Hoyt Comedy at Grand Promises Banner Week
Bijou stock company at the Grand presents A Day and A Night a Hoyt comedy in three acts featuring Marble Hart with Harlan and Agnes Rose Lane. Cast includes Andrew Bode David Andrada Lyndsay Hall and Mary Marble with Max Hoffman conducting. Strong advance sales and hoped for house records as the production tours Washington Richmond and Norfolk with a satirical spirited stage comedy and notable musical numbers.
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Hoyt
Grand
Washington
Richmond
Norfolk
Marble Hart
Bijous
Aerts
Agnes Rose Lane
Bourne Tourene
Bode
David Andrada
Little Chip
Tony Hart
Lyndsay Hall
Mary Marble
Fair Sex
Max Hoffman
Wells’ Company
Telegraph Blank Gave His Hiding Place Away
Ex detective recalls a freelance case with Ike Johnson involving a dishonest cashier named John Doe in Henderson’s firm. A telegraph blank reveals the clue, leading to Doe’s arrest in Little Rock after a requisition and habeas corpus twist. Henderson loses trust, but the tale ends with a quiet payoff and a warning about telegraph rooms. The piece ends with a Berlin note: women banned from political meetings due to noisiness, per the Interior Minister.
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Plank
Ike Johnson
Ike
Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Jim Henderson
Henderson
Ami
John Doe
Tice
Young Doe
John
Bis
Young Dee
Telegraph Office
Dec
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Field telephones for French Army trial announced
Paris May 19 during maneuvers the Charollois field telephone system will be tested Inventor Captain Casrollois says moving troops six to seven miles apart can be linked by ground wire It works on dry ground and in wet weather wire is placed on trees fences or cattle The wire is ultra thin and a half mile range uses less than six pounds of wire
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Paris
Charollois
Casrollois
Third Degree Chief in Austria Sentenced for Prisoner Hanging
In Vienna on May 10 a Lem berg chief of police was sentenced to six months in prison after a trial for hanging a prisoner by shackled hands to the wall until she blacked out. He justified the act by noting the third degree has been practiced in Lemberg for twenty years.
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Austria
Vienna
Lemberg
100 Years Old Man Hangs After Daughter's Nagging
Paris reports the death of Martin Cosnard aged 100 after he hanged himself following relentless nagging from his 79 year old daughter who tied him to a frail life and daily disputes. He celebrated a January birthday and was known in Belleville for theatergoing and social outings. A suicide note protested life’s bitterness and suggested old maids should die before being embittered.
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Young Doe
Henderson
Dosa
Young Woo
John Doe
Johnson
Paris
Martin Cosnard
Martin
Belleville
Tolstoy Vindicated In Germany Amid Austria Clash
In Leipzig on May 10 the supreme court published Tolstoy’s vindication as Archduke Francis Ferdinand condemned his honor in Austria. The court reversed the ban on The Power of Darkness, noting the drama condemns immorality and lawlessness and shows the poet’s high regard for marital fidelity and innocence.
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Tolstot
Germany
Austria
Leipzig
Khows
Kruger Dominates Paris Honey Cake Market
Paris May 10 report Kruger and the Boer cause appear highly popular in France at the honey cake market on Faubourg Saint Antoine. His face decorates many cakes while other figures like Loubet, Gambetta, McMahon and Boulanger also appear. Loubet vies with Kruger for attention as Emperor William is mentioned as a potential future honoree.
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Kruger
Paris
Dom Paul Kruger
France
Faubourg Saint-Antoine
Loubet
Faure
Uke Gambetta
McMahon
Boulanger
William
Farm hand fed himself to death on royal estate
Berlin May 10 reports a farm hand named Schaller on the royal domain Oegein literally starved himself by eating for two missing workers plus his own. He demanded their rations and consumed three pounds each of sauerkraut, potatoes, bacon and baked apples, dying that night in agony.
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Berlin
Schaller
Royal Domain
Oegein
Surviving Indian Twin Radica Improves in Paris Clinic
Professor Doyen describes Radica the surviving sister of the Indian twins as slowly improving after separation. She is gaining flesh and health but remains dependent on constant amusement to avoid brooding over loss of Doodica. She is learning to walk with slow progress due to spinal curvature and need for ongoing assistance for months.
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Radica
Paris
Soys Professor Doyen
Radhca
Surgeon Curing Curvature After Gone Wrong
A professor disputes press reports that Doodica died from blood loss during an operation. He says little blood spilled and the girl suffered gastric consumption that necessitated the procedure.
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Doodica
Russian Propaganda Fire in Paris Police Raid
Paris authorities acting under St. Petersburg guidance issued search warrants for fifteen Russians in the capital and seized private papers. Reported letters and documents suggest accomplices in the murder of the French interior minister were found in the city.
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Paris
Mberal
St. Petersburg
President of Society of the Virtuous Slaps Noted Founder
Vienna reports Fraulein Tittle Reingruber founder of the Society of the Virtuous had Frau Jensen, wife of a actor, arrested after Jensen allegedly slapped Tittie. Jensen admitted the charge but claimed justification noting Tittie flirted with her husband. The judge advised Jensen to state there was no real cause for jealousy.
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Frau Jensen
Tittie
Women and justice in Prussia headlines and scandals
A series of brief items report on Emma Braun falsely beheaded for murder, the Kaiser’s refusal of pardon, and Duke Gunther of Schleswig facing lawsuits over misappropriated funds and false arrest. The pieces mention Frau Jensen, Fraulein Reingruber, the Fugendbund, and Miss Milewska, with tensions over royal authority and legal rights.
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Cess Amalia
Schleswig
Gunther
Milewska
Milewske
William
Prussia
Miss Milewska
Accused Blackmailers Go Free in Orleans Trial
Telegram from Orleans reports that the Lefebre brothers, accused of forcing Banix er Force to sign an 800000 franc agreement claiming he fleeced their mother, were acquitted after a sensational trial. It was proved the banker plundered clients in outrages, with the state's attorney conceding the brothers acted only with indiscretion and filing extortion suits.
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Paris
Orleans
Lefebre
Banixer
MOORE SONS Eyeglasses Offer Light Craft and Precision
MO. L. MOORE & SONS advertises eyeglasses emphasizing light construction elegant design and precise fitting. It claims their glass grinding is practically beyond competition and notes location at 2 Broad Street Prudential building.
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MO. L. Moore & Sons
Broad St
Prudential Building
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Beecham
Canal St
Bo Bones
Mattings
China- Japan
Dex of
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Fugendbund
Isit
Emma Breun
Emma Braun
Whitehall
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