Shore Acres to Headline Grand Opera House Season
The Stock company Fish and partners finally secure the rights to Shore Acres after years of effort and costly negotiations. The production promises elaborate sets and top players with a New Year matinee ahead. George M. Cohan and family bring The Yankee Prince to Grand Opera House with a large cast and own orchestra. Nazimova and Comtesse Coquette headline later bills at Lyric and theaters, while other tours assign casting and posters for potential chorus stars.
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Mrs.Herne
Harris
Grand Opera House
George M. Cohan
Josephine
Mr. Cohan
Dunn
Cohan
Grand
Fifty Miles From Boston at the Walnut
George M. Cohan's rural musical play Fifty Miles from Boston comes to the Walnut for a week long run starting with a Sunday matinee and including Thursday and Saturday performances and a New Year's Day matinee. The Brookfield Mass setting features ensemble and chorus numbers with hit songs by Cohan.
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Boston
George M. Cohan
Walnut
Kilaw & Erlanger Present The Round Up at the Grand
Kilaw and Erlanger bring The Round Up to the Grand next week a West style spectacle offering comedy melodrama and grand scenic sets. A 134 member company drives the sweeping tale with Slim Hoover and a cactus scene noted as a highlight in the finale.
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Kilaw & Erlanger
Hoover
Klaw & Erlanger
The Lyric Travel Talk by Nat Brigham
Nat Brigham presents The Apache Warpath at The Lyric Travel Talk. He details heroism of Generals Crook and Miles and General Lawton's pursuit of Geronimo with photos of mountain and plains scenery. Pictorial dances are shown and Brigham will sing popular era songs starting at 2 45 p m.
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Nat Brigham
Crook
Miles
Lawton
Geronimo
Brigham
Daardy
Girls at Lyric theater tomorrow night
Messrs shu bert's Clyde Fitch comedy Girls will be performed as a single Lyric theater show. The plot follows three pretty girls who believe they can face life without men then yield to the common need for happiness. The Shubert production features metropolitan players and Fitch style humor with a surprise scene.
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Lyric Theater
Messrs. Shuberts
Clyde Fitch
New York
Mr. Fitch
Shubert
Cincinnati
Forepaugh Christmas at Olympic Theater Brims With Cheer
The Olympic theater celebrated a busy merry Christmas with manager Fish and the Liberty praising every company member and employee. Patrons sent telegrams and floral gifts as two performances and a Shore Series rehearsal continued, while the cast shared greetings and the cast and staff felt like one big family.
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Olympic Theater
Eek
Chr Sires
Moreso
Adey
Eddie Ages Hera and Duan on and On
Eddie ages Hera and Duan as the central figures in a sparse text fragment. The brief note mentions their names and a looping reference to time or progression. Further context is unavailable in the readable lines.
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Eddie
Hera
Duan
Maclyn Arbuckle Shines as Slim Hoover in The Round Up
Maclyn Arbuckle delivers a standout portrayal as Slim Hoover the sheriff in Klaw and Erlanger's The Round Up coming to the Grand next week. The frontier lawman blends comedy and danger with Arbuckle’s firm grip on a role depicting a fat, romance chasing frontier officer.
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Maclyn Arbuckle
Slim” Hoover
Klaw and Erlanger
Slim
Sarah Bernhardt Receives Audience With Emperor at Tsarskoe Selo
The actress Sarah Bernhardt, in St. Petersburg, was granted an audience by Emperor Nicholas at Tsarskoe Selo and given a portrait of the empress.
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ST. Petersburg
Sarah Bernhardt
Nicholas
Tsarskoe Selo
Final performances of A Bunch of Keys at the Olympic
The Forepaugh players close a prosperous week with Hoyt farce in two final showings at the Olympic this afternoon and evening, ending the revival in a blaze of glory.
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Hoyt
Warfield's Excellent Engagement Ends in Cincinnati
David Warfield's run in The Music Master at the Lyric Theater concludes after matinee and evening showings. The week’s business at Lyric is described as astonishingly large with every performance sold out except Christmas Eve and the Christmas matinee.
Camille D Arville to Headline Columbia Week
Camille D Arville famed dramatic soprano tops Columbia week starting Sunday in vaudeville. She tours after The Gay White Way under Shubert and Max Anderson with Jefferson de Angeli as another star. Accompanied by Tpouis Hirsch, she headlines a special Columbia engagement.
