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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1908
Page
7
Miss Ruby Bridges of The Man of the Hour writes and sings in London before joining Ellis Jeffreys. The Lyric season features a San Carlo operatic concert finale with Nielsen Olitzka Constantino and a host of stars.
George Broadhurst’s four act play The Man of the Hour is staged by William A. Brady and Joseph R. Grismer at the Grand Opera House next week. The cast includes Lionel Adams Felix Haney Louis Hendricks and others. The plot centers on city corruption the granting of a perpetual street railway franchise and a young man’s quest to win the financier’s niece while resisting mob pressure.
The article assesses Mrs Fiske in her Rosmersholm role at the Lyric next week citing her three fashionable costumes. Olga cloth gowns in white with chiffon neck details create a dramatic slim silhouette and refined stage presence for the Ibsen heroine.
The article describes Mrs. Fiske’s gowns across three acts, highlighting a front-fron length gown with a full back skirt and high waist, a tea gown in chiffon with a reseda silk tunic, and a three piece traveling costume in forest brown cloth. Intricate embroidery and passementerie details are noted for elegance and fit.
The Vanity Fair Big B Extravaganza Company to open a week at the Standard Theater Sunday afternoon. The cast includes fanmakers Tom Haverly and Tom McRae with Belle Wilton and Mayme Hennings. The burlesque show promises novelty humor music and dancing with impressive costumes and electrical effects and will feature Burns Palmer fight pictures.
The San Carlo Grand Opera Company presents a matinee of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci with a cast praised for faithful rendition of their Italian masterpieces and favorite by music professors and Conservatory students. The evening program includes Lohengrin as the festival week closes.
Advance ticket sales for Mrs Fiske’s Rosmersholm at the Lyric show strong demand with lines forming at the box office. The engagement begins next Monday and will attract many admirers and out of town visitors, highlighting this notable dramatic event with Rebecca West cited as a career high.
Matinee and evening performances mark the city’s farewell to The Dairymaids, the English musical comedy at the Grand. Harry Bulger Eugene O'Rourke Julia Sanderson and the cast receive praise for their fine work in this season’s English stage offering.
Charles Howard and fifty companions present a revised edition of In New York Town at the Walnut next week. The show features high and low life in the metropolis with Dreamland by the Sea and the Hotel Astor roof garden scenes praised as masterful. A large cast, numerous musical numbers, scenic embellishments, and lavish costumes enhance the production.
The Queen and Princess steamers open the Ohio excursion season with trips up and downriver. The Princess sails to Pt Pleasant and New Richmond at 9 30 a m and 3 p m while the Queen runs to Lawrenceburg and Aurora at 10 a m and 4 p m. Crowds are expected with fair weather.
A member of the Charles Wayne Company is Miss Gertrude Des Roche, set to perform next week at the Columbia. Chicago press praised her temperamental charm and graceful dancing, noting her singing as naive and elegant and comparing her to Edna Wallace Hopper in impact.
Jesse Lasky's Pianophiends arrive for a week long engagement in the city. Manager Gus Kleinecke books a studio and conducts daily piano training for the nine performers while Byrd and Bergen drill them in vocal work. The five male members are YMCA travelers who balance boxing and gym time with rehearsals.
George Saffill, 52, of 763 Kenyon Avenue, was struck in a Saloon and suffered a broken nose and minor injuries. He was taken to City Hospital twice in one day to have his wounds dressed after a second blow to his nose and eye.
Nathan Fischhoff filed suit in Justice Muller's court after leaving A. Polinsky last January over a $50 security deposit. He says only $10 was returned and accuses Polinsky of converting the rest to his own use.
Evangelist Mills to repair on the Divinity of Christ tomorrow. Dr Harding of Fairport Harbor to address North Fairmount Congregation. Norwood Presbyterian to elect three new trustees at annual meeting next Friday. Goss, Cummins, and Minis to speak at various church events. Regular and revival services listed across Vin Street, Grand Opera House, Moorish churches, and Avon dale.
The King's Heralds' Foreign Missionary Society of Clifton Methodist Church hosts a Saturday afternoon program on April 4 at 2 30. A sale of fancy articles follows to raise funds for the Industrial School in Mexico City.
S Boyd White will speak to men at the Y M C A tomorrow on searching after God in daily life. The address aims to guide men toward spiritual focus and personal growth through faith and discipline.
At 4 pm tomorrow the quartet and large chorus will perform Stainer's Crucifixion at First Presbyterian Church corner Gilbert avenue and Locust street Walnut Hills. Branch BE Y P 8 C E will hold a mass meeting in North Fairmount Congregational Church Friday evening April 10.
