House of a Thousand Candles at the Lyric Next Week
Forepaugh Stock Company presents The House of a Thousand Candles at the Olympic with a strong ensemble led by E. M. Holland and James K. Hackett. The Indiana mystery drama by Meredith Nicholson promises swift movement and absorbing suspense in a well mounted production by Forepaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith Nicholson
Indiana
George Middleton
James K. Hackett
E. M. Holland
Bates
House of A Thousand Candles
Guy Standing Escapes Auto Fine With Comic Court Tale
Actor Guy Standing faced a traffic stop near New York after speeding to avoid a hill incident involving children. He argued the speed was necessary, the officer persisted, and the judge discharged him. Standing then suggested an auto trip with the policeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standing
Frank McGillicuddy
Guy Standing
Charley Steele
Gilbert Parker
Grand Opera House
New York
Mr. Standing
Standing Dia
Coal Supply Bids Sought by Cincinnati Water Works
Cincinnati water board seeks sealed proposals for furnishing and delivering coal to river and main pumping stations. Bids due October 23 1908 with bond or certified funds, sample coal required, and option to bid on items 1 and 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Commissioners of Water Works
City of
Cincinnati
Ohio
Board ‘Trustees
Commissioners of
Ware Works
Dc Works
Herema Denn
Elmer G. Clerk
Last Chester season day to close amusements Next Sunday
Manager Martin declares next Sunday the last chance to enjoy Chester for 1908. The beach rides and Dream land attractions close after the day as contractors prepare Chester for 1909 with demolition of many buildings beginning Monday. Two amateur vaudeville shows cap the Sunday program, aligning with ongoing summer shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Chester
Chesters
Right of Way Stage Return Delights Grand Opera House
Eugene W Presbrey’s adaptation of Sir Gilbert Parker's The Right of Way returns to the Grand Opera House next week. The production features Guy Standing Theodore Roberts May Buckley Paula Gray and an excellent company with lifelike scenery including a final Valley of Cooling Springs scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene W. Presbrey
Gilbert Parker
Grand Opera House
Presbrey
Erlanger
New York City
Mr. Standing
Theodore Roberts
Joe Portugais
Dainty May Buckley
Farmyard Circus Comes to The Columbia This Week
Sammy Watson's Farmyard Circus brings an English act to the Columbia. Watson appears as a coster with a vegetable wagon and donkey. The show features bidding animals, four crowing roosters, trained pigs, barking dogs, and a misbehaving donkey, with Watson guiding the animals away from the stage during performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmyard Circus
Ohio
Indiana
Sammy Watson
Columbia
England
Mr. Watson
Watson
Bootblack
The Lyric Screens The Wolf Matinee This Afternoon
The Lyric presents a midweek matinee of The Wolf this afternoon. Advance seats sold well as the play thrills audiences especially the women who hate Mc Tavish’s anti woman speeches but cheer the monster’s comeuppance.
Matinee of Honey Moon Trail at the Grand
A matinee performance of Honey Moon Trail plays today at the Grand. The show features Harry Stone Olive Vail Alma Youlin Dorothy Brennan and Bessilee Merrill in a lively musical pageant popularizing the Princess Amusement Company, formerly Singer Askin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Grand
Princess Amusement Company
Harry Stone
Olive Vail
Alma Youlin
Dorothy Brennan
T Soubrette
Bessilee Merrill
Fore Paugh Stock Company Matinee at the Olympic
The midweek matinee at the Olympic features the Fore paugh Stock Company performing Zira. The run has drawn the largest audiences of the season despite unusual weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zira
Olympic
Forepaugh
Wine Woman and Song heads to Walnut on tour
Mortimer M. Theise presents Wine, Woman and Song with Bonita as star at the Walnut next week. The show did record business last season and features Bonita, Nat Carr, Lew Hearn, James Mullen, Max Armstrong ballet, Har monists, and a travesty on Three Weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer M. Theise
Bonita
Walnut
Lew Hearn
Max Armstrong
American Pony Ballet
Charles Raymond
Allan Coogan
Herman Steinman
Orville Harrold
Arthur Wood
Hal Pierson
Ethel Hall
Mamie Walker
