Grand Christmas Week Show At The Grand
Amusements listing touts Five Trapwells with famed European acrobats and tumblers as headliners for Grand Christmas week. The bill promises dash and brilliance with acts like Just a Little Fun, Art istic Nonsense, ventriloquism by A O Duncan, lively singing from Seville and Sinclair, and contortion feats by Charles Marvelle. Also featured are The Fernandez May Do novelties and Marathon race scenes, plus A Night on a Houseboat with an eight performer troupe in a summer frolic setting.
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Europe
Wonderful
Grand
Melville
Higgins
Melnette Twins
Clay Smith
A. O. Duncan
Seville
Sinclair
Charles Marvelle
Fernandez May
Park Theater hosts Prince of Swindlers amid lively New York crowds
Owen Davis's melodrama The Prince of Swindlers opens at the Park theater for three days under A. H. Woods with 22 players. The plot follows Dick Thornes from wealth to dissipation as he faces a cast of schemers, perilous trials, and a final justice. Also featured are The Smart Set with The Black Politicians and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in a three act program, plus a Christmas matinee and a Thursday skip.
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New York
Owen Davis
Park Theater
A. H. Woods
Dick Thornes
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S. H. Dudley
Hezekiah Doe
Hoodlums Holiday at Empire in Kentuckys Belles Burlesque
Manager Robert Gordon selects the Kentucky Belles burlesque troupe for the Empire Christmas week with James Diamond as the eccentric comic in The Hoodlum's Holiday. Produced by J Grant Gibson the two act show features Dr Dippys Sanitarium and Senator Jacks Browne residences with a 50 member cast led by Adele Ranney and a 30 strong chorus.
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Empire Theater
Robert Gordon
Kentucky Belles
the Empire
James Diamond
J. Grant Gibson
Dr. Dippy
Jack Browne
Gen. Boom
Rochester Athletic tops Manual Training High in 34 to 24 win
Rochester Indiana December 19 The Rochester Athletic association basketball team defeated Manual Training High School Independents 34 to 24 for its first ble game victory.
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Ester Athletic Association
Manual Training High School Independents
Vaudeville Stars Shine In Sparkling Stage Hit
Hits are numerous and catchy and each act is a scream from start to finish. The scenic adornment is superb and novelties are interspersed through out this sterling piece of humor. Prominent among the artists are Jerry Mills and Irving Allen who contribute no little to the success of the play. In vaudeville they have been for years the shining lights. The usual matinees will be given. She also consists of J Grant Gibson and Miss Adele Branner, O Malley and Golden, and a cast of dancers and vocalists.
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Jerry Mills
Irving Allen
J. Grant Gibson
Adele Branner
O'Malley
Golden
Melrose
Dave
Percie Martin
If Larves
Jim Diamond
Majestic to Feature Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Revival
The Forepaugh Stock Company will present a Majestic Theater revival of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde during Christmas week. The piece, from Robert Louis Stevenson’s celebrated novel, centers on the dual nature of man and a laboratory transformation that yields both peril and moral insight.
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New Gaiety Presents The Man of the Cliffa Feature
The New Gayety will show The Man of the Cliffa next week featuring a dramatic medieval tale from Talk-A-Graph. The vaudeville bill includes the Winnings Frank and Estelle with Friend Fritz, a deweed Germain comedy sketch, and song and dance numbers.
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Estelle
Fritz
Deweed Germain
The Growth of Cities Century Expansion Recounted
San Francisco Call notes a vast rise in urban population across Europe and the world. It highlights Europe’s cities surpassing 160000 and 199000 inhabitants, with Paris as a major example, and global totals reaching thirteen cities over a million. The piece credits science, industry, and invention for reshaping cities and economies through chemistry, steam, electricity, railways, steamships, gold wind credit.
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Paris
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Murepead
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Gossip and barroom conversations spark wage talk
A snippet from Illustrated Magazine records a musing about why women are not employed in bars. Large asks why, Littl speculates women could be successful tellers, reflecting dated gender views in a brief gossip snippet.
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Littl
Self-Control as a Moral Anchor in Daily Life
The essay argues that true self-control extends beyond temperance to all aspects of life. It warns against indolence and the pursuit of wealth at the expense of family and health, urging steady inner discipline, calm conduct, and steady labor to strengthen character and protect the home. It notes talent does not excuse weak character and cautions against compromising moral integrity for passions.
Temptation and self control in life’s pilgrimage
The passage warns that temptation hides in every path and only a strong will and high ideals guard against yielding to passion. It notes the risk for beautiful women to surrender dignity for power or conquest and stresses that true duty comes from developing self control and pursuing higher womanhood. Money slips.
The Whole Definition of Self-Control
A compact exhortation to study the true meaning of self-control and then apply it in daily life, urging disciplined conduct and consistent practice to align thoughts, choices, and actions with a governed, principled standard.
Self control and patience urged in old Pacific Coast note
A reflection on waiting and self-discipline opens the piece, urging restraint as nature teaches long cycles. An afternoon meeting in San Francisco involves Presidents Pulliam and Johnson with the Pacific Coast league and a California State league committee to seek peace, with both sides desiring resolution.
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