Montgomery and Stone to Star The Red Mill at Grand Opera House
Montgomery and Stone, under Charles Dillingham, open The Red Mill next week at the Grand Opera House Cincinnati. The Dutch themed musical by Henry Blossom with Victor Herbert score will feature an augmented orchestra and new scenery as they present the two act farce in Katwyk aan Zee and a Burgomaster interior.
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Cincinnati
Montgomery and
Stone
Charles Dillingham
Grand Opera House
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Henry Blossom
Mile
Modiste
Fritzi Scheff
Victor Herbert
Miss Scheff
Red Mill
Holland
Katwyk-aan-Zee
Delft
Lyric
la Scalla
Milan
Grand Opera
Paris
Covent Garden
London
Metropolitan Opera House
Robert Emmet at Olympic Plays Season Irish Patriot Tale
Managers Fish include the Irish drama Robert Emmet in the Olympic repertoire with Tyrone Power’s earlier film role as a model. The production emphasizes patriotism wit and Celtic humor culminating in Emmet’s famed courtroom defense. A novelty prefaces the performance.
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Robert Emmet
Olympic
Fish
Colleen Bawn
Tyrone Powers
Forepaugh Stock Company at Olympics with The First Violin
The midweek matinee of the Fore paugh Stock Company at the Olympic features The First Violin. The company’s performance this week has earned widespread acclaim and is considered a highly sympathetic production.
Actors and Manager Arrested in Newark Theatre Case
At the close of A Millionaire's Revenge at the Columbia Theater in Newark on March 10 police arrested manager George W. Jacobs and Mittenthal Bros.' Amusement Co. manager John T. Pearsall along with actors Harold Vosburgh Gay Rhea Louise C. Miller for producing an immoral play based on the Thaw tragedy.
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Newark
N. J
Columbia Theater
George W. Jacobs
John T. Pearsall
Mittenthal Bros.’ Amusement Company
Harold Vosburgh
Gay Rhea
Louise C. Miller
Harry Bryant's Burlesquers at the Box Office
Harry Bryant's Extravaganza delivers constant laughs with well arranged material. The show features comedians, a pretty chorus, nimble dancers, strong singers, vivacious performers, and high class vaudeville acts to keep the pace and lift spirits. The Stella Troupe of Eight joins the lineup.
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Harry Bryant
Stella Troupe
Dutchman Headliners Stir Comedy Cast in Fresh Entertainment
The leading characters are a pair of comedians who have achieved unprecedented success. The company features David Le Don Neal McCay Stanley Haw Eadward Begley Charles Cox Claude Cooper and leading women Allene Crater Ethel Johnson Edra Fassett Maxine Verande with smaller parts by White Antoinette Reisen Clara Om Sadie Probst Zuber Clara Nellie Green Grace Belthe. Instead of a curtain raiser, the company unveils a new entertainment format showcasing all members in a novel situation with opportunities to perform new specialties. Details remain undisclosed but promises extravagant merriment.
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David le Don
Neal McCay
Stanley Haw
Eadward Begley
Charles Cox
Claude Cooper
Allene Crater
Ethel Johnson
Edra Fassett
Maxine Verande
Bye White
Antoinette Reisen
Clara Om
Sadie Probste Zuber
Clara Nelie Green
Grace Bel
Inspector and the Gibson Girl to Headline Bryant’s Standard
English Girls perform singing and dancing with Charley Harris in his creation The Inspector and the Gibson Girl. Car mody and Lillian Sleger with Elliott Belair and Elliott, comedy acrobats, and many others join Bryant's company for next week's attraction at the Standard.
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Charley Harris
the Inspector
Carmody
Lillian Sleger
Eliott
Belair
Elliott
Bryant
Standard
Checkers to Return to Walnut With Original Cast
The play Checkers returns to the Walnut next week with the same capable troupe from last season. Dainty Minerva Coverdale, famed for her Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at the Walnut, impresses as a graceful dancer and lively soubrette, described as quartely seventeen.
