Richard Burbage the Great Actor and Shake?speare’s Friend
Richard Burbage, a leading English tragic actor and painter, died in Shoreditch, London. He originated Romeo, Hamlet, Lear, Othello, Macbeth, Shylock, and Richard III at the Globe, earning high respect from dramatists and poets. His estate yielded about £300 yearly.
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Richard Burcong
Shoreditch
Lonon
Burbage
England
Shakespeare
Globe Theater
Romeo
Hamlet
Lear
Othello
Macbeth
Shylock
Richard III
James I
Hils Powers
Charles II
London Saturday Review
Chlorophyll and its role in plant chemistry
Chlorophyll drives plant energy and growth by enabling photosynthesis from carbon dioxide and water. Light interaction reveals fluorescence and spectral absorption, showing dark bands where light is absorbed and energy converted to heat and biochemical work.
Forty Horsepower Measured Against Coach Horses
A young motorist argues that the car’s forty horsepower equals ten relays of coach horses. The innkeeper explains the bill charges feeding and stabling for the horses at 2 shillings each, totaling 80 shillings, making the machine seem worth the same as eighty shillings in fodder. The anecdote appears in the London Express.
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London Express
Onions as a Nervine and Remedy
Onions are described as the best nervine and a quick tonic for a wornout system. The text claims onions aid coughs, colds, influenza, consumption, insomnia, hydrophobia, scurvy, liver complaints, and improve complexion when eaten every other day.
Paradox Figures in Hamand-Since Walker Tighs Inheritance
The Paradox notes Hamand-Since Walker Tighs inherits 1,000,000 and is described as both the richest and poorest actor on the stage. Holmes cites talent treated as a docile creature while the world collaring it. Chicago News quotes a line about Egeg bert’s answer.
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Holmes
Hamand
Walker Tighs
Egegbert
Chicago News
Impertinent levity and gravity cited in Hazlitt quote
A Hazlitt remark cautions that too much levity is as improper as too much gravity, reflecting on tone and propriety in judgment.
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Hazlitt
Belo seriously ill with possible typhoid and meningitis
Dallas reports A. H. Belo president of A. H. Belo & Co. and publishers of the Galveston and Dallas News is seriously ill at his home. Doctors fear typhoid fever may develop as meningitis is suspected.
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A. H. Belo
Dallas
A. H. Belo & Co
Galveston and
Dallas News
Henderson Condition Worsens to Critical
Dubuque Iowa February 24 former Speaker David B Hendersons health has declined with his condition described as critical at the time of this report.
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Dubuque, Ia
David B. Henderson
Hepburn rate bill ordered reported favorably
The senate committee on interstate commerce has recommended the Hepburn rate bill for passage. The action clears the measure for floor consideration in Washington amid ongoing rail regulation debate.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Bend Jr. will leaves property to Lena Bender
In Houston on February 24, the will of the late Charles Bend Sr. bequeaths a sawmill and real estate valued at 0,000 to Lena Bender, with details filed as the estate proceeds.
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Ason
Houston
Charles Bend Sr
Lena Bender
Not Well Enough For Hospital Comedy Note
Hospital Gazette quotes a quip about physicians emptying beds by excuses and a joke about a doctor kissing a mother. The piece includes a Life magazine quip about Perkins separating from his wife to live apart, joking that he needs comforts of home.
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Shelley
Bascombe Manor
Bournemouth
England
Hospital Gazette
Politeness as a shield in contention
A Thames-era reflection describes politeness as a softening tool that masks sharp edges in personal conflict. It argues we should always employ courtesy to spare others from our rougher nature, even in dealings with rudeness.
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Joubert
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