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Camille D’arville
Columbia
Miss D’arville
Jefferson de Angelis
Messrs
Shubert
Max Anderson
Anderson
D’arville
Tpouis Hirsch
Custer's Last Fight at Lyceum With Moving Pictures
Amusement notes announce a week long engagement at the Lyceum starting tomorrow. The drama depicts the Little Big Horn massacre of 1875 and includes a battle sequence created by moving pictures. Horses cowboys and Indians are loaned by Pawnee Bill of Wild West fame.
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Lyceum
Custer
Little Big Horn
Bill
Wild West Fame
Talk of New York Shines at Grand in Christmas Show
George M. Cohan’s The Talk of New York delighted a crowded Grand audience last night. Victor Moore as Kid Burns led a strong company with lively entertainment and festive Santa Claus touches as Christmas gifts and bundles were handed to principals and chorus alike.
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George M. Cohan
New York
Grand
Kid Burns
Victor Moore
Smart Set to Open at Heucks for New Year Week
The Smart Set, a famed colored company, opens at Heuck's for New Year week with a comedy musical The Black Politician written for the occasion. Dudley stars as principal comedian with a large chorus, singers and dancers. Saturday features a prize dancing contest for locals and a special matinee on New Year's Day.
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Heuck
Sroga
H. Dudley
Lyric Theater Runs Kalich and Glaser in New Comedies
The Lyric bills Bertha Kalich followed by Lulu Glaser in a pair of acts. The program promises lively performances and a selection of fresh numbers, weaving theater and song for audiences.
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Bertha Kalich
Lyric Theater
Lulu Glaser
Tuscouneal
Heroic fireman Dunlap hurt in Philadelphia theater fire
Samuel Dunlap assistant fire chief, famed for dangerous rescues, is in precarious condition after smoke inhalation in a moving picture theater blaze last night. Several other firefighters were overcome, with Dunlap the only one in serious danger. He previously risked his life rescuing Abe Lacey during a 19th century collapse and earned a gold medal from the G A R encampment.
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Philadelphia
Samuel
Abe Lacey
Lacey
Gencade Post
Nickelodeons Closed As NYC Showmen Protest Mayor
More than 800 New York movi e picture operators protested Mayor McClellan after his license revocation and last night closures. A 25 member committee was formed to plan legal action while owners decry the late hour that barred injunctions and ruined Christmas receipts. The mayor said closures target objectionable pictures and unfit fire practices, with licenses renewed only for compliant exhibitors.
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New York
New York City
McClellan
Twenty Five
Rentienala
Manhattan
Sioux
Fire victim sleuth details at Christmas celebration
Detective Joe Forster of the Cincinnati police reports a fire death during a Christmas gathering at a workplace residence on Smith near Fifth. He was near a lit tree when his sleeves caught fire and he sustained no injuries.
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Joe Forster
Cincinsnati Police Department
Herrman
Smith
Fire Destroys Shed and Damages Brick Building on Sixth Street
A fire on Sixth Street last night damaged a brick building and a shed containing wagons. Horses valued at 200 dollars each were saved along with other property. Alarm from Box 649 drew multiple companies. crews fought the flames as nearby structures were at risk. The property is owned by J. G. Grothe on Avenue.
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Minard H. Payton
Glive
Tive Ottiers
Tromi
J. G. Grothe Ieee
Cincinnati Toy Dealer 53 Dies Amid Toy Trade
Gustav Licht aged 53, head of Licht and Wankelman toy dealers at 329 Main St, Walnut Hills, died after a ten week illness. He came to Cincinnati as a boy of 12 and worked with Knost Brothers before starting his own firm. Survived by a widow and several children. active in Business Men's Club and civic groups.
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Cincinnati
Gustav Licht
Main Street
High Home
Fairfield Avenue
Walnut Hills
Licht & Wankelman
Knost Brothers & Co
Elm
Race Streets
Licht
Yvon
Business Men's Club
Tragedy in Mount Healthy: Thomas Welch Dies After Window Fall
Thomas Welch, 60, of Mount Healthy, fell from a window at his home to the street yesterday. He died about two hours later after Dr. H. C. Wallace attended him. Coroner Cameron was notified. Welch worked for the C., D. & T. traction line.
