Lion and Mouse at Grand Promises Strong Klein Run
The Lion and the Mouse at the Grand draws large advance sale for next week manager Henry B. Warriss reports high interest in Klein’s finance and politics drama. Gertrude Coghlan as Shirley Rossmore earns praise for a stronger heroine while the play’s realism and character drawing are well received by critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klein
Henry B. Warris
Charles Klein
John Burket Ryder
Shirley Rossmore
Gertrude Coghlan
Corbett the Boxer Turned Stage Star At Heuck Opera House
James J. Corbett, former American heavyweight champion, pursues acting at Heuck Opera House this week. The article traces his shift from boxing to theater, detailing his early stage debut with May Irwin, later vaudeville work, and his crisscross career between boxing fame and dramatic roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Corbett
America
Heuck Opera House
Corbett
Nevada Bank of San Francisco
Anglo-Nevada Trust Company
San Francisco
Long
Cotton
Palmer
Maurice Barrymore
Henry Woodruff
Russell
May Irwin
Willie Collier
Charles Read
Camille
Joe Choyinski
Stage star turns to dramatic roles after boxing fame
The article notes a former pugilist who found success in New York with Proctor's Stock Company alongside Miss Amelia Bingha. He produced Cashel Byron's Profession and Willie Collier's Mr. Smooth, starred in Pals, and then played a real dramatic part in The Burglar and the Lady, distancing himself from past boxing days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor’s Stock Company
New York
Amelia Bingha
Cashel Byron
Willie Collier
Mr. Smooth
Edmond Day
Anita the Singing Girl to star at Lyceum with 25 cast
Agnes Cameron plays Anita in a musical comedy melodrama at the Lyceum next Sunday matinee and daily through the week. The production features elaborate scenery and costumes with a supporting cast including Jefferson Osbourne Molise Campion W F Canfield William F Burke Harris Spanierman Pearl Charlton Seward Frank Melrose Harold Orlob J R Hendley Dorothy Vernon and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum
Anita
Agnes Cameron
Jefferson Osbourne
Molise Campion
W. F. Canfield
William F. Burke
Harris Spanierman
Pearl Charlton Seward
Frank Melrose
Harold Orlob
J. R. Hendley
Dorothy Vernon
Miss Cameron
McFaddens Flats at Heuck's in Vaudeville Farce
McFadden's Flats, now at Heuck's, is credited as the most successful farce of its peculiar type. It tells an interesting story with three acts of complications and a high order of vaudeville specialties are introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFadden
Heuck’s
Fascinating Flora at the Lyric Uses Shadow Curtain Trick
The curtain call at Fascinating Flora features a darkened Lyric auditorium and a white screen replacing the act drop. Performers appear in shadow, grow larger toward the proscenium, then leap upward as light and shadow design create the illusion of distance and return.
Actress Pearl Seward Shines Offstage With Photography Hobby
The article profiles Pearl Chariton Seward who plays Mary Baird in Anita the Singing Girl at the Lyceum next week. It notes her practical offstage life, carrying a portable darkroom and expensive gear, pursuing photography, creating magazine-reproduced experiments, and developing an enlarging method. She runs her own business for several seasons with herself as the star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Chariton Seward
Mary Baird
Wth
Man on the Box plays at Lyric Theater with Jameson Lee Finney
Walter N. Lawrence presents Jameson Lee Finney in The Man on the Box at the Lyric Theater for a week starting Sunday. The play, an adaptation of Harold McGrath’s novel, previously ran a Madison Square Theater season and toured major cities. Finney, a renowned comedian, joins a celebrated Frohman company background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold McGrath
New York
Madison Square Theater
Cincinnati
Jameson Lee Finney
Walter N. Lawrence
Mr. Finney
Lyric Theater
Mr. McGrath
Finney
Charles Frohman
Fred Irwin’s Big Show Opens at Standard Theatre
The vaudeville program at the Standard Theatre launches a week long engagement with matinee Sunday featuring Harry Campbell William Kenney Billy Walsh Lou Bates Frank Lynch Will Mahoney Murray Livingston Margaret Bennett Hazel Sanger Lillian Carter the Watson sisters and a chorus of thirty. Two new burlesques The Great White Way and Ladies Day at the Actors Club headline the program while the Bennet sisters perform a physical culture act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Irwin
Standard Theater
Harry Campbell
William Kenney
Billy Walsh
Lou Bates
Frank Lynch
Will Mahoney
Murray Livingston
Margaret Bennett
Hazel Sanger
Lillian Carter
Watson Sisters
Actors’ Club
Three Bennet Sisters
Miss Jaffray Excels in Fascinating Flora Role
Adele Ritchie was out of the cast due to illness. Laura Jaffray sang Flora Du Vall with notable charm. Jaffray received repeated encores and a call before the curtain as the audience praised the understudy's clever performance. Ritchie is expected to appear tonight.
