Night theatre slips spark comic Cushman Sullivan tale
At the Savoy a slippery descent with Charlotte Cushman and Lawrence Barrett ends safely as Cushman charms him to grip her arm. Sir Arthur Sullivan, dining at the Savoy Hotel, slips to the upper circle to hear new artists and hums a score, prompting a neighbor to complain about paying to hear Sullivan not his humming.
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Charlotte Cushman
Eawrence Barrett
Lady Macbeth
Lawrence
Savoy Theatre
Arthur Sullivan
Savoy Hotel
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Arthur
Ukraine Cross of Steeds Threatens Margaret's Love
In Courtland a dramatic confrontation unfolds as Maurice von Lynar defends Margaret and Prince Louis vows to kill him. Prince Ivan proposes the brutal cross of steeds for the captive, while Margaret pleads for mercy. The crowd gathers for a public punishment to be decided at dawn.
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Wasp
Margaret
Maurice
Prince Louis
Courtland
Joan
Spurtland
Kernsberg
Hohenstein
Prince Ivan
Mummer
Louis
Tle
Ivan
Margeret
Holy Russia
Muscovy
Sparhawk
Tyan
Ukraine
Dames
Springald
Prince of Mascovy
Moscow
Maurice von Lynar
Prince of
Fool
Knave
Karl Wendelin
Courtland Guard
Peter Altmaar
Long Man
Peter
Peter Alimaar
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised by Freeborn Man
Freeborn Minnesota September 18 special report cites R B Goward praising Dodd's Kidney Pills for relief from chronic kidney trouble. He says early boxes revived him, urged others to try, and linked purified blood to health and energy. The article also notes references to honey and Sarah Bernhardt with lavish tastes.
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Freeborn
Minn
R. B. Goward
Hera
Dodd
Mr. Goward
Harvard Students Stage Frayed Hamlet Prompted By Faint Prompter
A Harvard student theater effort to help a shy charity actor derailed by stage fright. Horatio misdelivers a line, Marcellus forgets cue, the prompter’s whispered correction sparks a mistaken belief the wings are addressing him. He belatedly declares a doubled spoken line and stumbles onward.
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Harvard
Saya
Charitage Fy
Horatio
Marcellus
Hamlet
Honest Physician Works with Himself First
A California writer shares how coffee caused nervous troubles and heart pains and how quitting coffee, then trying milk and tea failed, until Postum Food Coffee cured him. He reports improved mood, absence of heart pains, and urges patients to switch to Postum, naming Postum Co. in Battle Creek, Michigan.
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A Plusman
Calif
Europe
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Ukraine Cross Chapter Opens On Green Plain Gathered Crowd
A large multitude assembled on the green plain beside the Alla in a scene titled The Ukraine Cross. The gathering centered on a ceremonial or religious or symbolic event amid rural surroundings with no further specifics provided.
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Ukraine
Alla
Locomotives and Hogs at Dobey's Crossroads Debate
Col Bender pushes a southern railroad plan at Dobey's Crossroads facing strong local opposition. The talk promises a depot and daily trains, while critics warn about hogs and loitering. A character named Kuriel argues the project benefits the area, but a local man urges backing bonds to create a new loafin place.
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Dobey‘s
Col. Bender
Dober's Crossroads
Kuriel
Tom Coxon
Joe Batter
Tom
United States
Kurnel
Gen Fitzhugh Lee recalls Irishman's playful encounter
Gen Fitzhugh Lee shared the tale at a New York private dinner calling it the Irish man's apology. He described an amusing depot meeting in Charlotte North Carolina where a diminutive Irish traveler, in a long coat and billycock hat, traded a cigarette light for a puff on the general's cigar and delivered a joke about Grivin’s sutler’s wagon.
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Fitzhugh Lee
New York
Charlotte
N. C
Richmond
Fes
Fort Totten
Wonderful Jumps Of Deer In A Historic Note
A writer discusses deer jumping feats from ancient tales to recent experiences. He cites a famous leap in The Hart’s Lean on Scottish borders and notes deer sense of smell, yet deer may misjudge motion. The account includes observations from July of close photographic proximity with deer without detection.
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Buiick
Fae
New Darger to the Heron Suture Material Debate
Dr Charles F Kieffer proposes using cranes and heron tendons for sutures and ligatures in a medical journal. If approved, the heron family could face increased hunting and decline, compounding already low egg counts and reduced abundance noted by naturalists and bird lovers.
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Charles F. Kieffer
Poker Player Accounts for Long Hours
A well known poker player in Philadelphia laughs at his wife’s suspicions by crafting elaborate alibis. He claims to learn late news from a newspaper friend each night, then uses stories of a murder a fire and a madman in the Delaware river to justify his lateness, with newspapers later vindicating his claims.
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Delaware
Philadelphia Record
Dinner party piano joke ends with sonata after dinner
A hostess plays Chopin at a dinner party then quips to an old guest about a sonata before dinner. The guest, surprised, replies he already had a couple on the way and could stand another.
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Anheuser Busch Brewing Ass
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
Mr. Fitzhugh
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