Tenor Rebuke Costs Him Hostess Favor at Opera
Riccardo Martin's inopportune politeness and chatter in a Paris opera box offended a fashionable hostess at Goetterdaemmerung. She urged him to attend Faust, but he declined, amid a chorus of social snares and opera etiquette.
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Singer
Metropolitan Opera Company
Broadway
Thirty-ninth Street
New York Sun
Riccardo Martin
Paris
Martin
Metropolitan
Faust
Oyster opener keeps hopeful dream of pearl in shell
A 40 year veteran in South Street New York, a modest man in a faded gray suit and brown derby, tells friends of his belief that each oyster may hide a pearl equal to his needed rainy day provision. He has long watched shells and earned wages he imagines as pearls, clinging to a hopeful, cranklike conviction.
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South Street
New York City
Maser
Knowledge of Men and the World
The passage argues that humans inhabit a flawed world and must adapt. It notes many fools and knaves, but stresses that choosing fit people for positions shows true wisdom, citing Elizabeth’s preference for wise counselors as an example of prudent governance.
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Elizabeth
TIME GIVEN LANGUAGE STUDY
The Germans are famed for language mastery with university graduates conversing in Latin and reading Greek authors. American schools show similar thorough study, as children progress from basic French and English to full French instruction and French conversation.
Early Advertising and Its Evolution in Print
The note traces advertising roots from peddlers to 17th century newspapers. It cites a 1652 Mercurius Politicus ad for a Cromwell poem sale, marking the rise of newspaper ads and a late missive ending with the admonition to seek elsewhere to be cheated.
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Mercurius Politiqus
Cromwell
Ireland
Seek New Water System in Winfield Petition
A city committee circulates a petition urging a special election to authorize bonds totaling 12 300 for a waterworks system in Winfield. The move seeks voter approval for financing and construction of water infrastructure.
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Winfield
No Room in Her Bag at Buffalo Exhibition
A young matron at a semindustrial semiscientific display in Buffalo had finished viewing many curios when a friend asked if she had seen the exhibit on radium. She wished to go, but the tale of Russian superstitions and the pall of sam the number of fears stayed her thoughts.
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Buffalo
Sam
Cerro Gordo Roads Designated by Board of Supervisors
The board of supervisors designates 110 miles of road for paving subject to approval by the state highway commission.
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Cerro Gordo
Meson City
Board of Supervisors
Objection to Trolley Line Stirs Rural Town
During hearings a leading farmer from a small town opposed a proposed trolley link to a growing city. Asked to state his objection he declared the village was small and fragile, fearing the line would drive residents away.
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Perkins
Gakin Powdah Tale Recalled By George W Cable
A humorous anecdote recounts George W Cable teaching a young colored girl named Katie to say Beg pardon instead of Huh when she did not understand him. The story concludes with Katie’s ready recall as he tests her memory near the gate.
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Gakin’ Powdah
George W. Cable
Katie
Mr. J
Drew the Line on the Tariff in 1884 Campaign Tale
A 1884 Cleveland campaign anecdote recounts a law abiding man charged with assault who justifies his action by noting a guest tried to steal spoons, then kissed his wife, and finally pressed him on tariff talk, prompting a physical defense. The tale names the accuser as an old friend and guest, with the defendant invoking hospitality and tariff disputes as his defense.
Dances and Drollery Stir a Cleveland Ball
A dancing master George Ropes condemns new dances as potentially frivolous though graceful. He recalls a ball where a married sea captain’s wife danced with others, joking about a knot in her handkerchief she believes to reminder her marriage and a dinner invitation for twelve guests.
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George Clay Ropes
Cleveland
Mr. Ropes
Philippines
Crony
Pat
Jones
Persistence and the suffrage cause in a London jail note
Miss Zeke Ergon writes from London praising persistence for women’s vote while recalling the fate of a down and out former man about town named Jones. The letter reflects hunger strike and forced feeding experiences as part of suffrage history.
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Zeke Emergon
London
New York
Jones
Swede Pitcher Demands Overtime Pay After Ninth Inning
In Minnesota a Swede named Jensen, star pitcher, balked at continuing past the ninth inning as the score stood 9 9. He appealed to manager insisting on overtime pay to pitch the extra innings, offering to return only if compensated. The manager reportedly promised five dollars for him to finish the game.
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Minnesota
Jensen
Meester
Bane
Bane Rude Union
Damning With Faint Praise From Otto Kahn at NYC Dinner
Otto H. Kahn praised Met Opera success at a New York dinner saying audiences want only worthy works and not overexposed fare. He defended Strauss as great though criticised by Blanc and noted mixed reception of Elektra.
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Otto H. Kahn
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Strauss
Blanc
Stravesa
Elektra
Mrs Bessie M Lowell Plans Move to Omaha this Week
Mrs Bessie M Lowell will relocate to Omaha this week and make the city her home in the future.
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Bessie M. Lowell
Omaha
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