Power of a Song Selections and Notable anecdote
The note recalls Mrs Florence Maybrick who returns to Chandler Day and lives in New York. It recounts Stephen Adams later Michael Maybrick as her brother-in-law and the hymn The Holy City sung first on his yacht. An incident in San Francisco court shows prisoners singing move judge to grant thirty men another chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Maybrick
Chandler Day
New York
San Franccisco
Opera
Dragnet
Holy City
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Inauguration Card for Simplon Tunnel Issued to Public
Collectors seek the new Simplon tunnel postcard showing Labor guiding Commerce and Agriculture on the design and a frieze with In labore pax and Inauguration of the Simplon on the address side. Five hundred thousand copies will be struck and the block destroyed.
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Simplon Tunnel
Simplon
Various Global Facts Tied to Agriculture and Policy
The passage notes large Canadian wheatfields and a Mexican president elected without term limits. It mentions Postmaster General Cortelyou’s plan to issue postal notes from 1 to 10 cents by July 1, plus 5 and 10 cent grades to $1. It reports West Paris buttermilk affecting trout, Canada overtaking the U S as Britain’s cheese supplier, Annapolis midshipmen dropping hazing, and a new edition of naval academy hazing laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Cortelyou
Paris
United States
Great Britain
Canada
United States Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Plays and Players in New York Theaters
The season highlights include Aida Johnson Young securing a comedy writing contract for James K. Hackett after Brown of Harvard. De Wolf Hopper returns to the Majestic for a third metropolitan engagement following Happyland runs at Lyric and Casino. Jefferson De Angellis, born to the stage, follows the De Angelis acrobatic family legacy. Nellie McCoy stars in The Farl and the Girl and is the subject of the new song Coy Nellie McCoy with words by Arthur Sherman and music by H A Hardy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Harvard
Aida Johnson Young
James K. Hackett
de Wolf Hopper
The
Lyric
Casino Theaters
New York
the Majestic
Jefferson de Angelis
Joseph Jefferson
de Angelis
W. H. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Nellie McCoy
Arthur Sherman
H. A. Hardy
English Etchings and Oddities From London Life
A quirky roundup notes London penny phone trials, late clocks hidden in dry goods shops, and florists hiring milliners to trim hats with real flowers priced from 1.25 dollars. It also records the demolition of High Mill in Yarmouth and a poor relief case where an elderly mother sues to support an insurance policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
England
United States
Canada
London
London Florists
St Louis Nationals and Washington Baseball News
The St Louis Nationals offered fielder McBride to George Tebeau for 750 dollars but the deal failed. Washington baseball is booming with strong leadership. Charley Ebbetts of Brooklyn reports losses of five thousand dollars from defeats. Pitcher Digert, famed for the spitball, struggles for the Athletics after two starts supplanted in two games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Nationals
McBride
George Tebeau
George
Ltitcher Digert
Boston Americans
New Orleans
Athletics
Famous trees linked to U.S. history at Mount Vernon and beyond
The article lists trees tied to colonial and early American history. It notes the ash and tulip trees at Mount Vernon planted by Washington, the Burgoyne elm at Albany from Burgoyne’s capture, the Eliot oak in Newton where John Eliot taught, historic pear trees planted by Endicott and Stuyvesant, and the Emancipation oak at Hampton Institute where Lincoln’s proclamation was first heard by slaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Washington
Burgoyne
Albany
N. Y
Eliot
Newton
Mass
John Eliot
Endicott
Massachusetts
Stuyvesant
New York
Hampton Institute
Hampton
Boston Globe
Model of the Moment in Fashion Froth
A New York Globe fashion notice highlights the patch pocket on a smart tailored blouse. Suits trend away from collars while offering a collar effect. Lace varieties, princess silhouettes in lingerie, low necklines for evening wear, and appliques with lace ruching define the season's look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Globe
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Coner Public Square
Jas. R. Richey
G. W. Martin
Liberty and 4Th Sts
Covington, Ind
the City Laundry
Tiystee
Coleman,Reeves & Coleman
Cotton Belt
Chaefer
T.P. A
Indinaspofis
Power OF
Jerusalem
Japan
New York Press
Pascal
Monte Carlo
Sea Bathing and
Booklaver's
Alps
Hammiet-Schwand
Lucerne
Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Nexo
Yarmouth
Charley Ebbetts
Brooklyn
Charney
Burton
D. Burton
East Side Square
Knabe and
Everett
Lyon & Healy
Starr
Baby
Dayton
Arion
Walworth
Kingsbury
Wellington
Warner
Rudolph
Kurtzman
Steinway
Weber
Knabe
Weber, Kimball
Benjamin Temple of Music
Vermilion St
Danville
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