Women targeted by fake investments warned by Jane Addams
Jane Addams of Hull House, Chicago, warns wage earning women about fake investment schemes. She cites promoters who appeal to women as business minds and through flattery, intuition, or big enterprise ties. She details wireless schemes exploiting teachers and other groups, plus home work frauds that demand upfront fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Education
Wooldridge
Jane Addams
Hull House
Search for Diamonds in North America Across the Continent
The Review of Reviews notes that since 1830 American diamonds have appeared mostly after rock decay washing them into streams. It cites finds in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin glacial moraines and reports surveys along the Quebec to Winnipeg trancontinental rail line seek the original diamond source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Guiana
Brazil
South America
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Canada
Quebec
Winnipeg
70 Year Old Diaz Climbs Rope at Chapultepec
The biographer recalls President Diaz at Chapultepec Military College chatting with American tourists when a rope hung nearby. At 70 he stripped to climb the rope hand over hand to the top, proving a cadet’s feat and telling the visitors they had seen a man of 70 perform it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diaz
Chapultepec
Bank Presidents Earn Less Than Rail Leaders
The salaries of presidents of banks, even in large cities, are far lower than railroad presidents. James Stillman, head of National City Bank in New York, earns only 25000 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stillman
National City Bank
New York
To Plant Lobster Beds In British Columbia Waters
Extensive beds of lobsters will be planted soon in the waters of British Columbia and the lobster-taking industry is expected to be established on a large scale within four or five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Will Start Women's Clubs on Isthmus of Panama
Helen Virick Roswell has been selected to begin a series of women s clubs on the Isthmus of Panama. The plan aims to organize local chapters to promote education culture and community improvement through volunteer work and programs. The effort reflects broader social developments among women in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Virick Roswell
Panama
Ghost Moose Haunts Maine Guides With Disturbing Antics
Folklore describes a phantom moose west of the Molunkus river terrorizing guides. Accounts tell of a shot moose returning to life, eerie breaths at cabins, and a ghostly creature grasping a hunter's gun. Tales involve Sandy Hill Burt Peggins Arthur Hill and Harry Porter across Ashland and Mud Pond areas.
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Here
Molunkus River
Sandy Hill
Massachusetts
Patten Stage Road
Sandy
Burt Peggins
Ashland
Peggins
Arthur Hill
Mud Pond
Mishaps on the Stage Highlight Comic Backdrops
A parade of theatre misadventures unfolds from historic performances. Jefferson De Angelis recalls a donkey skit in Uncle Tom’s Cabin ending with a slide into a fiddler’s arms. Edna May Spoomer recovers from a toe stumble after a dressing room greeting. Edwin Forrest delivers Hamlet with a shaving-box prop provoking laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson de Angelis
Marks
Mr. de Angelis
Edna May Spoomer
Zaza
Dufrene
Edwin Forrest
Hamlet
Stage Stars and Salaries in the Theatre World
The article details actor earnings and lifestyle from stage careers. It notes typical weekly pay for average actors, two week clauses, and higher salaries for stars. It cites Maude Adams, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Fiske, Lotta, Maggie Mitchell, Modjeska, Sol Smith Russell, Joseph Jefferson, May Irwin, Julia Marlowe, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Viola Allen, and Margaret Anglin as notable earners or savers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Carter
Viola Allen
Margaret Anglin
Blind Boys Shine in Athletics and Yale Football Captaincy
The piece highlights blind athletes in the Wisconsin School for the Blind with records in running and jumping. It also notes Robert Boyd Burch's election as Yale football captain for the coming year, detailing his size and academic background, and profiles ballplayer Rube Waddell and fellow stars with anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Baker
Outing Magazine
Wisconsin School For the
Robert Boyd Burch
Cincinnati
Yale
Burch
Arthur Edward Brides
Brockton
Mass
Brides
Light from the Fixed Stars and the Speed of Light
The nearest fixed star lies about 200000 astronomical units away, or 18600000000,000 miles. Light travels 186000 miles per second, about 6,865,696,000,000 miles yearly, so it takes over three years for light to reach Earth from the nearest star. Planets in our solar system are not affected by this delay.
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Earth
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Truly Versatile Man Highlighted in London Sketch
Louis M. Elshemus appears as the most versatile man with 3,000 paintings and 40 novels. He has written plays in multiple languages, composed 100 songs, and traveled around the world seven times while earning a reputation as a piemaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Louis M. Elshemus
Literary Hardships in Book Selling
A Washington Star brief notes the difficulty authors face as books fail or succeed, causing disappointment or shock value that embarrasses writers. The exchange between two women reflects on literary publishing pressures.
Stage News Briefs From the Theatre World
Virginia Harned begins rehearsals for Camille on tour while Chrystal Herne is chosen for My Mamie Rose with Arnold Daly Annie Russell ends a season's rest and returns in Paid in Full Eddie Foy insures his voice for 50000 for Hamlet work Eleanor Robson may star in a Burnett dramatization The Down of To-Morrow next season Ethel Barrymore designs costumes for Rosalind in As You Like It Maude Feeley closes tour of The Stronger Sex W J Locke writes another Marie Doro comedy Henry Irving biography by Austin Brereton to be issued next autumn Irving statue site secured in London
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Virginia Harned
Camille
Chrystal Herne
My Mamie Rose
Arnold Daly
Annie Russell
New York
Eddie Foy
Eleanor Robson
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Ethel Barrymore
Rosalind
W. J. Locke
Marcus
Marie Doro
Henry Irving
Austin Brereton
London
Irving
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Chicago Social Settlement
Mexico
Maine Forest
Harry Porter
Moose Porter
Porter
Idol OF
Peter Pan
Maude Adams
Carter
Belasco
Fiske
Lotta
Maggie Mitchell
Modjeska
West
Sol Smith Russell
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Washington
Joseph Jefferson
Mr. Jefferson
May Irwin
St. Lawrence River
Julia Marlowe
Miss Marlowe
SPORT
Cassin
Morse
Harvard
Clarence Alcott
Camp
Rube Waddell
Mike Kelly
Arlie Latham
George Edward
Rube
Philadelphia
Athletics
George Edward Waddell
Mike Powers
Waddell
Washington Star
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