The Devil at the Grand Opera House Cincinnati
The Franz Molnar drama The Devil had its Cincinnati premiere at the Grand Opera House under Henry W. Savage. Starred by Henry E. Dixey with Marie Nordstrom Ethel Clayton and Harree Kirkland as principal players. The piece drew mixed reaction but pleased curious audiences with Dixey delivering a strong comic and later serious turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Molnar
Cincinnati
Grand Opera House
Henry W. Savage
Henry E. Dixey
Savage
West
America
Europe
Harrison Grey Fiske
New York
Belasco
Garden
Edwin Stevens
Fiske
George Arliss
Mr. Dixey
Dixey
Herr Molnar
Marie Nordstrom
Olga Hoffman
Hardee Kirkland
Ethel Clayton
Mimi
Marion Ruckert
Bisberg
Karine
Olga
Harry Hilliard
Trilby at the Olympic Steals the Spotlight
Forepaugh players captivate audiences with Brown of Harvard and Trilby themes. The weekly run features youth buoyancy, a sympathetic love plot, and the Paris artist life drama drawing theatergoers of all ages. Revival plans for Trilby loom as the most popular offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trilby
Brown
Harvard
Way Down East at the Grand Promises Full Houses Next Week
The Grand hosts the Brady Grismer production of Way Down East with Hi Holler on the farm of Squire Bartlett. Frederick Peel arrives to help prepare as the show rides strong through a political season and plays to packed houses on its renovated road run. The same London Theater cast returns for the Grand engagement, with three matinees planned and extra performances if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Bartlett
Hi Holler
Brady Grismer
the Grand
Sam
Sieves “Theater
London
Eddie Foy Stars in Mr. Hamlet of Broadway at Lyric
Eddie Foy brings his big company to the Lyric next week for the novelty Mr. Hamlet of Broadway. Zelma Rawlston appears as Ophelia while Anna Laughlin, Daffy Dan veteran Knute Erickson and George Schiller fill key roles. The troupe presents a circus clown episode with a bear and Adirondack hotel setting accompanied by music by Ben Jerome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hamlet
Broadway
Eddie Foy
Zelma Rawlston
Ophelia
Zelma
Hamlet
Anna Laughlin
Dorothy Gale
Knute Erickson
Daffy Dan
George Schiller
Madison
Cook
Maybell Baker
John H. Pratt
Foy
Adirondacks
Dane
Eddie
Ben Jerome
The Right to Live Play Debuts at Columbia Theater
Jules Eckert Goodman new drama The Right to Live staged at Columbia Theater before a Society audience with army and navy representation. Albert Bruning leads as the wronging husband while Blanche Walsh is slated for a future production. plot centers on love, betrayal, and a daughter prompting the repentance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jules Eckert Goodman
Columbia Theater
Army
Navy
Goodman
Blanche Walsh
Albert Bruning
Mr Lackaye Delivers In The Battle At Lyric
Mr Lackaye stars as John J Haggleton a multi millionaire oil man and Long Block owner who seeks his son in a Lower East Side tenement. Civil reformer Gentle urges reform while Haggleton falls for his genius and battles his past. Margaret Lawrence uncovers the truth and the clash tests ambition and humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lackaye
Lyric
Lackaye
Cleveland Moffett
John J. Haggleton
Lower East Side
New York
Haggleton
Gentle
E. M. Holland
Philip
Margaret Lawrence
Margaret
Hagglton
From Broadway to the Bowery at the Metropolitan Playhouse
The four act melodrama presents a wealthy figure driven by poverty to the Bowery slums. Chuck Connors stars as the Pride of the Bowery with a strong supporting cast in a week of matinee performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pride of the Bowery
Harry
Sellers
Harry: Sellers & Co
Broadway
the Bowery
Chuck Connors
Pride of
Dutch Lunch and Hired, Tired and Fried at New Robinson
The New Robinson Theater showcases a humor filled Dutch Lunch with Miss Marcelle DeVare as Gretchen the barmaid, James Wilson as a pliant English tourist, and Hal Starks as Hank the innkeeper. Also shown are Casinova picture players with Hired Tired and Fried and Kitty OConlfor plus Luna Park by Searchlight and Life of Abraham Lincoln films. The program pleases patrons with patriotic and dramatic appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Robinson Theater
Marcelle DeVare
Gretchen
James Wilson
Hal Starks
Hank
Casinova Picture
Kitty’ O’conlifor
Luna Park
Searchlight
Abraham Lincoln
Gillingwater recalls a tragic fair week tale
Claude Gillingwater recounts a decade old memory from a Western tour. He describes a country pair unable to pay full fair week prices for his troupe’s show. A fatal accident after the performance claims the girl and leaves the boy near death, a moment that haunts the actor to this day.
