Gifted Polish actress masters English after six years
The Russian drama scene focuses on Madame Bertha Kalich, a Polish actress famed in New York's Bowery Yiddish theatres. Once unfamiliar with English, she now commands the language and five others German Polish Russian French and Yiddish. She appeared in Fedora and later impressed audiences in English speaking roles.
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Russia
Jonna Vanna
Madame Bertha Kalich
Bowery
New York City
Madame Kalich
Monna Vanna
Bertha Kalich
Rachel
Bernhardt
Dawison
Edwin Booth
David Garrick
Siddons
Chiicago
W. H. Hubbard
The
Chicago Tribune
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Trappers Prosperous Times Amid High Fur Prices
In the northern country trappers expect a rich winter harvest as mink, marten, and otter pelts command top prices, boosting settler incomes. Prices for foxes remain weak, while beaver and fisher show variation. Indians trap for profit yet often undervalue their catches. Grizzly and black bear pelts are rare or limited to rough conditions, with dealers and agents buying furs for resale.
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Great Lakes
Minnesota
Uncle Sam's Second Navy Cadets at Arundel Cove School
The Revenue Cutter cadet program at Arundel Cove near Baltimore trains future officers with strict exams and a three year schedule. Cadets endure early drills, extensive study in mathematics, English, history, and seamanship, with strict finances and a path from third lieutenant to captain.
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West Point
Annapolis
Arundel Cove
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
United States Revenue Cutter Service
Cadet Corps
Revenue Cutter Service
Revenue Cutter
Baldwins New Airship Showcases Enhanced dirigible design
Captain Thomas Baldwin presents a newer airship with a 16000 cubic foot gas bag, Japan silk envelope, a spruce keel, and a 75 pound 71 hp gasoline engine. The propeller at the bow pulls rather than pushes, with a side rudder and a two gallon gasoline tank. Cost exceeded 1800 dollars. each ascent runs about 250 dollars.
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Thomas Baldwin
Captain Baldwin
America
The
Republic
Los Angeles
California
Japan
Oregon
Baldwin
Forests in danger as Wilson urges large scale reforestation
Secretary Wilson warns that U S timber reserves face wholesale destruction unless millions of acres are planted. He notes federal forestr y expansion has boosted management and funding, and urges arbors day annually with a goal of one million acres planted. Edward Everett Hale also calls for prompt action to protect forests and manage them as a business asset.
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Everett Hale
American Forestry Association
Wen
United States
Congress
McKinley
Congress For Forestry
Forestry Division
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Forestry For Management
Bureau of Forestry For Administration
Washington
Edward Everett Hale
United States Senate
Hale
Ohio Valley
Michigan
Minnesota
Northwest
Oregon
Dr. Hale
Europe
The International Sunshine Society And Its Charitable Gift
The International Sunshine Society, founded in 1900, operates as a broad network of volunteers offering daily acts of kindness without salaries. Originating from Cynthia Westover Alden’s idea to pass on greeting cards, it emphasizes personal sympathy, free service, and wide charitable reach with 400,000 members today.
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International Sunshine Society
Sunshine Society
New York
Cynthia Westover Alden
The
New York Recorder
Woman's Sweet Will Pillar Motto in Canterbury
A pillar in Canterbury bears a quotation about a woman's will and power. The inscription proclaims that if she wills, she will, and if she won't, that ends it. The phrase reflects a witty, weathered view on female resolve and autonomy.
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Canterbury
Evolution of Woman in a Humorous Verse
A whimsical verse traces attitudes about women from biblical Eve through Adam to modern times. It jokes that Eve was called wo-man, then woo-man, and ends noting how wives’ whims impact husbands’ pockets, calling them whim-men.
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Adam
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