The Lion and the Mouse at Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House saw strong audience attention for The Lion and the Mouse with stirring applause for Gertrude Coghlan and Edmund Breese. The plot follows Shirley Rossmore as she contests Ready Money Ryder’s assault on Judge Rossmore, with courtroom and high society settings, tight drama, and moments of humor across three acts.
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Grand Opera House
Gertrude Coghlan
Edmund Breeze
Rossmore
Long Island
Judge
Fifth Avenue
Sarah Greene
Ryder
Ready Money Ryder
Standard Oil Comany
Klein
Shirley Rossmore
Jroad
Senate
Shirley
Europe
Jefferson Ryder
Kim- Shirley
Jefferson
Mr. Breese
John Burkett Ryder
Cast Delivers Strong Performance in Local Play
A theater group earned praise for improved acting since the initial visit with notable turns by Malcolm Duncan as Jefferson Ryder Frazer Coulter as Judge Scott Ella Craven as Adexia Grace Thorne as Mrs Ryder and others delivering well played parts boosting the show’s value.
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Malcolm Duncan
Jefferson Ryder
Frazer Coulter
Judge Scott
Ella Craven
Adexia
Grace Thorne
Fred Meek to Promote Ziegfeld Show at Grand
Fred Meek arrives to prepare for Anna Held beauty show at the Grand. He will promote and handle duties during Sam Kingston’s absence, then resume his role as business manager once the company arrives.
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Fred Meek
F. Ziegfeld Enterprises
Anna Held
Sam Kingston
Mr. Meek
Two New Broadway Attractions Open to Rave Reviews
New York premiers delight first-nighters with lively farce Twenty Days in the Shade at the Savoy and Irene Wycherly at the Astor. Casts include Richard Bennett, Pauline Frederick, Dallas Welford, Grace Heyer, Jeffries Lewis and Charles Dickson. Violat Allen debuts in Irene Wycherly as social life study with dramatic moments.
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New York
Paul Dotter
Savoy Theater
Richard Bennett
Charles Dickson
Dallas Welford
Pauline Frederick
Jeffries Lewis
Grace Heyer
The Road to Yesterday at Lyric with Minnie Dupree
Cincinnati theatergoers will see Minnie Dupree and her company in The Road to Yesterday at the Lyric next week. The charming comedy, popular last season, comes direct from a long New York run where critics praised the star and the play.
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Cincinnati
Lyric
Minnie Dupree
The
SR. O
Herald Square Theater
New York City
Metropolis
Vedder Stars In Kidnaped for Revenge At Lyceum
Mr Will H Vedder headlines Charles E Blaneys sensational drama Kidnaped for Revenge at the Lyceum Theater for a week's engagement starting next Sunday afternoon. Vedder is noted for long success in the dramatic field and the production features an elaborate company and scenery. The play runs four acts with ten big scenes and aims to be one of the season’s leading productions.
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Lyceum
Will H. Vedder
Charles E. Blaney
Lyceum Theater
Vedder
Blaney
Golden West
Lincoln J. Carter
Heuck
Corbett Joins Columbia matinee audience in box
James J. Corbett, currently performing at Heuck's this week, sat in a box with members of his company during yesterday afternoon's matinee. The crowd spotted him when his name wasn’t spoken, and applause followed as he acknowledged the audience between sketches and dialogue.
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Columbia
James J. Corbett
Heuck
Corbett
O’brien Havel
Effie Lawrence
Miss Lawrence
Havel
Jim Corbett
Tye’s Urban Probing Sparks Debate on Human Dives
A dramatist recalls digging into city back streets to mine material for plays. He suggests that immersion among waifs and strays in the valley of the shadow could erode belief in womankind and mankind, though a sunlit day afterward offers a contrasting scene.
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Tye
Riding the Range in Fancy at Walnut Theatre
Louis Thiel, playing a Western cowboy in the drama Texas at the Walnut, recalls his Southwest days riding the range and punching cattle. He notes cattle business now follows rules, ranches are fenced, and gun use is for protection only. Thiel reflects on vanished old-time cowboys and nostalgia for the plains before the show resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Thiel
Texas
Walnut
Southwest
Thiel
San Antonio
Pardner
Bedford's Hope and The Man of the Hour at National Theater
The piece on Bedford's Hope previews a Westward idyll while President Roosevelt attends The Man of the Hour in Washington. Ethel Roosevelt arranged the trip, securing the President’s box and attendance with Mrs Roosevelt and friends after urging him since Christmas.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
Ethel Roosevelt
Ethel
National Theater
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
William 8. Cowles
Savoy Theater
New York
George Broadhurst
Roosevelt
Miss Ethel
Chicago Opera Opens Season With Nordica Star
The Auditorium resumed grand opera tonight after months of vaudeville as the San Carlo Grand Opera Company opened the season with Nordica as the leading star.
