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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
5
For Parsifal patrons the old rule of a 5 30 starting time and two hour dinner intermission has been dropped. The entire performance will run in one sitting with the curtain rising at 7 45 sharp. Auditors must be seated at the first curtain and no seating during the play.
Theatrical notice proclaims the comedy with Harry Beresford a major sensation in New York Chicago and London praised as wholesome mirth. Sugar's Theatre announces December 7 with the same cast and grand production from the New York run. Parsifal is set for a one night engagement December 6 with a strict 7 45 curtain and late seating policy.
The piece praises Parsifal for moral courage and healing, lauds managers Martin and Emery for widening access, and commends Richards Pringle's Georgia Minstrels for clean, refined entertainment. It notes a December 9 Sugar's Theatre appearance and a noon street parade inviting families to attend.
Four members of the Brewster's Millions company were arrested in Texarkana on a Sunday for poker. The men reportedly were caught in a hotel room while playing and each paid a fine after the incident was tipped off by a disgruntled female member of the company.
The Grand presents two new vaudeville acts this afternoon following a week run at the Majestic Theatre in Shreveport. The Shreveport Times reviews the show noting an opening by John Wil- and previews more acts to come.
Lendring, a black face comedian, headlines with a closing song And Mother Hasn't Spoke to Father Since. Minor and Vincent perform a comedy skit with a song by Miss Vincent. Booth, a Hawkinsville businessman en route to Cochran, is shot after Harvard claims Booth’s machine frightened his mules. Three shots fired, Booth struck as he followed Harvard in a wagon.
An advertisement touts Rexall Mucu-Tone as a blood carried remedy for catarrh, claiming external treatments only offer temporary relief. The Monroe Drug Co promises a full money back guarantee if it fails, selling 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles at The Rexall Store in Monroe.
The Herald square couple from the Comic Opera Company perform in 1904-05 to 1907-08 seasons in Happy Hooligan Rajah of Bhong and The Show Girl. A comedy and tragedy act features Mlle Pilar Morin, an Edison film to be shown tonight. Also shown are The Lonely Bachelor by Michel Carre and Across the Island of Ceylon, a hand colored film praised as art and instruction.
New Orleans reports cotton seed mills facing record high prices with prices rising further before year end. Crude oil derived from seed now costs 44 1 2 cents per gallon as seed yield this year is smaller, causing several Texas and Louisiana mills to close due to scarcity.
A young man about eighteen identified by a letter signed Jenny from West Virginia, addressed to S. G. Belt, was found dead in an Illinois Central box car at Harahan. He crawled in to sleep and machinery in the car toppled onto him, killing him instantly.
Cochran Ga Dec 1 John Harvard a negro preacher who shot and fatally injured Will D Booth two miles from this place late this afternoon was captured by a mob of enraged citizens five miles from here.
In Pleasant Mill church near Macon Georgia Sol Brown is dead and Andrew McCrary mortally wounded after a quarrel over President Taft religion following services. Wheeler clashed with Brown and McCrary, drew a pistol and killed Brown and wounded McCrary before escaping.
Billy Girard, who escaped from the Mississippi penitentiary two years ago while serving a five year sentence for robbery, was arrested today by Police Officers Butler and Flewellyn. He had been involved in an early 20th century wagon robbery in Vicksburg and was recognized on train No. 12 eastbound. He was turned over to Sheriff Parker and Mississippi authorities were notified. officers will receive a $50 reward.
All taxes not paid on or before January 1 1910 2 per cent interest per month will be charged thereon B K Fluker City Tax Collector
The listing promotes Always a Goop Show with manager R L Peck and pictures today including Comedy and Tragedy from Edison. It also advertises The Lonely Bachelor from Pathe, a tale of a worthless chap, and Across the Island of Ceylon, a travelogue to the isle of Ceylon.
Minor and Vincent present a fine comedy sketch with strong musical numbers. John Willin Brink, a Blackface comedian, performs a good sketch.
Adults see. Children order 10 years, 10¢. All children over 3 years of one must have a ticket.
Report from New York states E. H. Harriman estate appraised at 149 million dollars with a calculated inheritance tax of 1.49 million to be paid to the State. The surrogate has not yet made the valuation public.
St Louis reports B F Winchell will be elected president of the St Louis and San Francisco tomorrow and resign the Rock Island presidency today. The Republic says a syndicate of St. Louisans including Adolphus Busch Charles H Huttig James Campbell W K Bixby F J Wade John Sculling G H Walker and the St Louis Union Trust Company will acquire bonds between the Rock Island and Frisco.
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