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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1908
Page
1
Fragmented wartime style epigrams touch on disease marriage stage life and chorus girl themes. The text mocks vanity, warns of human cruelty and envy, and suggests home and mother as a boost while noting a proverb about keeping one pledge versus promising many.
George H. Primrose describes minstrel makeup using burnt cork and grease to darken skin, details the process from cork collection to application, and notes the routine returns after shows. He recalls his first attempt using soot and grease, hailing burnt cork as the lasting standard in stage blackface.
Miss Ida Vernon discusses early nerves and stage fright while performing Lady Creech in The Man from Home. She recalls William H. Crane’s fear on Father and the Boys first night and Mrs. Barry’s warning that she would tremble it remembers Mrs. John Gilbert’s foresight and her own enduring nerves under bright stage lights.
Edna Macauley a noted Merry Merry member received a large pig as a gift. The pig was roasted and shared with Players' club members, who enjoyed the meal. Julia Sanderson performed in vaudeville singing Bessie and Her Little Brown Bear. A teddy bear maker sent a life size bear to her apartment, causing Miss Sanderson to threaten fainting at the sight.
A Brooklyn funeral drew thousands as rain failed to deter mourners from blaming the police for shielding criminals in uniform. The crowd booed officers guarding the cortege to Holy Trinity church and cemetery, where Barbara Reig was laid to rest amid tense scenes and a haunting vow from her fiancé.
A monument was erected in Arlington National Cemetery over Midshipman James Thomas Cruse's grave. Cruse died from wounds received in the turret of the battleship Georgia during target practice off Massachusetts. His famous words, Never mind me, I'm all right, Look after those other fellows, are cited with the facts around the tribute. The gray granite base supports a red granite monolith set in a commanding site east of Fort McPherson, overlooking Washington and surroundings.
Aaron Whipple toils across the Mojave seeking gold and love. A year of peril ends as he finds riches in the stream while a letter from Janet Seward hints at fate and a promised future.
Herman A. Hitler, a brakeman from Brooklyn, suffered a rare double fracture of the spine after falling from a freight car at Palmer's docks North Fifth Street. He was transported to Eastern District Hospital where surgeons found the injuries and report paralysis below the neck. Wrapped in a plaster cast, he shows cautious signs of hope.
Aaron Johnston aged 50 died from blood loss after being bitten by a hog he attempted to remove from a pen. One leg suffered a severe gash as the incident occurred in Georgetown Texas.
In Wheeling West Virginia Lila Zane Cook 17 on trial for complicity in the murder of Charles Bennett 16 of New Kensington Pa heard the verdict of not guilty and fainted crying thank God and collapsing unconscious for two hours She had been bruised in the panic As defense lawyer Handlan noted the confession from Agnes Holmes in jail was given under promise of freedom Crowd cheered Handlan as 15 deputies forced order Joe White 18 will be tried next Charles Cook husband of Lila confessed months ago claiming the trio killed Bennett for his money and fled to Detroit Cook now serving life for the crime
Exhausted Marion mother Mrs. W. H. Collins clung to the skirts of her five year old son, holding him above an open cistern as the baby cried. She slipped and her arm became stuck, keeping her grip until neighbors heard her screams and glimpsed the perilous scene.
Baron von Rosenberg of Germany, visiting the Canadian Rockies, narrowly escaped death on Mount Rundel near Banff. A fragile snow bank gave way beneath his weight, plunging him sixty feet into a cliff basin as an avalanche roared past. He crawled free and made his way to Banff Village.
William Stamm sues landlord Moritz Sentner on negligence grounds seeking damages of 2000 dollars. Stamm alleges defective door locks were not replaced despite notice, contributing to inability to escape during a recent fire where he sustained severe burns.
A satirical review contrasts pretty hats and bonnets as a necessity and virtue for women with the assertion that certain millinery designs are monstrous. The piece reflects fashion critique tone of the era.
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