Nance O Neil to headline Shubert season in Agnes and Fires of St John
The Shuberts sign Nance O Neil to a five year contract and she will appear at the Lyric for five nights starting Sunday in Agnes as the title role. Later in the week and the following Sunday she performs Sudermann's The Fires of St John with Marika the famine child in the lead. Mayall returns as leading man Don Jose and Adaig plays Carmen with a strong company and lavish set designs for a Spanish atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nance O’neil
The
Shuberts
Nance O'Neil
O’neil
Ance
Lyric Theater
Amd
Agnes
New York
Own
George Cameron
Gladys Drew
Sydney, Drew
McKee’ Rankin
Migs O'Neil
Sudermann
St. John
Marika
Miss O'Neil
Mr. Mayall
Don Jose
Miss Adaig
Carmen
Butterfly tiara to crown opera gowns this season
Mise Van Studdiford showcases a butterfly tiara as the season's premier jewel, a vast jeweled crown designed to dazzle opera crowds. Grace Van Studdiford wore the piece in New York, with diamonds forming a swarm of glittering insects perched above a slim fillet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studdiford
New York
Grace van Studdiford
van .Uddiford
Wizard of Oz troupe to open Walnut week engagement
The original company of The Wizard of Oz arrives at Walnut for a week starting with a Sunday matinee. George Stone remains as the Scarecrow while Trixie Tryfles and Dorothy Gale headline a colorful cast with strong singing and dancing supernumeraries. Scenic effects include a cyclone and a snowstorm.
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Scarecrow
Tin Woodman
Dorothy Gale
Trixie Tryfles
George Stone
Awakening of Mr. Pipp Matinee Attracts Audiences
Charley Grapewin as star comedian in The Awakening of Mr Pipp continues a six season run in the same role. He and his wife Anna Chance gained fame in vaudeville and have become strong drawing cards in this city. Walnut matinee audiences this week show renewed interest in Grapewin's performance.
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Mr. Pipp
Charley Grapewin
Anna, Chance
Mr. Grapewin
Free Setters to Attend Charley Grapewin Benefit
The Free Setters voted to attend a Friday night performance honoring Charley Grapewin a respected member. They will gather at Bimer's hotel after the show for a light lunch and secret briefing as the Free Be quartet sings the anthem before curtain rise.
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Grapewin
Charley Grapewin
Plipp
Bimer's Hotel
Free Be
Ambiguous Notes Hint at New Features and Innovation
Fragmentary text suggests upcoming introductions described as genuine innovations with a humorous element. References to Tet and Ghdrahaith appear as unclear names amid discussion of improvements. The passage hints at a period piece tone and a focus on novel offerings.
The Prince of Swindlers at Heucks
Heucks presents Owen Davis drama The Prince of Swindlers set for Sunday. A young man attempts to squander an ill gotten inheritance across four acts and nineteen scenes with twenty two in the cast, all elaborately mounted to satisfy patrons.
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Heuck’s
Owen Davis
Dreamland Burlesquers at People's Theatre in Red Moon
The Dreamland Burlesquers headline the week at People's Theatre with Marion as producer. The show titled The Red Moon promises an up to date musical burlesque with laughs, pretty girls, bright music, and catchy tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreamland Burlesquers
People’s Theater
Marion
Dreamland
False Friends at the Lyceum Opens Next Week
New melodrama False Friends or Driven to Bay features elaborate scenic effects in eleven scenes set in and around Bolivia. The production boasts a strong dramatic cast and suspenseful heart interest with romance and adventure, premiering at the Lyceum next week.
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Lyceum
Robert Norton
Morning Glories in Zululand Burlesque at Standard
A farcical three act burlesque titled The Morning Glories in Zululand comes to the Standard next week. The production features a large cast and mixes jingles with jollity, offering a comic, entirely unserious plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zululand
A Night on a Houseboat Heads to Columbia Stage
A Night on a Houseboat, a singing and dancing novelty, features nine performers led by Misses Ethel and Eisie Shaw as the Darling Twins aboard an elaborately staged double decker houseboat. The act includes a college athlete and other roles, praised as the most unique production in vaudeville this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Ethel
Eisie Shaw
Whistler
Alice Shaw
Darling Twins
Martinnettie
Sylvester
Ponchi 8
London
Charles Besnah
Julia Miller
Cora Beach Turner
W. 8. Draper
Submarine Sighting Reported Off Coast
A brief coastguard notice describes a submarine sighting near the breakers. Authorities issued a safety advisory and urged vessels to maintain distance while investigation continues.
Carmen Revival at Olympic by Forepaugh Stock Co
The Olympic hosts Forepaugh Stock Co reviving Carmen with one scene of smugglers and a famed idol, as Sadie Sherman appears in her original role At the Photographer's. The program includes the Delmore Sisters, John and Mae Burke in How Patsy Went to War, moving pictures, and more.
