Actors Benefit Day Expands to Multiple Theatres
New York April 17 staged Actors Fund Day with special matinees across New York Boston Philadelphia and Chicago. The plan shifts from a single benefit to concurrent shows at many venues to aid the actors fund and its Staten Island home. Notables De Wolf Hopper Anna Held Fiske O Hara Catherine Tower Herbert Waterous and a vaudeville team pledged to participate.
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New York
Actors’ Fund
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Actor’s Fund
Staten Island
N. Y
Baltimore
Ford’s
de Wolf Hopper
Washington
Anna Held
Fiske O'Hara
Catherine Tower
Herbert Waterous
Ben Ryan
Henrietta Lee
Philadelphia Indoor Horse Show Opens With Social and Charity Air
The Philadelphia Indoor Horse Show Association hosts its annual exhibition in Philadelphia on April 17 and 18. Prominent residents enter, and the event serves as a social occasion and fundraiser benefiting five hospitals. Judges include John R. Townsend L B E Waring and J Garner West in saddle horses while Reginald Co Vanderbilt and John C Croome judge the heavy harness division.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Indoor Horse Show Association
Mary Garden Talcum Free Sachet Offer
Advertisement from Lichtenstein's Pharmacy promises a free Mary Garden Sachet with every Mary Garden Talcum bottle purchase. Customer details not provided.
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Lichtenstein's Pharmacy
Free Bible Lecture at the Liberty Theatre
An advertisement announces a free Bible lecture to be held at the Liberty Theatre on Sunday at 3 p m. The notice provides location and timing details for the public event.
Noted stock organization at Maryland opens week
Mr. Kirk Brown and his stock company bring first shows to Maryland next Monday with matinees at 10 and 20 cents and evening prices from 10 to 50 cents. The bill includes Thais and The Woman in the Case with audiences promised scenic splendor and strong dramatic pieces.
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Maryland
Kirk Brown
Leworth
Maryland Theatre
Clyde Fitch
Brown
Traveling storekeeper positions abolished in railroad reorganization
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad centralizes operations under district storekeepers. E. W. Thornley becomes district storekeeper for the Pittsburg district with headquarters at Glenwood shops. F. A. Murphy is district storekeeper for the Wheeling district with offices at Wheeling. L. H. Tutwiler heads the eastern territory from Mt. Clare shops, and H. P. McQuilkin oversees the southwestern district from Cincinnati.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
E. W. Thornley
Pittsburg
Cumberland
Chicago
Glenwood Shops
F. A. Murphy
Wheeling
Grafton
W. Va
Columbus
Great Lakes
L. H. Tutwiler
Parkersburg
Mt. Claire
H. P. McQuilkin
Cincinnati
Private execution in Wells case set for April 23
Uniontown reports the execution of Frank Wells for the 1912 murder of Charles Butler will be private at 10 am April 23. Two ministers, two physicians, the county sheriff, two deputies and 12 jurors will attend. TLurg De Leo, whose sentence was commuted to life, asks removal to the penitentiary at 7 am Thursday.
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Uniontown
Frank Wells
Charles Butler
Tlurg de Leo
Wells
Scriptural evidence event at Liberty Theatre
Advertisement notes Sunday at 3 p m at the Liberty Theatre for a discussion on scriptural evidence. All welcome with free seating and no collection. April 21 edition notice.
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Liberty Theatre
Students Emmerse Umpire at Grafton
A group of high school and college students home for spring holidays attacked umpire Omar Robinson during a baseball game at Grafton Creek, tossing him into the water and prodding him with poles. The high school faculty is investigating with suspensions anticipated.
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Omar Robinson
Brown's in Town and The Merchant of Venice Show Dates
Evening Comedy Day presents Brown's in Town on Friday with The Middle Man matinee. Friday evening features The Merchant of Venice followed by The Two Orphans. Saturday matinee offers The Two Orphans and Saturday evening completes with The Wall Street Detective.
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The
Wall Street Detective
Glass Eye Explodes. Farmer Escapes Injury in Huntington
Huntington report April 17 describes M. C. Canterberry, a farmer, reading a morning paper when his glass eye exploded. A loud report showered glass over the paper but he escaped unhurt. The eye’s near vacuum design can cause such bursts like an electric light bulb.
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Huntington
W. Va
M. C. Canterberry
Fireman Hurt in Fall From Engine Near Berkeley Springs
Baltimore and Ohio fireman John McCauley suffered a broken right arm and severe injuries to the head and hips after being thrown from his position on an extra train around a curve near Berkeley Springs. The engineer halted the train, and McCauley was placed aboard and taken to Hancock. no internal injuries reported.
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Baltimore and Ohio
John McCauley
Berkley Springs
McCauteey
Hancock
Hickman and Jones Fined Over Gambling Room at Swager Hotel
In Clarksburg on April 17, Hickman and Jones, owners of the Swager Hotel on West Pike Street, were fined 100 dollars and costs for permitting a gambling room. Their hotel license was revoked, they were placed under a 500 dollar peace bond for one year, and the gambling apparatus inside the hotel was ordered destroyed.
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Clarksburg
Swager
West Pike Street
Hickman and Jones
Board of Equalization to Hear Cumberland Tax Appeals
Notice to taxpayers of Cumberland Maryland that the Mayor and City Council sit as a board of equalization to hear appeals from assessments and transfer assessments. Sessions run five days April 20 to 24 1914 from 2 to 5 pm and 8 to 9 pm in City Hall Council Chamber. No further appeal opportunity after adjournment. A W Straub City Clerk.
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City of
Cumberland
Maryland
Free Vanity Purse Offer Sparks Quick Orders
A garbled advertisement promises a free Milady's Set with a vanity purse for $1.00, urging immediate order. It touts a tri design purse with a two bail clasp and cable chain, plus pockets and coin holders, and asks readers to send stamps or money orders to receive the set, noting agents need not write.
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New York
Milady
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