Diplomacy at Pike Theater Impresses in Bold Revival
The Pike Theater Company presents Diplomacy by Victorien Sardou in a well staged four act production. Strong acting by Byron Douglas Emelie Melville and Miss Hall highlights the engaging tale of Baron Stein and the Beauclercs with Paris as its舞台. The cast includes colorful support from Maude Vaughn Marion Mosbie and others, with notable dances and the Newsboys Quintet drawing praise.
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Pike Theater Company
Piké Company
Pike
the Pike
Baron Stein
Constantinople
Julian Beauclerc
Russia
Zicka
Beauclercs
Julian
Paris
Henri Beauclerc
Byron Douglas
Mr. Douglas
Emelie Melville
Countess’ de Rio Zares
John B. Maher't
Algie Fairfax
Mary Hall
Big Beauty Show Expected Sensation at the Grand
Lively anticipation surrounds Miss Anna Held and her company of over sixty as they arrive from Cleveland. The Little Duchess by Smith and DeKoven is praised as the season’s most attractive musical comedy here with Saharet to close the finale. The advance sale promises strong turnout and a peak in chorus girl demand with a single matinee on Saturday.
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Miss Anna Held
Miss Held
Cleveland
Harry R. Smith
Reginald DeKoven
Saharet
Royal Lilliputian Company Delights Cincinnati Audiences
Heuck's Opera House drew large crowds for the Royal Lilliputian Company in Posterland. The show featured miniature performers James Doyle Lo Merkel James E Ros Howard Knowles John Church George Siable Inez Lewis Annie Nelson with Al Rice and Charles Saunders plus a troupe of pretty dancers. The act uses caricatured comic illustrations from Sunday papers and billboards with music and new scenery and costumes.
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Royal Lilliputian Company
Heuck's
Royal Lilliputians
Cincinnati
James Doyle
Lo Merkel
James E. Ros
Howard Knowles
John Church
George Siable
Inez Lewis
Anie Nélson
al Rice
Charles Saunders
Happy ,Hooligan
Gloomy
Gus
Alphonse
Gaston
Foxy Grandpa
Fiddle-Dee-Dee Delights Walnut Street Crowd
Walnut Street Theater presented Fiddle-Dee-Dee with a chorus of beauties and fresh costumes drawing a packed house. Rice and Cady revived Weber and Fields routines in Paris styled antics while Henrietta Lee dazzled as the wealthy widow in stylish dress.
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Walnut
Pittsburg
Weber and
Fields
Broadway Music Hall
Rice
Cady
Weber
Paris
Henrietta Lee
Lilliah Run- Sell
Che
Soldier Credits Postum for Restored Health After Coffee Decline
A Springfield lieutenant recalls coffee as a key cause of nerve exhaustion during the Spanish American War at Chickamauga. He resigned due to health issues from coffee and heat, then credits quitting coffee and using Postum Coffee substitute for recovered strength and weight.
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Chickamauga
Lieut. J. G. Talbott
Springfield
Night Before Christmas drama charms crowded audiences
The drama The Night Before Christmas drew two full houses at the theater yesterday and again tonight. The pastoral piece blends comedy and pathos with a standout performance by Elmer Grandin as Judge Phillips who sentences his own son. Supporting turn by Ida M Nelson Marie Kinzie James Newton Drew Pickering Brown and the Clifton children with scenic interludes by the Grace Church Quartet added to the show.
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Elmer Grandin
Phillips
Ose
Ida’ M. Nelson
Marie Kinzie
Jasmnes Newtor
Drew
Pickering Brown
Clifton
Grace, Church
Irwins Big Burlesque Delights Local Audiences
Fred Irwins Big Show opened a week at People's yesterday amid Sunday crowds. Critics praise class, singing, and precise staging. Acts include The Kneippe Cure, Blossom Seeley tribute, Bison City Quartet, The German and the Sport, and An Operatic Rehearsal with full company.
