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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
8
Linen centers and trimmed handkerchiefs offered in various prices from 2c to 1.25 dollars. Appenzell hand embroidered pieces feature French style one corner embroidery with new patterns. Available in Florida and other locations.
Edwin A Belkin's All Star Yiddish Company led by Jacob Silbert and Anna Simon performs the operetta A Shadow of Paradise at Polis Theater amid additional acts including Merry Widow and The Devil. Weber Travesty Company from New York joins with a three act satire, lavish production and a strong chorus. Seats priced 2, 1.50, 1. gallery 250.
Al Leech and its Three Rosebuds lead a strong Jacques bill with the Bessie Valdere troupe of female bicyclists and unicyclists. Miss Gertrude Shipman returns to Waterbury with a new sketch Wanted a Cook, joined by Lawrence B. McGiN and Alfred Sitwell. The lineup features The Brothers Byrne, Little Buster, Jingle and Louise, Frank and Mrs Wallace, and acts like shadowgraphy and electrography with Carlotta the human wrap and more.
The Superior Moving Picture Co under Thomas W. Ray will present a Sunday evening program at the Empire theater. The bill includes several new titles never shown here before.
The Fabre line steamer Neustria, bound from New York to Marseilles, failed to arrive by December 3 and is feared wrecked or disabled after thirty-seven days overdue. Captain Thumin commands the 226 foot iron screw steamer with a crew of 38, 2,982 tons gross.
The French warship Admiral Aube arrived with governor Paul Didelot and landed 150 marines at St Pierre. The governor ordered the arrest of riot leaders demanding free schools. Further trouble is feared if residents are barred from Catholic schools.
In Dickson City a fire claimed five from the Shapiro family of Scranton. Mr Shapiro a son and a daughter and Mrs Shapiro's parents perished. Mrs Shapiro and two other children escaped by leaping from windows.
In St Louis Missouri ministers of the Evangelical Lutheran Pastors conference adopted resolutions supporting a New York protest letter to President Theodore Roosevelt. They decry the accusation of bigotry against any citizen who voted for a Roman Catholic president and express anticipation for a reply from their New York brethren.
Paris reports that Mme Japy stepmother Mme Steinheil shows spleen intact on preliminary examination, arguing death not from strangulation. Other dispatches note Turkey’s boycott spreading to Egypt and Albania, Morgan purchasing Amherst gems, and Vienna clashes with troops sabering rioters.
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