Nella Palmer
Gloria Douglas
Auditorium Moving Pictures at Odd Fellows Temple
The Auditorium presents a two day series on Tuesday and Wednesday with thrillers and music. Headliner is Her Newsboy Friend a Vitagraph drama with a factory romance and a police rescue. Other features include Not Guilty A Tricky Painter's Fate The Coney Island Fire In an Arm chair and musical numbers by Maxim song from The Merry Widow and The Red Mill with Will Price tenor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Vitagraph Company
Wall Street
Coney Island
Talking Marvel
Maxim
Harrigan
Empire Burlesquers to Feature Casey Impersonations
The Empire Burlesquers, popular for Roger Imhof as Casey, open at People's Theater Sunday with a new burlesque At Magdalena Bay. A notable scene includes a miniature battle between Uncle Sam’s warships and a hostile fleet ending in their destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire
Roger Imhof
Casey
People’s Theater
Mr. Imhof
Magdalena Bay
California
Uncle Sam
Shadowed By Three Opens at Lyceum This Season
The sensational production Shadowed By Three debuts at the Lyceum this coming Sunday. A sixty horse power auto bursts through a conservatory window at high speed, overturning furniture and plants. Henella the magician and the La Salle Singing Four are featured with the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum
Henella
la Salle Singing
On Trial for His Life Opens at Heucks A H Woods Play
A new frontier melodrama debuts at Heucks on Sunday September 27 by A H Woods titled On Trial for His Life. The plot centers on a guardhouse fire and a dramatic rescue of Lt Jack Royal as soldiers form a human bridge to save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far Southwest
Heuck's
A. H. Woods
Jack Royal
United States
The World and His Wife Plays and Artistic Freedom
The article argues that actors who manage themselves do so for artistic freedom not ego or necessity. It emphasizes choosing plays and aligning the selection with artistic achievement, warning that temperament drives self-management rather than commercial motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William. Faversham
Actors Should Control Plays Free From Managerial Domination
The article argues for actor-led control of play selection and production, noting that commercial managers often constrain artistic freedom by enforcing contracts and stage directions. It cites historic examples of actor-managers like Garrick Kean and the Wallacks, praising independence from business dictates. It acknowledges the value of commercial managers but urges freedom in artistic choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadaatyat
Augustini Daly
A. M. Palmer
Garrick
Kean
Kembles
Macready
Phelps
Bancrofts
Sir Henry Irving
John Hare
George Alexander
Kendal
Charles Wyndham
Beerbohm Tree
Cyril Maude
Charles Hawtry
Lena Ashwell
Wallacks
Booth
McCullough
Barrett
Joseph Jefferson
Echegaray’s Las Dramatic Reach Reaches America
The article notes renewed interest in Spanish dramatist Echegaray known as The Lord of the Spanish Stage. It recalls Boston stage history with El Gran Galeoto adaptation titled The World and His Wife staged February 7, 1907, at Hollis Street Theater. William Faversham later plans a repertoire of fine plays and will present the work at the Lyric Theater Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echegaray
Joel Echegaray
America
Boston
Hollis Street Theater
William Faversham
Charles Frederic Nirdlinger
Echagaray
Dramatic Writers of America
Faversham
Lyric Theater
The Girl Behind the Counter at Lyric Theatre
Lew Fields underlines in The Girl Behind the Counter while William Faversham performs at the Lyric. Mort H Singer, driving force behind Honeymoon Trail’s company, returns to Chicago optimistic about a long tour. Edwin Rood at the Columbia this week in American Humor and Hindoo Magic delivers character impressions, piano singing, and a Hindoo magician act with a barefoot assistant in real Hindoostani dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Fields
Girl
William Faversham
Lyric Theater
Mort. H. Singer
Chicago
Edwin Rood
Columbia
Rose Hill Folly Company at Standard Theater Next Week
Rose Hill Folly Company led by Rice and Barton brings a bigger production to the Standard Theater next week with burlesque The Knights of the Red Garter and a vaudeville bill including The Four Londons John E Cain Blanch Newcomb Idylla Vyner York Sisters and more. George W Rice stars in three act burlesque with T F Thomas as his comic partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Theater
