Richelieu at English’s Captures Attention but Fails to Profit
Creston Clarke and company offered Bulwer’s Richelieu at English’s last night. Clarke delivered a dignified commanding performance though other parts were weak. John Carter impressed as Joseph. The audience size matched Hamlet the previous night, not yet profitable.
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Creston Clarke
Bulwer
Richelieu
John Carter
Joseph
Carter
Polonious
R. Clarke
Rome
Louvre
Mr. Clarke
Fyles Sues Fiske Over Libel In The Sun Program
Franklyn Fyles New York Sun drama critic sues Harrison Grey Fiske over libel claims. The case centers on remarks in Mrs. Fiske Manhattan Theater programme and Fiske’s Manhattan Theater notes. Publisher Frank Strauss co-defendant. longstanding editorial battles noted.
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Franklyn Fyles
New York Sun
Harrison Grey Fiske
Minnie Maddern Fiske
The
Dramatic Mirror
the Mirror
Fiske
Mr. Fyles
Theatrical Syndicate
Pyle
Fyles and Mansfield in Theater Feud and Sousa Scandal
Story recalls author Fyles and actor Richard Mansfield clashing over theater control at Herald Square New York while Sousa's band briefly played there after a wily agent maneuver. A reader letter reveals that thirty five tickets were bought to choreograph applause for the match, adding to the controversy.
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Richard Mansfield
Herald Square Theater
New York
Sousa
4& Place
Mr. Sousa
Mansfield
Herald-square Theater
Mr. Mansfield
Herald Square
New York Evening Sun
Evening Sun
When Knighthood Was in Flower Comes to Indianapolis
The sale of seats starts tomorrow at English's for seven performances of When Knighthood Was in Flower starring Julia Marlowe and company next week. Sammis promotes statewide ads to build seven viable audiences. Miss Marlowe insisted on a Indianapolis week despite the unusual venture here.
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Knighthood
Julia Marlowe
Sammis
Miss Marlowe
Ade’s Sultan of Sulu to Bow at Studebaker Chicago
George Ade presents The Sultan of Sulu a musical comedy at the Studebaker Theater Chicago in the second week of March and slated to run through summer. Alfred Wathall, Northwestern University music chair, wrote the score. The plot centers on the American occupation of the Philippines with echoes of Ade’s Benevolent Assimilation sketches.
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George Ade
Studebaker Theater
Chicago
Dodo
Ade
Alfred Wathall
Northwestern University
Philippines
Chicago Record
Manila
John T. McCutcheon
The
Record
Sulu
Nathan Hale to Star Howard Kyle at Englis Lasting Stage Run
Howard Kyle, age thirty six, quits law to take the title role in Clyde Fitchs Nathan Hale at Eng lish for Friday and Saturday shows. He has worked with Margaret Mather, Frederick Ward Louis James, Mme. Modjeska, and stock companies, and is now in his second season as a star. N C Goodwin previously presented the play in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Kyle
Clyde Fitch
Nathan Hale
Margaret Mather
Frederick Ward-Louis James
Francesca di Rimini
Paola
Mme. Modjeska
Macduff
Macbeth
Edward
Actor and playwright George H Emerick dies in New York
George H Emerick, actor and playwright, is dead at 36 after a fall from a street car in New York. He wrote for Ollie Mack and Charles Murray the farce Finnigan's Ball, performed for years in small cities by two companies. Emerick originated the apple-woman in Finnigan's Ball and starred at the Park Theater. He later wrote and acted in McSorley's Twins and created Shooting the Chutes for Murray and Mack.
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George H. Emerick
New York
Ollie Mack
Charles Murray
Emerick
Park Theater
McSorley
Murray
Mack
Brixton Burglary and Emma Nevada at English's today
Two performances of The Brixton Burglary will be presented at English's today. Emma Nevada and her concert company are scheduled for tomorrow night. The Park shifts its program to Lost in the Desert replacing Down Mobile. The Empire Theater offer from the Victoria Burlesquers remains unchanged this week. Grand vaudeville features attract interest. next week's bill is led by Peter F. Dailey.
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Brixton
Emma Nevada
Park
Mobile
Empire Theater
Victoria
Paris Opera Presents Realistic Siegfried Dragon at Dress Rehearsal
After four postponements due to Jean de Reszke’s flu, the Paris Grand Opera staged Siegfried with a lifelike nine foot dragon head that could host a technician and singer inside, steam and hissing mouth action, and a wire-free bird sequence. Bessie Abbott, an American soprano, sang the third song admirably as M. De Reszke was urged to appear five times.
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Paris
Jean de Reszke
Siegfried
M. de Reszke
Bessie Abbott
Grand Opera
Bayreuth
Sanderson Engaged to Comte Henri du Fitz James
Mme Sybil Sanderson announces engagement to Comte Henri du Fitz James, an officer in the French territorial army. The couple plan a Paris ceremony late in January. He is the son of Edouard Duc de Fitz James, head of a French branch of the Berwick family.
