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l\\Or\CKMFVr*i\t i It e F u n k e•With the advent of the theatrical season, numerous companies have put out their asmrou ncem ents foe- popularfavor. Oliver Seotft’s re tin-.-.I negro minstrH5-, successors ito *tl»e Al. G. Field real negro tninAtrels, a company that has been sue-ees.-rfa! . II over America, will make its initial appearance In this city the coming season. The novelty of this organization lies in the ifact ‘that it is composed exclusively of genuine negroes, forty 5n nunrtber. The name ’ minstrel” is applied to the organization for want of a more r-ompreinmslve title. Of eolt;ur-' ■ there is the regulation minstrel firs: part, hut with this company quite differ* nit from all others, as it Is costumed In a magmUcfTi't manner and is intended to represent the refined side of negro life. Every phase of rregro life is represented m tiiis entectarament, from the •plantation to the parlor. Good, old-tim-minstr°l?y has its ,nr. -s? •. • ;•* bigcake walk, the Pas Mh-La dance and the good old phin-'-ati.-.n ditties. There ilt;H a specialty contingent that will *locredit to any organization, either white or black. Marsh Craig, to whom the title of the huoijfi boa constrict or would not toe suitable, as it does not describe■his wonderful feats. To call him a con -tortioratst is a misnomer. The human corkscrew would he a more fitting termlt;to apply to him. His fears border on themarveious.lt;Wg, however, is only one of the many surprises offered by this big company, which will come :o the Funkw opera house Saturday, matin a evdng. Sep tom her 10, where forty sable exmlof d!ve south compowe Oliver Scott’s refined of-gro mimsrtreis, «n*l (the o] • *»•-•fatnme-Pt given by th-m is or.- of or..-.inaliuy and refinement, jt appeals to t’i*# •taste lt;f yiM lt;*la#s,es.Tiff, HI Iff JAGTOV*Eicnr«io«» c«* OimifH*, HimmmI Trij*Tiekefg.Sp: ember I and mormi% tra:ns ofiean'oe o, gteod io un i a11, %IM.flepteutoer 5. god to return unit \•leant er u m*t, g-fHjM ‘to m urn untilterruber 17, U/ffl*September o %lt;*r t to rv *n n until1 ember 10, H gtpr ember p». |] a;./4 m ,:o • a. n .* ag 12tM, limit y*p emu r to, .vor. rrurm ;r?.September ip 21 arKfw marring trains of 24 ft, I m »t emti r 20, $Ef rjr lt;1 ay -eurs om rrlt;m no w u$ t iOoMber 31* U mi ted to 5 aays, n.siKvery d-ay excurston^ rrom now to October IS, iiOTCed lo Aovonrib* r j., 12 .G. V\ . C\ F. V A.SO8 et »*•
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Lincoln Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sun, Sep 04, 1898
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