Iolanthe Title Change Before First Night
The article recalls that Gilbert and Sullivan feared revealing opera titles before performance. Iolanthe was rehearsed as Perola and only renamed at dress rehearsal, a challenge to swap a three syllable name for four across dialogue and songs. Sullivan reassured actors that Gilbert would not attend opening night, so actors could improvise names.
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Arthur Bullivan
Gilbert
Tolanthe
Perola
Sullivan
Boston Post
Teachers certificates state exams July 1 and 2 1909
The Annual State Examinations for Teachers Certificates will be July 1 and 2 1909 at the Rhode Island Normal School Providence. If six or more apply, exams will also be held at Newport Rogers High School Weaterby East Greenwich Academy North Scituate Grammar School no location with fewer than six applicants. Examinations begin at 9 am each day. On Thursday Arith English Geography History Physiology Reading and Spelling for all grades in Providence only. On Friday Professional Subjects for all grades. Apply by June 26 to Walter F Ranger Secretary Box 1611 Providence.
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Newport
Rogers High School
Weaterby
East Greenwich Academy
North Scituate
Providence
Walter F. Ranger
State Board of Education
Bristol Public Shoe E Shining Hairline Note Repairing
Bristol public shoe and hat repair shop advertises services including shining cleaning and repairs for men and women. Nailed heel work and sewn repairs are offered for various footwear.
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Bristol Public Shoe E
Woman's "expectation" foils asset claim in court
A Chicago Record-Herald anecdote recounts a suit where a dressmaker debtor dodges questions in supplementary proceedings by claiming an interest in property. The examiner asks for any assets. she quips about an expectation based on her sisters' marriages and beauty, leaving no receiver appointed.
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W. G. Chapin
American Lawyer
Omnium Gatherum
Chicago Record-Herald
Playhouse Gossip Shown By Barroom Habitual Drinker
A Philadelphia Bulletin snippet depicts a wife inviting her drunk husband to a play between drinks. He declines, saying the bartender already knows the plot imitates the actors and has gossip about their personal and family lives.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Glasgow firm adopts profit sharing after losses
The Dundee Advertiser reports a Glasgow business deciding to operate on profit sharing based on last year’s results. The employer reveals a loss of a thousand pounds, prompting a 10 percent wage reduction for workers. The foreman and workers react to the plan.
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Glasgow
Dundee Advertiser
Stood Up For Him. Dolan-So Casey Retold Riff in Puck
The Puck piece recalls a confrontation where Casey is urged to stand up for a man, praising Casey as honest hardworking and responsible while noting Dolan. The quote frames Casey as morally upstanding yet not superior in other respects.
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Dolan
Casey
Callahan
Puck
Rich woman reads latest novels in busy day
A Cleveland Leader quip contrasts a supposedly idle rich woman with a claim she has no duties while noting she still finds time to read the newest novels, highlighting social expectations and leisure notions.
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Cleveland Leader
Domestic Bliss in Double Harness in Chicago News
A humorous exchange recalls seven months of marriage and a five-dollar budget dispute. The wife seeks pin money while the husband questions where the last week’s gift went, noting the $5 covered the minister’s wedding fee. The piece lampoons early domestic frictions.
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John
Chicago News
Tongue Twisters and Shakespearean Language Cited
The London Chronicle surveys tricky tongue twisters from modern and Shakespearean lines. It notes phrases like The sun shines on the top signs and The sixth sick sheik s sixth sheep s sick as challenging samples for rapid speech.
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London Chronicle
Evening baseball and pie questions echo in club tale
In a quirky recap, the Hustlers beat the Snow Birds as three strings decided the tie break. Scores hint at averages above eighty for nine strings or more. A hostess jokes about pie with Willie as a dreamt midnight scene ends with him waking, hat in hand.
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Birds
Carlton Hill
Wonders
South Ends
Allen's Foot-Ease powder advertises foot relief
Ina Pinch says Allen's Foot-Ease cures hot aching swollen sweating feet and makes walking easy. It relieves burning stings and bunions. All druggists 25c. Don’t accept any substitute.
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Ina
Allen
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised
A Lindley Indiana woman testifies that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured a four year tumor deemed operable by three physicians. She credits relief from mysterious pains and inflammation and urges other women to seek guidance from the company’s Mass guidance service.
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May Fry
Lindley
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mass
Bullying the Hens At Breakfast in a Boarding Household
Mrs. Orne, a courteous, long‑serving boardinghouse host, endures a string of objections from boarders about food quality. At breakfast Mr. Smith laments the hens fail to lay fresh eggs, sparking a sharp exchange reflecting past times when fresh eggs were easier to obtain.
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Mrs. Orne
Mr. Orne
A Quaint Cookbook From the Paris Siege of 1871
Amid the siege of Paris in 1871 a cadet published a cookbook with recipes for disguising dog, horse, rat and mouse flesh. It details an eggless omelet using army biscuits soaked in sugared water and orange blossom, flavored with rum, and notes eggs cost six dollars a dozen while rum was cheap.
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Paris
Irate Buyer Quits Asks For Faulty Auto Advice
A frustrated customer storms into a secondhand dealer claiming a car sold yesterday won’t run. The dealer calmly asks who owns the car, noting the buyer paid for it, and warns against public complaints, joking that he would buy it back if the man continues to trumpet its faults.
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Lippincotts
Birthdays and Health Observations From London Graphic
The London Graphic notes a recurring pattern where a person feels renewed vigor three to two weeks before their birthday each year. This sense of vitality lasts two to eight days and ends a few days before the birth date, suggesting a possible link between age anniversary and health maintenance.
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London Graphic
Newport & Providence Company Tabs Leave Bristol TIA In Effect
TABS Leave Bristol TIA In Effect with arrival on Newport 12 days. Newport AYS list times 2.40 8.10 8.40 4.40 5.10 6.10 6.40 7.10 7.40.
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Newport & Providen Company
TABS
Newport
Cn Om
Bristol
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