Local Theatre Notes From Lyric and Lyceum Fare
West Side Chicago scenes and Pittsburg players with Clarke Wagner and Leach are recalled as Lincoln J. Carter's In at the Finish is praised. Henry E Dixey portrays the Devil with Molnar inspired costuming. Theatre goers anticipate Opium Smugglers of Frisco at Heuck's and Miss New York Jr burlesque at People's with Roberson's North Holland travelogue and moving pictures tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Chicago
Pittsburg
Clarke
Wagner
Leach
Lincoln J. Carter
Lyceum
Harry Feilds
Frisco
Heuck
Sol Solomon
Feilds
New York
Roberson
the Lyric
North Holland
Holland
Forepaugh to stage Brown of Harvard at the Olympic
The Forepaugh Stock Company brings Brown of Harvard to the Olympic next week. The drama centers on a rowing race between Harvard and visiting English crew players with Brown stepping in as substitute stroke. Rehearsals promise a stirring, realistic performance likely to excite audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Harvard
The Battle at Lyric Promises Chicago Style Drama
Cleve land Moffett presents The Battle with Wilton Lackaye at the Lyric tomorrow night. Lackaye plays oil magnate Haggleton whose past crimes haunt his son Philip a diver and street preacher. Gentle and Margaret clash as Philip's ideals confront his father's work ethic in a city battle over life and luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Moffett
Wilton Lackaye
Lyric
Chicago
John Hagegleton
Mr. Lackaye
East Side
Philip
Frederick Lewis
Gentle
E. M. Holland
Hagegleton
Margaret Lawrence
Moran
Morans
Jennie Moran
Haggleton
Margaret
Skinner's Farewell in The Honor of the Family Tonight
Mr Skinner ends a notable season with tonight's performance in The Honor of the Family. The Frohman star draws local supporters to this engagement marking his first appearance here as a Frohman artist. Plans for future productions include romantic and swashbuckling roles, with collaboration between Mr Frohman and Mr Skinner promising both artistic and commercial gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skinner
Hig
Frohman
Mr. Skinner
Cohan's Forty Five Minutes From Broadway at Walnut
Scott Welch and Miss Gordon star in Cohan and Harris production of Forty Five Minutes From Broadway at the Walnut for one week starting Sunday matinee. The plot centers on Mary and Kid Burns with a mix of a young millionaire stockbroker and a mercenary mother in New Rochelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohan
Scott, Welch
Francis Gordon
Cohan and Harris
George M. Cohan
Johnny Jones
Kid Burns
Miss Gordon
Plain Mary
Castleton
New Rochelle
Mary
Kid Bu
Broadway
Scott Welch
Rochelle
New York
Are You a Masa Matinee at Olympic ends season
Forepaugh Stock Company presents Are You a Mason at the Olympic with a strong hit and two large houses expected for the final performances this afternoon and evening.
Jewelry Heist Strikes Elsie Janis in Columbus Theater
Special dispatch reports actress Elsie Janis robbed of about 50000 in jewels at the Southern Theater Columbus. Mrs Bierbower says 29 pieces missing including a jade beaded neck chain with diamond and ruby clasp and a watch set with diamonds and rubies. The jewel box was left in a Toledo hotel and the satchel and drawer were locked when the theft occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Elsie Janis
Poledo
Police Department of
Southern Theater
Weber Matinee at Lyric Ends Successful Lyric Engagement
The Joe Weber Travesty Company closes a successful engagement at the Lyric with matinee and evening shows. The clever comedians have delighted crowds nightly and Blanche King’s song "Yip Addie, I Aye" has townsfolk whistling. Last two performances near capacity.
