Salaries of Our Players and Their Varied Wages
Franklin Fyles notes in The Ladies' Home Journal that actor pay ranges widely from 12 to 18 dollars for chorus work up to about 250 dollars for stars. He explains salaries depend on role importance, celebrity value, and market demand with about ten actors and five actresses earning at most 250 weekly, while many earn 75 to 150 weekly for solid lead or character work.
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Franklin Fyles
Ladies’ Home Journal
America
Strange Freak of Fate and the Oregon Name
The Oregonian discusses historians who suggest the name Oregon derives from Aragon. It notes Spanish voyagers and Indian interpretations, calling the idea plausible and a fate that Spain helped shape its own decline. It recalls De Fuca’s 1592 sighting and a warship later named Aragon or Oregon challenging Spanish power.
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Portland Oregonian
Oregon
Aragon
Spain
West Indies
de Fuca
New World
Peculiarity of Snakes Explained by House Trainer Story
A trained snake followed a tamer from home to a new place but grew wild when released. It bit and resisted capture, yet returned to tame behavior once caught. The New York Tribune notes this as a snake peculiarity.
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New York Tribune
Peachy Feats and Blubber Across Oceans
A tale of Arthur Stringer the Canadian poet and an Oxford professor, detailing gifts of autumn peaches sent from Ontario via steamship, and a witty exchange over whale blubber. The scene shifts through brief clippings from Saturday Evening Post and Detroit Free Press with light social sketches and a parable about commandments.
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Rudyard Kipling
Dominion
Our Lady of the Snows
Arthur Stringer
Oxford
Goldwin Smith
Toronto
York Powell
Christchurch
Canada
Ontario
France
Stringer
Steamship Company
Kent County
Ont
Saturday Evening Post
Trustful Friends or True One
A reflective line contrasts trusting many false friends with doubt toward a single true ally. It notes that suspicion and hypersensitivity mark a small, uncertain soul as both badge and bane.
Choral Service Introduced in Canterbury in 677
The choral service began in England at Canterbury in 677. This early religious practice marks a key milestone in medieval liturgical history.
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England
Canterbury
Byzantine Princes Played Polo Like Modern Game
A historical note describes Byzantine princes engaging in a game nearly identical to present day polo, highlighting similarities in equipment and play style.
The Sex of Ships in Language and Tradition
Collier's Weekly notes that ship gender varies by language with Romance tongues using feminine terms, while Teutonic and Scandinavian tongues deny sex. English sailors treat ships as ladies regardless of their actual role, attributing many feminine features to vessels.
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Athene
Collier’s Weekly
Understanding Carat Gold and A Church Joke
A brief explainer on gold carats outlines 24 carat pure gold, 22 carat with silver and copper, 18 carat with silver and copper, and 12 carat with small silver and copper percentages. The note adds a Brooklyn Life quip about church attendance as a playful aside.
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Conner
Miss Chicago and Miss Boston Exchange Witty Adages
Short quips on wealth from Miss Chicago and Miss Boston evoke the newspaper’s culture clash. The Boston Courier cites aphorisms decrying money’s power and the vulgarity of lucre, noting culture resists profit.
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Chicago
Boston
Lucre
Boston Courier
Beets on a Silver Tray for Apollo at Delphi
A Greek custom notes beets offered on a silver tray in Apollo's Delphi temple. Lod Bacon fancied onions, claiming a rose grows sweeter when planted among them.
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Apollo
Delphi
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C. G. Lee
McCarthy & Lee
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TOWA
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Iowa
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Ovens Mirror
Hettie
George
Edith
Boston Transcript
Cass Avenue
Elsie
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