Old Genius in a Young Body Steals Hamlet Stage Night
The aging actor MacMicken misses his last performance and an understudy secretly fills in. The understudy becomes inspired and delivers a revitalized Hamlet, earning praise as MacMicken’s revival of vigor. The staged reveal shows MacMicken acknowledging the transfer of performance energy.
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MacMicken
Haad
Standard
Mae Micken
Tie
Connig
Mav
Theycharaeter
Hamlet
Mae
Mae- Micken
Ife
Mac Micken
Mac
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Ald
Heaven
Earth
Horatio
Very Low Rates to Roanoke on Northwestern Line
Excursion tickets to Roanoke Virginia will be sold August 11 through 18 with favorable return limits on account of the annual national convention of Firmen's association. Apply to agents of Chicago and North Western Railway.
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Roanoke
Northwestern
Firmen's Association
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Restoration Through Forest Roots
Dr. R V Pierce offers Golden Medical Discovery a tonic from native American forest roots to purify blood and restore stomach and liver function. It claims to cure indigestion biliousness and headaches with no alcohol or habit forming drugs and warns against substitutes. Also promotes Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative for constipation.
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R.V. Pierce
Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Reverend Bishop Confronted by Liberal Talk and a Racial Anecdote
A Vermont university president recounted Bishop Trall of Vermont Episcopal diocese dismissing a negro applicant to St Pauls church in Burlington. After prayer for spiritual improvement, the bishop quipped that the Lord had tried to find the church for twenty years. The tale reflects church views on admission and race.
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Erastus
St. Pauls Church
Rastus
Pittsburg Vost
Outrage in Oklahoma Territory and a Niagara Falls Tale
A selection of anecdotes recounts Oklahoma territory statehood outrage fears and a lecture about Niagara Falls. It includes Dulah Han’s quip about Erie and a Harvard professor Palmer tale on early masculine logic with a bedtime exchange about why people are here to help others.
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Oklahoma
Raconteur Dulahan
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Erie
Kansas City Star
Palmer
Harvard
New York Observer
Fishing slang leads to a courtroom case interest
A Chicago Daily News excerpt features dialogue about fishing terms like bagged and a claim that a man bought a string of fish after not catching any with his lines. The conversation touches on hunting language and its fit in a legal context.
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Chicago Daily News
Humphreys Medicine Advertsir On Line
A vintage Humphreys medicine advertisement lists cures for lamenness throat distemper colic kidney and bladder disorders ulcers grease and other ailments. It promotes ten specific remedies with terms like stable case and book offered for sale by Humphreys Medicine Co New York and free mailed book.
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Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Col
William and Joky Streets
New York
Differences in Baby Cries and Distress Signals
The passage outlines various cries and reactions in infants. Normal, pain, temper, hunger, and satiety cries are described by intensity, duration, and accompanying body movements. It notes that cries change when needs are unmet, with distinct patterns for each urge.
Freckle Remedy Using Buttermilk and Lemon Mixture
A historical note in plain terms promotes fresh buttermilk for facial cleansing at night to soften skin and reduce freckles, followed by morning rinsing. It also mentions a lemon juice and borax based mixture to prepare for use after aging in a glass bottle.
Homemade vanilla extract substitute recipe instructions
The text outlines a method to make a vanilla substitute by combining Mexican gouille bean pieces with grain alcohol macerated thirty minutes, then adding milk sugar, crushed rock candy, and powdered sugar, stored in a stoppered bottle. It claims high purity and superior flavor to vanilla extract.
Inventor’s attachment heats liquids in lamp chimneys
An inventor presents an attachment for gas or oil lamps to heat liquids such as water or milk without breaking the chimney or causing smoke. The device features a pointed inverted cone liquid receptacle with a handle lid and external flanges for spacing from the chimney. Three or more legs support the heater when detached, with arched upper ends extending below the apex.
Experimental Homemade Soap Recipe From Learned Text
Instructional fragment describes mixing potash in water with pumice calor to make soap base. Adds ammonia borax and grease, stirring until thick, then setting into pans to cut into cakes. Details include quantities and steps, though some terms are unclear or archaic.
