Majestic vaudeville bill features Santi and aerial acts
Oriental dancer Santi headlines the Majestic first half week with the Cobra Dance and Aeroplane Girls aerial stunts. Percys Haswell & Co present Cousin Eleanor with Miss Haswell, John Geiger, Monarch Comedy Four, and Circus Day in. Other theaters feature Hart, Fairbanks, Farrar, Pickford, and Sennett gems in a busy regional amusement page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Geiger
Mai JO
Majestic Theater
Percy Haswell & Co
Majestic
Percy Haswell and Company
Eleanor
Miss Haswell
Santi
Monarch
Airplane Girls
Jewel's
Farrar in The Devil Stone Premieres at Regent Theater
Geraldine Farrar showcased in The Devil Stone at the Regent with large crowds praising a top motion picture production. Wallace Reid co stars as her leading man in a tale merging Norse folklore with modern superstition, portraying Marcia Manot, a Breton fisherwoman who finds a lost stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Farrar
Regent Theater
Miss Warrar
Wallace Reid
Marcia Manot
Miss Farrar
Grenelda
Keepos
Cee JeMille
Midweek Theaters Feature Hart and Zeppelin Screen Dramas
Local listings spotlight William S. Hart in The Primal Lure at the Colonial Tonight and Tomorrow along with The Zeppelin's Last Raid at the Victoria. Also billed are Toyland acts including Simp son and Company Reao and Return, Dorris Carr, Worth Wayten Four, and Kay and Trette. Arthur Guy Empey to lecture at Chestnut Street Auditorium Monday on women's role in war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toyland
Larry Simpson
William S. Hart
Williams
Hart
Colonial Tor
Triangle
Primalia
Victoria Theater
Germany
William Duncan
Carol Halloway
Arthur Guy Empey
America
Chestnut Street
Red Cross
Empey
France
London
Guy Empey
Orpheum Theater
Orpheum Programs Feature Empey Lauder and Shows
The Orpheum hosts Guy Empey lecturing on patriotism and a Farewell Tour appearance by Harry Lauder. Also listed are productions with Jules Eckert Goodman’s The Man Who Came Back and musical comedy There She Goes with Harvey Orr, plus a star-packed cast and lavish stage effects for New York runs to close December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphsum
Harry Lauder
Iris Company
William A. Brady
Pat
Geous
Narvey PD
Orr
Orpheum
Maidh
Harvey Orr
Pricipnals
Classic Danse Holiday Feature at the Orpheum
Roshanara and Michio Stow headline a holiday Danse Divertissements at the Orpheum theater. The performance included Hindu fantasies, Japanese legendry, East Indian Nautch, and a comic Guajine with a small orchestra. Strong stage imagery and plaintive music shaped the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum Theater
Roshanara
Michio Stow
Roshanera
Roshanary
Thomas Allen Reetor
Tulle Lindahl
Mici Stow
Stow
Man Who Came Back at the Orpheum Friday and Saturday
The Man Who Came Back by Jules Eckert Goodman comes to the Orpheum for two days Friday and Saturday with a Saturday matinee. The play, fresh from a 57 week New York run, features Dorothy Bernard and a large cast seen at the Playhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Orpheum
Jules Eckjert Goodman
John Fleming Wilson
William A. Brady
New
William Crowell
Dorothy Bernard
Harry Sleight
SB. Hamilton
Henry Davis
Irving White
Frank Howson
William Himsdell
George Howard
Ben Nedell
Hulbert Frederick
Puller Goled
the Orpheum
Playhouse
Jules Eckert Goodman
Grace George
Harrisburg
B&b. Hamilton
William Blaisdell
Ben Nedelle
Fuller Golden
Alice Lorraine
Levinia Shannon
Cora Calkins
Marion Berry
Anna Pohl
New York City
The Princess Pat Musical Comedy At Orpheum
A major theatrical event features Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert with The Princess Pat at the Orpheum Theater on New Year’s Day. An all star cast promises a lively score including Love Is Best of All and Neapolitan Love Song, with strong forecasts of lasting popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Ilenry
Victor Pat
Herbert
Princess Pat
Orpheum Theater
Metropolitan
Mesars
Blossom
Modiste
Thein
Pat
Annette Ford
Steff Anderson
Francie Schofield
George Wharnock
Neil Moore
Edwin Stanley
Peter MacArthur
Wilbur Cox
Augustus Buell
John Reicnhard
Anndred Bixby
George Williams
Two More Victims Die in City Streetcar Crash
Pittsburgh reports eighteen dead after Christmas Eve street car disaster with eighty more injured in city hospitals. Among the deceased are eleven women, nine of whom were mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Engagement of Ruth Groff and Aubrey Fox Announced
Elizabethtown report states Miss Ruth Groff of Elizabethtown and Aubrey Fox of Newark New Jersey became engaged yesterday at Mrs Martha Groff’s home. The wedding date remains to be fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Ruth Groff
Aubrey Fox
Newark
N. J
Martha Groff
Annual meeting notices and divorce proclamations in Harrisburg
Notices include the First National Bank Harrisburg annual stockholders meeting set for January 1918 to elect directors and conduct business, with cashier FE Glancy. Also a quarterly dividend on Preferred Stock payable December 31 1917. Proclamations in divorce cases against Fritz Schilkraut and Charles F Campbell direct defendants to appear January 1918 in Harrisburg court. sheriff and clerk dates included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
