Wealth Among American Stage Stars Reaches New Highs
A survey notes Mary Anderson poised to earn 150000 in eight months and worth 400000 in diversified investments. Maggie Mitchell holds about 250000 cash plus coastal lands, Lotta Cr abtree exceeds a million, and Joseph Jefferson’s fortune ranges 400000 to 600000 as he limits work to sixteen weeks yearly. Jefferson supports many relatives quietly.
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Mary Anderson
Wall Street
England
Maggie Mitchell
Long Branch
Jersey
Charlotte Crabtree
Lotta
California
Joseph Jefferson
Jefferson
Women Actresses on Stage Through Early English Theatre
The text traces the introduction of female players from continental practice to England, citing Pepys, Coryat, Chamberlain, and Hall. It notes Henry VIII and Edward III influences, Gil Vicente in Portugal, and 1602 public tolerance with later 1629 Puritan restraint, illustrating evolving attitudes toward women on stage.
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New York
Troy Times
Lady Sullivan
Pepys
Charles IT
Tom Coryat
Lee
Venice
John Chamberlain
Dudley Carleton
Chamberlain
England
Mr. Lee
Henry VIII
Hall
Edward III
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Gil Vicente
Lope de Veen
Shakspeare
Emmanuel
John III
Paula
Cing
Erasmus
Stage Gossip Stager Panistsn Buys Stradivarius Violin
A Panistsn bought a Stradivarius violin at auction for 36 dollars and a week later sold it for 8500 dollars. Mary Anderson is described as a very accommodating photograph gallery figure with highly mobile and classic features.
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Panistsn
Mary Anderson
Paul Morphy Remembers the Great Chess Player
A portrait of Paul Morphy, the 19th century chess prodigy born in New Orleans in 1837, detailing his rise from a youth in New Orleans to triumphs in New York, London, and Paris. It highlights his self-possession, attacking style, remarkable blindfold feats, and his influence on chess strategy.
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Arthur Sullivan
Homer
Boston
Geraldine Yum-Yum Almar
Lady Sullivan
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Louisville
New York
New York Tribune
Paul Morphy
Nassau
Fulton Streets
America
Paul Murphy
New Orleans
Paul
Morphy
Ba Vances
Eugene Rousseau
Stanley
Wierseritzky
Ernest Morphy
Rousseau
Gowenthal
Murphy
Paulsen
Fiske
Marasche
Lichtenhein
Thompson
Meade
Perrin
Trondon
British Kingdom
Paris
Cafe de la Regence
Riviere, Laroche
Jowmand
Divinick
Hurwitz
Anderssen
Charles O’connor
John van Buren
W. J. A. Fuller
Mr. Bonner
Star Gazers and Bar Harbor Wind Up in Quirky Tale
A Detroit Free Press snippet recalls a humorous scene with Brudder Gabriel thumping a desk and a new Bible during a fire and brimstone sermon. It shifts to a Lewiston Journal story about Senators Harris and the Sergeant-at-arms in Bar Harbor chasing a meteor sighting after a luncheon.
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Isa
Isam
Ole Brudder
Brudder
Bam
Kizzy
Chile
Detroit Free Press
Bar Harbor
Harris
Ofennessee
United States
Senate Committee On Rules
Senate
Bright
Senator Harris
Lewiston
Diverse Inventions and Engineering Notes from Early Modern Industry
Reports on Palma christo plant cultivation in South Carolina as a cotton substitute, oil filtration for ravine seas, paper chimney building in Breslau, new gunpowder methods, steam pipe boxing and gauges, tar preservation for scaffold ropes, American locomotive design, tar bricks humidity, and stone wall coverings with hanging tiles.
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South Carolina
Sea Islands
Breslau
Prussia
Varescu
New Yorkechanical News
Ain
France
Carl Pretzel's Philosophy
A quirky National Weekly extract mocks a circus guest and a bully figure as agaloot in blunt humor. It portrays odd lines about private boxes beer saloons and a restless world through a grim, sardonic lens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Pretzel
Dot Circus
Egwick
Prayers and Turkey Promise in Humorous N?oon
A darky and a friend discuss answered prayers. He says results depend on petition wording. He notes asking for a turkey yields none, while asking to be sent after a turkey brings one before daybreak.
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Darky
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