Theater listings list varied films and plays by city circuits
A dense catalog of film and stage showings across motion picture houses. Titles include Dream The Tribes Penalty and Enoch Arden in multiple parts, comedies like Mistakes Will Happen, and dramas such as The King's Daughter and Proving His Love. Additional venues like Lyceum Ideal and Bijou feature further dramas and light pieces with recurring characters and mixed genres.
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Enoch Arden
Lyceum
Dave
Khmara
Ming Blum
Bijou
Phsician
Sue Coliseum
Molly Pitcher
Brone Buster
Tommy
Womenkind
Turin Bition
Nova- Washington
New York
The Lily at the Moore with a starry company
A powerful Moore theatre bill features Nance O Neil and cast in The Lily, David Belasco adaptation of a French drama about honor and a sister’s sacrifice. O Neill shines in a single big scene, while Emma Dunn headlining the sketch The Baby and a varied supporting lineup entertains with cycling, ventriloquism, singing, juggling, and dancing acts.
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Moore Theatre
Nance O'Neil
Charles Cartwright
Julia Deane
Oscar Eagle
Alfred Hickman
David Belasco
Miss O'Neil
Emma Dunne
Ben Welch
Ahearn
Willa Holt Wakefield
Emma Dunn
John Stokes
Benci Welch
Hugh MecCormack
Grace Wallace
al Carleton
Man Roars Like a Lion Found on Kentucky Avenue
Police detain a man in Atlantic City after he was seen trotting on all fours on Kentucky Avenue and roaring in imitation of a lion. He is held in the city jail in his birthday suit and tore off his clothes upon confinement. He declares himself a lion and insists Roosevelt pursues him.
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Atlantic City
Kentucky Avenue
City
Roosevelt
Mayor Bowlus Cuts His Own Salary in Springfield
Springfield mayor J Bowlus reduces his annual pay from 2500 to 1500 to help the city meet its debts. He says other officials may follow suit and that the city will run at the lowest possible cost for the next year amid heavy public improvements and state law mixups.
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Springfield
Otto
J. Bowlus
Gunboat Concord to serve as armory in El Mot bay
Reports say the gunboat Concord will be moved from Bremerton to El Mot bay to function as an armory with naval militia officers and enlisted men to reside aboard. Also noted are small fires causing only $125 damage in dwellings and a close police search for Edward DeWolf. DeWolf’s father recently died leaving him a large Syracuse estate. The Minnesota departed port for the Orient after a six week overhaul and carried a notable group including A E B Globensky bound for Mandas to aid the hardwood industry for Hanford Sutthoff. A New York judge faced with beheading a rooster display charges, and a Marion Indiana knife incident after a wild west show.
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Concord
Bremerton
el Mot Bay
Naval Militia
Minnesota
Orient
A. E B. Globensky
Ita
Manda
Hanford & Sutthoff
Gold shipments reach Seattle from Alaska first of season
The initial gold shipment valued at $66,000 has arrived in Seattle. Two more consignments have departed from banks, with a third en route from Iditarod. Authorities anticipate several million dollars in gold during the first week of July.
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Alaska
Seattle
Iditarod
Wealthy Puritan Woman Faces Begging Appeals at Home
Mrs Helen Miller Gould, 43, described as wealth born in New York society, is noted for extreme charity as she receives daily begging appeals. In one week she faced 1303 requests totaling over 1.6 million dollars while preparing her country estates for visiting East Side children.
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Mies Helen Miller Gould
Plew York
Mies Gould
New York
East
West Virginia joins the Union amid Civil War tensions
The 1863 admission of West Virginia separated from Virginia, sparking a disputed political and military battleground. Articles report Ralph Polk requesting a guardian for his wealth, a ban on auto racing at Chicago’s carnival, Fulton’s steamboat legacy, and Charles Rhodes’s suicide attempt with alleged insanity.
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West Virgine
Old Virginia
Woman's life saved by cor set in gunfire incident
Mrs. Anna Newman of Paterson New Jersey credits her life to her cor set after a bullet struck the steel and rebounded.
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Anna Newman
Paterson, N. J
City Council questions over many special policemen
Councilman Goddard demanded details on the mayor's large force of special policemen including two new appointments for the park board and Galbraith dock. The tally of specials runs into thousands in the city. The case of John Lackey accused of provoking assault was dismissed by Justice Fred C. Brown after evidence showed Leroy Cunningham pushed Lackey and called him a name, with Lackey replying calling Cunningham a scab.
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Goddard
Park Board
Galbraith Dock
Thin City
John Lackey
Fred C. Brown
Leroy Cunningham
Lackey
Pioneer Square
Cunningham
Brown
Michael Miffin Laughs Himself to Death in Bloomfield
In Bloomfield, Michael Miffin, though seemingly in perfect health, reportedly laughed himself to death within three hours. The odd medical tale notes sudden fatal outcome after prolonged laughter, with local observers recounting the events and authorities investigating the incident.
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Bloomfield
Michael Miffin
Vacuum cleaners aid Burlington porters at end of trips
Chicago report notes that vacuum cleaners have been provided to Burlington road porters to dust passengers at the end of journeys.
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Chicago
Burlington Road
Grief Stricken Scene At Pitteton Graveyard Tragedy
A 10 year old Mai Francona knelt with her family at a Pitteton Pennsylvania graveyard when flames suddenly erupted involving a relative. The girl ran in the wind and flames spread, she was caught and died at noon, leaving the mourners and community in shock.
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Mai Francona
Pitteton
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