Cleveland resident Josiah Hutton appears Sunday at Lincoln Park Baptist Church as a candidate for assistant pastor to Dr Rob Bins. He seeks the church post and will address parishioners during the service.
A compact listing of services across Walnut Hills Central Washington Evanston and Grace Avenue churches with Bible schools sermons and lectures. Preachers include Rev A W Fortune Dr J Sebastian Roy E Deadmay and Evangelist Thompson with times from 9 15 a m to 9 30 p m and topics including Christian Loyalty Prophecy Unfulfilled Knowing and Realizing God and Christ's Last Day in the Temple.
Congregational North Fairmount Rev A E Harding of Fairport Harbor to speak at 9 30 a m Sunday school and 7 30 p m church. Storrs E T MacMahon pastor 9 30 a m Sunday school 10 45 a m preaching on The Christian s Strength 7 45 p m services on Self Control. Columbia Rev A W Evans pastor 11 a m sermon 6 45 p m Christian Endeavor 7 30 p m Farewell Sermon. Walnut Hills Kemper Lane and Locust Dwight Mallory Pratt pastor 9 30 a m Sunday school 11 a m anniversary sermon What the Spirit Saith to the Churches 7 p m social and endeavor service and Mission Study Class combined.
A compiled schedule shows multiple churches with ministers and service times. Highlights include sermons such as The Worth of a Soul and Whose Names Are in the Book of Life at Presbyterian East End, and Perfect Peace at Church of the Covenant with discussions on the afterlife.
A detailed schedule lists pastors and service times for numerous Methodist congregations. Entries include Christie on Court Street and Wesley Avenue with 11 am worship and 7 45 pm sermons, plus other churches in Avondale East Pearl Street Grace Mount Lookout Hyde Park and more with morning Sunday School and evening lectures or sermons.
A list of church schedules across districts including BAPTIST Norwood First Ninth Lincoln Park Wyoming Walnut Hills Madisonville Mt Auburn and others with pastors and service times. Subjects include Salvation The Life of Jesus The Reality of Habit and The Trumpet With No Uncertain Sound. Baptisms and youth activities noted.
Christian Science service times are 11 a.m. and 3 30 p.m. on Rockdale Avenue Avondale. Reading rooms are numbers 1019 and 1020 in the First National Bank Building. Church of Christ Scientist is also mentioned with As- incomplete text.
A public lecture titled Reality is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. on the Fourth floor of the Mercantile Library Building. The event promises a thoughtful exploration of perception and truth.
A list of services across Walnut Hills Avondale and Clifton churches with holy communion morning sermons and evening addresses. Stan ton avenue Grace Church Calvary Clifton Calvary details include times for Sunday school prayers and Lent observances.
George A. Thayer will preach at 11 a.m. on The Drunken Porter in Macbeth. Jacob W. Kapp leads First English Lutheran at 11 a.m. Immortality is the 7 45 p.m. topic with Call of God. Church of the New Jerusa...
Sealed proposals for a heating and ventilating system at North Fairmount School in Cincinnati Ohio are due by 12 noon April 18 1908. Bidders must file on blank forms with guaranty equal to 80 percent of bid and include all interested parties.
Notice that on Saturday April 11 1908 at 3 PM the real and personal estate of Lewia G Lester bankrupt in Pleasant Ridge Ohio will be sold free of liens by order of the U S District Court. Real estate appraised at 4000 includes lot 20 Fitzgeralds addition to Norwood fronting 50 feet on Montgomery road and back 188.40 feet on John street. Personal estate coal and feed horses wagons etc appraised at 1223.95. Guido Gores trustee.
LEM corner Oak and Winslow holds a morning service at 11 with Rev Louis G Hoick on The Church in Sardis. First Universalist Walnut Hills led by Samuel Gilbert Ayres offers 11am Our Doctrine of Man and 7pm Young people's service with 7 45pm Self-respect and Self-confidence. United Brethren Cumminsville presents 9 30am Sunday school 10 45am The Wisdom of Faith and the Folly of Unbelief and 6 45pm. EB mission meeting The Message of Jesus to the New Civilization and Gods Plan and the Christian's Inheritance. Millennial Dawn Readers Bible class in Lancet Hall with Pastor Martin Day ton Ohio speaking 2 30pm. Class Bible study 3 30pm.
A detailed pattern note describes a house dress with a yoke, neckturndown collar, elbow sleeves, and a five gore attached skirt. It mentions options for a straight gathered flounce, fabric length of 6 3/4 yards of 36 inch goods, sizes 32 to 46 inches burst measure, and a price of ten cents.
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