Kinetoscope to Record Sowing the Wind at Empire Theatre
Edison’s kinetoscope will preserve the third act of Sowing the Wind as staged by Frohman at the Empire in New York. The system combines motion pictures with phonograph to let Sydney Grundy see and hear Miller and Allen as if in the live theatre. The device, a phonokinetographoscope, aims to globalize access to plays and operas, altering future entertainment.
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Edmund Kean
Edwin Forrest
Edwin Booth
Charlotte Cushman
Histrians
Wizard Edison
Charles Frohman
Empire Theatre
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Frohman
England
London
Sydney Grundy
Mr. Frohman
Mr. Edison
Paris
New York
Grand Opera Lupresarios
Pattis
Carmen
New York World
Green Tomatoes Recipes From Good Housekeeping
A Good Housekeeping guide outlines preserves and pickles using green tomatoes. It covers pie filling with sugar lemon extract and vinegar, tomato preserves with lemon syrup, sweet pickles with a three to two vinegar-sugar ratio, and two chowchow recipes with onions peppers mustard spices and optional additions. It warns against using brass or iron vessels.
Neat Window Box and Shelf Building Guide
Instructions for making a window box and plant shelf using half inch boards. Cut curves on 12 by 18 inch pieces, form a bottom and side pieces, fit a top shelf, and add bronze brackets. A zinc lining aids moisture, or paint inside before adding soil for a wooden box. Also suggests blackboard in children’s rooms with chalks and outline prints to keep kids occupied constructively.
Imitation in a small town tale
A humorous exchange features Meandering Mike and a man of unoriginal ideas as they riff on copying cleverness. The scene turns to a spoof about a busy bee and a comic remark about a soap invention that cannot be stolen from hotels.
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Mike
How the Keeling Machine Rules Paper by Inked Threads
The Pittsburg News describes a paper ruling machine where colored lines are applied by multiple pens fed from inked flannel and yarn threads. It details the mechanism, cam timing, and the precision required to keep colors distinct and margins clean on stationery.
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Pittsburg
Second Avenue
Washington
Pittsburg News
Neighborly Misunderstanding Inspires Humorous Quip
A lighthearted exchange from New York Weekly captures a neighborly dispute about a dog howling during an amateur soprano’s performance. The neighbor apologizes and explains they believed the singer trained the dog to bow and sing, a misunderstanding that turns into a humorous moment.
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New York Weekly
Elegant shooting costumes discussed in fashion notes
The European edition of the New York Herald reviews shooting attire for women, detailing divided and real flat skirts, knickers, and undergarments. It notes suede gloves as preferred for shooting and describes chic jackets, chemisettes, and waistcoats to preserve freedom of movement. Astronomers add a remark about comets in the solar system.
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New York Herald
Wwe
Hiring a Girl Turns Sour in a Poor House Saga
A paper's story from Georgie in Chicago Times Herald details a father inviting a girl to work in a cramped home. Tense exchanges over insult and labor lead to a confrontation as the hired help asserts dignity, while meals dwindle to potato scraps. The piece blends a domestic anecdote with a humorous aside about the Orange Free State.
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Georgie
Chicago Times-Herald
Test of Sincerity in a Comic Courtship
A character claims a woman will not marry as she tests suitors’ affection. The test is harsh and details a peculiar demand: she asks a suitor to teach her mother to ride a bicycle, revealing the comic rigidity of her criteria.
Puzzling Problem on Dora’s Marriage Choice
The girl in blue notes Dora’s union is puzzling as she cannot tell if Dora married for rank or money. The talk centers on whether the rich man’s title or wealth influenced the marriage.
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Girl In Blue
Dora
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