Methods to render fabrics and wood fire resistant
The text describes making muslin net and gauze noncombustible by halving whitening with starch, or dissolving sal ammoniae in rinse water for immersion. It also notes treating wood with a solution of equal parts Isinglass and alum to prevent flammability.
Wash and care for pongee fabric with soap and iron
Instructions urge washing pongee in warm water with soap and thorough rinsing. Do not wring, press out water, dry in shade, then press with hot iron on the right side. New cotton may break needles. rubbing with soap can ease drying issues.
Summer Tourist Rates to Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin
Summer tourist rates to northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin resorts via the North-Western Line. Send 2 cent stamp for summer resort literature to W. B. Kniskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago. For rates and tickets, apply to agents Chicago and North-Western Ry. Glidws-11.
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Ilinois
Wisconsin
North-Western
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western R’y. Glidws
Umbrellas Repaired and Recovered by Local Service
T. S. Ryan of 87 Galena Street reports repaired and recovered umbrellas. The Daily Journal offers home city delivery for one franc a week.
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T. S. Ryan
Galena Street
Bishop at Pinina Camp Dinner Conversation
A bishop visits a camp at Clayton and dines with hosts. A man from a corner heckles him, calling the bishop over and urging him to talk to the group about their drinking. The bishop gently remarks that the speaker may also drink, noting the clash between leadership and camp culture. Right Rev. E Talbot reports in Harper's Magazine.
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Clayton Abott O
Bishop
Rev. E. Talbot
Harper's Magazine
Ivy Roots Extract Moisture From Brick Surfaces
The article asserts ivy does not dampen houses as its creeping roots pull moisture from brick or stone it clings to. It also notes Andean rope bridge construction uses linked cables forming trough shaped spans across cliffs.
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Andes
Mortgage Opportunities for Investors Sealed in City Listings
Advertisers offer multiple city mortgages for sale promising around six percent interest. Contact Ove Aidlee, Tayton & Frror for details and viewing arrangements or to discuss available portfolios.
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Ove Aidlee
Tayton & Frror
Pacific Coast Round-Trip Rates From Chicago
Travel deals offer $75.00 round trips from Chicago to Pacific Coast destinations including San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle and Panama via the Chicago North Western line daily from June 1 to September 30 with excited excursions in tourist sleeping cars and double berth fares from Chicago and Omaha.
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Pacific Coast
Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Panama
Treteng
Butte
Spokane
Oeden
Scot
Davis
Omaha
Chicago & North- Western R'y
Summer Tourist Excursions via Chicago Great Western Ry
Summer excursions offered by the Chicago Great Western Railway reach Alberta Arizona British Columbia California Idaho Montana Oregon Washington and Mexico City with stopovers allowed. Tickets on sale daily to September 5th with final return by October 31st. Inquiries at any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minnesota.
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Chicago Great Western Ry
Alberta
Arizona
British Columbia
California
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Mexico City
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
P. A
Round trip fare to Minneapolis for G A R encampment
Fare 86.65 to St Paul or Minneapolis round trip via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment at Minneapolis August 13 to 16. Tickets on sale August 11 to 18 with August 31 return limit and small extension fee. Information from ticket agents or F A Miller Chicago.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Grand Army of the Republic
Minneapolis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Excursion Tickets to Milwaukee on North-Western Line
Excursion tickets to Milwaukee Wisconsin via the Chicago and North Western Railway will be sold August 12 13 and 14 with favorable return limits on account of Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
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North-Western
Grand Acrie
Order of Eagles
Chicago & North-Western R’y
G A R National Encampment Rail Fare Sale
Illinois Central Railroad offers round trip tickets to St Paul and Minneapolis for 6.65 dollars for the National Encampment in Minneapolis from August 13 to 18 1906 Tickets go on sale August 11 12 and 18 with a return limit of September 30 for a small extra charge.
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National
Minneapolis
Minn
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
St. Paul
Excursion Rates to Camp Meeting at Des Plaines Ill
Excursion tickets to Des Plaines Illinois for the camp meeting are offered at reduced fares from July 17 to August 5 with return validity through August 6. Tickets available via Chicago & North Western Railway agents.
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Camp Meeting
Des Plaines
Ill
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Ry
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