Black Flag at Suttons theater opens April first week
At Suttons theater for one week starting Sunday matinee April first the sensational melodrama Black Flag will be presented for public approval. The cast features Edwin F Thorn and Nat C Goodwin with Henry Pettitt as author and a plot about a wronged brother wrongfully imprisoned who escapes and exposes the wicked heir in court. Special bicycle trick Vor Weil Creweil performs lasso and dual guns on a moving bicycle. The slate includes grand benefit shows April eighth and ninth and the much talked Sapho back in active preparation.
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Sutton
Henry Pettitt
Edwin F. Thorn
Nat C. Goodwin
Harry Glynden
Portland
Sim
Creweil
Butte Eagles
Sapho
Theatrical notes on Sapho revival and theater scene
May Robson stars in Sapho spoof Sappho while Roland Reed recovers, Ada Behan returns at Baltimore as Lady Teazle, and Mary Mannering expected to tour. The era's theaters face rising Paris prices, shifting company lineups, and a crowded, evolving scene as managers seek new attractions and star power.
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May Robson
Roland Reed
Frank Sanger
Grau Opera Company
Paris
Ada Behan
Baltimore
Lady Teazle
Mary Mannering
Daniel Frohman
Irving’s art of audience connection on stage
The critique praises Irving as the finest pre curtain actor in the era whose strength lies in political tact rather than polished rhetoric. He connects with audiences through hesitant, self deprecating delivery and repeated phrases, making each performance feel genuine and human. His varied cadence and familiar lines define his enduring appeal.
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Irving
Bly
Mise Terry
Shylock
Chicago
ENGLISH GRAND OPERA PROJECTS IN NEW YORK
Henry M. Savage and Maurice Grau unveil a plan to establish an English grand opera nucleus in New York aiming to foster American singers composers and dancers. The Met season will launch next October with English grand opera, followed by Italian runs, road dates, and a potential Boston engagement. Prices range from 25 cents to 2 dollars for seats and 7 to 10 dollars for boxes. The Savage Grau company may supplant Castle Square in winter while keeping Chicago St Louis and later Boston dates. The venture seeks to elevate home talent and render English opera on par with Italian French and Spanish performances.
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New York
Edward E. Rice
Boston
Lyceum Theater
Baltimore
John W. Albaugh
Maud Jeffries
Wilson Barrett
Lilian McCarthy
New Yorker
Ellen Terry
Alisa Crag
London
John 8. Clarke
Philadelphia
Ivy
Royal Opera of
Dresden
Aange
Gents
Horrenue
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Kandahar
Ruth
Charles Frohman
Edmond Rostand
Frohman
Charles Dillingham
Criterion Theater
Metropolis
Miss Nethersole
Mx Dixie
Atlanta
William Kean
Kean
Richard Mansfield
Gage
Lillian Russell
Paria
Henry W. Savage
Castle Square Opera Company
Clement Scott
Blanche Bates
Mme. Butterfy
Japan
Henry M. Savage
Maurice Grau
Metropfpolitan Opera House
Saoeree Grand Opera
Bava
Grau
Metropolitan Opera House Corporation
Savage-Gray English
American Theater
Castle Squats
Savage
Metropolitan
St. Louis
Chicago
Italy
France
Benin
Anger
Grau- Savage
Aingera
Metropolitan Opera House
Castle Square
New York Journal
Artillery Punch Recalls a Southern Banquet Tale
A veteran recounts a Huntsville Alabama episode in 1898 99 describing a potent artillery punch shared by Sixty Ninth Regiment officers and visiting New York reporters. The tale details revelry at a club ball a wild ride on horseback and a rooftop sleep, ending with punch lore and a coy moral about moderation.
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Geo Ie
Yaventad
Kockout
Huntaville
Ala
Cuba
Hunter ] Ville
Duffy
Broadway
Mayor Murphy
New York
Huntsville
Haneo
Nashville
Admiral Dewey
Open Door and Far East Policy Reflections by Teller
Senator Henry M. Teller argues for maintaining U S influence in the Philippines and China. He urges open door with Germany Japan and Britain, warns against Russian dominance, and critiques Spanish aristocracy while noting future American industrial and market needs. He laments Cuban belligerency and Maine’s fate while stressing strategic naval and economic stakes.
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Uncle
Far East
U. S
Henry M. Teller
Cleveland
Congress
Maine
Mr. Cleveland
Pats
Philinnines
Philippine Islands
Germany
Philippines
Lord Charlies Beresford
United States
Japan
Great Britain
China
Russia
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Spring Remedy
Advert claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood and renews the body in spring. It asserts relief from pimples and eruptions, scrofula, rashes, rheumatism, and kidney and liver issues, praising nerves and digestion improving with the medicine. A testimonial notes improved sleep and mood.
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Hood
Hood's
Fragmentary venting on Chinese aristocracy and ancestry
A fragment expresses that the Chinese aristocracy are among the most useless people, and that it is uncommon for a family line tied to notable deeds to be ennobled, suggesting a controversial, provocative stance without full context.
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China
Fragmented Phrase Leads to Question on Duty and Heart
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a domestic inquiry about laziness and tenderness. The text appears to reference a husband and a wife in a moral or social context, but lacks clear names, places, or dates to establish a full event.
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Suttons
Mabel Beardsley
Aubrey Beardsley
America
John Hare
English Grand Opera
Ing Cox
Satio
Nvi
Sixty
Savannah
Milly
Spain
Cortes
Pari
Dife
Senor
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