Vaudeville Week Opens With Wilfred and Many Acts
The week begins with a strong vaudeville lineup including Wilfréed Clark, billed as bright in a half hour comedy birthday sketch, plus Eugene O'Rourke in Parlor A. Lottie Gladstone returns with a rustic monologue and Miss Nielsen features in operatic dreams at Covent Garden. The Epire hosts Sam Devere, Phasey troupe, and a large 25‑piece company. Tomlinson Hall prepares grand opera with Romeo and Juliet and Lohengrin. The season also teases Anna Held’s Little Duchess and a chorus of other acts with varied stageside novelty.
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Wilfréed
Clark
Eugene O'Rourke
Lottie Gladstone
Aftue
Heau
Miss Gladstone
Pete Baker
Chris
Lena
Jim
Werner
Reider
Raymond
Caverly
DéMuths
Collins
North
Oscar
Grau ‘Grand Opera Company
Tomlinson’ Hall
Romeo
Juliet
Sybil Sanderson
Harvard Trainer Jack McMasters Led Varsity Victories
Long profile of Jack McMasters, Harvard trainer, detailing his rise from Brooklyn and Princeton to Harvard, his impact on the football and baseball teams, and his celebrated on-field reactions after 1901 Yale victory. Mention of coaches Bill Reid and F. H. Yost, and other sports news items of the era.
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Jack McMasters
Harvard
Cambridge
Yale
Jack
Brooklyn
Princeton
Old Nassau
Bill Reid
Frantz
Empire to Stage Four Singers and Burlesque Extravaganza
The four singers headline a comedy tour with Miss Gertrude LeClair and her four black cherubs plus Sam Devere offering songs and jokes. Mildred Howard DeGray appears in A dream of love. Empire closes with Devere’s farce and a Rice and Barton extravaganza featuring Brown among the daisies and a varied act list including the Esher sisters and Idylle Vyner.
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George Cohan
Gertrude LeClair
Sam’ Devere
Mildred Howard DeGray
Devere
Empire
Rice and Barton's
Brown
Eckhoff
Gordon
Miles
Raymond
Rice
Elmer
Lloyd
Walton
Esher
Mullen
Dunn
Idylle Vyner
Beaucaire in New York Receives Mixed Reviews
Reviewers largely praise Mansfield for Beaucaire though deem the play slim and padded. The New York Evening Sun says the production is weak, while the New York Sun lauds Mansfield’s romantic performance and predicts strong crowds despite the play’s faults.
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New York
Booth Tarkington
Mansfield
Beaucaire
New York Evening Sun
Herald-square Theater
Beéeanaire
E. E. Rose
Monsieur Beaucaire
Booth ‘Tarkington
Senn
New York Sun
Daniels Sings Slyly Starry in Miss Simplicity
Theatergoers praise Frank Daniels for a winning turn in Miss Simplicity showing his witty songs and exaggerated Baseline machine entrance. The review lauds his charm and the ensemble numbers as the show’s highlight, while noting Daniels has many songs and none enough.
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Frank Daniels
Daniels
Chicago Safecracking Scandal Rocks City Hall
George Green in custody on burglary tools charges claims a city detective heads a Chicago safeblowing ring. John Walsh is named as the implicated detective, with Chief ONeill and Inspector Hunt backing the circumstantial evidence. The charge follows a string of downtown and suburb safebreakings and a recent $75000 postoffice stamp robbery.
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Chicago
Ill
George Green
John Walsh
O'Neill
Inspector Hunt
Walsh
Central Station
Seven Dead From Football Season Highlight Relentless Toll
Seven dead and many injured mark a grim football season with fatalities among players. The list includes Chas Burckman 19 Chicago Edwin Logenecker 21 Brown preparatory John Buckner 11 Kirksville Mo Robert T McKee Alba Mich Leon Ayers 19 death by own action Ohio State captain John L Segrist and David Wark of Philadelphia. Only Segrist died in game. others were preparatory students or injuries from football.
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Chas. Burckman
Chicago
Edwin Logenecker
Brown Preparatory
John Buckner
Kirksville
Robert T.’. McKee
Alba
Mich
Leon Ayers
John L. Segrist
Ohio State
David
Wark
Philadelphia
Cresceus in Love With Stable Pup Surprises R ace Fans
An unusual tale from Cresceus's stable describes the famed racing stallion forming a bond with a young pup. The pup is allowed inside the stall without incident, while a neighbor named Mike previously tried to intervene and strike the animal. The story notes the pup’s noble lineage on both sides and hints at strong approval for the pairing.
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Colorado
Fred Dorrington
Wallack
Augustus Thomas
Mike
Cresceus
Alfred
Frye to Introduce Ship Subsidy Bill in Senate
Senator Frye has completed a bill to provide subsidies for ships and boost the American merchant marine. He will introduce it in the senate on Monday.
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Washington
Frye
Senate
Ohio Congressman Proposes $5000 Annual Pension for Mrs McKinley
Washington December 7 Congressmen Taylor of Ohio introduced a bill to grant an annual pension of five thousand dollars to Mrs McKinley. The action highlights supporting the late president wife in official measure.
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Washington
House
Taylor
Ohio
McKinley
Health Board Hopes to Oust Smallpox Threat
Boston officials express growing optimism as the Board of Health works to curb a threatened smallpox epidemic in the city. Authorities monitor cases and reinforce vaccination efforts to prevent spread.
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Boston
Mass
Board of Health
Blood Purifier Botanic Blood Balm Promoted as Cure
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a powerful blood purifier for impure blood and related symptoms. It claims to restore vitality, cure rheumatism and skin diseases, and offers free samples and medical advice while listing multiple U.S. distributors.
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Botanic
Blood Baimn Co
Mitchell St
Atlata
Iadianapolis
Huder
Washington
Pennsylvania-sts
Sporting Melange and Meetings at Fifth Avenue Hotel
At the Fifth Avenue hotel on December 10 magnates gather by invitation of President Young to discuss baseball matters. The note also recalls a Vanderbilt heir who lost $5,000 on Harvard Yale and a Terry McGovern quote about wanting another bout with his conqueror.
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Kid McCoy
McGovern
Fifth-ave
Young
Vanderbilt
Free Book on Personal Influence Promises Wealth and Power
The New York Institute of Science offers free distribution of The Philosophy of Personal Influence a guide to hypnotic power and magnetism. Prominent men endorse it claiming it builds memory willpower and leadership and can cure diseases and relieve pain. Letters from readers praise life improvements and success while somber warnings urge thoughtful use. Free copies limited by a $10,000 distribution effort with nationwide interest.
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Carnegie
England
Isia Morgan
Rockefeller
Mary Milner
D Street
Pueblo
Col
T. L. Lindenstruth
East South Street
Wilkesbarre
A. J. McGinnis
Ohio Street
Allegheny
Lincoln
M. D
Cratchfield Street
Dallas
Texas
S. R. King
Gilliam
Ind
New York Institute of Science
Department
Broadway
New York
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