Christmas Eve Stage Tale From Champion City
Tom P. Morgan recalls a chaotic Christmas entertainment at Eagle Theater in Champion City. The event featured a spoof hanging of paralytic John Lanks by Dr Slade, a mock therapy using partial hanging, and a pill syndicate joke. The piece notes the audience reaction and the narrator’s reflections on the evening.
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Col. Corkright
Clarion
Alexander the Great
John Lanks
Slade
Kansas City
Lanks
Tom P. Morgan
Christmas Eve Tableaus and Small Kindnesses
Dialogue sketches from a Christmas pageant with Miss Sweetser Jack Reddy and a generous six year old. A poor neighbor boy receives a drum and other gifts from a tearful Papa. Clara Dora and Aunt Mary arrange presents and jewelry for display.
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Jack Reddy
Chicago Tribune
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Word Origins From Blankets To Dollars In Language History
The article traces how common terms derive from maker names and places. It notes Blanket derived from the Bristol Blanket brothers Edward Edmund and Thomas, Cambries from Cambray, damask from Damascus, calico from Calicut, muslin from Moussoul, and the dollar from Joachimsthal in Bohemia via Thaler to dollar.
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England
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Edmund
Thomas Blanket
Avere
Cambray
Flanders
Damascus
Calicut
Malabar
Moussoul
Turkey
India
Thal
Bohemia
Joachimsthal
Joachim's Valley
Joachim
Germany
Denmark
Keep it in the house says Captain Walker on cough syrup
Captain S C Walker of Company C, 1st Regiment Indiana Veteran Legions in Lafayette endorses Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for his family advising all with children to keep it on hand.
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Company C
1St Regiment
Indiana Veteran Legions
Lafayette
Indl
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Boy Lost in Public Gardens Saved by Boston Gentleman
A Boston boy cried I am lost as a gentleman questioned him. The child named Harry Brown could not provide a street or father’s work. On learning the father whipped him, a policeman took the truant into custody.
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Harry B. Brown
Geetling
The Silent Work of Faithful Women in Life
A meditation on a mother's dedicated daily labor raising children without wealth, praising unseen deeds over grand exploits. It contrasts Beecher’s praise of inner virtue with a critique of custom, then advertises Dr Kaufmann’s cure-focused medical book available by mail.
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Napoleon
H. W. Beecher
Harper's Magazine 1893 catalog highlights new novels and features
Harper and Brothers announces Harper's Magazine 1893 with new novels by Conan Doyle, Constance Fenimore Woolson, and William Bryant, short stories by noted writers, illustrated papers on global topics, and continued Abbey's Shakespeare illustrations. Subscriptions include Harper's Weekly and Bazar with postal rates and binding options.
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India
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East Epwing
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Cuantes Extor Norton
James Thielps
Winuan Dean Hower Xs
Branper Matthews
Tom Riderg
Flarmen's Weekly: A Leading Illustrated Weekly
Harper's Weekly notes Flarmen's Weekly as first among illustrated weekly periodicals in America. It blends literature and news with current history and imaginative fiction, aiming to be the best guide to publication and a lasting souvenir. The journal promises contributions from top writers and artists and ongoing excellence in literature and news.
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Weekly
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Harper Magazines and Postage Free Trial Subscriptions
A note lists Harper’s Magazine at 400 dollars per year and Harper’s Bazar and Harper’s Young People at 100 and 200 dollars respectively. It mentions postage free trial subscribers within the United States and Ontario and Mexico.
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Bound Volumes of Harris's Werary Now Available
Harper and Brothers New York offers bound volumes of Harris's Wary for three years back in cloth binding at $7 per volume. Subscriptions begin with January current year unless noted. Remittances by post office money order or draft. mail orders postage paid or via express free up to $1 per volume.
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