Life of Edwin Booth as a Supple Dramatic Genius
The article portrays Edwin Booth as a leading American stage figure with inherited talent and lifelong toil. It notes his partnership with Adelaide Ristori in Boston, hints at retirement plans at age 54, and recounts his early training under Junius Brutus Booth. It highlights his Hamlet mastery and his self-made poster and ticket duties on the Western frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ristori
America
Lady Macbeth
Edwin Booth
Booth
Boston
Hamlet
Bertuccio
Lifelone
Dane
Thomas Powell
Allibone
Mary McVicker
Mr. Booth
Mr. Powell
Junius Brutus Booth
Edwin
Belair
Baltimore
Exeter Street
John 8. Clarke
Tim Vernor's Library Quest and a Curious Figure Study
A lumberman with sudden fortune purchases a vast library with fancy bindings and blue and yellow covers, misjudging value for display. An expert accountant then presents a remarkable arithmetic curiosity with repeated 5s, 4s, and 6s, inviting puzzlement at the patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Vernor
The World's Capital and a Parisian Reverie
A columnist compares Paris to New York and London in male appeal and street cleanliness. He recalls a brasserie duel, a Chicago girl in Europe, and a cafe chantant episode, noting Parisian streets are spotless and the French taste for suggestive songs is briskly tolerated.
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Chicago
New York
London
Paris
America
Latin Quarter
Norway
Cafe Chantant
The Spring Poet Finds a Place in the Editor's Sanctum
The spring poet enters the editor’s sanctum seeking a showcase for a piece Harpers would praise. The editor worries he cannot fuse it amid surplus masterpieces from last year’s crop.
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Harpers
Feeble Fancy and Bad Luck for Jack Borro
The column lampoons a shabby man named Jack Borro in hard luck with sly jests about his advertising ventures. Judge expresses bemusement at his limited imagination and repeats old collar styles as a running gag.
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Wiggins
Jack Borro
Algy
Onions Selling by Bushel in Canastota NY Market
Onion prices in Canastota New York show bushel sales active with ale businesses noted. Market activity highlights local trade and pricing signals for traders and shoppers.
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Canastota
N. Y
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Susie Antrobus
Mecca
Oxford
Harvard
New York Herald
Bois
d'Orsay
Europe
le Marquis de C
Reap
Chantant
Champs Elysee
Terpsichore
Oil City
Tf Michael
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