Fun in Plenty at the Grand Next Week Show
The Grand presents a varied bill headlined by Severus Schaffer feats of equilibrium and juggling learned in Vienna. Will Cressy Blanche Dayne perform in Grasping an Opportunity, with Dayne as a rural loafer catcher and camera trap. Actresses Bertie Fowler and Louise Dresser headline musical and comic turns with Samovey troupe performing. Jack Norworth closes the program with monologue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severus Schaffer
Schaffer
Vienna
Europe
Will Cressy
Blanche Dayne
Miss Dayne
Johnson
Davenport
Lorello
Bertie Fowler
Topsy Turvy
William Weston
Ella Herbert
Weston
Ssewsky
Louise Dresser
Jack Norworth
Minstrel West's Return Promises Bright Parade and Laughs
William H. West brings his minstrel show to English's for Tuesday night three performances. The production features a grand parade in a tandem coach, top acts, and a large company including Rogers Brothers and Isadore Rush. Also on stage at the Park next Monday is Hello Bill a light farce about a groom facing a 60 day jail risk for a gambling night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Billy van
Ernest Tenny
Raymond Teal
Charles Whalen
Richard J. Jose
Manuel Romain
John P. Rodgers
William Hallett
Waterbury ‘Brothers
Tenny
de Elmar
Raymond, Teal
Charles ‘Whalen
Rio Brothers
Rogers Brothers
Jennico
Central Park
Gus
Max Rogers
Reuben
Isadoré Rush
Miss Rush
Roland Reed
Della Fox
Klaw & Erlanger
Ben Teal
Maurice Levy
William Fuller
Goodhue
Bill
the Park
William
Feicht to Lecture on Oberammergau Passion Play
Sunday evening February 17 at the Grand Harry E Feicht will discuss Oberammergau its people and its passion play with 200 views from photographs colored by a Boston painter He gathered material after six weeks at Oberammergau as guest of Adolph Ling who plays Christus The lecture includes tableaux scenes and performers and has clergy endorsement Feicht also previews music written for the Passion play never before produced in this country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry. E. Feicht
Oberammergau
Boston
Feicht
Adolph Ling
Feldt
Nation’s Husband Contemplates Silence on Stunts
The Detroit Free Press notes Theodore Nation may refrain from further stunts unless Mrs Nation yields the spotlight. The piece hints the peacoet movement shifting focus amid the public drama surrounding the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore
Mrs. Nation
Detroit Free
Through the Breakers at the Park This Week
The popular melo drama Through the Breakers comes to the Park for Thursday Friday and Saturday. The company is billed as the strongest yet, with the show achieving a remarkable financial record due to a striking final act moment. The play remains very popular at the Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Park
Burlesque Acts at Empire With 28 Performers Next Week
Reilly and Woods present a burlesque show at the Empire featuring 28 well known performers. Junie McCree and company perform an original character sketch The dope fiend. Support from Randolph Murray Lulu Hahn and Ira Miller. Ollie Young and brother perform hoop rolling. Also featuring Pat Reilly with an Irish brogue and a chorus of other acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reilly & Woods
Empire
Junie McCree
Pat Refily
Gesses
Lulu and Sapho presented by Bennett and Stembler
Embracing selections and raggedest rag time by four emperors of music. Misses Bennett and Stembler, the legitimate players, present a comedietta by Geo. M. Cghan called Lulu and Sapho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four Emperors of Music
Bennett
Stembler
Geo. M. Cghan
Lulu
Sapho
James Hackett to Star in The Pride of Jennico at English's
James K Hackett the popular film and stage star will appear at English's next week in The Pride of Jennico a four act Hungarian 1711 romance based on Edgerton Castle’s novel. Bazil Jennico a 26 year old ex British Army officer courts the princess of Dornheim and battles to win his bride amid duels and disguise. Also featured are Bertha Galland Marie Ottilie and a large zoo week with Chauncey Morlan the weight champion and a host of acts plus plans for a prize spelling contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K.hackett
Fle
Indianapolis
Jennico
New York
Egedton Castle
Hungary
Bazil Jennico
Dornheim
Jennnico
Hackett
Bertha Galland
Marie Ottilie
Chauncey Morlan
Capt
Bonavita
Monsignor Boyker
Prof
Briggs
Big Frank
Blake
Aginton
Stella
Frank Bostock
Who Was She Matron Gregoire Faces Fake Widow Tale
A widow named Mrs. Smith, 35, arrives at Union station with a 2 year old seeking help. She claims husband died leaving no funds and that trustees have given her little support. Staff transfer her to Matron Gregoire and Door of Hope for the night. She then leaves angrily toward the kitchen and back to the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregoire
Dog Steals $10,000 in Diamonds Hidden in Slipper
At the Traders hotel in Clarksburg West Virginia Mrs Morrison placed ten thousand dollars in diamonds in the toe of her slipper and slept while a pug terrier later retrieved the gems. Guests and police searched the hotel as the dog unearthed the jewels from under the bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Traders
Morrison
Three Minute Trials in Police Court Discussed
Lawyer Reinhold drafts an amendment to permit jail while appeal is pending for police court cases. Judge Alford warns jack-leg attorneys could clog higher courts, while acknowledging injustice for those tried unjustly in three minutes without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Reinhold
Reinhold
Fremont Alford
Criminal Court
Teething Remedy Tells Of Rabbits And Brains In 1900s Tale
A distressed mother recalls a misguided teething remedy using a rabbit head and warm brain to soothe Katharine's gums. Her brother aged five, Ged, witnesses a dangerous scene as a cushion and hot air from a register are involved. The story ends with a warning about unsafe beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine
Imogen
Kaffin
A SKIN GAME ARRESTS IN LEBANON CASES TOSSED OUT?
