Fascinating Flora at the Lyric and Elsie Janis at the Grand
The Lyric presents Fascinating Flora Sunday night with Adele Ritchie in Flora and a cast including George A. Schiller and Ada Lewis. Elsie Janis stars in The Hayden at the Grand with a strong ensemble. the tour showcases Janis’s impersonations and a Normandy setting with music by Gustave Kerker and Burnside Herbert.
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Flora
LYRIC
Elsie Janis
Burnside
Comstock
New York
Clayhouse
Adele Ritchie
George A. Schiller
Ada Lewis
James B. Sullivan
Frank Rushworth
Boulevards
Paris
Wall Street
Manhattan Beach
R. H. Burnside
Mart E Heisey a Western-Born Actor Rounds Out Career
The Lyceum Theater features Mart E Heisey from Iowa who began in pirate themed traveling shows along the Mississippi. He left Burlington for New York via Chicago and Buffalo then joined Edwin Booth’s circle before settling into Broadway utility and cowboy roles. Now 50, unmarried, with sizable Hawkeye State property, he remains an engaging chat.
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Mart E. Heisey
Lyceum Theater
Hawkeye State
Squashbville
Cucumber Town
Frog Hollow
Mississippi River
Matt
Burlington
Chicago
Toledo
Buffalo
Troy
Hudson
New York City
Edwin Booth
Mart
Martin
Prairies
Goodwin
At Yale plays Walnut with college athletic drama
The Walnut theater presents At Yale a college play built on a boat race plot like Brown of Harvard. Dick Seeley, poor with Sunny grit, captains the crew against Harvard while enduring schemes by Dave Burley to ruin him. A romantic triangle with Dorothy drives the drama to a hopeful ending.
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Walnut
Brown
Harvard
Yale
Dick Seeley
Dave Burley
Jack
Dorothy
Dave
Big Sale for Elsie Janis at Grand this week
A large sale was held at the Grand this week featuring Elsie Janis. The events ran through Monday with additional performances and promotions announced for the week.
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Elsie Janis
Grace Georges Leading Man Ill in Detroit
Frank Worthing leading man to Grace George company is seriously ill with pneumonia at a Detroit hotel. William A. Brady, husband of Miss George, took Worthing's role in last night's performance of Divorcons.
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Grace George
Detroit
Frank Worthing
William A. Brady
Miss George
Snakes Hidden Near NJ Station Surface For Theatrical Manager
W L Freed, manager of the snake opera Through Death Valley, recalls how snakes are rarely seen even where numerous. At Bound Brook New Jersey a culvert by a busy road near a stone wall offered hiding places for garter and worm snakes beneath a bridge. The flagman doubted their presence until a brief search found four specimens.
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W. 8 .Freed
Snake Opera
Death Valley
Lyceum
Bound Brook
New Jersey
Ireland
Olga Nethersole’s Carmen Studio Show Shines At Grand
Miss Olga Nethersole starred as Carmen last evening at the Grand to the delight of audiences. The production was beautifully staged and she conveyed romantic intensity, promising a repeat matinee on Saturday. She will also perform her own Adrienne Lecouvreur portrayal tonight.
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Miss Nethersole
Olga Nethersole
Carmen
Prosper Merimee
Europe
Snake on wall attracts crowds as new flagman takes post
A new flagman is stationed after a snake was found on a wall. Crowds pass within three feet of the den, many becoming hysterical at the sight of the serpent, unaware of the danger lurking below.
McFaddens Flats to Enlarge for Huecks Week
McFaddens Flats at Huecks expands to a larger company with about thirty performers. The rewritten production, McFaddens Row of Flats, features new specialties and numbers. Cast includes Purvis and Walher Bros along with several named actors and a bevy of chorus girls. Spectacular scenery promises a handsome farce comedy.
