Music and Drama Notes From the Season Preview
Puddahead Wilson will be revived next season with a possible London run. John Philip Sousa and his band will perform four weeks at the international exhibition in Glasgow next year. Paul Kester to dramatize Mark Twain stories for Charles Prolman. Tom Sawyer nearly completed and Huckleberry Finn slated as second work. Tschaikowsky biography drawing on 5060 of his letters and 7400 addressed to him. Mozart Cosi fan tutte reaches its 100th Vienna performance. Faust hits 1100th in Paris. Lawrence Rea, Chicago tenor, gaining acclaim in London. Frangcon-Davies to sing Amfortus in Parsifal for Wagner festival, likely next summer. A Carreno Major daughter debuts in Europe as Carreno Minor, pupil of Moszkowski, hailed as promising.
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Puddahead
Wilson
London
John Philip Sousa
Glasgow
Paul Kester
Mark Wyan
Charles Prolman
Huckleberry Finn
M. Modest Tschiakowsky
Tschaikowsky
Mozart
Cosi Fan Tuttle
Vienna
Gounod
Faust
Paris
Lawrence Rea
Europe
St. James
Ffrangcon-Davies
Villa Wahnfried
Ruirrenth
Amfortus
Prau Wagner
Gotham Journal
Theresa
Valkyr
Carreno Major
Carreno Minor
Moszkowski
Odd global tallies and oddities from foreign sources
Reports from abroad note Britain spending about £250,000 yearly on silk hats, Paris expanding cremation capacity, France suffering hail losses around 83 million francs annually with historical fluctuations, and manna appearing in bamboo during famine in India. Also mentioned: Marble Arch demolition and a Buckingham Palace entrance cost of £80,000.
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Paris
Pere Lachaise
France
Marble Arch
London
George JV
Buckingham Palace
India
Our Cousins Over the Sea and Global Trade Facts
A compilation of disparate facts: emigration tolls in Drudin, British toy sales topping £2,000, England lacking forestry journals while Germany has several, a Cronje era hymn book sold in London, London soup output about 45 000 tons weekly, and a Scottish soldier’s account of a Boer laager casualty. Also notes population shifts, the London New River stock, and a share sale at $625,000.
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Great Britain
England
Germany
Cronje
London
America
London New River Company
Adventiurers
King's
Electric Railway in Paris Proves A Success
Report notes the Paris electric railway has shown strong performance since its July 19 opening, carrying 13,000,000 passengers by October 31 with peaks to 170,000 daily. Hungary records no lightning rod failures last summer despite widespread weather events.
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Hungary
Welten
Paris
Reindeer Workhorses of Alaska Aerial Mail Carriers
Alaska miners increasingly use reindeer as pack animals and principal inland mail carriers. Herd growth 40 to 60 percent annually. a herd of thousand could supply about two thousand towns each spring. Reindeer can haul heavy loads over ice and snow, with feet adapted for icy ground. Total Alaska reindeer around 3,000 today, 1, plus imports from Siberia.
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Alaska
Siberia
Behring Strait
Odd Ways in Japan Show Country’s Oddities and Diffs
A travel sketch outlines Japan’s customs from paled carpentry reversed tool use to left side rail travel and street passing. It notes Japan’s population around 40 million with 400 dentists, the sampan’s enduring design, bullocks as labor, and copper mine output hauled 12 miles by single bullocks to Nikko.
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Empire
America
United States
Nikko
MEN OF AFFAIRS AT NEW YEAR TALK AND WIDELY KNOWN NAMES
A New York sermon by Bishop Potter warns against jewelry excess as a sign of decay. El Diario editor Don Nicholas Rivers is a Carlylist admirer of American institutions. Persian minister Doviet impresses Washington circles, under 40, rich and bachelor. New York leaders plan talks on city purification at year end federation meeting. Bachman wins by seven marriages in an hour. Carnegie’s beard and aging noted as hair turns pale. Vanderbilt’s car collides with farmers wagons on Long Island, driving up costs. a claim agent is considered.
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Potter
New York
Don Nicholas Rivers
el Diario
Havana
Washington
Isaac Khan Mofakhammed Doviet
Bishop Potter
Coler
R. Fulton Cutting
John Swinton
New York Federation
A. J. Bachman
Schaefferstown
Carnegie
William K. Vanderbilt
Long Island
Vanderbilt
Howeve
Law decisions on street regulation and property liens
The Chicago vs Collins case holds a license fee for street use not within city regulatory power. Parry establishes a husband and wife credit trust not creating an estate by the entirety. McClain vs Williams denies an innkeeper's lien on a guest's third party property. Stork vs Philadelphia limits subway construction damages to direct eminent domain effects, excluding secondary damages from negligence.
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Chicago
Collins
Parry
McClain
Stork
Philadelphia
Trifling Facts From Far Afield And Historic Roots
A curious blend of tidbits explains snow blindness among Eskimos and rarity of 50-year-olds in Alaska, notes that algebra derives from two Arabic words, and describes Ephesite a white mineral found near Ephesus. It traces abbot origins to father and Hebrew letters to object names and ox heads, with Adirondacks swamps noted for cedar and tamarack growth.
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Alaska
Ephesus
Adirondacks
Pointed Paragraphs From a Chicago Daily News
A collection of aphorisms and maxims on virtue, necessity, courage, appearances, and social behavior. The bits touch on poverty, time, luck, wisdom, dress, pride, transformation, and love with a sharp, reflective tone typical of a newspaper column. The source links these ideas to everyday observations and moral reflections.
