Divine Sarah Sees Need for American Conservatory of Actresses
In a first great interview, Mme. Sarah Bernhardt praises American talent and calls for a national training school for actresses. She cites Julia Marlowe, Mrs. Fiske as leading figures, and suggests Paris or a new American conservatory plus a national theater to elevate the arts. The dialogue covers training, voice management, and the role of conservatories in shaping stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divine
Sarah
Mrs. Fiske
Francis Warrington Dawson
Newspaper Enterprise Association
United States
Mme
Sarah Bernhhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
France
Conservatory
Julia Marlowe
Sara Bernhardt
Europe
Paris
Richard Mansfield
John Drew
American Conservatory
England
Mrs. Kendal
NO MAN IS STRONGER THAN HIS STOMACH
A traveler recounts the vital link between digestion and strength. The stomach's health determines overall vitality, with weakness leading to-wide organ debility and illness. The narrative mentions relief through Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and advice to seek the Common Sense Medical Adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theody
Deer Problem Faces Shelby as Deer Herd Multiplies
In Shelby Iowa three years after W B Cuppy died his twenty deer herd has grown to about one hundred. Residents complain deer raid orchards gardens and straw stacks while laws protect the animals. Locals plan to ask the legislature to allow slaughter or other disposition to curb overpopulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Cuppy
Shelby
Kitchen Shelves and Shade Tips for Dust Control
This article suggests using a regular shade with spring rollers to cover kitchen shelves. It argues a shade keeps dust off dishes and shelves and is easy to wipe. A long cord lets the shade roll to the top, and shades cost less than fabric coverings.
The 1894 Chicago Strike and Federal Power
Describes the 1894 railroad strike in Chicago with 24 railroads forming a managers association, the American Railway Union led by Eugene V. Debs, and the federal intervention. Includes deployment of 3,600 U S deputy marshals, blanket injunctions, army and state troops, and the strike’s short end with Debs jailed for contempt of court. The piece closes with an ad-like medical note and unrelated goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managers’ Association
American Railway Union
Eugene V. Debs
Great Northern Railroad
Pullman
Pullman Company
United States
Chicago
Woods
Groscup
Cleveland
Altgeld
Gum habit cured by an overdose at McMynn school
Principal Ed gar. Martin of Racine Wisconsin devised a method to curb gum chewing among upper grade boys. He lined a dozen pupils in a row chewing gum all day under monitors then added a bitter quinine coating after lunch. Each boy pledged to refrain from gum during school hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Edgar
Martin
McMynn School
Hadh
Hen Lays Egg In Desk In Courthouse Dispute
Special to The Sun from Herkimer New York April reports a dispute over a hen owned by neighbors Frank Cassell and Anthony Bard. The hen laid an egg while locked in Police Justice Gray’s roll top desk pending a decision. The ownership of the egg sparks a legal puzzle for the men and the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herkimer
N. Y
Solomon
Gray
Frank Cassell
Anthony Bard
Women Make Rugs in Ashak Factories Home Loom Work
In Ashak about 3000 women and girls work on Persian rug making. Looms are set up in home workshops and family members earn 6 to 7 cents per day.
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Ashak
Blackburns Castor Oil Pills Promoted as Civilized Cure
An advertisement extols Blackburns Castor Oil Pills as a civilized natural remedy for chronic constipation. It claims the product nourishes bowel nerves without draining essential elements and credits a chemist for the formula. Drugists offer ten and twenty five cent packages. seek Blackburns authentic product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Blackburn
Blackburn
Nevada Acts to Regulate Rail Freight Rates After Long Battle
Nevada passes a railway rate law creating a state railway commission with power to set maximum freight and passenger rates subject to court review. The measure ends decades of Southern Pacific tactics it aims to curb, including denial of terminal point rates and long-haul charges, with roots traced to Elko and ongoing opposition from rail interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Old Capitol
Nevada
Seattle
L. C. Branson
Tonopah
Sacramento
Cal
High Sierras
Elko
Nev
Nevada railway reform passes amid political clash
Amin Solis exposed a company trick through a cartel of rail rate manipulation. The piece recalls a tight freight overcharge and a $890 paper carload from Wisconsin to Tonopah, contrasted with a $590 starting cost, as Democrats push a railway bill amid a partisan struggle led by Speaker Skaggs and Governor Sparks.
