Caudle's Soliloquies full curtain lectures revealed
A long comic prose piece recounts Job Caudle and his wife Mrs. Caudle over a Saturday night of guests, a tense Sunday, and a flood of umbrella lending. The tale mixes farce with moralizing about politeness, hospitality, and moral behavior in a provincial home.
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Mr. Candle
Job Caudle
Job
Prettyman
Mrs. Cande
Candle
Mrs. Candle
Egypt
Mr. Caudle
Varhation
Uugust
The Seductive Sarah in Paris Queen Bernhardt's Life
A portrait of Sarah Bernhardt tracing her life from Paris beginnings to stage triumphs at the Comedie Francaise and Odeon. The piece notes her eccentric charm, artistic ventures in painting and sculpture, wartime hospital work, balloon stunts, disputed courtship, and social welcome in New York.
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the Bernhardt
America
Sarah
Theernhardt
Ron
Versaillés
Conservatory of
Paris
Auber
M. Sarcey
Corneille
Racine
Lafontaine
Sue
Samson
Provost
Comedie Francaise
Iphisenie
Porte St. Marcin
Odeon
Athalie
Anna Danny
Kean
Cordélia
Zanetto
Mile
de Helle Isle
Cherub
Bertha
Sarah Bernhardt
Zaire
Phedre
Iernaui
Ruy Blas
Mademoiselle
Medea
Ophelia
Betravial
Comedie-Francaise
A Clair
le Globe
Willikins
Jot
C. Gaudard
Comedie-Franchise
Peope
Dumas
Bernhardt
England
Caudie’s Habit: Lending Umbrellas and Kindness
In a reflective vignette, Caudie’s character shines through as he regularly lends an umbrella and extends small acts of kindness. The passage portrays his generosity as intrinsic and habitual, contrasting it with a world that often lacks such visible charity.
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Candle
Job Candie
Mr. Caudle
Job Caudle
Wnborn
Mr. Caudie
Fatal pistol accident during church collection in Rock Hill
In a Charlotte area church a man named James Gooch, unable to pay a 10 cent pledge, offered a pistol as collateral after a map refused his borrow. While a man examined the weapon, it discharged fatally shooting Gooch in the head.
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Rock Hill
Charlotte
N. C
James Gooch
Gooch
Gyoch
Rampant Elephant Crashes Through Chestnut Street Theatre Doors
A five year and six months elephant used in Kiralfs Around the World in Eighty Days escaped its Hun ter street stable and charged through Tenth and Market to the Chestnut Street Opera House rear entrance. It burst doors, toppled a drop curtain and damaged scenery before being led back to its stable. The keeper Jack Farrin and Manager Zimmerman witnessed the chaos as a crowd chased the animal through the street.
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Chestnut Street Opera House
Tenth Street
America
Hunter Street
Tenth
Market
Filbert
Chestnut
Girard
Chestnut-street Opera House
Ois
Jack Farrin
Market Streets
Zimmerman
Farrin
Mr. Halloway
Funeral of Cheung Fong Long Stuns San Francisco Chinatown
The Chronicle reports Cheung Fong Long, late Jackson Street restaurant owner and noted Chinatown figure, died last Friday. His funeral featured a four-horse hearse, seventy carriages, white-clad wives, priests, and two bands, followed by an expansive feast for mourners.
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Chinatown
San Francisco Chronicle
Cheung Fong Long
Jackson Street
America
Cheung
Chna
Alont
Cheong
Cosfiny
Sam Yup Company
Destruction of Vineyards and English alcohol trade outlook
From London the correspondent analyzes the 1879 French wine crop failure due to phylloxera and frost, noting drastic declines in brandy, claret, and champagne yields. He discusses market implications, rising prices, and the impact on English trade, with remarks on licensing reforms, open trade experiments, and the temperance movement.
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London
Philadelphia Times
England
France
Iharentes Girna de Marue
Mr. Gladstone
Germany
Bordeaux
Paris
Europe
Marne
Champgne
How to Treat a Watch From Chamber's Journal
Practical rules for preserving and maintaining a watch. Wind daily at a consistent hour and avoid extreme temperatures. Store on its case, ensure the case fits, and use proper pockets. Use a suitable key, align the key square, and prefer forward motion of hands. Regular cleaning every two years by competent hands prevents wear and malfunction.
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Chamber
Dying of Starvation in New York Sun Report
A Syracuse couple, Joseph and Mrs Smith, and their 16 year old daughter fasted for days based on religious belief sparked by a revival. The daughter died after prolonged fasting and the mother also endured extreme abstinence. An investigation will determine if the Smiths are insane and need asylum.
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England
Gladstone
Charles Dickens
Maine
New York Sun
Syracuse
Phoenix
Joseph Smith
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Smith
Orlango’s Nightin gale Laments In Lunar Tale
A curious collage of verse and prose items: a Mock Orlando lyric, a Detroit Free Press anecdote about an old man tendering a confederate note and a cash fallback, plus light vignettes from London Truth and New York humor. The page blends poems, flirtations, and everyday quips with misheard dialogue and a dogged newsman’s routine.
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Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Grand Haven
Milwaukee
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Job Candle
Martel Marmont
McFarland
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Fure
Jome
Caudie
Mrs. Caudle
Angel
Jim
Hewitt
Mrs. Hewitt
Lask
Bome
Macawders
Steney
Cauile
Jol Candle
Mrs.Caudle
Bumpus
Moody
Lr. Bensom
Christ
Marion
Fiayers
Maurice
New York
Gotham
Rampant Elphant
Kralfy
Arkansas
Little Rock Gazette
Fourche Mountains
Bigby
John
Vourne
U. P
House of Commons
Liverpool
Select Committee On
Select Committee
Italy
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Bavaria
Belelain
Holland
Spain
Portupid
Gokz
Mum
Eee
Pirates of Penzance
Orlando
Washington Post
Luna
Cynthia
Orlango
Yonder Dale
Uhardo
1St. Louis Dispatch
Mary Flynn
William Budd
Mr. Budd
Domini
Willie
Miss Flynn
London Truth
Mr. Dancer
Bloomfield
Newark
Sixth Avenue
Seventh Avenue
John Smith
Bilkins
van Ness Avenue
Ola Boggs
Amelia
Bilkina
Boggs
San Francisco
Ohio Street
Kentucky
Free Press
Oleman
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