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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1908
Page
7
The week offers added features with a Wednesday opening, including a chorus girl act from the Digh company delivering the best vaudeville turn. Friday hosts the usual amateur performance, followed by a Barnaby special Teddy Bear matinee where twenty-inch bears will be given to attending ladies.
New York audiences pack Hackett Theatre as The Witching Hour proves the season’s hottest draw with John Mason starring. Hippodrome adds Onnip the Hindu Mystery as a new added attraction with floating pianos and remarkable effects. Savoy and Adelphi plays secure strong runs with Paid in Full and The Servant in the House drawing crowds, while reviews praise performances and production teams across several venues.
Local attractions feature the New Lyceum Blue Night Raiders shown at the New Electro Theatre tonight. The presentation highlights sensational tobacco era fight scenes and behind the scenes dialogue, promising superior entertainment for the season.
Newark Theatre announces a one week engagement of Lone sane Town from New York production. The cast is led by William Roland and Max M. D., top comics in American stage today. The company features Californians with New York stars and the Black Dalle Girls at Dinkins’ old theater. Cora Livingston, champion female wrestler, will appear and forfeit 25 dollars to any woman who defeats her.
The musical comedy A Knight for a Day continues Easter Monday week at Wallack's Theatre. John Slavin and Meg Vokes bring fresh quirks while the eight Berlin dancers add new gyrations and Will Carleton and Sallie Fisher feature new material for a special Easter holiday diversion. Crowded houses remain excited by the show’s long run and lively elocution scene.
Charien Froman has accepted a scenario for a new play to be written by Otis Bkinner in collaboration with a renowned French dramatist who is a member of the French Academy. The play is titled The District Attorney and will be delivered by next.
A garbled OCR passage mixes names, groups, and clues across a mock puzzle scene. It lists persons, eras, and roles, then shifts to a word maze about flowers and letters, finishing with a dated rhyme about travelers and a market fair. The tone imitates a quirky period column with scattered proper nouns and puzzles.
Readable fragments tell of a chicken theft by a gate incident near Mt. and a child hiding in the barnyard chased by a man as a church memory is invoked. The text references Dorothea and contrasts humble praise with operatic arias in artistic days.
A fragment from a periodical essay urging balanced time use and fair sharing of one's capabilities. It cautions against overcommitment and notes the emptiness of seeking status without genuine effort. The terse piece ends with a personal appeal to pass on the guidance to others.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a Highland bard celebrating a chief, a Scotsman, and a Frenchman with disjointed phrases about war, a sweetheart, and distant neighbors. The garbled lines reference various peoples and a staccato poetic snapshot without clear narrative or dates.
Charles Frohman quotes a London interview urging a system like Germany’s to name theatre roles precisely. He cites the overuse of leading man for lovers and calls for plain lovers for young actors and veteran actors in pivotal scenes. The piece recounts a backstage anecdote from Maud Adams in Peter Pan and notes the audience reaction to improvized verse.
A partial OCR fragment mentions archaic place names and a cryptic reference to a confessor line. The text is garbled with misspellings and lacks clear events, dates, or identifiable persons. It appears as a stray literary or typographic snippet rather than a full news item.
A fragmented advertisement asks readers to trace flowers and plants in a puzzle within five days and mail a list of those found. It notes a previous prize winner at 77 Church Street Rahway and lists numerous antiquated words and mis-spellings with scattered itemized terms and numbers.
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