The Christmas Dinner of a Poor Actor
Henry Irving recounts Joe Robin a poor London actor who fell from prosperity after a failed burlesque. At a Manchester pantomime Christmas, Robin lends his last shilling and preserves a silk undergarment to give comrades a feast. The act ends with Robin wearing his scarlet undergarment as a warm, radiant symbol of generosity and memory. The tale appears in the New York Tribune.
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Aledoy
Henry Irving
Joe Robin
London
Joe
Guy Fawkes
Grimaldi
Manchester
Mr. Irving
New York Tribune
Servia's Stock Trouble and the Kara Georgevitch Restitution
Belgrade letters report Servia facing political and land disputes tied to the Kara Georgevitch restoration. Farmers seek retrocession of confiscated estates as Arsene and Peter would cost more than Milan and Alexander. Milan, staying as patriot, hints he may demand payment or seize control as generalissimo to settle in Belgrade.
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Karageorgevitch
Arsene
Peter
Milan
Alexander
Belgrade
Paris
Highest cost pumping plants at Comstock shaft site
The hydraulic pumps at the Combina tion shaft cost 8,000,000 with the first set at 750,000. Surface pump plant at the same shaft is 400,000, Union shaft 650,000, Yellow Jacket shaft nearly 800,000, Forman shaft 500,000. Comstock pumping machinery viewed as the most costly and powerful in the world.
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Union Shaft
Yellow Jacket
Forman
Comstock
Virginia
Nev
Antitreating League Motto From Old New York Weekly
A fragment quotes a mock dialogue on abstaining from treating. Gayboy proposes a drink, Hardhead agrees praising the quality, and the speaker claims membership in an Antitreating league despite urging to accept another round. The passage preserves a satirical tone from an old periodical.
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Gayboy
Hardhead
New York Weekly
Explorer M. Gross Lost After Alaska Expedition
Canadian surveyor M. Gross disappears after ignoring companions in Portage Bay Alaska. Four companions warned him not to wander alone but he went inland at 6 pm and vanished. Search efforts fail and the party abandons the pursuit. Gross, from Victoria, joined a Canadian survey team in Alaska last year to determine the territory's boundary.
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Alaska
M. Gross
Gross
Fort Wrangle
Portage Bay
Victoria
Seattle
Tinses
The Train Ran Five Miles Without Steam
A marvel race on the Consolidate road saw engine No. 247 lose a cylinder head five miles below Stamford. Engineer Scofield kept the train moving, reaching Stamford on time on momentum alone. No. 144 coupled to finish the run into this city, with five miles traveled without steam.
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Stamford
Scofield
New Haven Palladium
Local Retail Sale Sparks Bargain Bonanza
A local store advertises reduced prices on watches and clocks and a large stock of hardware paints oils putty glass wallpaper and paper hangers supplies sporting goods bicycles bicycle repair garden tools seeds and Kitchen and woodenware plus many other items all at very low prices. Call and examine.
Historic Brass Knocker At Downing Street Sale
An old brass door knocker at Mr. Gladstone's Downing Street residence, used by many prime ministers since Pitt, was replaced and sold to a British antiquary. He bought the discarded knocker for shillings and it will be exhibited in the United States, traveling with a tale of its provenance.
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Mr. Gladstone
Downing Street
Pitt
New York
United States
City Life and Spring's Allure in Verse by Stanton
The poem extols city life and rural beauty, contrasting urban dreams with springtime scenes. Frank L. Stanton of Chicago Inter Ocean admires valleys rivers peachfields and blossoms while praising nature as the brightest light for girls and poets alike.
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Frank L. Stanton
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Prayer for Wandering Minister Spreads Through Lewiston Parish
An aged man recalls days when ministers lacked college training and church meetings met in schoolhouses. A town minister fled with a parishioner's wife, triggering shock and gossip. Elders urged prayer while others urged restraint, ending in a pointed exchange about forgiveness and scandal.
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Lewiston
Arove
Lewiston Journal
Revival of Outrages in Italy Against Railways
The Italian government renewed efforts against a nationwide gang of railroad thieves after three years of relative quiet. Robberies now include baggage intrusions and thefts from mail, with trunks opened en route and valuable contents removed. Complaints from foreign post offices spur Rome to decisive action.
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Europe
Italy
Rome
Harsh Kitchen Incident and Odd Whist Tale
In New York a mistress finds Bridget crying with arms tied after attempting to clean live crabs meant for dinner. Two shells are empty, three crabs mutilated, one still to attack, as Bridget proclaims cleaning efforts and fights with a stubborn crab. The London tale follows of a whist player irritated by a rival claiming facial tells.
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Bridget
Harlem
New York Herald
James Payn
London Illustrated News
Illuminated Lifebuoy Trials At Kiel Shipyard
German war vessel Worth tested an electrically lighted lifebuoy by Captain Melter. Thrown overboard at 16 knots it disappeared briefly in eddy currents for about 12 seconds, then reappeared. The device, likely to be adopted across the German navy, proves useful for night rescue.
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Kiel
Worth
Melter
Iron and Industries
Blondin Walks Tight Rope at 70 Carrying Child
The New York Sun notes M Blondin, middle aged athlete, on his seventieth birthday walked a tight rope while carrying a 150 pound child. Blondin remains in usual health and hopes to live eighty more years.
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Irving
Good Samaritan
Servia
Pampas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Parker & Morse
Iuwn
Sporting Goods
Parker & Mecrse
Maynard
Por
Richardson
Murano
New England
Newport News
Concord Mass
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Levi JL. Pratt
Ereas
Nathan J. Pratt
Cambridge
Maynard Enterprise
Ronsing
Ore
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
Haynes
Nason and
Summer
Walter A. Wood
Corning
Waldo Littlefield
West Acton
Marlboro Dye House
Liberty Street
R. W. Geddes
W. D. Cross & CO
Concord
L. N. Fowler
A. D. Russel
Augustus Fletcher
Marlboro Laundry
Naylor’s
Nason Street
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
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