Roosevelt Endorses Taft for President in Montana Letter
Theodore Roosevelt urges support for William Howard Taft, praising his record on railroad regulation and injunctions. He argues for strong federal control of interstate commerce, fair rates, and protection of wage workers, while opposing confiscation or government ownership. He cites Taft’s decisions in labor disputes and employer liability as evidence of ongoing principled leadership for the nation.
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United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Judge Taft
Beasy Ebden
Taft
Hermmever
Agea
Oydee
Ealing
Philippines
Panama
Cuba
War Department
Tedm
Theodore Roosevelt
Conrad Kohrs
Helena
Montana
Maine Election Preview in Portland Daily Times
In Portland Maine voters face statewide and local ballots including governor and congress seats. The term includes two constitutional amendments on initiative and referendum and races in the Second and Fourth districts with candidates Swaysey McGillicuddy Guerney Hansen Burleigh Bord noted amid party forecasts.
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Portland
Maine
Bert N. Fe
Obadiah Gardner
Washington
Charles L Littlefield
Llewellyn Powers
John P. Swaysey
Daniel J. McGillicuddy
His House in Order brings Pinero drama to Olympic
Forepaugh Stock Company delivers a polished Vernon Pinero play at the Olympic Theater. John Drew and Margaret Illington lead a strong cast with standout work from Frank Sylvester and Ida Adair. The program also features The Four Franklins and a vivid moving picture act to close.
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Pinero
Olympic Theater
Charles Frohman
John Drew
Mr. Drew
Margaret Illington
Frohman
Frank Sylvester
Hillary Jesson
Nina
Sylvester
Ida Adair
Nind
Ridgely
Adair
Mary Lawton
Geraldine Ridgely
Maye Louise Aigen
Forrest Seabury
Filmer
Harry Yenwick
Major Maureward
John Ravold
Sir Daniel Ridgely
Wilson Hummel
Pryce Ridgely
Walter Gilbert
Dilnott
Derek Jesson
Fred Woods
Sunny Side of Broadway Charms Walnut Audiences
Murray and Mack star in The Sunny Side of Broadway at the Walnut. The show blends clever if loosely constructed humor with pleasing songs and a melodious score. The duo’s knock-about wit and Murray’s distinctive persona drive the laughter, supported by an attractive chorus and a capable supporting cast.
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Murray
Mack
the Walnut
Broadway
Ollie Mack
Abe Friedlander
Thomas J. Grady
Clarence Backous
John van Aspe
Lillian “Durham
Beth ‘Tate
Rae Hamilton
Jeane Wentz
Clara Howard
Lee Wentz
Columbia audiences applaud during varied one act comedy bill
John P. Rogers and Ben N. Deely as singer and valet pleased Columbia crowds yesterday. Harry Linton and Anita Laurence drew applause with a clever one act piece titled Married Now. Linden Beckwith, a Columbian favorite, drew praise for Singing Portraits. Del Costa Quartet offered grand opera selections. George Austin Moore performed character songs and stories, while the Chesterfield horse act won hearty approval. Therese Renz was ill and could not perform horses. Chesterfield substitutes. Wilfred Clarke with Eleanor DeMott Janet Bayes and Archie A Gaity presented What Will Happen Next Year in a one act comedy. Clarke and company delivered a lively show.
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John P. Rogers
Ben N. Deely
Columbia
Harry Linton
Anita Laurence
Linden BeckWith
del Costa
Sangen
Austin Moore
Therese Renz
Equestrienne
Indianapolis
Wilfred Clarke
Eleanor DeMott
Janet Bayes
Archie
Mr.Clarke
Mr. Clarke
Fred Irwins Big Show Arrives at The Standard for Week
The Standard hosts Fred Irwin's Big Show for a week with vaudeville and burlesque acts praised for quality and design. Notable segments include The Great White Way and Ladies Day at the Actors Club, with strong applause for Gertie De Milt and the Watson Sisters.
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Fred Irwin
Standard
Irwin
Columbia
Irwin Standard
White Way
Actors' Club
Gertie de Milt
Watson Sisters
Billy Walsh
Frank E. Lynch
Leah Starr
James Harkins
Murray Livingston
Frank Lynch
Billy ‘Walsh
Jehn Rodney
Mamie Mitchell
Kittie
Fannie Watson
Honeymoon Trail to Feature La Salle Broilers at Grand
Next week's Grand presentation includes a dancing character number by the La Salle Broilers. The ten performers, portraying a diverse cast from Irish to Uncle Sam, perform evolutions in the act. Ned Wayburn arranged the production, praised as his best work. Authors Hough Adams and Howard have other hits but hail Honeymoon Trail as their finest. Chicago press praised the show after a lengthy run.
