September Wheat Rises Sharply on Demand and shortages
Chicago September wheat leads gains as futures rise amid strong demand by shorts and news of a smaller world wheat crop. December and September contracts move to new highs. corn and oats rally early but provisions close weaker. Local receipts and Bradstreet figures show steady to higher prices nationwide.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Shorts
North West
Bradstreet
Minneapolis
Duluth
Nebraska
United States
Grain market highlights and price shifts in New York
New York Commodity Desk reports Sept 1 steady to firm prices across grains. Wheat futures range low to high with Sept 1.03 to 1.04, Dec 1.0391a1.044, May 1.05a1.06, supported by light deliveries and strong cash demand. Corn and oats show firm spot bids and limited activity, while hay, hops, hides, wool, and meats hold steady with firm lard and beef values.
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ST. Louis
Timothy
Noorthwestern
New York
I. F
Duluth
South America
Cattle Prices Hold Steady Across Markets
Market report shows steady cattle demand with good to choice steers scarce and firm prices. Hogs, sheep, and calves show varied moves across regions including East Buffalo Pittsburg Chicago St Louis and New York with mixed receipts and price adjustments.
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Bologna
Tofe
Commercial Tribune
East Buffalo
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Louis
Texas
New York
Lion and the Mouse at Grand Opens Sunday Afternoon
The Grand presents The Lion and the Mouse next week with six evenings and a Labor Day matinee. Henry B Harris launches the first company led by Edmond Breese as John Burkett Ryder and Dorothy Donnelly as Shirley Rossmore in a production praised for its artistic finish and realism.
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Lion and the Mouse
Henry B. Harris
Edmond Breese
John Burkett Ryder
Dorothy Donnelly
Shirley Rossmore
Mr. Klein
Frazer Coulter
Christine Blessing
Malcolm Duncan
E. A. Eberle
Alice Marvel
Reginald Carrington
Ella Craven
Walter Allen
Mrs. Sturges
Marion Pollock Johnson
Charles Sturges
Beatrice Craven
F. L. Towne
Klein
Cincinnati
Government reports August 1908 deficit falls from July
The August 1908 deficit of 3 909 127 compares with July’s 24 869 438 deficit and August 1907’s surplus of 3 361 419. Lower expenditures drive the result, with receipts about 6.88 million below July and 13 million below August 1907.
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Washington
War Department
Navy
Opening of Olympic Theater season seats on sale this morning
The Olympic Theater begins season ticket sales at 9 am with strong advance demand and a high probability the sale will run into tonight. Last night the first messenger boy secured the front spot for a morning purchaser as others lined up and played cards overnight. The first rehearsal occurred yesterday with Stage Director Gilbert Ely introducing new members to the 14 as the company prepares for The Road to Yesterday, which critics praise for its delicate appeal.
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Olympic Theater
Gilbert Ely
Theamily
Minstrel Shows Draw Big Crowds at Chester Park
Manager Coburn with the Barlow Minstrels entertains Chester Park patrons all week. Manager Martin’s park hosts large crowds despite heat. Afternoon and evening minstrel performances are popular. Chester bathing beach sees generous attendance and remains a heat refuge. Regular Chester season ends Labor Day with minstrel acts continuing for the holiday.
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Coburn
Barlow Minstrels
Chester Park
Martin’s
Popular Summer Music Evening at the Zoo
This evening features a mix of classical and popular selections with a double sword dance by Pipe Major Fraser and Frank Wilson. Soprano Miss Foley will sing A May Morning as Fraser dancers perform, delivering one of the season’s most varied concerts at the zoo.
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the Zoo
Major Fraser
Frank Wilson
Lena Rivers adapted as stage drama at Walnut
Mrs J Holmes character sketch of Lena Rivers becomes a clever stage presentation starring Miss Beulah Poynter at the Walnut theatre next week. Art and Nicolai provide carefully chosen support and a production praised as appropriate and beautiful with few liberties taken in the adaptation.
Miss Blandick Stars in Paid in Full at the Grand
Miss Blandick appears as Emma Brook in Eugene Walter's Paid in Full at the Grand next week. The production, staged by Wagenhals and Kemper, comes from a successful New York run and is expected to draw a warm reception.
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Miss Blandick
the Grand
Emma Brook
Eugene Walter
Messrs. Wagenhals
Kemper
New York
Forepaugh banner sales begin for next week performances
The organization announces that sale of seats under the Forepaugh banner starts tomorrow. Tickets for single performances go on sale, with exclusive early sales for season seats and an Xtra matinee on Labor Day.
