Lagoon to Stage Breezy Musical Comedy Season
Amusement Director Clark has prepared a mixed programme of musical comedy and vaudeville for Lagoon's return. Lilian Crawford Baby Alvira Wild and the Mulligan sisters lead clever specialties with a chorus of thirty girls. Matinees start 3 pm and night shows at 8 pm as attendance and park attractions flourish.
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Clark
Lagoon
Dainty Lillian Crawford
Baby Alvira Wild
Mulligan
McCabe
the Lagoon
California
Coney's Opera Season Opens July First
Mr Oscar Ehrgott begins a July season of light musical offerings at Coney Island with a home talent production of The Mocking Bird featuring forty fresh voices from three cities. A stage will rise over the race track offering river breeze seating in the grand stand. Ehrgott plans at least four performances.
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Coney
Oscar Ehrgott
Coney Island
Ehrgott
Coney Island Opens Racing Season With Fast Times
A large crowd filled the half mile oval at Coney Island for opening day. Judges were Joseph Grear and E. E. Schoenberger, with E. L. Petticord as starter. Sam W. won the first trot in 1 14 and 1 13, Sumpter took the second pace in 1 17 and 1 17, and Sam W. also triumphed in the free-for-all with 1 12, 1 11, and 1 13.
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Coney Island
Joseph Grear
E. E. Schoenberger
E. L. Petticord
Sam W
Sumpter
Open Air As You Like It by Fernbank Players
Fernbank's Fernbank Players stage an open air performance of As You Like It in the beech grove near the Church of the Resurrection on Saturday at 5 o'clock. Cast includes Milton Saylor Albert H Caffee Worthington Stuart Lenna Johnson Shannon Margaret March Frank Alden Eustace Ball Thomas Kite Lloyd Backman J Benjamin Myers Erick Wilder Joseph Shaw Harvey Shepard Frances Roberta Beeson Lillian Stuart Gatch Selden Perrin March.
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Fernbank
Beech Grove
Church of the Resurrection
Ringlings buy Forepaugh Sells in Chicago area move
Heirs of the late James Bailey complete a sale to Ringling Bros. of the Forepaugh Sells Bros. shows ending a fierce regional circus war marked by heavy advertising and price cutting.
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Ringlings and Forepaugh-Sells
Chicago
The
Tribune
Rock Island
James Bailey
Ringling Bros
Forepaugh-Sells Bros
New Theater Concern Formed By Prominent Syndicate Members
A new corporation formed in New York with $250,000 paid-in capital to produce American and foreign dramas and musical plays. It unites members of the theatrical syndicate and affiliates who have collaborated for months. Principal officers include President Frank McKee and Vice President William A Brady.
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Seph Brooks
William Harris
Messrs. McKee
Brooks William Harris
Brady
Sam H. Harris
al Hayman
Henry W. Savage
A. Lerentin
Kenneth M. Claren
A. W. Dingwall
Charles Frohman
Marc. Klaw
George M. Cohan
J. Fred Zimmerman
Alexander Lichtenstein
New York
Isaac B. Rich
Boston
A. R. Hartz
Cleveland
C. E. Ford
Baltimore
C. A. Spaulding
St. Louis
Rainforth & Havlin
Cincinnati
Sam F. Nixon
Philadelphia
B. C. Whitney
Detroit
McKee
Frank McKee
William A. Brady
Vaudeville Battles and New Plays Highlight Theater Merger
The merger of Keith and Proctor faces rivalries led by Hammerstein and Morris as cheap vaudeville meets high quality acts. Dramatist Augustus Thomas returns to America with plans for new works. Charles A. Bigelow named Anna Held's principal comedian for a Broadway musical opening September 10, under Zeigfeld's 30 week contract.
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Proctor
Keith
Hammerstein
Percy Williams
William Morris
Mr. Morris
Childs
Dennett
Holland House
Keith-Proctor
Huber’s
Alhambra
Hammerstein's
Fishermen Avery and Hall Deliver Forty Fish From Long Lake
John A. Avery visited Kendalville with J. D. Hall and promised friends several carloads of fish. On Saturday they delivered forty good sized fish from Long Lake and planned new deliveries from a different lake each trip to avoid a famine.
