Mrs Wiggs and The Man of the Hour at Colonial
The Colonial stages Mrs Wiggs Cabbage Patch charm and humors through Lovey Mary and Miss Hazy, with a strong ensemble led by Chapman. The Man of the Hour, by George Broadhurst, follows, praised as an American oriented work exploring love and politics in vivid human terms.
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Dickens
Lasses
Chapman
Wiggs
Vivian Ogden
Miss Hazy
Charles Carter
Hiram Stubbins
Mary Fannus
Mary
Little Tom
Flexner
Mrs. Wiggs
Mr. Wiggs
Jing Willie
Willie
Jefferson Company
George Broadhurst
Noth
Hurst
May Prove Fatal Backache Warns Athens Readers
A citizen of Athens warns of backache signals kidney trouble and possible kidney disease. Miss Bessie Smith of 423 Dongher Street credits Dan's Kidney Pills with curing her kidney ailment after three boxes, noting lasting relief. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells the pills nationwide for 50 cents. Remember the name Dean's.
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Athens
Bright
Bessie Smith
Dongher
V Street
Palmer & Son's
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Long Distance telephone leads modern communication
The text extols the Bell Telephone as the quickest and most satisfactory means of long distance communication, superior to the telegraph, cheaper than telegraphy, and saving the time and expense of railroad travel. It promotes calling "Long Distance."
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Bell Telephone
Stephenson Captures Senatorial Seat On Twenty-Third Ballot
Madison March 5 United States Senator Stephenson completed the unexpired Spooner term on the Wisconsin joint assembly twenty third ballot winning six year term with 63 of 123 votes. The vote tally included Brown Esch Cooper at five and others with scattered votes amid a bitter five week fight. Dorner Milwaukee reported threats and a libellous letter urging support for Stephenson which he did not comply with.
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Madison
Wis
United States
Save Stephenson
John C. Spooner
Wisconsin Legislative Joint Assembly
Stephenson
Brown
Esch
Cooper
Rummell
Strange
Estabrook
Kindlin
Kalaher
Sanborn
Assemblyman
Dorner
Milwaukee
Destructive Forest Fire Near Valdosta
Valdosta Ga March 5 a large forest fire swept west of the city last night destroying fencing and turpentine timber on the McRee and Kinderley tracts. W S McRee led a large force fighting the flames through the night but high winds hampered control.
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Valdosta
Here
T. JM. Smith
Kinderley
McRee
W. S. McRee
Benefactors at Wallack's Theatre for Mrs Wallack Benefit
A notable cast including Eleanor Robson Fannie Ward Blanche Bates Leslie Carter William Faversham Thomas Wise Charles Richman Wilton Lackaye and Douglas Fairbanks performed at Wallack's Theatre in New York for Mrs Lester Wallack widow of the famed actor manager. Seats sold at a premium and organizers expect net profits in the thousands. The beneficiary, once a familiar stage figure, is now infirm and gratefully awaits the funds.
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Wallack
New York
Wallack’s
Lester Wallack
Eleanor Robson
Fannie Ward
Blanche Bates
Leslie Carter
William Faversham
Thoma Wise
Charles Richman
Wilton Lackaye
Douglas Fairbanks
Samuel Whitmire Seeks Release From Milledgeville Asylum
Rome Ga March 5 Efforts are under way to secure the release of Samuel Whitmire from the Milledgeville insane asylum. A former Rome newspaper editor of The Broad Axe, he was committed for lunacy years ago after a spell of hallucinations and delusions. Friends contend time and treatment have cured him and he is now practically sane.
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Rome
Samuel Whitmire
Milledgeville
Whitmire
The
Broad Axe
Governor dodges Sunday baseball in Indiana
Indianapolis March 5 Governor Marshall sent a special message to the legislature saying he would neither sign nor veto the Brosley bill legalizing Sunday baseball and would leave the constitutionality question to the courts.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marshall
Brosley
Big field of peds for six day grind in New York
Twenty five teams from twelve nations entered the six day go as you please race to start in Madison Square Garden at midnight Sunday. The event marks New York’s first such long race in about 25 years and has drawn wide interest as a top winter sport showcase.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
President Eliot in Louisiana for Founders Day events
President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University arrived in New Orleans yesterday and will visit Baton Rouge to meet LSU President Boyd. He plans to deliver the principal address at Tulane University Founders Day ceremonies and will be entertained by Tulane alumni tomorrow night.
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Eliot
Louisiana
New Orleans
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Baton Rouge
Boyd
Louisiana State University
Tulane University
Tulane Alumni Association
Year in College offer in every county by 1909 plan
A nationwide opportunity promises a year in college or $250 cash obtainable by one student in each county by September 1909. The plan does not interfere with other work, and applicants may choose their preferred institution. For details write Morton H. Pemberton at Jefferson City Missouri.
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Morton H. Pemberton
Jefferson City
Two Die From Exposure At Inaugural Crowd
Washington March 5 report says bitter wintry winds and slush caused severe suffering among the vast inaugural crowd. Two men died from exposure, Andrew Doran a 55 year old Pullman conductor at Union Station and Norman A Stall 45 of Richmond Va who suffered an apoplexy. Hospitals reported many exhaustion cases from prolonged exposure in the snow. The piece also cites Edward R Emerson disputing lexicographers origin theories of whisky naming.
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Washington
Andrew Doran
Pullman
Union Station
Norman A. Stall
Richmond
New York World
Johnson
Noah Webster
Edward R. Emerson
Emerson
Putnam
Jointed piano case could halve moving burden
St Louis inventor Charles Mayer unveils a double barreled upright piano split along its length. Twist thumb screws to pull out steel rods, yielding two halves with one containing strings and the other keys and pedals. Musical integrity claimed, but professional movers may object. Mayer, a longtime chorus musician, plays the bass viol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Charles Mayer
St. Louisan
Gamins
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Seeks Testimonials and Reward
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable case of catarrh. endorsement by Walding Kinnan Marvin and others. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally, claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price five cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney, & CO
Toledo
FR. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Hall’s
Foley's Kidney Remedy Claimed To Cure Kidney Troubles
A vintage advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Remedy as able to cure any kidney or bladder trouble within medicine's reach. It promises relief from backache and irregularities that could lead to Bright's disease or diabetes if ignored.
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Foley
Bright
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MTY
Michael’s AC
Michaels
Wisconsin
State Sanitarium
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