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PAGETHE OPEEA HOUSE REPORTERFromMidvestNanBusiness at Arno.c, Ner. ~as very ;oodt in fact we exce-:ec:e; :~e best usioess we have hac on ~.s crancn.Callaway opened £-:*:d.Walter W. Hankins has adied a spot light and song slide ~i:~::ie :osinging act and tne natives snnreciateit.Thomas Wiggins' s:ea.ties as wellas bis acting went big in A'n;.a. He is now the talk of ;heMrs. Lewis enjoyed her week's stay in Arnold very much as she **5 en* tertained by her oldcell.Our private ^electric t draws no end of :avrrao.e from the people.The personnel of the c:r-:any ispractical)v the same as a: me opening of the season.There is a nice bathing ::: away, and the boys have a 1vantage of the opportunity miog.Tne ladies of the c:mnau; their usual weekly ou::ng :n at Callaway.“Iowna Ford” and ‘Max Well visitedthe show last week.W. H. 7IBBILS.¥plantmentrv- m \ * • V * *axen an-c: sw im-enaved • «p* -r ‘ ' * Ar . a » 6Crop Outlook Very GoodKinrstec. iowaEditor Reporter:Not much doiDg in the theatrical linehere for some time but things are picking up.The crops are the finest here they have been in vears and tne farmers will harvest the biggest crop for corn in this vicinity they have had for years from the present outlook. This will mean business for shows that play this section this tall. Frank 5 wan was in town Thursday morning paving the way for McCann’s “Girl and the Ranger” Company which plays here Aug. 17th. Wallaces little tent show {will be here Saturday evening, the Idth, with feature pictures and a few trained animals. They have given satisfaction in past seasons when they were here and will draw a crowd. Bubb will open the opera house in October or early in November with his “Ikey and AbeyMshowand if newspaper publicity will get him a crowd the house will be packedas it should be In fact all shows playing this town can be assured of Dlentv co-operation on my part, as this is all I can do for them. I notice Hagenbeck and Wallace’s circus is billed to be at Algona the 2iuh. Expect a large crowd to go down from here and I expect to be one of them. I cannot get along without your valuable little paper. It’s the first thing I offer to troupers whocall at my office, and thev aiwavs seem grateful.A. L. ANDERSONWaterloo, Iowa, News’The \\ aterJoo Theatre, A. J. BusbyMgr.; House opened season with TheCabaret Girls Burlesque Co. to two big houses. The Follies of Pleasure, comes on Aug. 20th. and Beauty, Youth and Folly, on Aug. 27th, but the regularSep5t°DS cp' not begin untildm vgvr Bi!Sby has just returnedfromA. where he has the largestand best list of bookings he has evergiven the patrons of TheWaterloo Theatre and everything promises a profit-able season. FThe Majestic Theatre • A. A, Fruden-d Mgr. House wii! open for the season on bun. Sept. 3rd With Vaudeville Electric Park H, R. Parker Mer Business has been fair during TheSummer and attendance ahead of last ifsu’al” W1 Cl°Se 00 LabJr Day as Arena.—Terrys Uncle Toms Cabindrew a packed „„ Aug. ,0, and pleas” Q.NTe:TThe Plaza Theatre openedSunday Aug. 13th after being dosedn payiSii° „r^ec,orate the interior.G. E. Boyce has been elected\V «icePresident for Iowa of theTheatrical Managers Ass’n. Each state ia the Midwest has one Vice President.He is also Prop, and Mgr. of the BoyceCircuit of Theatres in low?, Wisconsin,Minnesota. Nebraska, South Dakota,«*Missouri, and Illinois.F. C. Knee, Mgr. Gedney Theatre at Independence. Iowa, is nutting on a five act Vaudeville BUI for his Fair dates 'Aug. 14-19.? in place of a “Rep1, show, Thr Acts were cooked through the Boyce Circuit.G. E. BOYCEXAGLES HIPPODROMEWell, we are still on the go. This makes our 91st week without a lay off, and 1 dare say we are doing a wonderful business.* I have added another act to my show: Lee Senney, the wizard at the piano. Mr. Senney was formerly pianist at the opera house in Montevideo, Mion. We have a show that packs the houses. Our motto, “We pack ’em in” holds good, as we have been playing to S. R 0. the iast couple of weeks. Played Miibank, S. Dak., Bentley Grand, Mr. Nelson, manager, Aug. 1-3 to fair business on account of the hot weather. Mr. Nelson is a prince of a manager to work for and a bustler from the word go. Has a beautiful house seating about 6lt;Xr Mr. N'elson made it so pleasant for us that we hated to leave. Fairmont, N'. Dak., Hub Theatre, Aug. 4-5, Mr. Hubbard, manager. Boys, this was a dandy. We opened on Friday night to a goodcrowd, and Saturday our second night we packed the house to the street: we carried about fifty chairs from the hotel next door to the theatre and filled them; could have filled a hundred more if we had had them. We had opposition here in Uncle Tom's Cabin show under canvas, a merry-go-round and an airdome. The Uncle Tom show didn’t arrive until 7 p. m. and then they came right down within half a block of our theatre and gave a concert, of course we were wide awake, anlt; at the end of each selection played by the “Tom” band, we announced our show from the theatre with a megaphone. What what was the result?R. O., and the Uncle Tom show did not give a performance, as thev onlv had about thirty people. Mr.* Hubbard wants to play us a return date as soon as we can give him one. Next Breck-enridge, Minn., Grand; Mr. Gillis, manager; and some business—we done $61.90 the first night; 164 70 the second night, and $27.40 the third night in a terrible electric storm; it rained and thundered until 9 o’clock. Our lightswent out and we did not get any lights until 9 o’clock, then we opened*up“ If it hadn’t been for the electric storm the manager said we would have beat the hundred mark. Went to Fergus Falls, Minn., Bijou; Mr. Lawrence, manager. A beautiful house seatingabout 400; to S. R. O. tne first night (two shows). Our second night was acorker; another packed house. We are now going to play the North Dakotai Reporterized Mr. Nelson at Miibank for a year’s subscription. Mr. iNelson was at one time an old timeReporter reader.In-in W. Nadu,Elliott8th18,000PEOPLEHORSES5,000COST$500,00030--SYMPHControllirArizona, Colorado, Idab Nevada, New Mexico, N ington, Wisconsin andHome Office:J. A. BREHANYAre We On TDorval SeeWill the Testiners, convinceCLASSYArtists are e:offer of the se320 N. P.For Sale!house 28x30, bathroifore Sept. I st. First piC. B. A., Care fMUSIC NOTESBy Har»Mo*Ndd“Turn Back the Universe and 0 i v p ..Me Yesterday,” is a hummer for sure. Wlttl garage 2Earnest Ball, who composed “A Little Bit of Heaven,” and “Good Bye, Good?less You” 13 the composer Its a high class sensational song sue-cess.‘‘AH I Want is a Cottage, Some Roses __Chas K’’Ha^ais^ comPosltioD by NOW BOOkiligthp Rnlw qnh composer of “After - *an fvi,. y others« has landedhnmffv ?kUS ®uccess- Simple and homely, it has the something that getAsMh aU hits that Mrwrtl ^ ’ lt t00k Jl Aldrich Lib-“Afte?theRfllr* tWh firSt f°Pularizedt ikk * successfully put itover. Libbey is a sure fire selector of II ■ Milsong hits. Publishers fall ofer lhm- POmiTier* AttfaC11A Comedy ThatsMa
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Opera House Reporter
Estherville, Iowa, US
Fri, Aug 18, 1916
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