How Lackaye Became Author
Wilton Lackaye became a dramatist after years of near misses with Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. He wrote The Law and the Man on trains and in his room until Lackaye finally pursued the idea and embraced becoming a dramatist. Roosevelt once advised Israel Zangwill on a line for The Melting Pot, shaping a public exchange about independence and wit.
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Wilton Lackaye
Victor Hugo
England
Clyde Fitch
Mr. Lackaye
Hugo
Gus Thomas
America
George Tyler
Jean Valjean
Tyler
Lackaye
Roosevelt
Washington
Israel Zangwill
White House
T. R
Bing
Mraugwill
Archies Wish in Theaters Saw on The Streetcar
On Theerscher Street a boy and his mother ride to a theater. The lad, never in a real water, asks if they will sit in four eight box. The mother replies yes and the enthusiast adds hoping they leave the lid open.
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Archie
Chie
Daniels Fear of Death Shocks Rye Comedian
Frank Daniels famed for avoiding funerals reportedly froze with fear after attending a friend Kirke La Shelle's funeral. He fled to bed and refused to wear the clothes from the service, insisting they be burned. His valet urged him to dress, but Daniels remained agitated and considered staying in bed.
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Frank Daniels
Dne
Kirke la Sheile
Daniels
Rye
Gossip of the Stage Highlights a Busy Theatre Season
Julia Herne performs a sketch A Mountain Cinderella Flor ence Roberts joins The House of Bondage Sarah Bernhardt to produce in Paris Augustus Thomas elected president of the American Dramatists club and set to damuatize Ganton Co. Herbert Wilson sings with Dockstader minstrels New western drama The Sweetest Girl of All Paul Armstrong Blue Grass to open in New York with Liebler Mabel Hite and Mike Donlin in Stealing Home Elsa Ryan and Lawrence Wheat to star next season in Pixley Luders Mary Sanders collaborates on western life Cameo Kirby casts include Nat C Goodwin Edward Harrigan James Lackaye Polliott Paget Maude Fealey Neil O’Brien Helen Robertson Margaret Anglin to appear in Melbourne The Valencia Stock Company star Willette Kershaw in San Francisco Gertrude Quinlan to vaudeville Zara's Hit Grace Hazard offered England engagement
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Augustus Thomas
Ganton & Co
Chicago
Herbert Wilson
Dockstader
Paul Armstrong
New York
Liebler Company
Mabel Hite
Mike Donlin
Vincent Bryan
Elsa Ryan
Lawrence Wheat
Pixley
Luders
Mary Sanders
Boston
Ife
Cameo Kirby
Nat C. Goodwin
Edward Harrigan
James Lackaye
Polliott Paget
Maude Fealey
Neil P. O
Zara
Spirit Warns Family of Burglary In New York Tale
Prominent St Louis family vouched for a strange tale of a spirit warning a household about a burglar, guiding them through a night of visions and messages. The Lambert family, including Jordan W Lambert and his wife, recounts the seance where a mysterious voice urged watchfulness and a pistol was readied as prints and footprints led to a near disaster.
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St. Louis
New York
Jordan W. Lambert
Helen Lambert
Jordan W. Jr
Will
Lillie Hannegan
Will Hannegan
Miss Howard
Mrs. Lambert
Junior
Jo Wentworth
Millionaire Webb Found Working in a Mine near Joplin
J. E. B. Webb, a Houston oil operator believed lost at sea for five months, was found alive. Drugged in Houston, he was taken to a Missouri mine near Joplin where he worked as a miner under guard. His wife and Texas party rescued him. conspirators fled with clothes and valuables.
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Houston
Tex
J. EB. Webb
St. Louis
Joplin
J. H. Putnam
Webb
Galveston
New York Life Insurance Company
Mad Man Living At Menominee Poor House
Officials at Menominee county poor house face a strange case as two men, one named James Hagen born in Marinette County and another named Edward Simoneau, are described as half man half animal with no speech or clothing, feeding on the floor, and requiring separate quarters due to severe mental decline and animalistic behavior.
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Menominee, Mich
Menominee County
James Hagen
Marinette County
Edward Simoneau
Tied Farmer in a Sack near Cranbury New Jersey
Philip Moore farm hand near Cranbury assaulted his employer Henry Riggs after scolding him for hogs in corn. Moore tied Riggs hand and foot, placed him in a sack, and flung it in a field end. Riggs escaped, severed ropes on a hay cutter, fainted at his wife’s feet. Moore was jailed.
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New York
Philip Moore
Cranbury
N. J
Henry Riggs
Riggs
Moore
Dampened Enthusiasm Reflected in Poor Dress Shame
A brief quotation reveals dampened sentiment as the speaker notes clothes were not given to the poor because they were too poorly dressed to approach, expressing embarrassment and discomfort. The exchange attributes the remark to Putk and emphasizes social restraint.
By Way of Ozark a Quiet Journey to a Spiritual Ozark
A reflective travel vignette about riding the so called Ozark train, waiting at a weathered Missouri station, and discovering a pastoral, timeless journey. The narrator, amid eccentric fellow travelers, finds meaning in a slow, roadside passage that transforms arrival into a shared, salvific experience.
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Margaret Sawyer
Prhlema Donna
The
Musical Review
Chicago Opera House
Julia Herne
Florence Roberts
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
American Dramatists’ Club
Opiait
Millionaire
Ozark
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Wy of
Apollo
Robert Fulton
Falstaff
Casaius
Fife
Falstafi
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