Chanler Praised by Bryan as Governor Nominee
Democratic leaders and delegates hailed Chanler as the next New York governor after Bryan introduced him at the convention. Bryan urged unity for a Democratic victory, attacking Roosevelt and Taft while Chanler received widespread applause and support during a day of seventeen speeches across the Empire State.
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New York
Chanler
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Chanler
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N. J
Empire State
West Shore
New York Central
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Mr. Taft
Cleveland's 1892 Landslide Election in a Labor Clash
The article recounts the 1892 presidential race, detailing Cleveland's victory over Harrison and Weaver, the Homestead strike's impact, and party realignments. It notes Populist rise, electoral switches, and the unprecedented third popular plurality for Cleveland.
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James B. Weaver
Iowa
Weaver
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Nevada
North Dakota
Oregon
Cleveland
Harrison
New Hampshire
Monroe
George Washington
Clay
New York
Adams
Crawford
Homestead
Carnegie Steel Works
Pinkertons
Far West
Quay
Illinois
Wisconsin
Andrew Jackson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Frederic J. Haskin
Kern Visits Louisville for Nonpartisan Address
Democratic Vice Presidential candidate John W. Kern was welcomed by Kentucky leaders and a large crowd at the State Fair Grounds in Louisville. He spoke at luncheon with the Kentucky Colonels marching club hosting the arrival and escort to the Seelbach Hotel after arriving from Indianapolis.
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Louisville
John W. Kern
Kentucky
State Fair Grounds
Kern
Kentucky Colonels
Democratic Marching Club
Indianapolis
Seelbach Hotel
Connecticut Ticket Named at Democratic State Convention
Hartford report on the Democratic State convention notes former Governor Thomas M. Waller influenced delegates to nominate Judge A Heaton Robertson for Governor. The ticket includes Rollin A. Tyler for Lieutenant Governor Andrew J. Brougher Secretary of State George Mischler State Treasurer John M. Brady State Controller and Christopher Avery Congressman at large. The platform emphasizes State issues with fifteen of sixteen planks focused there.
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Hartford
Conn
Congress
Thomas M. Waller
A. Heaton Robertson
New Haven
Rollin A. Tyler
Andrew J. Brougher
George Mischler
John M. Brady
Collier defeats Henry in Mississippi primary race
Jackson Mississippi September 16 practically complete returns show J W Collier of Warren named successor to John Sharp Williams over Pat Henry of Rankin by a majority of 575 votes in yesterday's Congressional primary.
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Jackson
Miss
J. W. Collier
Warren
John Sharp Williams
Pat Henry
Rankin
Obituary notices of notable figures across several states
Obituaries report the deaths of Frank E. Alden of Pittsburg designer with Carnegie Institute age 49 in Edgartown Mass and A E Maxwell general Seaboard Air Line headq Jacksonville Fla 65 from heart trouble in Gainesville Ga Also Lt Col Charles Newbold retired dies in California en route to Colorado Springs aged unknown with Civil War service and family ties to Washington Evening Star and AP The piece also notes Dr George W Clark oldest living Union College graduate dies in New York City aged 92 recalling Roscoe Conkling incident and Clark remarks about discipline making Conkling a future senator
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Carnegie Institute
Edgartown
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A. E. Maxwell
Seaboard Air Line
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Charles Newbold
California
Colorado Springs
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Philadelphia
Washington, D.C
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Washington Evening Star
Frank B. Noyes
Chicago
Associated Press
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Union College
Roscoe Conkling
New York City
Clark
New York
Judge Conkling
Roscoe
Zira at the Olympic Sunday with Forepaugh stock company
Zira a drama of a nurse who assumes another woman's life in London returns to memory and reveals truth as Forepaugh Stock Company presents it at the Olympic next week. Meats served Sundays and bathing beach open for ladies. prize waltz and amateur vaudeville prizes noted.
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Zira
Olympic
Foreépaugh Stock Company
Henry Miller
Margaret Anglin
South Africa
London
Roof Garden
Sunny Side of Broadway delights Walnut audiences
Murray and Mack's grotesque farcical comedy The Sunny Side of Broadway plays at the Walnut this week drawing good crowds despite the heat. The two act piece blends vaudeville and light opera features with an original book and 18 numbers by Boyle Woolfolk. Midweek matinees are scheduled for this afternoon.