H. W. Stone
Dauphin County
Court of Common Pleas
Lillie Schilkraut
Fritz Schilkraut
W. W. Caldwell
Elizabeth West Campbell
Charles F. Campbell
P. Md
Reading man to speak on battles near the holy city
Fresh from European fronts and with the General Allenby exhibition, Jerry Edwards of Reading will address Alrick's Association at 19th and Market streets on Friday evening. He spoke for the YMCA and witnessed Jerusalem's capture, including desert battles. Admission is free and all are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy City
Europe
Jerry Edwards
Reading
Alrick's Association
Edwards
Gen. Allenby
Jerusalem
Pat Fire Dog Pat Reily Laid To Rest At Luna Park
Pat Reily known as Pat, the Relly Hose Company mascot, was killed when struck by a passing car on Monday afternoon. The Peru county pup, who came to Harrisburg about 19 years ago, received funeral services today at Luna Park adjoining the firehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Pat Reily
Relly Hose Company
Peru County
Harrisburg
Luna Park
Harrisburg Sheriff Sale Notices of Multiple Parcels 1918
Public sale of several Harrisburg area properties in Dauphin County is slated for January 10, 1918. Bidders will confront a sequence of parcels including lots on Tuscarora and Reily streets, a Swatara Township tract, and a Seventh Ward residence, with detailed boundaries and prior deeds cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas and Orphans’ Court
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
W. M. Hargest
City of
Tuscarora Street
Race Street
Charles Bucher
Henry C. Buck
W. IL Kohler
Knupp
Reily Street
County of
Dauphin
State of
Pennsylvania
James Street
Daniel H. Creamer
Mary Ff. Creamer
Mary I. Creamer
Jesse Wingert
Recorder’s Office
Emma C. Shaffer
Braddock
Washington Avenue
Brookwood Street
Ewing and Dunkle
Joseph E. Rhoads
Mary Schell
Ephraim Schell
John H. Schell
Morris Schell
Clayton Schell
Charles Schell
Albert Schell
Harry Schell
Mary Schell Gleason
Sadie Schell Brenneman
W. W. Caldwell
Peers Office
Beidleman & Hull
Notice to Bondholders for Street Paying Bonds List
Bondholders are notified of street based bond amounts totaling 100 per address across Elm Swatara Hamilton Penn Walter Kelker Drummond Berryhill Sixteenth Balm Calamus North Logan Maclay Helen Apricot Market Cumberland Susquehanna Honey Delaware Jefferson Porter Berryhill Linden Front Derry Terry Maclay Seventh Reel Swatara Seventeenth street dates show interest ceased on July 1 1917 January 1 1917 and January 1 1914 Harrisburg Pa December 20 1917
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Street
Zarker Street
Swatara Street
Second Street
Fifth Street
Hamilton Street
Hamilton Stres
Penn Street
Walter Alley
Kelker Street
Forster Street
Wallace Street
Harris Street
Mifflin Street
Emerald Street
Jefferson Street
Berryhill Street
Briggs Street
Sixteenth Street
North Street
Logan Street
Front Street
Derry Street
Seventh Street
Reel Street
ING Bond
Gavy Auruseim Opeere
Seventeenth Street
Mm Evarese
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the Majestic
Aeroplane Girls
Colonial
William 5. Hart
Douglas Fairbanks
Jack Pickford
Mark Twain
Victoria
Vengeance
William $. Hart
WM. Duncan
CA HA Way
Parental
Batt Erican
Harry
Lauder
the Regent
Geraldine Farpar
Devil-Stone
Larry Simpson & Co
Return
Sergeant Empey
Chestnut ST. Auditorium
Scotland
Lanarkshire
Siler
List
Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Liberty
Chandler Brothers and Company
New York and
Philadel
Phia Stock Exchanges
North Mar
Ket Street
Philadelphia
Pine Street
Allis Chalmers
Amer
Gay Am. Car & Foundry Co
Atchison
Baldwin Locomotive Wee
Baltimore and Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Butte Copper
California Petroleum
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chi, Mil
St. Paul
China Con
Crucible Steel
HOM Distilling Securities
Cress Vere
General Motors Dvorcess
Ory Goodrich, B. F
Great Northern
Pfd
Inspiration Copper
International Paper
Kennecott
Lackawanna Steel
Lehigh Valley
Maxwell Motors
War Cla
War Ctis
Ptd
TEM Mex
Petroleum
Miami Copper
Midvale Steel
New York Central
Peee Ee
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvanian Railroad
Pittsburgh Coal
Railway Steel Spg
Ray Con
Southern Pacific
Southern Ry
Studebaker
Union Pacific
U. &. Steel
Steel, P
Utah
Virginia-Carolina Chem
Westinghouse Mfg
Willys-Overland
Associated Press
Western
Westoe
Tierces
New Jersey
Kansas
Goring
Timothy
Chicago
Ught
Chicago Board OF Trade
Board of Trade
Indemnity Exchange
Patriot
A. L. Hall
J. Glancy
Bonbright & Company Morris Wistar Stroud, JR
Chestnut St
Phila
Boston
Paris
Detroit
Board of Trade Building
Commonwealth Trust Co
Sheriff’s Sales
Hershey
East Hanover
Jonestown Road
Samuel Geesaman
Daniel Fisher
Gowen Brown
Frederick C. Hoover
George R. Miller
Recorder
Dau Phin
Harry A. Peters
J. W, Swartz
Harrisburg, County of
Cameron Street
William H. Brenneman
J. D. Brenneman
J. D. Breneman
Netfper & Saussaman
Joseph IF. Young
Berm
Pennsylvania Canal
Joseph F. Young
South Ninth Street
George J. Franck
Maclay
Samuel K. Leedy
Leedy
Samuel Fishman
Peter Magaro
Treasury
ITY OF
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