Rose Hill Folly Company
Rice and Barton
Knights of the Red Garter
Four
Londons
John E. Cain
Dowie's Father John Murray Dowie Dies at 82
John Murray Dowie aged 82 father of Zion City founder John Alexander Dowie died at the home of his son's widow Mrs Jane Dowie on White Lake Muskegon County. He had been living with her after being repudiated by his son and had been in declining health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
John Murray Dowie
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Jane Dowie
White Lake
Muskegon County
Dowie
Residents Buy Water Amid Shortage in South Bellevue
South Bellevue residents face a water famine and are charged twenty five cents per barrel. Several men have exploited the scarcity by selling water by the barrel to hill residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bellevue
Insane Inmate Kills Two at St Elizabeths Asylum
Andrew Lightfoot, a 40 year old patient at St Elizabeths Asylum, killed overseer Patrick Maloney and inmate Millie Follin with an iron bar and wounded another inmate Miss Robinson. Escaping, he was shot by police after a chase through swamps and the asylum grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew Lightfoot
St. Elizabeth's Asylum For the
Patrick Maloney
Millie Follin
Miss Robinson
Maloney
Lightfoot
Rescue in Well After Gas Explosion Ends Intense Effort
John Bennewitz of Erlanger risked his life to rescue J H Bourbon from a dry well after dynamite discharge produced toxic fumes. Bourbon, a colored man, descended into the well to see the result and fainted. Bennewitz tied a rope around him and pulled him out before collapsing himself. Meanwhile farmer Jacob Schuenth of Three Mile Creek received a letter signed Night Riders warning him not to raise tobacco and to pool his crop, alarming him as he stores thousands of pounds. police are investigating the note and the threat to burn his tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bennewitz
Erlanger
J. H. Bourbon
Bennewitz
Bourbon
Jacob Schuenth
Three-Mile Creek
Newport
Schuenth
Society of Equity
Postmaster to Talk to Covington Pupils on Postal Service
Postmaster O A Reynolds of Covington received a Washington instruction to confer with local schools on the operation and organization of the postal service. He will discuss mail distribution and classification and the importance of return cards, making personal talks to pupils and aiding teachers, and will consult Superintendent H O Sluss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Reynolds
Covington
Post Office Department
Washington
Reynolds
H. O. Sluss
Nat Goodwin Sues Wife for Divorce in Reno
Nat C. Goodwin the actor filed a sealed complaint for divorce against his wife Bessie Harl Goodwin known as Maxine Elliott. The allegations remain sealed until the case is issued and papers unsealed in court. Attorneys decline comment and a rebuttal from Mrs Goodwin is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nat C. Goodwin
Bessie Harl Goodwin
Maxine Elliott
Goodwin
Freak ear of corn found by patrolman in Gov ington
Patrolman Johnny Moran of the Gov ington Police Department found a freak ear of corn weighing over a pound. The grains are small yet the ear forms a horse hoof shape with the bottom resembling the hoof’s underside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Moran
Govington
Burglars Enter Rooming House, Steal Watches and Cash
Burglars entered Viola B. Volz’s rooming house at 2018 Madison Avenue Covington. They took two valuable gold watches and $21. In R. P. Thompson’s room a gold watch and $20 were stolen. In William Cox’s room $1.50 and a gold watch were obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola B. Volz
Madison Avenue
Covington
R. P. Thompson
William Cox
Goodwin Love triangle rumors traced through marriages
New York reports recount theatrical star Goodwin pursued Miss Edna Goodrich to avoid a divorce from Miss Maxine Elliott. European cables tied the plot to a California mining operator and a potential wedding, while Goodwin’s past marriages and a breach of promise case outline a long, romantic marital history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mr. Goodwin
Edna Goodrich
Maxine Elliott
Europe
Goodwin
Miss Goodrich
London
England
James H. McMillan