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Wis
Hans Robert
Dave Braham
Checkers
Dainty Miss Coverdale
Dainty
Minerva Coverdale
Dorothy
Miss Coverdale
Dorothy Starlets Shine as Family Ties Touch Local Theatre
Miss Coverdale, daughter of Mae Didennen of the Pracaraers Company, delighted the audience as a lovable Dorothy. Mrs. Richmond, en route to Cleveland, watched from a box as her daughter impressed in the Wizard of Oz ensemble their paths intersected for the first time near their routes, adding joy to the performance.
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Dorothy
Miss Coverdale
Mae Didennen
Pracaraers
Richmond
Cleveland
Wizard of Oz
Francis Wilson Delivers Hit at Grand in When Knights Were Bold
Francis Wilson scores a great hit in the roaring comedy When Knights Were Bold at the Grand. A large delighted audience attended the last evening performance and more shows this week are expected to draw huge crowds. Wilson is among the strongest annual favorites on local stages.
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Francis Wilson
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Mystery Disappearance in Oz Performance at Walnut Street
During The Wizard of Oz at Walnut Street Theater last night Miss Mildred Barry vanished into the wings just as curtain rose and Cynthia Cinch entered. Miss Jessie Willard promptly delivered lines and carried the scene, earning praise for composure and quick thinking.
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Walnut Street
Cynthia Cinch
Mildred Barry
Cynthia
O. P
Jessie Willard
Barry
Louise De Varney Shines as Dora Thorne in Bertha Clay Tale
Louise De Varney delivers a commanding Dora Thorne in Harry Sellers production of Bertha M. Clay’s famed story. The actress studied intensely, even writing to the author for insight, to craft a painstaking interpretation.
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Miss de Varney
Dora Thorne
Louise de Varney
Harry Seller
Bertha M. Clay
Opera season at Lyric theater features star cast and heavy scenery
A historic Lyric program lists major operas for the week with renowned performers. Conti conducts a 160 member company, including Nielsen Olitzka Bramdina Perego and Franzini among cast, with La Scala Milan Paris Grand Opera Covent Garden and Metropolitan performers joining the season.
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Dani
Fornari
Tavecchi
Franzini
Verdi
Il Trovatore
Desana
Olitzka
Oppezzo
Villani
Giaccone
Bizet
Carmen
Perego
Martha
Faust
Rossi
Mephisto
Blanchart
Valentine
Wagner
Meyerbeer
Nielsen
Bramonia
Constantino
Pulcini
Francini
Cavalleria Rusticana
The Red Mill Sale Opens at the Grand Tomorrow
The sale for The Red Mill will begin at the Grand tomorrow. Frederick Berger will run the big production next week. Berger is known to Cincinnati theater-goers as business manager for the late Sol.
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the Grand
Haines Relatives Declared Insane Amid Murder Trial
Clarence Haines on trial for his wife’s murder suffers a nervous chill amid strain. Witnesses recount relatives in asylums, with Mrs Briggs stating Haines paced his room all night and showed odd behavior before the tragedy. He has grown physically weak, blind in one eye, deaf in one ear, and paralyzed on the right side.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington D. H
Clarence Haines
Mary Briggs
Haines
Prooegation rests in trial of Asia
The prosecution in the Giusseppe Alia murder case in St. Elizabeth's Church on February 23 nearly finished presenting evidence. Only two witnesses saw the shooting. seven others were present but did not witness the gunfire. Mrs. Van Cleave's plot suggestion gained no corroboration.
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Commercial Tribune
Denver
Giusseppe Alia
Leo Heinrichs
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Fire rescues sleeping family in Wyoming from early morning blaze
Marshal Closter and neighbors saved Henry Meyers a Wyoming avenue grocery keeper and his family from a fire that started in the store at 2 45 this morning. The blaze spread to the upstairs and caused several thousand dollars in damage. Origin unknown. Lockland Fire Department battled the flames.
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Closter Atta
Henry Meyers
Wyoming Avenue
Wyoming
Meyers
Lockland
Patient Emma Allen Escapes City Hospital
Emma Allen aged 34 a patient at City Hospital escaped early this morning and after wandering the city walked into the First District police station surrendering to Lieutenant Hill. She said she eluded nurses slipping down stairs and through the basement to freedom before returning to hospital by order of the Receiving Clerk.
