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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1916
Page
9
Mag Lt Rogers of the Royal Flying Corps died when his aeroplane at low altitude tilted forward and plunged to the earth in Portsmouth England on December 31. The obituary line about advertising for lost friendship appears as a non sequitur.
The Empire Hippodrome schedules a week of shows starting Sunday January 2 with Hyams McIntyre in My Home Town Girl and Lyman Howe travel pictures. The week includes De Koven Opera Co Robin Hood and Hello Paris Burlesque with It Pays to Advertise promoted as a romantic but humorous business play by Magrue and Hackett from the Cohan Harris troupe.
The de Koven Opera Company plans a revival of Robin Hood at the Hippodrome next Friday. The group aims to renew interest in light opera classics, noting the score by Reginald de Koven remains fresh after more than twenty years and that the work has been performed over seven thousand times since its Boston debut.
An advertisement extols Humphreys Seven Seventy‑Seven homeopathic remedy for grip and influenza. It promotes easy vials of pellets, use at first cold symptoms, and lists prices 25c and 1.00 with mail order from Humphreys Homeo Medicine Co at 156 William Street New York.
Arthur Hoops and Ruby Hoffman star in George Kleine’s The Danger Signal adapted from Canavan the Man Who Had His Way by Rupert Hughes at the Princess Theater. Danny Canavan a weak cowardendomined by family and coworkers endures scorn after a carriage accident and later works as a laborer under a pitiless foreman while witnessing a dynamite warning.
Hyams and McIntyre star in My Home Town Girl at the Hippodrome with Lew Hirsch as composer. The musical features songs like My Home Town Tonight at Ten and The Fortune Teller Man sung by a strong cast led by Lelia McIntyre Alma Youlin and Eda von Luke. Howe's Pictures returns with a Travel Festival showcasing California expositions and palace scenes at the Hippodrome on Monday and Tuesday.
The Hippodrome Four headline a big Orpheum bill starting Monday at the Orpheum. Dinkelspiel's Night School provides singing dancing and comedy. Bandini brothers entertain with accordion prowess from pop to operatic tunes. Lamb's Manikins offer toyland mechanical acts. Thornton and Carlew perform smart songs and savvags. Frank and Clara La Tour present funny capers and the Original Rubble Girl.
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