Ice Cart Boy Becomes New York Stage Star
A former street vendor who rode a wagon selling ice in New York city six weeks ago has become a rising star. He headlines at the Palace and Keith Bondes, delivering songs that show a tenor of real beauty and power. A yearned-for overnight sensation, he now earns more in sixteen minutes than he could in fifteen weeks on the wagon.
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New York
Carnal
Bes
Bisgres Sircavarest
Welee
Vauneville
Geo
Palace Theatre
Keith
Ivy Grove Circle to Install Its Officers in Year
Ivy Grove Circle announces installation of its officers for the coming year. Members include Past Guardian Hi-1 Purdy and Guardian Maguire, with officers Bredy clerk Zay planter Lenore Walsh chaplain Chapman and other managers. A supper and refreshments will follow the ceremony.
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Ivy Grove Circle
Lenore Walsh
Chapats
Chapman
Reuthner
Rather— ‘Chathway
HA. Lockhert
Hose E. LeBuce
Cambridge to Make Bitter Pight Losing Student Body
Cambridge England January report details Dr Everett Shipley and university leaders debating wartime recruiting. Shipley, Princeton-educated, warns against forcing enlistment and urges retaining students at the university. The piece notes pressure on Cambridge to bolster war efforts amid broader national policy.
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Cambridge
England
Camwide
Bes
Gars Mths
Ings
Enty Belne
Ainner Everett Shipley
United States
Princeton
Christ Colles
Shiptey
Correspord
Associated Press
Pageant by 2000 students dazzles Pols theatre crowd
More than 2000 persons attended the historical pageant staged at Pols theatre by 600 Catholic schoolchildren. The Queen's Daughters sponsored the event raising about 1000 for charitable work. Miss Ida Wood directed the training with elaborate scenes from Spain to America featuring Col umbus Washington Franklin and Uncle Sam amid chorus and dance numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pols Theatre
Queen’s Daughters
Ida Wood
Memphis
Tenn
W. Miner
Ana
Spain
Isabelle
Laurene
Jane Bradley
Tiny Columbus
Dennis Ronayne
Pebnebursh
Bel
Columbus
Columbué
Bessie McClure
George de Veau
King George
Bdnard Masmer
Benjamin Franklin
Annus
McClure
Queen Charlotte
Edward Kennelly
Wiliam Rooney
Pite
Stephen Roach
George Washing
Fon
Capt
Hale
William Allen
George Washington
John Blerne
Lilian Filey
Edward Magner
Frantum
Gelia Ailen
Wiom Houney
Join Adams
Pretts
Windlayson
Marie Antoinette
France
Hlonsot Délaney
Duchess L
Chepherdesses
Mijima
Uncle Sam
Amelia Cuneo
Columbia
Elizabeth
John Allen
Sam
Helen Dixon
England
Catherine Riley
Ireland
Jennie Clair
Catherine Foley
Scotland
Ruth Rock
China
Catherine Gilmory
Japan
Marcella Ronan
Louise Kelly
Alice Henngsy
Frances Forest
Catherine McClure
Catherine Hurley
Margaret Lockwood
Helen “Tuckard
Sin
Catherine Schread
Flowerland
Froggies
Butterflies
Labor Boys
Happy Birds
U. S
Professor Herman
Sacred Heart Church
Margaret Linehan
Catherine McElroy
Agnes and
Margueriteight
Ethel Donovan
Florence Neary
John Coughlin
John H. Colgan
F. C. Muil-ins
George T. McCarthy
James Stone
William @. Allen
P. A. Coffying
Mlliam
Alien
Queen's Daughters
Adolpena Zinn Dies Divides City German Resident Remembered
Adolphena Zinn widow of John Zinn dies after a brief illness at home on Colorado Avenue. She was a prominent German resident well known in Bridgeport and a longtime member of the German Evangelical Lutheran church. Surviving: children Henry Zinn, Margaret Relly and others. Funeral arrangements and full survivors noted.