California
Miss Elliott
Eliza Weathersby
Lyda Thompson
Lilia Farrell
Buffalo
Nellie Pease
City
Rebekah Assembly Meets in Odd Fellows Hall
The twenty first annual meeting of the Rebekah State Assembly convenes in Odd Fellows Hall this morning. Covington police night patrolmen plan a shooting tournament at Hazelwood Park this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah State Assembly
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Covington
Property transfers on Second and Denver streets noted
Dominico Rusconi transfers 48 by 65 feet on Second street to Johanna Wolverton. Anna and John Clayton convey 25 by 100 feet on Denver street to Bertha. J H Mersman transfers 25 by 123 feet on Timberlake street in Latonia to Joseph and Lotta Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominico Rusconi
Johanna Wolverton
Second Street
Anna
John Clayton
Bertha
Denver Street
J. H. Mersman
Joseph
Lotta Parker
Timberlake
Latonia
Local Residents Listed with Ages and Residences
Names and residences include Clarence Clifton Ludlow Ky Susie B Gillaspie Ludlow Ky George A Schrand Covington Agnes Huck Covington William Wisher Covington Mary Heilman Covington 25 George E Whitcomb Latonia Die Spiga Latonia Ada M Cream Latonia 16 Ages and addresses partially shown in damaged OCR list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Clifton
Ludlow
Epebe
Susie B. Gillaspie
George A. Schrand
Covington Agnes
Huck
Covington
William Wisher
Mary Heilman
George E. Whitcomb
Latonia
Ada M. Cream
Sii
Actress Maxine Elliott Denies Reno Divorce Suit
Philadelphia report says Maxine Elliott, star of Myself Betty and io Through, has no knowledge of Nat Goodwin's Reno Nevada divorce suit. Her manager states no papers have been served and Elliott declines to comment in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Maxine Elliott
Bettina
Nat Goodwin
Reno
Nev
Miss Elliott
Democratic Judicial Primary Elects Otto Wolff Circuit Judge
The Democratic Judicial Primary Committee met in the Sheriff's office in Newport and canvassed last Saturday's primary votes. Otto Wolff led with 2,119 to Ramsey Washington's 1,195, giving Wolff a 924 vote margin. The judgeship primary surpassed the recent Congressional primary by over 500 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Judicial
Newport
Otto Wolff
Ramsey Washington
Wolff
Who is W E J Found near Ohio River Eight Mile Dike
Harry Stone, a young Brent Kentucky farmer, discovered a black coat gray trousers tan shoes and a hat with the initials W E J on the Ohio River near the Eight-mile Dike. The clothing and rowboat floated close to the riverbank yesterday afternoon prompting questions about the identity of W E J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Harry Stone
Brent
Dayton Lodge Wins Second Prize in State Drill
Guiding Star Lodge of Knights of Pythias in Dayton Kentucky learned from the State convention in Lexington that their local uniformed unit took second prize in the drill. Hopkinsville took first, Versailles third, Lexington fourth. Captain John Swift and the Uniform Company No 2 earned prizes as top drillmasters. Calanthe Temple Pythian Sisters won for largest parade rank last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiding Star Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Dayton
Lexington
Hopkinsville
Versailles
John Swift
No. 2
Calanthe Temple Pythian Sisters
Death of Paris C. Brown Jr in Chicago
Newport News reports the death of Paris C. Brown Jr age 42 in Chicago from pneumonia. He was a former Newport resident and son of former Mayor Paris C. Brown. The body will be brought to Newport today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Paris C. Brown, Jr
Paris C. Brown
Chicago
Belle Vue Couple Weds at St Anthony’s Church
Miss Celia Gott daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman J Gott of 38 Ross Avenue Belle Vue Ky married Harry J Bueter yesterday at 8 30 in St Anthony’s Church Rev Father Kahoe officiated Loretta Gott attended Celia and Gott served as groomsman The couple will honeymoon two weeks in Washington Bentie City and New York after the wedding breakfast at the Gott residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony’s Church
Celia Gott
Herman J. Gott
Ross Avenue
Bellevue
Harry J. Bueter
Loretta M. Gott
Mr. Gott
Father Kahoe
Washington
Bentie City
New York
Kenton Court Notes Henry F Childress Named Executor