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Miss Jaffray
Flora
Adele Ritchie
Laura Jaffray
Flora du Vall
Miss Ritchie
Tetrazzini Captivates New York In First New York Appearance
Mme Tetrazzini debuts at the Manhattan Opera House to a packed house with standing room near absent. London and New York praise her as a Patti of modern times after La Traviata. She thanks the audience and credits her success to colleagues and Maestro Campanini.
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New York
Mme. Tetrazzini
Manhattan Opera House
London
Patti
Metropolitan
Campanini
Lucia
Texas Play by Feigl Comes to Walnut Next Week
Broadhurst and Currie present Texas a Western life play by J Mauldin Feigl at the Walnut Theatre next week. In four acts it unfolds a simple love story with ample amiable situations drawn from the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Messrs. Broadhurst
Currie
J. Mauldin Feigl
Great Southwest
The Comedy Romance Play Returns to The Stage
The production blends romance and humor with naturalistic action and sharp wit. The company remains largely the same as last season and New York casting will reprise here, ensuring a familiar yet fresh presentation for theatergoers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sven
Jesters Debuts in America at Empire Theater
The four act play The Jesters translated from French by Miguel Zamacois and John Raphael premiered in America at the Empire Theater. Maude Adams appeared in a new role, again playing a young man after her Peter Pan breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Miguel Zamacois
John Raphael
America
Empire Theater
Mies Maude Adams
Peter Pan
Romantic Play at Olympic Promises Western Charm
The Forepaugh Stock Company will present Sunday at the Olympic next week. The story blends rugged Western miners with English high society to contrast simplicity and refinement and highlights Ethel Barrymore in a celebrated vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Barrymore
Salome Jane
England
Elsie Janis Shines in The Hoyden at the Grand
Miss Janis and The Hoyden delights locals with a lively musical comedy. Elsie Janis, a Columbus star, leads the show with grace and vivacity. Joe Cawthorn, as Baron Hugo Weybach, draws strong laughter, making the week one of the season’s best at the Grand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Janis
Hoyden
Elsie Janis
Columbia Theater Lineup And Cincinnati Street Ordinance
Amusement notes list Trixie Friganza Edna Aug Billy Thompson and Empire City Quartet as early Columbia Theater headliners for February. An ordinance establishes the McHenry avenue curb grade from Harrison avenue to Green Township, detailing precise elevations and grade changes across multiple segments.
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Trixie Friganza
Columbia Theater
Billy Thompson
Empire City Quartet
Baltimore Avenue Improvement Resolution Cincinnati Ohio
City council resolves to improve Baltimore avenue from Casper street to north corporation line by grading curb and gutter macadam roadway and installing culverts drains and retaining walls. Plans specifications and profiles on file with the Board of Lycee Service approved. curb grade described from Casper street intersection ascending to 168.64 feet over 968.69 feet.
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Baltimore Avenue
Casper Street
Corporation
City of
Cincinnati
State of Ohio
North
Timore Avenue
John Galvin
Edwin Henderson
Ordinance No. 313 Appropriates Property for Harrison Avenue Widening
City of Cincinnati approves public use for widening Harrison avenue from the west line of Lot 360 to Thompson subdivision. Section 1 details the right of way, alignment, and parcel descriptions including lots owned by W. S. Cutler, R. A. Macklum, Sarah G. O Malley, and G. B. Ehrman. Section 2 repeals conflicting ordinances. Passed January 6, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Township
Ae John Galvin
Edwin Henderson
Harrison Avenue
J. A. James
Thompson
City of
Cincinnati
State of
Ohio
Harrison Pike
Millcreek Township
W. 8. Cutler
R. A. Macklum
R. Macklum
J. ‘A. James
Sarah G. O'Malley
G. B. Ehrman
Ehrman Terrace
G. B. Ehran
A . H. H. Heitfeld
W. A. Boone
B. Bosler
Prison Avenue
KR. D. Jones
Ter Graf
Chris Rueber
City of Cincinnati Approves Property Appropriation Ordinance
The 1908 ordinance authorizes the City Solicitor to seek court action to impanel a jury to appraise compensation for parcels on Harrison avenue and adjacent Thompson subdivision lands owned by Jacob Leicht, plus a curved strip belonging to the Cincinnati and Harrison Turnpike Company, with costs to be paid from city proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Avenue
Thompson
Jacob Leicht
Cincinnati and Harrison Turnpike Company
Turnpike Company
City of
Cincinnati
John Galvin
Edwin Henderson
Probate order filed in Sherlock estate in Hamilton County
Hamilton Probate Court suspends the current account and vouchers of Nancy C Sherlock estate. Interested parties may file written exceptions by February 8 1908. hearing and continued sessions will proceed until disposition. CHAS F MALSBARY Probate Judge and ex Officio Clerk.
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State of
Ohio
Hamilton County
Hamilton
Nancy C. Sherlock
Chas. F. Malsbary
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