Mammoth Valentine matinee bill at Butte ready
Sunday February 25 opens the largest and most varied entertainment bill Yet offered in Butte with three separate companies and 60 artists. Sutton's company presents Uncle Tom's Cabin with special scenery, Cyrene Noonan retained for the week, a Camp Meeting Shouters quartet for Cotton Picking, Macey's Vaudeville top liners, Will Rising and Lillian Kemble in Nanki-Pop Junior, plus operatic sketches and later operas. No advance in prices despite heavy expense.
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Butte
Sutton
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Bob
Cyrene Noonan
Macey
Little Ollie
Young Shore Acres
Ronaldo
Will Rising
Lillian Kemble
Sappho under fire in New York critics attack
William Winter denounces the Sappho production as dark and vulgar saying its filthy theme and marketing degrade theater. He argues moral harm from risque plays and cites examples of audience fallout and family impact, urging readers to reject such “brothel” dramas.
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William Winter
New York
Mr. Daudet
Clyde Fitch
The London Theatre World and Its Notables
A survey of theater and stage figures across London and New York notes Cieale Lot tus and Mme. Modjenka Viola in La Bataille Dames and Naughty Anthony with Blancha Benes. It mentions De Wolf Mopper’s London season, Anita Held’s Paris statue bid, bankruptcy filings for 24 actors and 35 managers, and Beatrice Cameron as Mrs. Richard Mansfield. The piece covers Ziegfeld and Anna Held, David Warfield’s rise, Sardou’s historical drama, the Molineaux case, and Sarah Bernhardt’s poetry matinees. It cites a Berlin denial of Nellie Melba’s engagement, Irving and his theater plans, and Hardy’s Tess of the D Urbervilles adaptation by H A Kennedy.
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Richard Mansfield
Beatrice Cameron
Susie Stegeman
Troy
The Viceroy to Open Long Run at Knickerboker Theater
The Bostonians stage notes announce their new production of The Viceroy heading to the Knickerboker theater in New York for an extended run. Belasco has introduced a tipsy scene.
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Bostonians
Knickerborker Theater
New York
Outrage at Crude Notions in Report on Death
In a Chicago Times-Herald exchange, a speaker condemns a report of Cort Jee's death as crude and inappropriate, lamenting the delay before realizing the information was accurate. The remark reflects public sensitivities over how such news is portrayed.
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Caer
Cortjee
Coorg
Chicago Times-Herald
Woman’s secret remedy ends husband’s drink life
A Newark Kentucky woman used an odorless home remedy to curb her husband Harry’s drinking. The couple claim the product restored his appetite and work, with Dr J W Haines offering a free sample and directions from Cincinnati Ohio. The ad invites readers to request a sample and booklets free of charge.
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Haines
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J. W. Haines
Glenn Building
Cincinnnati
Ohio
Grace McKinley Joins Washington Society Circle
Grace McKinley niece of the president, a Holyoke graduate, has become a social focal point at the executive mansion. Her presence follows the illness of diplomat wives and she mingles with Hanna and Hay households, Long family, and other capital notables as Lent approaches and society remains at its height.
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Miss Grace McKinley
Executive Mansion
McKinley
Miss Grace
Holyoke College
Massachusetts
Misa McKinley
President McKinley
Canton
White House
Grace
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Sara Duncan
President McKinney
Charles G. Dawes
Miss McKinley
Hanna
Hannas
Don Cameron
Hobart
Misa
Miss Hanna
Hay
Mizs McKinley
Miss Hay
Secretary of State
Sixteenth
H Streets
Lafayette Square
Misey Hay
Miss Day
Mian Hay
Sturope
London
St. James
Misa Hay
Belle
Navy
Long
Miss Helen
Miss Margaret
Baltimore
Spain
Helen Long
Mrs. Long
Capital
Helen
Portland
West
Advertising Prophet Praises Afternoon Papers Evidence
The San Francisco Bulletin quotes Rowell praising the rise of the daily and afternoon papers as key shifts in the industry. He notes newspapers print today’s news today, boosting value for advertisers especially to reach women, with examples from Chicago and New York showing strong afternoon circulation.
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America
Rowell
Palace Hotel
San Francisco
Wall Street
Chicago News
New York
Evening Journal
Morning Journal
Evening World
Morning World
Englishman in New York Court Over Boer Victory
An Englishman faced a New York police court charged with assaulting a policeman. He claimed he was reacting to spying through saloon blinds as a loyalty trigger after the Boer victory. The magistrate remanded him to Bellevue for a sanity inquiry.
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New York
South Africa
Bellevue
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Naughty Anthony
Blancha Benes
Frank Worthing
Cieale Lottus
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de Wolf Mopper
Nethersolo
Rapphe
Annabelle Whitford
Annabelle Moore
Seeley
Anita Held
David Warfield
David Belasco
Bush Theater
Victorien Sardou
France
Louis Xtv
Mme. de Montespan
Molineaux
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Daniel Frohman
Daly's Theater
Daly
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
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Joseph Joachim
Mr. Irving
Albert Lindner
Germany
Onet Theater
Notting Hill
H. A. Kennnedy
Mr. Ken
Nedy
Thomas Hardy
Tega
Angel Clare
Marion
Tess
Angel
Lewis Waller
Cort
Theatrical Trust
London Mall
Trust
Jane Coveney
Leada
Macready
G. W. Brooke
Charles Pitt
Charles Dillon
Creuwick
Belasco
Mia
Chan W. Harry
York Street
Newport
Mrs, Chase
Belles OF Washington Society
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Shea
George P. Rowell
DR. Liebig
West Broadway
Butte, Montana
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Busi
Liebdig
Invigorator
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