The Thinker on Stage Wallace B. Tinkham in a New York theater
A long vignette follows Mr Wallace B Tinkham a Rutledge Vermont store owner who attends a New York theater and becomes the unwitting focus of a backstage moral drama. Behind him a flirtatious couple debates infidelity while a collar button mishap comic relief and a final reflection on character and fate unfold.
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Wallace B. Tinkham
Mr. Tinkham
Rutledge
New York
Rutledge, Vt
Newark
John Storm
Glory Quayle
Providential
Europe
Vienna
Manx Castle
Millionaire Bradbury Keeps Elevator Running In San Francisco Hotel
William B. Bradbury of San Francisco runs his own hotel elevator daily and credits a work ethic with his wealth. He jokes that a millionaire achieves success through effort, citing Sir Walter Raleigh’s rule and questioning the value of mere experience.
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San Francisco
William B. Bradbury
Capitalists
Walter Raleigh
Drum Language in South Africa News of War Flashed by Drums
New World readers learn natives in Africa use drum language as telegraph and telephone to relay major events. Chiefs and villagers in the Kongo region converse by drum lines, instantly spreading news across districts within a day. Stories from Peter de Deken illustrate both accuracy and errors in drum messaging.
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Africa
Kongo
Stanley Falls
Peter de Deken
Inspector Five
Basoko
Five
Bula Matori
Sham Antiquities Factory in Soho London Exposed
A London Soho factory once made stew pans and kettles but covertly produced counterfeit antiques. They replicated old incense burners by hammering over a chuck, then coated with asphaltum and etched the designs, acid bathed to remove material, and finished with ver digris patina. Pieces were broken and mended to seem ancient.
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Sham Antiquities
Soho
London
Horse Racing on the Stage In Theater Illusions
The article describes stage horse racing using treadmills to keep horses in front of a backdrop for varying durations. A moving picket fence hides the machinery and enhances speed illusion by opposing motion. Sounds imitate hoofbeats with dried hooves or cylinders with pins to mimic trotting or galloping.
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Cassell
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New York World
God
Colenso
Magersfontein
England
Grahamstown
Piet Relief
Majuba Hill
United States
Joubert
Pretoria
Paardekraal
Kruger
Heaven
Earth
Zion
Millionaire Bradbury
Ness
The
San Francisco Examiner
Les
Ohio
C. J. Thompson
Defiance
South Africa
Mer
Express
Mackintosh
Davis
Chicaco
Ill
Tusckauk
Baltee
Montgomery Ward
Michigan Av
Madison St
Chileago
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