Joaquin Miller's Letter and the Busy Theatrical World
The piece surveys the American theater scene, noting about four thousand theatres nationwide and the prominence of performers. It recalls Stratford memories, contrasts stage life with wealth in New York, and argues that actors and actresses sustain themselves morally and intellectually alongside other professions.
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United States
Europe
Stratford
Eng
Shakespeare
Atlantic
Maak
Madison Square theatre founder praised for elevating drama
A commentary lauds the Madison Square Theatre and Dr. Mallory for advancing American drama through a double stage and refined plays. It notes the theatre trains young talent, employs over 200 people, and hosts mainly American works, while questioning why the man who created the first plays remains poor despite Hazel Kirke's success.
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America
Madison Square Theatre
Hazel Kirke
Stock Companies Return to New York Theatres
The piece at Wallack's Star by George H. Baker earns praise as a bright escape from imported comedies. New stock company management at The Fifth Avenue and Standard Theatres aims to stabilize actors and elevate professional dignity, ending cross country touring stints.
Wilde's Work At Union Square Theatre Draws Mixed Notice
A critic finds Oscar Wilde's play at Union Square Theatre only fair, noting it is superior to recent imports but uneven, and predicts management changes may shift policy toward higher quality. The Rankins' and People's theatres open with promise, especially Mrs Rankin, praised as nearly perfect, while the era of malevolent playhouses is blamed for past missteps.
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Union Square Theatre
Oscar Wilde
Metropolitan Press
New York
France
Rankins
People’s
New Yorker
He Rankins
Rankin Iself
Some Other Actresses Mary Anderson in England Praise
A brief cultural note cements Mary Anderson’s rising critical favor in England. The piece lauds her honesty earnest industry and religious poise while noting crude action and nominal literacy, comparing her to a California lady on Algerican silver dollars and suggesting a future eminent status.
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Mary Anderton
England
California
Mary Anderson
The Inside of the Show House As Remedy for The Bill Poster Nuisance
The speaker condemns bill posters for stars like Annie Pixley and calls for a reform of theatres. He recounts a Brazil example where money is refunded when performances do not match advertised bills. The remedy urged is to preserve legitimate actors and ensure patrons receive what is promised.
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Barnum
Union Square
British Empire
Brazil
Old and New Plays From Madison Square Theatre Boss
Dan Frohman of Madison Square Theatre champions reviving old English plays for a generation unacquainted, while big American writers like Gaylor and Howard work on new pieces. The columnist reveals secretly writing plays for Cayvan, Aldrich, Pixley, Keily, Russell, and Frank Evans, including The Silent Man, which Evans has premiered in the Southwest and praises as a higher, purer work with a strong heart and purpose. Joaquin Miller comments follow from New York Hotel, September 14, 1883.
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Dan Frohman
Madison Square Theatre
Americal Management
Charles Gaylor
Bronson Howard
Europe
Miss Cayvan
Vanderbilt
Chief Theatre of
New York
Frank Evans
Davy Crockett
Joaquin Miller
New York Hotel
N. Y
Remarkable Ragpicker Fathered Forty-Two Children
John Heffner, a German ragpicker from Reading Pennsylvania, was killed on the Pennsylvania railroad. At age 67 he had forty-two children by three wives, born from 1840 to 1868. Only five daughters aged 6 to 27 survive. first wife died after bearing seventeen, second wife nine more, and third wife twelve, with many children long forgotten by the old man.
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John Heffner
Reading
Penn
Wurtemberg
Germany
Hefner
Shepherd and Coquette at a Picnic
A party of fashionable young people meet a gawky shepherd tending sheep. A forward Miss Impertinence asks if he has a wife, he says no, then is asked why he would not marry. He replies that if he married, he would have more to watch than the sheep.
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Eppecacnea
Ayer
Fortune in a Dream Drives Pennsylvanian to Jerusalem Inn
Jonathan Brinton of Philadelphia left Pennsylvania with his wife in 1875 after claiming divine instruction. He bought land near Jerusalem, built a hotel for pilgrims, and turned to wealth as the inn prospered. He then sent for his family, now with him at the thriving Jerusalem hotel drawing many English and American visitors.