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Fred Irwin
Irwin
Blossom Seeley
Lester and Curtin
Bison City
Girard
Cook
Kline
Pike
Salvaggis
Three Ronays
Waldron Brothers
The Columbia Bill Shines With Varied Vaudeville
Crowds attended both performances at the Theater as The Columbia program showcased a balanced bill. John T. Sullivan appeared in Captain Huntington with Atherton and Billett supporting, while the Millettes, Werner and Blanchard, Mlle Latina, Alf Holt, Halfrey, Crane brothers and Belmont, Rafali, and new pictures delighted the audience.
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Columbia
John T. Sullivan
Sydney Grundy
Captain Huntington
Werner
Blanchard
Mlle
Alf Holt
Halfrey
Crane Brothers
Belmont
Rafali
Anna Eva Fay Delivers Dual Weeks of Spectacle at Robinson's
Crowded houses witnessed Anna Eva Fay at Robinson's Opera House in a second week of performances. She mesmerized audiences by seemingly divining thoughts and personal details, with demonstrations likened to Sumnolency and parallels drawn to life mysteries and electrical phenomena. The act includes claims about predicting outcomes such as a committee chair election and a sensational theory about Pearl Bryan’s fate.
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Robinson’s Opera House
Anna Eva Fay
Miss Fay
Lewis Bernard
Pearl Bryan
Held and Hopper Show Comparing Two Chorus Tribes
Patrons at the Grand will see a contrast between two chorus lines. The Merry Merry troupe displays London Paris gowns while Hopper’s fifty chorus girls appear in modest attire with simple frocks. The Hopper segment features a Dickens inspired tale about Miss Seminary with a focus on discreet presentation.
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Merry- Merry
London
Paris
Béaudry
Hopper
Ostend
Misa
Dickens
Engleh
Bert Bros
Pike's Cinderella spectacle draws new arrivals
Engagements for Pike's big Cinderella continue as Manager Hunt announces Edward Temple will stage the production with Romeo in charge of the ballets. Temple has led Castle Square Opera productions, Rocheo previously with Henderson, and L E Dopigap of Chicago arrived to assist Artist Reid on stage settings.
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Pike
Chris
Hunt
Annoumeed
Edward Temple
Sig. Romeo
Temple
Castle Square Opera Company
Sig. Rocheo
Davd
Chicago
Artiet Reid
Local Cast Draws From Nearby Cities for Cavallerie
Indications point to a large contingent from neighboring cities including Springheid, Piqua, Lexington, Paris, and avian, joining the performance of Cavallerie under Ander Gni's direction.
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Ander Gni
Paigtboring
Avian
Springheid
Piqua
Lexington
Paris
Bloomfield Zeis Performs Saint-Saëns Concerto in Vienna
Chicago pianist Bloomfield Zeis played Saint-Saëns piano concerto with the Philharmonic Society in Vienna. The soloist was invited to appear at the event, following a December venue listing.
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Vienina
Vienna
Bloomfield Zeis
Chicago
Saint-Suc
Philharmonic Socilet
Vega
Marie Dressler's Mother Dies in Secrecy
New York dispatch reports Mrs. Anna Koeber died at Bayside Long Island at 74 with daughter Marie Dressler unaware. Doctors and manager Joseph Immerman withheld news to avoid fatal shock to Miss Dressler, who remains gravely ill and has not seen her mother in ten weeks.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Anna Koeber
Marie Dressler
Bayside
L. I
Iris Company Goes to St Louis for Iris Run
The Iris company leaves New York on a special train after Miss Virginia Harned closes her three month run in Iris at the Criterion Theatre. The trip ensures the cast reaches St Louis in time for her engagement starting Monday. Arrangements are pending for her continued sparing in Iris through next season.
