Gumption
A brief note from 1899 reflecting a jaunty outlook on daily life and practical wisdom for readers in Cincinnati.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1900
Page
5
A brief note from 1899 reflecting a jaunty outlook on daily life and practical wisdom for readers in Cincinnati.
Congress voted 268 to 50 to exclude Brigham H. Roberts from his seat, declaring it vacant. The lengthy debate featured 170 Republicans, 72 Democrats and 2 Populists against, with 71 Democrats, 7 Republicans, 2 Populists and 2 Silver Republicans for. Roberts defended his plural marriages. others urged exclusion as expedient and proper.
Brigham H. Roberts declares his removal from the House unjust and unconstitutional. He cites Utah voters and the plural marriage issue, says the campaign against polygamy is ending, and asserts his and Utah’s legitimacy and resolve despite opposition.
Henry Savage Landor recounts his perilous journey into Thibet with a mixed party of bearers. He details capture by natives at Toxen near Chasso, torture including eye burns, a spike saddle ride, and a rack ordeal before rescue and release.
British explorer Landor and two servants were captured by Tibetan soldiers near the Mangehan and Lumpliya passes after mutiny by the men. They were freed by a British frontier agent and Dr Wilson after a month in Alhora. Landor planned further lectures in New York Chicago and San Francisco before returning home.
The Park Theatre reopened with Daniel L Hart’s The Parish Priest starring Daniel Sully in the title role. The light charming love story features Marion L Shirley Mildred Lawrence Nellie Yale Nelson and others with Sully delivering a restrained clerical comedy and a lively ensemble supporting him. The Parish Priest will run until further notice.
Ww W. A. Brady presents Around New York in Half an Hour ending its Boston run next Saturday evening at the Boston Theatre. Katheryn Grey, Mrs. Sarah Cowell Le Moyne’s leading lady, reportedly married on Christmas Eve during a Japan voyage.
The Park reopens with Daniel Sully in The Parish Priest. W H Crane appears at Hollis in A Rich Man s Son after Zaza. The Great Buby opens at Boston Theatre with realistic staging including a race drag and an English war balloon. The Girl From Maxim s opens at the Boston Museum with Feydeau s three act farce on Monday.
Chicago reports the C C C line now open offering quick access to health and happiness through Cascarets Candy Cathartie. The ad claims 90 percent of ills stem from lazy livers and impure blood and promotes Cascarets tablets sold nationwide with price options and a free sample offer.
John B. Schoeffel introduces a system at Tremont Theatre for Cadets' matinee seats to reduce waiting. About a dozen messenger boys line up in the lobby before box office sales open Monday, each bearing a card indicating their place. New arrivals receive similar cards, keeping the front of the Tremont clear of a long queue.
The Japanese players presented Scarlet Snow and Sairoku in Boston. Scarlet Snow dramatizes the assassination of premier Tairo Kamon after he signed a treaty with the United States in 183. Sairoku offers a Japanese take on The Merchant of Venice with Osode Wie as Portia. The bill repeats this afternoon.
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