Royal Sam and Grand’s Diverse Seasonal Attractions
Jolly John Larkins stars with a bright company at the Grand offering the musical comedy Royal Sam with a chorus and pony ballet. Jeanne Towler appears in The White Sister Sunday night and Xmas matinee. Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West is mounted as a grand opera with a massive touring company. Henry Savage presents elaborate productions with multiple casts and a fifty-piece orchestra. Kirksmith Sisters entertain and a Plazascope program completes the bill while schoolchildren are slated for a Saturday matinee.
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Walter Crumbley
Walter Boots Allen
Irene Tasker
Ethel Johnson
Anna Taylor
James A. Lillard
George McClain
Jeanne Towler
Viola Allen
Italy
America
Miss Towler
Liebler and Company
Henry W. Savage
Sterling
Puccini
Savage
Europe
Giorgo Polacco
Venice
Milan
Kirksmith
Plazascope
Excuse Me Farce Plays On Overland Train Charter
Rupert Hughes farce Excuse Me showcases Herbert Wilberforce, an English tourist aboard a Chicago to San Francisco limited. His entourage swells with luggage and demands, triggering a string of comic clashes with Pullman staff as the journey unfolds with recurring surprises and disappointments.
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Rupert Hughes
Henry W. Savage
Herbert Wilberforce
Chicago
San Francisco
Wilberforce
Ten Cent Matinee at Royal Promises Cheap View of World in Miniature
A special matinee at the Royal Saturday charges ten cents for all. The World in Miniature, a mechanical spectacle, appeals to children and adults with no reserved seats. This afternoon St John’s and St Joseph’s orphans toured the show, which reproduces famous Oriental cities with faithful detail and requires the full stage apparatus.
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St. John’s
St. Joseph’s
Plaza Theater Shows Draw Crowds With Twice Daily Performances
The Plaza theater ends another busy week with a strong bill that showcases the venue’s growing reputation. Audiences enjoy two daily performances as patrons applaud an engaging program and the theater maintains its popular schedule.
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Plaza Theater
Soldiers Celebrate Christmas Dinner at Fort Sam Houston
Despite an old rule against poultry for soldiers Uncle Sam permits 4000 pounds of chicken for Christmas at Fort Sam Houston. Wagenfehr's poultry depot supplied two tons as part of the Yuletide feast. Each company maintains a cook who saves to fund extra Christmas fare with candy nuts fruit and cigars as rivals vie to plate the best camp dinner.
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War Department
Uncle Sam
Fort Sam Houston
Wagenfehr
Budapest Count Robbed on Great White Way in New York
Count Stephen Zichy Jr. of Budapest visiting New York reported a theft of 1400 dollars. While seeing the sights of the Great White Way his bank roll disappeared. He wired his father for funds to return to the family estate.
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Stephen Zichy Jr
Budapest
New York
Thirty seven children found employed in Texas factories
In Galveston and Houston inspectors uncovered thirty seven child labor law violations during a three week survey. Thirty seven children were discharged and factory owners pledged not to repeat the offenses. The report notes further violations in other Texas cities and that the so-called Spider law is now observed by compresses.
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Austin
Tex
Galveston
Houston
Garrett
Starling
Texas
Richeson Morale Fails. Trial Hinted Impossible
Rev Clarence V T Richeson, jailed on personal safety wounds, weakened and unable to talk and may not endure the January 15 trial. Counsel says a miracle needed for him to stand trial as the case faces delays and health concerns. Proposed coal and coke rate hikes by Louisville Nashville Railroad halted by the Interstate Commerce Commission until May 1 pending reasonableness review.
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Associated Press
Boston
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Suffolk County
Richeson
Washington, D. C
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisville & Nashville
Taft Administration Approves San Francisco Route Plan
President Taft Postmaster General Hitchcock and others approve Senator Perkins and Representative Kahn plan to restore two American steamers and the U S flag on the San Francisco Australia service, reviving the South Pacific route for American interests.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Taft
Hitchcock
Leh
Winthrop Today
Perkins
Kahn
California
South Pacific
San Francisco
Australia
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Grand Opera House
the Girl of the
Golden West
the Royal
Our City
San Antonio
Turkey
Money Togk
Washer Bros. Company
A. Coliman
UNION
Luciston
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