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Emma Allen
City Hospital
First District
Hill
Charles Reed
Miss Starr as a Horsewoman Frances Starr on Exercise
Frances Starr, a Belasco star, plans to arrive in the city Sunday and enjoy vigorous riding through roads and parks. She advocates exercise as a pleasure and a health benefit, not a valueless duty for stage performers.
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Frances
Starr
Belasco
Rising Young Actress Miss De Varney Charms Heuck Stage
Complete portrayals of an interesting type of character have been seen on the Heuck Opera House stage this season. Miss De Varney, young and barely out of her teens, bids fair to become one of the era’s popular leading women.
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Heuck
Miss de Varney
Famous Character Actor P A Anderson Stars In Curse of Drink
P A Anderson, veteran stage actor, headlines the Blaney production The Curse of Drink at the Lyceum Theater next week. His career spans Laura Keene and Booth era stages, with earlier work in Philadelphia Chicago and Pittsburgh companies, noted for his convincing portrayal of an inebriate though he remains a teetotaler.
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P.aug. Anderson
Blaney
Lyceum Theater
Laura Keene
Ford
Washington
Lincoln
Ike
Mr. Anderson
John Drew
Arch Street
Philadelphia
McVicker Stock Company
Chicago
Old Library
Pittsburg
Lotta
Maggie Mitchell
Chanfrau
Fechter
Booth
McCullough
Sanford
Anderson
Miss Keene
The Rose of the Rancho at the Lyric
Miss Starr appears in The Rose of the Rancho at the Lyric riding Nick, her favorite Kentucky thoroughbred. The horse was shipped from New York and she plans to ride shortly after arriving in town, enjoying daily gallops rain or shine even in snow.
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the Lyric
Nick
New York
Miss Starr
Boston
Central Park
Smith Russell Tied To Longtime Cincinnati Comedian
Smith Russell, brother in law, and Mr. Berger have not visited Cincinnati in years since the last engagement of the lamented comedian with whom he worked for many years.
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Smith Russell
Mr. Berger
Cincinnati
Buron and Brooks Probe Gop Presidential Mood in Song
Burton and Brooks perform a finale song “Smoke Smoke Smoke” at the Columbia, gauging public sentiment on Republican candidates. Applause favors Taft over Fairbanks Cannon Hughes Roosevelt, with Taft receiving the strongest response in his home city, suggesting the wind is toward the Secretary’s nomination.
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Burton
Brooks
Columbia
Fairbanks
Cannon
Hughes
Roosevelt
Taft
Lyric Presents Crothers Play The Three of Us Receives Rave
A prominent New York critic hails Rachel Crothers The Three of Us at the Lyric praising its beauty and urging audiences not to miss the production. The review urges cutting other current plays to save time and money and temper, insisting The Three of Us is essential.
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New York
Rachel Crothers
The
Lyric
San Carlos Opera Company Engagement Near
The San Carlos Opera Company announces its long anticipated engagement in draw ing nigh with the world's most famous performers and repertoire anticipated to draw large audiences.
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San Carlos
San Carlos Opera Company
Childs Guinea Pig Hoax Cited In Local Playhandler
P Aug Anderson, star of Charles E Blaneys The Curse of Drink at the Lyceum next week, has a twelve year old nephew who acquired two guinea pigs. He bragged about them to friends and learned of a mock sell scheme in which the guinea pigs were central. The boy then attempted to sell his uncle, who became the victim in the tale.
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P. Aug. Anderson
Charles E. Blaney
Lyceum
Charlie
Rasem
Brothers John Hill and John Hill in Police Court for loitering
Two men named John Hill claimed to be brothers from Finland and appeared in Police Court yesterday. They were arrested in the Southern Railroad yards on loitering charges and told the judge their true names. Judge Lueders ordered them to leave the city.
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John Hill
Finland
Lueders
Swiss ski champion dies in avalanche fall
Berne March 10 Stephen Koch of St Martz Switzerland noted ski champion was killed yesterday while skiing in the Bergen mountains. He fell over a precipice as an avalanche swept him into the depths.
