American Bonaparte refuses to leave United States
Attorney General Charles Bonaparte, a Corsican family descendant, vows never to travel abroad. He declined Paris invitations from Napoleon III era and prefers American life, citing devotion to the United States despite family gossip about marital ties and European links.
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Ington
Jea J. Bonaparte
Sam
Bonaparte
Roosevelt
United States
Allen
Col
Jerome Bonaparte
Charles Bonaparte
Paris
Napoleon III
Senator Money Recovers After Osteopathic Neck Realignment
The 35 year old Confederate veteran and Mississippi senator carried a broken neck unseen through battles and neuralgia. A New York osteopath realigned a displaced vertebra, advising full body movement to restore strength, with precautions until muscles recovered.
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Ator Money
Mississippi
Franklin
Money
Mr. Money
Senate
New York
La Follette Wife Aids Career In Law And Politics
Mrs. Belle Case La Follette, wife of Wisconsin senator Robert M La Follette, advised him to pursue law and politics and gave up a stage career. A student at the University of Wisconsin they married in 1879. Active in charity and education she studied law at George Washington University. she would aid her husband in any presidential campaign if needed.
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LaFollette
Wisconsin
Adam
Little Rose
Manila Bay battle recalled at Raleigh hotel dinner
A Raleigh hotel gathering honors Admiral Dewey and the Manila Bay victory. Officers and dignitaries, including Rear Admirals Coghlan Lamberton Walker Ford and several others, recall the battle as the Olympia Dyer Raleigh Boston Concord Petrel and Hugh McCulloch squadron are listed. The event features tales of the famed fight and a ceremonial cake.
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Manila Bay
Raleigh
Dewey
Manila
Coghlan
Lamberton
Walker
Ford
Wise
Galt
Lord of Michigan
McCullough
Brady
Bodderich
Price
Irwin
Scott
Kavanagh
Butler
Doddridge
Berryman
Martin
Actors Receive Curious Mail From Fans and Strangers
A roundup of letters received by actors including David Warfield Huntley Wright Ellaine Terriss Mabel Taliaferro and Fanny Rice. Notes range from requests for photographs autographs free tickets to whimsical schemes and even circus proposals. Victor Moore's encore song adds a light note to the anecdotes.
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David Warfield
Belasco
Huntley Wright
London
Wright
Ellaine Terriss
Seymour Hicks
Maude Adama
Mabel Taliaferro
Miss Tallaferro
Miss Tallafer
Moore
Mr. Moore
Suffragette Joins Movement Amid Public Debate
A Clyde bachelor girl known as a budding suffragette has joined the women suffrage campaign. Her public participation signals growing interest and activity in the movement, reflecting broader support and controversy within the community.
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Yelaring Ang
Clyde
Eepaane
The Impostor plays in Philadelphia by Gustave Frohman
A reviewer lauds The Impostor as a curious plot about Helen Ainslow who passes as Squire Ainslow’s granddaughter after 19 years away. A hypnotist’s pursuit of truth drives the drama ending with a dramatic confession and renewed family ties.
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Philadelphia
Gustave Frohman
R. N. Beach
Peter Pan
Helen Ainslow
Squire Ainslow
Notes of the Stage Highlight Several New Plays
Chrystal Herne to star in The Girl's Battle based on Kate Jordan Cupid the Comedian. The Crew to be produced in Atlantic City by Nixon Zimmerman. Edward Vroom appears in The Luck of McGregor in New York. Martha Morton’s The Bell of Liberty for Henry B Harris. His Honor the Mayor returns to Auditorium. Kelly leads with Trixie Friganza and Bobby Burns. Harris to stage The Nebraskan with Edmund Breese. The Traveling Salesman by James Forbes premieres with Thomas W. Roger in Checkers role.
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Chrystal Herne
Kate Jordan
Cupid
Nixon & Zimmerman
Atlantic City
Edward Vroom
New York
McGregor
Martha Morton
Henry B. Harris
Chicago
Auditorium Theater
Henry Kelly
Trixie Friganza
Bobby Burns
Kelly
Deacon Flood
Edith Eilis Baker
Edmund Breese
Jamey Forbes
Thomes W. Roge
Land of Opportunity beckons investors and settlers in Tucson
Tucson, Ariz presents a promotional message touting population 20 000 and surrounding territory as a land of opportunity for investors homeseekers agriculturists and manufacturers offering advantages to capable individuals seeking profitable ventures in a growing urban area.
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Tucson
Ariz
Land of Opportunity: Arizona offers fertile valleys and thriving farming
Climate supports year round operation of all industries with six alfalfa crops possible annually. 300,000 acres available for homesteads and irrigation at ten to twenty dollars per acre. Tucson offers modern utilities and a supportive education and civic scene. For details, address the sender.
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America
Tucson
Territorial University
Carnegie
Mark Twain on Money and Misconceptions
Humor piece notes Twain on money values during a financial panic with quips about spendthrifts and money stacking. It shares a tale of Australian diggers and a luggage anecdote, plus a schoolyard joke about Adam’s creation and a teacher's moment.
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Mark Twain
Prisoner’s Pen Cries in City Court Larceny and Bigamy Sentences
In a city court, a man sentenced to two years for larceny cried softly while a seven-year detainee for bigamy quipped about leaving his wife. The exchange reflects the courtroom’s tense humor and the era’s social mores as the sentences proceeded.
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Pen
Jack" Cremer
Wheels The Morning Alarm Tablets That Ring Like Clocks
A famed inventor unveils hour set tablets that wake users by ringing in the ears at a chosen time. Five tablets raise to five, six to six, a scheme to disrupt the alarm clock industry, provoking curiosity before the crowd disperses.
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Alarm Clock Trust
Harper's Weekly
Unspoken Griefs of Women Beyond the Churchyard
In the piece fragments, grieving women speak of hidden sorrows and the stark toll of unspoken grief. A speaker’s delivery is critiqued amid a Kansas City Times note on eloquence, while references to Laetitia Landon and Elizabeth Browning frame the lament.
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Laetitia Landon
Elizabeth Browning
Holmes
Newrich Uses Card Scheme To Spawn Social Rise
Ephraim Newrich, a wealth dust contractor, seeks elevated society by flaunting a visiting card designed to imitate aristocratic status. He copies a rival card reading Har old De Vere Iona House Portsmouth Square W and later receives his own counter card claiming ownership of 23 houses in London.
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Newrich
London
Harold de Vere
Iona House
Portsmouth Square
de Vere
Ephraim Newrich
Fragmentary Newark Page Dialogue and Wedding Scene
A garbled excerpt shows characters named Mr. Dugan Mr. Hogan and a discussion of singing and instrumental music. A bellboy announces bridal rooms to a blushing couple and the bride smiles as they enter a suite. The text resembles a playful local fiction scene with misread words and disrupted phrases.
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Vin Pbeiet
Eniator
la Follette
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Paya
Chamber OF Commerce
Arizona
Humorlet
Yowne
Crica
Kansan City
Mr. Newrich
Nurae
Natevios
Atory
Brooklyn’ Lite
Mons
Mr. Dugan
Mr. Hogan
Ffadignasey
Keegan
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