Theatrical Cuts and the Sawing of Acts
The piece recalls how cuts in new plays are common to fix slow or tiring passages. It notes radical changes may occur, and cites Henry J. Byron at a first performance where a friend asked about the sawings behind the curtain. The author quips Byron guessed the next act was being cut.
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Henry J. Byron
Walt
Byron
New Braunewick
N.J
Jan
James Boss
Martin A. Howe
Board of
Keystone Watch Case
Philadelphia
Dames Boss
Keystone
Letter Reveals Bias Against Women Journalists
Joe Howard in the Boston Herald recounts a powerful journalist dismissing a female job applicant and asserting that women are unreliable writers. The narrator notes counterexamples from his own experience where women produced strong work, including labor and strikes coverage.
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Joe Howard
Boston Herald
Daily Journal
Sheppard
Bennett
Romance of a Secretary’s Kin Ends in Western Home
A Graphic letter relates a Connecticut girl of modest means and a New Hampshire statesman’s son with the same name as his father. Beginning with a $6000 fortune, the youth attends Dartmouth, funds his expenses by his father, and eventually marries after serving as a Concord railroad brakeman and later a Western-line worker.
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W. E. Chandler
Navy
Connecticut
New Hampshire Statesman
Itician
Dartmou College
Dartmouth
Chronicle
Concord Railroad
Granite State
Ise
Miss
Graphic
French engineer proposes four day ocean voyage
A French engineer M Sebillot suggests cutting transatlantic travel time to four days by a double hull design with a narrow lower hull and a nearly dry upper hull. He envisions a 12 000 ton vessel with 10 000 horsepower to reach 32 35 knots, crossing New York to Europe in calm water. The plan aims to match raceboat efficiency while withstanding rough seas. The public would welcome such rapid transit if proven feasible.
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M. Sebillot
Europe
East River
New York
Iford Post
The High-Toned Man and the Cigar Offer
A flamboyant visitor with a chipped half dollar visits Uncle Peter Ricardi’s store near the office. He rants that the town has nothing fit to eat or smoke, asks for a cigar, and is met with a sharp deal: a cigar and change, only to leave after a calculated gesture.
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Peter Ricardi
Oscar Wilde
Uncle Peter
His Highness
The Potiphar’s wife question mortifies a lawyer in court
A lawyer in a historic divorce case argued for over an hour and a half before Judge G- drawn by a sore toe. He closed with the line asking if Potiphar’s wife was older than Joseph, nearly provoking the judge into anger.
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Sawyer
Potiphar
Joseph
Dreams and omens from famous figures in history
A Celtic Magazine piece recounts how dreams influenced Caesar, Lord Bacon, Goethe, and others. It notes Caesar’s wife Calpurnia dreaming of his murder, Bacon’s forewarnings, Lyttleton’s dream of death, and Goethe and Franklin’s dream-linked decisions, illustrating dream guidance across eras.
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Caesar
Plutarch
Senate
Cesar
Lord Bacon
Franklin
Goethe
Thomas Lord Lyttleton
Kilk
Mr. Fortescue
Captain Wolsey
Pitt Place
Epsom
Celtic Magazine
Woman Claims Soul Theft By Hidden Society
Mrs O Brien Luttrell of Paterson New Jersey tells the recorder she is afflicted by a society of men who steal souls forcing a strange double life. She says her soul has been taken to India and married to a British colonel, and she cannot reveal her child to the world. The report also notes a Lincolnshire mayor court scene where a drunken prisoner is mocked for punishment and fined.
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O'Brien Luttrell
Stony Road
Paterson
N. J
Patterson
India
Lincolnshire
Benc
Pall Mall Gazette
Henry Ward Beecher
England
Ee W. Rickert
Ggne
Long Branch
Senator Farley
California
United States
New York
Ole Bull
Connecticut
Harwich
Eng
Annie Gordon
Bluffton
Louis Napoleon
Prof
Horsford
North Carolina
Blackwell
Thackeray
Anne
Alfred Tennyson
Harper's Monthly
James Russell Lowell
Court of St. James
Oldest US opera house shines in Savannah lore
The piece surveys a collage of 19th century curiosities from around the world, noting Savannah’s claim of hosting the nation’s oldest opera house, while listing diverse items from Canada’s debt per capita to fashion notes in England and France. It highlights a mix of social quirks, almanac facts, and cultural gossip without a single cohesive narrative.
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Savannah
United States
Canada
New York
New York City
London
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