Record-Breaking Theatrical Cycle Loop At Keith's Theatre
Next week at Keith's Theatre in Boston Prop Albee features a record-breaking novelty the Culver Bicycle Loop with two large wheels on two tracks riders Tom Butler and Frank Caldwell perform upside down stunts while the wheels revolve at high speed The bill also includes Lydia Barry George Felix a comic farce The Doings of Johnny Jones with other acts and specialties by Caroline Shepard Elmore Sisters Matthews Ashley Armstrong Wright and Yeager Yeager among others. A historical note recalls Thames whale appearances and public exhibitions in the 17th to 19th centuries with mention of Cromwell and subsequent exhibitions.
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Keith’s
Albee
Culver
Keith's Theatre
Boston
Tom Butler
Frank Caldwell
George Felix
Lydia Barry
Johnny Jones
George H Wood
Providence
Hal Davis
Inez McCauley
Keith
Caroline Shepard
Elmore Sisters
Farnum Brothers
Lamonts
Edwin Baker & Co
Matthews & Ashley
Armstrong & Wright
the Holdsworths
Yeager & Yeager
Biograph
Dr King’s New Discovery Saves A Boy From Pneumonia
Mrs W Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing her son of pneumonia and a severe cough after doctors could not help. The druggist J H Young offers 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with free trial sizes.
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W Watkins
Pleasant City
Ohio
Dr. King
J .H. Young
Tragedian Sullivan and Gravedigger Hoskins Duel in Hamlet
In a Kansas City Independent anecdote, Barry Sullivan as Hamlet and a clever gravedigger Hoskins spark laughter by swapping skulls and misnaming Yorick. Sullivan challenges the joke, insisting Yorick's name, while Hoskins touts Diavolo Antonio and Antonio's skull, prompting uproarious proof.
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Barry Sullivan
Hoskins
Sullivan
Yorick
Hamlet
Diavolo Antonio
Booth
Antonio
Kansas City Independent
Quaint Court Records From Early Delaware River Settlement
Philadelphia Historical Society preserves a swampy record of the Court Held at Uppland in Delaware River from 1676 to 1681. Swedes Dutch and English presided before Pennsylvanias charter.entries show a mad son housed in a blockhouse, a beard tugging suit, and a slander verdict forcing a declaration of lying.
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Quaint
Philadelphia Historical Society
Uppland
Delawar River
Penn
Pennsylvania
Jan Cornellisen
Amesland
Hick
Amesiland
Andries
Andries Homman
Claes
Working Overtime Eight Hour Laws Ignored by Tireless Workers
Ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming millions at work night and day to cure indigestion biliousness constipation sick headache and stomach liver and bowel troubles. Easy pleasant sure, 25 cents at J. H. Young & Co’s drug store.
Ambition size described by Moon in lake scene
The silver moon peeps behind Lake Roland hills and asks the man about his height of ambition. He replies about five feet two inches while they exchange a moment of flirtatious dialogue as the cards are out in a New York Herald style vignette.
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Lake Roland
New York Herald
The
Poenix
Mc Solomon to marry again amid hobby of wives
The dialogue notes Mc Solomon plans a fourth marriage, amid a trend of collecting passions. The conversation jokes that his fixation varies from old books and playbills to postage stamps, labeling his pattern as a running joke about multiple wives.
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McSolomon
Boston Transcript
Ill editor absent as poet request remains pending
A brief exchange reveals the editor is ill and the office boy confirms the poet’s submission awaits his return. The caller seeks word on whether the editor received the poem, but the response hinges on the editor’s absence due to illness.
Deaf and dumb woman dubbed finguist shocks Philadelphia
In a quirk from the Philadelphia Bulletin a headline character calls a deaf and mute woman a finguist claiming she speaks four languages on her fingers. The remark highlights a playful pun on sign language.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Bound East First Actor I Was Born In This Part Of The Country
Puck quotes a dialogue about birthplace and strong regional ties between two actors, capturing a spirited exchange on loyalty and origin with concise wit.
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Puck
Bottom of a Sea Slipping Toward Ocean Bottom
Scientists report the Caspian Sea is 85 feet below nearby water levels, a drop linked to ongoing sinking of its seabed rather than mere evaporation. Soundings compared with 19th century data show deeper water now, prompting debate on long term outcomes among researchers.