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Chicago Daily News
Firsts in U S industrial and social milestones across centuries
A compact list traces early achievements by year from 1800 to 1848 including the first patent to women for straw weaving in 1800, Wyoming’s 1870 suffrage law, and the earliest coal mine 1806, iron factory 1812, and sewing machine 1819 with other notable firsts.
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Wyoming
California
Statues Honor Civil War Leaders On Capitol Grounds
The Hartford’s bronze propeller adorns the Farragut statue while J Q Adams designed The Genius of America on the capitol portico. Mexican cannon supplied bronze for Gen Winfield Scott statue in his namesake circle. The Army of the Tennessee funded a $50,000 statue of Gen James B McPherson in his square.
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Hartford
Admiral Farragut
John Quincy Adams
America
Capitol
Gen
Winfield Scott
The
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
James B. McPherson
Popular Science Notes From An Old Page
A wren lives three years and a spar row as much as 40. Acetylene is the most brilliant of luminating gases. Glasgow authorities study a proposal for city savings banks. Alloy cohesion often exceeds average metal cohesion. Australian wool yields about 160 grams of carbonate of potash with Buenos Ayres wool reaching 190 grams per idiogram of crmbed wool.
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Glasgow
Buenos
Municipal notes on distances and fires in Milwaukee
Manila lies 9460 miles from the capital and Honolulu 4513 miles west of Washington. In Milwaukee a rainstorm sparked several trees set on fire by diverted electric currents. Albany, New York, ranks as the second oldest settlement in the original thirteen colonies and the third oldest chartered city in the United States.
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Honolulu
Washington
Milwaukee
Albany
N. Y
United States
Railroad Notices Offer Land Purchases and Excursion Fares
Railroad solicits buyers for lands in northwest Iowa and southwest Minnesota and promotes excursion fares. Agents in Cedar Rapids advertise immigration services across multiple states and territories, with routes to Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Northern Beltway. Details and rates provided by John G. Karmer, A G P T A B, and agents in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Cunth Pakobu
Uva Ager
Burlington
Cedar Rapids & Northern Beltway
Nerus
Abbett
Sheil Hock
Alessis
Louisiana
Montana
New Mexico
Nebraska
Carolina
Dakota
Oregonu
South Dakota
Utah
Virginia
Washington
A.G. P
O. B
Fh. My
Junigs - Gedar Kaplds
Teachers Excursion to the American Exposition
Advertises teachers excursion details with travel parties, agents, and organizers including A. L. Steece and Prof. Lo Heszczzerwoud, offering low rates to Colorado, Utah, California, and other western states with schedule notes and contact points. mentions railcars, special trains, and local auctioneers.
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Colorado
Utah
California
Montana
Wasington
Oregon
M. BE. Winn
Abuub
JNU
Vakmer
A. G. PY
L.A
Ky. Youur
Cure-All Patent Remedy Promoted by Local Ad
A local advertisement touts Kicetrieg Hitters as a cure for chronic ailments and female troubles. The testimonial claims long lasting relief for a troubled child and improved health for the wife, with a promise of satisfaction guaranteed by a company named Willame & Anderson.
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Chronigmuibestlivd
Uertoud Webby
Dd. Gree
Lancaster
Willame & Anderson
How to Build Why illustrated designs book offer
Idea seekers can request full information for residence school or church and receive illustrated designs. A new 132 page book titled How to Build Why costs 50 cents. Illustrations included. Write HALLETT RAWSON Architects 815 Walnut St Des Moines Iowa for details.
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Hallett & Rawson
Architecta
Walnut St
Des Moines
Lowa
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J. Hansen
Lincoln Street
Orleans Hotel
Geo Galagher
Ayers
Estherville
Rygg
Theodore Roosevelt
Australia
the Outing Publishing Co
Fifth Ave
New York City
Chais H U. MT
Sou
Esthervile Roller Mills
A. O. Peterson
E. E. Johnston
Bigham & Johnston
Fifth and
Lincoln Streets
Robins & Julson
Music and Drama
Japan
MEN OF Affairs
D.C
Popular Science
Manila
St Bees Ky
Ully A
Ullceus
B. Uy Iy Ds Nott 5
Brug Lue & Bean
Bh. UO
Soule
P.O. Woo
A. L. Stecee
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Heszzerwoud
Luwa Halls
Indepuuuenue
Lowe
K. W. Richumyer
People Villas
Saisiwetlong
Haentinger
Princeton
Diuettmnger Broubeers
P.O
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Hakky Bglin
Peter Ouusua
Athe District Court
Aden Luth
Aden L. Linth
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Kinet
Aden Lo Ruth
Esthervillev
Maren
A.D. WL
Wb Oruslee
C. Doulistle
Auditor of State
Northern
Bimet County
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Jol“Luc
Lininger
A. G. Brown
Walter Crowell
C.M. Brown
Bod. Breen
K W. Bachman
BF. Kirby
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Mok
Whelan
AJ Tenn
Durpy
Re Ammon
Dekota
Red River Valley
Landsvekers
Pletcher & CO
Ratherville
Emmet County
Lows
Anderson Brothers
Draga
Wheeler & Wilson
DAVIS
Tam
Davis Shoe Store
Cam
Ratherville Town
A. S. Williams
E. Schank
Old Palace
Howard
Myerly, Sarqgent Bevan, Myerly & Bevan, Lawyers
Alusunie Block
Estherville, Lo
C. W. Crlm
A. d. Penn
Crim & Penn, Lawyers
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Dutberville, Fo
Geo. W. Adams
J. J. Mauberg
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K. A
Morling
Aller Morling & Allen
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Albru Block
Kythervidie
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M. D
R. AL McDowell
Gstheopachic Phyalchin
Uitice Ln Krupp
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