Cincinnati actor Harry Hilliard stars in The Devil at the Grand
Harry Hilliard of Cincinnati, now residing in Evansville, headlines Molnar's The Devil at the Grand. He has recently been leading man for Henrietta Irving and previously starred in Mrs Temple's Telegram, with the Denver Stack Company last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hilliard
Molnar
Yat the Grand
Bvanscenes
Ater
Henrietta Irving
Hilliard
Ethel Hart Jackson Zimmerman Weds Benoni Lockwood Jr
Philadelphia dated report states actress and singer Ethel Hart Jackson Zimmerman married Benoni Lockwood Jr of New York this afternoon in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ethel Hart Jackson Zimmerman
Benoni Lockwood, Jr
New York
Lavish Sets Planned for Captain Clay of Missouri
Starr and Nicolas provide lavish stage settings for six scenes in Captain Clay of Missouri a new play by David and Milton Higgins in which David Higgins appears with a prominent role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starr
Nicolas
Captain Clay
Missouri
David
Milton Higgins
David Higgins
Belasco Plans Busy Season After Blanche Bates Triumph
David Belasco remains active with no resting spells this season. Blanche Bates stars in The Fighting Hope at the Belasco Stuyvesant Theater as Belasco prepares a new Frances Starr play and then a third production after Starr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Starr
David Belasco
Miss Starr
Blanche Bates
Belasco Stuyvesant Theater
Fighting Hope
Mr. Belasco
Clown Marceline Chases Tacks Between Acts at Hippodrome
Between acts at the Hippodrome Marceline the clown, famed for his daily tumble count, searches the stage for tacks. He finds them and, with a mock insult in Spanish, quips about catching him if he hadn’t got them. A Mark Twain adaptation may star Marguerite Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hippodrome
Marceline
Veteran stage switch floods cast with new prima donna
The piece notes Marguerite Clark is absent from De Wolf Hopper this season and Helen Cullinan from Tennessee steps in as lead of the What Happened Then Company. It also has a sharp aside about vaudeville acts and critics complaining about the steady flow of big acts from legit stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Clark
Mark Twain
the Prince and the Pauper
Harry B. Smith
Elsie Leslie
Little Lord Fauntleroy
de Wolf Hopper
Helen Cullinan
Tennessee
Election returns sought at Lyric with Eddie Foy announcer
Lyric patrons are urged to stay until midnight next Tuesday if returns lag. Comedian Eddie Foy will announce the results. William Kopp, longtime bandmaster, resumes orchestra direction at the Olympic Theater and is back in his old post this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric
Eddie Foy
William Kopp
South
Olympic Theater
Hoosier Admits Bribing a Juror
In Laporte Indiana Gustave Stevens confessed to paying juror William Blakeman ten dollars to block a verdict in a $5 000 alienation of affections suit brought by Stephen Jaunovitsch against the wife’s family. William Bell acted as messenger and received two dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Stephen Jaunovitsch
Gustave
George Stevens
Jaunovitsch
William Bell
William Blakeman
Pope to Create Three American Cardinals in Rome
A Rome dispatch to a London agency says a special consistory will nominate new American Cardinals after American diocese reorganization. The United States will receive three Cardinals. Oct. 27 report notes this decision by the Pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rome
United States
Laurier’s Majority Plunges After Canada Election
Ottawa reports federal voting across Canada with only Rouville Quebec and South York Ontario elected by acclamation. Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s Liberal party is poised to return to power for five years with a reduced but safe majority amid nationwide contests in 216 constituencies.
