Theater Casts and Tours Highlight Next Season
A burst of casting moves and tours unfolds as stars sign with managers and companies. Adrienne: Caiolies moves to the New York Empire. Clara Hunter joins Pitou's Chauncey Olcott company. John H. Sussell tours London for a possible New York production. Mme Janau schek and Kate Claxton may team for Bleak House and The Two Orphans. James Fort sails to England to head Gray and Stephens Signal Lights, with a 12 month Shakespeare theater tour starting Liverpool. The Blue Ribbon is named for a future Harrigan play. James B Radcliffe joins Barney Ferguson’s company. Carrie Perkins engaged for Tabasco run in Chicago. George M. Welty remains ill. Florence Rockwell eyed as potential Shakespearean star. Duffy’s Blunders credited to Kidder and Ferguson.
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Joe Ott
Edldie Foy
Edward Harrigan
James B. Radcliffe
Barney Ferguson
Mme. Janauschek
Kate Claxton
Bleak House
Mary Timberman
Robert Mantel
E. B. Kidder
Duffy
Racing and horse rumors across towns and fairs
Braddock Pennsylvania eyes a new mile track in Fulton Illinois opens with large turnout. A New England auction sells a horse for 50 cents. Grand trot on Foxley river in Prince Edward Island on April 3. Idaho’s Kitty Wilkins ranges about 3000 horses. Charter Oak park adds six races for August grand circuit. Stanford museum removes famed stallions Occident Palo Alto Electioneer. Judge Burke named general manager of racing for St Louis Fair association.
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Braddock
Fulton
Ill
New England
Polauder
Grand Rapids
Foxley River
Prince Edward Island
Kitty C. Wilkins
Idaho
Indication
R. B. Wheeler
Redlands
Cal
Charter Oak Park
Treland
Palo Alto
Stanford University Museum
Crab Orchard
Morgan
Garrard County
Joseph J. Burke
St. Louis Fair Association
Wiman Conviction Draws Wide Editorial Response
A flood of editorials condemns Erastus Wiman after his conviction for forgery. Detractors call the case a tragedy and a warning that honesty and law apply to all, praising punishment and judging his influence on public virtue.
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Baltimore News
Erastus Wiman
New York World
Detroit News
Detroit Free Press
Wiman
Rochester Union
Dun
New York Post
England's Premiers and the Derby Shoes
A collection of editorials jokes about Lord Rosebery and the Derby. The pieces reference his statesmanship, turf interests, and a Derby horseshoe sent to Ambassador Bayard, noting Bayard's good fortune and Rosebery's gift.
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Lord Rosebery
England
Ludius
Iansas City Star
New York World
Washington Star
Bayard
Ladas
Boston Herald
Jewelry Styles Featured in Jewelers Circular
The Jewelers' Circular highlights light designs in brooches and bracelets with opal accents and a preference for broad golden carnelian jewelry for morning wear. It notes attention on brownie jewelry in shop windows, silver sprigs as belt pins, Lelis pieces with silver slides, double link sleeve buttons in white enamel, and the ubiquity of scarfpins to fix four in hand ties.
Dalton fallacies linger in lore of Colonel Bill Dalton
A fragmentary note from the Washington Post quips that Colonel Bill Dalton’s latest death endures in memory with stronger staying power than earlier killings. The passage reflects on how his legend persists despite earlier defeats.
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Bill Dalton
Dalton
Washington Post
Fashion notes on hats and gowns from New York Sun
Dust cloaks in gluce sarah shades and new linen shirts with sprays of white adorn summer wardrobes. Collars of lace, sashes in ribbons and silk, and gloves with floral embroidery trend, while mohair and moire capes update gray crepon gowns. Parasol styles feature guipure and onyx or tortoise handles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Stuart
New York Sun
Royal Europe A Portrait of Regal Traits Across Nations
A survey of monarchs and consorts describes the king of Dahomey educated in France and fluent in French, the Duke of Parma with ten daughters and five sons, and Prince Alfred showing little love for music. It notes Greece's queen as a rare admiral figure, Victoria's Europe-limited travels, Austria's empress shedding court finery, and Eugenie’s enduring refined profile.
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Dahomey
France
Parma
Bulgaria
Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha
Alfred
Greece
Europe
Czar
Victoria
Holland
Germany
Italy
Austria
Eugenie
Prickly Heat and Witty World Warnings
A collection of wry aphorisms from the Atchison Globe feature page. Observations touch on fatigue with tasks, clever talkers, constant complainers, and the quirks of fashion, farming, and domestic life conveyed in a humorously pointed tone.
Read poetry and Bible and science for a balanced mind
The passage urges reading poetry Bible science romance and history to enrich the mind strengthen the soul and build noble character through exemplary figures and historical lessons. It frames reading as a path to promise usefulness and resistance to error.
Notable discomforts of famous historical figures
The item lists various sufferings and woes of notable persons across history. It cites Charlemagne, Vondel, Jonson, George IV, Voltaire, Mme Sevigne, Louis XVIII, Handel, Sir Robert Walpole, Campeng, Alfred the Great, Catherine the Great, and Sir Walter Raleigh, detailing ailments, misfortunes, or humiliations attributed to them.
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George IV
Voltaire
Mme. Sevigne
Louis XVIII
Paris
Handel
Chicago humor and city vices echo across papers
The clipped quotes mock Chicago’s pride and its social ills from multiple papers. References span temperance bids, unemployed concerns, and civic projects, with a flippant jab at a Montana banker’s grafted skin suit and a closing job ad for Tris-UNE office.
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Amano
Atchison Globe
Coke
Vondel
Jonson
Sir Robert Walpole
Chicago
Hamlin Garland
Louis Republic
Boston
Detroit Tribune
Minneapolis Tribune
Boston Journal
Milwaukee
New York
Milwaukee Journal
Lake Shore
Mattoon Gazette
Montana
Baltimore American
Tris- Une
U. & N. Hh. R. Time Cad
Butte
Aim
North
Wee
J. E. Hammer
McCormick
McCormick Grain
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co
George J. Staudaher
Bulcher
Dillon National Bank
Mont
W. E. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Yinks
W.L. Doughs
Crowell & Nuckolls
B. Orem
Center Street
J. C. Orem
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