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Thomas Welch
Mount Healthy
H. C. Wallace
Cameron
Welch
C., D. & T. Traction
Identification Is Wired In Middletown Death Case
Night Chief Corbin of the Middletown police received a message identifying the man whose corpse was found on the B&O tracks near Osgood Indiana on Wednesday. The name given was John L. Barcrost sixty from Cadiz Ohio. Barcrost had spent a week in Middletown recently and left with some money.
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Corbin
Police Department
Middletown
Osgood
Ind
John L. Barcrost
Cadiz
Barcrost
Funeral for Gypsy King Sancho Vassileevitch in Elmwood
The gypsy king Sancho Vassileevitch died in Elmwood on Thursday after an accident. His funeral will be held today at the Catholic church in Elmwood, a departure from usual Romany rites for the camp.
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Sancho Vassileevitch
Elmwood
Tree Blazes Draw Crowd on East End Street
A large tree at the foot of Mayapple street East End caught fire yesterday afternoon in an unknown manner. Fire company No 18 responded to the alarm but no property was endangered.
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Mayapple Street
East End
Company No
Motor Ignites Car in Newport Fire Alarm
A Newport car caught fire yesterday afternoon when its motor ignited. Brantway No. 10 responded to the alarm. Damage was slight.
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Newport and Covinigts
Gioake No. 10
Octogenarian Death of Mount Nevo Resident Reported
Coroner Cameron reports the death of 80 year old Sarah Nugent of Mount Nevo due to natural causes. The death was recorded after being reported yesterday afternoon.
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Sarah Nugent
Mount Nevo
Cameron Yest
Court Street House Robbery Reported
Police were informed last night that an overcoat and clothing valued at about a certain amount were taken from the home of Albert Hedges at 615 West Court Street, according to a local report.
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Albert Hedges
West Court Street
Christmas Day Fight Leaves Man Wounded in Rome
A Christmas celebration at the Rome of Los Tubbs near Twelfth and Banklick ended in a violent dispute. Charles Lewis struck Joe Evans with a weapon, injuring him badly as witnesses, including Joe Evanssea, George Delany, and Lewis, described the confrontation.
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Joe
Riedlin Club Votes Tonight in Pike Street Hall
A spirited duel between the regular and independent tickets of the William Riedlin Republican club ends with tonight’s election at Welling's hall in Pike Street. The old Kentucky club lists leaders and an executive slate for both tickets, with incumbents and challengers named.
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Welling’s Hall
William Riedlin
Republican Club
Pike Street
Riedling Club
Kentucky
Harry Faulwetter
Louis Roth
Fred Minderman
W. Kleier
Charles Muck
W. C. Due
John Roth
H. Stork
C.b.shimer
Clarence Wills
George Schneider
Thomas Wilson
Robert Welling
W. F. Rasch
H. B. Schuler
Fred Wachs
Theodore Kuhl
A. C. Hoffman
Joni. Heidel
J. C. B. Yates
H. Huntman
Mack, Jr
H. Schroder
Richard Hoffmann
Charles Costello
Alban Wolff
Rivalry heats St Johns Benevolent Society election
The annual contest between the regulars and independents of St John’s Benevolent Society concludes this evening at the annual election. Tickets list officers for Regulars and Independents, including presidents, vice presidents, secretaries, treasurers, and various committees.
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St. John’s Benevolent Society
Edward Stichaneck
William Baringhaus
John Zem
Bredt
Benjamin Hoppins
August Radke
Joseph Carl
Andy Séiler
Adolph Enda
John Handorf
Jo Bockweg
Henry Stottman
John Fred Klausing
Newport Celebrates Day With Charity Across the City
Wagons loaded with clothing, fuel, and provisions delivered to the poor by city charities. Churches held special services and Christmas programs last night. Orphans’ home and Convent of the Good Shepherd marked the day. prisoners at the city jail enjoyed a dinner provided by City Jailer Christopher.