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Wisconsin
Tonopahy
Southern Pacific
Tonopah
R. E. Skaggs
Assembly
Skaggs
Sparks
Senate
Woodbury
Carson
Nevada
Mayor Schmitz’s $6,000 Salary and $151,000 Spending Exposed
San Francisco mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, earning $6,000 a year, lives extravagantly with a $50,000 palace, a $7,500 automobile, staff, and overseas trips. The grand jury probes reveal a vast spending gap, hinting at graft as the source of funds amid a total claimed $46,500 in five years.
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Uncle Sam
Edward VII
Europe
New York
London
Schmitz
San Francisco
C.c
Ceee
Eugene E. Schmitz
Abraham Ruef
Musicians’ Union
Roosevelt
Grand Jury
Langdon
Francis J. Heney
Eddy Trust Deed Attacked in Court
In Concord New Hampshire on April 8 plaintiffs file a supplemental bill in equity attacking the validity of Mrs Eddy’s March 6 deed of trust. Trustees Henry Baker Archibald McLennan and Josiah E Fernald are named as defendants and ordered to answer by April 15. The move adds surprise to the Christian Science litigation and may complicate the case.
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Equity
Fendants
Henry Baker
Bow
N. H
Archibald McLennan
Boston
Josiah E. Fernald
Concord
Union Men Protest to the President
The Moyer Haywood Protest Conference led by Thomas Crimmins sent a letter to President Roosevelt demanding public amends for his criticisms of Moyer and Haywood, who are jailed in Idaho over alleged plots against ex Gov Steunenberg. The petition claims they are innocent until proven guilty and calls the president to retract statements that may influence juries.
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Messrs
Moyer and
Haywood
Jaif
Idaho
Steunenberg
Moyer
United States
Kaiser's Boy Coming to Harvard
Berlin reports strong belief that Emperor William may send his 19 year old son Prince Oscar to Harvard around American commencement time in late May or early June. Oscar, a keen motorist with fox terrier kennels, trained at Ploen military school where he showed daring before an injury. He remains popular with his father and is seen as a move to deepen US ties.
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Berlin
William
Prince Oscar
Harvard
Oscar
Ploen
America
Man Arrested for Dynamiting Mother-in-law's Home Near Rogersville
W. B. Carter was arrested after dynamite severely damaged the home of his mother-in-law Mrs. Will Johnson near Rogersville on Friday night. He had been separated from his wife and blamed his mother-in-law for the breakup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Will Johnson
Rogersville
Johnson
Will educate herself says Laura Ram gay to use pension
Laura Ramgay, a 12 year old Topeka girl, will receive $12 a month for the late Eugene F. Ware's pension. She plans to use the funds for education and study, saying she has discussed it with Mr. Ware and wants to learn something that will be of real service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrippe-MecRae Prees Association
Topeka
Kas
Laura Ramgay
Eugene F. Ware
Commissioner of Pensions
Finland Elects 19 Women to National Diet
Helsinki reports Finland has elected 19 women to its national legislature. Nine women are Socialists. The election results indicate significant female representation in the diet, reflecting a historic step for gender participation in politics.
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Serippe-McRae Presse Association
Helsingfors
Finland
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Conreid
Mme, Sarah Bernhardt
General Managers’ Association
Debs
Tew
Hood
Pena
the Sun
the Fighting Editor
Amin Solis
Fred J. Hewitt
San Francisco, Cal
Ard-Like
Ben
Eddy Trust
Christian Science Litigation
Scripps-McRae Press Association
Christian Science
Superior Court
Indianapolis
Merchants’ Association
Archibald Cleaver Co
L. 8S. Ayres & Co
Badger Furniture Co
D. H. Baldwin & Co
Langen Co
Bliss, Swain & Co
Wa. H. Block Co
the Bobbs-Merrill Co
John D. Brosnan
South Ilinois Street
Feeney Furniture and Stove Company
The
Albert Gall Co
Charles L. Hartmann
Paul H. Krauss
Kahn Tailoring Co., Custom Tailors
H. Lieber Co
Lilly & Stalnaker
George J. Marott
Charles Mayer & Co
China
W. H. Messenger
Steves
L. E. Morrison & Co
People’s Outfitting Co
Rink
Saks & Co., Men's and Boys’ Outfitters, Sporting Goods
the Sander & Becker Furniture Co. Furniture
the Star Store
L. Strauss & Co
Taylor Carpet Co
Vonnegut Hardware Co
Julius C. Walk & Son
H. P. Wasson & Co
When Clothing Co., Men's and Boys’ Outfitters
C. Z. Coffin
E. Wash
St. Indois
Moyer and Haywood
Scripps-MacRae Press Association
Thomas Crimmins
Pres
Ident
Kaiser
Scripps-MecRae Press Association
Springfield, Mo
W. B
Castoria Falstati
Bears
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