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Virginia Harned
Iria
Criterion Twester
St. Louis
Charles Frohman
Revival plans for Rosina Voices comedies in New York
Miss Katie Barry known as Fifi in A Chinese Honeymoon hopes to revive the Rosina Voices comedies in New York. She sought co stars Weedon Grossmith for matinees at the Casino or Princess Theatre but stalled on consent. Shubert managers urge revival of London works with Seabrooke Burress Stone Yeamans and Boucicault or Coventry directing.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Katie Barry
Weedon Grossmith
Rosina Voices
Casino
Princess Theater
London
Messrs
Sam 8
Lee Shubert
Thomas Q. Seabrooke
William Burress
Amelia F. Stone
Annie Yeamans
Gerald Coventry
Aubrey Boucicault
Extra matinee added for Fiddle-Dee-Dee at Walnut
Heavy demand for seats prompts an additional Friday afternoon performance of Weber and Fields travesty Fiddle-Dee-Dee at the Walnut this week.
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Weber
Fields
Der Arme Heinrich Debut In Berlin Theater
Deutschland premiere of Hauptmann's Der Arme Heinrich at the Deutsche Theater draws bright stage response and repeated curtain calls. Critics praise visual brilliance but note the work lacks strong dramatic force.
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Berlin
Germany
Hauptmann
der Arme
Heinrich
Deutsche Theater
Lace Waist Fashion Tip for Spring Style
The Commercial Tribune outlines a lace waist design in white French crochet over white silk with chiffon lining. It notes options for linen lace, antique linen, and clung linen, plus varied sleeve lengths and collar finishes, with sizing for bust measures and pricing at two dollars.
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Commercial ‘Tribune
Cincinnati
Fire destroys two adjoining houses in Avondale
An early morning blaze at 2 o clock in Avondale leveled two adjoining frame houses at 125 and 127 Forest Avenue. Residents escaped in night clothing with only a few valuables as the fire, starting in Mrs. Sullivan s grocery, swept through the two structures. John Bell s home and Policeman Carr s residence were involved but saved. The cause remains undetermined.
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Forest Avenue
First Cold Wave Reaches Cincinnati and Midwest
The first cold wave of the season chills Cincinnati and surrounding regions with a forecast of temperatures dropping to 10 degrees or lower by Monday night. Reports from across the Midwest and Canada describe record lows, snow in Montana, and varied daily highs and lows as observers note the rapid advance of the cold air.
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Cincinnati
Northwest
Weather Bureau
Washington
Bussler
Canadian
St. Paul
Huron
Havre
Omaha
Kansas City
Dubuque
Denver
Chicago
Montana
Bar
Hum
Clapdy
N.W
Bisa
Regional Forecasts Signal Cold Wave Run Across States
Ohio and Indiana expect colder conditions with a Sunday night frost threat and Monday snow in the northwest. Tuesday turns fair but brisk winds persist as a cold wave lingers. West Virginia and Kentucky face much colder Monday with a night cold wave, then fair Tuesday.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Award of Hobe Prizes in Stockholm Readied
The December awards list the Hobe prizes to be distributed Wednesday. Dutch professors Lorenz and Zeenan split the physics prizes while Prof Emil Fisher of Berlin gets chemistry. Prof Mommaen takes the literary prize and Major Ross, head of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the medical prize with the Russian De Martens to receive the remaining award.
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Stockholm
Lorenz and Zeenan
Emil Fisher
Berlin
Mommaen
Major Ross
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
de Martens
Hurley Will Admitted To Probation In Lexington
The will of the late Mrs. Ann Hurley of Ludlow Kentucky was admitted to probate in Lexington yesterday. She bequeathed to her daughter Katherine a share of all real estate and to the other heirs the personal property, to be divided equally.
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Lexington
Ann Hurley
Ludlow
Katherine
Unclear Train Departures and Schedules Across Cities
The notice lists multiple city departures and times including Cincinnati Louisville Wheeling Portsmouth and Memphis with various dates in December. It reads like a fragmented timetable or telegraph-like travel notice with inconsistent formatting and partial city names.
