GROOM KILLERS AT DREAMLAND PREVIEWS
The Dreamland offers the Jubilee Company with new songs and two top comedians plus The Lynch Trio among acts. Tad Frank and Nan Lynch, born in Mobile, headline as ragtime and character singers. Dreamland showcases Ida Nielsen in Ida, the Queen of the It, a sensational photo play, plus six reels and Sunday five cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Pitts
Fredericksburg
Opera House
Jubilee
Island
Lynch Trio
Mobile
Tad
Frank
Nan Lynch
D. J. Lynch
Dreamland Pictures
Dreamland
Ida Nielsen
Ida
Ella Crandell to Speak on Public Health in Mobile
Miss Ella Phillips Crandall, lecturer for the national public health program, will speak on tuberculosis and public health in Mobile. The May 6 lecture at 8 p.m. is hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and Red Cross Seal committee to promote the local Mobile Anti-Tuberculosis League and open air camp efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross Seal Committee
Mobile
Mobile Anti-Tuberculosis League
Ella Phillips Crandall
National Organization For Public Health
Crandall
Parsons
Red Cross Seal Society
James K. Glennon
Mobile Anti- Tuberculosis League
City Bank Building
Post Office Receipts See Big April Gain in Mobile
The Mobile post office reports April 1914 receipts at 21 269 93 up from 17 615 89 in April 1913 a gain of 3 654 04. Year to date every month shows increases with notable parcel post activity and two wagon loads sent out that month valued at about 115 in postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parcel Post Department
J. D. Wilkins
Wilkins
Sam Bernard and the silk hat crown of modern humor
Sam Bernard argues the silk hat replaces the slapstick as the key to modern humor. He recalls buying a ten dollar hat for three dollars and rising to a higher salary after audiences roar at his glossy helmet on stage. He notes the silk hat signals status in Chicago and Fifth Avenue and even shapes church and subway reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sam Bernard
Sam
Bond Street
Dutchy
England
Birmingham
Grand Duke Theatre
Baxter Street
Wall Street
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
Noblesse
Metropolitan Opera Plans First Deficit-Free Season
The Metropolitan Opera House reports its first deficit-free year under general manager Giulio Gatti-Casazza and outlines next season’s plans. New sopranos Melanie Kurt and Elizabeth Puritz-Schumann join, with American soprano Mabel Garrison and American tenor Alfred Piccaver among others. World premiere Madam Sans-Gene likely early in season with libretto by Renato Simoni and music by Umberto Giordano. Potential novelties include Francesca da Rimini, Notre Dame, and Goetzs The Taming of the Shrew. Debussy short operas The Fall of the House of Usher and The Devil in the Belfry may not be ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Opera House
Giulio Gatti- Casazza
Mme
Melanie Kurt
The
Royal Opera
Berlin
Elizabeth Puritz-Schumann
Staadt Theatre
Hamburg
Mabel Garrison
Alfred Piccaver
Imperial Opera
Vienna
Arthur Middleton
Gatti
Casazza
Madam Sans-Gene
Metropolitan
Victorien Sardou
Renato Simoni
Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chenier
Fedora
Zandonal
Turin
Notre Dame
Victor Hugo
Franz Schmitt
Goetz
Debussy
Booster Trip Planned for Mobile Trade Territory
Mo bile retail merchants via the Chamber of Commerce discuss a two day booster trip to Mobile trade territory. Jacob Reiss chairs the retail merchants committee and a decision on trip length and destinations, including Laurel Mississippi, is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Jacob Reiss
Mobile
New Orleans
Chicago
Laurel
Miss
Empire Theatre Adopts 9 Cent Night Policy This Week
The Empire Theatre lowers admission to five cents starting tomorrow after dropping Kinemacolor films due to costs. The Black and White program continues with three reels daily and a six-piece orchestra. Week’s lineup features Motion Picture dramas and comedies from Vitagraph Edison Kalem Biograph Essanay Pathe Selig. Sunday’s ten cent finale offers six reels including The Awakening of Barbara Dare and The Schooling of Mary Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Theatre
Empire
Kinemacolor
Bianchi
Vitagraph
Maurice Costello
Mary Charlson
Edison
Essahay
Dippy
Biograph
Miss Bountiful
Selig Gram
Barbara Dare
William Humphrey
Clara Kimball Young
Vitagrand
Miss Young
William Humphery
G. M. Anderson
Selig
Mary Ann
William Hean
Clara Kimball
Essanay
Anderson
School of Mary Ann
Dr King’s New Life Pills Claim Health Benefits
Advert says Dr King’s New Life Pills keep stomach liver and kidneys healthy and flush poisons. Customer C E Hatfield of Chicago reports relief after using one box. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
C. E. Hatfield
Chicago
Ill
Also Mentioned on This Page
RTH
Ella Crandell
Anti-Tuberculo
Sis Society
McDonald
Dauphin
Bell Phone
EMORY
Calvert
Worth
Baxter Streets
Royal Theatre
Bronx
California
Rachael Marshall
Oliver Bailey
Koenig Oedipus
Irving Place
Sophocles
Rudolph Christians
Christians
Oedipus
Emory B. Calvert
Mize Hass
Mraxin
Deven
Ann Muroocx
Phawe Hamilton Ja
Monroe Park
W. T. Goubil
Bell
Oliver’s Grand Jubilee CO. Presents
the Lynch Trio
Brewster’s Millions
Edward Abeles
Knight Tires
Motor Supply CO
Dauphin Street
Mobile, Alabama
D. E. Tyler
Dreamland Theatre
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!