Cake Walk From Slavery Era Draws Attention In New York
A cake walk at Madison Square Garden in New York drew a large crowd and mixed reactions. The piece traces the dance from antebellum cabins to modern venues, notes pride and ridicule, and cites prizes such as pigs, gold canes, or roosters. It mentions prominent participants Rosa Coster, Lottie Smith, Celia Braxton, and Lala Montague and notes the event's persistence in African American and white society. The account also covers judges, music, and heated audience remarks amid the evolving form.
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Madison . Square Garden
New York City
New York
Brooklyn
Washington
Lottie Smith
Celia Braxton
Lala Montague
Miss Snyth
Rock of Gibraltar
Mendelssohn
Bunker Uinwourt
Wilk
Ernest
Arrold
Will Proctor
Mason and Dixon
Turner's Hall
Dobbins
Vanderbilt Avenue
Typewriter Jealous Wife Dashes to New York Office
Brooklyn woman Mrs. Jane Jameson storms her husband's New York office after mishearing a voice and accusing a young typewriter of betrayal. She strikes, objects to the copy read, and faces possible divorce action as gossip and jokes about office romance echo in the press.
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Jane Jameson
Brooklyn
New York
Jameson
Mrs. Jameson
Ambush Rivalry Ends With Fugitives After Shootout
Dudley Alsop and Sydney Smith, two Pleasure Park farmers near Louisville, exchanged gunfire after a prior slander dispute. Smith fled after an ambush that left Alsop wounded. authorities pursue Smith as Alsop recovers and faces Kentucky justice.
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Dudley Alsop
Sydney Smith
Pleasure Park
Louisville
Smith
Alsop
Clay Stewart
Stewart
Watson
Kentucky
Life ruined by a jewel thief and a San Francisco matron
In a St Louis hotel dining room a crowd recalls W R Bradley a Chicago hotel clerk whose career nearly ended due to an adventuress who used him in a jewelry theft. A Springfield Missouri clerk Charlie Mack faced jail when a woman from New Orleans entangled him with genuine gems. The plot centered on a cross and paste stones and a scheme to extort money. The woman later reappeared in San Francisco as a prominent hostess and wife of a wealthy client, while Bradley’s fate and Mack’s name recurred in confession and flight.
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San Francisco
St. Louis
W. R. Bradley
Chicago
Bradley
Adventuress
Ponce
Missouri
Arkansas
Springfield
Old Southern
Charlie Mack
Polk County
Charlie
New Orleans
Mrs. Wilson
Lat
Vicios
Waul
Rolla
Saratoga
bin Shesaphr
Pacific Slope
Rocky Mountains
Harry W. Cockerill
Brooklyn
Nellie Larkins
August Hesse
Johnnie Hoffman
Hesse
Covington Father Avenges Daughter in Fatal Duel
In Covington Kentucky Richard Gray shoots Stephen Grogan after discovering his daughter Mary pregnant. Grogan dies hours later while Gray, remorseful, attempts suicide but is thwarted. Gray, a respected citizen with five children, defends his act as a protective response to his daughter's betrayal and threats.
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Richard“Gray
Covington
Mary Gray
Richard Colvay
Mary
Miss Gray
Mr. Gray
Grogan
Brent
Stirs
Gray
Hypnotism Confession Exposes Thief Aliases and Secrets
In Los Angeles a sneak thief named Dawson was hypnotized by Mindreader Tyndall and confessed to robberies, naming accomplices and locating stolen property. Police tested the method with officers posing as a fence and a rackman, provoking further abuse from Dawson and raising concerns about the technique’s dangerous potential.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dawson
Tyndall
Bosqui
George Wilson
Racksman
Mr. Solomon
San Francisco
Sheeny
Harrell
Rio Vista
Dr. Pierce's Pills Promote Liver Stomach Bowels Health
The ad extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as the best smallest laxative and cathartic. It claims they regulate the liver stomach and bowels with no pain and quick relief. The pills are priced cheap with a satisfaction guarantee and money back option.
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Dr. Pierce
European Specialist Dr Schultz Promises Quick Cures for Catarrh and Blood Diseases
An advertisement touts Dr Schultz as a European specialist offering inhalation therapy for catarrh and a range of blood disorders. It claims rapid, permanent cures without mercury, promises nervous debility remedies, and notes low charges for the poor. It urges personal examination and guarantees cures in short time.
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Schoultz
Schultz
New Remedy Promises Rapid Recovery From Ailments
A historic advertise claim extols a “New Remedy” as the best medicine to restore strength and vigor for diseases from skin conditions to nervous disorders. It asserts the remedy corrects a blood deficiency causing eruptions, hair loss, and other symptoms, including reproductive and urinary troubles, with youth excesses.
Anaconda Montana Patient Confesses Cure by Dr Schultz
A Montana man writes from Amenda declaring long suffering from private diseases cured after treatment by Dr C Schultz in Butte. He describes prior failures with many doctors and American specialists, credits Schultz with his recovery and offers to testify publicly. The letter requests Dillon Tribune mention when writing.
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Anaconda
Mont
C. Shultz
Butte
sir—Porthe
Nespolt
Myeros
Trent
Nts
Wysehultz
Schultz
Wells
Hayny B
Ameenda , Mont
Dillon Tribune
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Montana Business College
Helena, Mont
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