River stage at Cincinnati rises as boats depart
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 16.5 feet at 6 p.m. yesterday and was rising, with the crest passing headwaters. Several steamers and tugs planned departures to Louisville Madison and other ports, while the City of Wheeling and City of Cincinnati adjusted trips due to boiler inspections and repairs. The Coal City towed empties to Pittsboro and the harbor boat Relief delivered coal from the Kentucky River. The Tom Dodsworth will be repaired at Queen City Marine Ways after broken hog chains were found.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Tse
Indiana
Pomeroy
Henry M. Stanley
Yourier
Maysville
M. P.wells
Chile
Pittsboro
Kentucky River
Tom Dodsworth
Combine
Queen City
River and Port Reports from Various Cities Note Rising and Falling Levels
River levels across Warren to Memphis show rising or falling trends with measurements from 1 foot 0 inches to 16.7 feet. Departures and upbound barges listed for Pittsburg Cincinnati Zanesville and St Louis. notable arrivals include coal tows and multiple steamers. Weather: cold with snow in several areas and cloudy, cool conditions prevailing.
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Commercial Tribune
Warren
Greensboro
Columbia
Woodward
Morgantown
Wheeling
Ben Hur
Pittsburg
Virginia
Cincinnati
Lorena
Zanesville
Kanawha
Keystone State
J. B. Finley
Marietta
Directors elected to St. Joseph Cemetery parish boards
The German Roman Catholic Cemetery Association elected parish directors for multiple cemeteries including St. Josephs in Price Hill St Marys Ross Avenue St Johns St Bernards and others. Named are Holy Trinity St Johns St Francis St Philomena St Pauls St Marys St Anthonys St Georges Immaculate Conception St Bonaventure St Clements St Lawrence St Augustine St Boniface St Henrys St Josephs St Ludwigs St Michaels Perpetual Help St Charless Norwood and St Elizabeths. They will meet at St Marys Hall New Years Day to organize and elect officers.
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German Roman Catholic Cemetery Association
St. Joseph's
Price Hill
St. Mary’s
Ross Avenue
St.John’s Cemetery
St. Bernard, O
Holy Trinity Parish
George B. Schrand
St. John’s
Aug. Geile
Chas. Kuchenbuch
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Bern
Frank Grothaus
St. Michael’s
Louis V. Smith
H.‘J. Beckmann
Perpetual Help
Bernard-Reisinger
Shered Heart
Gerhard Schmitt
St.Charles Church
Carthage
H. Rusche
Elizabeth’s
Norwood
F. A. Hebmann
St. Mary’s Hall
Benefit entertainment for hospital nurses in Cincinnati
A charity event at Heucks Opera House Friday afternoon December 19 supports the Cincinnati Hospital Training School for Nurses. John R. Rogers organized the project with donations covering all needs. The show My Brother's Sister a three musical comedy will feature the Hayward School cast and other city talent with extensive costumes supplied by H. B. S. Pogue Company.
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al’ Heuck
Commercial Tribune
John R. Rogers
Fennessy
Heuck
Opera House
Rogers
Hayward School
Elocution
Long Branch
H. & 8 S. Pogue Company
Kilgours Return From Bridal Trip After Station Gathering
Society notes report Mr and Mrs Bayard Kilgour returned from their bridal trip last night and dined at the station with Mr and Mrs NaosseF. A letter dated November 23 from Mrs Clara H Sproul abroad for two years mentions her plans to sail this month while convalescing in Fontainebleau after surgery.
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Mrs. Nnaossef
Clara H. Sproul
Fontainbleau
For Rent and Sale Items from Madisonville Area
Classified blurbs advertise a brick seven room house in Madisonville and a cheap sale of home furnishings including a Davenport set, leather chairs, dining suite, dressers, bric a brac, paintings, and more at 2227 Kem Lane Waln'me.
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Kem Lane
Nassau Sts
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