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New York
Herald
Philadelphia
Mme
Sybil Sanderson
Comte Henri du Fits James
Paris
Comte Henri du Fitz James
Edouard Duc de Fitz James
Berwick
Friendly Inn Elects New Board Chairman
The Friendly Inn officers elected Edward L. Williams to succeed Rev. R. V. Hunter as chairman of the board of managers. Routine business was reported as the group discussed extending the institution's work, with plans to hire for more suitable positions for applicants. TheInn noted a shift in applicants this winter, with more older individuals and those with disabilities seeking aid than in prior years.
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Friendly Inn
Edward L. Willams
R. V. Hunter
Inn
Odo
Townley Erwin Wedding Tops Society of the Day
Miss Hannah Lockard Erwin and Morris MacDonald Townley wed in a bright day ceremony at the Erwin home. Hart's Orchestra played as the couple exchanged vows before a canopy of Imilax roses. The bride wore white satin with lace and orange blossoms, while bridesmaids in white mull carried crimson carnations amid smilax and roses in a lavish home setting. Other society events include upcoming weddings and a busy social calendar with teas, matinees, and gatherings at Eng lish's and various hostesses homes.
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Agnes McCulloch
Hugh H. Hanna, Jr
Margaret McCulloch
Ouse University
Frank Smaley
School of Liberal Arts
Morris MacDonald Townley
J. Cumming Smith
Hart
Henry P. Coburn
Townley
Oscar Schmidt
Intimate wedding plans for Miss Wilkins announced
Miss Mary E. Wilkins nov elist will wed Dr. Charles Freeman of Metuchen on New Year's day in Randolph Mass. The private ceremony will be followed by a brief wedding tour and a reception with friends in Metuchen.
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Metuchen
N. J
Mary E. Wilkins
Charles Freeman
Randolph
Mass
Miss Wilkins
Dr. Freeman
Freeman
Social Roundup From Warsaw and Nearby Towns
Miss Thayer of Warsaw guests Miss McWhirter. Miss Neil McIntosh hosts a Jan 17 card party. Miss Anna Smitly of Chicago visiting Mrs C J Holmes. Mrs PB M Dill entertained for daughter Edith. Mrs Frank Smalley and Miss Smalley to Syracuse tonight. Mrs J W Blake visiting her mother Mrs Mary A Kelley in Crawfordsville. Pliny M Crume and wife of Peru spend New Year at the Grand. Mr and Mrs W J Chidister visit Mrs Chidister’s parents in Metamora. The Social Club held its annual supper at Mrs W H Wheeler’s home. Mrs 8 E Morss issued invitations for a tea for her daughter Josephine. At luncheon ...
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Corinne Mansfield
Misses Wales
Howard
Blanche B. Barnes
Lafayette
the Godman
L. G. Halsey
Howard Kyle Company
Miss Grubbs
Martinsville
Franklin Atkins
Arundel
Griswold
Miss Davis
Smalley-Spencer
May Goodwin
Clara Dippel
Snra
Amy Lacey
Winifred Dewhurst
Chicago
Flower Mission
Christ Church
Miss Moore
Bellefontaine Street
Lena L. Dobson
English’s
Anderson
Nettie C. Murray
Gertrude B. Miller
Don Price Hawkins
Myrtle Durand
William E. Day
Samuel Pattison
Bachelor Girls’ Club
Estelle Howard
Wales
Eva Alden
Terre Haute
Niblack
D. H. Baldwin & Co
Alden
Berlin Conservatory of Music
Henry Jameson
Charles H. Noble
Edward Churchman
Ethel Cleland
Anna Louise Beck
Elizabeth Ann Butler
Julia Hollweg
William E. English
English
Fred Wiley
May Wright Sewall
North
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Irene Blackledge
Annie
Alice Butler
Margaret Shipp
Henrietta Frenzel
Bertha Ellis
Eudora Landers
Louise Barbour
Isabel Haas
Iris Wynn
Helen Day
Fidelia A. Lester
Avice Miller
Minnie Pfisterer
May Berry
Elsie Dierdorf
Stella Burchett
Frederick Dierdorf
Opal Eaton
Nina Mankin
Ruth Schum
Julia Martens
Ruth Martens
Ar Gelderman
Ruth Howe
Anna Orn
Crawfordsville
Maurice Thompson
Claude Thompson
Miss Thompson
Bay St. Louis
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Will Thompson
Seattle
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G. W. Brown
Meridian Street
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Gertrude Brown
Frances
Lila Allison
Regina Ferguson
Cordelia Hughes
Edna Randall
Bessie Trent
Stella Vondersaar
Grace Miller
Allison
J. H. Taylor
Marjorie Taylor
Grace Field
Evansville
Florence Cothrell
Mrs. Taylor
Samuel Brash
Miss Taylor
Hilda Fletcher
Adebel Chenoweth
Julia Kern
Elizabeth Fletcher
Edith Adams
Anne Vivian
Harrodsburg
Miss McNally
Springfield
Gardenhire
A. B. Mitchell
Elizabeth Wishard
A. G. Gaylord
J. C. Adams
W. D. Pratt
E. G. Cornelius
Alice Snider
Joseph Allerdice
Edgar H. Evans
R. W. Furnas
Jennie B. Dugdale
Julia Fish
J. H
Miss Thayer
Warsaw
McWhirter
Neil McIntosh
Anna Smitly
C. J. Holmes
PB. M. Dill
Edith Dill
Frank Smalley
Miss Smalley
Syracuse
J. W. Blake
Mary A. Kelley
Pliny M. Crume
Peru
Ind
W. J. Chidister
Metamora
City News Notes and Local Updates
Major P Harrison leaves New Year’s day for a two week visit in south Arkansas. Al Carr, arrested in Rushville Indiana for grand larceny in stealing a horse and buggy, was brought back and questioned at police headquarters. The Little Sisters of the Poor thank benefactors for Christmas gifts and report a generous dinner for inmates. Marion Smoking Casino at 76 Indiana Avenue elected officers led by C. H. McNimrey as president. Mrs Margaret Flynn’s movements raise curiosity after years of disappearances and estate issues including $1000 life insurance and guardianship changes as she returns to the city.
