Bijou Theatre Delivers Fans A Rich Week Of Entertainment
The new Bijou theater offers a strong week of shows with warm applause for opening acts including Dudley and Cheslyn in The Biddy and the Prof. European jugglers Gaunaux receive praise for balancing feats while the Two Racketts gain favorable comments for jokes and daring tricks. The World’s Comedy Four closes the program with refined singing and lively comic acts, pleasing Dubuque audiences.
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Cheslyn
Biddy
Prof
Gaunaux
Comedy
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THE RACKETTS SHOW PROMISES ENTERTAINMENT AND ENCORE FUN
Carron and Farnum stand out as top comedy acrobats in their line. The Bijoudrome moving pictures drew strong crowds with plentiful encores and good spirits. Matinee prices are ten cents for any seat, with night seats at ten twenty and thirty cents. The box office is open all day for telephone or in person seating.
Miss Billie Burke stars in Love Watches at the Grand
Maggie Wylie praises charm as a key quality for women and notes Miss Billie Burke will appear in Love Watches at the Grand Opera house Wednesday evening December 8. Burke is praised for her charm and rising popularity on the American stage.
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Maggie Wylie
J. M. Barre
Maude Adams
Grand Opera House
Miss Burke
New York
Hepburn to Quit Iowa Washington Appointment Declined
Col. William Peters Hepburn of Iowa said he will open a law office in town and devote the rest of his career to business not politics He declined a pension commission offer and withdrew from consideration for the Washington post Senator Dolliver and Cummins urged his selection but Hepburn will resume practicing law in Iowa
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Iowa
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Wiliam Peters Hepburn
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Iowas Coburn and Rhodes Examinations Highlight Local News
Coburn’s long service in the U.S. Congress ends with defeat by William Domyye of Shenandoah. Rhodes scholars from Grinnell include William A. Ziegler Rand R. Price and Amond D. Harriman. Conductor Charles Flint marks 48 years with the Burlington after 1861, having traveled over 1,216,800 miles. In Des Moines the abduction law flaw is revealed as the 33rd General Assembly’s changes leave abduction crimes dependent on the stolen child’s placement, not the act itself.
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Grinnell
England
William A. Ziegler
Goldfield
Iowa
Rand R. Price
Eartham
Amond D. Harriman
Harriman
Muscatine
Charles Flint
Burlington Road
Conductor Flint
The
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Travels Over Million Miles
Creston Iowa December 2 One hundred miles a day is the record of Conductor
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Creston
Iowa
Interurban Fare Case Blocked by Judge McPherson
Des Moines reports Judge McPherson refused to bar state 1 cent fare law enforcement against the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Inter urban. A temporary injunction was issued with December 15 as the hearing date amidst rumor tensions. Local notes include fines for liquor sale and immorality pleas, plus burlesque show concerns in Iowa City and a family gathering in Iowa City.
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Iowa
B. F. Carroll
Implement Dealers’ Association
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
McPherson
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