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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
7
Lew Fields brings The Girl Behind the Counter to the Lyric with a strong New York company. Miss Barrymore appears at the Grand in Lady Frederick starting Monday, following a London run and high Cincinnati anticipation.
The Forepaugh Stock Company presents The Three of Us at the Olympic next week. The Western Drama style is thriving with this human, well acted play noted for its clean sympathies and realistic figures. The production promises faithful settings and strong acting to rival the era’s best offerings.
Richard Dorney recalls a Daly era tale in which passes for an entire week were scribbled on soda crackers by a theater attache. The front of house refused the improvised passes, causing a comic lobby scene and a dust cleanup by the janitor.
Miss Ethel Barrymore failed to reach the Olympic Theater in time for her St Louis engagement in Lady Frederick after a railroad derailment and lack of a special train. About 2000 fans were turned away as the performance was postponed. The article also notes a young actress in the company dislikes riding forwards or backwards, preferring to ride with her head first.
Announcement for Under Southern Skies to be shown at the Walnut next week opens Sunday matinee. The show has toured widely with strong audience appeal. A new song and dance arrangement for Halloween adds excitement. A beautiful scenic setting and a strong company enhance the production. seat sales opened yesterday with a long box office line.
In Springdale on the Hamilton pike a barn fire endangered farmer Higginbotham. A Cincinnati businessman and Mr Guy Standing rushed to the scene. Standing worked buckets from a windlass while help was summoned as Higginbotham clung to the well.
Marie Cahill collapsed on stage during the opening performance of The Boys and Betty at the Broadway Theater in Norwich Connecticut after a strong scene with John E Kellard. Doctors attended and she returned to finish the show after a half hour rest. Cahill has been suffering from grip and recent rehearsals added strain.
Gilbert of the Forepaugh Stock Company shines this week in The House of a Thousand Candles at the Olympic. The upcoming week promises a strong role in The Three of Us, a noted recent Western drama.
Report describes visitors forming a bucket brigade to save two barns and a residence from a blaze. Mr Standing, famed athlete, helped on roofs with ladders and buckets, surfacing as calm after two hours of intense work. Farmers seek the strangers, who remain unidentified.
Advance sale roars at the Grand Opéra House for Ethel Barrymore's annual engagement next week. The star appears in a three act comedy Lady Frederick by W Somerset Maughan, drawing cordial reception from local playgoers.
Marie Cahill opened her new play The Boys and Betty by George W Hobart with music by Silvio Hein at the Broadway Theater in Norwich tonight. Critics call it an absolutely unique comedy musical blend and a crowded house gave Cahill a standing ovation after the curtain. The second act delights with scenic surprises and Cahill songs, with standout performances by John B Kellard Eugene Cowles Edgar Atchison Ely and Clara Palmer.
Lew Bloom is a late addition to the Columbia bill for next week. He has not appeared here for several seasons in his tramp act.
The Columbia features Pals by Hal P. Davis with sensational stage fights and real champagne. Dolly Varden the $5,000 Morgan mare headlines Montana at the Lyceum. Heuck's debuts Jack Sheppard with exciting jail escape drama as The World and His Wife and other shows tour town.
A memorial column honoring nineteen Cincinnati Turngemeinde members who fell in the Civil War will be rededicated in Memorial Hall on Elm Street tomorrow afternoon. Relatives friends and others are invited to attend. The column was first dedicated in May 1869 by Captain F J Werner and has stood in Central Turner Hall since.
Miss Kate Vogel aged 50 on Four Mile road near Mt Washington died from parish green taken in a personal crisis. Coroner Cameron will hold an inquest. She lived with her mother on a farm and had been despondent due to crop failures.
Harry Farkas, age 4, at 412 David Street suffered severe burns when he fell into a bonfire while playing near home. his mother rescued him. Isadore Immerman, age 6, at 153 Linn Street sustained burns when a kettle of boiling water toppled onto him while he sat on the floor.
Bob Gray, 55, longtime L N transfer coach engineer, died at his Covington home after a Milldale wreck. A freight train backed into the transfer coach, Gray’s engine upset and he was buried, scalded by escaping steam. He had served twenty five years with the line and endured three wrecks, with two prior escapes.
Joseph Bayers, jailed for drunkenness, was allowed to go to his family after signing a pledge. He refused the pledge unless it permitted him to drink beer, a clause that was added before his release.
The Commercial Courier published by Covington High School’s commercial department has suspended publication. Superintendent H. O. Sirss ordered the halt, noting two papers from the same institution were excessive.
News from Covington reports the death of Mrs. Thomas B. Rouse in Philadelphia. She was widow of Thomas Rouse and mother of Mrs. John Arn Lloyd of Cincinnati. Attorney Shelly Rouse and his brother John left for Philadelphia to bring the body to Crittenden for interment.
