Othello cast praised in campus Shakespeare night
The Arts section notes strong audience and favorable campus reaction to Professor Goughs class interpretive staging of Othello on Tuesday evening The cast included Jesse Bogue as Othello Don Burk as Iago Roy Hudson as Roderigo and Vera Bowen as Desdemona with Maurine Ballard as Emilia Florence Hall hosted the December 17 production of The Merchant of Venice by the same class.
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Gough
Florence Hall
Don Burk
Iogo
Jesse Bogue
Othello
Roy Hudson
Roderigo
Vera Bowen
Desdemona
Maurine Ballard
Emilia
Duke of Venice
Harley A. Davis Brabantio
Howell Ellis
Austin Dean
Cecil Haupt Gratiano
Brabantio
Roscoe Wilkey
Lifting Power of Plants Experiments at Agricultural Colleges
Experiments at major U S agricultural colleges test the lifting force of growing plants. Pumpkins reportedly lift up to two and a half tons as they develop. A paving stone weighing 83 pounds was raised by a soft fungus from a bed of mushrooms. A wine cask aged in a cellar reportedly rose to the ceiling as vine shoots and fungus bore it upward.
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United States
Ita
Carpenter
Yardarm tale echoes through famous figures
A playful anecdote recalls a boy on a yardarm and a fearless reply from Kipling. The yarn extends to famed persons including Jim Fiske, Horace Walpole, Napoleon, Dick Turpin, Julius Caesar and Lord Byron, noting they would not fall.
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Rudyard Kipling
Mr. Kipling
Jim Fiske
Horace Walpole
Napoleon Bonaparte
Dick Turpin
Julius Caesar
Byron
Lucky Brunettes and Realm of Hearts
A fragment discusses luck tied to brown eyed babies immune to illnesses while noting blondes catch more. It contrasts maintaining a steady fire in a man’s heart with the Arctic explorer returning frozen, and ends by cautioning against judging a girl by her company.
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Buddiss
English traveler Warns Against Destruction of Birds
Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, famed traveler and zoologist, denounces wealthy women for wearing plumage of rare birds. He praises the U S port closure on bird skins and urges Parliament to act. He cites bird-skin sale figures, warning that continued slaughter risks extinction of species like the kingfisher.
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London
Harry Hamilton Johnston
Africa
Harry
United States
Milady
Woodpeckers Run Hogs to Death at Allen Martins Farm
In Center Texas woodpeckers on Allen Martin's farm are driving hogs to death. Months ago Martin, then ill with bronchitis, tapped a fence to call hogs and the birds learned the sound. Now the woodpeckers mob the trees, hammering and sending hogs into a frenzy.
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Center
Tex
Allen Martin
Bootleg Milk Wagon Delivers Beer Near Wichita
A milk wagon operated as a bootlegging scheme delivering bottled beer to customers around Wichita before police halted the operation. The suspect fled to Oklahoma after authorities tracked the scheme for over a month.
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Wichita
Kas
Oklahoma
Foor Nutty Novelette Ends In Desperate Struggle
In a chaotic scene the husband Foor tries to kill himself after a quarrel with his new wife. He struggles with self harm as she begs him to stop while mentioning their fragile finances and an undertaker’s bill. Footnotes hint at further chaos.
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Hippocrene
Hipporcrene
Undertaker
Bii
Benedick
Footonte
Amoro and the Day Pranks and Pet Quips
A collection of humorous lines and sketches featuring a talking dog and playful exchanges. Harry asks about ears while bathing, a mother explains their function, and witty mishearings unfold. The items echo Punch and Chicago Tribune style humor with light social scenes.
Arctic Sea Wreck Strands Transit Skipper Recounts Trip
Captain Backland of the Transit describes a August Point Barrow wreck with the loss of cargo valued at 410,000 in light furs. He and crew escaped to Kotzebue in a whaleboat, facing heavy seas and ice as Polar Bear Anna Olga and North Stour were trapped, with no insurance on the Transit valued at 12,000.