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the Grand
la Salle Broilers
Ned Wayburn
Messrs. Hough
Adams
Howard
Chicago Press
Eugene Walter boasts rapid plays while challenging critics
Eugene Walter, writer of The Wolf, defends his quick work pace and dismisses critics who credit him with deep literary knowledge. He says he can draft plays in days, insists on lifelike execution, and claims The Wolf is his favorite piece though he also wrote Paid in Full in six days.
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Eugene Walter
the Wolf
Chicago
Ibsen
Dawson
Mackenzie River
Paid in Full Tonight at The Grand in Cincinnati
The Grand presents Eugene Walter's Paid in Full for the first time in Cincinnati with a large advance sale. The touring company, led by Will Ellster, features Clara Blandick and other noted players. Matinees are planned for Wednesday and Saturday. The show is in demand and may tour to Boston and Philadelphia after tonight’s premiere.
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Eugene Walter
Cincinnati
New York City
Wagenhals and Kemper
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Will Ellster
Clara Blandick
Guy Bates Post
George Backus
Scoot Cooper
Florence Robinson
Marion Berg
George Belden
Shubert Plan Revealed for Paris Theater Opening
Thomas H. Davis discloses in St. Louis that Jacob and Lee Shubert aim to build a major Paris theater. Ground broken in October. theater to open next season with The Witching Hour by an American company, English language, French translation, and broad French circulation.
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Paris
Jacob Shubert
Thomas H. Davis
Garrick Theater
St. Louis
Davis
Litt and Davis and
Davis and
the Garrick
Shuberts
Mr. Davis
Sam ‘Shubert
Lee
Lee Shubert
Shubert
Europe
Shubert brothers deny hotel capital role in Paris venture
Jacob Shubert refrained from comment on a Paris theater site while negotiating for a hotel site nearby. A cable confirm ed the hotel site offer was accepted and the Shuberts will not fund the hotel, which will be built and run by a Broadway hotel manager friend using their theater capital only.
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Jacob Shubert
Paris
Shubert
New York
Shuberts
Spirit of Paul Doon at Lyceum Draws Large Helms
The Spirit of Paul Doon a Carter work staged at the Lyceum entertains with occult intrigue and strong acting. The matinee and evening show drew cordial crowds despite not being a classic masterpiece. Leading performers Cummerford Peil Eldrid Murphy and others delivered skilled portrayals.
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Paul Doon
Hamlet
Lyceum
Frank Handy
Henry Brooks
Price Adams
Alleta’ Ser
Tony the Bootblack thrills Heuck’s audience with virtuous triumph
Review of Owen Davis play Tony the Bootblack notes a clear battle between virtue and vice with the Black Hand villain vanquished. The Heuck’s gallery applauded the heroine and hissed the villain as Dave Genard and Ray Bailey lead a capable cast. Miss Bailey as the girl detective garners loud approval.
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Owen Davis
Tony
Heuck's
Bootblack
Dave Genard
Ray Bailey
Miss Bailey
Witching Hour at Lyric Promises Box Office Frenzy
The Witching Hour opens the Lyric season and is expected to be a major draw. Augustus Thomas’s drama, praised as his best, follows Arizona and Alabama in appeal, with the Chicago company joining Cincinnati for the opening week and Howard Gould added as Jack Brookfield.
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theLyric
Lyric
Arizona
Alabama
Augustus Thomas
New York
Chicago
Messrs. Shubert
John Mason
Cincinnati
Howard” Gould
Jack Brookfield
Chester Park Opens Amid Warm Weekend Crowd
Thousands packed the park yesterday as warm weather drew crowds to enjoy the free vaudeville pavilion and bathing beach. Amateur acts impressed, with Mueller Krohnemann hand balancers Manuel Romaine Ruth Haywood and Phyllis Jones among winners. Two prizes went to the most graceful waltzers.