Sam A Scribner's Big Show at the Standard Next Week
Sam A Scribner presents a two act musical farce A Trip to BEgypt with vaudeville acts Bedine and Arthur Brianza Trio Columbia Musical Sextet Fajardo and Scribner scope. Chorus of young women in elaborate costumes and George C Nolan, advance man for The Devil, departs Cincinnati for New York after extensive advance work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam A. Scribner
Bedine
Arthur
Brianza
Columbia
Musical Sextet
Fajardo
Scribnerscope
George’c. Nolan
Cincinnati
New York
Moving Picture Views of World Series At Columbia Theater
Baseball fans unable to attend the world series games in Chicago can see moving pictures of the Tigers and Cubs contests at the Columbia theater starting tomorrow. The show includes portraits of stars like Jennings Chancé Cobb Brown and others and panoramic scenes of the vast crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Trost
Tigers
Cubs
Columbia
Jennings
Chancé
Cobb
Brown
Isa
Water Works shifts to Reservoir No 2 as Westwood ceases
The Water Works Commission orders the Westwood Pumping Station to suspend operations and directs the river pumping station to start feeding Reservoir No 2. The new reservoir is not yet full but will be filled gradually while remaining work nears completion. When finished it will hold about 177,500,000 gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Works Commissioners
Westwood
New Water Works
Suffragette Annie Cobbden Sanderson Ignored for Advice
A note on Mrs Annie Cobbden Sanderson described as a suffragette whose counsel was ignored. The item underscores her role and the reaction to her guidance within the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Cobbden Sanderson
Great Dry Year Ends as Ohio Valley Receives Rain
Welcome rainfall ends a sixty day drought across the Ohio Valley from Missouri to the Alleghenies. Forecaster Bassler calls the drought the longest in weather history. eight inch rainfall deficit recorded, wells and springs were dry, stock and households suffered, river levels to rise delaying navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley
Missouri
Alleghanies
Tennessee
Arkansas
Bassler
Ohio River
Kentucky
Westirginia
Republicans Promise Fire Department Upgrades in Covington
The piece surveys Democratic refusal to name fire officers and criticizes the council for ignoring a request for more men. It credits Republicans with purchasing a new engine and remodeling another, citing the Seventh and Scott street fire as proof, and pledges further district housing and improvements if politics recedes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Democratic Council
Seventh and
Scott Streets
Lewisburg
Probation Officer Advocates Home Life Inquiry For Truancy
Probation Officer Wier of the Juvenile Court urged closer look at home life to curb truancy. He recommended daily probation visits to schools and involvement by truants officers to address underlying causes. Principal Disque cited a drop from seventy to twenty five daily absences afterJuvenile prosecution threats were used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Principals’ Association
Wier
Wie
Raschig
Clements
Disque
Boy Found Tied and Gagged in Home in Covington
Covington police reported a mysterious assault on Bernard Capman age 20 of 21 West Fifteenth street. He was found early yesterday tied hand and foot under a kitchen table with a towel gag in his mouth and was unconscious but improving after medical attention. Relatives suspect revenge. police remain puzzled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Bernard Capman
J. Capman
West Fifteenth Street
Young Capman
Dr. Molloy
Capman
Death at Family Feast Ends Freiberg Pioneer Distiller Life
Julius Freiberg head of Freiberg & Co. distillers died suddenly during a family dinner in Cincinnati. He, aged about sixty, founded the firm with his brothers twenty five years ago and later controlled the business. He was known for charitable giving through Associated Charities and leaves a widow, three children, and three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Freiberg
Freiberg & Co
Freiberg
Cincinnati
Associated Charities
Isaac
Helen
Stanley Krohn
Dayton
Henry
Benjamin
Cleveland
Louis
Springfield
Inglis Headlines Latonia Meeting With Sharp Attacks
One of Latonia’s largest political gatherings heard Republican John Russell Inglis for Congress in Kentucky’s Sixth District, with Leslie Applegate and Hmmet Orr. Inglis praised and challenged his opponent over alleged Kentucky property holdings and Rhinock’s nonresidence, criticizing Democratic party delays.