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Walnut
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King Casey to Play Walnut Street Theater Next Week
The Rays headline the musical comedy King Casey at Walnut Street Theater with a refurbished production full of wit, song and slapstick. Emma Ray stars as Gildie Mine, with Frank Rose and the comics in a frothy plot of mistaken identity on two acts set from the Waldorf to a tropical island.
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Walnut Street
King Casey
Rays
Waldorf, Astoria
Casey
Ray
Lalla Pa Zaza
Emma Ray
Gildie Mine
Annie Anheuser
Sam Land
Rosie Ramble
Frank Rose
Dan Coleman
Lester Mason
John Mortis
George Wismar
Paid in Full draws growing audiences at the Grand
Audiences increase with every show of Paid in Full at the Grand. The Wednesday matinee drew the season’s largest crowd while last night’s performance again attracted critical playgoers. The Eugene Walter drama is shaping to end its engagement with capacity houses, signaling a highly successful week.
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Grand Tell
Eugéne Walter
Hissed Villain in Paid in Full at Grand
Guy Bates Post impressed audiences as Brooks in Paid in Full drawing hissed responses from several hundred viewers on Tuesday night. Post described the event as remarkable and unexpected, noting he would soon star in Bridge under Harrison Grey Fiske.
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Guy Bates Post
Mr. Post
Post
Brooks
Will
Bridge
Harrison Grey Fiske
Honeymoon Trail Heads to Grand Next Week
The big musical comedy Honeymoon Trail arrives at the Grand next week marking Mort H. Singer’s latest success. It previously drew enthusiastic Chicago audiences for 200 nights at the La Salle Theater and now tours, signaling another popular entry in this season’s lineup.
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Chicago
la Salle Theater
Mort H. Singer
la Salle
Whose Little Girlie Are You A San Diego Stage Smash
A Chicago originated brisk comedy unfolds at Sleepy Hollow Rest Cure with a hustling baked bean salesman causing chaos at Liberty Hall. He deserts rest to promote his goods, reunites divorced couples, and ends by marrying the rival boss’s daughter and joining the firm. The cast delivers constant laughter in colorful Lower California settings with lavish costumes.
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Chicago
Sleepy Hollow
Liberty Hall
Lower
California
Singer
Bill for Columbia Featuring School Days and Barnyard Circus
The program next week in Columbia opens with Gus Edwards' School boys and Girls in School Days a comic opera. Sammy Watson's Barnyard Circus a European novelty for children follows with a slate of acts including the Five Juggling Normans Ward Klare and Company in The Twin Flats the Rooney Sisters in singing and dancing the Bootblack Quartet the Braselly Sisters the Frederick Musical Trio and moving pictures.
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Columbia
Gus Edwards
Sammy Watson
Barnyard Circus
Ward, Klare and Company
Twin Flats
Rooney
Pat Rooney
Bootblack
Braselly
Frederick Musical
Moving Pictures
Chester Park Vaudeville Contest Promises Fresh Acts
Chester prepares for another amateur vaudeville contest next Sunday with new acts daily. The program will feature afternoon and evening contests alongside the park’s usual attractions and amusements managed by the park.
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Chester
Auditorium Change of Bill at Odd Fellows Hall
The new programme at the Odd Fellows' Auditorium Seventh and Elm is effective today. O T Crawford presents Thursday and Friday a series of screens on unusual merit with silent pictures from leading licensed film makers. The Wife's Strategy a clever Edison release leads the lineup with humor and live lecturer discussion. Heating Powders and A Hat of Fortune follow. Cameraphone selections feature Wilmot and Montrose plus vaudeville acts and songs by William Price.
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Seventh
Elm Streets
O. T. Crawford
Edison
Wilmot and Montrose
New York
Garibaldi
Vilya
William Price
Seats On Sale For The Wolf At Lyric Box Office
Reserved seats for Eugene Walter's The Wolf go on sale this morning at the Lyric box office. The play opens Sunday night in Cincinnati with the same cast and production that drew strong notices in New York and Chicago. Early inquiries suggest an immense week of business.
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Eugene Walter
Lyric Box
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Frivolities of 1918 to Feature Celebrity Impersonations
The People's Theater musical comedy will imitate famous figures including Anna Held Ethel Levy Blanche Bates Eve Tanguay and Caruso with a cast of impersonators. It also showcases a realistic Maude Allen Salome dance by La Bell Duseth, imported by the management.
