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Newspaper

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1908

Page

7

Lord Dundreary closes Lyric run amid mixed reviews

W J Carey vents mixed opinion on Sothern revival of Lord Dundreary at the Lyric. The third act features Sam Dundreary in a raft tale said to be the play’s most humorous moment while critics note the production’s limitations and Sothern’s capable, careful performance.

Sothern Lord Dundreary Gladys Hanson Georgina Dundreary Sam Carey Tom Taylor Elder Sothern

Rice and Barton Big Gaiety Extravagan za at Standard Theater

The Rice and Barton company returns to the Standard Theater next week sparking excitement among patrons. Led by Charles Barton the troupe is touted as stronger than ever with an entirely new program promising a genuine good time.

Standard Rice and Barton Standard Theater Charles Barton

Final Forepaugh Performances at the Olympic

The Forepaugh Stock Company ends its season at the Olympic with two shows this afternoon and evening. Afterward a stage reception honors the company before the final curtain on As You Like It. Miss Adair delivers the epilogue as packing begins for an August pause and summer ends.

Porepaugh Pers

Letter to Sothern Praises and Pans Stage Revival

A 1908 Cincinnati letter laments a Lyric Theatre revival after praising Sothern’s prior work. The writer jokes about a cold snap dulling humor and bluntly calls the current play rank and not first rank, reflecting mixed theater verdict.

Sothern Cincinnati

Crosman Defends The Stage Against Evangelist Terry

In Detroit Henrietta Crosman argued with Evangelist Terry over stage morals. She defended fellow actors and challenged Terry to critique a theater production she appears in. he declined. Crosman asserts the preacher misreads the theater.

Detroit Henrietta Crosman Evangelist Terry Miss Crosman Terry Miss

The Giraffe at Ringling Brothers Zoo Visit

A noted giraffe is described as strange and rare, lacking vocal organs and water intake, sleeping standing. It notes few remain in African oases and many die on sea voyages to American zoos, including three specimens with Ringling Brothers.

Ringling Brothers

World’s Greatest Shows to Debut in Cincinnati

The circus brings a tall giraffe featuring a 18 foot high food manger and mulberry alfalfa and African moss feeds. A new gas lighting system lights each exhibit as a sensational mobile double somersault by a young French woman headlines the program.

Cincinnati

Farewell to The Traveling Salesman at the Grand

The last two performances of a modern comedy titled The Traveling Salesman play to delighted audiences at the Grand Theater. Thomas W. Ross leads the cast in the matinee and evening shows as locals praise clever lines and amusing situations.

Thomas W. Ross

Henrietta Crosman Stars in The Country Girl Comedy

Delightful comedienne Henrietta Crosman appears as Peggy in The Country Girl, a rarely performed 18th century English comedy once popular with Garrick. The production marks a welcome modern revival, showcasing Crosman’s versatile comic talents alongside a cast that revives Moody the prodigal and other classical roles.

Henrietta Crosman Peggy David Garrick Drury Lane Miss Cros- Man Augustin Daly Ada Behan Miss Crosman Nell Kitty Bellairs Moody

Last Day of the Great Ten Allied John Robinson Shows

The Robinson Circus drew crowds despite cold threats, with a festive Refuge audience and clown acts delighting children. Gov Robinson laments Cincinnati losses but predicts enormous turnout today as weather improves before moving to Falmouth, Kentucky.

John Robinson Robinson Circus Cincinnati Essee Robinson

Ber Tanda Cast Brings Classic Comedy to Modern Stage

Belleville is a country girl in Gare of A Others in Ber Tanda with Addison Pitt and Miss Crosman as Peggy Swift. The cast includes A E Symmonds AL Gilman Grace Wilson and others. The show promises wholesome entertainment as Crosman’s week draws audiences for a laugh filled, modern adaptation of a two hundred year old classic.

