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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1908
Page
6
Local attractions announce performances at the New Lyceum Theatre. Vance 0 Anlliven presents a big melodrama The Can King of the Coast as the Yahor Day attraction with afternoon and evening showings. Cole and Johnson with their company will present The Red Moon tonight.
The era’s stage spectacle unfolds with Diana of Dobson's star Nils son, Lena Ashwell, and Carlotta Nilsson in vivid rival English and Hungarian versions. Berths for Verdi operas at Olympic Park, vaudeville bookings by Willim Mogria, and Sporting Days circus acts headline a week of dazzling shows and a record run of Paid in Full at Weber’s Theatre.
Newark Theatre opens Monday matinee with The Title the Place and The Girl a lively vocal and comedy musical by Will Hough Frank J. AY and Joseph EB Howards featuring twenty musical numbers of popular tunes. The production is praised as witty and snappy with a strong chorus and four piece orchestra. Reservations available at the Dor with special rates for the opening day. The venue showcases reinforced concrete construction noted for safety and clear sightlines from every row.
From all accounts W B Watson should be proud of the pretty group of girls in his chorag at Wat son’s Burlesquers. They are pronounced the most perfectly schooled performers on tour this season with every member a singer and dancer above the ordinary. Watson promises to repeat his famed two-act comedy Braymemoyer in Alley in Newark next week at Miner’s Empire Theatre.
New York attractions thin in second week of Rohwet Edewon engagement as Henry J. Martie prevents Jim hi in George Broad player. The Call of the North features heart and humor, praised by the New York Herald for Broadhurst’s dramatic success and Edewon’s fine acting as Ned Trent.
A visiting company staged by Aarrison Grey Fiske delivers a polished performance blending theatrical dialogue with dramatic stagecraft. The cast features a striking lead in a compelling portrayal of a female champion against oppressive forces, while the chorus and ballet are noted for lavish presentation. The Ne w York Hippodrome opens tonight with a full program and weekday performances at 2 and 8.
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Fragmentary OCR lists prizes and word patterns with many misspellings and names. It includes a prize for an interactive answer, several names, potential categories such as formation and indignation, and long garbled word lists ending with scattered place names and odd terms.
A fragmentary riddle describes peering into holes unseen and guarded things. It suggests common tools guiding inquiry, used worldwide by diverse hands, sometimes in rings, sometimes in dark places, to reveal what is concealed or intricate.
The daily puzzle asks how many poles Pat had when placing two straight lines with foot or yard separations led to three poles short or left over. The answer to Thursday’s picture sums is hinted in the clipped text.
The Krueger's Greisenheim complex near the city and Newark has evolved from a proposed home for the aged into a premier park and leisure facility. Oxonr Pietachker led the upgrades, adding exotic plants, a private garden section, two bowling alleys, shooting galleries, and a grand rose display. Evening electric illumination, a Marine Band from German Lloyd steamers, and fireworks will mark the completion, with entertaining features for children including parrots and trained animals. Access is via Main Line car for five cents, followed by a short walk. more details appear in today's Journal.
A man arriving at a Massachusetts summer resort sits on a veranda with a well dressed couple. He asks the man for his name and then inquires if he is married prompting a mother to explain. The scene ends with a child asking a question while the group continues the exchange.
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