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Philadelphia
Jonathan
Brinton
Iowa
Jerusalem
Holy City
Palestine
Weather, wits and quack cure quips in 19th century clips
A collage of humorous print quotes from multiple papers. It notes a Swede family using a railroad torpedo for tunes, remarks on an unusually cool September, and a joke about ice cooling the sun. It also cites Dio Lewis on sleep, a Toronto lady’s laugh, a doctor’s intervention, and a quack Kidney-Wort endorsement.
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Chicago
Burnimton Free Press
Detroit Free Press
Dio Lewis
Dio
Hartford Post
Toronto
Lowell
Barker's American Checker Player issued in 1883
Charles F Barker announces a new checker book titled Barker's American Checker Player. It includes twenty two openings and 534 variations with thirty five critical positions contributed by Wardwell and Lyman. The 179 page cloth bound volume sells for 75 cents postpaid, with orders to Barker at Cambridgeport Massachusetts.
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Barker
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Wardwell
Lyman
Charles II
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Cricket On
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Dow
Rober
Curcker
Tau Huarra
New York
Moore
Park Place
Jones & CO
Nassau
N.Y
Baltimore
Ours
Geo
J. Reed&Co
Coun
Checker game notes and amateur challengers from 1883
St. Louis Globe-Democrat features from 1883 include White to move and Black to win in a game between Burr and Schaefer, published as Game No. 1640. Letters from Whittaker of Peak's Island Maine discuss corrections to Cross variations and a Maine amateur champion’s challenge, with replies from Alter Scott and George L. Peabody, plus Dr. Schaefer announcing the New York Checker Monthly Vol. 2 No. 1.
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Boston Centre
New York Checker Monthly
William H. Burr
Schaefer
GeeAl
Bwins
the Globe
Roxbury
Mass
Dear Srr
Bradt
Prof
Kirk
Bowen
porPeCan
Whittaker
Checker
The
Globe
Peak’s Island
Str
Carten
Maine
Falmofith
Porttand
Alter Scott
Machias
Waterville
Portland
James Carten
Io Augusta
George L. Peabopy
Chess Legends and Local Notices From a Philadelphia Paper
A Philadelphia note recalls a chess magazine resuming with sixteen pages and new beginners section led by C M Potterdon in Newark. It details subscriptions, aims for growth, and reports an exhibition where blind player Cosgrove challenges with raised black squares. Also recounted is an anecdote about a Broughton Tees wager, highlighting spirited centennial year games and bold stakes.
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C. M. Potterdon
Newark
Commercial Gazette
A. Simon
Cosgrove
Messrs
Duncan
Bryce
Augustus Imon
Broughton
Priest
Tees
Philadelphia
W. H. Broughton
Maine
Broughn
Yankee Blade
Death of Uncle Daniel Whitbeck in a Lime Kiln Club meeting
The meeting at the Lime Kiln Club hears Sir Isaac Walpole recount Uncle Daniel Whitbeck’s life of toil and faith amid slavery and hardship. Whitbeck, aged and frail, dies with a look of peaceful happiness, his devotion to God and perseverance praised as a testament against infidels. AYER'S SAGUE CURE stimulates the liver and blood to cure fever and ague.
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Detroit
Bradder Gardner
Daniel
Dar
Almos
Sir Isaac
Chile
Ayer
Impure Blood and Scrofula Warned in Public Ad
An old advertisement warns that hereditary impure blood causes scrofula and a range of illnesses. It urges immediate use of AYER SARSAPARILLA as the powerful alterative to purify blood, restore organ function, and prevent disease in future generations.
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Ayer
Ayers Sarsaparilla Endorsed By Doctors For Forty Years
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is approved and prescribed by medical professionals as a standard reliable preparation. It has enjoyed public favor for nearly forty years and is highly recommended by reputable druggists for its purity strength and medicinal value based on their knowledge of its cures among readers.
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Ayer
AYER SARSAPARILLA Endorsed by Charitable Homes
A report from Home and Abroad cites Sisters of Charity at St Marys Infant Asylum praising AYER SARSAPARILLA as invaluable for diseased children and adults alike. It lists numerous cures for scrofula, ulcers, liver ailments, skin sores, and general debility across multiple states, concluding the knowledge today is worldwide.
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ST. Mary’s Infant Asylum
E. M. Sargent
Andover St
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Ayer
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