Minstrel Matinee at Grand Town Featured
The Grand hosts a matinee by George M. Cohan and Sam Harris operatives drawing a large audience. The troupe performs bright numbers and plans to meet Yorke and Adams at Walnut Street Theater on Friday. They head to Chicago and a four week stay at the Auditorium.
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George M. Cohan
Sam Harris
Yorke and Adams
Walnut Street
Cohan and Harris
Chicago
Stage Adaptation Brings Holmes to Four Act Play
The stage version of the Holmes tales, set in Slocumville Massachusetts and the Sunny South near Frankfort Kentucky, features all the Holmes characters with familiar lines and humor. Beulah Poynter stars as the leading female role, with a special Labor Day matinee in addition to regular Sundays Thursdays and Saturdays.
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Slocumville
Mass
Sunny South
Frankfort
Holmes
Miss Dolores Shines on Columbia's Present Week Bill
Miss Angela Dolores stands out on the Columbia stage in this week's bill. The HF comedy Cupid at Home showcases clever conception and polished performances highlighting her charm and dignified presence.
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Miss Dolores
Columbia
Angela Dolores
Cupid
Aristocratic Comedy Shines in Columbia Vaudeville
A well fitted performance featuring Miss Lillian Moulton captivates audiences with refined humor. The climax's earnestness heightens the comedy, bringing the curtain down in a roar as the petite play adds tone and class to Columbia's programme.
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Lillian Moulton
Columbia
Jubilee Day at Lagoon Promises Spectacular Final Regular Season
Next Sunday Jubilee Day at Lagoon will reprise past monster outings with a packed program of games contests free shows rowing and canoeing regattas and athletic events. The event on September 6 marks lagoon’s last regular season day with substantial cash prizes on offer.
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Lagoon
Opera Premiere of Sardanapalus Stirs Berlin Elite
Berlin hosts the Royal Opera premiere of Byron's Sardanapalus adapted by German French and English scientists. Emperor and Empress attend with Greece's Crown Princess Victoria and other royals. Critics doubt the antique life spectacle will win strong public favor despite scholarly staging.
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Berlin
Byron
Royal Opera
Greece
Victoria
Prince Witel
Prince August
Allison V. Armour
New York
Maurice Bloomfield
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Morris Jastrow
University of Pennsylvania
David Jayne Hill
Scotch Evening at the Zoo Draws Cincinnati Scots
Thursday night hosts a large gathering as Clan Sutherland and the Burns Club of America perform for an estimated seven hundred Cincinnati Scots. The Lagoon is reserved from 6 p.m. Wednesday for over six hundred guests, by Merchants and Manufacturers and the Traveling Salesmen's Association. A Night in New York by Transatlantic Burlesquers comes to Standard Theater next week with a listed cast. Lyman Howe pictures continue drawing crowds at the Lyric with an entire program change promised for Sunday.
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Zoo
Clan Sutherland
Burns Club
America
the Merchants and Manufacturers of
Cincinnati
New York
Standard Theater
Charles Howard
Ida Emerson
Clara and
Jennie Austin
John B. Wilson
Sam Brown
James Lichter
Harry Lyons
D. F. Crossman
M. Saxe
Corinne la Monde
Elizabeth Whipps
Lyman Howe
Edna Atg Performs Bright Vaudeville Acts and Gaiety Girls Next Week
Edna Atg shows growing finish and charm in each appearance, hailed as a top young performer. The Broadway Gaiety Girls headline the People's next week. Heuck's Sunday offers The Life of an Actress melodrama with unusual appeal. The Little Organ Grinder screens at the Lycéum next week. A European Salome dance debuts with scenic background, accessories, and lighting effects.
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Edna Atg
Lycéum
Miss Craven Sets Stage Record With Thousandth Performance
Ella Craven who originated Eudoxia in The Lion and the Mousé holds the record for the most appearances in the play. In Boston last May Edmond Breesé hosted a dinner for her thousandth performance. She remains with the same company and will perform here next week.
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Ella Craven
Eudoxia
the Lion and the Mousé
Boston
Edmond Breesé
John Burkett Ryder
Miss Craven
Amateurs to stage at people's Theater with cash prizes
Malcolm Duncan's performance as Jeffer son Ryder is noted while a night watchman service is hinted at. Friday night the amateurs perform at the people's Theater. Colonel Martin will award $10 $5 and $2.50 in gold for Chester Park amateur contests starting next week, with entry details by mail to Amateur Manager, Chester Park.
