Lester Wallack and the Changing Face of Public Entertainment
The essay reflects on Lester Wallack as a bygone type in New York culture and argues that each generation shapes its own amusements. It traces shifts from lectures to theatre, reviews the rise of mass entertainment, and notes how public taste moves through books, sports, opera, and variety shows while new stars replace old icons.
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New York
Lester Wallack
Boston
Wendell Phillips
Wiliam Lioyd Garrison
Anna Dickinson
Henry Ward Beecher
Theodore Parker
Charlies Dickens
Thacktray
John B. Gough
Dickens
Thackeray
Beecher
Plymouth
England
France
Germany
Major Pond
Cable
South
Bill Nye
Reilly
Sweet Singer
Cromwell
London
Paris
Dublin
Young Men's Christian Association
Tyne
Tex Giove
New England
Ting News
Broadway
Thirtieth Street
Wallack
Daily Press
Maurice Minton
City and Dramatic
New York Herald
Galen
Forrest
Macready
Keene and Eddy Times
Booth
Garrick
Larry Barrett
Boston Museum
Tur
Astors
United States
Thei Academy
Harrigan
Joe Wheelock
Mary Fiske
Philip Herne
Bob Hilliard
Rosenfeld
Roland Reed
MecCaull
Bowery
Grand Old Roman at Newark Rally with Thurman on Platform
In Newark New Jersey September 8 Judge Thurman spoke to a packed Bellevue rink despite rain and heat. Illness earlier in the week did not stop the Old Roman from delivering a forceful tariff address while a cheering crowd heard his remarks amid sweating crowds and bandanna banners.
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Newark
N. J
Bellevue Rink
Thurman
Dudge Thurman
Kearney
Judge Thurman
General Kearney
McPherson
New York
Custom House
Green
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Democratic Party
Mr.Thurman
Jersey City
Columbus, O
A Difficult Diagnosis in a New York Sun Sketch
In a humorous vignette Mrs De Luffingwell brings her dog to Old Dr Cereslow who suspects hoarseness in the animal’s throat. The doctor asks her to imitate the dog’s bark to aid diagnosis, prompting a comic misunderstanding.
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New York Sun
de Luffingwell
Free Washing Machines Promoted by Laundry Wonks
Advert reads a giveaway offer for 1000 self operating washing machines. No washboard or rubbing required. Send type name to Monan on Laundry Wonks at 420 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL.
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Monan
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Lil
Boiler Explosion Kills Two in Utica Area
A brickyard boiler blast at Adam Keyser's Dolgeville yard in Herkimer County fatally injured Alfred Keyser and Arthur Leavitt. Leavitt had placed weight on the safety valve to stop steam escape, triggering the explosion that wrecked the building and killed two horses. Keyser's son died and Keyser himself was injured.
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Utica
N. Y
Adam Keyser
Dolgeville
Herkimer County
Fire devastates three blocks in San Francisco blaze
A massive fire swept through downtown San Francisco on Sunday, destroying three blocks from Druinetree to the bay and damaging many factories. The Day Huber & Croager sash plant started the flames, with the National Iron Works and Novelty Iron Works among the early losses. About 2000 workers lost jobs. one man died, and total losses reach roughly 1.25 million with 200,000 in insured coverage. Major casualties included National Iron Works and Warner & Co.
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Cal
Huber & Croager
Main Street
National Iron Works
Iron Works
Novelty Iron Works
Nron
Lumber
Mission and
Spear Streets
Joseph Wagner
Miliwrign and Maschine
American Tool Works
A‘tna Iron Works
Eureka Boler Works
Orane Mission Streets
Mission Street
Svear
East Street
Spear
San Francisco Bay
Howard Street
Druinetree
Mission
Howard
Mission Streets
Columbia Foundry
Springer & Co
W. Deacon & Co
Union Box Factory
Warner & Co
Cutler
Ind
Omee
Napoleon
Fishery Protection Service
Quebec
Sidney
C. B
Pierrepont Morgan
New York
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence
Morgan
Republican National Committee
Missisquoi
Enosburg Falls
Vermont
North Georgia
Columbia
5.C
Congaree
Concord
Hudson
N. H. R. Dawson
United States Commissioner of Education
Secretary of the Interior
St. Louis
Maxwell
C. Arthur Presler
John Shevlin
Chloroformer
Shevlin
Waldron
Hillside Savings Bank of Detroit
England
Montreal
Frank Abbott
Biswell
Landers, Wy. T
Shoshone
Washakai
Black Snake Alarm in Oxford Yard Stuns Family
Mrs. Cyrus Wordwell of Oxford started to carry a basket indoors when she spotted a large black snake near the door. Cyrus Wordwell chased it with a hoe and severed its head, measuring 5 feet 4 inches, the first of its kind reported in the area.
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Mains
Bangor
Cyrus Wordwell
Oxford
Cyrus
Do You Attach Yourself Do You Attach Yourself
The Haberdasher recalls a New York storytelling quirk where a narrator ends a tale by exclaiming Do you attach yourself a humorous local expression, noting its charm and pointedness as a worldly aside from his travels in the States.
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States
New York
CLEVELAND'S LETTER ON REFORM AND TARIFF PROTECTION
Grover Cleveland argues against trusts and excessive tariffs harming consumers, urging revenue reform while protecting American labor and industries. He condemns party opposition and calls for measured tariff reduction within a protective framework to aid domestic enterprises and lower the burden on the people.