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San Carlo Opera Company
Chicago
San Carlo Grand Opera Company
Nordica
Agnes Cameron Stars in Anita the Singing Girl at Lyceum
Agnes Cameron a popular melodrama figure leads the new comedy drama with music Anita the Singing Girl at the Lyceum Theater. She brings versatility from opera musical comedy vaudeville and drama with Harold Orlob supplying new songs and A J Spencer assembling a strong supporting cast and lavish scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Cameron
Anita
Lyceum Theater
Miss Cameron
Harold Orlob
A. J. Spencer
Finney Stars in The Man on the Box at Lyric
Mr Finney has been a prominent New York actor for ten or twelve years and, in demand by managers, has had little chance to meet theatergoers nationwide while appearing in The Man on the Box at the Lyric.
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Finney
the Lyric
New York
The Time the Place and the Girl at Lyric February 9
A fragment from the play features sharp dialogue on drinking, science, and a stingy character. Estelle sharpens the banter while references to high school cadets and saving brains for science appear in rapid, witty exchanges.
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Estelle
Miss Gauntier's Strange Identity Mix Up at Walnut
Miss Gene Gauntier, playing Texas West in the Western play Texas at the Walnut, was stalked by a woman in the fourth row who watched her intently and whispered remarks. After a hurried stage manager visit and police inquiry, she faced a startling claim of being underage and abducted, with a arrest threat and confusing courtroom hearing.
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Miss Gauntier
Gene Gauntier
Texas West
Texas
Walnut
Police Headquarters
Fears and superstitions shape a traveler's wary return
The speaker recounts a troubling, uncomfortable experience with a company and friends in a city. They express hope to avoid a repetition and to travel elsewhere in the future, admitting personal fears and superstitions common in their profession.
Sun day at the Olympic and Her Own Way slated
The Forepaugh Stock Company earns praise for Sunday at the Olympic with atmosphere and strong cast. Next week Clyde Fitch drama Her Own Way starring Maxine Elliott will be presented with elegance, offering a sharp contrast to the current attraction.
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Clyde Fitch
Maxine Elliott
In Old Kentucky Returns to Walnut for Weeklong Run
The enduring Southern drama In Old Kentucky, first seen in 1892, enters its fifteenth season with the once-amusing pickaninny scene expanded this year. The Pickaninny Brass Band will perform Sunny South melodies in a faithful, popular presentation. Opening at Walnut next Sunday matinee for seven days.
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Old
Kentucky
South
Universal Praise
Old Kentucky
Walnut
Parisian Model at Grand Opera House with Anna Held
Under Mr F Ziegfeld Jr management Anna Held appears next Monday at the Grand Opera House in The Parisian Model. The production by Harry B Smith with Max Hoffman music features a Parisian mood, novel stage pictures, and a cast of over eighty including Otis Harlan Henri Leoni Edouard Durand and F Stanton Heck.
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Paris
Ziegfeld
Miss Held
Otis Harlan
Henri Leoni
Edouard Durand
F. Stanton Heck
George Wharnock
Edith Decker
Mabella Baker
Edith Daniels
Held” Beauty Chorus
Columbia to Drop Advanced Vaudeville Acts Soon
The Columbia Theater will stage the Klaw and Erlanger advanced vaudeville acts for a few more weeks before removing them as contracts with the Anderson-Ziegler Company and other inherited interests are filled. About one in ten acts proved worthy for the bill, and in three weeks the clean-up will be complete.
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Klaw
Erlanger
Columbia Theater
United Booking Offices
Western Vaudeville Association
Anderson-Ziegler Company
Columbia
Telephone Girls Lose Positions Overstaffing Decline
The local telephone company laid off about twenty girls from the main and canal exchanges as calls dwindled and work slowed. Regular workers were shifted to extra force while roughly a score were dismissed Saturday and about a dozen more yesterday. The company blamed reduced business for the staffing cuts.
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Canal Exchange
Allo A Poligeman To Maintain Order
City officials announced no work for the unemployed until Friday at the earliest. The Finance Committee with Council members Mullen and Asmann and others met to decide. A new work list, now at 1100 names, drew crowds to the Park Superintendent’s office, requiring a patrol to maintain order. A thief stole gloves from the superintendent, who left 75 cents in his pocket.
