The Theater Repeats Its Jests From Twenty Years Ago
A Baltimore American review notes watered nostalgia as a theater show repeats longstanding gag lines about the villain heroine and jokes about in laws and baldheads. The soubrette Little Tottie remains the bright spot with youthful glow and a soft pink cheeks.
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True
Tom
Bikewire
Baldhead
Sabe
Tottie
Dugway Boy Seeks Money Through Confident Trick
A young man named Dugway in a confidential mood admires money and contemplates schemes to earn it. He recalls his father balancing books and wonders if taking small sums could go unnoticed while his mother and others react to the plan. He mentions past attempts and a desire for a weekly allowance and hints at chicken farming as a potential venture.
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Dugway
Vance
Ted Cunningham
Mr. Jones
Boy recounts failed poultry scheme and missed dollar
A boy describes trying to raise Plymouth Rocks then rabbits after buying eggs for 25 dollars, selling a rooster for a quarter, keeping two rabbits named Dick and Lizzie, and finally losing money. He laments needing a quick dollar and asks his father for help.
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Plymouth Rocks
Vance
Lizzie
Chicago
Hoyt’s Quick Wit Defuses Rivalry In Stage Crew
A Kansas City Star anecdote recalls Hoyt’s healthful days and a backstage quarrel over show billing. When a cardinal rival asked how to bill the manager on house programs Hoyt replied instantly you should bill him as excess baggage.
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Hoyt
Kansas City Star
Prince of Wales Rebels Over Daily Constitutional Grind
A London correspondent notes the young Prince of Wales grew to detest studies of the English constitution. He openly rebelled against daily grind and asked his tutor why he must learn a dry subject for a country he would someday rule. The tutor replied that knowledge of the constitution was imperative.
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Prince of Wales
London
Woman Marries Man Who Offered World’s Ill to Be Happy
Miss Cayenne recalls how a man vowed to give all the bad in the world to make her happy and she married him, then kept him to his promise. Washington report reflects on a dramatic tale of devotion and consequence.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington
Valentine fashions and fancies for Cupid's festival
A survey of 19th century Valentine gifts from lace valentines to artist cards, jewelry hearts, bonbonnieres, and poems. It notes growth in sentimental tokens, popular boxes of bonbons, and practical keepsakes like heart shaped locket gifts and rosaries of love thoughts.
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St. Valentine
Valentine
Shakespeare
Tennyson
Maud
Kipling
Pepys
Cupid
Mrs. Browning
Kathleen Gray Nelson
Half Truths and Arnold's American Tour Anecdote
During his visit in the United States Matthew Arnold recalled an ambassadorial reception in London saying Americans called him concerted for his style. An elderly widow, Adelaide Procter's mother, quipped that his clothes misled the judgment while serving tea.
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Matthew Arnold
London
Barry Cornwall
Adelaide Procter
Mr. Arnold
America
Civil War Veteran Captain Brown Donates to Confederate Reunion Fund
Captain 8. S. Brown of Pittsburg, a civil war veteran, has given 500 dollars to the fund being raised for the entertainment of the Confederate veterans at the coming reunion in Memphis Tennessee.
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8. S. Brown
Pittsburg
Memphis
Tenn
The Homeliest Man in Dillon and Local Notices
The item invites readers to call a druggist for a free trial bottle of Kemp's Balaam for the throat and lungs with a guaranteed cure and relief for chronic and acute coughs asthma bronchitis and consumption. It lists prices 2 50 and 50 cents and mentions City Drug Store. Local notices mention residents Netus Jumps in King's Ferry N Y and Dow Clock in Sayville LL and Young Onion in Walnut Knots Mo.
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City Drug Store
Young Onion
Walnut Knots
Netus Jumps
King’s Ferry
N. Y
Dow Clock
Sayville, LL
Bad Breath Remedy Promoted By City Drug Store
An ad touts Lane's Tea as a nightly aid to clear the bowels and improve breath. The product, described as preventing nauseous odors, is offered for sale by City Drug Store in a packaged format.
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Kcrause
City Drug Store
Lane
Museum buys prize Hereford steer as most typical ever
The head of a prize Hereford steer owned by Queen Victoria has been acquired by the British Museum as the most representative example of its breed. The purchase marks a notable addition to the museum’s animal relics from the era.
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British Museum
Dynamic Taptives Claim Overnight Cold Cure
Advertisement touts Memunel Dynamic Taptives and Mempex Dynamic TaspoLes as cures for colds and coughs. Endorsers include Baronay Henry ex member of congress, Mrs Emtta L Houtta, and H L Van Winkle. Offer details note 25 cents postpaid from Inland Drug Co San Francisco. Local agent L J Williams also stocks.
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Muenel
Baronay Henry
Congress
Sansome Street
San Francisco
Mempex
Mra
Emtta L. Houtta
Menpert
Self and Friends
Nome
H. L. van Winkle
Capitalier
Washington Street
Post
Inland Drug CO
L. J. Williams
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with no ore no pay and a price of 25 cents. The promise targets quick relief from coughing and cold symptoms.
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