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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1916
Page
5
Palace today presents a grand vaudeville bill with George Damerel Myrtle Vail Ed Humes and Bouques of Girls in Temptation plus Bixley Jacobs Melba Garniso Mystic Bird Dove Elaine and others. Seata on sale now daily matinées and evening performances with prices 2c 35c and 106.
The New Palace Vaudeville season closes Sunday with the Fantasty stage highlight Temptation starring George Damerel and Myrtle Wall. The show features a canary act by Master Paul, vocal novelty pieces, and impressions of birds amid a lavish scenic and musical extravaganza by Will M. Hough.
A playful act features a canary that accurately reproduces a boy Mas ter Paul on the violin, including bird songs. The bird is shown in its cage during the performance to prove it is real and independent, delighting the audience at the New Palace.
A brief report notes small, sturdy wrestlers under fifty pounds displaying surprising strength in a neighborhood armory event. The highlight features a standout youth nearing fifty pounds and competition among several light-weight rivals.
Robert Edelin headlines at Orem in a Pathe Pay program with GN Garrity. Wy Tonge, purveyor of Feline Few, presents one of the night’s featured acts in a lively stage lineup at the Orpheum. George Kilumonrier and the 70s era ensemble perform.
Fragmentary text describes someone developing onprire at a toy screen operation with names like Eugene, Rubert, and Abe. Mentions a character Big Jim Gavrits and a film titled Hi Jim. References Alice Brady, Brady’s Made, and various showings at theaters and Sunday papers.
Temple offers a children's candy matinee today with 10 and 20 cent tickets and a 30 cent night price. The Keyes Players perform Silver Threads Among the Gold. Ladies and children's coupon available. present at box office with ten cents for best reserved twenty-cent seat.
The Boyle Woolfolk La Salle Musical Comedy company plans a new show schedule at Luis City starting Monday June. The La Salle Comedy Four, a leading American vocal quartet, will headline each performance with new material and a fresh show weekly.
Jack Pickford stars in The Hard Way in three parts at the Colonial Theatre. The plot follows Jack Ranconi a high school boy whose reckless actions alarm his parents and sister as he falls under the influence of Bert Keyes and others, while his father imposes curfews and his mother counsels restraint.
A disjointed plot follows Jack as he travels with friends, faces theft, murder charges, and forgery revelations. A dreamlike sequence reveals he must seek money and escape handcuffs while a key ally vanishes. The tale ends with a return to truth and a vow to stay straight.
The No-Gond Guy features William Collier in a vaudeville style broadside, with loud gags and pranks amid chaotic stage business. The piece mixes slapstick and theatrical patter as a troupe navigates misadventure and crowd reaction.
Vandalia officials promote a local employee to new duties after years with the company. Melee Mewre is named to fill the position vacated by Yuilph Smith and reports to work with his wife in Vandalia. Sheldon Wunderlich takes Smith’s former post after a three year tenure with the firm.
A centennial promotion at Franks store invites the public to identify a mystery lady seen in white on Calhoun and Berry streets during the celebration week. The winner receives free hosiery, a corset, gloves, handkerchiefs, a suit or coat outfit, millinery, and an added bar from the millinery department, with daily drawings and a firm rule that only one outfit is awarded each day.
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