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Point Barrow
Kotzebue
Seattle
Wash
John Backland
Transit
Nome
Victoria
Arctic
Backland
Polar Bear
North Stour
Lonely Point Barrow
Morher
Baeckland
Nel Sonja
George Telen
Poulsbo
Geo
Joto
Cook
Cape Liscum
Corwin
Cape Smyth
O. Hansen
Anton Edwardson
Canning River
Flaxman Island
North Star
Anna Olga
Burglars Chase From Lenox Silk Works on Seventh Avenue
Hundreds of workers on Seventh Avenue joined a pursuit after two burglars fled from Lenox Silk Works at 151 West Thirty-fourth Street leaving a trail of silk stockings and handkerchiefs. Police recovered about $500 worth of loot as the robbers dropped a hamper and two packages.
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New York
Seventh Avenue
Lenox Silk Works
West Thirty-fourth Street
Lenox
Doctor Hero of Bull Fight
New York report on Dr. P. A. Renard of Brooklyn acting as ship's surgeon aboard the steamer Philadelphia. He rushed to help a wounded matador after a bull charged and injured him, then treated the bull and the matador, needing 17 stitches for the latter.
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New York
P. A. Renard
Prospect Place
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Red Line
Porto Rico
Renard
Puerto Cabella
Equestrienne
Taurus
Dr. Renard
English milk wagons and the old way of delivery
A Canadian visitor in the Queen praises English milk wagons twice wheeled chariots, white and blue or red, with brass churns and a back seat. He contrasts foot milkmen with yokes and brass pails, extolling doorstep jug delivery over glass bottles and sealed tops.
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Ben Hur
Highest Restaurant Opens at Jungfrau Railway Station
The world’s highest restaurant opens at Eismeer station on the Jungfrau railway in Switzerland about 10 000 feet up near the summit. Food is cooked by electricity from the Lutschine waterfall using a Papinian digester to account for air rarity. A 30 kilowatt energy use can prepare a five course dinner for a hundred guests in a short time.
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Eismeer
Switzerland
Isherwood System Prompts Shipbuilding Tonnage Rise
Lloyds Shipping Register notes a marked rise in vessels built and building on the Isherwood longitudinal framing system. By mid 1913 the society counted 116 vessels totaling 552 846 tons classified as Isherwood and 85 more under construction totaling 451 344 tons, with the total 1 004 189 tons. The trend spans all ship classes not just oil carriers and highlights engine improvements and fuel rule refinements.
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Lloyd's Report
Society
Building Trades Men Get Raise
New York announces sizable wage hikes for 23 000 plus building mechanics. Bricklayers and stone setters rise to 6 dollars daily, roofers up from 2 ¼ to 3 ½, electrical workers from 4 ½ to 4 ⅘, marking the highest journeyman rates in the city and likely the nation.
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New York
Building Trades Employers’ Association
United States
Timberley Found Sleeping In Board Office Near Police Station
George Timberley, 51, a puddler, was found asleep in the board of trade office within the same building as Harrisburg's police station. Police had spent hours seeking him under a warrant for non support. Timberley was hauled to jail after officials woke him and verified his identity.
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Harrisburg
George Timberley
Board of Trade
Timberley
Board
Mayr’s Wonderful Stomach Remedy Featured in Frankfort Letter
Walter Spray of 1011 South Second Street, Frankfort Indiana, writes of relief after using Mayr’s Wonderful Stomach Remedy. He claims rapid improvement from stomach disorders and praises the treatment’s ability to clear digestive tract buildup and ease liver and bowel ailments. He warns readers to ensure authenticity and notes experience shared nationwide.
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Walter Spray
South Second Street
Frankfort
Ind
Maur
Mayr
Mays
A. Cook
Geo. H. Mayr
Whiting St
Chicago
Ple
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