Grant Protects Confederate Wife From Rioting Soldiers
In Memphis 1862 General Grant receives a request for protection by a Confederate wife living near Carr Avenue. After a tense visit, Grant authorizes protection and orders the Hickeys removed from the premises within an hour, following a tense siege over the so called Soldier's Saloon.
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Memphis
Tenn
Carravenue
Tim
Hickey
Carr Avenue
Lhe
Mrs. Hickey
Soldier's Saloon
Peraps
Eneral
Grant
Eral
How to write a comic opera style guide from The Stage
J Armory Knox argues for coherent plots and clear words in comic opera. He critiques current slack works, urges a defined story with motive, and advises composing music to fit the libretto while ensuring lyric clarity and intelligible enunciation.
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J. Armory Knox
Harry
Wedge
Two Girls on San Jose Train Spark Flirtation Lesson
On a San Jose bound train two young women divided as a nunlike seriousness and a devilish glare. A large purple pansy passed between them as the car lurched into a tunnel. The black eyed companion seized the flower and dropped it into the minister’s lap. In daylight the minister glared at the nun as the crowd snickered, and the minister preached on the iniquity of flirting.
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San Jose
Heria
Christopher Columbus Jump Moral Tale On School and Fishing
Old Settler narrates a tale about Peleg and his grandson in Sugar Swamp. Christopher Columbus Jump schemes to dodge school chores with fishing plans, faces toothache and headache cures, and learns a lesson after a messy misadventure with a brindle cow, a widow, and a vaccination mishap.
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Ed Martin
New York &Nn
Peleg
Jackstones
Bill Simmons
Bill
Grandpop
Lin
Tse
Sonny
Tyeallus
Suger Swamp
Potiphar
Sugar Swamp
Christopher Columbus
Ruthver
Potiphar Jump
Deacon Pepps
Poliphee
Sal
Allus
Prudence Hopper
Prudence
Rudence
Christopher
Obituary of a Bank Clerk Turns Bankmans Fortune
A San Francisco Chronicle tale recounts a trusted bank clerk in a big bank around Indianapolis who rose from cashier to high regard after composing a moving obituary for a friend. His artistry hid errors in a cash book, prompting a board dispute over a balance vs the board’s view before his resignation.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Indianapolis
Silver tongued orator questioned for tin wedding gag
In Chicago Tribune prose a spokesman asks Mr Spouter to give a speech for Gagstarter's tenth wedding anniversary. Mr Spouter retorts with satire asking if a tin wedding suits a silver toned orator, highlighting a humorous clash over the anniversary toast.
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Chicago Tribune
New Music Note on Shears Teeter’s Newborn Boy
Epoch reports editor Shears Teeter welcomed a baby boy this morning. The note is filed under New Music with a brief family announcement and no further details.
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New Music
Epoch
Shears
Teeter
And So They Parted
New York Tribune recounts a brief engagement ending on a Brooklyn bridge train. Angelina and Algernon separately board a Kings County elevated run toward Franklin Avenue before deciding to part. Angelina removes a ring and suggests they should not proceed.
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New York Tribune
Lord Fauntleroy
Brooklyn
Angelina
Algernon
Kings County
Vanderbilt Avenue
Franklin Avenue
Advice to a Younes Man from Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle
A humorous salon aside on youth versus age. The speaker chides a young man for bold statements, notes that youth know more now than they ever will again, and doubts that aging will bring greater knowledge. He suggests shedding wisdom by ceaselessly aging it away through steady usage.
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Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Detroit Free Press
Mr. Bowser
Geo
Jolly Minstrel Tales and The Big Sunflower
Billy Emerson, famed minstrel star of the era, discusses the origins of The Big Sunflower song, its creators, and his career from early days in Washington and New Orleans to fame in Baltimore and New York. He recalls a near tragedy with Bobby Newcombe, stage anecdotes, and reflections on minstrel portrayals, with notes on his 1890 New York move and a $1000 two-week engagement.
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Golden Gate
New York Bay
Barr
Opera House
St. Louis
Emerson
Bobby Newcombe
Cuomnos
Cronus
Sturtevant House
Johnny
Nicodemus Johnson
Josephus Orange Blossom
Ned Strazht
Old Joe Sweeny
Minstrels
Washington
Joe
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Leonard
Rover
Old Fel
Billee Barrow
Charles D. Hess
Hess Ae Company
Grover
Baltimore
Canterbury
Newcombe
Academy of Music
New Orleans
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Mr. Emerson
Tony Pastor
Bobby
Fourteenth Street
Goodby
Broadway
Bobby Mail
Billy
Neve
Wilsion
Evening Star
Frank Girard
New York
Realite
Long Branch
Dea
Billy Anderson
Bily Anderson
Jake’ Hardy
Yisey
Abt Vm
Enderson
Anderson
Billy Henderson
Charley Frohman
Billy Foote
London
Her Majesty’s Theatre
Foote
Frohman
Tye
Australia
United States
Hobart Town
San Francisco
Howard Atheneum Company
Rich
Harrig
Aristo crats deceits and a brutal street encounter
A Detroit area vignette describes a pedestrian reporting a violent confrontation after an attempted robbery at a red brick house. The assailant is portrayed as muscular and quick, overpowering the narrator and leaving him with multiple injuries and a blackened eye.
