Amachoor Night at Minor's Bowery Theater
New York reports on a crowded Bowery amateur night at Minor's Bowery Theater. Performers include Sammy Bernstein, Johnny Dunn, Solly Sussmann, Higgins and Cain, and two blackfaced boys. Audience hijinks with a songbook man and jeering gallery cast a harsh spotlight on the rough entertainment and the winner receives a gold headed cane.
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New York
Minor's
Bowery Theater
Little East Side
Bowery
Little
Bobby Manchester
de Bill
Sammy Bernstein
Kate
Jake
Mr. Brodski
Willie Fields
Willie
Dinah
Louis W. Jones
Fraudulent Pictures Highlighted by The Ga zette
The New York Evening Post notes a Ga zette article on art fraud. It recalls Sidney Cooper who found only eleven of 153 submitted works genuine. Cheating methods include swapping copies in frames and superimposing two pictures in one frame. Dealers sometimes ask buyers to sign the back to confirm authorship.
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New York Evening Post
St. James's Gazette
the Gazette
Sidney Cooper
Persian prayer rug and its reverent history
The poem reflects on a Persian prayer rug’s worn use and venerable signs from distant lands. It muses who trod it in prayer, from ancient towers to modern readers, and questions the reverence and memory attached to such relics. It notes cabalistic signs and barefoot pilgrims reciting lines, framing the rug as a witness to faith across time.
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Waa
Ore
W. D. Nesbit
Chicago Tribune
The Blonde in Black Opens in New York Vaudeville
New York critics note Blanche Ring stars in The Blonde in Black at Knickerbocker Theater. The revue blends light music and pretty girls with librettist Harry B Smith and composer Gustav Kerker providing a lively summer package. Audience appeal centers on Ring as a musical comedy star though libretto and music draw mixed reviews.
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New York
Metropolis
Harry B. Smith
Gustav Kerker
Blanche Ring
Marie Les
Fay Templeton
Miss Ring
West
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Lederer
Blanche King
Fair Sex
Rose Beaumont
Violet Halls
Albert Hart
Max Freeman
Harry Connor
Mr. Smith
Mr. Kerker
Knickerbocker Theater
Unfit Leader Comment Sparks Arbitration War
The Chicago Tribune quotes a union labor business agent dismissing arbitration with the remark Arbitration be blowed It labels him unfit as a labor leader showing a harsh view of dispute resolution The New York Commercial notes the remark and its implications for organized labor and leadership credibility
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Labor
New York
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Organized Labor
Basso Star to Sing at Fair Bank Week Concerts
Cowles returns this week to Fair Bank for a notable fourth week of the amusement season. Ostendorf's military band presents instrumental selections while Eugena Cowles, famed bass, headlines a weeklong engagement beginning tomorrow evening with a vocalist recital and familiar numbers.
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Fair Bank
Ostendorf
Eugena Cowles
Basso
Old Favorites At Fair Bank Engage Cowles This Season
Concert notes list beloved songs attracting large crowds at Fair Bank with Eugene Cowles to perform a mix of favorites and new numbers including The Fortune Teller Gypsy song Annie Laurie and Forgotten His matinee engagement and a tomorrow evening band program feature popular selections from The Princess Chic Twirly Whirly Mr Pickwick and other well known tunes with medleys and overtures listed
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Fair Bank
Victor Herbert
Herbert
Annie Laurie
Twirly Whirly
Mr. Pickwick
Young Singer Terence Holliday To Perform At Propylaeum
Terence Holliday, a promising young singer praised by listeners, will give his first public recital in this city at the Propylaeum tomorrow evening as friends stage a musicale in his honor. He arrived from Philadelphia after prior concert work.
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Amachoor
Johnny Dunn
Sally Sussmann
Solly
Higgins
Cain
the Empire
Indianapolis
Jake Brodski
Brodski
Terence Holliday
Propylaeum
Philadelphia
Humble Concert Promises Rich Vocal Talent and Violinist Support
Hugh McGibeny the violinist assists as a reception and dance follow the program. Holliday is described as a bass with rare quality and strong, full voice. He excels in standard German songs, with many in English. McGibney will perform Mendelssohn concerto movements, Ernst nocturne, and a Brahms Hungarian dance.
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Hugh McGibeny
Holliday
R. McGibney
Mendelssohn
Ernst
Brahim
Reflections on a Carolinas Village Visit
June Lippincott recalls a midday visit to an old log cabin in a small Carolina village. She describes meeting a longtime resident and the scene inside the home, noting cultural details of the era observed during the visit.
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Mimmy
Mammy
Mariana
June Lippincott
Carolinas
Unwritten Law Harsh in Army Deaths and Disappearances
General Milton Moore recalls the harsh unwritten law governing officers as he discusses fatal and mysterious cases. He cites Sir Hector MacDonald and Skobeloff, plus Baker and other officers, noting punishment deferred to battlefield acts or self destruction, with a warning on the army’s code.
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Hector MacDonald
Milton Moore
Fort Douglass
Salt Lake
Washington
Leavenworth
Hari-Kari
Skoboloff
Skobeloff
Eral
MacDonald
Baker
London
England
Sublime Porte
Sudan
Pasha
Fez
Egypt
Inf
Prince Imperial
France
Eugesnies
Chelmeford
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Pardrill
East Side
Gelli
Solly Sussmann
Edmond P. Dale
Hawaii
Casino Theater
Dole
Shubert
Colonel Gallagher
Pacific Coast
E. P. Dole
Toccca
Paradise
Mahmoud
Dan Daly AS “John Henry
Charr
Root Gardens
Metropolitan
Bandmaster
Dass
Venice
Madison Square Garden
Paradise Gardens
Madison Square
Duss
Metropolitan Opera House
Mme
Nordica
Edouard de Reszke
Carrie Bridewell
Tony Pastor
Wills P. Sweatnam
Paul Armstrong
Kentucky
Darky
Mr. Sweatnam
Delft
Henry E. Dixey
The
Garrick
Dan Daly
John Henry
Herald Square
George Ade
Wallack
Majestic Theater
Augustus Thomas
the Earl of
Cowles
Eugene Cowles
Mr Pickwick
Chattaway Cakewalk
Mobile
Carter
DR. Miles
W. H. Shear
Pern
Ind
Miew
Ida Holes
Auchia
Dagan
Mr. Holliday
Propylaecum
Miss Schaffer
Sophie Sltbefer
Kansas City Journal
Janes
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