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Ottawa
Ontario
House of Commons
Canada
Dominion
Rouville
Quebec
South York
Wilfria Laurier
Republicans poised to carry Kentucky Sixth District
Reports from Covington indicate strong Republican support in the Sixth Kentucky District with William H Taft and James S Sherman favored for president and Rhinock’s defeat seen as likely. Campaign chair Bennett led a 125 worker meeting as polls show Bryan votes falling and Rhinock’s unpopularity grows across Kenton Campbell counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
William. H.taft
James S
Sherman
John "Russell Inglis
Ae Bennett
State Campaign Committee
Covington
Bennett
Hachman
Bryan
Joseph Ll.rhinock
Rhinock
Kenton
Campbell
Inglis
Congress
Plan for Market House 15 Tabled in Newport Council
Newport Council tabled the Market House 15 proposal awaiting next year action. The LL & N Railroad Co agreed to pay 1500 for repairing water main on Saratoga street and the plan moves to the Water Works Board. A report on defective cement curb and gutter on Hodge street was rejected and referred back to the contractor. A request from Campbell Kenton Medical Society for a laboratory to analyze milk and meat was referred to the 1909 committee with an appropriation recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Council
Newport
LL. & N. Railroad Company
Saratoga Street
Water Works Board
Hodge ‘Street
Campbell and Kenton Counties Medical Society
Fire damages organ as Covington church fire causes heavy loss
Two alarms respond when fire breaks out in First Presbyterian Church on Fourth Street. Cause suspected as crossed wires in roof above the organ loft. Christian Endeavor Society in progress when flames appear. Water damages organ and carpets. loss estimated at 4000 to 6000 dollars, insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
First Presbyterian Church
Fourth Street
Christian Endeavor Society
John Kenny
Interstate Commerce Commission To Review Shipper Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission will examine charges in a revival of the Southern Railroad dispute with the Receivers and Shippers Association. Shippers claim Southern rates are excessive compared with Northern roads and will seek Prouty’s ruling. They cite New England to Chattanooga versus Cincinnati to Chattanooga routes, arguing discrimination harms Cincinnati commerce. Both sides will be represented by skilled lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railroad
Shippers’ Association
Interstate Commerce
Prouty
Southern
Chalirman Prouty
New England
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Detective Kills Wife and Daughter Then Takes Own Life
Roy Hardy a private detective for the Big Four Railroad shot and killed his wife and 12 year old daughter Juanita in Cleveland. He then died by suicide. The motive remains unclear. The Hardys moved to Cleveland from New London Ohio about a year ago.
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Cleveland
Roy Hardy
Big Four Railroad
Juanita
Hardy
New London
Rev J M Macgruder Accepts Covington Call
Covington notes report the Rev J M Macgruder of Spartanburg S C has accepted the Trinity Episcopal Church call and will arrive next week. A Copenhagen style summary of local events includes a fatal burn death of a one year old girl in the Jones household and a coroner verdict of death from burns. F R Bell secured a permit for a two story frame house at 1913 Denver street costing 1200 dollars. Ladies at 728 Madison avenue rummage sale for the Old Women's Home welcome clothing and household donations. Brown Smith a switchman and former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway employee dies at St Elizabeth’s Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.M. Macgruder
Spartanberg
S. C
Trinity Episcopal Church
John Jones
East Eleventh Street
W. W. Tarvin
F. R. Bell
Denver Street
Madison Avenue
Brown Smith
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Kenton Court Notes: Contested Will Proceedings Begin