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Latonia
Nickelo
John Russell Inglis
Congress
Kentucky
Leslie Applegate
Commonwealth
Hmmet Orr
Inglis
Rhinock
Democratic Party
Petitions Referred For Road Improvements In Cincinnati Area
County Commissioners referred petitions for improvement of Carthage pike from Mitchell avenue to Jefferson avenue with wood or granite blocks. About seventy abutting property owners and over four hundred citizens and firms supported it. Also referred were petitions for Church road grading and a new bridge from Cleves pike to Harrison pike and similar notices for Bramble avenue Madisonville Springfield road Old Mill road Morgan road and Lower River road from Cross Place to the Cleves and Warsaw pikes.
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Carthage Pike
Mitchell Avenue
Jefferson Avenue
Cincinnati
Church Road
Cleves Pike
Harrison Pike
Bramble Avenue
Madisonville
Springfield Road
Colegain
Hamilton Pike
Old Mill Road
Morgan Road
Lower River Road
Cross’ Place
Cleves and
Warsaw Pike
Former Covington Resident James H. Dempsey Dies in Seattle
News of the death of James H. Dempsey, former Covington resident and former president of Beechwood Distilling Company, was received by his ex-wife Mrs. Lillian Dempsey. He died in Seattle from injuries said to have occurred in an auto accident at Meadows race track about a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Dempsey
Covington
Lillian Dempsey
Fifth
Greenup
J. H. Dempsey
Beechwood Distilling Company
Seattle
Wash
Meadows Race Track
Escape and recapture of John Oder in Covington chase
John Blink Oder of West Covington escaped from West Covington Marshal Kelley at Fifth and Sandford streets yesterday afternoon. Kelley fired two shots in the air as Oder fled toward West Covington, where he was recaptured hours later and returned to the county jail after an assault and battery arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Blink
Oder
West Covington
Marshal Kelley
Fifth
Sandford
Covington
Stephens
Kelley
Professor Napoleon College Musical This Week
A big student production titled Professor Napoleon will be staged in Music Hall on October 29 and 30. Seven hundred twenty Cincinnatians perform, rehearsing daily. hats for juniors were crushed en route from New York, with new hats promised. Proceeds go to the Ohio Hospital for Women and Children. Seats go on sale October 27 at John Church Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Music Hall
New York
Ohio Hospital For Women and Children
John Church Company
Mothers Organize Mothers and Teachers Association
Mothers of pupils in the Fourth District School and teachers formed a temporary Mothers and Teachers Association similar to the First District model. Mrs William McD Shaw was elected Temporary Chairman and a three person committee was named to draft a constitution and by laws. Miss Lelia Patridge of Westboro Mass spoke to the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers and Teachers’ Association
William McD. Shaw
Lelia Patridge
Westboro
Mass
Covington
Woodward Alumni to Hold Annual Meeting
Old Woodward Boys will answer roll-call this afternoon at White's restaurant on Main Street for their annual reunion. The group includes WoodWard High School graduates from 1831 to 1851. Three former members, J J Emery Gagram Gano and James Powell, cannot attend due to recent deaths.
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Old Woodward Boys
White's Restaurant
Main Street
WoodWard High School
J. J. Emery
Gagram Gano
James Powell
Kenton Court Notes Highlight Civil Cases
Lyda Lewis sues Western and Southern Life Insurance for 261.88 on policies tied to Elmer Coleman who died at St Elizabeth's Hospital. Anthony Birkle sues for 633.20 to estate of Jo sephine Affel. J E Stubbs sues C R Wild and American Benevolent Association for 1999.99 for false arrest. Will of Frederick Rademacher filed naming Catherine as executrix with Willow street Covington lot part of estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyda Lewis
Western and Southern Life Insurance Company
Kenton
Elmer Coleman
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Anthony Birkle
Josephine Affel
Charles Birkle
J. E. Stubbs
C. R. Wild
The
American Benevolent Association
Wild
Benevolent Association
O'Sullivan
Ludlow
Frederick Rademacher
Plan Cincinnati Campaign by Home Missions Council
The Home Missions Council plans a nationwide publicity drive for home missions. Cities listed include Boston Hartford Buffalo Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburg Baltimore Atlanta Richmond Brooklyn Nashville St. Louis Chicago Kansas City Omaha St. Paul Minneapolis.