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Democratic Party
Qlich
House of Representatives
Senate
Europe
America
Grover Cleveland
What’s in a Name Anon Poem on Names and Fates
A playful verse contemplates how given names like Hannah Blanche Diana Rose Grizzy Betey Gladys Leah Nancy Violet Daisy Prue Bell Blossou and Daisy shape perceptions of women’s character and fate. It muses that people judge too much by names and fate may mock those chosen at birth.
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Anon
Hannah
Blanche
Diana
Ring for a dollar? Ice man drives deal up
A short dialogue in a shop where a young man bargains over a ring offered for 1 dollar. The jeweller counters with a higher price, then agrees to 1.60. The scene shifts to a promotional aside for Dr. Pierce’s Pellets and antibilious granules priced at 25 cents.
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Jeweller
News in brief from Brier era seethes with fever floods and lawsuits
A scattered 19th century digest reports yellow fever deaths near Reed, a Hungarian mass meeting victim’s family receiving funds, a Mexican telephone victory in court, and Manitoba crop pride. It notes a cholera-like diphtheria toll in Newburgh, school openings delayed, a frost disaster in New Hampshire, and several legal and transport incidents across the U S and Canada.
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Adele Thackera
Mexico
Supreme Goure
Rce
Department of Agriculture
Manitoba
New York
Democratic National Committee
State Line
Illinoi
Chicago & Atlantic Roa
Butler
Paul
Washington
Cattaraugus
N. Y
Methodist Church
National Conference
Kansas City
Newburg
Thomas Farrell
Annie Fleming
County Mayo
Castle Garden
Macwood
Mexican Pacific Coast Railway
Atchison Sopseeiy
Court of Queen’s Bench
Montreal
Pitcher
Providence
Prana
Castle Rden
Ernest Wilhelm Hosweil
Schmidt
Hartford
Conn
Europe
N. H
Liverpool
British Board of Trade
George Johns
John M. Willis
Samuel Hare
Parkersburg
W.a
Johns
Willis
Cleveland
Navy Department
Mare Island Navy Yard
Klauben & Levi
San Diego
Cal
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Labor Congress
London
Harmody
Chester
United States
Galena
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Pat
Campaign Eagle Novelty Pin for President Campaign
An advertisement for a heavy gold painted metal eagle badge that reveals a hidden picture of president and vice president. It offers Republican or Democrat versions Morrigan and Morton or Cleveland and Thurman. Priced at 26 cents with mail samples and bulk rates, by E Nason & Co., 111 Nassau St, New York.
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Morrigan
Morton
Cleveland
Thurman
Express
E. Nason & CO
Nassau St
New York
Two Men Injured In Burial Practice Controversy In Brooklyn
The Brooklyn health office was notified by the superintendent of the Hebrew section of Cypress Hills Cemetery over alleged interment methods used by Welsh Jews. Reported acts include removing bodies from coffins and fragmenting them for burial. The item also recounts earthquakes in Mexico, a Cuban cyclone with the gunboat Leatad foundering, and multiple other global incidents.
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Cypress Hills Cemetery
Brooklyn
Cuba
Leatad
Lyin
Batabano
Sagun
Pueblo Nuevo
Sagua
Louis Brown
Point River
Crystal Falls
Mich
New York
Indian Territory
Guy
Pickens
Owen
Tishomingo
Bangor
Sellon
Jeremiah Sinclair
New York Times
Ottawa
Cabinet Council
John Macdonald
Canada
Fishery Commission
John
Cleveland
Navy Department
Washington
Columbia Iron Works
Whitney
Little Rock
Ark
Oithers
Badgett
Ig Rock
Eastman
Eagle
Boucha
Bayou
Meta
Ellis
Gray
Maxwell
Old River
Squaw Canyon
Kansas
Colorado
Ryan
A. D. Story
Gloucester
Mass
Iceland
Memorial tree memory sparks regret in river picnic tale
A judge recalls a picnic by the river where a memorial tree stood and a tramp named Swaey laments not striking the tree earlier as fruit dried up, voiced by Jinks in a rustic reminiscence.
Many Vessels Wrecked in Furious Arctic Storm
San Francisco reports that on August 3 a fierce storm wrecked several whaling vessels between Cape Smythe and Point Barrow. The Mary and Susan, Young Phenix, Fleetwing, Jane Grey, and Ino were lost, with 109 crew members saved by the revenue cutter Bear and brought to harbor.
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San Francisco
United States Revenue
Bear
Behring Sea
Cape Smythe
Point Barrow
Mary
Susan
Young Phenix
Fleetwing
Jane Grey
Ino
Bad Year for Apples in State Crop Bulletin
The third monthly crop bulletin from the State board of agriculture shows apples at an average stage of 8½ percent, with Bristol County lowest at 47 percent and Middlesex best at 102 percent. Other crops range 93 to 105 percent, tobacco at 7½ percent, corn at 8 percent, and cranberry crops poor in Barnstable County. Peaches and grapes are reported poorer overall.
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State Board of Agriculture
Bristol County
Hampden County
Middlesex
Barnstable County
Globe Political Dictionary for Campaign Insight
The Globe promotes its 5500 page Political Dictionary designed to help readers from both major parties understand the campaign questions. It claims to cover nearly all topics likely to be asked with few omissions and invites readers to consult the last column on page four for details.
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THE
Globe
Consumption Cure Claim to Editor
A reader claims a positive remedy cures consumption and offers two free bottles to readers who write to M. G281 Purl St New York. The notice asks for no payment and promises permanent results from countless hopeless cases.
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Purl St
New York
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