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McFadden
Heuck’s
Hueck
James Purvis
Walher Bros
Tom Hearn
Everett T. Scott
Ford West
Harry Crandell
William Durwood
George Buchanan
F. R. Stephenson
Thomas Dwyer
Annie Hart
Annette Dorgan
Estelle Gilmore
Daisy Dickson
Pansy Allen
Toma Henry
Pansy Walden
Belle Donohue
Ella Eagen
Alma Buckley
The Hayden author Ben Teal Struggles With Lost Manuscript
Ben Teal, who staged The Hayden for Elsie Janis, hopes to write a classic musical but loses his rough first act after his eight week old son supposedly tears the manuscript apart. Janis questions the story, noting a baby cannot read.
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Ben Teal
Hayden
Elsie Janis
Knickerbocker Theater
New York
Mr. Teal
Miss Janis
Comic misstep at McFadden's Flats contract scene
Business manager Will Norton recalls a July heat tale involving Billy Marshall asking to sign a contract for twenty five dollars to tide him over until Augusts end. He expresses doubt he will live to fulfill it, then Marshall still gets the money.
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Will B. Norton
McFadden
Heuck
Broadway
Billy Marshall
Mr. Hill
Hill
Bill
Marshall
Al Reeves Beauty Show Returns With Grand Vaudeville
Al Reeves kicks off the fifteenth annual Beauty Show at the Standard next Sunday Afternoon. He has assembled elaborate acts and costly specialties he controls, featuring high class vaudeville, clever comedy, beautiful women, lavish scenery and spectacular electrical effects. Reeves aims to deliver a top tier, novelty filled performance for his touring banner attraction.
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al Reeves
Standard
Reeves
California Girls at People's Theater Next Week
A Western troupe titled The California Girls will headline at the People's Theater with a clever farce and a satire The Sultan's Wives. The Pacific slope company features May Orletta Reba Donaldson Sam Adams W A Wolf Tillie Cohen Bessie Gibbons W J O'Rourke Fred Taylor Daisy Stephens and Pearl Berry plus thirty chorus Hebes from the Golden Gate. An interesting olio is promised.
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California
People's Theater
Pacific Slope
May Orletta
Reba Donaldson
Sam Adams
W. A. Wolf
Tillie Cohen
Bessie Gibson
W. J. O’rourke
Fred Taylor
Daisy Stephens
Pearl Berry
Golden Gate
Joe Cawthorne to Star in Elsie Janis Music Play The Hayden
Cincinnati comedian Joe Cawthorne, formerly in Mother Goose and Sousa′s The Free Lance, will appear in Elsie Janis' The Hayden at the Grand next week. He plays an old millionaire who loves flashy clothes and longs to be a chauffeur, delivering a humorous performance.
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Footlights
Hayden
Comedienne
Janis
Ethel Barrymore
Richard Carle
George Cohan
Rose Stahl
Merry Widow
Miss Janis
Elsie Janis
the Hayden
Grand
Cincinnati
Joe Cawthorne
and Sousa
the Free Lance
Forepaugh to stage David Harum at the Olympic
The Forepaugh Stock Company departs from recent Olympic fare to present David Harum. William H. Crane stars as the clever horse trader Squire Perkins with a famed rain scene in Act II. The production pledges an exact copy of the novel’s charm and humor.
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David Harum
William H. Crane
Squire Perkins
Ada Lewis Objects to Health Faddists at Flora Show
Ada Lewis of the Fascinating Flora Company, slated for the Lyric week starting Sunday night, criticizes Kneipp advocates and health trends after encounters in Central Park and vegetarian eateries. A luncheon invite escalates when a stranger drags her to a restaurant to share a meal.
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Ada Lewis
Flora Company
Lyric
Kneipp
Central Park
Miss Lewis Faces New Lunch Fad At Luncheon
A hostess asks Miss Lewis what she will have and a waiter disappears as a diner jokes she has become a food convert. The guest insists on soup and a wafer while another woman declares apples are the ideal midday meal, revealing a comical food fad.
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Lewis
Miss Lewis
Indian Quartet Promises Real War Dance At Lyceum
A genuine Indian quartet appears in Through Death Valley at the Lyceum Theater next week. They will perform a real war dance and sing native songs during the play, an act said to be unseen on stage before.
