Actor Fond of Pirate Lore Celebrates Hat Collection
David Higgins, a noted actor dramatist, owns a vast hat collection with more than a hundred pieces from different eras. His pirate headgear stands out, reflecting a lifelong interest in pirates who once roamed the American coast, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico. Higgins keeps a small armory at home and travels to the Gulf Coast or Florida each summer to add items, while drafting a book titled The Pirates of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.
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David Higgins
Higgins
American
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Mr. Higgins
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Gulf Coast
Florida
Gossip of the Stage Moves Through New York Theatre
Row of stage notices cites Henry Woodruff debuting in New York vaudeville, Anna Laughlin returning to vaudeville, and "The Sun of Society" to open during holiday season. Others include "The Marriage of the Star," "Managing Sylvia" in St. Louis, and plans for stock companies in Cleveland and Milwaukee.
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Little Nemo
New York
Henry Woodruff
Anna Laughlin
William Norris
Trilby
Milwaukee
Julie Herne
Sylvia
St. Louis
Leo Dietrichstein
Cleveland
Henry Miller
Aida Johnson Young
Brown
Harvard
Maxine Eliott
Bettina
Thomas E. Sheas
Channing Pollock
Creston Clarke
Clay Clément
George R. Wilson
Stanley de Witt
Lizzie Hudson Collier
Winona Shannon
Gertie Millar
London
Charles Frohman
Preparing for the Stage Grace Studdiford Champions Growing Talent
Grace Studdiford asserts a rising trend in young women from cultured, wealthy families pursuing stage careers. She notes schools train actresses and singers as social education, says old stage prejudice fades, and theater today is more honorable with better church relations. She adds that top managers remain respectable and that young actors often enter without chaperones.
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Grace Studdiford
Theatergoers and critics clash in Hodge confession
William Hodge defends theatrical plea to see actors perform truthfully. He argues audience members seek authentic portrayal and judge performances as self-appointed critics, acknowledging sympathy deserts when stage reality differs from expectation.
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William Hodge
Veteran actors chart longevity in Lion and the Mouse cast
The Lion and the Mouse company features Oliver Doud Syron aged 66 as John Burkett Ryder and B A Eberle aged 69 as Senator Roberts. Eberle marks his 48th year as an actor, having acted alongside Pauncefote Booth Barrett Davenport and Rossi. Both veterans credit health to regular living and early rising.
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Lion and the Mouse” Company
Oliver Doud Syron
John Burkett Ryder
B. A. Eberle
Senator Roberts
Mr. Eberle
George Pauncefote
Booth
Barrett
Davenport
Rossi
Footlights
Memory And a Timely Come Home
In a Philadelphia Record prose vignette Mr Urban arrives twenty minutes late to a dinner where Mr and Mrs Fortune are guests. His wife recalls she warned him to come early. son Tommy defends his mother by reminding his father of the planned visit and his earlier remark about the Fortunes. The scene hinges on memory, courtesy, and a humorous family dynamic.
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Philadelphia Record
Value of Self-Reliance in Tough Business Times
This piece urges extreme self reliance in business, noting many may help but true aid comes from individual due diligence. It advises investing carefully, placing savings in a bank, distrusting demagogues both financial and political, and keeping a firm hand on finances while helping others within means.
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Lfe
Mr. Dawes
Saturday Evening Post
Courage speech sparks debate on love and courage
In Philadelphia Gen. H. M. Robert argued that true love requires courage, warning cowards that women will not endure. He then told a tale of a city hunter who, after failing for hours, is challenged by two boys offering to be shot at for a quarter, highlighting fear and risk.
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H. M. Robert
Philadelphia
Gen. Robert
Heat in Georgia Brings Boston Chill To Dodson
A Maine minister Rev E W Webber recalls a tale with William Dodson ex president of the Georgia senate about heat and cold. Dodson admits summers are warm but says a Boston visit always sends shivers. The anecdote appears in the Boston Record.
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E. W. Webber
Maine
Georgia
Universalist
William Dodson
Georgia Senate
Mr. Webber
Mr. Dodson
Boston
Boston Record
Life a Childish Pleasure and a Poor Man’s Voyage
A wealthy woman recounts a tale of a frail, penniless man going abroad on a cattle steamer for his health. She questions why he should preserve his little remaining life. A listener without wealth adds that many take a childish pleasure in such ventures.
Poet In Training Love Songs For Groceries Card
A witty exchange from the Atlanta Constitution shows a poet instructed to beat the carpet and take down the stovepipe then dig in the garden for exercise before retreating to the garret to write love songs for groceries.
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Atlanta Constitution
Tommy's Discovery Freckled Grass Scene
A suburban morning scene as a boy named Tommy looks at a lawn covered with dandelions and exclaims to his mother that the grass is speckled with freckies. The remark captures a child's view of nature and simple wonder.
