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Newspaper
Telegraph Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1909
Page
5
Homey Boys Hnd Bi Scream EohAnized Minstrels perform at Grand Theatre Thursday night drawing attention with bold finish and lively routines. The show highlights energetic performances by a traveling troupe and local audience reaction remains strong.
Theatre review praises George Evans and his Honey Boys in a Dubuque performance billed as a new blend of minstrelsy musical comedy and extravaganza. Evans entertains with rapid fire humor while Earl Benham, Will Oakland, and Harry Von Fossen shine, and the second act features The Firemen's Picnic a Cohan esque musical comedy high on wit and spectacle.
The scene included Dr Vernon Ames of Vienna taking many notes as a crowd gathered. Women linked to recent divorce cases sat nearby while Luman C Mann known for an acquittal in Mrs Fanny Gilmer Thompson’s murder occupied a front row seat. Knute Knudson of West Pullman attended after his prior acquittal for wife poisoning.
City officials invite the river and harbor committee of the House to visit Dubuque and examine Mississippi conditions. The committee is invited by the city, the Commercial Club, and the Dubuque clubs. The boat is to arrive Sunday afternoon with the committee aboard. England smokers consume five billion cigarettes monthly.
A New Orleans letter lauds Hyomei as a miracle cure for bronchitis and tuberculosis fears. Henry Lena says his sister recovered after inhaling the antiseptic air, with the remedy sold by druggists for 1.00 and refills 50 cents. The message endorses Hyomei as instant relief and permanent cure.
New York reports Charley Murphy and Charles Ebbetts courting trades to boost Chicago’s James A. Hart as National League president while negotiating possible Kling player moves to Brooklyn or New York. Murphy and Ebbetts left no time for doubt, framing a ticket strategy during talks at the Waldorf hotel.
President Taft slept late after an elaborate Savannah banquet and delayed sightseeing on his last Savannah day. He planned to depart for Charleston at 2 pm after a morning sail on the Yamacawa and a drive along the river course. He was greeted by school children and cheered by crowds shouting for a second term.
The school has structured a study plan and students are reading Shakespeare's Richard II in class. Teachers assign scenes and discuss themes while pupils prepare assignments and participate in guided discussions.
A school faculty led club for High school students will meet weekly to read and study Richard the Third and other Shakespeare plays. The plan includes questions and answers sessions and later possible onstage interpretive work with a Shakespearean tragedy or comedy likely to be staged during winter.
At a Thursday meeting of Clark Steel Truck company directors at the Dubuque club a five member committee was named to probe the legality of the articles of incorporation. The next meeting Tuesday will elect officers and complete organization.
Dragonflies can catch insects while flying at speeds around 40 to 50 miles per hour.
The Weather Bureau forecast Friday morning shows ideal conditions in Dubuque and likely to continue. The west reports delightful weather with rain or snow in some western states yet overall temperatures stay above freezing nationwide. A few exceptions occur in Oregon Washington and Idaho.
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