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Carmen
Escamilio
Sadie Sherman
Delmore Sisters
John and
Mae Burke
Will M. Cressy
Patsy
Moving Pictures
Renellos and Trio to Headline New Robin son Show
Manager Holmes announces another big bill for next week at New Robinson Will featuring the Renellos specialty loop the loop bicyclists and a cast including Kobb Miller Theo and Dantes as change artists with song and dance. A moving picture change is planned today and new illustrated ballads accompany the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Robinson
Pamime
Renellos
Kobb and Miller
Theo
Dantes
Eee John, Bvarts
Boston
Fluffy Buffies Popular Music Show Draws Crowd
An audience at the opera house enjoyed a lively music night led by the Fluffy Buffies. Performers delivered upbeat numbers to a large, engaged crowd in a quaint venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Get Your Dance Draws Big Crowd
A lively dance event drew a large crowd as organizers touted a new song and the playful title Get Your Dance. Participants packed the venue, enjoying music and social vibes through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew
Lyric Sunday Talk On Panama Canal by Dr Edward MacDowell
Dr Edward Burton MacDowell headlines the Lyric Sunday Afternoon Talk with a new travel lecture titled Panama in Picture and Prose. The Unity club speaker will present a stereopticon show and a historical sketch tracing the canal’s progress from French beginnings to today.
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Lyric
Edward Burton MacDowell
Panama
MacDowell
Unity Club
The Golden Butterfly Coming to Grand Opera House
The Golden Butterfly by Reginald De Koven and Harry B. Smith arrives at the Grand Opera House for a week from Monday after acclaimed Broadway success. The comic opera features a strong plot, active music, and an eighty-person ensemble with grand chorus, noted for its beauty and expense in costumes, properties, and scenery.
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de Koven
Reginald de Koven
Harry B. Smith
Grand Opera House
Broadway
New York
Éplo
A Star on Three Continents
Nance O Neill joins the Shubert fold at the Lyric on Sunday night as the only American actress to win stellar honors on three continents. Her fame spans from San Francisco to New York with fans in Sydney and other Australian cities. Her home reputation grows even after world tours and her long term five year contract signals a lasting national presence.
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Nance O’neil
Shubert
Lyric
Miss O'Neil
San Francisco
New York
Lonon
Lyceum Theater
Sydney
Misa O'Neill
Vaudeville Manager Max Anderson Returns to City
Manager Max Anderson arrived in the city last night from New York after a European tour featuring many famous vaudeville acts. He oversees the New York Hippodrome and arranged remarkable circus acts for upcoming appearances on the Hippodrome stage. Anderson plans to integrate vaudeville features into the Columbia programme and coordinates with Orpheum circuit venues for big foreign acts and stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Anderson
Arem
New York
Anderson
Europe
New York Hippodrome
Hippodrome
Columbia
Orpheum
Cameo Kirby praised by Nat Goodwin troupe critics
Nat Goodwin has secured in Booth Tarkington's Cameo Kirby one of the best and most appealing plays he has had in years. His company is one of unusual and uniform excellence and the performances are winning the praise of all lyric audiences.
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Nat Goodwin
Kirby
Booth Tarkington
Colonel Martin’s New Theaters Set for Chester Park Venture
Colonel Ike Martin of Chester Park rises as a major theater figure. He will acquire Vine Street Congregational Church property at a liberal price and build a vaudeville and moving picture theater. He also leases the McMillan Street property in Walnut Hills to launch another vaudeville and motion picture venue. William Morris, independent agent behind stars like Harry Lauder and Victoria, is expected to supply acts for the Vine Street project.
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Martin
Ike Martin
Chester Park
Vine Street Congregational Church
John J. Ryan
McMillan Street
Walnut Hills
Colonel Martin
Vine Street
William Morris
Harry Lauder
Vesta Victoria
Colonel Martine
Englishman's Opera In Paris at the Opera Comique
Isidore delaTara's opera Sanga drew a large audience at the Opera Comique in Paris tonight. The work marks the first English composer produced in a Paris state theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Isidore de tLara
Opera Comique
Paria
Theaters in Trust Extend Reach to West
Chicago reports seventy five theaters from Chicago to San Francisco will merge into a single company. Klaw and Erlanger lead the effort with Levy Mayer, preparing agreements for absorption starting with Omaha Denver and San Francisco. Efforts involve owners and lessees across many Western cities and rapid negotiations in Chicago this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
San Francisco
Omaha
Denver
Daily News Today
Klaw
Brianger
William Harris
Boston
Ponce Ee
W ‘Erlanger
Levy Mayer
Combine
Erlanger
Mayer
Expeed
Mt Ier
Fragmentary OCR note on dates and weather
An unreadable OCR fragment discusses days and weather with garbled text and unclear references to lows and dates. The source provides no clear names or locations to identify.