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Death Valley
Lyceum Theater
Houdini Tours Police HQ and Slips Out of Cuffs
Houdini with Manager Shockley visited police headquarters and met Chief Millikin. After tricks for officers, he was cuffed with two police regulation handcuffs and locked in a cell, then escaped in thirty one minutes by freeing from one cell to another. The Matinee Girl and the Professor roller act at New Rink draws record crowds through Saturday.
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Houdini
Shockley
Millikin
Central Station
Ralph Crawford
Scott Jackson
Alonzo Walling
Charity expert L C Storrs dies on train near Somerset
L C Storrs of Lansing Michigan secretary of the state board of charities and corrections died suddenly of heart failure on a Queen and Crescent train near Somerset Tennessee He was 70 and en route to Florida with his son Daryl B Storrs of Minneapolis He was a noted criminologist and former president of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections in 1894 He is survived by his widow a son and a daughter Mrs Daniel L Case of Detroit
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Commercial Tribune
Chattanooga
Tenn
L. C. Storrs
Lansing
Mich
Michigan State Board of Charities and Corrections
Queen & Crescent
Somerset
Florida
Daryl B. Storrs
Minneapolis
Minnesota
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Nashville
Daniel L. Case
Detroit
Site Commission Awaits Action On Ohio Crippled Children Hospital
The Ohio site commission met in Columbus but postponed any move awaiting Legislature action on Senator Harper’s resolution. It proposes Governor appointing a second locating commission to place hospitals in Cleveland and Cincinnati or nearby areas. Harper’s measure to be debated next Thursday will require major changes if adopted.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Guilbert
Harper
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Pardon Seekers Urge Howard Clemency in Goebel Case
A Lexington committee led by Major F. A. Daingerfield departed for Frankfort to press Governor Willson for James Howard, serving a life term for the Goebel assassination, to be granted pardon. They argue Howard was wholly innocent per Powers trial testimony and will base their appeal on that evidence.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
F. A. Daingerfield
Frankfort
Willson
James Howard
State Penitentiary
Goebel
Daingerfield
W. W. Estill
Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders’ Association
C. W. Moore
Charles Kerr
S. M. Wilson
Powers
Howard
Brien Sacrifices Self to Save Woman From Train
Frank J. Mc Brien a wealthy retired businessman of Richmond HillQueens County died today while saving Mrs Mary Scheele of Brooklyn who had fallen before a Long Island Railroad express. He dragged her to safety and was struck by the locomotive in the act.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Frank J. McBrien
Richmond Hill
Queens County
Mary Scheele
Brooklyn
Middletown Fight Ends in Fatal Injuries
Harry Gerend of Middletown dies after a quarrel with his stepson Dick Flannery who is charged with killing him. The dispute allegedly started at Mr. Gerend’s home and continued at the Shay Manufacturing Co plant where Flannery fractured Gerend’s nose and both arms before his death. Flannery is in custody.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton, O
Harry Gerend
Middletown
Dick Flannery
Gerend
Flannery
Shay, Manufacturing Company
Charity Ball Nets 318 55 for Children’s Home
The charity committee in Hamilton Ohio turned over 318.55 as the net profit from New Year’s charity balls. The three balls have netted the Children's Home 875.56 to date.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Great Entertainer Promotes New York Hotel Prestige
In a tribute to New York hospitality the Hotel St. Regis is praised for its enduring prestige and refined service. The piece highlights its Fifth Avenue location, nonexclusive charm, and uniform first-class rates as it welcomes diverse visitors and notable guests.
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Father Knickerbocker
America
Minneapolis
Duluths
New York
Hotel St. Regis
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-fifth Street
The
St. Regis
Parkson Place Improvement Ordinance in Cincinnati
City council adopts a levy to fund Parkson Place paving graded with cement curbs brick gutters and macadam road surface bonds of 3450 payable over ten years at 4 percent interest with two percent deductions on cash payments and annual installments due within 20 days after enactment plus a sinking fund to cover costs total project cost 3551 46 dollars including advertising and supervision costs.
