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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
7
The Forepaugh Stock Company brings The House of a Thousand Candles to the Olympic next week with a dramatic unfinished apartment setting and mystery driven by enterprising entrances and exits. The production promises strong actors, a delicate love theme, and a liberal scenic presentation aimed to captivate audiences.
Cincinnati soloist Miss Wilmine Hammann departs Saturday for a South tour. She will open as chief soloist for the Tennessee State Fair in Memphis then perform ten days in Birmingham and Montgomery, with stops in other large Southern cities. She will feature two Payne and Esberger songs, Arrow and Big Black Boo Boo Man, showcasing her voice.
Bonita, famed star of the Wine Woman and Song Company, will appear at the Walnut next week. She is celebrated as The Mother of Sorrow and The Face of a Girl in New York art galleries, and she plans to star next season in The Girl From Georgia by Mortimer M. Theise.
After next week's show at the Grand Opera House the drama The Right of Way leaves the season with the same cast. Guy Standing and Theodore Roberts will co star next year in a different production, a move noted as impressive as any next week curtain.
Local theatergoers show strong interest in the Klaw and Erlanger production Right of Way at the Grand. An advance sale yesterday drew encouraging demand for the dramatic stage version of Sir Gilbert Parker's famed novel, with audiences expected to pack the house from opening.
First week of musical comedy at the Grand Opera House features Honeymoon Trail drawing good crowds. Alma Youlan and Olive Vail as primadonnas gain prestige and cultivate notable acquaintances during their stay.
Clyde Fitch's comedy The Truth premieres at the New Theater in Berlin. Critics find it hard to believe the play originated in America.
Manager Havlin returns from New York as J D Leffingwell arrives today representing Ethel Barrymore. She will soon appear in Lady Frederick at the Grand Opera. Heuck’s Sunday program features a military clash, a court martial, Zouaves drill and a dramatic human bridge in On Trial for His Life opening for the week.
The New Rink at Music Hall will start the season on Monday October 5 with a new skating surface and fresh decorations. Local management predicts the season will be the most successful in rink history as crowds have grown steadily, making opening week highly anticipated and likely to attract large attendance.
The renowned actor-manager visits London to recall Bentie Terrace and a haunted house legend tied to his family. He learns the former residence is ruined and claims it is haunted, a tale confirmed by locals and the current caretakers who say former tenants fled for fear of mischievous spirits.
Chester will be open Sunday for one last outing ending the 1908 season. Manager Martin will deploy men Monday to prepare for new features and attractions for a May 1909 opening. Sunday will feature park attractions and two amateur contests, one afternoon and one evening.
Auditorium patrons enjoyed a new programme of moving pictures with effects lectures and music. O T Crawford presents animated photographs never before shown to Americans with the talking marvel camera phone. Will Price sings At the Old Cross Road in good style. Show lasts over an hour. Change of bill every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
Manager W F Mann enhances the play Shadowed By Three with vaudeville acts. Henella the magician has impressed audiences in major cities. The La Salle Singing Four performs popular songs with strong delivery as the drama follows a young woman accused of murder pursued by three detectives around the world.
Johnnie McVeigh a suitcase school of ballad singers and four singing girls joins Columbia next week. The sketch set in a college dormitory features a burglar entering and lively comedy leading to a final operatic act described as a short comic opera.
One of the most artistic acts in years at the Columbia will be Miss Mabelle Adams the wall violinist who appears next week. She is a competent musician and showcases an artistic brown Greek costume with a classically painted drop curtain behind her. The overall effect is romantic and enhances her violin playing.
The Empire Burlesquers are slated as next week’s attraction at the People's Theatre with Roger Imhoff the chief funmaker billed as the Irish comedian centerpiece.
The Rose Hill Folly Company led by Rice and Barton is to be at the Standard for the week starting Sunday. Cast includes George Rice F F Thomas John E Cain Blanch Newcomb Idylla Vyner Henrietta Wheeler Mile Beatrice Alassie Gaylor Henrietta St Felix the York Sisters and other popular performers.
Bellevue Kentucky city actions include directives to install new rails and ties for street cars, a $50 moving picture tax ordinance, and valuation figures for C N C Street Railway and Union Lights and Power. The council also approved small claims payments and discussed light company contract compliance. Mayor Cassidy was named a delegate to the Ohio Valley Improvement Association convention in Louisville on October 22 and 23.
Two five pound cartridge shaped devices were found in the hallway near the study of Rev. Father Jeremiah Murray at the Church of the Atonement on Third Street between Central and John. Police suspect possible explosion but investigators have not confirmed intent or origin. Father Murray was unharmed and hospitalized overnight after the incident.
In Fernbank at the Church of the Resurrection Miss Margaret March married Harvey Leon ard Shepard of Pittsburg with a large bridal party and family. Separately Miss Mabel Brothers wed Barton Warren Elliott at Walnut Hills in a green and white reception. The Nativity Church in Price Hill hosted Ida Estelle Davis and Stanley March with a formal ceremony and grand reception.
Residents of Avondale and nearby areas share travels and visits. George Dent Crabbs heads to New York with Mrs Crabbs to join later, while Mrs Jay Frank and her young son return to New York from Ohio. Others visit Cleveland and Sag Harbor and many plan trips or return home from summers with relatives.
Miss Lucy Blackburn of Covington entertains guests with whist at Mrs. William Curry’s Covington home in honor of Mrs. Burton Warner who leaves for Philadelphia next Tuesday. Miss Anna Schermbeck and Mr. David Kelly of Newport marry quietly Saturday evening at the bride’s home with Rev. Charles Clingman officiating. Mrs. Zeke Arnold visits Covington. Miss Robin Hamilton of Mt. Sterling visits Covington. Mrs. John Hodge and others host luncheon and whist at the Grand Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Fox and children return to Louisville after visiting Newport. Laura Schrolt of Newport leaves for Asheville for the winter.