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Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Caspian
Rice Paper Not Made From Rice But From Tree Pith
Rice paper, believed to be from rice stalks, is not made from rice. It is of Chinese origin and produced from the pith of a tree resembling the elder. Cylinders are shaved into sheets, pressed, sized, and sold as rice paper, a name kept from early European introductions.
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Europe
It Saved His Leg Bucklen Arnica Salve cures sore fast
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered six months with a frightful running sore on his leg but writes that Bucklen s Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days For ulcers wounds piles it is the best salve in the world Care guaranteed Only 25 cents Sold by J H Young Co druggist
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P. A Danforth
LaGrange
Bucklen
J. H Young & Co
Executor Notification for Estate of Alice G Lawless
The undersigned executor of Alice G Lawless late of Bristol announces acceptance of the trust after probate admission and bonds filed. Creditors must present claims to the signer or the Bristol Probate Court clerk within six months from first advertisement dated March 20, 1903. George Stewart is the executor.
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Robate Court
Bristol
Solon Hamilton Smith
Bristol Enix
Erbert F. Bennett
Borate
Bris
Charlotte Dewolf
Cornelius J. Hasbrouck
George Byron Diman
Elizabeth B. Cabot
John DeWolf
Patrick Scanlon
Elizabeth Scanlon
Catherine A
Scanlon
Hiram F. Perry
Barrington
Rhode Island
Probate
Bristol Eee
Herbert F. Bennett
Elizabeth C.thompson
William H. Thompson
Jonathan B. Munro
Elizabeth F. Munro
Alice G. Lawless
George Stewart
The Bachelor A Pioneer Hero of the West
A western editor salutes the bachelor as a congenial brave type who pushed into the wild west and, through private effort, transformed barren land into productive towns. He built civilization without female oversight, joining cowboys in history as dugouts and homesteads become scenic lore for future generations.
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Commonwealth
Prairies
Persian Athletes Before Western Giants in Grace and Skill
The essay praises Persian athletes for adroitness over brute strength, noting their precise knowledge of muscle function and long training. It highlights their symmetrical, graceful bodies and exceptional skill in wrestling and club swinging, with daily practice shaping mastery beyond mere bulk.
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East
Persia
Europe
America
Reed Enjoyed It and a Harvest Moon Face
A printer’s error once turned Tom Reed into an unintended joke as Colonel John A. Cockerill’s handwriting tangled into a line claiming Reed “has the face of an honest man.” The misprint altered the image to “a face like a harvest moon,” provoking humour when discovered the next day.
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John A. Cockerill
Tom Reed
Wonders of the Human Heart by a celebrated physiologist
A renowned physiologist has computed the heart’s workings, showing that it can lift 120 tons in a day. If each beat ejects blood as calculated, the blood travels about 207 yards per minute, equating to roughly seven miles per hour, 168 miles daily, or 5,150,000 miles in eighty four years, with about 2,869,776,000 heartbeats in that span.
Sadiron and Tailors Goose A Historic Iron Name
The Syracuse Herald notes that a sadiron is a heavy flatiron once common in households and that the tailor's goose name arose from the iron's handle resembling a goose neck. The term survives due to historic explanation and lingering usage.
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Syracuse Herald
Spenser
Literary Diseases in Professions
An amusing note on literary ailments, noting writer's cramp and swelled head as the two most common afflictions of authors. The quip says writer's cramp is never cured and swelled head never kills, attributed to an exchanges source.
The Trouble With Poultry
An old woman quits the poultry business after discovering hens stop laying when eggs are dear and begin when eggs are cheap. The remark underscores a trader’s frustration with fluctuating egg prices and poultry profits.
Johnny’s Wider Brother And The Errand Pause
A brief dialogue scene shows Johnny avoiding a brother seeking him for an errand. The wider brother exclaims search, while Johnny insists he did not know of the request and would not have been found if he had. The exchange ends with a casual chums tone.
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Johnny
The Frosted Hand and Wary Wind Warnings
A fragmented clipping notes a remark about a woman refusing and waving farewell, a cold wave quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and a safety line about a tall chimney height with a cautionary dog-following warning from New York Life.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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