El Capitan Comes to Providence Opera House
Bristol Phenix DeWolf Hopper and his company reappear in El Capitan for three nights and a Saturday matinee at Providence Opera House. Hopper stars as a cowardly insurgent with a strong supporting cast including Edna Wallace-Hopper Nella Bergan Alice Hosmer Edmund Stanley Alfred Klein T. S. Guise John Parr Harry Stone and others, with elaborate stage settings and costumes echoing New York success.
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DeWolf Hopper
Meory
Providence Opera House
New York City
Mr. Hopper
Edna Wallace-Hopper
Nella Bergan
Alice Hosmer
Edmund Stanley
Alfred Klein
T. 8. Guise
John Parr
Harry Stone
Dawn of Love in a Chambers' Journal Poem
Poem by William Woodward features dawn imagery and dream motifs. The speaker recalls shared dreams and a close embrace as day breaks. The verse blends night and day, love’s glow, and morning light with vivid, romantic tone.
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William Woodward
Chambers’ Journal
Fall stock clearance sale advertises deep cuts
A local shop promotes room to display new fall stock by cutting prices on in stock goods. Samples include quilts at 98 cents, blankets at 42 cents per pair, handkerchiefs at 3 cents, dress ginghams at 5 cents per yard, towels at 4 cents, outing flannel at 6 cents, hose and shirts at reduced rates, wrap purchases, and half price children’s tickets, urging quick purchase to clear inventory.
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W. F. Peters
Hope Street
Butterick
Lewando
Houte
Eyesight of Birds Showcasing Crow Buzzard and Vulture Powers
A Victorian naturalist describes the keen vision of carrion birds. He notes crows and buzzards locate carcasses by sight, not scent, while vultures descend from great heights to gather at the feast. The piece blends observation with biblical allusion about where the carcass is.
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Samuel Baker
Don Quixote Birthplace Visit Describes Argamasilla Inn
In Scribner's Augnat F. Jaccaci recalls arriving at the Parador del Carmen in Argamasilla de Calatrava, a birthplace claim for Don Quixote. The author contrasts vivid landscapes with a dirty, primitive interior and the austere innkeeper Gregorio, as the Quixote persona awakens from civilization to older, more elemental scenes.
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Argamasilla
Don Quixote
Gregorio
Parador del Carmen
Augnat F. Jaccaci
Scribner’s
Games Young Indians Play and Reunion of Words
The article describes traditional Native American games such as chugga pawwit and tabahortty, detailing how boys and girls perform and impersonate figures in a circle while a chief directs. It also mentions a social scene where a young woman encounters a new clubhouse and learns about grilling in a domestic setting.
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Chugga
Tabahortty
New York Recorder
New York Journal
Moses Brown Makes First Gold Deposit for Coinage
Moses Brown of Boston supplied the initial gold bullion for the new coinage project, marking a pivotal early contribution. In 1795 he deposited at 72, triggering the metal supply chain that supported the minting effort.
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Moses Brown
Boston
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