New York Week in Theatrical Circles Offers Crook Plays
The column reviews current shows at the Astor West End Lyceum and Globe with emphasis on Blackbirds starring H B Warner and Laura Hope Crews. It critiques Alibi Bill at Weber's Theater and notes performances by Ethel Winthrop Jean Galbraith and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lolita Robertson
the Astor
Bessie Barris Cale
West End
H. B. Warner
Laura Hope Crews
The
Lyceum
Elsie Jan
Globe Theater
Jimmy Valentine
Ethel Winthrop
Jean Galbraith
Detroit
James Bradbury
Sydney
Mathilde Cotirelly
Harry James Smith
Jan
Officer 666
Blackbirds
Crook
Weber's Theater
Garrick
Law
Biynge
Secret Service
Washington
Secret Service Bureau
Bill
Gunner Jack
Slippery Dick
Jake
Oor
Joseph
East Side
Ralph Stuart
Sang Froid
Stuart
Harold Hartsell
Frank Allsworth
J. H. Doyle
Milicent Evans
California's Lost River in Kern Canyon Described by USGS
A US Geological Survey report details the Kern river basin in California with altitudes from a few hundred feet at the river mouth to over 14,000 feet at the headwaters. It notes Mount Whitney and the river’s rise in glacial lakelets, the Lost River diversion before reaching the San Joaquin valley, and the two basins with distinct topography.
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San Francisco
Kern River
High Sierra
California
United States Geological Survey
Mount Whitney
United States
Sierra Divide
Kings-Kern
Great Western
Bakersfield
San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin
Kern
Fifth marriage at 78 in Walla Walla surprises town
Recording of a marriage certificate shows Carrick H. Barnett aged 78 married Mary C. Rice aged 61 in Walla Walla. Barnett’s son called it no early romance and said, “Just an ordinary wedding,” as Chicago bride Mary was making her second marriage.
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Detroit
Llewellyn Trask
Ada Dwyer
Miss Dwyer
Crook
Vienne
Grandma
Blackbird
Miss Crews
Pierce couple sails for Europe from New York pier
Henry Clay Pierce head of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company of Missouri and his wife, Mrs. Pierce, depart from a New York pier for an extended trip abroad shortly after the photograph was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clay Pierce
Vaults and the cutter burner fuel a new theft scare
A 1900s feature warns that oxyacetylene cutter burners can breach steel vaults in minutes. Experts describe how concrete walls and reinforced steel shield valuables, noting banks face growing theft risk and urging tougher vault designs amid rising robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick 8. Holmes
Bankers’ Trust
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Holmes
Chemical National Bank
Hetty Green
Cardinal Gibbons
Cook Inherits A Fortunes From Sweden Woes
Oscar Peterson, a Chicago cook, learned a relative died in Sweden leaving him an estate valued over $50,000. He has wired a San Francisco attorney to handle the matter. Peterson plans to wind up his Willows business soon and travel to Sweden.
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Chicago
Oscar Peterson
Laws
Peterson
Sweden
San Francisco
Willows
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San Antonio
Tom. L. Miller
Tom L. Miller
Gunter
Sail For
Europe
Gray & Davis
Bosch
Hoffecker
Robe
Indianapolis
Motors CO
San Antonio, Texas
OLD Crockett
Main Avenue
Rae
Germany
Bank of Panama
American Bankers’ Association
Cook
Southern Welding & Machine GO
College Street
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