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Chester
Mueller and
Krohnemann
Manuel Romaine
Rena Leake
Busch
Ruth
Edward Haywood
Phyllis Jones
Miss Agnes Angel Shines in New Robinson Show
Miss Agnes Angel, the Directoire gow girl, drew large crowds with her hit I Don't Care. She repeated the song multiple times per performance as audiences demanded. Eugene Howard, the Moras, Beaumonts, and other acts received enthusiastic applause for a varied illustrated program. The Romance of the Old Mill, The Kias, The Two Traveling Bags, Madams Fancies, The Plain Clothes Man and other scenes offered vivid, entertaining portrayals with strong performers and engaging plots.
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Agnes Angel
Directoire Gow
Robinson
Eugene Howard
Moras
Beaumonts
Moving pictures draw 3000 at Odd Fellows Temple
Audiences over three thousand attended yesterday afternoon and night at the Odd Fellows Temple for O. T. Crawford's new animated photographs. The program included a lecturer, music, mechanical effects, and the freshly released Vitagraph piece The Wakes of Sin showing on the bill with vivid dramatic scenes.
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Odd Fellows’ Temple
O. T. Crawford
The Wages of Sin and New Film Showings at Local Theatre
An Italian tragedy titled The Wages of Sin features a husband exposing a deception, disguises, a killed lover, and a vengeful, tragic finale. Pathé Freres presents Mesmerist and Grotesques, while Will Price performs Take Me Back to New York Town. program changes Tuesday Thursday Saturday.
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Pathe Freres
Will Price
New York Town
Moving Picture and Song
Paid in Full dazzles Detroit as record stage run ends
A Detroit dispatch reports Wagen hals and Kemper’s company presenting Eugene Walter’s Paid in Full closed at the Detroit Opera House after a record run for a purely dramatic attraction. The theater stayed at capacity, with receipts near $12,000, surpassing most tours though not matching Sarah Bernhardt or Maude Adams.
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Detroit
Wagenhals
Kemper
Eugene Walter
Detroit Opera House
Sarah Bernhardt
Maude Adams
Chicago
Weber’s Theater
New York
Hippodrome Debut Delivers Grand New Spectacle
The New York Sun lauds Max Anderson's Hippodrome show praising its wealth of new material and bold staging. R. H. Burnside as stage manager earns top marks while Arthur Voegtlhin Manuel Klein and Vincenzo Romeo are hailed as brilliant lieutenants. Features include a baseball scene polar bears perform a dog act and a dove shower finale. Tickets for July Fourth go on sale.
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R. H. Burnside
Hippodrome
Arthur Voegtlhin
Manuel Klein
Vincenzo Romeo
Hfe
New York
Shubert
Anderson
Acton Davies
Grand Theatre Amusement Notes Arrivals and Talent
John H Havlin to arrive by Tuesday as first Grand manager back from vacation Henry Ziegler departed for New York Dorothy Brenner from Cincinnati stars in Honeymoon Trail with a sweet soprano and a standout personality Her rendition When I Feel Like Loving is a highlight of the show.
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Grand
John H. Havlin
Dorothy Brenner
Cincinnati
Honeymoon Trail
Cincinnati playwright Eugene Walter brings new works to Lyric
Cincinnati readers learn Eugene Walter once a local reporter now writes plays. His piece The Wolf comes to the Lyric next week while Paid in Full continues in multiple companies including one in London and another in Viola Allen's season.
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Grand Opera House
Cincinnati
Eugene Walter
London
Viola Allen
Walter
the Wolf
Mr. Walter
Majestic Theater to Present The Great Question Season
A. L. Wilbur of Boston and New York Majestic Theaters introduces Frederick Paulding's The Great Question with Miss Bonstelle as Alicia Savernex Julius McVicker as the leading man and A. H. Stuart in a principal Judge Savernex role.
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A. L. Wilbur
Boston
Majestic Theater
The
Majestic
New York
Wilbur Opera Company
Frederick Paulding
Greatuestion
Miss Bonstelle
Alicia Savernex
Julius McVicker
A. H. Stuart
Judge Savernex
Lyman Howe Travel Pictures Draw Big Crowds at Lyric
The Lyman Howe travel pictures at the Lyric drew two large crowds yesterday afternoon and evening marking the last Cincinnati engagement for several months. The program featured films from the first week of the current engagement and despite warm weather all thirty performances were well attended with many audiences filling the theater.
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Lyman Howe
the Lyric
Howe
Cincinnati
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