Butterfly costumes and roller skating headline city event
Amusement notes describe a big one mile speed handrack event for skaters on Thursday. Butterflies worn by passersby attract attention as a novelty tied to the upcoming Hith DeKoven comic opera The Butterfly at the Grand Opera next week.
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Bfuste
Fourth Street
Fostanton
Staten Island
Ohio treasury reports five million balance remains
Special Dispatch from Columbus reveals Charles Green, state treasurer, released the annual treasury report for the year ending November 15, 1908. It shows a opening balance of 5,081,850.95, receipts of 11,636,872.99, and disbursements of 11,515,588.88 leaving a net balance of 5,203,134.97. The general revenue fund shows a total of 12,683,242.40 with a net balance of 4,488,748.49. Green opposes Democratic bid to move state funds to depositories by competitive bidding.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Charles
Greén
Harris
State Treasury
McKinnon
General Revenue
University of Minnesota Sets 65 Year Age Limit for Faculty
The board of regents decided contracts with faculty expire when a teacher reaches 65. At least six professors have hit 65, and the new rule has stirred faculty circles in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Board of Regents
Minnedapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota
Board of Regents
Christmas Shopping Advice for Early Day Purchases
The note urges early Christmas shopping to aid workers and service staff. It emphasizes choosing early in the day to support those who serve during the holiday season.
Kenton Court Notes and Local Civil Actions
The First National Bank of Covington sues Henry etta for 60 dollars on a note, and J Henry Herzog for 100 dollars on a note. Elizabeth Landram sues Claude Landram for divorce and name restoration to Grimsley. Demurrers shut out Harry Gerdes and John Seer false arrest suits against Timothy Crowe. Gus Biggs was acquitted of violating Sunday observance law. John Stevenberg sues Thomas Gilbert Nelson Gossett for horse delivery and wrongful detention.
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First National Bank of
Ludlow
Gus Biggs
Dourt
County Stephens
Biggs
George Jones
Campbell County Courts Dismiss Bellevue Welfare Case
The court of appeals dismissed the Bellevue Welfare association case against the Bellevue council over a water service contract with Union Light Heat and Power. The ordinance is upheld as valid. A consent judgment allowed dismissals in two suits against William Krauss and others. The Benjurik murder case awaits trial once the Dhoeny case concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
John Hills
Bellevue Welfare Association
Bellevue Council
Union Light, Heat and Power Company
Yungblut
William Krauss
Daniel Loewenstein
Henry
Steve Benjurik
Heath
Andrewa Stee
Newport
Bea
Covington Real Estate Sale Details For Grandford
Fragmentary notice notes a real estate matter involving Joseph Lederer and Xavier W Hagen with a $1,400 premium and 80 to 12 figures. The text references Grandford cohorts and shopping hours, but many details are unclear or garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph, Lederer
Xavier W. Hagen
MTL
Erlengetecevig
Louiss Stephan
Onene Tophan
Grandford Cohenns
Local party factions contesting central committee in Louisville
The Campbell County party meeting in Louisville tomorrow pits two factions led by Theodore Mars and William P. Kirvin against each other. The district committee upheld Mars as chairman and Kirvin as secretary, but an opposition appeal seeks a new division. If the ruling stands, the current executive committees stay. if not, a special election will be ordered for a new city and county committee.
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Wileah
Coton
Ugh
State‘ Central Committee
Louisville
Theodore Mars
Turner Hall
Bradley
Gates
Marz
Campbell County
William P. Krvin
Husband wrecks home in early morning incident
Patrolmen Brink and Haley found the residence of Mrs Myrtle Rambler at 11 East Fifth Street damaged after her husband broke the front door glass and destroyed furniture. Mrs Rambler secured a warrant charging destruction of property and breach of the peace.
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Brink
Haley
Fifth and
Madison Avenue
Myrtle Rambler
East Fifth Street
Uhly Murder Trial Sees Defense Shape Insanity Claim
Testimony began to support an insanity defense for William Uhly in the case over the murder of Nellie Uhly. John Hester testified that Uhly frightened him during a shaving, speaking of his wife's alleged misdeeds, as nonexpert witnesses were allowed to testify on sanity. A daughter of Uhly watched the trial. the prior trial had yielded a life sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Uhly
Nellie Uhly
Uhly
John Hester
Lfe
Ernst Resigns From Kenton GOP Committee
R P Ernst, a member of the Kenton county Republican executive committee, had his resignation accepted at a special meeting in Republican headquarters. The resignation dated December 1 gave no reasons. The committee planned travel to Louisville on Friday to answer charges filed by the anti Ernst faction over delegate selection and county executive committee selection.