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Detroit Prep Press
The Eiffel Tower Lifted by Four Men Claim
The Paris article asserts the Eiffel Tower could be lifted by four men of average strength, noting the cantilever design and a 6400 ton mass pressing on the foundation as lightly as a man in a chair. It describes the tower’s form as an unpolished obelisk rather than beautiful, then hints at its ingenuity.
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Eiffel Tower
Emile Michelet
Paris
Vanderbilt's Kitchen A Marble Masterpiece Of Engineering
New York Letter describes W K Vanderbilt's kitchen as a dream of marble floors shelves and sinks with cream enamel tiles and brass mouldings. A vast double range under a copper hood venting steam, copper utensils museum pieces, glass enclosed stairs, and a central hose drain system show a lavish, highly engineered culinary space built to impress and function.
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New York
Philadelnia
W. K. Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Cluny
Jewellers
Jewellers. Leading From the Kitchen To Butler’s Pantry
Butler’s Pantry
Alfred's Narrow Escape in an Odd Dream
A couple banters over a dream in which Alfred swore in his sleep. He claims the terms were military jargon from a Flanders battle, including jack pots and royal washes. The exchange turns on mistaken wartime slang and a humorous misunderstanding.
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Alfred
Chicago Tribune
Flanders
Banks and Harriet sip soda in Chicago drug store
In a Chicago Herald fragment Mr Banks jokes with Harriet about a wink while they order soda water. Mrs Banks exits and asks about a drink called spiritus frumenti, with a later correction that it means raspberry and cream in Latin.
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Chicago Herald
A Strategic Prayer
A San Francisco Chronicle item notes a child in prayer asking God to take someone named gnamma to heaven not for all time but just for tomorrow. The anecdote, framed as a religious bedtime moment, reflects playful misquoting and childlike innocence in a family setting.
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San Francisco Chronicle
True Sympathy. Towser's Lockjaw Prompts Care
Miss Gertrude begs Mr. Searnly to help Towser the dog who has a nail in his foot and now tries time with lockjaw. Mr. Y Searnly promises to do what he can and Miss Gertie asks if she should visit each night until the dog improves.
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The
Troit Free Press
Gertrude
Mr. Searnly
Towser
Mr. Y. Searnly
Gertieer
Townspeople argue over photographing humble origins
In Terre Haute Express dialogue, a Boomer confronts a rival about photographing their town. The exchange highlights pride and a claim that their town does not stay still long enough for pictures.
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Terre Haute
Boomer
Feller
Overwork Diagnosed in Playhouse Husband Case
In a New York Weekly snippet a polite doctor hints the husband’s condition stems from overwork or alcohol indulgence. His anxious wife insists the issue is overwork as he repeatedly excuses himself to check on business partners during theatre visits.
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iNew York Weekly
Willing to Divide
A brief gag from a New York Weekly scene shows a prestidigitateur offering to take twenty dollar gold pieces from pockets during his grand act, while a seedy man proposes to split the take with him.
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New York Weekly
Prestidigitateur
Pard
A Misguided Husband and a Mischievous Door
A humorous piece portrays Mr Bowser as the average husband, teased for egotism and obstinacy. Mrs Bowser narrates their kitchen door fiasco, where a roomful of tools and mistaken directions lead to a broken screen door and a threatened midnight outburst.
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett and her Boston hotel scuffle
A Boston tale dismisses envy of Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett by recalling a hotel incident where her family’s neighbor heard a child’s cry and a mother’s scolding. Mrs Burnett reportedly told friends that her son Viviandoes learned to call his mother dearest from his father, echoing Little Lord Fauntleroy.
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Boston
Chicago Tribune
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lord Fauntleroy
Henry Irvine's Supper in Frith Autobiography
In W P Frith's Autobiography a peek at Henry Irvine's supper prompts mock vanity at the Lyceum door. Miss Terry jokes that Irvine eats tripe and onions, recalling Charles I’s sorrow after parting from his children as he dines on the same dish.
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Henry Irvine
W. P. Frith
Lyceum
Miss Terry
Mr. Iyving
Charles
Used It as a Pass The Station Agent
A railroad worker recalls a tales where a wag wrote a vague barn relocation order so poorly drafted that a farmer used the unsigned note as a train pass, highlighting a comic misread in a railroad land dispute.
Letter About Court Passes Sparks Humorous Indignation
An excerpt recalls Judge Grinnell receiving a letter from an Iowa Central road applicant asking for a pass without reasons. The judge angrily replied with a mild rebuke, and the letter, bearing his signature, was treated as an annual pass for about a month. The anecdote highlights the judge’s stern stance and the letter’s unusual use.
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Grinnell
Iowa Central Road
Madeline 8 and bridges in Puck fight over car fare
A playful verse collage recounts two women bickering over paying bus fare, each insisting the other pays while the more insistent companion offers change and social vanity. The piece blends poetry and cartoons from Edith M. Thomas and other illustrated items.
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Madeline
Bridges
Puck
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