Opening of the season brings two new theatres to town
The Dixie on Adams avenue opens for high class vaudeville while the renovated Academy of Music resumes with extensive acts. Highlights include Oscar Sisson and Esther Wallace sketch, Snyder and Buckley's European tour duo, Hettie Fowler, Patterson brothers, Grant and Grant, and the Jacobs Stock company with A Break for Liberty. The Lyceum hosts People's Opera Company with Alexander the Crown Prince of Jerusalem in four acts, plus new casts and production credits.
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Dixie
Academy of Music
Lyceum
Star
Dixie Theatre
Adams Avenue
Alexander
Dixile
Charles Grapewin
Oscar Sisson
Esther Wallace
McNamee
Snyder
Buckley
Hettie Fowler
Patterson Brothers
P.T. Barnum
Grant
South
Jacobs Stock Company
Carl Anthony
Charles W. Guthrie
Phil Maher
Carrol Anthony
Scott Williams
Charles Newman
Phil Green
Mary Asquith
Mind Brooman
Issse Grahwine
Bertha Charles
Liberty
J. M. Jacobs
Scranton
People’s Opera Company
New York
Terusiem
Goldfodden
Wagner
Goldmark
Crown Prince
Stage notes list wide roster of 1890s era theater signings
Frank Worthing returns from London to join Julia Marlowe this season with the Climbers. Adelaide Prince joins Empire Stock Company after years with Daly Stock in New York. Miss Priore, last season with Violet Alen, joins new troupe. Second company to stage Sherlock Holmes in unvisited cities, led by Herbert Iveleey with Gillette coaching. Walker Whiteside’s new play In Days of Old stars life in Spain during early conquests with A Warrior Bold as incidental song. Amolli Bingham recruits top actors Wilton Lackaye, Mapri son Wolfe, Joseph Holland, Hobart Bosworth, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Alfred Fisher, Victor M. Silke, Franklyn Roberts. Miss Marion Field set as prima donna in Waxy Quiller, with two years English company experience. Allen Craig from Baltimore to appear in The Liberty Belles. John Fisher signs Kenadale Gordon, famed choir tenor, for Louis, a bold French officer in The Silver Blipper. Florodora talks with Gordon but signs elsewhere. Mrs. Fisher celebrates. Mary Emerson to star next season in a Joseph Le Arandt play. Billy Cohen from Ward and Vokes to play Hebrew in The Price of Honor. W E Bonney, formerly with Viola Ken, to play Brune in The Eternal City. Henrietta Crosman signs to produce a comedy.
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Frank Worthing
Inst Bkigizon
London
Contimet
Julia Marlowe
Adelaide Prince
Daly Stock Company
New York
Charles Frohman
Empire Stock Company
Miss Priore
Viole Alen
Sherlock Holmes
Gillette
Herbert Iveleey
Iveleey
Walker Whiteside
Spain
Amolli Bingham
Blair
W. EB. Bonney
Viola Ken
Aal
Brune
Henrietta Crosman
Wreck at Uniondale Delays Trains No Injuries Reported
A slight wreck on the Delaware and Hudson line at Uniondale occurred at 9 30 Saturday night when a pushing engine forced several flat cars into a freight car causing derailment. Conductor Henry Teeter and Engineer Daniel Moyles led the train crew. Several trains were delayed but no injuries were reported.
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Delaware and Hudson
Uniondale
Henry Teeter
Daniel Moyles
Democratic County Committee Sets Meeting at St Charles Hotel
Chairman T P Hoban calls a meeting of the Democratic county committee at the St Charles hotel next Tuesday at 7 PM to fix time and place for the county convention.
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T. P. Hoban
Democratic County Committee
St. Charles
Contributions Acknowledged for Summer Home Fund at Cresvo
The treasurer of the Men's Guild St. Luke's Church records cash contributions for the Summer Home at Cresvo. Previous total $615. Second monthly contributor Prof. I E Southworth. Alderman J T HOW contributed, bringing the total to $?25.
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Men’s Guild of
St. Luke's Church
Cresvo
Ceee Eee
I. E. Southworth
Acia Weewss
J.T. How
Young Woman in the Pulpit Receives Favorable Notice
Miss Jones has been well received wherever she has appeared and created a very favorable impression here. She is the guest of Miss Edith Jones of Locust Street and will depart for New York tomorrow on her way home.
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Miss Jones
Edith Jones
N41
Locust Street
New York
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted For Kidney Cure
A historical advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney ills and backache. It cites a testimonial from Mr Thomas Bamford of Nagman on the D and H A R endorsing the remedy after grippe left them with weak kidneys. The account claims sediment in urine cleared and back pain ended after use. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole U.S. agents, 60 cents.
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Dean
Bcratiton
Thomas Bamford
Nagman
H.A. R
Ty Dean
Fostey-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Doan
Five mile professional bicycle race at Vailsburg track draws large crowd
Exclusive AP report from Newark covers a packed Vailsburg track as five thousand spectators witness a grueling five mile professional race won by Kramer with Armbruster taking fourth. The event features multiple laps prizes and a tight finish in amateur and consolation events amid several falls and crowding.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Vailsburg
Kramer
McFarland
Martin
Beauchamp
Bedells
Keegan
Butler
Kubike
Depalma
Edward Armbruster
Sullivan
Stevens
Hurley
Billington
M. L. Hurley
New York Athletic Club
Teddy Billington
Charles Schlee
Thomas Butler
Cambridgeport
Daniel Sullivan
New York
Orlando Stevens
Ottumwa
Iowa
W. A. Rutz
New Haven
H. Dbd. Hopper
Roseville
Harry Welsing
James Zans
A. Shirley
F. L. Kramer
East Orange
Brooklyn
Walter Burdgett
J. T. Fisher
Lester Wilson
George Collett
Menus Beddell
Frank Beauchamp
Bowler
Patrick Keegan
George Schieber
Johnson and Kidder Survey 18 Approved
Interior department approves Johnson and Kidder survey of the eighty ninth meridian extending Oklahoma’s boundary four miles east to include Chickasha the region’s key commercial hub. A protracted legal battle is anticipated and the final decision will rest with the United States Supreme Court.