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People’s Theater
Anna Held
Ethel Levy
Blanche Bates
Eve Tanguay
Vesta Victoria
Caruso
Eddie Foy
Raymond Hitchcock
McIntyre and Heath
David Belasco
Arabian Horse and Lost Trail Open at Lyceum This Week
The Lyceum opens The Lost Trail Sunday featuring a beautifully conformed Arabian horse in the act. The horse reads counts adds subtracts and times like a twelve year old while distinguishing sexes and colors. Miss Bessilee Merrill wears a Ducet designed gown in Honeymoon Trail at the Grand next week.
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Ducet
Paris
Bessilee Merrill
Rope and Lariat Exhibition at Lyceum
Beginning Monday Montana Frank of the Lost Trail Company will give an exhibition of rope and lariat throwing in front of the Lyceum.
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Montana Frank
The
Lost Trail Company
Lyceum
Montana Limited at Hedths Promises Dramatic Western Drama
Hedths presents The Montana Limited next week at Heuck's. The melodrama features a thrilling plot with Western characters and a highly realistic train robbery scene on a Montana railroad. Wholesome comedy lightens the action.
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Hedths
Heuck
the Montana Limited
Montana
Phonograph brings real wolf howls to Lyric Theatre production
The Shuberts use a phonographic record to supply authentic wolf howls in Eugene Walter’s The Wolf at the Lyric Theatre. Director Hornaday of the Bronx Zoo arranged the recording of gray timber wolves for the stage scene at the Little Bear River portage after sundown, enhancing atmosphere beyond mechanical effects.
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Eugene Walter
Hudson Bay
Fur Country
Lyric Theater
Little Bear River
Walter
Hornaday
New York Bronx Park Zoo
Zoological Gardens
Fred Irwin's Majestics at the Standard Theater
The coming week features Fred Irwin's Majestics with Gus Fay as the chief comedy character. Will King performs with his unctuous methods, Marie Hartman and Evelyn Walker supply comic beauty, and Ernest and Clara Racket headline a noted travesty act.
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Fred Irwin
Majestics
Standard
Witching Hour proves strong matinee despite warm weather
The Witching Hour at the Lyric drew solid attendance for a matinee and evening show, appealing to both women and men. Encores were vigorous, business grew through the week, and another Saturday matinee already reports large advance sales in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Grand next week to feature Honeymoon Trail cast at La Salle
The Grand presents Honeymoon Trail, a La Salle Theater musical comedy. Stars include Harry Stone as lead comedian noted for The Stolen Story and The Yankee Consul, with Alma Youlin as prima donna praised for The Land of Nod and Coming Thro the Rye.
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la Salle Theater
Harry Stone
Raymond Hitchcock
Alma Youlin
Lavendar Silk Garment Featured by Evening Directoire
The piece described is a lavender silk gown with a low neckline and short sleeves worn in the evening society circle. The description highlights its color, fabric, and stylish cut as a notable fashion choice of the event.
Havlin Returns Home Celebrates Grand Season Start
John H. Havlin came home after an all summer stay in New York and surrounding area. He expressed pleasure with the promising business being registered at the Grand during these first weeks of the season.
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John H. Havlin
New York
Mr. Havlin
the Grand
Six New Witnesses in Rustin Case Tangle Omaha Mystery
County Attorney English reports six new witnesses in the Rustin case. No details released. Investigators search for the murder weapon near the Rustin home and at the Chatham Hotel. Charles B. Davis remains a suspect as detective work expands to Excelsior Springs. Insurance efforts for the doctor’s family focus on a $75,000 policy with a $22,500 offer from one company.
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Dr. Austin
Rustin
Chatham Hotel
Charles B. Davis
Excelsior Springs
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Lfe
Austin
Abbie Rice
J. H. McIntosh
Europe
Accidental Shot Kills Merchant in Montclair
John Leonard, iron and steel manufacturer from New York, was killed by an accidental handgun discharge at his Montclair home. His secretary, Mr. Phillips, was arrested after police reviewed the incident and accepted his account of finding a revolver on the road and showing it to Leonard before the weapon exploded.
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N. J
John Leonard
New York
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Leonard
Noted Negro Minister Dies in Lexington
Rev. J. W. Hawkins pastor of the Colored First Baptist Church and retiring Moderator of the Baptist General Association of Kentucky died suddenly this morning from heart disease. The death follows a riot at his home last night triggered by J. E. Dalton of the Lexington State Guard who accused Hawkins’ son of selling liquor and attacked the residence.
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J. W. Hawkins
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Kentucky
J. E. Dalton
Lexington State Guard Company
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