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Malcolm Duncan
Jefferson Ryder
Wachman
Mr. Duncan
Éfiire
People’s Théater
Martin
Chester Park
City
Cincinnati Welcomes Miss Bertha Fitzpatrick Manning
Miss Bertha Fitzpatrick Manning, from Cincinnati, arrives with the Life of an Actress Company for a home city debut. Friends plan a cordial reception in Heuck's theater next week to greet her.
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Bertha Fitzpatrick’ Manning
Heuck’s
Cincinnati
Postponement Declared for Japanese International Exposition
Tokyo announces the Japanese International Exposition will be postponed from 1912 to 1917 due to economic constraints and insufficient time for proper preparations. The new date marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Emperor's accession.
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Tokyo
Syrians Mediate Family Feud After Girl Marries Russian-Style
Rosa Bansamra, 16, elopes with Michael Rowshed, provoking threats from her Syrian relatives on Broadway. Night Chief Corbin settles matter by staging a mock arrest and arranging a private wedding with a Greek priest as escort. The couple wed amid tension as Rosa’s guardian uncle contests consent.
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Lower Broadway
Rosa Bansamra
Rosa
Michael G. Rowshed
West Third Street
Rowshed
Leuchtenberg
Corbin
Widow of druggist seeks arrest warrant for fiancé
Mrs. Anna Wagner, widow of Viné street druggist, obtained a warrant for Jack Martin in a case of alleged fraud and abandonment. Martin left city with $800 and jewelry after promising marriage and control of the business. A prior police request for a warrant was denied by Magistrate Smedes.
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Anna Wagner
Viné Street
Jack Martin
Buffalo
N. Y
Martin
Smedes
Wagner
River Departures List for Pomeroy Maysville Cincinnati
The River schedule shows daily departures from Pomeroy at 5 p.m. and from Maysville at 11 p.m. with additional services to Izzi Bay and Louisville. Advertised departures include daily times 5 p.m. Pomeroy and 11 p.m. Maysville, plus Sunday 9 a.m. Louisville service.
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Pomeroy
Maysville
Louisville
Stage of the River at Cincinnati Rises to 8 Feet 5 Inches
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood 8 feet 5 inches and rising at 6 p.m. yesterday as floodwaters continued to advance.
River packets depart and forecast for Ohio River traffic
Four river packets left this port yesterday with large freight loads. The Greenwood bound for Pomeroy and Madison bound Courier sail at 5 pm and 11 pm respectively. The City of Cincinnati bound for Louisville and intermediate ports departs at 5 pm. The river rose to 8.5 feet at Cincinnati last night with acceptable weather and a rising stage.
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Pomeroy
Courier
Maysville
Kentucky
Madison
Indiana
Louisville
Greenwood
Ligzié Bay
City of Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ouisville
Cincinnati
Ohio
Greene Line
Sycamiore Street
Sycamore Street
River Weather and Arrivals Across Ports
News from other ports reports river conditions and arrivals at Pittsburgh Wheeling Madison and St Louis. Water levels range from 2.9 feet to 13.6 feet with many fallings and rising trends. Vessels arriving or departing include the Cincinnati boats Wash Honshell Keokuk and Peters Lee and ships Omaha Belle of Calhoun Spread Eagle and Bald Eagle.
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Pittseburg
Fréeport
Beaver
Wheeling
Madison
Codler
Bae Good
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Theity
Ansville
Cairo
Honshell
Vicksburg
Pacific
Mississippi
ST. Louis
Calhoun
Hamburg
Dubuque
Keokuk
Spread Eagle
Grafton
Bald Eagle
Peoria
Peters Lee
Memphis
Omaha
Potato Bugs Stall Cars at Lazy Lane in Bristol
Potato bugs halted eight trolley cars loaded with excursionists bound for Lake Compounce in Bristol Connecticut. Despite heavy infestation the bugs kept the tracks until car men could sand them and clear the way.
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Bristol. Conn
Lazy Lane
Lake
August 1908 U S coinage totals announced
The monthly coinage statement from Washington shows total U S coinage for August 1908 at 2 117 900 dollars, excluding 1 910 944 pieces for the Philippine Government. Gold coinage 1 335 000 dollars and silver coinage 782 900 dollars.
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Washington
United States
National bank note circulation rises in August 1908
Washington reports August 1908 national bank note circulation totals rise by 81.3 million from August 1907 while month to month change drops by 6.76 million. Bond secured circulation stands at 625.9 million with year gain of 69.0 million and month gain 0.63 million.
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Washington
United States
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