Painted Desert in Arizona Could Be National Monument
The piece extols the Painted Desert as a vast, color rich region from the Rio Grande to the Calico mountains with diverse landscapes, forests, and rivers. It argues Arizona should preserve parts as a national monument, noting notable features near Adamana and Robbers' Roost, and mentions near North Sigillaria forest for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Little
Colorado River
Southwest
George Wharton James
Painted Desert
Rio Grande
Calico Mountains
Salton Sea
Mojave’ Desert
Utah
Mexico
Colorado Desert
America
San Francisco
San’ Mateo Mountains
Jesser Heights
Colorado
Bill ‘Williams Fork
Fma
Java
Aly
Canyon Dia
Winslow
Holbrook
Poren's
Gallley
Advantage Point
Indian Wells
Tallirock
el Pintado Desierto
Adamana
Dead River Canyon
Santa Pe Trall
Whale attack on decoy boat spooks Barnstable hunter
William F. Hallett of Sandy Neck, Barnstable, recalls a dawn encounter with a gray whale off Cape Cod that toppled his wooden decoys and nearly capsized his skiff. The whale circled, swallowed ten decoys, then dashed toward Province Town before slipping away as Hallett bailed and headed for shore. The tale ends with Hallett relieved to reach land and alive.
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Barnstable
Mass
William F. Hallett
Sandy Neck
Cape Cod
Plymouth Point
Mr. Hallett
Hallett
Mr. Hallet
Hallet
Province
Skunke Raid Bee Hives Stirs Local Alarm
In Chardon, residents report skunks provocatively raiding apiaries by making a peculiar noise to lure bees from hives and then preying on them. Charles Hall has lost multiple swarms this fall, with farmers also reporting chicken losses attributed to skunk activity.
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Skunke
Chardon
Skunky
Bee Owners Inc.hardon
Charles Hall
Trappi
Farners
Wall Street Cook Tries to Fight Boss by Rolling Pin
Mrs Willard Spader fires Mary Corcoran a cook from County Connaught after a dispute. Mary attacks with a rolling pin smashing dishes and threatening staff. Police arrest her after a struggle as she defies officers in the Spader home.
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New York
Willard BR. Spader
Wall Street
Mary Corcoran
Mary
Mrs. Spader
Der
Sam
Servanta
Mia
Spader
Marya
Cuts Teeth At Age Of Thirty Nine In Seattle
Mrs Helen Barber a 39 year old Seattle resident with nine year old child is cutting a new set of teeth. She lived on the west side with her son in law and has not seen a doctor for 30 years since her husband death. She crossed the plains in 1869 from Troy New York to Washington state.
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Seattle
Wash
Helen Barber
Building a New Lighthouse at Delaware Bay Harbor Refuge
The foundation for the recently completed harbor of refuge lighthouse at Delaware Bay rests on a solid concrete footing eighteen feet deep. The base measures forty feet in diameter and narrows to thirty six feet at the top.
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Harbor of Refuge
Delaware Bay
Margaret Wlington Quits Stage For Private Life
Margaret Wlington wife of Daniel Frohman declares she is leaving the stage forever. She cites tireless strain and lack of reserve as reasons and says she may not return, preferring a quiet home life and ordinary routines over the demands of theater life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Wlington
Daniel Frohwan
Henri
Bernstein
Kyrle Beliew
Trixie Friganza and the Curious Copyrighted Name
The article recalls Miss O Callaghan of Cincinnati who adopted the stage name Friganza and had it copyrighted. It notes a later legislative name change to Trixie Wriganza and mentions her sister later using Wriganza on weekly royalties, presenting a sly cast of siblings in show business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trixie Friganza
Miss O'Callaghan
Cincinnati
Deli
Delia O'Callaghan
Merry Merry
Friganza
Washington
Trixie Wriganza
Trixie
Nalue Wriganza
Oh Weekly Royalty
Raea
Trish
Arsene Lupin at the Alhenvee theater
Charles Frohman has secured for England and America a new play Arsene Lupin a French Raf fles by Francis de Croiseel based on the detective tale Arsene Lupin. The production at the Alhenvee theater promises to be one of the era’s absorbing detective stories.
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Raffles
Charles Frohman
England
America
Arsene Lappin
Forbr
Francis de Croiseel
Arsene Lupin
Alhenvee
Farle
Jokes Must Be New Across American Comedy
Clyde Pitch, renowned American playwright, argues that jokes must be new and purposeful, with a clear point. He notes audiences demand realism, plausibility, and originality, dismissing repeated old gags and mere burlesque as unsuitable for first-class theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Pitch
America
Billie Burke’s Early Theatrical Rise and Roles
Billie Burke recounts her first experiences on stage from a leading part in Mr George to training with Hawtrey. She describes appearing in The Schoolgirl and Mrs Powderbury’s Past, and a New York debut as a leading woman with Mr Drew in My Wife? Ther e was made a star. The narrative reflects on early career milestones and the weight of youth in performance.
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Billie Burke
Louis Parker
Rosemary
Mr George
Mr. George
Identifying Himself in Chicago Hotel Lobby
George Richards of the A Brokes Idol company is approached by a stranger in a Chicago hotel lobby who recalls Richards’s past role as Mins Jones in Hoyt's A Temperance Fawn in Lewiston Maine years ago. The man claims Richards told a fanciful story about a hotel room incident and being the “mane A laughed.”
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George Richards
Richards
Mins Jones
Hoyt
Lewiston
Mr. Richards
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