In Kenton County Court, two wills purporting to Mary A Lail's last testament were offered for probate. Emma Redick filed a October 7 1908 will. Charles Fisk opposed it and offered a March 31 1908 will. Heirs named in the October will object to the March will. The estate is valued at 6500 dollars and the case is set for November 1. The will of Mary Schoettle was probated, giving all to brother Gottfried Ludwig with Ludwig as executor. Ben Floyd faced arraignment for failing to send his child to school. case continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Lai
Kenton
Emma Redick
Charles Fisk
Fisk
William Redick
Charles Redick
Frank Redick
Covington Marriage Licenses Listed by Name and Residence
Names and ages of applicants for Covington marriage licenses appear with residences in Ohio and Kentucky. Notable entries include Charles Webb Cincinnati 32 and Frances Hammer Scotts Point 30, Anna Kirtley Jackson Center 26, plus Daniel La Moors Cincinnati and Bisie E Wear Covington Kentucky both 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Webb
Cincinnati
Frances Hammer
Scotts P
Greniey, Parks Sess
Chaon Center
Anna Kirtley
Jackson Center
Daniel la Moors
Covington Council Passes Sewers and Street Improvements
At a Covington City Council meeting ordinances were approved for new sewers on Julia Street and Eighteenth Street from Eastern Avenue to Julia Street. Four more electric lamps will be added on Highland Pike. An appropriation of 1011 dollars funds bills, while sidewalk paving on Tenth Street from Scott to Banklick is set by assessment. Socialist John Thobe urged a local cinder path near Julia and Patton streets, the matter was referred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Julia
Eighteenth Street
Eastern Avenue
Julia Street
Highland Pike
Tenth Street
Scott
Banklick
John Thobe
Julia and
Patton Streets
Unidentified Man Found Dead Near Covington Farm
Kenton County authorities have not identified a man found on Park's farm south of Covington. Coroner Tarvin has not ruled on the death, with theories debated. Officials believe the man, at least 35, was not a Lexington college student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Covington
Kenton
Tarvin
Lexington College
Willson and Will Speak in Ohio Campaign Tour
John J. Craig announces no truth to rumors Governor Willson will skip Covington speech due to Secretary Root in Cincinnati. He says no transfer to Lexington and no conflict with Root event, noting Oda Fellows Hall can be filled with Republicans from Ovington and Cincinnati turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Craig
Kenton County Campaign Committee
Willson
Covington
Root
Cincinnati
Lexington
Craig
Ovington
Oda
Mr. Root
Daughter Identifies Body in Kentucky Cornfield Mystery
Coroner Digby of Campbell County continued the probe into Lon Messer's death found in a Brent Kentucky cornfield east of Newport. A daughter identified the body in Cincinnati and a son, Harry Messer, planned funeral arrangements in Newport after confirming his father's last sighting.
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Digby
Campbell County
Jency
Harry Messer
Newport
Knights of the Round Table to Debate Postal Savings Bank
The Knights of the Round Table plan a Thursday night debate at Taylor Street M. E. Church Newport with the Cincinnati M. C. A Senate on the motion United States Government should establish a postal savings bank system. Meisinger Wiesehan and Stinchcomb will argue affirmative. Bowen Riggs and Schroll will argue negative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of the Round Table
Taylor, Street M. E. Church
Newport
Senate of the Cincinnati
United States
Senate
C. J. Meisinger
W. H. Wiesehan
D. A. Stinchcomb
Knights
Bernard Bowen
Special three days registration opens in Newport and surrounding towns
Special registration for Newport Bellevue and Dayton voters began in County Clerk Betz office. By 5 pm 96 had registered: 52 Republicans 29 Democrats 15 Independents giving Republicans a 23 vote edge. Registration continues today until 5 pm and tomorrow until 9 pm.