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Son Street
Miami
Brie
Halstead Street
Cincinnati
State of Ohio
Ondison Street
Erie
Department of the Service
City of
Addison Street
Miami and Erie Canal
Board of Public Service
BE. O. Bathgate
Council
Edwin Henderson
Parkeon Place
Warsaw Avenue
Ikson Place
Eckavie
Bass
Parkson Place
Counsgil
Parkson
Special Improvement Fund No
A.D
RE. O. Bathgate
Cincinnati Names Unnamed Street Jerome Street
An ordinance to name an unnamed street connecting Celestial Street and St. Gregory Street east of Fagin Street Jerome Street. The ordinance takes effect at the earliest legal time. E. O. Bathgate, President Pro Tem of Council.
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Jerome Street
City of Cincinnati
State of Ohio
Celestial Street
St. Gregory Street
Fagin Street
Bathgate
Edwin Henderson
City ordinance authorizes Harrison avenue and viaduct remodeling
Ordinance No. 286 authorizes the Board of Public Service to contract for remodeling Harrison avenue and Barnard street east end and State avenue west end of the Harrison avenue viaduct in Cincinnati Ohio. Total cost not to exceed 20000 dollars to be paid from the Viaduct Fund. Passed December 1907.
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Board of Public Service
Harrison Avenue
Barnard Street
State Avenue
Brovn
City of
Cincinnati
State of Ohio
A.D
E. C. Bathgate
Council
Edwin Henderson
City Council rescinds property appropriation resolution
A resolution passed September 23 1905 declaring the intent to appropriate property for opening widening and extending Western avenue Fricke road and Lehman road or Llewellyn street is hereby rescinded by the City Council. The action was approved December 1907 with Frank L. Pfaff listed as president of council.
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City of
Cincinnati
State of
Ohio
Western Avenue
Fricke Road
Lehman Road
Llewellyn Street
Frank L. Pfaff
Edwin Henderson
Clifton Public School Class Pictures Feature in Sunday Magazine
Clifton residents are urged to obtain next Sunday's Magazine free with The Sunday Commercial Trio. The issue will publish pictures from two Clifton Public School classes and may include local students and their friends in photos and stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Clifton Public School
Ordinance changes Harrison avenue grade in Cincinnati
City of Cincinnati Ohio enacts ordinance number 28 to adjust curb grades on Harrison avenue from Buck street to east of Western avenue. The measure details elevations and slope rates for both north and south curbs including specific feet and percentages, and repeals prior conflicting ordinances.
Ordinance 282 adjusts Barnard street grade near Harrison viaduct
The ordinance changes street elevations on Barnard street from Harrison avenue to the viaduct. It details new grades for west and east curbs, specifying start points, slope rates, and end elevations, and repeals conflicting portions of Ordinance 4273 from 1889. President Freem. of Council.
Ordinance No 281 Establishes Harrison Avenue Viaduct Curb Grade
Ordinance No 281 declares the grade of the southerly curb of the Harrison avenue viaduct extended from Barnard street to Harrison avenue. It fixes an elevation start of 64.05 feet at the viaduct curb intersection, then descends 0.60 percent for 66.66 feet to 68.65 feet at Barnard street. Passed December 26, 1907. Signed by BE. C. Bathgate, President Pro Tem of Council.
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Harrison Avenue
Buck Street
Western Avenue
City of
Cincinnati
State of
Ohio
Barnard Street
E. O. Bathgate
Council
Edwin Henderson
State of Ohio
Ernst
Freem
Harrison, Avenue
BE. C. Bathgate
Ordinance authorizes asphalt and stone purchase for Gladstone avenue
The Board of Public Service is empowered to contract for materials to improve and repair Gladstone avenue. It covers broken and crushed stone at a cost not to exceed 4000 dollars and directs payment from Special Assessment Fund No. 455. Passed December. Clerk Henderson attests.
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Board of Public Service
Gladstone Avenue
City of
Cincinnati
State of Ohio
Board of Publ Service
E. B
Cowl Henderson
Edwin
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