England’s drama loses seriousness as musical comedies rise
The writer laments London’s stage shift toward light entertainment, arguing American theater shows stronger, broader interest. He predicts a national theater in America first, cites English drift from serious drama, and urges plays that reflect life without didacticism. He contrasts Wrights, Shakespeare, and Moliere as benchmarks for sane, human theater.
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London
America
England
Fishman
Eogland
Sfill
Wrights
Shakee
Moliere
Doan's Kidney Pills End Back Pain Says Mrs Miller
An old Edison era advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for backache and kidney trouble. Mrs Mary A Miller of West Philadelphia testifies the remedy gave rapid relief after heavy lifting and she has remained free of pain since. Price 60 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents, remember the name Doan's.
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Rayghie
Mary A. Miller
B. F. Miller
Carpenter
West Philadel
Phip- Street
Fairview
Saya
Miller
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Pittsburg Exposition Reduced Rail Fares Offered
Pennsylvania Railroad announces excursion tickets to Pittsburg for the Exposition from August 23 to October 20. Discounts apply on Thursdays Sep 12 19 26 Oct 3 10 17 for trains leaving by noon and return within three days. Applies to multiple divisions and stations with a minimum fare of 25 cents. Also Kalamazoo celery advertised at R. I. Temple with a checkered front.
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Pittsburgh Exposition
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Issie
Monongahela
Southwest Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Blairsville
Butler
Wanted a good handler to sell tea and provisions
Wanted a capable agent to sell Tea Coffee Baking Powder Spices and Extracts. Liberal commission best premiums. Address The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co Johnstown Pa 806 11.
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Hantler
Liberal Commission
The
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Johnstown
Several U S towns report accidents and crimes on Sept 2
Reports from Canton Huntington Akron Wheeling Bellefonte and other cities note crimes arrests and accidents. A 108 year old West Virginia resident dies. A Dynamite cap injures a mother. Train obstructions, a moonshiner arrest, a school memo, and a fatal yard accident are recorded among various incidents and legal actions.
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Huntington
W.va
John Henry Birchfield
Cabell County
West Virginia
Cox's Landing
Franklin
Goodwin
Akron
United States
Charles Dick
Tool
Sherman Brigade
Shelby
Parkersburg
W. Va
H. R. Brown
Beckley
Cleveland
Erie
Wheeling
Joseph Gardner
Mannix and Ealter
Saylorsville
West ‘Virginia Inc
Bellefante
Charles M. Schwab
State College
Indson F. Welsh
Piqua
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Indiana Publishing Company
Walter H.jackson
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AILY
Aes Cline . Kne
Gasette Building
Carpenter Avenue
Indiana
Huteredi
Indiana Postotice
Mission of the Drama
Henry Arthur Jones
J. M. Stewart
Ralston’s Grove
Eprip
Qne Way
Sue
Wilmer Stewart
Beak
Kalamazoo, Mich
R. I. Templetont
Moore Hotel
Philadelphia
Fair Grounds
Gazette
T. S. St.Claty
South Fifth Street
A. M. Dig¢kgon & Son
Watt
Farmers Bank
Grant
Oak Streete
J. L. Peterman
Oakland Avenue
BeBe
Gundey
Yeuhaakaviny Oy Sant
Guilliam Stigleton
Lawrenué
Canton
Letter Garrierd Association
Timab
York
C.J. Rupp
Reilly
McKinley Memorial
Executive Committee
J. Seltz
Sharpsburg
Wooster
Harvey Galtsxey
Reedsinrs
Albert
Mondville
Tlanny Lehna
Alma Whitehead
Turneysville
Columbus
Mary
Rosie
Chay. Brown
Stroudsburg
Joseph Smith
Scranton
Delaware, Lackgwanks & Western Railroad
Straudeburg
Beaver Falls
Pennsylvania Mail
Louis Boki
W. R. Loughry & CO
Wallace Dry Goods
J.C. Wallace & Son
Philadelphia St
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Fairfield Heights
Josephine
Harry Leikert
WM. Huston
Blacklick
Clark Fields
Union, Pa
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