Madison to Eau Claire and Twin Cities by Fast Trains
Rail time table shows Madison connections north toward Eau Claire and St. Paul Minneapolis with routes from Galena to Chicago Dubuque and Omaha. Lists arrival and departure times for north south east and west trips, including through trains to St Louis Omaha and Montana via major hubs.
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Galena
Houth Crain
Chicago
St. Louis
Louisa Veeres
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Paul
St Paul
Murive
Pau
Dubuque
St. Louia Dally
Cscs
Madison
Eau Claire
Milwaukee
South Madison
Illinois Central Railroad
St. Paul Limited
Lesves Chicago
C.s
Omaha Limited
Mrrives
Omaha Express
Pie Mail
Dubuque Pass
SOUTI
St. Paul-Chicago
Lim
Chicago Limited
South Express
St.Louis
D’ly
Galena Bevss Ooo
Exce
Bloomington
Nixon
Mendota
Normal
la Salle
Omaha
Sioux City
Memory of Cushman and theater notes parade in 19th century
Fred Wren recalls singing to Charlotte Cushman and her longing for a lost love, praising her Christian virtues and intellect. The piece also covers Forbes Phillips on church and stage, Guy Bates Post’s appendicitis, Louis James’ revival slate, Boucicault’s European winter, Mars in Mile. Modiste, Sothern’s Fenris project, Marlowe and Sothern’s Shrew plans, Carmen cilla’s return to New York, Viola Allen’s Carr play rights, De Koyen and Ranken deal with Henry W. Savage, and Irving’s altered tour plans.
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Charlotte Cushman
Fred Wren
Guy Mannering
Bertrand
Miss Cushman
Charlotte Cughman
Mary Wells
Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher
Macbeth
Mary Stuart
Guy Bates
New York
Louis James
Virginius
Ingomar
Richelieu
Aubrey Boucicault
Europe
Julia Marlowe
Mr. Sothern
Miss Marlowe
Miss Marlow
Viola
Kathrine
Portia
Carmencella
Paradise Gardens
Carmencita
Spain
America
Viola Allen
Comyn Carr
Carr
Henry Irving
Lyceum Theater
London
Oliver Twist
Beerbohm Tree
His Majesty's Theater
Reginald de Koyen
Frederic Ranken
Henry W. Savage
Savage
Gillette to appear in Paris first American star in Frohman plan
Frohman plans William Gillette’s Paris debut making the American actor the first U.S. star showcased there under his management. Gillette’s plays and persona helped Frohman gain success in England, and the Paris visit is highly anticipated as part of broader efforts to present American plays and stars abroad. Francis Wilson to publish reminiscences of Joseph Jefferson after a successful Eugene Field brochure. Wilson hints at insights into Jefferson as actor painter storyteller and more.
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Gillette
Charles Frohman
William Gillette
Paris
Mr. Frohman
Mr. Gillette
England
Francis Wilson
Eugene Fiehd
Joseph Jefferson
Mr. Wilson
Jefferson
Notable Theatre Cast Announced for Maxine Elliott Company
News mentions actors Charles Cherry Nellie Thorne Fe lix Edwards and Herbert Standing along with Mathilde Cottrelly joining Maxine Elliott's company. Mme Modjeska is to appear in another production, signaling a busy West End season with leading figures in drama and performance.
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Charles Cherry
Nellie Thorne
Fe.lix Edwards
Herbert Standing
Mathilde Cottrelly
Maxine Elliott
Mme. Modjeska
Theatrical Plans Shift as 1906 Autumn Holds Change
The year’s commencement is postponed to autumn, sending the star to England next season. Yvette Guilbert in London plans an American return in autumn, with recital on parlor style similar to her London Paris tours. A new wave of Broadway announcements includes Ade, Wilson, and Wilcox works, plus Fanny Brough touring England before London. Corinne supports Regers in Ireland show, while Fay Templeton recovers from throat operation.
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England
Yvette Guilbert
London
America
New York
Paris
Charles Frotman
George Ade
Joseph Wheelock, Jr
Fay Davis
Mizpah
Francis Wilson
Virginia Harned
Henry Arthur Jones
Fanny Brough
Duke of
Robert Vernon Harcourt
Sir William Vernon Hercourt
Miss Brough
Jane van Buskirk
Corinne
New Amsterdam Aerial Theater and Gardens
Regers Brothers
Rogers Brothers
Ireland
Coriune
Fay Templeton
Miss Templeton
Impers. Tlre
Verses of Norah and Ethel in a Love Parade
A poem excerpt presents Norah at a kitchen window and Michel urging her to join him under the stars. Watts’s Ethel radiates grace in a drawing room as Archie bows, all declaring love in a lyric stanza from Margaret E. Sangster in Everywhere Ethel.
