Rehearsal Halls Show East Side Variety Scene
A New York City piece describes rehearsal halls and assembly rooms used by actors in training. It paints chaotic scenes of bands banners and diversions, notes the long dominance of East Side venues, and reveals the mixed atmosphere as performers practice amid curious locals and union banners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New City
Bedlam
Louis Ling
Harness Makers’ Union
John Most
Long Branch
Bowers
Variety Theater Center
Germania
Persson
Turf Topics and Historic Saddles Highlight Wide Ranging Notes
Notes on steeplechase advocacy and turf topics follow with references to Corrigan and racing ethics. Mentions include auction blocks shaping many greats, details of a 15th century saddle, royal tack of Henry V and Charles I, and notable figures James W. Page and Uncle Bob with race and sale outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corrigan
Buda Doble
John Dickerson
John Curry
Chicago
Henry V
Lucky Baldwin
Charles I
James W. Page
Barus
Maxie Cobb
Westmont
White River Junction
Poison
Mahdi
Stage Glints and Theatre Notes Across Cities
Opera prices rise to five dollars in New York this season. Mrs Othello by the late Fred Leslie to be staged in London. Alice Shaw in Dr Ziegfeld’s Chicago theater. Nadage Doree borrows Opera Comique in London for Mirza. Beerbohm Tree delays US visit due to lost boat. Croisette meets poisoning hints from Dr Charcot and tests strychnine on dogs. The Country Race to debut with a long cyclorama. Charles W Thomas heads to Tucson for health. W J Le Moyne to leave New York Lycæum, J E Dodson to replace. Mme Tavary biographical notices circulate in English musical papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Croisette
Hoyt & Thomas
Tucson
A. T
Mr. Thomas
New York Lycéum Theater
W. J. le Moyne
J. E. Dodson
Kendals Company
Mme. Tavary
Mixed populations and curious facts from a bygone era
The item surveys Cape Town’s mixed population, notes Scotland’s common surnames, observes art from the left profile, cites high incomes at a New York law firm, and recounts peculiar legal and social details from the United States and Europe, including state waste practices and a Montreal wedding tale.
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Cape Town
France
Scotland
Smith
Macdonald
Brown
New York
United States Department of State
Quotations on folly and prudence from the Atchison Globe
A collection of wry maxims on quarrels, folly, salvation, self care, memory, embarrassment, and restraint. The speaker notes how avoidance of useless acts defines the wisest man, while criticizing rashness in public reading. Reflects vintage editorial style and tone from the Atchison Globe.
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Atchison Globe
Companions, secrets, and a rumored reunion romance
Kate Raymond, sent as a companion to Miss Beverley, endures a dull, exacting routine while clinging to past regrets. Carl Beverley, long loving her, reveals himself in disguise to test her temper and finally wins her consent to marriage, earning a diamond brooch as Miss Beverley’s wedding gift.
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Pellair
Beverley
Kate
Carl Beverley
Florida
Dr. Smith
Kate Raymond
Miss Beverley
Priscilla Beverley
Miss Raymond
Carl
Squire Raymond
James
Carlo
Katie
Milk globules and casein envelope described
The text explains milk contains countless transparent fat globules floating in clear fluid. Each globule is made of milk fat and is enclosed by a thin layer of albuminous material called casein.
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Domino
Dobbine
Bob
G. W. Hawkins
Montana
Berlin
Odds and
Montreal
Massachusetts
Germany
Atchison Philosophy
Maynard, Mass
Haynes & Tourtellot, Maynarp
MAS
Nard Times
Maynard
Parker & Morse
Main Street
N.S. Daniels
Express Office
Concord, Mass
Vermont
L. A. Clough
South
Acton
Canada
Ing Tools
T. Fh. Farrell
Undertaker
Embelming
Ete
Summer St. Maynard, Mass
Concord Junction
Jeremiah Sheehan
Richardson
Concord
Horace Tuitle
Walden Street
Concord Mass
J. C. Friend
H.P.N. Dahl
Navier’s Block
Nason St
Rogers & Brother A. 1
H.p.n.dahl
Maynard Block
W. OC. Hancock
Pratt Nouse
Lexington St
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