Vaudeville Plans for Lyric Theatres Across Southern States
Jake Wells announces a slate of vaudeville theatres under his control in the South including New Lyric Richmond Forsyth Grand Ad Oboheda and Lyric Knoxville and Mobile. He says no musical comedy circuit is set this season while reaffirming UBO booking obligations and an amicable Birmingham arrangement. Wells plans a new Lyric Birmingham opening by Christmas Eve at an estimated 3500000 dollars.
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Lyric Theatre
Jake Wells
New York
Vaudeville
Wells
New Lyric
Richmond
isRaw
Birmingham
Ala
Forsyth
the Grand
Sepia
Nashville
Bijou
Atlanta
Knoxville
Lyric
Nooga
Mobile
Mr. Wells
United Booking Office
U. C
Acs
Karl Hoblitzelle
Vaudeville Managers’ Association
Hoblitzelle
Jilted Woman Seeks Revenge From Hand Case
Miss Louise A. Nutter of England vows to punish Herman Hand for jilting her and to deter other women from trusting his protestations of devotion. She visited Townsend & Mann at 328 Broadway to pursue the life mission she entered yesterday.
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New York
Herman Hand
Louise A. Nutter
England
Miss Nutter
Townsend & Mann
No. 1
Broadway
Domestic troubles lead to tragedy in New Orleans
In New Orleans on August 6, Joseph Fernandez, proprietor of a cigar store, killed himself amid family belief that domestic troubles with his estranged daughter influenced the act. He was due to testify today in a courtroom on an assault charge filed by the daughter against her husband.
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New Orleans
Joseph Fernandez
Fernandez
Mead Wian
Tragedy in Gloster family linked to mistaken drugs
In Gloster Mississippi Mrs T J Berryhill and her twelve year old grandson died after a physician mistook strychnine for calomel. The boy died Saturday and the grandmother died the next day prompting an immediate investigation into the deaths.
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Gloster
Miss
T. J. Berryhill
Pythians Consider Lowering Age and Expanding Order
Denver Aug 6 During the first day of the 27th biennial Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias meeting proposals included lowering the membership age from 21 to 18, extending the order into foreign countries, and a plan for a permanent or annual password. Sixty eight past grand chancellors from fifty five grand domains received supreme lodge rank.
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Denver
Col
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
English girl seeks court action after suit against Hand is dismissed
A British born woman recounts meeting Mr Hand on a steamer to Australia and pursuing a breach of promise suit in America. She describes love on board, motives of vengeance, and plans to expose him, while noting her English Spanish heritage and lack of work in New York. Bishop Gibson of Virginia is mentioned as her uncle and the couple plan a European honeymoon.
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Hergot
Hand
Australia
America
Herman
Sousa
England
New York
Red Haired Counterfeiter Busted In East Side Raid
Italian counterfeiter with fiery red hair led Flynn secret service to two men selling silver certificates in the East Side. Giuseppi Fianmatta and Tony Garrita were arrested at 510 East Thirteenth Street. They faced $3,000 bail and were sent to the Tombs.
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New York
William J. Flynn
Secret Service
Lupo-Morello
Giuseppi Fianmatta
Tony Garrita
East Thirteenth Street
Fianmatta
Shields
Morphine Whiskey and Tobacco as State Hospital Treatment
Licensed under a special state law with the same standing as regular state institutions. Endorsed by governors, college professors, physicians and ministers. Treatment based on gradual reduction and humane approach. No deposit until cure. patients treated at home or in facilities with modern equipment. Box 879 Lebanon, Tenn.
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Wer Gribble
Lebanon
Enn
Richard Whitehorse Otoe Chief Dies at Red Rock
Richard Whitehorse longtime head chief of the Otoe Indians and a centenarian, dies at his home near Red Rock Oklahoma aged over a hundred. He led the 1881 committee that selected the current reservation when his tribe moved from Nebraska.
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Uthrie
Okla
Richard Whitehorse
Red Rock
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Widow forfeits huge fortune by second marriage
Richmond widow Martha Chamberlain Valentine forfeits about 250000 dollars as a condition of her late husband Edward Valentine. She married Walter McNeill, dean of Richmond College law faculty, in her West Franklin Street home. McNeill, Harvard 1904 LL B, had earned a PhD in Roman law and politics.
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Richmond
Walter 8. McNeill
Richmond College Law Faculty
Martha Chamberlain Valentine
Edward V. Valentine
Valentine
Mann S. Valentine
West Franklin Street
Mgr. McNeill
Harvard
University of Berlin
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