Local Rehearsal Beats the Heat for Barclay Walker Opera
The Grand opera house stage hums as Barclay Walker’s new opera The minister extraordinary rehearsals run long from morning till night. Director Calhoun pushes performers hard while Louis Girard from New York joins the cast and praises the cannibal island scene as the show’s highlight.
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Barclay Walker
Grand Opera House
Kirkland Calhoun
New York
Calhoun
Louis Girard
Girard
Castle Opera Company
Oscar Girard
Australia
Rice
Thas
Park theater schedule features Irish drama and stage shows
Murphy's The Game Keeper billed as Irish star O'Brien original Ivy Leaf star. Scenic Dublin County photos praised. Cast includes Kitty Coleman Minnie Dixon Parker Norma Hiatt Jim Smith Lon Haskell. The Woman in Black by Grattan Donnelly arrives next Thurs for three days with Broadway Fifth Avenue scene and election returns on building wall. Empire season opens Monday with Bon Ton burlesquers and vaudeville acts by Gladys Van and others followed by Corbett McCoy fight results Thursday night.
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O’brien
Dublin County
Ireland
Kitty Coleman
Minnie Dixon-Parker
Norma Hiatt
Iem B. Parker
T. J. Smith
Lon Haskell
the Clever Little Notene
H. Grattan Donnelly
Jack Y Woeffler
Broadway
Fifth-ave
Hoffman House
McCoy- Corbett
Edward Shayne
Gladys van
Shayne
Worden
Viola Sheldon
Barrett Bros
Dave Nowlin
Byron
Langdon
Mile
Dazzia
Corbett-McCoy
Maddog Runs Amuck in Charleroi and Nearby Towns
A mastiff gone berserk caused panic from Charleroi to Stockdale. It attacked Mrs Arter and a traveling man, bit a boy, and bit or lacerated several more in Lucyville, Dun levy, Stockdale, Woodstock, and California. Two men hospitalized in Pittsburg with hydrophobia threats.
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Charleroi
Frank Arter
Dunlevy
Lucyville
Pittsburg
Stockdale
John Smith
Woodstock
California
Here
Harvey Cornell
John Rimeal
New Zealand Lamb Sent to Demonstrate Shipping Viability
A spring lamb killed and dressed in New Zealand arrived in New York after a 17 000 mile voyage. William Shields received the specimen as a gift to show that South Pacific meat can be shipped to this country in good condition. The meat is reported to be good and solid after the long journey.
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New York
New Zealand
Wm. Shields
Shields
Record Year for US Exports of Tools and Machinery
Washington reports a historic high in exports for the fiscal year ending 1900. Builders hardware saws and tools rose to 9.65 million dollars from 7.84 million the prior year, while sewing machines electrical machinery locomotive engines typewriters and metal working machinery all show substantial gains versus 1898 and 1899.
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Washington
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Suit Over Death of Child After Fright Incident
Thomas Partridge of Penfield sues neighbor Mrs. Russell Terrill for 10000 dollars claiming his daughter Mary died from fright after Terrill entered the house in a masked way and frightened the child last December. The suit seeks damages for the child's death on grounds of fright and alleged malice.
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Thomas Partridge
Penfield
Russell Terrill
Mary
Negro ventriloquist narrowly avoids lynching in Chicago
James Wilson, a Black ventriloquist, escaped mob violence after being mistaken for a kidnapper when he held a rag baby and used voice throwing to provoke a reaction. A pursuing crowd chased him through Chicago streets until he boarded a street car with the conductor's help.
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Wilson
New York diamond ring recovered with unexpected donor
Mrs. Coe, wife of Rev. D. Edward B. Coe of New York, advertised for a lost diamond engagement ring. A man returned the ring and, after confirming a reward, offered $25 but declined, saying he was joking. He identified himself as George W. Vanderbilt.
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Mrs. Coe
George W. Vanderbilt
School board refuses payment on experts bill
The school board on Thursday night declined to pay the $100 due on the $250 claim by Experts C. F. Shepard and W. S. Ryan who examined the board's accounts. The report criticized the accounting methods and Ryan said he would not pursue collection, suggesting a report with no criticism could have yielded $500.
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C. F. Shepard
W.S. Ryan
Ryan
Cure for rupture and hydrocele offered by Dr Riggs
A Cincinnati doctor, Dr O H Riggs of 6 East Fifth Street, claims nine years of curing rupture varicocele and hydrocele without surgery. He promises speedy painless relief with no danger, asserting positive cure for patients.
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O. H. Riggs
E. Fighthst
Cincinnati
McCray Proposes Belt Line Scheme For City
Ex Judge Frank McCray outlines a plan to divert Big Four traffic from Missouri Street to Belt Line trains, route water company canals into Fall Creek at the aqueduct, fill the ditch, and create a boulevard on Missouri Street, removing an unwanted element and beautifying the West side.
