Kirksmith sisters dazzle Grand with refined musical drama
The Kirksmith sisters from Ohio, a gifted trio, perform a refined act revealing depth beyond their elegant stage presence. They persevere through poverty, self funding recitals, and tour with a long list of collaborators while their 16 member Ward and Vokes Young Ladies' band draws attention. Also preview of Mortimer M Theise's three act musical frolle Morning Noon and Night featuring emigrants, vaudeville highlights, and Luna Park recreation.
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Kirksmith
Ohio
Lyceum
Majestic Theater Showcases Trilby in Forepaugh Run
The Majestic Theater enjoys strong audience interest as Forepaugh presents Trilby this week. The company delivers striking performances with notable excellence, highlighted by the captivating Svengali figure and the play’s firm hold on theatergoers.
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Majestic
eczema or inherited blood disease explained
An article explains how to distinguish eczema from a blood disorder by trying Poslam from H J Hudsons Weber Drug Co. or a druggist. If itching stops and the skin clears quickly, it indicates eczema. readers can obtain free supplies from Emergency Laboratories in New York by mail for small areas.
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H. J. Huder’s
Weber Drug Co
West Twenty-fifth Street
New York
Girl of the Golden West to Open in Indianapolis
Indianapolis audiences will see The Girl of the Golden West with complete detail and efficient acting, promising the dramatic sensation of the year during Thanksgiving week. Forepaugh management prepares elaborate attractions for the engagement.
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Indianapolis
Colonial Belles Bring Spark To Empire Burlesque
Empire Theater presents The Colonial Belles a spontaneous clever burlesque show featuring funny comedians tuneful songs and Broadway style numbers. The company delivers startling scenery and costumes setting a higher entertainment plane for patrons this week at the Empire.
New Gaiety Presents Balanced Bill With Zulus Heart
The New Gaiety offers a well balanced bill combining motion pictures and vaudeville. The Zulu's Heart thrills audiences with exciting incidents while the accompanying comedy and film effects heighten interest. Ed and Clarence Hays Nancy Lee Rice and Josephine Bartlett headline the vaudeville acts with strong specialty performances.
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Clarence Hays
Nancy Lee Rice
Josephine Bartlett
Follies of 1906 to Open at Illinois Theater Chicago
Follies of 1908 may also be presented as capital burlesques. The 1906 show is a clean witty two act ten scene revue with book by Harry B. Smith music by Maurice Levi and staged by Julian Mitchell under Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. It features acts like Garden of Adam and Eve New Jersey Tunnel Board the Lusitania and Around the World With Uncle Sam. The engagement begins Sunday November 22 with matinees weekly and a Thanksgiving day showing.
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Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr
New Jersey
The
Lusitania
Smart Set Athletic Club
Neil Brinkley
Beaux Arts
Vienna
Uncle Sam
Admiral Evans
Edna Goodrich Happy and So with Nat Goodwin
Chicago reports Mrs Nat C Goodwin formerly Edna Goodrich arrived at the Auditorium Annex with her mother and maid to visit relatives until Saturday She says she may form a company with her husband after the holidays but is not certain She dismisses press rumors about their lives as unfounded and declares they are happy
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Chicago
Nat C. Goodwin
Edna Goodrich
Auditorium Annex Hotel
Nat
Hoch appoints Clara Kaiser probate judge in Franklin County
Gov Hoch in Topeka names Clara Kaiser of Ottawa to fill the unexpired term of the late L Crittenden becoming the second woman to hold a Kansas probate judgeship. Kaiser has served as a clerk in the Ottawa probate office and was recommended by the outgoing judge.
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Topeka
Kas
Gov. Hoch
Clara Kaiser
Ottawa
Franklin County
L. ©. Crittenden
Kansas
Hoch
Miss Kaiser
Ward and Vokes reunite in Promoters at Park Theater
They survived perilous journeys and blizzards to perform, now reuniting after three years. Ward and Vokes present a 60 member company and a new musical comedy, promising an engaging show. The bill also features Belasco’s The Girl of the Golden West in Thanksgiving week stock production with Be lasco originals, plus Ziegfeld chorus girls and mail-order ticket details.
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Ward
Vokes
Park Theater
Ward and Vokes
David Belasco
Blanche Bates
George Fish
New York
Mr. Belasco
Belasco
Anna Bussert Joins Boston Merry Widow Cast
Anna Bussert, pupil of Jean de Reszke, returns to America and is engaged by Henry W. Savage for Natalie in the Boston Merry Widow company. The Tremont theater hosts the fourth month of Boston engagement as Back Bay patrons buy seats four weeks ahead. Henry E. Dixey, famed for his stage charm, will join New York performances next week as a philosophic and humorous figure.
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Mabel Wilbur
New York
Sonia
Ruby Dale
Mr. Savage
Anna Bussert
Jean de Reszke
America
Henry W. Savage
Natalie
Boston
Merry Widow’ Company
Tremont Theater
Back Bay
District Women Demand Suffrage From Roosevelt
The District of Columbia Woman's Suffrage association demands suffrage for men in the district and urges President Roosevelt to recommend this in his forthcoming message to Congress. Supporters expect a presidential cue in favor of male residents' suffrage.
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District of Columbia Woman’s Suffrage Association
Roosevelt
Congress
Farmer Survives Two Runaways In A Day
Benjamin Brier a Cumberland area farmer endured two runaway incidents Tuesday night with his team. In the first escape he sustained minor bruises while the second collision with an E Washington street car left him unconscious and hospitalized. authorities report injuries are not serious.
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Farmer
Benjamin Brier
Cumberland
Skating mishap hides broken arm after long on ice
Miss Bessie Dare fell at a skating rink and, for two hours, concealed her broken arm while continuing to skate. She avoided her escort Harvey Hardin, bid him farewell at the gate, then fainted and lay unconscious for hours. In Chicago a wedding cake over five feet tall, made of almond paste and chocolate, stands under guard for the couple Adam Bouchel and Laura Sikorski.
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Evansville
Ind
Bessie Dare
Harvey Hardin
Chicago
Adam Bouchel
Anglo-American Provision Company
Laura Sikorski
Wall Street
Grandson confesses in grandfather homicide case
Vineland N J November 18 Walter Zeller admits guilt in the murder of his grandfather William Read. He implicates Oline Wheeler and Herbert Griggs in the shooting that occurred Friday night.
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Vineland
N. J
Walter Zeller
Oline Wheeler
Herbert Griggs
William Read
Zeller
Wabash Gears Up for DePauw Game After Tough Practice
Crawfordsville Ind Nov eight Coach Ralph Jones put the Wabash football eleven through a severe workout on Ingalls field in preparation for Friday's clash with DePauw. The intensive session aimed to sharpen defense and stamina ahead of the crucial rivalry game.
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Wabash
Crawfordsville
Ind
Ralph Jones
Ingalls Field
de Pauw
Unfair Exchange at Bunker Hill Gaffe
A British artilleryman boasts of a bronze cannon captured at Bunker Hill, while an American tourist coolly sneers that “you got the gun and we got the third.” The exchange highlights wartime pride and humorous reversal.
No, I Can't Stick It Any Longer and Off Tomorrow
A Punch quote satirizes overdone management in a harsh labor mood. A worker complains about promised roughing it and a luncheon without a band, only to witness champagne served in claret glasses. The line ends with frustration at excessive spectacle.
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Richard Barry
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Eddie Judge
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Mortimer M. Theise
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Luna Park
Coney Island
Majestic Theater
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Aransas
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Voices
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Castoria Teitten
Ot Chen
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Washington
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Bunker Hill
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