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Newport
Bellevue
Dayton
Betz
Court enjoins Lulu Rankin in Newport custody dispute
Campbell County Circuit Court issued an order by Judge Yungblut preventing Lulu Rankin from removing household effects from her Dayton Street Newport home. Charles Rankin filed suit alleging abandonment of him and four children and attempted removal of property. In a separate matter Matthias Lenz vs Police Judge Mader Dayton, Judge Mader filed an answer denying bias and assuring a fair trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Yungblut
Lulu Rankin
Dayton Street
Newport
Charles Rankin
Matthias Lenz
Mader
Dayton
Lenz
Newport News in Brief
Relatives of W F Lokey the former Newport newspaper man report from Fort Worth Texas that he is seriously ill with typhoid fever. The Women s Foreign Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church plans an evening meeting at Miss Ida McGinniss residence. Papers read by Miss Laura Schulte and Miss Carrie Weber cover Nestorians Armenian Christians and Fidelia Fisk Work. A boy severely crushed his left hand by a washing machine gear and a finger had to be amputated. Esther Temple Ladies Aid social benefits Knights of Pythias Widows and Orphans Home. York Street Congregational Church Men s Club to receive election returns. May Williams and two babies deserted by husband on route to Charleston were placed on a train for their destination at county expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Lokey
Newport
Ft. Worth
Tex
Lokey
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
First Presbyterian Church
Ida McGinniss
East Fourth Street
Laura Schulte
Carrie Weber
Fidelia Fisk
Charles Hubig
John Street
Back
Ladies’ Aid Society
Esther Temple
A. Schreck
Monmouth Street
Knights of Pythias
York Street Congregational Church
May Williams
Albert Williams
Evansville
Ind
Charleston
W. Va
Property Transfers Include Dorsey and Lund Parcels
Real estate records show A. A. Dorsey and wife transferring Lot 91 in East Bellevue to Annie Lund for 1760 dollars. Magdalena Atenue and husband transfer Lot 5 in Marxmiller subdivision Highlands to J. W. Darling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Dorsey
Annie Lund
East Bellevue
Tor
Cdl
Eak Ieee Cdc
Magdalena Atenue
Ana
Marxmiller
Highlands
Residence. Ages and names listed for Kentucky and nearby states
A list of residents with ages and locations includes A. J. Arbogast Covington Kentucky Mery E. Lorenz Bellevue Kentucky Everett O. Bell Homer Ohio Lida Lee Sevescnp ROMP Olads John Lutcinski Vincennes Indiana Elizabeth Niehaus Newport Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Arbogast
Covington, Ky
Mery E. Lorenz
Bellevue, Ky
Everette O. Bell
Homer
Lida Lee
John Lutcinski
Vincennes
Ind
Elizabeth Niehaus
Newport
Initiation in Music Hall Newport by local Catholic groups
The Central Chapter Campbell Kenton Counties Catholic Order of Foresters plans a joint initiation in Music Hall Newport tonight. Sacred Heart Bellevue and St Francis Dayton will assemble at St Francis Dayton at 7 pm and march to Newport to join the Kenton County delegation. Republicans of Bellevue announce a rally at the Opera House tonight with prominent speakers planned for Thursday. Triple Empire Bellevue arranges election events at Hauser's Hill Fairfield and O'Fallon avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Kenton
Catholic Order of Foresters
Music Hall
Newport
Sacred Heart
Bellevue
St. Francis’ Church
Dayton
Kenton County
Billévue
Oee Opera House
Opera House
Triple Once
Hauser
Fairfield
O’fallon
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GRAND
H. W. Savage Company
Montgomery Phister
Forenaugh
Moffett
Gillingwater
Pathet
Claude Gillingwater
Columbia
Moquokato
Fergit
Girlingwater
Toney
Siote
Gillngwater
Ethel Jackson
Walnut Street
Village Green
Benton
Clay
Stan Ture
Mr. Higgins
Pla
Mary Servoss
Bliss Milford
Armstrong
Ae MacDonald
Jack Wyatt
Mark Smith
Ad Wright
J. W. Dillion
Fred
Georgie Mack
Richard Webster
Lawrence Atkinson
Amores
Lumpiag
Ag OS Amores
Jae
Reibonne
France
Milan
Grana
Paris
Continent
Charlotte
Mile. Amoros
Prof. Jung
Vandervee
Percy
Williams
Hoosier
Pope
Laurier
Erie Arie Oad
Presbyterian House of Worship
Covington News Notes
Kenton Court Notes
Willson, Will
Cornfield
Knights of Round Table
Y. M. C. A. Upper ‘House
Campbell County Courts
Newport News
Newport Real Estate
Ames
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