured affidavit and violated constitutional rights. Black Gruber & Boynge represents Canfield and Farrell with Jerome raid details guiding the case. no sympathy for gambling crimes, but warrants must be lawful and respect property rights.
Rylands trusted a quiet harness horse for a trial ride with a friend. The horse bolted, crashed into a stone heap, and fled. The buggy was wrecked. both men were injured. The seller’s friend had lent the buggy, causing irony as laughter broke the scene.
Scranton December 5 reports suggest negotiations will end in the sale of the sixty seven independent operators coal properties to large coal carrying companies. Trax estimates the collieries can be bought for 145 million dollars.
The German cruisers Gazelle Panthér and the flagship Stosch have arrived at Curacao Island near Venezuela on December 5, signaling a naval movement in the Caribbean theater.
Charles J. Denny millionaire brewer and former House of Delegates member was found guilty of perjury in a case linked to the Suburban Street Railway bill. The jury imposed a two year penitentiary sentence. Defense claimed Denny lacked positive knowledge of a $75,000 deposit to sway votes. If true, he contended, a perjury charge could not stand.
Charles Kauffman entertained fellow brewers and friends at his Kauffman beer cellars with a beefsteak dinner. The gathering celebrated settlement of a long dispute with brewery employees and the calling off of a boycott by laborers. Guests included Louis Amick, John B. Bobe, J George Jung, J Ford Wetterer, Percy Andréae, Henry Muhlhauser Ford Wetterer, William Hess, William Blechin, Barney Lemker, Geo Osterfeldt, Jesse Jr Ed Sohn, Clarence Wagner, Chas J Kauffman, Judge John Caldwell, Carl Nippert, and others.
Fire at the Franklin MacVeagh building on Lakeshore Drive and Schiller Street trapped two women behind iron barred windows. Gorman and Hulda Aldine were dragged to safety as flames battered the door. furnishings suffered about $40,000 in damage.
The Hotel Windsor a small hostelry in Baltimore collapsed late tonight. None of the forty guests was injured. Building Inspector Preston condemned the building and ordered it vacated. Guests moved to a safer section and by midnight sought other sleeping quarters.
Jack Nevins recalls a fellow Lehigh Valley passenger losing a ticket during a Philadelphia visit. The conductor asks the man to keep searching and promises to return after collecting other tickets. The passenger points to his seat, then admits the ticket is missing. The tale ends with a quip about losing a bass drum.
Berlin December five. Baron Hey von Het tensheim Count Von Kanitz and Baron Von Wardorff with sixty four Conservative National Liberal and Anti Semite members of the Reichstag introduced a resolution aimed at the United States. It asks Chancellor Von Buelow before renewing commercial treaties to warn any country not giving German goods fair reciprocity that existing privileges will be discontinued when treaties are renewed. Critics warn of a tariff war hurting Germany as the US buys manufactured goods from England and France while Germany supplies American raw materials. Government rushed tariff passage to negotiate a new treaty after Russia indicated it would denounce the current one. They also seek to ratify the treaty before the June elections and may push military questions like artillery funding into the campaign.
Postmaster General Payne was informed that about twenty five women hold rural free delivery routes. An investigation will determine if they perform satisfactorily. Appointments were made without revealing applicants' sex. Payne reportedly opposes women’s appointment to such service.
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