The Sins of the Father theater praise across papers
Endorsements pour in from Dorothy Dix and a raft of newspapers praising Thomas Dixon’s play The Sins of the Father as a powerful dramatic moral sermon. Clergy and critics call it substantial, provocative, and likely to spark nationwide discussion.
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Dorothy DIX
New York Journal
Maintai
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
Thomas Dixon
Raleigh News and Observer
Dixon
Benjamin Franklin Bryan
Emanuel Baptist Church
Richmond
Memphis
Sins of the Father to Play in Monroe Christmas Week
Thomas Dixon and George H. Brennan bring The Sins of the Father to Monroe next Sunday after Christmas. The company, fresh from Memphis, arrives Christmas Eve via Vicksburg and showcases a complete production from New York with no local borrowed props. Governor Vardaman and politicians saw the Memphis closing and praised Dixon’s drama as tender, powerful, and a priceless service to the nation.
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Thomas Dixon
George H. Brennan
Monroe
Lyceum Theatre
Memphis
Vicksburg
National Park
Battle Grounds
Mr. Dixon
New York City
Charles G. Craig
Arthur J. Pickens
Ethel Wright
Vardaman
News-Star
Tenn
James K. Vardaman
Mississippi
Dixon
America
Eli and Jane at Fraternal Theatre Impresses Crowd
Last night the Fraternal Theatre presented Eli and Jane to an enthusiastic audience. From curtain rise to finish the play was lively with no dull moment. Attendees verdict: it was the best show ever seen here, and the return of Eli and Jane drew strong anticipation.
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Eli and
Jane
Fraternal Theatre
Eli
Girls at Sugar's Theatre Promises Youthful Charm
Clyde Fitch's comedy Girls, praised as a fresh departure from hackneyed types, comes to Sugar's Theatre with a metropolitan company. The London and New York runs earned acclaim for clever dialogue and original scenes, now touring Poplar Bluff for Friday night performance.
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Clyde Fitch
London
Sam Shubert
Lee Shubert
Daly’s Theatre
Sugar’s Theatre
Man-hater matinee greets Girls company venues
During the engagement of the Girls company in several cities a man-hater matinee is staged. Any young woman who truthfully confirms she has no regard for the opposite sex is given a free ticket to the performance.
Grace Atwell and Winona Shan Lead Seven Days Company
Grace Atwell and Winona Shan head the Seven Days company, two of America's best actresses, set to perform in the city early in January.
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Grace Atwell
Winona Shannon
America
Virginia Thomas in My Cinderella Girl Plays Ruth Thornton
Virginia Thomas, who portrays Ruth Thornton with William Morris in My Cinderella Girl, is a niece of Theodore Thomas, the renowned orchestra conductor.
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Virginia Thomas
Ruth Thornton
William Morris
Cinderella Girl
Theodore Thomas
Special Notice on Dolls Available at Cost
Just received a large stock of life size dressed dolls valued up to 25.00 each. Dolls will be sold at actual manufacturer’s cost. Ouachita Crockery & Glassware Co. Ltd. Monroe Hotel Building, 15 ft.
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Ouachita Crockery & Glassware Co., Ltd
Monroe Hotel
Holiday cigar gift packages at Simmons' Smoke House
Holiday packages of cigars offered by Simmons' Smoke House present a suitable gift option. The listing notes 16 to 31 units or price range, suggesting a seasonal promotion with emphasis on gifting appeal. The source highlights cigars and the shop but provides limited additional details.
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Simmons’ Smoke House
Reconsecration Question in St Johns Church Murder Case
In Louisville the Catholic Church weighs reconsecration of St John s Church Clay and Walnut after Alma Kellner s murder cited in Wendling case. Bishop Denis O Donaghue will decide if murder evidence suffices to desecrate and reconsecrate the church before public worship resumes.
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Louisville
Dee
St. John’s Church
Clay and
Walnut Streets
Alma Kellner
Denis O’donaghue
Wendling
St. John's Church
O’donoghue
Joseph Wendling
Commonwealth
O'Donaghue
J. E. Peters Furnished Vaults and Funeral Goods
J E Peters offers vaults for temporary interment in the cemetery until final resting place is chosen. He is a manufacturer and dealer in furniture window shades children's carriages wagons velocipedes metal burial caskets wooden cofins trimmings and agents for sewing machines pianos organs telephones and Globe-Wernick book canes.
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Clas
Globe-Wernicks
Rogidenra
Court rules on reconsecration evidence in murder trial
Attorneys argue the church was not reconsecrated after murder, claiming the Catholic church law on reconsecration should have been admitted. The sixteenth instruction notes the court erred in excluding Rev. Father Schuhmann's testimony on reconsecration and whether St. John’s Church had been reconsecrated.
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Sible
Clements and
Ray
Father Schuhmann
St. John’s Church
Sheriff Loots Confessions As Bootlegging Probe Grows
Shreveport Louisiana reports burglary of the sheriff office on Friday night taking confessional statements tied to bootlegging cases in oil fields. The raid followed eight men jailed Saturday night for bootlegging with arrests at Oil City Vivian Myotis and Lews.
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Shreveport
Oil City
Vivian
Myotis
Lews
For Sale Dry blocks for wood by Fowler Implement Co
Classified note offers dry blocks for wood at $1.00 per load with prompt delivery. Fowler Implement Company advertises both phone lines for contact and orders.
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Fowler Implement Company
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Undertaker
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