Tee Biiaiea Miss Crosman Comedienne

Chester Opens Tomorrow With Praises From Colonel Martin

Colonel Martin announced after a thorough plant inspection that Chester will open tomorrow in splendid order. The town’s trees are full leaf, buildings freshly painted, and neatness pervades White Park, with many new features and no weak attractions. A large crowd is expected.

Chester Martin Big White Park

Coney steamer aireen to boostSunday river ride

Weather permitting on Sunday the Island Queen will assist the Princess to handle crowds at the wharf for a river excursion between Ohio and Kentucky. The Princess will sail to New Richmond and Pt Pleasant while the Island Queen goes to Lawrenceburg and Aurora, offering ample accommodations for holiday pleasure seekers.

Big Island New Richmond Pt Pleasant Lawrenceburg Aurora

Way Down East Closes at Aldwych Theater Tonight

London reports the American play Way Down East closed its run at the Aldwych Theater after a April 23 opening with an American cast. The life depicted failed to appeal to British audiences.

London Aldwych Theater

Della Fox Leads Columbia Vaudeville Week May 10

The Columbia engages Della Fox as a lead attraction for the week of May 10 at the Orpheum Show. The ensemble includes 22 performers as a tightly knit traveling company, sharing social ties and work across the program. Notable acts include La Gardinia and the Spanish Troubadours from Madrid, Kelly and Kent as a husband wife duo, the Amatis Sisters with their mother, Will M Cressy and Blanche Dayne, Coram the ventriloquist with his family, and Jean Marcel with eighteen models. Manager H W Pierong oversees the company and plans to marry after the New York season ends in three weeks.

Columbia la Gardinia Madrid Spain Kelly Kent Amatis Berlin Germany Will M. Cressy Blanche Dayne Town Hall Coram H. W. Pierong New York Los Angeles Ohio van der Stucken Music Hall H. B. Krehbiel New York City Chicago

Remarkable Farm Financier Turns Down Gaiety Headline

Charlies Barton of Rice and Barton Big Gaiety pany recalls sending Bert Baker a $150 offer to headline next week's Standard Theater show. Baker, who runs a Westchester farm, declined saying he was busy painting his barn.

Charlies Barton Andard Theater Bert Baker Westchester Baker Barton

Rice and Barton Big Gaiety Extravaganza at the Standard

The Rice and Barton management promises a dazzling show with choristers and comedians. The Standard hosts the company next week as the favorite act returns, improved beyond prior seasons.

Rice and Barton

Morse Returns 250000 to Bank in Settlement

Charles W. Morse and his friends turned over nearly 250000 in cash and securities to Charles A. Hanna the receiver of the suspended National Bank of North America. The settlement funds aim to provide a 25 percent dividend to depositors and dismiss a 405676.62 claim and interest suit.

New York Charles W. Morse National Bank of North America Charles A. Hanna Morse Hanna Thomas Ewing Supreme Court New England Eugene P. Carver

Lloyd Library Annex Opens With World Class Botany Collection

The Lloyd Library at 809 West Court Street opened a new annex for public inspection last night. The addition houses over fifteen thousand volumes and pamphlets on botany pharmacy materia medica and allied sciences. The library remains free to the public.

Lloyd Library West Court Street

Bishop Hamilton Named Presiding Officer for General Conference

The Board of Bishops of the Methodist Church selected Bishop J. W. Hamilton of San Francisco as presiding officer of the general conference. The meeting will be held in Baltimore.

Harrisburg Nun Board of Bishops of the Methodist Church Today J. W. Hamilton San Francisco General Conference Baltimore

Fruit Damage After Snow and Freeze Hits Kentucky

Reports from Eastern Kentucky say yesterday’s snow and last night’s freeze killed most of the fruit. The cold also harmed sheep and young lambs in the region.