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Guthrie
Okla
Washington
Interior Department
Johnson and Kidder
Oklahoma
Chickasaw Nation
Indian Territory
Chickasha
United States Supreme Court
Venezuelan Seaport Town Carupano Occupied by Government Troops
Washington reports that Carupano, a seaport town 57 miles northeast of Cumana, was occupied Friday by government troops after the government evacuated Cumana. Minister Bowen in Caracas notified the state department of the event.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Bowen
Caracas
Venezuela
State Department
Carupano
Cumana
Mrs Chaffee Out of Danger After Illness
Mrs Chaffee wife of General Chaffee has been seriously ill for a week but is now improving and out of danger in Manila. The report comes from The Associated Rosa.
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Mrs. Chaffee
Associated
Rosa
Manila
Aug. Y
Mre
Chaffee
General Chaffee
Richmond No 3 galliery guard fined by magistrate
Charles Coleman a guard at Richmond No 3 galliery was fined ten dollars by Magistrate Widler yesterday morning on a minor charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Coleman
Richmond No. 3 Galliery
Widler
Charge of Carrying Concealed Weapons Filed
Patrolman Addyman arrested him for flourishing a revolver at the North End station of the Delaware and Hudson railroad. The charge reported is carrying a concealed weapon.
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Addyman
North End
Delaware and Hudson
Rock Island Plans New Limited Train With Name Contest
The Rock Island railroad with New Mexico Railway and Coal Co and Southern Pacific will run a daily limited train from El Paso to Los Angeles and San Francisco starting November 1. A $100 prize will be awarded for the best name. submit to John Sebastian, manager passenger traffic, Chicago. Contest ends September 1.
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Rock Island
New Mexico Railway & Coal Company
el Paso
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
San Francisco
John Sebastian
Coal Company
el Paso and Co
Chicago
Ill
Markets News Incomplete Quotations From Daily Report
The Tribune presents market quotations furnished by Haight and Freese and corrected data from local market sources. Prices listed include butter at 2c per unit, fresh creamery dairy products, cheese, eggs, beans per bushel around $2.05 to $2.40, green peas per bushel about $2.25, onions per bushel, and new potatoes per bushel with figures incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
HM. G. Dale
Lacka
Ave
Livestock Receipts and Prices Reported for Week in Philadelphia
Cattle dull and lower with light offerings, receipts mainly from Virginia Maryland Ohio and the West. Steers and cows show varied prices with veal calves steady to higher. sheep and lambs oversupplied with slow trading. hogs slightly lower but near revised prices.
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Philadelphia
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Petiae
Sros
Shute
Galyes
Allis Chalmers Firm Takes Dickson Manufacturing Assets
Allis Chalmers Company and successors acquire the Machine Business of Dickson Manufacturing Co along with Scranton and Wilkes-Barre stations in Pennsylvania. The move covers stationary engines roilers mining machinery and pumps.
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Dickson Manufacturing Co
Scranton
Wilkey-Barre
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Mary
Ed Rush
Kit
Mr. Sothern
Hamlet
George All
George Lederer
Mir
All
Democratic Committee
St. Charles Hotel
St. Luke's Summer Home
Jesus Christ
Paul
Christ
Lord Bacon
Bishop Butler
Ife
Mitter
St. John
God
Laplace
Tie
Meither
Tim
Daniel
Dave
D., L. & W. Board For Today
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Board
Nichols
Pushers
C. Bartholomew
Murray
Costar
Latimer
Cage
Hoelpers
McCovern
Recor
Lamping
J. Bush
Staples
Crew
Carmody
Tribune
Haight & Freese Co
Bours
W. D. Runyon
Manor
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Wal
Atria
Loco
Atchison, T & Pro
Wik Brook
Chicago & Alton
Detroit South
Erie
City & South
Manhattan
Norfolk & & West
St Louis
Haity
Southern
Ft R. Pr
Coal & Tron
Texas & Pacific
Union Pacific
Inion Pacific
Chicago Grain & Provision
Ennee Bn
Lackawanna
Dalry Co
Bank & ‘Trust Co
Oon
First Nat. Bank
Carbondale
Third National Bank
U & See
Dime Ep. & S. Bank
Economy L
First National Bank
Caen
Lack, Trust & Safe
Imi
Ase Clark & Snover Co
Prateee One Scranton Savings Bank
National Bank
Scranton Holt & Nut Co
Ee People’s Bank
Scranton Packing Co
People's Street Railway
Aes
Scranton Trac. Co
N, Jersey & Pocononee Co
Consolidated Water Supply ‘Co
Lansdowne Wx. F. Read’s
Dresden
Spruce Street
Lackawanna Avenue
Lowa Farm
Ek Sere
Allis-Chalmers Co
Kern
Gunster &Forsyth
Penn Avenue
Hee aPay
Henry Belin, JR
The
Wyoming
Dupont’s
Repouno Chemical Company
Com Oell
John G. Smp & Son
E.W. Mulligan
Plymouth
Vilken
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