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Kendalville
Ind
Daily News
John A. Avery
Cincinnati
J. D. Hall
Mr. Hall
Long Lake
Mr. Avery
Jones to Premiere New Henry Arthur Jones Play in New York
Charles Frohman stages an early production of a Henry Arthur Jones play. The new work, following The Liars and The Masqueraders, premieres August 30 at the Hudson Theater in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frohman
Henry Arthur Jones
Mr. Jones
Hudson Theater
New York
Crane to Open in Sutro Drama The Price of Money
William H. Crane will start his New York season in September in a new four act play by Alfred Sutro titled The Price of Money. Sutro, author of The Walls of Jericho, writes the drama to be staged in the upcoming season.
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William H. Crane
New York
Alfred Sutro
Jerricho
Frohman Opens Season With Mattie Williams In The Little Cherub
In August at the Criterion Theater New York Charles Frohman launches his season presenting Mattie Williams in The Little Cherub He promises a cast more prominent than any Broadway musical yet seen Miss Williams famed for The Girl from Kays and The Rollicking Girl returns from abroad for rehearsals Ben Teal will stage the production and has secured top Broadway talent for the show
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criterion Theater
New York
Charles Frohman
Mattie Williams
Little Cherub
John Drew to Open Empire Theatre Season in New Play
John Drew to headline the Empire Theatre season as the first attraction. He appears in A. W. Pinero's His House in Order, a London success, with Margaret Illington as his leading lady.
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Empire Theater
John Drew
New York
Beautiful Theater
A. W. Pinero
London
Margaret Illington
Mr. Drew
Carlotta Nillson to star in The Three of Us at West-set
Actress Carlotta Nillson will appear next season under manager Walter N Lawrence in Rachel Crother's four act comedy The Three of Us. The scenes are laid in the West. Nillson spends summer in Paris and returns in August to rehearse the principal role.
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Augustus Thomas
Europe
Zeeland
Paris
America
Mr. Thomas
Dustin Farnum
Lawrence D’orsay
Carlotta Nillson
Walter N. Lawrence
Rachel Crother
Three of Us
West
Miss Nillson
Early career memories of Woodruff and Miller at Booth Theater
Henry Woodruff and Henry Miller recalled their early stage work when Adelaide Neilsen was in a farewell tour. In 1879 at the Booth Theater on Sixth Avenue and Twenty third Street Woodruff appeared in Cymbeline on Neilsen’s support, earning $30 a week. Miller also began his career there in a minor role.
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Henry Woodruff
Henry Miller
University Club
Chicago
Booth Theater
Sixth Avenue
Twentythird Street
Adelaide Neilsen
Woodruff
Miss Neilsen
Cymbeline
Sam Bernard Returns to New York After Mt Clemens Vacation
Sam Bernard returns to New York after a Mt Clemens vacation. He had one solid year in The Rollicking Girl and needs rest. Next season he appears in a Harry B Smith Ludwig Englander musical with a Hoggenheimer type role.
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Sam Bernard
New York
Mt. Clemens
Mr. Bernard
Harry B. Smith
Ludwig Englander
Hoggenheimer
Dramatic Festival Opens at Duke of Yorks Theater
Charles Frohman presents Marie Tempest and Ellis Jeffreys in The Marriage of Kitty with a noted cast at Duke of Yorks. J. M. Barries Pantaloon with Albert Chevalier precedes the main piece in a lively London program.
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Duke of York’s Theater
London
Charles Frohman
Marie Tempest
Ellis Jeffreys
Kitty
J.M. Barrie
Frohman Enlists Mrs Osborn for Gown Department
Charles Frohman signs Mrs Osborn of the Robert Osborn Company to head his gown department. The contract starts July 1 with The Little Cherub set to open at the Criterion Theater in August. Paris London Berlin and Vienna will supply modistes to study current styles for future stage and public fashion.