Lexington Kentucky

New Churches Emerge Amid Active Methodist Plans

The article notes rising church-building activity with Pleasant Ridge Hyde Park Camp Washington and Old Asbury pursuing new worship spaces. It also lists sermons and services at multiple Cincinnati churches including Mt. Auburn Christ Church Nativity St Johns and St Pauls Cathedral along with ordinations and a pastors’ meeting led by W Frank Martin.

Pleasant Ridge Hyde Park Camp Washington Old Asbury Over-the- Rhine S& It

Presbyterian Brotherhood to Meet in Walnut Hills May Day

The Union of the Presbyterian Brotherhood in Cincinnati and vicinity will hold an important called meeting at the First Presbyterian Church Walnut Hills on Monday May 1 at 8 p m.

The Presbyterian Brotherhood Cincinnati First Presbyterian Church Walnut Hills

King's Heralds Rally In Wesley Chapel Afternoon

The King's Heralds foreign mission rally will be held this afternoon in Wesley Chapel under Cincinnati District supervision. The program includes solos recitations songs and a district banner presentation by Mrs L L Townley and Mrs William B Davis with readings by Evelyn Ruggles Mildred Mueller Gertrude Benshausen Robert Bennett and others.

King's Heralds Wesley Chapel Cincinnati Martha Vordenberg L.L.B Madisonsville Evelyn Ruggles Wesley

City church schedule lists sermons and Bible schools

Central Ninth street and Walnut Hills Locust street host ministers John L Hill A W Fortune G W Thompson J A Lord and C J Sebastian along with Justin N Green with Bible schools at 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. morning services and evening sermons on topics such as God and the Government Judea First and Judas Iscariot.

Ninth Street City Hall John L. Hill Walnut Hills Locust Street Park Avenue A. W. Fortune Christian Endeavor Richmond Street G. W. Thompson Bible School GRACE+AVENUE J._A. Lord Camp Washington Sidney Avenue Hopple Street C. J Sebastian Judas Iscariot Northside Justin ‘N. Green Christ the Evanston Brewster Avenue Christ

Religious Services Schedule Across City Churches

A detailed listing of church services and sermons for numerous congregations. Bethany Mission and Church of the Covenant report morning and afternoon rites led by Rev. Francis James Martin and Rev. Robert Watson with topics on redemption and trust in divine care.

Church of the Advent Service at Kemper Lane Walnut Hills

The Church of the Advent on Kemper Lane in Walnut Hills schedules a 7 30 a m service. A brief notice lists the address and time with no additional details.

Multiple Cincinnati church services listed by pastors

A digest of Sunday schedules from many churches in Cincinnati including BIA and Walnut Hills with service times for morning worship prayer and youth meetings. Notable pastors include Charles Sumner Brown G R Robbins J S Sowers Dr William Cambron and Rev Arthur Smith with topics such as Christ Made Known in the Breaking of the Bread Two Great Facts and The Man With a Towel.

Co Bia R. Venting Il A Walnut Hells Charles Sumner Brown Il Am Lincoln Park Institutional G. R. Robbins D.D G. W. Lasher Wesley Avenue William J. Cambron Cambron J.S. Sowers Norwood Ninth Street John F. Herget Young Peoples Meeting Price Hill Arthur Smith Louisville Evanston George W. Sohn Terrace Park H. Thrane Sherman Station Avenues J. S. Sowers Men of Madisonville John Wyoming Charles E. Stanton

Church Announcements List of Sunday Services

Lawrence Street M D Evans pastor 10 30 a m Bible school 2 p m children hour 3 p m sermon and communion service 7 30 p m Poor Substitutes Walnut Hills Kemper lane and Locust streets Dwight Mallory Pratt pastor 3 30 a m Sunday school 11 a m sermon by the pastor on The Method the Quality and Vitality of Life 7 p m social and endeavor service and mission study class Storrs State and Warsaw avenues 9 30 a m Sunday school Rev B T MacMahon preach 10 45 a m and 7 45 p m morning subject How to Get Courage evening Gift of God Sunday school 9 30 a m North Fairmount Albert Harding pastor 9 30 a m Sabbath school 7 30 p m services and a welcome to pastor