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Norah
Michel
Loth
Met
Margaret E. Sangster
Ethel
Betty's Picnic Dares Family Duty Versus Bright Day
A Baltimore district pupil reports a girl Betty torn between a Sunday school picnic and helping her farmer father with hay. Dan Barker offers a gold prize alternative, turning a loss into a shared picnic and gratitude for friendship.
Japanese breakfast shows American goods in daily life
A Japanese noble notes that many wealthy Japanese adopt American habits including coffee from American farms mixing in American cream, bread from Minneapolis flour, cigarettes from American tobacco, and newspapers printed on Wisconsin stock, reflecting broad cultural exchange.
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Japan
Chicago
Minneapolis
Wileconsin
A Misunderstanding and Other Brief Humors
A compact page of light vignettes and jokes. Interactions shift from a weary clerk and an amused manager to marital concerns, a would-be author and a jokey gold hunter. Cartoonish exchanges, regional speech, and wry punchlines populate the item with playful misunderstandings and rural wit.
Getting Ready in the Garden and Hosiery Department
Dashes of humor reveal shop talk and editor banter about big trains and scare-line headlines. A humorous exchange about hose causes a clerk to joke about the hosiery department while the editor fantasizes about bolder headlines and a imagined big mile-an-hour train story.
Amended Propositions and Humorous Snippets
Amused items mix quips about a ten million dollar burden of gold and shoestrings, a bride’s father giving her away, a minister’s sermon on women’s extravagance, a bunker golf gag, and an overstuffed automobile joke. The bits capture early 20th century newspaper style with light humor and local color.
Not Such a Big Light in McAlough Story
A critic notes McAlough hides his abilities, comparing his attitude to concealing talent under a bushel. The writer suggests much of his potential could be uncovered if he revealed himself more. The passage presents a cautious, humorous appraisal of self-presentation.
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Baltimore
Monumental
Torque Women Humor Clash In Snippet Exchange
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a tense exchange about humor and ridicule. The text shows interruptions and taunts, with a moody rhythm and unresolved mockery between speakers. No clear event or entities beyond generic references to humor and tension.
Finding a Name for It Disorderly conduct or highway robbery debate
In a street exchange a well dressed man stares at passing women provoking a discussion about his conduct. One character suggests arrest for disorderly conduct, while another counters that the act resembles highway robbery. The dialogue frames a question of classification.
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George
Verona buys house tied to Romeo and Juliet romance
In a theatrical exchange, characters note Verona purchasing the house linked to Romeo and Juliet’s romance. They wonder how authorities verify the site, joking whether modern Juliet figures identify the location.
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Juliets
Verona
Romeo
Juliet
Among the impossibilities Johnnie and Freddie dialogue
A clipped New Yorker line features two speakers debating money and pride as one asserts the other’s father owes a loan and will not repay, underscoring social banter about wealth and debt between rivals.
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Johnnie
Freddie
New Yorker
Saving the Cook and the Vacation Plot
A humorous note of domestic discord as a couple debates the cook’s strained feelings toward the wife. The husband suggests the wife take a long vacation to ease tensions at home.
Genteel Quips and Snappy Lines From The Gag Page
A collage of light jokes and witticisms from Stray Stories and humorous panels. Quips touch on life insurance, clubs, invented corn, gloves aging, and domestic remarks, with jokes about actors, education, news subscriptions, and travel trunks.
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Harduppe
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Galena Tribune
20Ti Century Printing CO
I. Edwards M.E. Daniels Torrors
Galena Tr
G. W. Everet, M.D
Logan House
Blum’s Brewery
Leprmerly
Galenna
Illinois
Madison Division
Tialena
Ent
Forbes Phillips
Savoy Theater
Big City
Brown Potter
Little Johnny Jones
Jerry J. Cohan
Danby
Watts
Archie
Betty
Daddy
Mother
Mr. Bailey
Dan Barker
Dan
Katherine Herrick
Exelon
Maude
Ferdy
Jones
the Tenderfoot
Cactus Cal
Museum
Puck
Fairyland
Patrick
Bridget
New York Weekly
Mr. Fussy
Mr. Kidder
Garden Implement Department
Houston Post
Philadelphia Bulletin
Boston
Mrs. Binks
Johnny
Cleveland
Yonkers
Charlie van Newport
Scott
Charlie
Julia
Worna
Cora
Cstlyhunk Soci
Burbank
Groucherly
Geraldine
Gerald
Humphal
Washington Star
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