In County Court Henry F Childress was appointed executor of T Jeff Childress. A squire Childress died during an inquest over a train death of a black man. Lucy Gifford was found to be of unsound mind by a Circuit Court jury. John Kehoe became administrator of Margaret Kehoe estate. Lucien A Potter jailed thirty days by Police Judge Read for disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Childress
T. Jeff Childress
Squire Childress
Lucy Gifford
John Kehoe
Margaret Kehoe
Lucien A. Potter
Read
Realty transfers list for Newport Highlands and Highlands subdivision
Lavina Button transfers to Birdie M Singleton Lot 15 and 1 in Taylor heirs addition Newport. W O Newman and wife sell to Albert G Ross and wife Lot 11 in Crawford’s tue Grass subdivision Highlands. Highland Park Land Company sells to Sam W Hills Lots 19 and 196 in Highland Land Company subdivision Highlands. 1025.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavina Button
Birdie M. Singleton
Taylor Heirs
Newport
W. O. Newman
Albert G. Ross
Crawford
Highlands
Highland Park Land Company
Sam W. Hills
Highland Land Company
Campbell County Names Election Officers for October and November
The Campbell County Board of Election Commissioners led by Carey Lindsay L. J. Diskin and Sheriff Nagel appointed four officers per precinct for forty precincts. Roles include clerk sheriff and two judges with two Republicans and two Democrats assigned in each precinct. Precincts across wards Bellevue Dayton Alexandria and other towns list named officers. Classes cover First Ward Second Ward Third Ward Fourth Ward Fifth Ward and Sixth Ward along with various village precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell County Board of Election Commissioners
Carey Lindsay
L. J. Diskin
Nagel
Newport
Campbell County
Tom Carothers
Gus Koehler
H. J. Heaver
Frank Spencer
B. C. Patterson
al Howe
T. N. Hewettson
Tom O'Brien
W. W. Pagan
John Thornton
George Sue
Tom Golden
Frank McMurrer
J. S. Roebuck
C. R. Warner
William Finneran
Charles M. Gallagher
William Knoop
J. Eliflien
Charles Brown
Joe Holland
Alex. Schaffer
William Schorle
Eber Schrode
C. H. Biltz
Ed Flanigan
Philip Stein
August Reuter
Runnells
al Weingardener
Charles Schultz
Lee Hyland
George White
H. J. Falk
John Tapking
Ed Ryan
Hercules Carrel
John Borches
Martin Claus
Joe Hehman
Frank Lafayette
William Erb
William Tucker
Henry Pelzer
Charles Muhlenkamp
William Reay
William Clark
Charles Remme
Ernest Meyers
Charles Walters
George Dunn
Joe Dun‘gan
William Brinkman
Frank Betz
George Wittman
Fred Wagner
George Marxmiller
Pete Ampler
Ed Nordheim
Tom Finneran
Mark Krinn
A. Gleason
Henry Lekamp
Joe Fenders
A. Theis
Dr. Sauter
Clifford Kouitz
Joe Schneider
William Harker
D. H. Nadermann
H. Brim
Ben. Higge
Alex: Young
Charles Cunningham
F. W. Schnier
Val. Streck
Edwin Boers
Joseph Gesser
R.A. Nagel
W. H. Arbogast
A. W. Beakers
Tom Scahill
Dayton
George Weimhold
Adam Heeg
J. Bauman
F. Beckley
Ed. Wessel
Tom Laub
Samuel Carr
J. A. Arnold
Dr. Emery
Harry Utters
John Ervin
Jesse Haggard
T. A. Casey
Harvey Beagle
H. Schafstall
Charles Meyers
Alexandria
Edgar Thatcher
Charles Prelin
Samuel F. Wright
John Orth
California
W. W. Herdon
D. B. Ellis
James Ra
Charles Axt
Frank Huntemann
W. W. Baxter
Elvin Klotzback
Dry Ridge
A. Kohler
Joe Heringer
John Weaver
Frank Brossart
Gubser Mill
Frank Zink
Sam Mains
Henry Ehrhardt
Peter Sachs
R. Grant
Lick
T. W. Bird
W. J. Coléman
W. J. Darlington
John Schwartz
Highland
A. William Band
Taylor Sprague
Tom Hawkins
Southgate
John Nieba Oe Gallagher
L. Lohr, Jr
Joe Wilders
Peter Enslen
F. Mittenmiller
Gus Schneider
H. Feldmann
Benjarik Murder Trial Hears Licking Pike Shooting Details
The trial of Steve Benjarik on a murder charge related to the shooting of two Hungarians on the Licking pike near Newport resumed in County Judge Moore's court. Prosecution by Colonel M R Lockhart and Coroner Digby. defense by Arthur Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Benjarik
Licking Pike
Newport
Moore's Court
M R. Lockhart
Digby
Arthur Hall
Benjarik
Meilen
Brockhartzer
Nike
Moore
Infirmary Farm
Newport Marriage Licenses Highlight Local Names
Dayton Kentucky resident Angela Smith marries George Messman of Dayton Kentucky. The license listing shows the couple registered in Newport with residence details and standard formalities for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Messman
Dayton, KyY-secopeess
Angela Smith
Deyton, Ky
Esiesees
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