Bethany Mission State Avenue Francis James Martin Mr. Martin Church OF the Covenant Robert Watson Eighth Elm Streets Dr. Watson Welsh College Street W. Henry Williams Sabel Glendale Calvin Wilson Northside Harle Lee Christian Endeavor Meeting George T. Browne D.D Pleasant Ridge First Reformed Plum Street Ninth Street David McKinney Walnut Hills Gilbert Avenue Locust Street Robert Ogilvie Kirkwood Christ People's Service Norwood George W. Shields Mulford Beech Street East Norwood Peter Robertson First United Grand Avenue Nassau Street J. R. Millin Hell Baymiller W. F. McCauley East End James Aikin Smith T. T. Hays Hyde Park Clifton Donald M. Grant Jesus God Corrine Pfaff Bible School Young People’s Society Storrs State Warsaw Avenues B. T. MacMahon Gift of God North Fairmount Albert Harding

Everlasting Punishment Sermons At Two Churches

At 10 45 a m the Church of Christ assembly hall Mercantile Library Building hosts a sermon on Everlasting Punishment. In Avondale First on Rockdale Avenue holds services at 11 am and 3 30 pm with the same subject, Everlasting Punishment.

Church OF Christ Assembly Hall Mercantile Library Rockdale Avenue Avondale

Church Services and Preaching at Local Venues

Cumminsville hosts Sunday school at 9 30 a.m and services at 10 45 a.m and 6 45 p.m with "An Apostle's Prayer for a Church" and "The Christian's Walk" led by Rev Bohn. Norwood at 5129 Main Avenue features T H Bohn preaching 10 45 a.m and 7 30 p.m with evening topic Christ the Power of God and Love. Junior Y P 8 C E at 2 p.m senior Y P 8 C E B at 6 30 p.m.

Cumminsville Borden and Weber C. B. Bohn Norwood Main Avenue T. H. Bohn

Religious services listed for multiple churches in St Paul area

A page lists Sunday services for several churches including St. Paul at Seventh and Smith Streets with morning sermons titled The Supreme Choice and The Confusions of Life, Grace on Montgomery Road, Christie at Court and Wesley, and many others with pastor names, service times, Sunday schools, and special events.

ST. Paul Seventh and Smith Streets Walter D. Cole

Methodist church Sunday services and programs listed

Pastors and schedules for several Cincinnati area churches. Creeds and Formulas and The Total Congregation are noted. Epworth League times and evening sermons announced. Speakers include Henry C. Jameson and Jessé Bowman Young with themed sermons about Methodism and community care.

Lutheran services and schedule at Walnut Hills and First English

The Walnut Hills Lutheran church on Stanton avenue and Locust street lists Charles S. Bauslin as pastor with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and divine worship with sermon at 11 a m and a vesper service at 7 45 p m. First English on Race above Twelfth street notes R W Zeigler preaching at 11 a m and 7 46 p m.

Walnut Hills Stanton Avenue Locust Street Charles S. Bauslin Twelfth Street R. W. Zeigler

Religious services schedule listing multiple churches

Unitarian Reading Road and Lint Street Rev Thayer preaches The Peselmist at 11 a.m. First Universalist Essex Place Walnut Hills Rev Ayres 11 a.m. Sacred and Secular and 7 p.m. young people's meeting. Friends northwest corner Eighth and Mound Streets 11 a.m. worship with Francis W Thomas and Albert J Copeland 7 p.m. Union Gospel Mission Walnut and Canal 2 30 p.m. Sunday school 8 p.m. preaching. Vine Street Eighth to Ninth 8 p.m. The Reward of the Prophets by Herbert S Bigajow. New Thought Temple CMillan Street Gilbert Avenue 11 a.m. services.

