The Most Successful of Modern Plays in America
The era’s top shows draw huge crowds with hits like The Old Homestead The Little Minister and Ben Hur. A week of matinees begins February 18 with Cyrene Noonan Vaudeville alongside Little Ruth Evans and Lind. Nugget Nell tale and Cherry Sisters praise. Henry Irving and other stars tour. London Hippodrome opens with vast arena exhibits. The note covers theater talent scenery and a vivid coyote essay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Frietchie
Ben-Hur
Miss Hobbs
Lyceum
Washington
Europe
Hamburg
Germany
Sutton
America
United States
Child Wonder
Ruth
Evans
Lindsay
Rockies
Sidney Wood‘ward
Budd Bunken
Nell
Sidney
Coyote Description in Scientific American Quoted
A summary cites Prof Charles Fredrick Holder relating to the coyote Canis latrans, described as a typical American wild dog of the far west. The text notes the animal’s hardy nature and common misrepresentation in books, where it often appears fox-like rather than as it truly is.
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T West
Mesa
Pasadena
Huxley
Don Coyote
Hia
California
San Gabriel Valley
San Juan
San Gabriel
Charles Fredrick Holder
Tourist Conundrum in Verbal Exchange at Rural Fair
A garbled OCR style exchange features phrases about a thief accused of cattle theft, a reference to Amber Pete and Igpander Pete, and a colloquial retort about hanging. Mentions a 230,000 bill and President McKinley in a fragmentary historical record.
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Amber
Homesick tramp overhears quarrel on village doorstep
A weary wanderer sits on a quiet village step as a man and woman argue inside a nearby house. Voices escalate with angry words and sounds of objects being thrown, revealing a tense domestic scene.
One Lesson of the Late War
Admiral William T. Sampson argues the naval militia proved its value in the Spanish American War. He notes their coast defense work from Florida to Maine, filling gaps and releasing regular officers for deep water service. He advocates a national naval reserve, drilled yearly, under the naval department, to quickly man ships in future conflicts.
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Wiliam T. Sampson
Notmtene
Cuba
Florida
Maine
Aval
Eic
Naval Department
Sant'ago
Manilx
Fragments: Adjacent Newspapers Quote Humorous Exchanges
A garbled excerpt from several 19th century papers shows snippets of dialogue and slang. A tramp asks for mercy with a broom while a bystander debates temperance and propriety, labeled as false pronouncements from Ohio State Journal and Indianapolis Journal.
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State of
Iowa
Cherry Sisters
Keokuk
Towa
Hubinger Park
Heokuk
Buffalo
New York
New York World
Boston
Quex
Board of Aldermen
Julius Harborer
State Assembly
New
Grace van Benthuysen
Chicago
Miss van Benthuysen
Hart Conway
Henry Arthur Jones
England
Drusilla
Sibyl
Winifred
Ethelwynne
Sir Henry Irving
London Lyceum
The
Twentieth Century Maids
St. Louis
Wilson Barrett
M. Sienkiewicz
Louis Parker
Francis Wilson
Cincinnati
Eugene Field
Thackaray
Pittsburg
Italy
Mascagni
Puccini
Leoncavalio
Mor
Oo Verdi
Boito
Dorothy Morton
Quebec
Eleanora Duse
América
Leibler & Co
Hammerstein's New Theater
the Republic
Charles Hawtry
London
John Hare
Bi Tree
Mr. Hawtry
Mars
R. C. Carson
Frank Losee
James Brett
Treasury Department
Justice Hayter
Tam
Justice
Mattie Abell
North Eleventh Street
Philadelphia
Grand Opera
Burton
Bea
Miss Abell
London Hippodrome
Mme. Tussaud's
Westminster Abbey
Sutton's Theater
York
Weetaek
Luke
Hi McKinley
Sampson
Collier's Weekly
Ohio State Journal
Indianapolis Journal
Williams
Pink
Snyder
Louisiana
Lawrence
Kansas
Dr. Williams
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