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Adolfena Zinn
Sacifens
John Zinn
Henry Menke
Colorado Avenue
Zinn
Bie
Germany
Bridgeport
Sue
Desides Tery
Henry Zinn
Acns Menke
Edward Gerhardt
Waiter Zinn
Margaret Relly
Degrman
John T. Mcrae
Margaret Kelly
Brocks Strest
Jonged
Ilness
St Pariah
L. C. Bo Av
Daniel A. Arthur
Baward
Vincent
James
Mary
Edward Kelly
Painter
Mercy of
St Charlee
Vincent DePault Wilson Haid
Hot Springs
World War Updates and Calaveras Skull Note
The war office reports bombardments in Belgium and the Argonne with artillery fires and troop movements along the Meuse region, noting fires and munitions explosions while Allied defenses repulse efforts. The Calaveras skull tale recounts 1866 finds in California gravels sparking debate over early human presence. A Grim Cathedral describes Coimbra’s medieval fortress cathedral with embattled walls and historic ties to Portugal’s Christian frontier.
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Paris
War Office
Belgium
Argonne
Acocourt
Matancourt
Meuse
Chevaliers
Nancy
Hartmanns-Wellerkorp
Rehfelsen
Calaveras
Celfornia
California
North America
J. D. Whitney
Kingdom of
Portugal
Coimbra
Toledo
Saragossa
Ernest Pelxorruch
Scribner's
Wise And Otherwise In January Patter On Politics And Sports
A light column surveys quirks of holiday gifts and diary keeping. It jokes about Congress economy, Leap Year dances, and college sports quirks. It notes stock market swings and a long Senate speech era while poking fun at Navy shell shortages and peanut police in Washington.
Hiding Behind Smoke in Naval Warfare
An excerpt from Pearson's Magazine argues modern naval gunnery makes避 ships vulnerable unless they use a smoke screen. It notes ships can billow dense black smoke by adjusting furnace air, concealing themselves from pursuers, though wind conditions complicate concealment.
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St— Pearson's
Hawking In the Old Days Among European Nobles
Falconry was a popular sport among European nobility through the early seventeenth century. Hawks were trained to mount and pursue game, returning to their masters on call and fitted with decorative gear as part of the sport.
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Beld Nati
Hawks and Jesses Bells in Falconry Flight
Fragmentary historical note describes hawks with jesses and wets attached to leather straps on legs, bells worn to cue calm flight. The description emphasizes the bells forming a comforting sound during ascent and flight.
Two retired tradesmen discuss sons in city and country
In Fearson's Weekly a joke notes a son in the city sending word that he has many friends, implying he has not borrowed money. In the Bingham Age Herald a farmer reflects that after college his son enjoys rest at home, watching hired men work following strenuous years.
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Fearson's Weekly
Farmer Cobble
Bingham Age- Herald
Norways Clear Waters and May Verses in An Old Notebook
Fragmented reading lists and quotes from sources like Detroit Saturday Night and Westminster Gazette appear, mixing observations on silver spoons, noble sentiments, and brief literary jottings. Notable mentions include Cicero, Charles Lamb, Pope, Shakespeare, and commentary on May’s character.
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Charles Lamb
Bernard Barton
Westminster Gazette
Early Coal Discovery Contested by Researchers
The piece argues over who first credited with early coal finds in the territory that became the United States. It cites Father Louis Senneptin and Joliet and Marquette in 1672 but notes 1810 mining at Mount Carton in Jackson County, with 6,000 tons produced in 1483, referencing the Detroit Free Press and Franklin Institute sources.
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United States
Louis Senneptin
Ottawa
Andres
Lilupis
Detroit
Evidently He We Larceny Word in Odd Exchange
A garbled excerpt shows a man examining a suspect who mishears or mispronounces the term larceny. The examiner presses for clarification as the dialogue spirals on spelling and meaning, revealing confusion over a legal term.
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