The Impostor a Curious Plot From Philadelphia
The Impositor by Mrs. Gustave Frohman using the pseudonym R N Beach offers a tale of a 36 year old woman who passes as 19 to deceive her stern father and others. A hypnotist probes the truth offering dramatic tension though the finale reveals the granddaughter as her own mother and reestablishes honesty with father and lover.
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Philadelphia
Gustave Frohman
R. N. Beach
Peter Pan
Helen Ainslow
Squire Ainslow
Snakes Lurk in Atlanta Store Cellar After Show
A Decatur street storefront once rented to Zulika the snake swallower became the scene of a perilous snake infestation. Dave Yarbrough entered the cellar with a candle and found 60 snakes. janitor Brown later killed 63 more, revealing a long, hidden snake colony.
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Atlanta
Desatur Street
Bowery
Young Men’s Library Association
Flaming Pictures
Zulika
Dave Yarbrough
Decatur Street
Forrest & George Adair
Brown
Mute 14 Year Old Starves on Liquid Diet in Indiana
Elwood Ind. a perplexing case of Dale Goslin a 14 year old girl who has not spoken or eaten solid food for three years Doctors report no physical cause and say only liquid sustenance is taken She hears speech but refuses to respond and has resisted all appeals and medical advice Her father has spent hundreds of dollars seeking help and may send her to an institution to induce speech
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Elwood
Ind
Dale Goslin
George Goslin
Orestes
Dale
David Warfield
Belasco
Huntley Wright
London
Wright
Ellaine Terriss
Seymour Hicks
Maude Adams
Mabel Taliaferro
Miss Taliaferro
Miss Taliafer
Moore
Mr. Moore
Edwin
Angelina
Letters From Admirers Compel Actors to Watch Mailroom
A roundup of odd and bold letters sent to actors from fans and strangers. David Warfield and Huntley Wright recount unsolicited requests for photos and tickets. Mabel Taliaferro signs autographs but others are wooed by propositions and note based dares. Victor Moore chal lenges a bet by delivering multiple encores despite pressure.
Amy Ricard Joins New York Suffrage Union
Amy Ricard, a principal in the Clyde Fitch satire Girls, has become a suffragette and joined the Progressive Woman Suffrage union of New York. She attends meetings and speaks in public events.
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Amy Ricard
Woctan Suffrage Union of
New York
Notes of the Stage Show New Plays and Star Casting
Chrystal Herne will star next season in Kate Jordan’s Cupid the Comedian. The Girls Battle is the play. The Crew, a new American life drama, to be produced by Nixon and Zimmerman in Atlantic City. Howard Vroom appears in The Luck of McGregor in New York. Martha Morton’s new Henry B Harris play is The Bell of Liberty. His Honor the Mayor returns to Auditorium with Henry Kelly starring alongside Trixie Friganza and Bobby Burns. Harris to stage The Nebraskan with Edmund Breese next September. The Traveling Salesman by James Forbes, author of The Chorus Lady, new Checkers star Thomas W Ross in title role.
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Chrystal Herne
Kate Jordan
Cupid
Nixon & Zimmerman
Atlantic City
Howard Vroom
New York
McGregor
Martha Morton
Henry B. Harris
Chicago
Auditorium Theater
Henry Kelly
Trixie Friganza
Bobby Burns
Kelly
Deacon Flood
Edith Ellis Baker
Edmund Breese
Parius
James Forbes
Thomas W. Ross
Hatpin Attack at Dallas Ball Game Sparks Leg Injury
Miss Susan Nielbecame excited at a Dallas game and jabbed a hatpin into Walter Hutchinson’s thigh. The pin passed through his leg and into a seat before a doctor removed it. Hutchinson, a city council member, plans to propose a rule barring women from attending games.
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Dallas
Tex
Susan Niel
Walter Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Buried Alive He Escapes
Milwaukee man August Wendorn aged 60 survived being buried for about an hour under a ton of clay and gravel after a sewer trench caved in on Twenty third avenue. He suffered five crushed ribs a fractured breast and collar bone but doctors expect recovery. Fire department police ambulance and workers freed him as spectators alerted authorities. a diagonal timber helped prevent fatal crush while air entered.
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Milwaukee
August Wendorn
Wendorn
Twentythird Avenue
Fire Department
Reunited After Many Years in Lake City
May Lathrop, adopted in infancy and now 16, has long sought her father two brothers and a sister, while they hunted in many cities. The family reunites near Gowrie an hour from May, but she cannot speak to her father who is German and speaks no English. May was raised by English speaking Americans.
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Lake City
May Lathrop
Gowrie
Average Age of Accident Victims Reported
The report states the average age at death of peerie who die by accident as 3644 years, signaling a likely transcription error or unit misinterpretation in the record.
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Peerie
How to manage a husband in the home
A dated treatise on marriage teaches women to control husbands through clever psychology. It praises boldness, secrecy, and resourcefulness, urging wives to exploit the notion of masculine jealousy while maintaining outward sweetness. The piece warns of the dangers of dust and servants and recommends dramatic firm action to preserve harmony.
Love's Law and the New Christian Regime
Dr Newell Dwight Hellis argues that great outcomes demand powerful causes and cites Christianity as an example. He praises modern industrial leaders who model Christ’s law of love and condemns capitalists who neglect workers. He recounts a railroad directors meeting cutting dividends while preserving wages and warns that a new Christian regime is emerging.
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Mount Oliver
Buddha
Christ
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Georgia
Wriggler
Snake Swallower
Leonard “Arshall
Jane
Love’s Law
By DR. Newell
Dwight Hellis
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