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New York
Home Missions Council
Home Mission Boards
United States
Boston
Hartford
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Atlanta
Richmond
Brooklyn
Nashville
St. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Covington News Notes Highlights Local Incidents
Bradford Shinkle, president of the Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company, improved after sudden illness at his East Second Street home. Jim Hyan arrested for disorderly conduct after alleged threat to Barbara Stockwell. Dave Hall reports $8 robbed while in Cincinnati during U S Court session. Thomas Witt, a young colored boy, arrested in Cincinnati for theft from a Lexington merchant. held in Covington and sent to Lexington. Mrs. Jennie Shipp, 50, of 618 Western Avenue, died. funeral today with interment in Highland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford Shinkle
Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company
East Second Street
Covington
Jim Hyan
Barbara Stockwell
Egan
Dave Hall
Saldier
United States Court
Cincinnati
Thomas Witt
Lexington
Tischner and
O'Neill
Witt
Jennie Shipp
Western Avenue
Highland Cemetery
Covington Church Notice Board For Sunday Services
Fourth Street Christian ministers offer morning sermon and communion at 11 with a theme A Noble Purpose of a Godly Man and an evening topic Now Not By and By First Christian presents morning Vision of Jesus and evening The Whole Duty of Man Eleventh Street Methodist Episcopal South includes Sunday school at 9 30 preaching at 11 and 730 Shinkle Methodist morning 11 and evening 730 on Character Building and The Duty of Men To the Church Scott Street Methodist Episcopal South holds services 11 and 730 with Sunday school at 930 Union Methodist Episcopal features sermons at 11 The Tests of Discipleship and 730 Pleasures of Forgiveness New pastor Rev G W Critchfield to address YMCA men’s meeting tomorrow at 3 Soloist Arthur Riggs St Johns Episcopal morning prayer and sermon at 11 evening prayer and sermon at 730 Madison Avenue Presbyterian morning Master Peace evening Healing of the Paralytic Soul First Presbyterian morning Earthly Compulsions and Divine Purposes evening Indifference to Sacred and Holy Things.
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Fourth Street
Joseph W. Hagin
First Christian
Fifth Street
Milo Atkinson
Jesus
Eleventh Street
Shinkle Methodist
John E. Williams
Scott Street
Union Methodist Episcopal
Fifth
Greenup
G. F. Oliver
G. W. Critchfield
Eleventh Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Arthur Riggs
St. John’s Episcopal
Highteenth
Scott Streets
John M. Hamilton
Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Gilbert Glass
First Presbyterian
J. I. Blackburn
Property transfers and lot descriptions in Mississippi area
Co H and Etta Barn deed south half of Lots E F in Gest subdivision to Southern Board of Mississippi for 1500 dollars. Lilian and W G Minnem sell 15 by 106 feet on Ninth Street to Maggie Fienke. John and Pare Downs transfer 22 by 159 feet on Tin Street to John G. Webt.
Campbell County Republicans tout strong local ticket prospects
The Campbell County Republican Executive Committee met at Baschang's Hall Newport and reported strong support for the entire local ticket and for Judge C W Yungblut in the Circuit Court race. Precinct workers across all city precincts and country districts noted growing strength and high confidence in a Republican victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Executive Committee
Campbell County
Baschang
Eighth ‘Street
Washington Avenue
Newport
Marz
C. W. Yungblut
Commonwealth
Suit Dismissed In Cincinnati Attachment Case
Lowenstein & Sons of Cincinnati filed an attachment against William Krause Jr and wife for 607 dollars for meats, alleging fraudulent intention to delay creditors by selling Newport property. Judge Yungblut dismissed the attachment. plaintiffs appealed to the Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowenstein & Sons
Cincinnati
William Krause, Jr
Yungblut
Krause
Newport
Court of Appeals
Sandbag injures woman near Fourth National Bank
Miss Alvina Ranft of 718 Dayton Street Newport was struck by a falling sand bag tethered to a flag while en route to work. She suffered a broken rib and severe chest bruising, lost consciousness, and remains under a doctor's care at home. The incident occurred yesterday morning in Cincinnati near Fourth Street.