Lebanon Indiana police arrested lawyer Joseph D. Cunningham and Edward Buchanan on a charge of obtaining 175 dollars from farmer John Bowen under threat of exposing an alleged affair with Mrs Ward. Bowen said they claimed to be sent by the Odd Fellows to settle the matter and Cunningham was to act as Ward's attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Sps
Joseph D. Cunningham
Edward Buchanan
John Fowen
John Ward
Ywuchanen
Bowen
Odd-Fellows
Cunningham
Ward
Atchison City Move Targets Nightlife Raids
A Atchison ordinance will be introduced to impose severe fines or imprisonment on anyone who smashes or raids local joints. The measure aims to curb activities associated with Mrs Nation and others raiding Atchison establishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kas
Linares Leads Blame Debate Over Spanish Defeat
In Madrid on January 25, generals and war officials sparred over responsibility for Spain’s losses to the United States. General Linares defended Madrid’s insufficient support in Cuba, while others warned against airing accusations that could aid revolutionary factions. Marshal Blanco lamented not acting in Havana, as officers in the Philippines echoed blame toward Madrid and its politicians.
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Linares
Congress
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Madrid
War Office
Santiago
Pando
Cervera
Blanco
Senate
Havana
Philippines Islands
Spain
West Indies
Far East
United States
Pyramid Pile Cure Ad Promises Pain Free Cure
The Pyramid Pile Cure claims to cure piles without surgical operation using acids and healing oils. Testimonials from Dr Williams and several patients in Omaha and St. Louis praise its safety and effectiveness, noting relief within a single 50 cent package and no reoccurrence for months.
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Williams
Phil Owens
South Omaha
St. Louis
Wife seeks dissolution over substitute sister ruse
Mrs Elizabeth Fry asks the supreme court to dissolve her marriage to Thomas Fry alleging he falsely represented a Philadelphia woman as his sister. She discovered the deception after years of travel with him and says he kept the visitor in their home before being ousted when the truth came out.
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New York
Elizabeth Fry
Supreme Court
Thomas Fry
Philadelphia
Joseph J. Myers
Broadway
Mr. Fry
Fry
Mrs. Fry
Hoffman House
Remarkable X ray surgery saves man with bullet in brain
Chattanooga case details a dramatic operation by Dr. G A Baxter at Erlanger Hospital. James Bird survived twenty two days with a bullet lodged in brain before surgeons located and removed it using X rays and a drainage tube. Bird remains conscious and doctors expect recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Langer Hospital
G. A. Baxter
James Bird
Baxter
Bird
Aleady
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Severus Shaifer
Minstrel West
William H. West
W. H. West
Isadore Rush
T4ne
H. D. Blakemore
George Macomber
Richard Quilter
Aubrey Noyes
Frederick Leader
Ola Humphrey Emily Lascelles
Eugenie Bowen
Carolyn Lee
the Grand
Anent
Fanny Fields
Order of Hibernians
Pocahontas
Bostock
White Buffalo
James O'Neill
Monte Cristo
Liebler
Johnny
Emma Ray
Royal Lilliputians
Franz Subert
Marie Dressler
Miss Priant
Paris
Maxim
Engglish
Tim. Murphy
Sossmith Russell
Puggy
T Brown
Plain Dealer” of
Lake City
Mich
Lake City, Mich
Igoo
Pepsin Syrup Company
Monticello, Lil
Geo. S. Stout
The
Plain Dealer
Notre Dame
M. Summers
U.S. A
Pennviuvai
Hichester
Aeia
Chichester Chemical Chispepe
Madison Square
PMLA
A. B. Melville
Pres
Pennsylvania St
Indiang Dept
DR. Baxter
J- J
Kyle Zi E. Ohip
Morton Place
Central-ave
Anna R.meyer
Old Telephone
Sont Ip Plisin
Swen Oe
Fm Sriing
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