Irving's Becket Becomes Talk of New York Theatre
Henry Irving headlines at Abbey's new theatre in New York with Becket but critics deem the drama muddled though his acting remains praised. Cyril Scott and Octavus Cohen are noted amid reviews of Olaf and Becket as nearly balanced by strong performances and weak moments. Annie Pixley’s death is referenced as a recent loss in the theatrical world.
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Henry Irving
Becket
Abbey’s
New Theater
Chicago
Irving
Canterbury
Mr. Irving
Stc
Edwin Booth
Amasso Salvini
Lawrence Barrett
Barrett
Batt
Tennyson
Tersia
Milward
Ellen Terry
Rodrigues Dike
Thora
Olaf
Charles H. Hoffman
Charles B. Hanford
Minnie Seligman
Mr. Hanford
Amador County
Cal
Washington
Cassini
Julius Cesar
Old National Theater
Cassius
Shylock
William Stafford
Thomas W. Keene
Cincinnati
Duke
Augustin Daly
Cyril Scott
John Drew
Mr. Beott
Theodore Travers
Onsen
Jerome
Bob Appleton
Dr. Penwick
Mr. Scott
One Hundred and Fourteenth Street
Empire Theater
Annie Pixley
Rialto
London
Todill
Annie
Pixley
Octavus Cohen
The Lawyer's Vision and the Black Veil Manifestation
A distinguished Italian lawyer recounts a strange episode on a hot evening. He and his wife and children walked from Via Gaeta at six, he fainted with a sudden shock, recovered, and later saw a black veil vanish as news arrived that their mother had died at midnight from cerebral syncope.
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Popolo Romano
Via Gaeta
Ferrara
Advocate A
Workhouse Refusal Case Dismissed After Court Debate
Robert James Gordon declined labor at Newcastle workhouse arguing stone breaking would injure his hands and hinder future work. In Newcastle police court he pleaded that law and discretion were not properly used. The magistrates could not agree on punishment and dismissed the case, per the London News.
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Robert James Gordon
Newcastle
Gordon
London News
Curious Tripoli dock scene shows taxes on goods
On Tripoli docks a crowd gathers around taxed import and export goods sold by customs. Import tax stands at eight percent, export at one percent, with one eighth of merchandise seized for failure to pay. Anecdotes of visiting European ministers and a comical tax dispute punctuate the scene.
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Tripoli
Victoria
Windsor
Elizabeth
Kachange
Giant diamond the Excelsior from Jagersfontein mine
Reports describe the 971% carat white blue tinge diamond found June 30 at Jagersfontein. Captain Jorgansonn supervised the find, it was valued at about 5 million dollars, escorted by Sixteenth Lancers to Cape Town and stored in the Bank of England. The Emperors and markets vie for the stone amid political fuss.
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Lapraet ‘Boos
Jagersfontein
Edward Jorgansonn
Anderson
Dusit
Jorgansonn
Gifford
Messrs. Breitmeyer & Bernheimer
Excelsior
Sixteenth Lancers
Cape Town
Antelope
Bank of England
Germany
Philadelphia Times
A Hundred Year Old Knife Called Adlai’s Axe Travels
A hags knife over a century old titled Adlai's Axe was given to a Bangor Maine postmaster after an election. Across the blade reads The melancholy days have come. The postmaster tagged it and sent it on a cross country journey, last noted in Marquette Michigan with comments from messengers about the Democratic guillotine.
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Bangor
Adlai
Marquette
Mich
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