Harp Restored After City Stage Levy Drama
In old New York theater days Max Maretzek faces a sheriff as a lien on his box office drains funds. The harp of Mme. Maretzek is recovered by Old Mann Guernsey when a carpenter slides it to the stage. Mme. Maretzek plays and thanks the carpenter in a brief Sunday moment.
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Max
Mme. Maretzek
New York City
Metropolitan
Manhattan Opera House
Fourteenth Street
Max Muretzek
Strakesch
Old Academy of Music
Strakeceh Hind Nilseon
Muaretzek
Mureke
New York
Birukosch
The
Academy
Alfred Joel
Maretzek
Joel
Philadelphia
Alfred
Maretazek
Old Mann Guernsey
New York Times
North country coroner probes poet death over altered line
A coroner in the north is reported to be investigating the poet’s death as a possible self-inflicted case. The poet wrote about clasping “the two tremulous hands” of his beloved, but the printer reportedly changed the phrase to “the two tremendous hands” in the London Mail.
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London Mail
A Queer Question. Smal Harold puzzled by bald eagle joke
In Chicago, a playful exchange has Smal Harold asking what that funny bird is and Papa explaining it is a bald eagle. The dialogue riffs on how long an eagle must be married before going bald, delivering a lighthearted city joke.
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Harold
Chicago News
Property Treasure in Today's Paper
A reader eyeing real estate may find valuable felue then buy it listed in today's issue. The notice hints at opportunities and guidance for buyers seeking bargains.
A Personally Conducted Gase
A brief note from 1905 records a privately conducted event or column titled A Personally Conducted Gase. The fragment hints at a period piece from the American Press Association with a possible column or commentary format.
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American Press Association
Mollie Fraser Takes On Court Case Alone
Mollie Fraser, a determined young woman, defies town conservatism by taking the lead in her family's legal fight. She declares she will conduct the Thompson versus Fraser case herself at the courthouse, challenges a forged note, and enlists help from a young man who tests the signature. Her bold stance unsettles locals but earns respectful support from allies.
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Mollie
Elsie
Tom
Bess
Garner
Thompsons
Mollie Fraser
Ben
Elson
Moll
Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Fitch Thompson
Tyre
Capturing Rhinoceros and Hippo Receives Savage Hunter Tale
An adventurous account describes the perilous work of trapping rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses for a menagerie. It details the long process, stealthy tracking, and dangerous close encounters, including decoy hunting and gun risks, plus canoe combat with the hippo for a calf capture. The piece follows hunter A. W. Rolker to St. Nicholas.
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Mouins
Neuther
Fever Remedy Ad for Hick's Capu cine
An advertisement promotes Hick's Capu Cine for fever and aches from malaria colds or heat. The liquid medicine claims to reduce fever and relieve pain and is sold at drug stores in 25 and 50 cent sizes.
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Hick
The Lake of Ink in Medeo
A remarkable natural phenomenon in a volcanic region yields a one acre lake of black ink like fluid beneath a gray ash layer. Pioneers ponder its origin while evidence from a soaked clothing stain sways belief from mire to essence. One draughtsman drinks the ink as a cheap drawing supply.
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Medeo
Attempting a Diagnosis in a Domestic Scene
Mrs. C. sorts through old clothes while her four year old Rebecca watches. A garment reveals green speckles prompting the child to ask what they are, and later she wonders if another girl’s freckled face is milkdewed.
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Beraris
The Blue Danube and Danube Valley Splendor
Omaha Bee notes the Danube’s ancient splendors and forested hills while contrasting it with the Rhine. The Danube’s lofty, white mountains, many chapels, and majestic beauty are praised as underappreciated by American travelers seeking tours.
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Blue Danube
Danube
Rhine
Omaha
England’s leading poultry expert Miss N Edwars of Coakley
Miss N Edwars of Coakley Gloucestershire is described as England’s top poultry authority. She has won more than a thousand prizes and exports poultry worldwide. From twenty fowls she built one of England’s largest farms and now sells eggs and stock birds rather than meat. The article also notes a record kite flight reaching 23 111 feet above sea level from a mountain top with extreme temperatures at takeoff and peak.
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N. Edwars
Coakley
Gleastershire
England
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