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Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1909

Page

4

Theatres and Upcoming Shows Hit New York Week

The page lists MOU THEATRE 9 and other venues with various acts including Williams in Good Will, Fixtures and Business, Hammerstein’s libel suit in the press, and a slate of vaudeville and Broadway performances such as The Fighting Hope, Old Kentucky, The Crisis, and The Boys in Ye.

Hammerstein New York Press Blanche Gates Mme, Jomell Inddie Foy Hamiet Broadway Old Kentucky

Lyceum Theatre Lease Sold to Portland Manager

The Lyceum theatre on Second Street has its lease sold to S ven Cohn of Portland for $18,000. Cohn assumes monthly rental and will operate the house with vaudeville or film programs, with Ed Fisher as a potential manager, as the venue returns to theatrical activity in Seattle and beyond.

Williams Lyceum Theatre Ile House Savoy Sven Cohn Portland Bis Ea Cohn Ed Fisher Milyceum Morton Rouse Selleter Sullivan Coast Pacific Northwest

Billy Gleason Dies After Sanatorium Stay in Fruitvale

Oakland obituary notes veteran comedian and stage director Billy Gleason died following an operation at a Fruitvale sanitarium. Survived by widow Mina Crosius Gleason and son James, he had long starred in San Francisco and Seattle productions and once led directing at Ye Liberty Oakland.

Oakland Cal Wilam Gleason Edwin Booth Joseph Jefferson Edwin Forrest Lawrence Barrett Fruitvale Gleason Mina Crosius Gleason Pacific Coast Grand Opera House San Francisco Nance O'Neil Baker Stock Company Ye Liberty Theatre Portland

Theatre and management moves ripple through major cities

A San Francisco dispatch notes John W. Considine closing on the American theatre purchase and suggests D. J. Grauman may lose Sullivan- Considine vaudeville acts at the National theatre. In Seattle Alex Pantages will book all California houses as Grau man winds up a deal. New York theatres shift to motion pictures, Chicago imposes strict child-labor laws, and Laura Burt joins A. H. Woods for A Furnished Room in Forty-Fifth Street. Frank Dumond plans a permanent minstrel show in Philadelphia.

San Francisco John W. Considine American Theatre D. J. Grauman National Theatre Grauman Seattle Alex Pantages California Considine Los Angeles Laura Burt Old Kentucky A. H. Woods Forty-Fifth Street

Lovett Named President of Union Pacific Railroad

Judge Robert S. Lovett was elected president of Union Pacific after the death of B. M. Harriman. Lovett, Harriman’s longtime general counsel and right hand, had led the executive committee during the interim reorganizations and is expected to continue Harriman policies. He was previously vice president and general counsel for the Harriman lines.

United Prefect New York Robert Lovett Union Pacific Railroad B. HM. Harriman Railroad Board Union Pacific Tom Harriman Harriman Hines Harriman Lines

Ottawa area post office robbery suspect surrenders

Alex Grant a 28 year old man, fearing arrest and conscience, surrendered to police after confessing involvement in a Wright Can post office robbery about three weeks earlier. He said a gang robbed the post office, gained $600 with $60 paid to him for standing watch while two others looted. he claimed the companions deserted him in Seattle three days ago.

Alex Grant Wright Ottawa Can Grant Willard Seattle

Bank Robbery Sparks Armed Search in Minocqua

Five masked men robbed the State bank in Minocqua Wisconsin last night and escaped with about $1000. An armed posse scours the surrounding country seeking the gunmen as authorities investigate the heist. Brussels Lieutenant Shackleton the Antarctic explorer plans a lecture tour in the United States soon.

United Press Minocqua Wis Brussels Lieut BE. H. Shackietom United States

Ayer's Non-Alcoholic Sarsaparilla Ad

Aims at readers who feel pale thin and tired urging consult your doctor first. Advertises Ayer's non-alcoholic Sarsaparilla as blood purifier nerve tonic and alterative with digestion aid and no alcohol or stimulants.

Ayer

Papes Diuretic Promises Quick Kidney and Bladder Cure

An advertisement extols Pape's Diuretic as a fast cure for kidney and urinary troubles. It claims relief from backache, irritation, frequent urination, and related symptoms after a few days of use. The copy touts the product as unique, inexpensive, and backed by the Cincinnati firm Pape Thompson & Pape.

Pape Ling Pape, Thompson & Pape Cincinnati

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