Bartley Campbell the Rise and Fall of a Playwright
The life of Bartley Campbell covers brilliant success and dire struggle. From early reporting work in Pittsburg to sensational plays like My Partner and The Lower Million his ambitions outpaced his finances and health. A dramatic decline followed his fame ending with confinement at the Middletown Asylum for the Insane and a lingering note of his gifts versus instability.
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Bartley Campbell
Middletown
N. J
Campbell
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Miss Williams
Isi
Philadelphia
Hooley’s
Chicago
the Rhine
Bartley
Bill Campbell
Louis Aldrich
Joaquin Miller
Danites
Aldrich
A. M. Palmer
Stamford
Conn
Union Square Theatre
Siberia
Paquita
John McCullough
Gold Rush Banking in a Plank Bar in New Zealand
Twenty two years ago gold discoveries at Hokitika on New Zealand's west coast sparked a rush with seventy vessels waiting to cross the harbours bar. A local bank opened with two agents using a tent, a plank counter, a safe, scales, notes and a revolver as protection while weighing and testing diggers' gold before handing out banknotes.
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Hokiika
New Zealand
Ex-Governor Carney Thomas Carney Dies in Leavenworth
Thomas Carney, former governor of Kansas, died in Leavenworth, born 1824 in Ohio. He helped restore Kansas credit during the state’s crisis, served as militia commander, and held U S Senate seats and Leavenworth mayoral terms. He left business to pursue politics full time.
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Thomas Carney
Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas
Delaware County
Berkshire
Columbus
Cincinnati
Carney
Carney, Swift & Co
Illinois
United States Senate
Pittsburg Lawyer Named Idaho Chief Justice
Hon. Hugh W. Weir of Pittsburg has been appointed chief justice of Idaho Territory and will reside in Boise City. Born in 1831 in Indiana county Pennsylvania, he studied law, joined the Pennsylvania bar in 1852 and the U S Supreme Court bar in 1861, and has long been active in politics.
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Idaho
Boise City
Brooklyn Builds Grand Post Office and Court House
Brooklyn plans a massive granite post office and court house on Washington Johnson Adams streets. The project, including site, costs well over 1 million dollars with Modern Romanesque design and a 168 foot tall square dome. Interior fitting may exceed the available funds despite grand ambitions.
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Court House
Washington, Johnson and Adams Streets
New York City
Troy
Springfield
Williamsport
New Beauford
Washington and
Johnson Streets
Czarowitz to Wed Princess Sophia Dorothea for Europe Peace
Bismarck proposes the czarowitz Nicholas wed Sophia Dorothea the 16 year old daughter of Emperor Frederick to seal an alliance. The match follows Moorsi intrigue and aims to bind Russia to Germany as a counter to England. Nicholas is tall and wears Cossack uniform. Sophia Dorothea was Frederick’s favorite daughter.
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Czarowitz
Russia
Emperor Frederick
Europe
Alexander of
Bismarck
Czar
Alexander
Nicholas
Ncess
Victoria
Grand Duke
Nich
Sophiaclas
Dorothea
Alexandria
Battenburg
Sophia Dorothea
Vicky
England
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Hohenzollerns
Germany
Masonry's Poet Laureate Robert Morris Dies at 70
The Freemasonry poet laureate Robert Morris died at La Grange Kentucky at seventy after a life in Masonry that spanned more than two decades His tenure as grand master of Kentucky began in 1858 and he earned wide respect across three continents through 300 plus articles and compelling lectures.
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Robert Morris
la Grange
Kentucky
Holy Land
Royal Solomon Lodge
Jerusalem
Ayr
Scotland
Bobbie Burns
Burns
Morris
Grand Lodge
Masonic Temple
New York City
Order
Bishop Coleman Named Delaware Protestant bishop elect
The Rev Leighton Coleman born 1837 in Philadelphia becomes bishop elect of Delaware succeeding Bishop Lee. He studied at General Theological Seminary and served at St Luke’s Bustleton and St John’s Wilmington before leading churches in Mauch Chunk Toledo and Sayre. He married a Du Pont daughter and has held honorary degrees.
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Delaware
Leighton Coleman
Bishop Coleman
Bishop Lee
House of Bishops
United States
Bish‘op
Philadelphia
Episcopal Academy
General Theological Seminary
New York
Blackwell’s Island
N. Y
St. Luke’s Church
Bustleton
Alexis I. du Pont
St. John’s Church
Wilmington
Mauch Chunk
Trinity Church
Toledo
Fond du Lac
Sayre
Coleman
Rest and sleep in old age justified by medical authority
In old age ample rest is essential for longer life and sleep may be harder. If sufficient sleep is denied, an opiate at retirement is justified since daily use can do little harm and promise much good, according to a medical authority.
Omelet with Smoked Beef and Celery Topping
Slice very thin smoked beef and cut into tiny pieces. Beat eggs with milk and salt, stir in beef, and cook in a hot buttered pan. Fold onto a hot dish and top with chopped celery tops for added flavor.
Browning Question Sparks Uneasy Dress Debate
In a brief dialogue Miss Daisy rejects Browning while Mr Senior Graduate humorously probes her tastes. The exchange ends with Miss Daisy stating she finds Browning terrible and unbecoming to her. The scene reflects light social banter over literary preferences.
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Browning
Miss Daisy
Wealth in a Strange Land and the Meyer Fortunes
A German immigrant who arrived penniless built a rubber and railroad empire in New Jersey and Scotland. Christopher Meyer of New York rose from a Newark machine shop to head the Meyer Rubber and North British Rubber concerns, helping break a proposed rubber trust. His life shows early savings, bold ventures, and a Wall Street setback that reduced his fortune by about 25 percent.
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United States
Christopher Meyer
New York
Mr. Meyer
Meyer Rubber Company
New Brunswick
N. J
North British Rubber Company
Scotland
Meyer
Mr. Myer
Hanover
Newark
Ramapo
Henry 8. Ives
Wall Street
Lyman A Humphrey Named for Kansas Governor
Lyman A Humphrey, a Civil War veteran and former Missouri and Kansas lawyer, is named by Kansas Republicans as their candidate for governor. Born 1844 in Ohio, he rose from private to captain, built a law practice, and served in Kansas legislature and senate. He helped found The Independence Tribune and later moved to Independence, Kansas.
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Kansas
Lyman U. Humphrey
Stark County
Seventy-sixth
Ohio Infantry
Lyman A. Humphrey
Ohio
Massillon
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Missouri
Independence
Kan
Independence Tribune
State Senate
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