Unitarian Reading Road Lint Street George A. Thayer First Universalist Essex Place Walnut Hills Samuel Gilbert Ayres Young People's Meeting Friends Eighth Mound Streets Francis W. Thomas Dunreith Ind Albert J. Copeland Union Gospel Mission Walnut and Canal Streets S&s Ragowsky Vine Street Ninth Herbert S. Bigajow NEW Thought Temple cMillan Street Gilbert Avenue

God and Government Topic For Dr Hill Sermon

Dr Hill preaches on God and Government in a sermon announcing an upcoming anniversary celebration. The piece highlights the speaker and the thematic focus for the gathering.

Central Christian Church Celebrates John L Hill Anniversary

Tomorrow marks the third anniversary of John L Hill's pastorate at Central Christian Church with special services and large gatherings. Willibald Lehman, the organist, prepared music and the interior will be decorated. Morning sermon at 10 30 titled God and the Government. Evening sermon at 7 45 titled High Living and Low Thinking.

Central Christian Church John L. Hill Willibald Lehman

Teen runaway seeks food after long fast at hospital

Henry Young a 16 year old colored youth from Chattanooga Tennessee walked into City Hospital in a exhausted state asking for food and a bed. He said he ran away to join a circus.

Henry Young Chattanooga Tenn City Hospital

County Commission Rejects Infirmary Stable Plan

In view of upcoming legislation to consolidate the Infirmary with Longview Hospital the County Commissioners refused to concur with the Infirmary Directors proposal to build a new stable at an estimated cost of 12000 dollars Commissioner Comer voted to permit the expenditure indicating a split decision and ongoing debate over the consolidation plan.

Longview Hospital Comer

New Suits Filed In Common Pleas Court

A batch of cases listed in Common Pleas Court No. 139, range numbers 79 to 805, includes divorce and alimony petitions like Angela Fischer vs John Fischer, sales of real estate, injunctions, appeals from Squire Meyers, and a damages claim of 50,130 by The Meas Spring and Axle Company against Union Gas Company and others.

Angela Fischer John Fischer Ree & Spangenberg Harry W. Smith Anna le Smith Victor Heintz John Bedinghaus The Purity Baking Company Squire Meyera William M. Friedman William Kayser Bees Wilp Brad+ street Spangenberg & No Riggins & Tooker Company William Skinner Company Ire Muller Geborn Paper Company Fintias Muller Thomas Mey Hattie Kohl C. Parks Joals Frortmen Harry Horstman John B Nicholas Fechter S. Union Gas Ae Eee Y Ars. H. Ewal Superior Court Meas Spring and Axle Company Union Gas Bactic Company Damares Harmon Bios Goldemith Joadly

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the Grand the Lyric Lord Wundreary Mr. Sothern Ethel Barrymore Captain Jinks W. J. Carey IDA Ararir Ronksnogh Stock Ca Ringling Equestrienne Star Miss Wentworth Ringling Brothers’ Circus House of Refuge Falmouth Della Fox Jean Marcel Lloyd Bishop Hamilton Conference of Methodist Ministers Kentucky Fruit W. Frank Martin Groesbéeck Wiley Chapel Lincoln Park Baptist Church Vincent Church OF Our Saviour Mt. Aupuin Dudley W. Rhodes Sernion Boyd Vincent Louis I. Belden Epip Stanton Walnut Hille ST. Paulis Cathedral Seventh and Plum Streets Spence Burton Dean Matthews Christian Presbyterian Protestant Episcopal Church OF the Advent Kemper Lane Oly Baptist Christian Science United Brethren Methodist C. E. Schenk C. W. Horn Epworth League MT. Lookout O. P. Hoffman A. R. Pugh D.v Loyal Temperance Legion Luthea Crane Westwood John A. Story L. Seward Auburn Hasse O. Enwall Gervvaise Roughton Linwood William C. Mitchell Charles W. Sulff Epworth J. W. Pless Trinity Heber D. Ketcham Lutheran Dr. Hill Common Pleas Court
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