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P. Harrison
Arkansas
al Carr
Rushville
Ind
J. E. Harrod
Southport
Little Sisters of
Marion
Indiana Avenue
C. H. McNimrey
Frank Richardson
Theodore Hause
Fred Baumman
Charley Ray
John Cunningham
Henry Lahe
Margaret Flynn
Republican slate forms for county offices
E. 8. R. Seguin enters the race for county auditor as a Republican candidate. John C. Ruckelshaus and M. L. Clarkson publicly announce their candidacy for county prosecutor, signaling a competitive slate for local legal office.
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E. 8. R. Seguin
John C. Ruckelshaus
M. L. Clawson
Sealers Seek Damages From U S Government
American sealers in Victoria seek damages from the United States government over loss of their share in the sealing industry after U S statutes barred pelagic sealing by U S vessels. Some schooner operators under the American flag gather data in Victoria to prepare claims for interference with their industry. The American Commercial Company remains the only U S entity with a sealing monopoly since the enforcement of the statutes.
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Victoria
B. C
United States
American Commercial Company
Title Insurance and Guaranteed Title Practices
A notice from Title Guaranty and Loan Company at 129 East Market Street urges investors to demand guaranteed title before real estate purchases. It warns against investing without clear title protection and emphasizes escindent issues as part of title assurance.
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Escindiana
Title Guaranty Ans Loan Company
East Market Street
Necklace Recovered After Shipping Mix Up
A $3500 diamond necklace, sent from Washington to Joseph Frankels & Sons in New York, was found after a Pittsburgh firm notified Shaw & Berry that the package arrived unaccompanied by a sender card. An initial belief that the diamonds were stolen was corrected. a shipping clerk’s error caused the misdirection. The necklace is en route to Washington, absolving Adams Express Co. from fault.
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Washington
Messrs
Pittsburg
Messrs. Shaw & Berry
New York
Adams Express Company
Judge Lochren rules on Northern Pacific stock retirement case
In a heated session Judge Lochren interpreted the merger and preferred stock retirement issues. He suggested retirement of the preferred stock could proceed without forming the Northern Securities Company, denying the injunction's broader restraint. Powers' attorneys announced plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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Lochren
Power
Hennepin County
Bunn
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific Company
J. J. Hill
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Northern Securities Company
SRE Nce
Morgan & Co to buy Northern Pacific preferred stock
New York December 31 formal announcement that J P Morgan and Co will purchase at par all Northern Pacific preferred stock presented at their office. The move signals a strategic shift in handling the railroad financier's holdings with potential market impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Northern Pacific
Northwestern Governors Plan to Fight Railway Consolidation
Governors and attorneys general of seven Northwestern States agreed on a plan to defeat the proposed consolidation of the Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington railways. Legal action will start in Minnesota courts. Resolutions urge Congress to probe the merger and seek Interstate Commerce Commission rate control.
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Helena
Mont
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington
Northwestern
Minnesota
Douglas
van Sant
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Resolution Against Railway Consolidation in Midwest Conference
A Minnesota newspaper summary describes a conference push against consolidating transcontinental railway lines. Delegates urge Congress to investigate and grant Interstate Commerce Commission rate powers, with states including South Dakota and Idaho represented. Governors Van Sant Hunt and Herried participated. text notes shifts in support and ongoing negotiations.
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Minnesota
Herried
South Dakota
Hunt
Idaho
Congress of the
United States
Interstate-comemerece Commission
Congress
van Sant
T Hemes
Bimedif Ee Cay
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