Hammerstein the Dreaming Impresario of Grand Opera
Oscar Hammerstein emerges as a Napoleonic yet open and frank impresario. He sketches a life of dreams that turned into profitable realities from cigarmaking machines to the Manhattan Opera House, Belasco and Field theaters, and a string of operatic ventures. He insists opera is a vocation, not a business, funded by his fortune and dedication.
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Hving
Napoleon
Oscar Hammerstein
Mr. Hammerstein
America
Newark
New York
Naftirs
Victoria Theater
Lew Fields
The
Criterion
Manhattan Opera House
Wammerstein
Palette
George H. Picard
Lunch and Literature Hint at Spring Fashion Tastes
A playful exchange at the book counter questions Brown ing and wheats as a lunch girl and quick reader discuss holiday passings and the longing for a new spring hat on the horizon.
Tomb of Confucius lineage spans seventy seven generations
The article notes the Confucius lineage has lived 77 generations in the birthplace, Tsingtao region of Shantung, with Duke Kung as the latest head. It contrasts this hereditary aristocracy with imperial ranks, and describes the site for visitors including the cemetery, terrace, and tombstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
China
T’shue Fu
Duke Kung
Confucius
Shantung
Legge
Williamson
Tsinanfu
Georgia Cotton Seed Sent to Mexico
Georgia planter R. H. Smith of Monticello supervised a 20 ton shipment of seed cotton to Elderg Ulmer in Torreon Coahuila Mexico. The seed's fame grows nationwide as it is sold and used extensively, with the note that the shipment marks the longest distance seed cotton shipment from Georgia to date.
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Georgia
Mexico
R. H. Smith
Monticello
Atlanta
Elderg Ulmer
Torreon Coahuila
Allanta Constitution
Winter wheat in Southern Alberta yields thrive
In Western Canada now famed for ranching, winter wheat districts post 30 to 60 bushels per acre with farmer returns of 25 to 50 dollars each. Lands sell 12 to 20 dollars per acre as Magrath Alberta figures show yields of 45 bushels on 50 acres, oats 35 bushels, and strong per acre values. Also cited are Bradshaw and Sherod records from Magrath and Lethbridge detailing 3914 bushels per 1030 acres, 41½ bushels per acre on winter wheat, and substantial profits from oats and barley alongside sugar beets.
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Canada
Hl. Howes
Magrath
Alberta
J. F. Haycock
J. F. Bradshaw
W. S. Sherod
Lethbridge
Souris
North Dakota
R. W. Bradshaw
Spring Coulee
W. L. Thompson
Western Canada
Baskatchewan
Chicago
Lili W. B. Rogers
Lodianapolie
Callahan Block
Milwaukes, Wie
Breakwater Construction Guards Portsmouth Harbor
Construction of a new defense breakwater at Portsmouth England has begun to deter fast attack vessels. A row of 34 ton concrete blocks will form a solid wall across sandbanks with forts at each end. a water gap remains as a quick closure option if needed.
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Portsmouth
England
Naval
Plain Talk and Pettiness in a Plainspoken Household
A jumble of old time phrases depicts domestic scenes and social quips. The piece references a magistrate, a wife named Mrs Bulligan-Shure, and a lively exchange about neighborhood ties. It also includes ad copy for remedies and a quip about a married friend Sally Smethuret taking an uptown flat.
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Martha
Sally Smethuret
Miss Martha
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OPERA
Thalia Dramatic Club
Stadt Theater
Bowery
Canal
the Windsor
Neuendorf
Germania
Tony Pastor
Heinrich Conried
Harlem Opera House
Columbus Theater
Proctor
Harlem Music Hall
Hurtig and Searman
Koster and
Bial
Olympia
Luisa Tetrenzini
Canadian West
E W.grove
Bec
Gunther's Confections
State Street
Portsmouth Harbor
Hyde Park Hotel
R-R
Hyde Park
B. W. Gro
Ee Hk
Com- California
Seat Teabine Druggists
Pacific National Bank of
Tacoma
Washington
Iusrantees
Python Copper Company
Bank
Python Copper Company Provident Building
Wash
S' Patrick
Ireland
S'Jacobs
W.l.douglas
Dougie
Wee Ouglas
Brocktvs
White Lily Meg. CO
Rockingham Road
Davenport, Iowa
Parle
Pana
Tego
Everett
Walker & Meletams
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