Samson Novelization at Criterion Theatre Delivers a Veiled Vendetta
In a tense scene from Henri Bernstein's Samson, now at the Criterion Theatre, Jacques Brachard confronts his wife Anne-Marie's lover Jerome Gavain after uncovering a Cafe de Paris escapade. As copper markets crash, Brachard coerces Gavain at the Hotel Ritz, forcing a brutal moral reckoning.
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Samson
Criterion Theater
Henri Bernstein
Israel
Charles Frohman
Jacques Brachard
Anne-Marie
Marquise d’Andeline
France
Brachard
Jerome ‘le Govain
Govain
London
le Govain
Brad‘ard
Grace Rutherford
Gavain
Anne- Marie
Paris
Grace
Ritz
Deveaux
Gawain
Cafe de Paris
Brichard
Jacques
Duel on the Room Floor Reveals Brachard and Gavain
In a tense confrontation Brachard traps Gavain in a hotel room to force a fight. Gavain accuses Brachard of dishonor while Brachard dismisses honor and explains his tough past in Marseilles. The scene ends with a promise to continue. Three New York women oppose smoking by women.
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Brachard
Gavain
Gawain
Braehard
Hotel de Ritz
Anne
Marseilles
New York
Jessie T. Bogle
Mary Coleman
Lydia K. Commander
The Inventory of Oddities and Keepsakes
A catalog of curious items including books on a gaming topic and pamphlets on evasion, various excerpts and records, oddities like fakes branded, scalp cases, damaged inked tributes to Haskell and Foraker, a signed statuette, verses, letters of commendation, and a mix of coins and valuables.
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Ananias
Haskell
Foraker
Old Wives for New review sparks moralfire in marriage debates
A New England reader reviews David Graham Phillips's Old Wives for New, calling it a frank, shocking panorama of marriage, divorce, and domestic life. The piece argues the novel, while scandalous, delivers a moral warning about female virtue, spousal neglect, and evolving relationships in American society.
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New England
David Graham Phillips
Bill Nya
America
David Gra
New York
Misses Hengler Thrill Europe Then Return to New York
The Misses Hengler headline a Grand vaudeville tour praised across Europe from Empire London to Marigny Paris and major capitals. They travel with their mother and will soon shift to a musical comedy, signaling a bold finish to their vaudeville era. Forepaugh presents Lost-24 Hours at the Majestic next week, a rapid farce by Rob ert Hilliard featuring Dick Swift waking to a full day lost.
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May
Flo Hengler
St. Petersburg
Empire
London
Paris
Maringy
England
France
Dresden
China
The
Ranmce
Russia
Germany
Hengher
America
Hengley
Majestic
Afsjrestic
Robert Hilliard
Dick Swift
Tennessee Tess Queen of the Moon Shiners at Park Theater
Park theater presents the thriller Tennessee Tess Queen of the Moon Shiners with Miss Lottie Williams in the lead. The Tennessee mountain tale follows a waif who uncovers her parentage and saves a beloved mountain from unscrupulous heirs aiming to seize it for millions.
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Chas. E. Blaney
Lottie Williams
Park Theater
Tennessee
Majestic Theater Presents Charley's Aunt Week Run
The Forepaugh Stock company stages Charley's Aunt at the Majestic this week to high praise and strong audience laughter in a lively performance noted for humor and merriment.
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Charley
The
Majestic
The Maid of the Alps at Empire Theatre
The Avenue Girls company presents The Maid of the Alps at the Empire Theater for the week. It is in its fourth season and billed as the circuit’s banner attraction with 49 cast members, show girls, pony ballet, singing and dancing numbers, vaudeville headliners, and the afterpiece It Happened in Spain. Leo Stevens stars as King Sneexter, praised as a top comedian.
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Empire Theater
Avenue Girls
Spain
Leo Stevens
King Sneexter
Advocates New Spring Tonic For Health Restoration
A medical promoter urges a new spring tonic to combat winter poisons and a range of ailments from constipation to nervous exhaustion. The recipe uses syrup sapparilla compound, balmwort, cardiol essence, endomene compound, and tincture. readers are advised to mix at home and take after meals and at night to restore health.
Textile inventory fragment with fabric yardage and pillow cases
A fragmented listing notes Cambric Muslin at 36 inches wide and 10 yards per buyer with 12 16 cent values per yard, plus eight pillow cases with soft finish and 12 percent value, Bleached Sheeting 9 4 width at 27 cent per yard, and Bleached Sheets 72 by 90 inches at 55 cent, with unspecified amp/light context.
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Gevain
Brachara
Jerome Te Govain
Crome le Gavain
Ovain
Bra
Chard
Chile
Europe
Virginia
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Dr. Pierce
C. C. Clark
Washington St
Massachusetts Ave
Marott Dpartment
Pennsylvania St
Illinois Street
P Armstrong
TAFT
West Washington St
Burn Darby
Darby
CAR Servich
Vertu
Archbold
Tillman
Storer
Wall Street
Eila Wheeler Wilcox
Ham Phillips
Indiana
Majestic Theater
H. P. Wasson & Co
Joss
Agd
Justingie
Autte
Ehevs
Wall le Reflector
Brillant
Wwe
Ivory
Fairy
Tuyer
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