Movable Lights and Managers in 19th Century Theatre
Recalled memories of Baltimore stage life and John Owens from 1864 65. The memoir details Owens press management at the Broadway Theater in New York England tour profits and the filming of Solon Shingle with anecdotes on early performances receipts and working conditions.
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Baltimore
C. W. Tayleure
New York
J. B. Booth
Booth
J. L. Gallagher
Jim
Joseph Jefferson
Joseph M. Dawson
John &. Clarke
John E. Owens
William Henry Briggs
Curly Briggs
John T. Ford
Briggs
Lew Wallace
Baltimore Evening Transcript
Barnum’s
John K. Owens
George Wood
Owens
England
Broadway
Wood
Spruggins
Joshua Butterby
John
Myself
Solon
Fame and Fortune
Henry Dove
Button Trick Foiled Murder Plan in Opera Tale
The Kellogg Hess Opera Company story recalls a plot thwarted years ago when a wardrob e worker overheard talk of missing uniform buttons. A baritone’s warning led to inspecting the chorister’s gun and finding a rammed button used to fake a fatal shot.
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A. B. Canby
Carleton Opera Company
Kellogg-Hess Opera Company
Carleton
St. Louis
Permanent Amusements Grow as Theaters Lose Ground
New York correspondents note a rise in permanent amusements and exhibitions this winter and into spring. Cycloramas of naval battles and landmark displays attract crowds, while new ventures like A London Street and other museums draw steady income, challenging theater managers despite seven day operation.
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Eden Musee
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
London
Munkacsy
Christ
Pilate
Marshall
Buffalo Bill
New York
Springfield Republican
Fay Templetons Diamonds and Sugarward Gaffe
A Sand which Islands sugar heir, son of Claus Spreckels, showered Fay Templeton with diamonds in San Francisco years ago. During a performance he touched her largest stone and asked Paste. She replied No Sugar, provoking a roar of laughter from the audience.
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Claus Spreckels
Sandwich Islands
Tay Templeton
San Francisco
Miss Templeton
I’risco
A More Commendable Way: Scalchi Lets Turin Home Aid Poor
The contralto Mme Scalchi on tour has donated her Turin area residence as a hospital for the poor during her absence. This act, praised by the Albany Argus, is seen as a commendable and novel form of publicity, free from scandal or sensationalism.
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Mme. Scalchi
Turin
Albany Argus
Hotel Life and Quaker Matrimony in Far West Tales
A narrator chronicles a hotel stay with an irate landlord and a freely behaving chambermaid named Isaac. He recalls Quaker marriage procedures, early England certifying rites, and Turkish street life with beggars and harsh conditions. He reflects on freedom and human frailty amid travel vignettes and social contrasts.
Not enough readable facts for a headline
The fragment expresses a stance on revenge within a political context. It references being a Republican and concerns about consequences if vengeance is carried out too aggressively, but no concrete events, people, or places are identifiable.
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Fox
England
Nottingham
London
Angeles
Constantinople
San Francisco Chronicle
Amateurs Explorer James Ricalton Recalls Russia Journey
James Ricalton, Maplewood Public School principal, describes a 13 000 mile trek from Archangel to St Petersburg in a three wheeled cart. He details meals in public view, host villages, and crowds of natives curious about an American. He notes weather, terrain, and the cost of about 200 dollars, plus photographs and curios collected along the way.
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Bow
James Ricalton
Maplewood Public School
Newark
N. J
Russia
Archangel
St. Petersburg
Carl Pretzel's Philosophy and the Sour Beer Debate
A National Weekly excerpt presents a humorous vignette on friendship and beer, noting that trust fades when beer soured, with mock reflections on debts, clocks, and a line about Charidy and a cold bodadoe tossed from a window. It contains playful dialect and quirky metaphors about social bonds and mischief.
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Carl Pretzel
Alrie
National Weekly
Editor's Dog Lazarus Eats Rich Mens Crumbs
A city editor names his dog Lazarus explaining the dog scavenges crumbs from the rich man's table. The anecdote appears in Carl Pratsel's Weekly and reflects on social divides through a humorous lens.
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Lazarus
Carl Pratsel
Weekly
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Freedom
Garfield
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