Lotta’s Stage Comeback Impresses Rough Nevada Miners
An 17 year old Lotta Crabtree, under her mother’s care, arrived in Hamilton Nevada to perform for a rowdy miners’ crowd. A curtain hid a small banjo wielding girl who won over the audience within thirty minutes, singing dancing and storytelling, prompting wild enthusiasm and even a miner to offer his wealth for Lotta. The show became the era’s most profitable event in Lotta’s career, as crowds pressed forward to show gifts and riches.
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LDF
Meveven
Charlotte Cratstree
Wes
Abe
Nevada
Hamilton
Mra Crabtee
Miss Crabtree
Bone
Lotta
Coe
Enthusiaam
Leason
Enchanted Whistle Leads Shepherd To Princess
An old king and the princess seek to win a hare from a simple shepherd. The shepherd uses a magical whistle and clever trials to match wits with royalty, culminating in marriage to the princess after resolving three impossible tasks and a final tall tale.
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Dialogue Echoes of a Misfit Pair in a Short Run
The excerpt shows a tense exchange with Mr. Goodby and a self deprecating speaker. He laments a lack of happiness from failed relationships while noting a grim forecast as another hard week looms. A copy from the Indianapolis News frames the scene.
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Indianapolis News
Fragmented dialogue fragments from early 20th century papers
A garbled assemblage of overheard lines and stray quotes from newspapers including remarks about scars battles serenades and a remark on bamboo pens. The text cites Boston Transcript Philadelphia Recorder National Magazine and Bamboo pens used in India with minimal clear news context.
One Week's Winnowings of News and Notices
Patent issued to J W Carver Auburn for a machine making pool blanks. Fires destroy Granite house North Jay hotel barber shop tenement and dry goods store damage totals vary. university of Maine commencement week schedule includes baccalaureate address by President Fellows and several ceremonies. barbour bros sell Verona and plan new excursion boat. oil discovery talks in Washington county discussed. missing mare located in Moore's Mills with moose nearby. stable visit notes moose at door.
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Auburn
North Jay
Central Hotel
Muching
L. Andrews
Lowe
University of Maine
Fort Kent
Rage Ie Etal Centri
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Monroe
Westfield, Mass
Charles H. Albert
Bloomsburg Normal School
George W. Twitmyer
Wilmington
Del
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Brewer
C.H. Emerson
Boston
Boston Harbor
Verona
Inter
Barbours
Penobscot Bay
Oll
South Addison
Dalot
Pennsylvania
Washington County
Vanceboro
James Twgue
Changes In Postal Service In Hancock County
Changes in postal service announced include routes Talesford to Seal Harbor and Inlesford to Talesford with schedules from May to Oct and Nov to Apr. Arrivals and departures follow specific times, with mail from Bar Harbor and Tar Harbor affecting Se al Harbor. Several local notes mention residents moving to Prospect Harbor and employment prospects.
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Hancock County
Talesford
Seal Harbor
Bar Harbor
Yalenford
Inlesford
Stover Tapley Wedding in Brooklin Notice
In Brooklin a wedding took place at Capt John T Tapley’s residence on Friday evening May 39 uniting Isaac Lyman Stover and Miss Elton Barker Tapley in a ceremony conducted by Rev J L Pinkerton. Relatives and friends attended as the bride wore crepe de chine. A reception followed and the couple left for North East Harbor to reside.
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Chicago
George W. Blodgett
Dean
T. Tapley
Brooklin
Capt
Georgie
Beethers
John T. Tepley
Tsaac Lyman Stover
Elton Barker Tapley
Tap
J. L. Pinkerton
Methodist Church
Kate Tapley
Eliza Perkins
Stove
Northeast Harbor
Tomsos
North Brooksville
Homer
Brooksville
Bels Ball
Franklin Farrow
I. J. Cousins
Lewis F. Gray
J. J. Cousin
Bangor
Olive Hooper
Deer Isle
Brooks Grindle
Frank Billings
Ralph Condon
Ellsworth
J.M. Elis
J. J. Cousins
Orland
Genevieve Allen
Alonzo Snow
Brewer
David Austin
Domestic Finances and the Matrimonial Firm
Aged advice on shared finances argues couples should view marriage as a business partnership with full transparency. Husbands and wives ought to know each other’s money status, avoid secrecy, and jointly decide on spending to prevent conflict and build unity.
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