Retirement Dreams Collapse for Raiford on Stage Return
Raiford, once a leading actor, retires to Long Island with wife Ida after a fortune and decades of success. He reads, travels, and enjoys quiet life until a New York manager lures him back for one night. Half the house attends, but Raiford's performance falters, critics demand the old vigor, and the show closes early amid jeers.
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Raiford
Ida
Long Island
Bradburn
London Assurance
Colleen Bawn
Alafford Wis
Jin
Chenda
Uuterd
Aia
Lester Wallack
A Bad Country For Hate Hats In China
A discussion of hat upkeep in China notes climate harms to silk beaver cloth and felt hats. Extreme dryness and humidity warp materials and promote mold and fungus. Bats must be sunlit thrice weekly to survive while ants and cockroaches menace leather, paper, and pasteboard. Pest control relies on carbolic acid creosote or crude petroleum.
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China
Poker and How to Play It Book Gift Conflicts With Witty Banter
In a Washington Star snippet Mrs. Torkins gives Charley a small book titled Poker and How to Play It. Charley pretends reluctance as she insists the gift is not a sermon but a reading aid about betting. The exchange blends humor and light sarcasm in domestic banter.
A Homely Man and the Wager on Ugliness
Joshn James Weidegger, manager of the Haymarket Opera House in London, bet the Earl of Chesterfield he could not find a uglier face than his. After a long search a St. Giles woman appeared, but when the manager donned the woman’s cap he won, keeping the palm of ugliness.
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Joshn James Weidegger
Haymarket
London
George
Earl of Chesterfield
St. Giles
George Hind Permission Delays Bedtime Plea
A short, humorous meditation from the T eledo Bee recalls a girl named Mary and her father urging manners as bedtime approaches. He tells Mary to ask her man if it’s nearly bedtime and she agrees George suggests she sleep if sleepy. The exchange highlights quaint domestic humor in a concise clipping.
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George
Mary
Silent thought and virtue quoted in the Smart Set
A compact quotation fragment discusses sight and mind with Carlyle on silence and virtue, noting how thought works in silence. The text juxtaposes a blind man’s misfortune with a witty line about “out of sight, out of mind” and a remark on statues for silence, reflecting literary trivia from the periodical.
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Carlyle
Nerve Pills Claim Cure for Shattered Nerves
An ad extols Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills as a cure for shattered nerves, detailing symptoms like insomnia and despondency and citing Mrs. W. Bridgens of Indiana Pennsylvania praising improved sleep, energy, and stamina after using the product. Price listed at fifty cents per box with dealer locations and the physician's portrait on packaging.
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A. W. Chase
A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
M. D
Hetrick Bros
Getty will and estate allocations in Creekside case
The will of the late Richard Getty directs a $200 monument for his grave and specifies bequests to widow, son James A., and daughter Mrs. William B. Rankin, with real estate and timber allocations. Executors James A. and Richard F. Getty are empowered to purchase $1,000 of real estate for Mrs. Ernest Wilhelm and to divide timber proceeds among widow and children. Dated June 16, 1902.
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Richard Getty
Creekside
Lota
James A
Center Township
Richard F. Getty
Oid Getty
Robert E
William 8. Rankin
Jamea A
Ernest Wilhelm
Lunacy and Genius Interpreted by a Famous Doctor
A pupil asks how to tell fools from the wise and is invited to breakfast with Esquirol. One guest appears rational, the other crude, but the quiet man believes himself god the Father while the exuberant speaker is Balzac, the famed French writer. A separate shopper learns the price of high notes from a dealer.
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Hisquirol
Esquirol
God
Father
M. Honore de Balzac
Why Not Ralsae Good Horses at Onberg Stallions
A dark bent nut sorrel roan colt named Why Not Ralsae Good Horses, a stout 1400 pound foal by the celebrated St. Michael from a Canadian dam, will stand for a 1903 season beginning May 1 at the breeder’s barn near Onberg Rayne township Indiana county Pa. He is a heavy mover with a gentle disposition and will work every day during the season. Posters describe details.
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St. Michael
My Barn
Onberg
Rayne Township
Indiana County
Monument and cemetery work offered by Co. F. Museay
Ex County Commissioner OC F Murray asks interested parties to contact him directly for cemetery monuments tombstones corner posts or markers for graves. No agent is solicited. Prompt replies and cheerful estimates on all cemetery work from $10. All work and lettering guaranteed best quality. Drop a note and samples and designs will be provided. Address Blairsville Pa.
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OC. F. Murray
Co. F. Museay
Blairsville
Two Good Stallions Pacing at Onberg and Indiana Grounds
Hall and Black Nero, two stallions, announce 1903 season with staged days at the owner’s barn near Onberg and at Indiana fair grounds. Davin C. Epwards, Gaberg Pa, owner. Also notices on farm publications, subscription offers, building materials, savings deposits, a Bolivar doctor’s paralysis case, and local ads for paint, wallpaper, and property for sale.
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Black Nero
Onberg
Fair Grounds
Indiana
Ps. Davin C. Epwards
Gaberg
A Good Farm for Sale Near Indiana County Seat
A 157 acre farm one mile from a railroad with a six foot coal vein, highly cultivated. Near Indiana county seat eight miles away, features include a good house water on the porch a spring near the building a barn wagon shed corn crib and other outbuildings. Fruit diverse from apples to quinces plus small fruits. Desirable home and investment close to churches and schools in a pleasant neighborhood. Part cash with balance on terms if desired. For details call Indiana Process 23 to Bank by Mail. Pittsburg Trust Company 323 Fourth Avenue Pittsburgh PA offers 4 percent interest semi annually on savings account.
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Indiana
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