Coming Through the Rye at Elks Opera House Houston
Houston Post previews Coming Through the Rye booked by Manager Jolliffe for the Elks Opera House with a Prince Theatre run. The two act musical comedy features Hobart book and lyrics and Sloane music, a lively plot of a tailor tricked into posing as a countess wife, and strong ensemble with encores for Nott and the chorus.
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Houston
Tex
Prince Theatre
George W. Hobart
Loleta
Nott
Tom Waters
Mr. Waters
Clancy
Alec B. Francis
Lord Battersbee
Won Thompson
Sydney Broughton
Leong Thuber
Mrs. Klob
Eveleen Dunmore
Isabelle Lowe
Bessie Claude
Mary
Carl Hoffman
Miss Dunmore
Miss Thurber
Mr Hoffman
Miss Lowe
Mrs
Mothers and Fathers urged to prepare for winter illness
A public health notice warns parents about colds, pneumonia and croup dangers in cold months. It promotes Gowans Preparation as a cure to prevent severe illness and urges buying from druggists now.
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Gowan
Open After Supper Furniture Stores Announce Evening Hours
The Bluefield Furniture Company will stay open every evening from now until after Christmas. Silky SundrsA notes a justifiable hold up. The Metropolitan Mens Furniture Co. Rogers Sr. hardware can be bought from the Eurek Hardware Co at a price much cheaper than jewelry stores.
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Bluefield Furniture Company
Silky
Shkot
Metropolitan Men’s Furnisure Co
Rogers Sr
Eurek. Hardware Co
Treatment for back pains with Chamberlains Liniment
Advice to bathe the back with Chamberlains Liniment twice daily and massage five minutes each use Then apply a dampened flannel over the painful area to speed relief The notice lists West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy as sellers.
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Chamberlain
West End Drug Co
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Better Not Get Dyspepsia Advert for Kodol Digester
An advertisement touts Kodol as a complete stomach digester to prevent indigestion. It claims ordinary pepsin and enzymes are inadequate, promises rest for the stomach, and offers a money back guarantee on the large bottle from B C DeWitt & Co. Chicago with a local druggist sale.
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Lottie
B.C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Von Bulow and the Hanover Orchestra Tale
During Hans von Bulow s tenure in Hanover a tenor failed to start his line provoking a quip about a proverbially stupid tenor. In another scene a fan in the boxes caused a fluttering noise prompting Bulow to scold a lady to keep time or stop the nuisance.
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Hans’ von Bulow
Hanover
Bulow
An Exception to the Rule in Harper's Weekly
A humorous dialogue from Harper's Weekly contrasts sight and sound delays with a Todgers quip about an Englishman and a joke. The professor argues against a hearing lead, while Todgers notes jokes are heard before seen, reflecting lighthearted onstage wit and a modern reflex.
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Todgers
Harper's Weekly
Waterproofed matches spark with wax coating
A reader describes a simple inexpensive waterproofing method for ordinary parlor matches by dipping them in cooled paraffin. The coated sticks scratch and light as usual, even after hours underwater, offering a practical firelight solution for camping or canoeing.
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Scientific American
Not Sanguine About Women in New Zealand
The New Zealand Herald notes a gender imbalance with far more men than women in Auckland and across the country, leaving many men without wives. A lighthearted exchange mentions a boy’s dream of becoming prime minister, while advertisements promote Foley’s Orina Laxative for chronic constipation and liver stimulation, sold by druggists.
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Auckland
New Zealand
New Zealand Herald
Foley
Orina
Preacher Resigns After Fist Fight With Father-in-law
Rev Wythe Leigh Kinsolving, rector of Epiphany in Barton Heights, resigns after a fist fight with his father-in-law Rev Dr R H Pitt editor of the Religious Herald. Pitt had alleged Kinsolving suffered a temporary insanity. Kinsolving will move to Texas to join his brother in the diocese. The story mentions a Metropolitan line and holiday gifts.
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Wythe Leigh Kinsolving
Epiphany Episcopal Church
Barton Heights
Richmond
George H. Kinsolving
D. D
Episcopal Diocese of
Texas
Arthur &. Kinsolving
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Lucien Lee Kinsolving
Brazil
Rio Grande de Sul
Pitt
Kinsolving
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Colds Fast
Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds may develop into pneumonia overnight and are quickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar. It soothes inflamed membranes heals the lungs and expels the cold from the system. Sold by all druggists.
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Foley
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Home Furniture CO
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Tom
Harry
West End Avenue
Tom, Dick
Barry
New York Times
London
Preagher
Wis
Ashland
Metropolitan Men's Furnishing Company
Burska Hardware Co
Phan
Tha. H. Lewis Mediccine CO
St Locis
Ries
THE
White Pharmacy
Bluefield
W. VA
Baldwin Piano Factories
Baldwin Company
THEIR
Cincinnati
Onge
the Duvall Music CO
Bluefield, W. Va
Princeton
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