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Mullen
Asmann
Council
Armstrong
Ballard
von Bargen
Board of Public Service
Rodgers
Government funds flow normal as Cincinnati Subtreasury ends special payments
The Cincinnati Subtreasury discontinued paying government checks and drafts drawn elsewhere to ease prior stringency. After January 31 only checks drawn on the Cincinnati facility will be paid, pension warrants included, signaling a return to normal conditions as silver deposits surge to Cincinnati banks.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Baltimore
Bosworth
Bankers Debate Panic of 1907 at Manufacturers Club Meeting
The Manufacturers' Club met at Queen City Club with Charles A. Hinsch of Fifth National Bank presenting on the Panic of 1907. He blamed fast-paced business, overcapitalization, and lax laws, urging a new emergency credit note law with a general fund tax and notes issued on bank credit rather than collateral. Other speakers included Frank Wiborg and Harry T. Atkins. The club plans its annual election in April.
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Manufacturers’ Club
Queen City
Charles A. Hinsch
Fifth National Bank
United States
Frank Wiborg
Harry T. Atkins
Candidacy slate named for Cincinnati Retail Grocers election
The Cincinnati Retail Grocers Association plans its annual election at Eagles Hall Walnut street Tuesday February 4 at 7 30 PM The Nominating Committee lists Regular and Independent tickets with officers and a large board of directors including J H Brandewie C W Griffith George Backeterms Harry Sindlinger W Reuter Donna E Miller and many others Independent slate lists Carl Wunck P H Cappel C W Axline M H Roserty and a wide director slate.
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Retail Grocers
Cincinnati Retail Grocers’ Association
Eagles’ Hall
Walnut Street
J. H. Brandewie
C. W. Griffith
George Backeterms
Harry Sindlinger
W. Reuter
Donna E. Miller
George Busche
Henry Asmann
Ben Brandt
Edward Eors
E. H. Dallman
M. B. Deters
W. H. Ertel
W. Hyser
Henry Mueller
Michael Reuss
S. Hunnemeyer
August Seler
August Kurre
Edward Rutterer
George Trout
Henry Kraus
Ed Lamerer
Joseph Naberhaus
Independent Ticket
Carl Wunck
P. H. Cappel
C. W. Axline
Locomotive Kills Auto In Dayton Auto Driver
Ed Horder wisch a former bicycle racer and later automobilist and businessman was killed tonight when a train struck his car in the city center. The locomotive dragged him half a block and mutilated his body after he crossed the tracks. Horderwisch had married only a few weeks earlier.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Ed Horderwisch
Horderwisch
Convention Planned by National Canners Association in Cincinnati
Preparations for the first annual National Canners Association convention are under way in Cincinnati with meetings at the Hotel Linton and an exhibit in Music Hall. The event gathers three associations, including the National Canners Association, National Canned Goods and Dried Fruit Brokers, and Canning Machinery and Supply Association, with events from February 3 to 8 and social functions at the Hotel Linton.
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National Canners’ Association
Cincinnati
J. T. Staff
Music Hall
Hotel Linton
Hotel Sinton
William
Melish
Leopold Markbreit
J. C. Narvel
Ohio Canners’ Association
National Canners’ Asociation
George G. Bailey
Machinery and Supplies Association
E. M. Lang, Jr
National Canned Goods and Dried Fruit Brokers’ Association
N. A. Frost
Linton Hotel
Canner and Jobber
Hugh
Oren
National Wholesale Grocers Association
Inter-Insurance Canners
B. Warner
Chicago
Walter O. Hoffacker
Smyrna
Del
Cost
Albert
T. Bacon
H. W. Wiley
Board of Food and Drugs Inspection
Washington, D. C
Grand Gallery
National Cauley Association
C. H. Bentley
California Fruit Canners’ Association
San Francisco
Linton
Canned Goods and
Dried Fruit Brokers’ Association
Western Packers’ Canned Goods Association
The
Wealthy Indian chief James Bigheart dies at 67
Guthrie Oklahoma January 20 James Bigheart former Osage chief and claimed wealthiest Indian in the United States died of paralysis at his home near Bigheart Osage Nation He was born in Henry County Missouri sixty seven years ago and served in a Kansas cavalry company during the Civil War He bought two thousand dollars worth of valentines in Washington tied to allotment matters and sent them to prominent statesmen and tribal members He owned extensive land and was a stockholder in two national banks.
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Guthrie
Okla
James Bigheart
United States
Bigheart
Henry County
Kansas Cavalry
Washington
St Regis shines as New York’s finest hotel choice
The article urges visitors to choose the St Regis for a comfortable, luxurious stay in New York. Located at Fifth Avenue and Fifty Fifth Street, it offers large ventilated rooms, refined interiors, and high quality dining and service. It emphasizes quiet surroundings yet easy access to city sights, presenting value for a moderate expense.
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New York
St. Regis
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-fifth Street
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the Walnut
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