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Alvina Ranft
Dayton Street
Newport
Cincinnati
Fourth National Bank
Fourth Street
Newport church notes identify services across local parishes
St Mark s English Lutheran led by H W Hanshue opens with morning worship and Luther Brotherhood address by Horace C Drake What Can He Do The York Street Congregational ministry of F E Bigelow offers 11 am The Cost of Sin and 745 pm Jesus and Prayer Follow Jesus Christ grace Methodist led by J A Chapman with 915 Sunday school L H Wilson presiding preaching 1045 on The Christian Standard Epworth League program 630 pm sermon at 730 pm Godliness and Content Co Taylor Street Methodist East Third Street J W Crates Morning 11 am A Faithful Guide 745 pm The Cor relate of Man s Dignity Central Christian Charles L Garrison Morning The Two Laws Evening Why a Young Man Ought To Be a Christian
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark's English Lutheran
H. W Hanshue
Luther Brotherhood
Horace C. Drake
York Street
F. E. Bigelow
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Grace Methodist
J. A. Chapman
L. H. Wilson
the Christian Standard
Epworth League
Taylor Street
East Third Street
J. W. Crates
Charles L. Garrison
Campbell County Court Action Seeks Divorce by Thurman Gosney
Thurman Gosney of Newport files for divorce in the Circuit Court alleging a December 1907 marriage under force and duress while he was imprisoned. He says he repudiated the marriage and separated once free. Also filed yesterday, the George Wiedemann Bowling Co sues Michael Shorr and wife and the National Loan and Building Association for 350 dollars on a promissory note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wiedemann
Michael Shorr
National Loan and Building Association
Fire Routs Hungarian Workforce Home Near Brent Ky
A midnight blaze destroyed frame buildings housing fifty or more Hungarian railroad workers on the C and O near Brent Kentucky east of Newport. All occupants escaped with no belongings saved. The cause is listed as mysterious. Local notices report several civic and political events upcoming in the region including meetings in Newport and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent
Newport
Campbell County Equal Rights Association
Sarah Charles
East Third Street
Northern Kentucky Gun Club
Dayton
Ohio
Kentucky
John's Hill
Taft-Sherman Club
Ft. Thomas
Alexandria
Coldspring
Yungblut Republican Club
Ebert's Hall
Tenth and Ann Streets
Speers Hospital Ladies Aid to Hold Tag Day
Dayton reports a meeting of the Speers Hospital Ladies Aid Society completed plans for Tag Day on Saturday October 31. Churches in Newport Bellevue and Dayton will cooperate in the charity drive to raise funds for hospital wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speers Hospital Ladies’ Aid Society
Newport
Bellevue
Dayton
Bellevue Republicans Plan Mass Meeting at Balke Opera House
The Bellevue Republicans have arranged a mass meeting at Balke Opera House tonight to discuss plans for a rally next Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balke Opera House
Covington Marriage Licenses Names Henry W Boles and Nora P Moore
Marriage licenses issued in Covington list Henry W. Boles and Nora P. Moore. Respective residences include Cincinnati and Mentor, Kentucky. This short notice records the couple’s filing for nuptials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Boles
Nora P. Moore
Cincinnati
Es Mentor
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Lackaye
Henry E. Dixey
Mr. Dixey
Franz Molnay
Molnar
Budapest
Vienna
Pan
Mr. Savage
America
Devil’s Costume
Rrov
American Suffrage Association
Covington and Newport
Board of Polio
Man
Professor Napoleon
Kenton Court Notes
Plan Cincinnati Campaign
Queen City
Covington News Notes
Covington Real Estate
Newport Church Notes
Campbell County Courts
Newport News
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