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Charles Frohman
Three Outings at Chester Park Draw Large Crowds
Three events are planned at Chester Park on Saturday. The Tribe of Ben-Hur annual outing, George H. Thomas Relief Corps No. 13 gathering, and the Union Bakers outing are expected to fill the park to capacity with a big afternoon and evening crowd.
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Chester Park
Tribe of Ben-Hur
George H. Thomas Relief Corps
No. 13
Union Bakers
Burglar scare ends with Bond Hill man misidentified
Mrs. John Stark from Lane avenue heard a noise and dim light inside her Bond Hill home on a Friday night. Police and a mob surrounded the house and seized her husband, who was later identified as the worker from Lane and Bodley foundry trying to retrieve forgotten tools. The crowd dispersed after clarification.
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Bond Hill
John Stark
Lane Avenue
Elmwood Place
Windlers Mecca Washington, D C
A Philadelphia North American dispatch exposes Washington con men selling phony South American concessions rubber plantations emerald beds and mining ventures. It details a Harvard claimed lawyer fraudster in DC who used staged tours and velvet displays to swindle investors and fled before exposure.
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Washington
District of Columbia Jalil
Philadelphia
South America
Ecuador
United States
Colombia
Latham
Harvard
Exchange Bank
Chiapas
Mexico
Toffy
Mobile
Karl Muck Named Conductor of Boston Symphony
Berlin reports Dr. Karl Muck, conductor at the Royal Opera, accepts a one year post as conductor of the Boston Symphony Society. The announcement places Muck in Boston for the year alongside his duties in Berlin.
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Berlin Royal Opera
Symphony Society
Berlin
Karl Muck
Royal Opera
Boston Symphony Society
Fourteenth Annual Wyoming High School Alumni Meeting Held
The fourteenth annual meeting of the Wyoming High School Alumni Association was held at the Masonic Hall with about seventy members present. Officers elected for the year include President Louis Sawyer, Vice President Will Sutherland, Secretary John Buss, Treasurer Louise Pfaff, and Night Officer Harry Schaeper of Elmwood Place. Meanwhile Carthage pike traffic issues lead to warnings for speeding four motorists. Mayor Kohstall vows action if violations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming High School
Masonic Hall
Louis Sawyer
Will Sutherland
John Buss
Louise Pfaff
Harry Schaepper
Elmwood Place
Carthage Pike
Kohstall
Ohio Trust Company Ordered to Show Books in Kinnon Case
In a Columbus common pleas ruling, The Ohio Trust Company must permit stockholder Newell K. Kennon to inspect books and records. The court held the plaintiff, owning five shares, is entitled to inspection under Revised Statutes 3254, despite the firm's objections and reliance on other statutes. The decision cites Volksblatt as precedent and sets a reasonable inspection time, with appeals noted by counsel.
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Poe
Bright
Vance
Plaintiff
Supreme Court of
Columbus
Mr. Vance
Supreme Court
Volksblatt
Ohio State
Seymour
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Coney Today
National Italian Society
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Carrousel
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New Tangle
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Michael Mullen
New Producing Combine
Greenroom
Charles A. Bigelow
Anna Held
F. Zeigfeld
Bigelow
Mr. Rockefeller
E. E. Rice
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Miss ‘Held
Papa
Press Eldridge
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the Aeolian Co
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Walnut
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Mecca
Washington, D.C
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San Luis Obispo County
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Old Washington
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Washington Force
Georgetown
Queen City Beach
Sedamsville
Robert Clarke CO
GHO. B. Jennings Co
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ART Museum
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J. H. Gest
Millcreek Valley Notes
Ohio Trust Company
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Ohio
Commercial Tribune
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the Ohio Trust
the Ohio Trust Company
Court OF Common Pleas
Franklin County
Frank Rathmell
James Jay Gordon
Pogue & Pogue
H. H. McMahon
H. J. Booth
Sater
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