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R. P. Ernst
Kenton County
Republican Executive Committee
Boone Block
Louisville
Zwick Pharmacy Incorporation Filed in Covington
Articles of incorporation for Zwick Pharmacy Co filed with County Clerk J C B Yates. Capital stock set at 10000 dollars. Incorporators are H H Renner of Cincinnati W H Watson and C Albert Schroetter of Covington. Principal place of business will be Covington. The Northern Kentucky Teachers Association will meet at Covington High School Saturday. Dr T S Loudown of Ohio State Univ to speak on The German Schoolmaster. Covington police seek Robert Gleason arrested in Marietta for theft of a musical instrument from Harry Woods. a Covington officer will go to Marietta to bring him back. Mary Krollman 57 of 525 Pike Street died last night. funeral Friday morning. Meat and Milk Inspector W E A Wyman requests estimate of bacteria in Covington milk from Dr W W Wiley of U S Department of Agriculture. Reports show over half a million bacteria in sixteen drops of Covington milk prior to sterilization efforts.
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Zwick Pharmacy Company
John C. B. Yates
H. H. Renner
Cincinnati
W. H. Watson
C. Albert Schroetter
Covington
Northern Kentucky Teachers’ Association
Kenton
Campbell Counties
Covington High School
T. S. Loudown
Ohio State University
Hiss
Schuler
Marietta
Robert Gleason
Harry Woods
Gleason
Mary Krollman
Pike Street
W.'E. A. Wyman
Rae
Hedarth
Newport Real Estate Listing Fragment
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Newport real estate, William Krauss and Totee with unclear details about parcels, plots and park area. Text includes misread names and vague references to plans, lots and fees, lacking coherent dates or parties.
Postmaster Nomination in Senate Stalemate Revisited
Washington reports a Newport Kentucky postmaster nomination faces renewed Senate objections after last spring’s tie up. Senator Bradley previously opposed Myer and other Kentucky appointments tied to Taft or Fairbanks factions. Myer visits Washington to push confirmation as Ernst watches department talks.
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Eee Woedal Imepatch
Ogamede
Iain Washington
Newport
Senate
Myer
Bradley
Yer
Kentucky
Fairbanks
Taft
Washington
Ernst
Department
Senate Post Office Committee
Politicians Expect Roosevelts Postmaster Appointment
Newport reports say the Senate will act on John H. Myer's term as postmaster, with state officials confident of confirmation. Incumbent Myer and Rep. Harry Weitkamp lead a crowded field as supporters say an agreement ends previous disputes and the nomination will be approved when considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Senate
Roosevelt
John H. Myer
Myer
John Myer
Harry Weitkamp
Two Boys Arrested for Pigeon Theft in Newport
Detectives Sheeran and Morton rounded up Harry Loux and Frank Meyers after finding a sack containing eighteen valuable homing pigeons and several chickens stolen from Will Brown’s coop at 533 East Fourth Street. The boys were jailed at Newport headquarters awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheeran and
Morton
Harry Loux
Frank Meyers
Newport
East Fourth Street
Will Brown
Thoeny Trial Details in Highlands Police Killing Case
Chief of Police Thoeny testified in Newport circuit court about the Brent shooting of Thomas Howell last August. He described a raid on hobos, tripping while pursuing Howell, causing his revolver to discharge, with Patrolman Flynn and Magistrate Quehl also testifying for the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoeny
Highlands
Thomas Howell
Brent
Newport Circuit
Howell
Flynn
Quehl
Newport News Notes Highlights Local Society and Fire News
The William Nelson Post G A R of Newport elected officers led by Commander Charles Warner and SVC Lewis Hoch for the year. Theodore Smith married Katherine Biggs in Covington last Easter Monday. The Young Women's Guild plans a nickel party at St Pauls church Sunday evening. An overheated grate caused a small blaze at Fred J Parks home. no injuries. Newport board of water commissioners debate Union Light contract for water Bellevue. meeting adjourned. Charles Roth saved his home from a couch fire, sustaining minor burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nelson
Newport
Charles Warner
Lewis Hoch
J.V. C
Charles H. Thomas
Peter Adams
G. W. Armstrong
O. D
Isaac Stebbers
Henry Badger
J. B. Hoch
Joseph Gaugel
R. B. Hewetteon
Patrick Owens
Fred Speck
J. Stevens
G.W. Field
Theodore Smith
Livingston
Fifth
York Streets
Katherine Biggs
Covington
Young Women's Guild of
St Paul's P. E
Fred J. Parks
Clifton
Parks
Newport Board of Water Commissioners
Union Light, Heat and Power Company
Bellevue
Charles Roth
Upper Columbia Street
Roth
Newport Marriage Licenses.
A brief notice lists marriage licenses issued in Newport with names and dates. The item notes onboard drivers and delivery personnel associated with the licenses and outlines standard requirements for validity.
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Newport
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