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Berne
Switzerland
Stephen Koch
St. Martz
Bergen
Ullman Improves After Indiana Traction Wreck
Simon Ullman, a Cincinnati manufacturer injured in a wreck on the Indiana Union traction line near Noblesville Indiana, is reported in much improved condition at St Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis. His leg was broken above the ankle. M. J. Ullman and the patient’s wife, along with his son, are with him in Indianapolis.
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Simon Ullman
Cincinnati
Indiana Union Traction Line
Noblesville
Ind
St. Vincent's Hospital
Indianapolis
M. J. and
Ullman
No Great Damage From River Floods Yet
The high waters rose slowly through yesterday, reaching about 53 feet by nightfall with doubt about how high it will go. No major damage yet, though some homes edge the flood line and traction lines are interrupted cutting off city links to New Richmond and Bethel.
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East End
New Richmond
Bethel
Grand Central
Swarthmore declines Jeanes gift over athletics clause
Swarthmore College board rejected land and coal bequest from Anna T. Jeanes of Philadelphia tied to a cessation of intercollegiate sports. The decision followed a committee report valuing the gift at possibly 47 000 dollars, likely not over 24 000 dollars, and urged restraint on football.
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Commerccial Tribune
Philadelphia
Swarthmore College
Anna T. Jeanes
Jeanes
City Hall Notes and street condition remedy
Dr. A P Cole is thanked by Health Officer Brown for serum of meningococcus meningitis and its curative effect. Mud ankle deep on Plum street near Genesee causes detours for customers and employees. Supt Maag of Street Cleaning will remedy the condition.
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A. P. Cole
Brown
Board of Health
Rumsfelder-Erlick Company
Plum Street
Genesee
Maag
Coal bids for Hastern and Main Pumping Stations
Board of Water Works Commissioners opened bids for 110000 and 140000 bushels of coal to Ha stern and main pumping stations. Two offers: 8.15 cents by Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke. 8.50 cents by Cincinnati Gas Coke Coal and Mining. Bids referred to Acting Chief Engineer.
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Board of Water Works Commissioners
Hastern
Monongahela River
Traction Company Requests Track Upgrade on Third Street
The traction company yesterday asked the Board of Public Service for permission to lay a special track at Third street and Broadway to replace worn out rails.
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Landmaker
The
Traction Company
Board of Public Service
Third Street
Broadway
Barrett Manufacturing urges Tarvia for Madison road cover
The Barrett Manufacturing Company urged the Board of Public Service to use Tarvia as street covering. They said over 9,000 square yards were laid on Madison road last fall by the prior administration, and the board referred the letter to Engineer Shipley of the Street Repair Department.
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Barrett Manufacturing Company
Board of Public Service
Tarvia
Madison Road
Shipley
Wharfmaster William Farrell Supplied for River Front Work
The Board of Public Service provided rubber boots and skiffs to Wharfmaster William Farrell and his extra laborers aiding in city property care along the river front during the high water period.
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Board of Public Service
William Farrell
Replacements Named for Street Cleaning Department
Nineteen men were appointed as substitutes for those dismissed or who resigned in the Street Cleaning Department yesterday.
Dynamite Explosion Injures Miss Boswell in Brandon School
A schoolteacher Miss Kel Boswell was seriously injured when dynamite cap exploded in a Brandon Mississippi schoolhouse stove. The Board of Education investigates the incident amid theories of malicious placement.
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Commercial Tribus
Brandon
Miss
Kel Boswell
Board of Education
Nervine Praised as Best Restorative for Nerve Exhaustion
Advertisement extols Dr Miles Nervine as the top restorative for nervous exhaustion, promising renewed strength and vigor. Testimonials from readers in Joy, Pa and Elkhart, Ind accompany the claim, urging readers to try the medicine for relief.
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Miles
Long
T. Joy
Ailey Miles Medical CO
Elkhart, Ind
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Fela
SIG. Constantino
Alice Nielsen
Florencio Constantino
Frances Starr
Star
David Belasco
Asia
John
West Virginia
Swarthmore
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