Tona Station Saga of Esther and Alfred in Rail War
In a Rocky Mountain leg of the Oveslond Mail journey, Alfred Vincent and Phineas Cadwallader face a plot to sabotage railroad plans as Stella Anthony, widow of the slain station keeper, appears. Esther Anthony lends aid as Alfred reveals a costly past with Max Ober, vowing to earn his name by honest effort while Gideon’s shadow looms and a moonlit night unfolds toward a dramatic denouement at Ton a.
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Rocky Mountains
Billy” Dodge
Alfred Vincent
Phineas Cadwallader
Dater
Anthony
Reaskins
Stella Anthony
Vincent
Stella
Gideon
Fiota
Cadwallader
Alfred
Mamilton
Sally
Esther
Anth
Vassar
San Francisco
Irrisco
Alvin Carter
Viola
Bernards
Sally B
Billy
iAlfred
Tron
Central Pacific
Dooly
Arcadia
Amabel
Colfax
Virginia City
Amabel Hamilton
Pacific
Sacramento
Cad
Hsther
Faller
Taana
Max
Max Ober
Mr. Ober
Ober
Mephistophelian
Boston
Love
Tona
Budd’s blush at wedding ends in yes please
John Budd, a sedate and exemplary young man, woos Susan Smiley and marries her with evident decorum until the wedding moment. When the clergyman asks for the vow, Budd blushes and responds, Yes, please, in a brief, humorous exit from his usual composure.
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John ‘Budd
Susan Smiley
John
Dramatic Earnings Through the Ages and Notable Plays
The article traces dramatists earnings from Shakespeare to 19th and early 20th century figures. It notes Kean, Knowles, Jerrold, Fitch, and Boucicault earning fortunes far beyond Shakespeare’s lifetime. It cites Boucicault’s 400 plays, Goldsmith, and George Ade’s later success, illustrating vast pay disparities in stage writing history.
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Glyde Fitch
George M. Cohan
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Charles Kean
James Sheridan
Knowles
Kean
Windsor Palace
Drury Lane
Virginius
Hunchback
Hal. Reid
Theodore Kremer
Douglas Jerrold
Punch
Clyde Fitch
Bulwer Lytton
Lytton
Lyons
Richelieu
Dion Boucicault
Boucicault
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Oliver Goldsmith
Bbennre
George Ade
Lea
Field's Fainting Fit Tells of Dentists and Box Office
English actor Lew Fields recounts a comic tale from his company about a member named Hubert Neville who seeks ten days off to fix his teeth. Fields jokes about the lad's claim to descent and wonders if dental work will enhance looks and box office, before Fields himself faints.
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Lew Fields
Hubert
Neville
Fields
Edward the Confessor
Earl of Blueberry
St. George
Prithee
Gossip of the Stage and Upcoming Productions
Upton Sinclair has dramatized Prince Hagan for a trial Los Angeles production with touring potential if successful. Helen Hale returns from Paris to star with William Collier in The Patriot. James Powers to perform in Havana at London. Shams by Harris and Bonner to be produced by Henry B. Harris in December. Frohman to bring Israel by Bernstein to American stages. Pauline Chase shines in Paris with Pantaloon. Elsie Janis tops The Pierrot Girl musical. Blanche King joins Weber's burlesques The Merry Widow and The Devil. Hilary Bell, widow of a noted critic, appears in The Thief company.
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Upton ‘Sinclair
Prince Hagan
Los Angeles
Helen
Hale
Paris
William Collier
James T. Powers
Havana
Lonndon
Elmer Blaney Harris
Geraldine ‘Bonner
Henry B. Harris
Clyde, Fitch
Jerome
Whiting
Race Jeorge
Charles Frohman
Israel
Henri Bernstein
the Thief
Mme. Rejane
Mr. Frohman
Pauline Chase
Leslie Stuart
Cosmo Hamilton
Elsie Janis
Blanche King
Joseph Weber
the Devil
Wallace Eddington
Shedali Hk S Klein
Hilary Bell
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Elko
Toano
Juliet
Railroad Bridget
Lie
Billie Burke
England
America
John Drew
New York
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