Modern Samson in New York drawn from Maurcie Brachard tale
In Samson, Gillette stages Maurice Brachard as a modern Samson opposing the duelist Jerome Gavin. A clash of fists and finance follows, ending with Brachard’s taunts about honor and a biting contrast between his brutal methods and Gavin’s ceremonious code.
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Gillette
Samson
New York
William Gillette
Maurice Brachard
Henri Bernstein
Jerome Gavin
Brachard
Govain
Gavain
Stock Exchange
Marseilles
Gawain
Louis
Praise for American stage in Strand recounts Hare notes
John Hare in the Strand Magazine lauds American theaters as models of design and comfort with heated stages and strong audience relations. He cites clean organization, potential for national theater, and compares American actresses favorably to English peers, while noting puritanical tendencies and need for stronger acting training.
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John Hare
Strand
Mr. Hare
United States
Europe
Hare
Broadway Play Casts and Plans For The New Season
George W. Howard to star with Blanché Walsh in The Test. Hobart’s new work The Merry Widow and the Devil. Bessie Clayton engaged for Miss Innocence. Margaret Wycherly to headline Hey Other Self. Cohan plans rest to refresh powers for a big play. He Duke and Her Ducats held for next season. Florence Roberts in English divorce law drama with Arthur Forrest and Elsie Ferguson. Henry B. Harris to star future Pierre of the Plains with Edgar Selwyn. Marie Tempest to have new play by W Maugham. Admiral Evans to lecture on navy service managed by the Pond Bureau.
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George W. Howard
Blanché Walsh
George W. Hobart
Bessie Clayton
Anna Held
Margaret Wycherly
George M. Cohan
Mrs. Dot
W. Somerset Maugham
Admiral Evans
Navy
Pond Bureau
Pictures Used to Aid Criminal Convictions Across Time
The London case recalls how visual art has aided justice and debt collection. Portraits and sketches by Hunt Etty Lawrence Morland helped expose crimes, settle accounts, or prompt payment. The piece notes artists drawing memory portraits for the police, creditors displaying caricatures, and a preacher seeing a painter paid with a pig-themed waistcoat on Sunday.
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London
Hymen
Marylebone
Thomas Lawrence
George Morland
Boniface
Morland
Pittsburg
Winter Drainage Advice from Outing Magazine
The article explains the need for seasonally adapted drainage in gardens. It warns winter melts can erode soil, tear gutters, and damage plants, urging temporary surface drains at season end to divert water and protect lawns and beds, with plans to close or modify them in spring.
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Outing Magazine
The Final Word on Phil Spayce’s Vivid Similes
The piece praises minor author Phil Spayce for avoiding hackneyed lines and favors his inventive similes drawn from personal life. It highlights a sharp example where ill humor is shown as “snappy as a man and wife who have spent Sunday in flat hunting,” signaling a distinctive, witty voice.
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Phil Spayce
Eve and Adam Seemingly Recount First Biscuits
In a playful retelling Eve boasts of baking biscuits "Just like mother used to make" while Adam praises them. Eve rebukes him for eating the apple, exclaiming tears and a claim that his praise follows from that act. The remark is framed as a timeless, humorous exchange echoed by many.
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Eve
Adam
Per Capita of New York Tops State Property Assessments
Per Capita of New York, New York reports the city has the highest per person personal property assessment in the state, valued at 98 dollars per inhabitant.
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New York
New York City
Kit Carson Remembered from Missouri to Taos Frontier Hero
The St. Louis Globe Democrat recalls Kit Carson, famed scout and frontiersman born in Kentucky who grew up in Howard County. He joined a Santa Fe caravan at 17, later making Taos his home and burial place. His boyhood life remains less documented, but his frontier exploits and Sioux language skills shaped his legend. Carson is praised as a steadfast, skilled figure whose honors stay untarnished.
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Kit” Carson
Kit’ Carson
Missouri
Kentucky
Howard County
David Workman
Santa Fe
Fernandez de Taos
New Mexico
Mexico
Taos
Aloys Scheurich
Carson
Scheurich
The Demon Worry
A short, flowing reflection on worry as a universal bane that haunts all stages of life from weddings to funerals. It argues worry cripples achievement, happiness, and health, claiming it harms genius and happiness more than any other force since the dawn of time.
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Mars
Devils on stage and cars go to the dogs in city satire
The piece notes Broadway style devil jokes at the Lyric and Garden theaters with New York Times commentary. It recalls a Boston dog show prank where streetcars bore a bold sign reading This car goes to the Dogs, a clever press agent stunt.
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New York Times
Boston
Religious Joke Seems Lost In Translation
The Somerville Journal relays a joke where Lawson asks about differences between dream cows and a Boston girl. Dawson responds with a punchline about lean kine versus lean kind, illustrating a regional humor bit with biblical reference.
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Lawson
Pharaoh
Boston
Dawson
Somerville Journal
Not So Worse Band Smashup Innuendo Quip
A rumor of a band mishap circulates with humorous dialogue about injuries. A bystander asks about bones, and a musician jokes that only the trombone is broken, implying lighthearted chaos from the night scene.
Desperate Night Aboard the Sinking Schooner
Connoly fights to the end with Svenson and Flick as a storming sea engulfs a wrecked schooner. He plans a final mercy to stay with his wife, then returns to her only to witness the vessel’s doom and the coachman of resolve. Flick prays as the ship sinks.
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Connoly
Svenson
Flick
Connely
Jim
Jen
Thunder Bay
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