Turning point in my career as music publisher
The narrator recalls ditching a dancing career after doctors warned of crippling injury and teaming with Smith to publish music. They recount early hits like Shoo Fly and Come Birdie, the rise of Moonlight on the Lake, and numbers selling in the hundreds of thousands, plus later works and countering pirate copying.
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Tella Itow
Meladies Tarefold
Tong Island Sound
Smith
New Haven
Aelerse
Oliver Ditson & Co
Boston
Builth
Mare
Samuel
Birdie
Marguerite
C. A. White
Confederate Parole Holder Remains Under Armistice Claim
Captain J B Williams of Alabama who served in the Tenth Tennessee cavalry says his Civil War parole from May 1865 remains in force as long as he obeys laws and does not take up arms. He asserts he never swore allegiance and would rejoin service only if foreign forces fight the U S He carries a worn Meridian parole signed by Col W B Miles for the Confederacy and Col Henry Bertram for the Federal army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Williams
Alabama
Tenth ‘Tennessee Cavalry
Burnet Lobby
United States
Tam
Pil
Meridian
W. B. Miles
Confederate States
Henry Bertram
Wisconsin
Cincinnati
Times Star
Better Known by His Nickname in Surnames Tale
A lawyer’s clerk seeks a process against a man named with a proper entry in the instrument. After failed inquiries for names like Bull Head and Spindleshanks, a young woman suggests the target’s nickname, exclaiming to the clerk to ask for Ode Blackbird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moy
Blackbird
Josh Billings
Josh
Studebaker Bros
Favorite Carriage Co
Standard Wagon Co
Frazier Cart Co
Parry Cart Co
George Brown
Wagwog
Knoxvintt
Tenn
Old Soldier Story and Stand Up Anecdotes
Napoleon meets a wounded veteran who offers the Cross of the Legion of Honor in exchange for saving his remaining arm. The veteran suddenly severs the other arm, a poignant tale. Also included is Marshall P Wilder recall of Maze Edwards at a Fifth Avenue box office and a laughing exchange about height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinnon
Napoleon
Legion of Honor
Paull Mall
Marshall P. Wilder
Maze Edwards
Fifth Avene
Minn
Marshall P. Wildar
Slipping Away Poem Fragment in Archaic Tone
Fragmentary archaic verse describes fleeting beauty and life as lone figures fade like notes in a distant song. Vague imagery of bells, birds, and love contrasts with aging, urging action against time. The piece blends dreamlike lines with references to desire, fate, and a world past its prime.
No Left Mando Stemwinder
A Waynesboro True Citizen item recounts a left handed man buying a stem winding watch from a young man. After days the watch failed until the left handed wearer turned the stem the opposite way and the watch started ticking. The tale notes no left handed negro can wind a stemwinder, a misunderstanding clarified by the right hand operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darkey
May
Waynesboro
Quizzing Riddles and a War on Subscriptions
A Detroit teacher quizzes a boy about days in a week and almanac facts while French traditional riddles appear. The piece quotes folklore questions on paths, mirrors, and the Earth, then a satirical note about book agents and delinquent subscribers in Swainsboro Pine Forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Hin
Detroit Free Press
The First Doctor and the Humble Medical Origin
The article traces medicine’s beginnings to mythic times with Chiron the centaur as the first physician. It contrasts ancient healing with modern M D practice, noting Chiron’s single failed case as a rare exception amid faithful followers. Chicago Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiron
M. D
Chicago Herald
The Art of Pleasing and Public Conduct
Excerpts discuss the art of pleasing in political and social talk, warning against sharp truth in mixed company and offering reflections on Liberal and Radical tensions. A Clark Street cable car conductor anecdote ends with a note on paying fares and the conductor’s duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gladstone
Murry
Pine Tree State No More A Census Reality Check
The Portland Press notes a shift from Maine as the Pine Tree state to a reality where Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan are the pine tree states by census counts. It recalls the colonial era when Maine forests fed the Royal Navy and local sawmills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mavid
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Maine
Nolson
Wisconsin
Michigan
Portland
Drying Bananas for Market in the Tropics
A new industry dries bananas for shipment, reducing weight by one third yet selling at sixteen cents per pound when sold. The process allows transport over bad roads without damage and preserves flavor. Cost to start is minimal, with fifty three cents needed for land and boxing, while banana productivity vastly exceeds potatoes and wheat, promising profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win
Colorado
Kansas
Ufe
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Tropics
Island of
Nidad
New York Times
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West Tackson Street
Bourini
West Jackson Street
Chicago News
Paria
Gonnevilliers
Port-Lachalie
Denis Collecteur
Paris
Geovevilliers
Albert Shaw
Cnet
Love
France
Revue Des Traditions Populaires
Lyons
Thadaris
Jegs
Jourustiam
Swainesboro
Pine Forest
Clark Street
Bee
Chicago Mall
Ivers & Pond Piano Co
Strees
Penn
Sere
Unavea
Uruggins
Mr C
Lus Mosiker Kind
Plis
Lacai
Ak Tel
Draawiste
Caren Chemical Ee Aon
Ravenna
Dr. Richau
Gomes
Aguaus Cowden
Lotelfia
Rica
Diy
Richaus
Huerad
DR. D
B. Richards
Vario Biceet
New York
City Drug Store
Am Sore
Terry M’f’g CO
Nashville, Tenn
Mommie
Parker
Hinder
Puctigewon
Sin
Duke Bir i
Wwe
Niel
Bros
Nore, Fu
B . 7 College
Jas Gotpeork
Rene
Dy Mra
Caprpbell
Oxy
Aepeeter
Tad Pi Eal
Epps
Jamie Epps
Homupathy
Chembers
London
James M. Gaunt
Thomas J. Cox Tern
Gauinti, Cos & Co., Real Estate and Insurance
Nat'l Bink
Carrollton
Watauga Bank
Johnson City
Gaunt, Cox & Co
Uryay
Ae Henderson & CO
Johnson City Furniture CO
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