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Newport
Orphans’ Home
Convent of the Good Shepherd
Chris Ert
Negress Swallows Sought Money From Theft Case
Anna Ames, a colored woman, reportedly swallowed three ten dollar bills believed stolen from Hadley Woolroch. Police witnessed her concealment, a patrolman tried to pry the bills free, she became ill, and she faces disorderly conduct charges with a hearing before Judge Read.
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Anna Ames
Covington
Guy Ecki
Funeral for Magistrate William Huber Held at Sandford Street Home
The funeral for Magistrate William Huber takes place this afternoon at 1 o'clock with services at his residence, 608 Sandford Street. Myrtle Lodge, K of P, and the Covington lodge of Elks are among those attending.
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William Huber
Sandford Street
Myrtle Lodge
K.of P
Covington E of Elks
Body of Woman Found in Licking River near Newport
The missing Mrs. Jennie Williams was found in the Licking River at Grant's ford about ten miles south of Newport. Coroner Digby noted the body appeared in the river about forty eight hours. Jackson Williams believes the woman wandered off in poor health and may have fallen in while crossing the river. The discovery was made by Ed Ducksworth and Albert Spalding as they hauled water. Patrolmen delivered the news to the family as a hopeful Christmas season passed.
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Jennie Williams
West Fifth Street
Newport
Licking River
Grant’s Ford
Ed Ducksworth
Albert Spalding
Digby
Betz’s
Jackson Williams
Williams
Amrein
van Lewn
Big docket for court opens as Covington judge handles 22 cases
Police Judge Read of Covington faces the largest police court docket in months this morning with 22 cases awaiting action. Fourteen filed yesterday and on Christmas Eve, eight continued from earlier week. Jim Brooks and Charles Harris, both colored, ran a Pike Street foot race. Harris carried a brick intended to hit Brooks before Patrolman Grierson arrived. both charged with drunk and disorderly conduct.
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Covington
Jim Brooks
Charles Harris
Pike Street
Harris
Brooks
Grierson
Covington Church Notes Highlight Union Church Activities
Union Methodist Episcopal on Greenup and Fifth hosts Rev G F Oliver with morning sermon Good Tidings of Great Joy and evening address to students. Sunday school at 9:30 and Epworth league at 6:30 with gold buttons for top scholars. special Christmas music directed by Mrs Lillian A Rixford. Thursday Dec 31 union watch night features multiple pastors and an Epworth league program.
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Union Methodist Episcopal
Greenup
Fifth Streets
G. F. Oliver
Epworth League
Lillian A. Rixford
Bethlehem
Gounod
Morrison
Pilgrim Chorus
Wagner
Lemmens
Stella Bergan Podle
Union Watch
Madison * Avenue Presbyterian
Gilbert Glass
Jane Sreunath
Grace Culbertson
R. Donnell
Vattier
First Presbyterian
Christmas Tree Blaze in Newport Home
A Christmas tree and Santa Claus celebration at L. A. Lafonte’s home on James Alley and Cobia Street in Newport ended with flames after a candle ignited lace curtains. Family members and guests fought the blaze and pulled down curtains to extinguish the fire.
Thieves Enter Newport Homes on Washington Avenue
Thieves entered the home of Dr. J. O. Jenkins at 839 Washington Avenue and the residence of A. Ziegler at 811 Washington Avenue. In attempting break ins near Tenth Street and Park Avenue, a chase ensued with more than a dozen men involved. The suspects fled east toward the mill bottoms and escaped.
Newport Masons Elect Officers for Coming Year
Newport Lodge No. 358 F and A M elects Worshipful Master Charles Manthey and other officers for the year. Louis Dobbling dies suddenly at 59 from heart failure, survived by wife and two children. Allonzo Taylor to be buried Monday after fatal cardiac paralysis on Taylor Avenue Bellevue. William McClean injured after falling on Chestnut Street steps. taken to hospital.
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Newport Lodge
A. M
Charles Manthey
E. E. Hedrick
W.C. Daneej
C. O. Lincoln
Otto Helda
G. H. Sampson
HM. A. Braun
R. E. Lincoln
Thomas’ Jeffers
Tyler
W. W. Hampton
Louis Dobbling
East Tenth Street
H. A. Dobbling
Cincinnati
Allonzo Taylor
Taylor Avenue
Bellevue
Thal
Rhenstora Street
Iavarden
Chestnut Street
William ‘McClean
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