Covington voters will decide on a bond issue of at least 50 000 to relieve financial strain on the Board of Education and fund improvements including the Sixth District school. The Democratic Campaign Committee favors the bonds and will seek cross party support. The board authorized a 16 000 short term loan for current expenses as cash on hand stood at 490.50. Superintendent Sluss reports 4482 total students and 282 in the high school with new night school for colored students planned October 1. A graphophone for the commercial department was approved. sewing and music teacher for Seventh street and colored night school teacher were appointed.
The Highlands Republican mass meeting in the Central School Building nominated their first local Board of Trustees candidates C E Weber I V Guy W C Phillips Captain Gottlieb Hartweg Clifford Collins George Gerrould and John Mock Sr Over 200 attendees adopted resolutions endorsing Taft Sherman and Roosevelt policies and endorsed Judge C W Yungblut for Campbell Circuit Court and John R Inglis for Congress A campaign meeting plan was set for next Thursday to organize dresses and a glee club for speakers across Campbell County.
At a Newport council meeting a resolution to submit a bond issue up to 100000 for street improvements was adopted without a dissenting vote. The board also heard a petition for a market house, assigned a police patrol contract, approved sewer work on Forbes alley, and adopted several utility and safety resolutions including school water filters and stopping sprinkling during low river stages.
The Republican Sixth District met at the Boone Block headquarters to hear testimony in two contests over control of the Kenton and Campbell Counties Executive Committees. A written decision will follow after executive session. contestants claim mass convention majorities were ignored.
Articles of incorporation for the Phelps Iron and Steel Company filed in the county clerk's office. capital stock set at 4000 dollars in 40 dollar shares. incorporators include Isaac Phelps EH CG Phelps and Mrs Blanche Scarlett Phelps. Sylvester Nugent of 906 Scott Street arrested on warrant citing alleged threats.
George Schaffer of Hamlin and Graft streets Latonia awoke to a man trying to crawl through his transom. He fired at the intruder, who fell back through the opening and escaped.
Wilbur Schlitzkus six year old son of Fred Schlitzkus bandmaster of Hillsboro near Ft Thomas Ky tripped fell from a stairway and bit the end of his tongue. Dr Robinson attended and sewed the tongue.
The injunction suit Allison and Yates vs. Gus Menninger was heard before Circuit Judge M L Harbeson yesterday. The plaintiffs alleged a contract breach after Menninger returned to the undertaking business. Judge Harbeson took the case under submission. Police Judge Read fined Albert Duke ten dollars for stealing a watch.
Covington officials approved placing Latonia annexation on the ballot. An extra registration day was set for October 13, and an ordinance appropriating 5737.50 dollars to pay claims was passed by the board.
The Dayton City Republican Executive Committee will hold a mass convention next Monday night at the K of P Hall Berry and Sixth to nominate a candidate to fill the City Treasurer vacancy caused by Hales Kellar’s death.
The Master Commissioner records transfers including Lot 42 in Hall Sandford and Bird's subdivision Latonia to Arabela Kiely, 30 by 9 feet at Fifteenth and Greenup to Bellamy Storer and Lucien Wulsin trustees, plus multiple deeds from Edythe Ashbroom and Stanley Ashbroom to H P Colville, and Theodore Wieck with Gertrude Wieck to Covington Brewing Company for 25 by 100 feet on Banklick Street in Crescent Springs subdivision Crescent ite.
In Newport Miss Jennie Rugg meets with County Assessor Hogan to challenge York Street property assessment. She argues no tax can be collected from nonvoters under the constitution. Hogan assures her rights will be carefully looked after.
Attorney M R Lockhart filed suit for the Highlands Board to compel Union Light Heat and Power to furnish lighting on Mt Pleasant avenue to Covert Runpike. First fall term docket called tomorrow morning by Judge Yungblut. Horace Hughes charged in John Jackson murder tried before County Judge Moore and held to grand jury under $2000 bond.
Private policeman George Kirby saved a Newport residence from a fire at 9 East Sixth Street earning burns to hands and arms. Police and Fire Commissioner Daniel Shea was moved to Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati for a second appendicitis operation. Contractor Lawrence Raabe was seriously injured after a fall from a Fifth Street roof. Alfred Christian died at 433 Hodge Street from typhoid fever, the third family death in a year. Rebecca Bryan Boone Chapter DA R held its first meeting at 116 East Fifth Street tomorrow afternoon.
Master Commissioner transfers Lot 18 in Jamestown addition to Sartore Charles Megerle and to Edward Wewel seven of Lots 3 and 4 in Taylor addition in Newport. The reading covers adjoining parcels and title allocations in the respective additions.
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