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Tommy
Boarding House Joys Then Lizzie Faces a Rough Night
Lizzie Endicott contends with Mrs. Starveem and a parade of visitors at the boarding house. Tensions rise as parlor clashes, kitchen bustle, and partygoers swirl around Lizzie and her suitor Adrian, ending with a fear of consequences on the next visit.
Last of Abdul Aziz Troops Stir Moroccan Crisis
Widespread interest centers on Morocco as Germany recognizes Muley Hafid as ruler, upsetting French sentiment. Hafid is seen as de facto sultan and willing to honor the Algeciras act binding Abdul Aziz. Powers’ recognition may pacify Morocco amid tensions at Casa Blanca between French gendarmerie and deserters.
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Germany
Muley Hafid
Morocco
Casa Blanca
Algeciras
Abdul Aziz
Irrigated Twin Falls project expands Idaho desert to vast tract
Idaho advances a giant irrigation effort in Twin Falls country aiming to water 1,850,000 acres. The narrative notes America’s comparative gains over Egypt and India in securing desert land for cultivation as the project progresses toward full completion.
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Idaho
Egypt
America
India
Twin Falls
Crumbling Urban Icons Warn of Time's Harsh March
A New York Times editorial laments the daily reports of European landmarks like the Vatican the Alhambra and the Venice tower weakening or falling. It warns restorers and reporters may hasten loss of medieval marvels, risking a future without reminders of vast history and literature.
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Europe
Vatican
Alhambra
Venice
N. Y
Against the Middle Rascal Feeds on Liver and Bacon
Bill the ranchman visits New York to gamble on the Tacos and stays at a top hotel. After going broke the proprietor and clerk restrict him to liver and bacon for weeks. He finally deserts to another cafe and asks for everything on the bill of fare both ways from liver and bacon.
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Bill
Denver
New York
Old Man Ellison Called Wickedest Farmer In Allen County
Forty years ago the wickedest person in Allen county Ohio was Old Man Ellison a wealthy farmer. He mellowed little after age sixty but the devil chased him hard. At a party he joked that the old man would be taken by the devil yet not kept long. Bill Petit, his rival, quipped that when he returns he should forget where he found you.
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Allen County
Ohio
Ellison
Bill Petit
N. Y. World
Jealousy among Creole and Chicago rivals observed
An observant man cites a Chicago jealousy incident at a dinner where a fiancée yanked a full table of dishes, then returned to reconcile with her fiancé who later gave a $400 diamond ring. The tale contrasts temperaments and hints at domestic violence outcomes.
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Chicago
Inter Ovean
Impetuous Irish gunfighters in American literature critic
The piece argues that Irish gentlemen long displayed recklessness with firearms, yet Bret Harte Mark Twain and John Hay defined the fire eater stereotype in American letters. It critiques Irish authors for not fully capturing this impulse earlier and notes centuries of on sight killing or wounding among Irish gentry before American influence.
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America
Bret Harte
Mark Twain
John Hay
T. P
French Restaurant Ambitions Meet Gaelic Waiter Charm
A local French restaurant with grand pretensions offers a humorous scene as two diners finish dessert. The waiter approaches with napkin and tray, asking in Gaelic accents if they will both have dimmy tassye, highlighting lighthearted cross cultural flavor in the dining room.
Not Worth the Effort Observers clash over rescue in water incident
A witness argues over handling a near drowning rescue with remarks that blame the rescued man for rocking a boat. Rescuers defend the effort while one observer calls the actions brutish and questions whether the man should be revived. The exchange highlights tension after the incident.
Left footed punters and quarterbacks in early grid era
Navy punter Clay boots left handed spirals that challenge opponents, the first lefty punter since Malcolm McBride of Yale. Yale also features a left handed quarterback Corey, complicating opponents’ passes. Frank Ferrell taps George Stallings to lift the Highlanders from cellar to pennant contention with Griffith and Elberfeld’s material.
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Clay
Naval Academy
Navy
Malcolm McBride
Yale
McBride
Corey
Frank Ferrell
George T. Stallings
Highlanders
Stallings
Clark Griffith
Norman Elberfeld
Highlanders pick Stallings as new manager
The Highlands hire Stallings to reorganize the Hilltopers after observing players in fall work. Stallings gains full control and a large salary, endorsed by President Johnson and league clubs. Salaries for players are modest while managers reap big profits. names like McGraw Chance Lajoie and Jones are cited with high earnings and influence. Patsy Donovan’s tenure with the Brooklyn club may end, with rumors of Dahlen or Babetts as potential replacements.
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Sults
Highlands
Stallings
Highlanders
Johnson
Bobby Wallace
Hans Wagner
Lajoie
Frank Chance
McGraw
New York
Chicago
Jimmy McAleer
St. Louis
James
Fielder Jones
Jones
Comiskey
Patsy Donovan
Brooklyn
Donovan
Patsy
bin Dahlen
Bbbetts
Pele
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Tess
Starveem
John
Mrs. Starveem
George
Adrian
Brich
Tangir
Sonzam
Teime
Geo. T. Stallings
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