The River column notes departures from Louisville Kentucky and Chilo Chile with advertised times for daily and Sunday schedules. It records the Ohio River at Cincinnati at 3 feet 3 inches and falling yesterday, with stage updates.
Yesterday the Chilo to Chile and Lizzie Bay to Louisville left the port. Today the Chilo from Chile and the Kentucky from Louisville are due. The Ohio forecast shows a continuing fall. weather is clear and warmer. navigation above Chile suspended.
Weather and river reports update port towns including Pittsburg Freeport Beaver Dam Eeling Madison Louisville Evansville Sairo St Louis and arrivals and departures such as The Kentucky The Stacker Lee Beaver Fred Hartweg and others with rivers shown as rising falling or stationary and warm fair conditions noted.
Six fish weighing 240 pounds were caught from Covington Reservoirs basin No 3 by Water Works employees. Workmen removed 1,500 pounds yesterday, carrying the fish away in barrels to stock lakes around Covington. A fish fry for city officials will be held this afternoon on the reservoir grounds. The basin has not been cleaned for eight years as Superintendent Wellings began cleaning due to concerns over impure water.
W. W. Brown of Merchants National Bank and Covington Aldermen displayed a 1764 court summons to the Hampshire County Virginia Sheriff to cite Benjamin Reeves and Thomas McGuire for a petition by John Glasford. The document, signed by Clerk Gabriel Jones and dated April 16 in George III’s fourth year, was found in an old Virginia courthouse.
The Daughters of Rebekah closed their annual State session in Odd Fellows Hall as they elected officers: President Phoebe May Owensboro Vice President Emma Ochs Newport Grand Warden Minnie Jones Lexington Secretary Corinne Graham Louisville Treasurer Mattie Bailey Louisville Marshal Anna Tattershall Covington Conductor Caroline Honnaker Louisville Chaplain Lulu Storey Owensboro Inside Guardian Sarah Hughes Bertha Outside Guardian Sarah Keeney Newport.
Owing to illness of Assistant City Clerk Louis Norris mayor Craig read the minutes. Property owners on Collins avenue opposed macadam improvements. Ordinances for sewer construction on Bakewell Emma and Thirteenth streets passed. Tax ordinance for Herman street from Twenty third to Elizabeth passed. Claims totaling $6797.50 allowed.
Samuel Johnson injured in a Madison avenue cave in near Shaler street. Kenton County Democrats plan for municipal campaign. Peter Jacobs ordered to kill a dog but it was sent away. W M Showalter seeks discharge papers from both navies after prison release. South End Republican Clubs plan rally and banquet. Rev G W Crutchfield arrives as pastor and will preach next Sunday. Kenton County Election Commissioners to finalize officers and registration.
Sarah and C T Francis transfer 25 by 87 and 41 by 23 feet on Hunt ington avenue Latonia to Paul and Emma Francis. Caroline Merk transfers 55 by 221 feet on Riggs avenue Erlanger to Joseph and Viola Merk.
The Newport News Fire Department responded to a blaze at the residence of Mrs. Dorse, 736 Central avenue, caused by a gasoline stove explosion. Also in town, Albert M. Larkin named delegate to the American Bankers Association in Denver, and Campbell County closes its Teachers Institute after sessions in Alexandria. County Assessor Michael Hogan began valuations with staff assisting. Dr. George W. Brown reports Newport free of contagious diseases for the first time in years.
Owing to low Ohio River water, Newport Aldermen vote to require the Board of Education to supply all public schools with filtered drinking water. A citywide caution against fire during low water and halt to street sprinkling until conditions improve are also approved.
In Judge Moore's court in County a witness named George Keuchler admitted committing a statutory offense while testifying against Ailbert Dall of Newport. Dall's case was dismissed and Keuchler was fined 60 dollars plus costs after proceedings on Dall ended.
A fire near Washington and Grandview avenues in South Bellevue Kentucky began yesterday afternoon in a home occupied by Benjamin Law. The Law residence, owned by Harry Spinks of Newport and valued at 7,000 dollars, was a total loss. Law estimated his loss at about 2,000 dollars, insured.
Fred H. Reekers and others sue Gertrude Schneider and minor heirs in circuit court to settle the Herman Reekers estate and seek a master commissioner sale of Dayton property with proceeds to heirs. James H. Young sues William Kleikamp for 1000 dollars over a Moscow Ohio house contract. Court of Appeals in Frankfort affirms Campbell Circuit ruling fining George Ehrlich 500 and Bonero 100 for pool rogorm. indictment upheld. abatement order stayed by supersedeas bond awaiting mandate expected within thirty days.
Dayton reports Margaret Bergemeyer formerly in the four year class last year has been granted a free scholarship at the Richmond Normal Institute.
Multiple deeds recorded in Newport and Campbell County show transfers of parcels in Rippel Creek Military Park Cottage Hill and Three Mile Creek. Parties include James Y North Samuel Hills Laura Haskell Toney Gramer Gustave Eith and Philip Moock with lots in Cote Brilliante Home Company Hagen’s addition and other subdivisions.
River service announces boats depart from the foot of Main Street to Louisville and intermediate points, with river mail and telegraph notices active. Sailings begin at 9 a.m. on Sundays at the foot of Main. Include local river traffic details and contact M. 1897.
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