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Frank McCray
Missouri St
Water Company
Fall Creek
Missourist
Westside
Probate action to probate Pearcy will in Cook County
Application filed in Cook County probate court to probate the will of Charles Pearcy who died in Chicago three years ago leaving a $42 000 estate. Jacob J Hoffner named executor and beneficiary seeks setting aside prior settlement. will dated September 1894 allegedly locked in Donnemara Prison vault. Contested bequests include Connalline V Collins of Troy New York and James H Pearcy of San Francisco.
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Cook County
Chas. Pearcy
Pearcy
West Virginia
Jacob J. Hoffner
James H. Pearcy
San Francisco
Cal
China Sqiubs Reach Taku Amid War Updates
Czeble opens to Taku. Arthur A Woods of the marine corps drowns at Tonku. Battleship Oregon nearly ready for service. Gen Chaffee believes fighting may end. Emperor possibly guarded by allies. Surgeon Perley reports 50 Americans wounded but stable aboard Relief. Hancock transports reach Taku with four infantry companies, artillery batteries and 500 marines. Baron Von Ketteler’s body found after assassination. to be reinterred in Pekin Christian cemetery.
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Taku
Arthur A. Woods
Marine Corps
Tonku
Oregon
Pekin
Chaffee
Perley
Tien-Tsin
Relief
Hancock
Fifteenth Infantry
Baron von Ketteler
Monon Route Time Card Notes Railroad Schedules
Rail timetable for Chicago to Cincinnati and other cities on the Monon Route. Includes classes Daily Sleeper Parlor Dining and Cher car within various Chicago ticket offices. Lists night and express trains with departure and arrival times and fare indicators.
Train schedules fragment from multiple routes
Schedule fragment lists times for three routes with departures at 7.00 am 10.23 am for T. C. and Mich. and 4.15 pm 12.20 pm for T., D. and Chilim and 7.20 pm 10.25 pm for M., L. and L porte sp.
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Mich
Chilim
L'porte
Cincinnati Railways Timetable Fragments
Timetable fragment lists multiple Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railway routes and connections. It mentions city ticket office at 25 West, various departure and arrival times for trains to Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleveland, New York and Boston routes, including fast mail and Knickerbocker service with listed times for several legs.
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City
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Fast Mail
Det
Dayton
Dayton Lim
Toledo
Detroit
Benton Harbor Line Schedule Fragments
Schedule notes for Benton Harbor and St. Louis lines show departure times at 6.45 am and 2.50 pm for Benton Harbor express, with additional 4.50 pm and 8.35 pm listings. St. Louis services include the St. Louis Limited at 3.29 pm and various accommodations, with a 7.30 am start for the St. Louis accommodation and other arrivals throughout the day.
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Benton Harbor Line
Benton Harbor
Wabash
Chicago Line Train Times and Services Listed
Train schedule details Lafayette and Chicago services with arrival and departure times. It lists Lafayette accommodation trains at 7:45 am and 5:45 pm, another at 5:15 pm and 10:45 am, plus Chicago fast connections at 1:45 am and 2:30 pm. The Chicago WC special runs at 3:30 pm and 6:18 pm, with the Chicago night express at 12:05 am.
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Washington St
Chicago
S. Pd
Chicago Express
Cincinnati F Ms
Lafayette Accom
Lafayette
N. Y
Baltimore
Wash
Ind
Louis
Rich
Col
Piqua & Columbus
C. Colum
Richmond
Mad
Sun. Onty
Cok
Verrion
Madison
Martinso'e & Vin
Dayton & Xenia
Pittsburg & East
Logansport & Chicago
Baltic & Wash
Dayton & Spring
Springfield
Columb's, Ind
Colum
Martins. & Vin
Martinsville Acc
Knights. & Rich
Phil
N.Y
N. Ye
Spencer Acc
Col. Ind. & Lovia
Logang
Vandalia Lines
VT. H
St. L. & West
T. H
St. L. Ace
Western Express
Effingham
T.H
St. L
Chicago to Cincinnati and Peoria line timetable snippets
Timetable fragments showing train times between Cincinnati Greensburg Peoria Bloomington and Bloomington lines. Arrivals and departures listed like 3.45 am 11.50 pm and 4.15 am 11.0 pm with various through connections and accommodations noted.
Columbus and Spring Time Schedule Snapshot
Train schedule snippet shows times for Columbus and Spring locations with 5.45 am and 10.35 pm references, and a Lynn accommodation entry at 3.00 pm and 2.50 pm plus 6.15 pm to 10.15 am window.
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Columbus & Spring
Ohio Special
Lynn Accommodation
Pennsylvania Lines Schedule Remains Printed for City Stations
A fragmented timetable lists ticket offices at Sta Illinois and Washington Depart with multiple routes and times. It includes connections among Philadelphia New York Baltimore Washington Columbus Cincinnati Chicago Indianapolis and Dayton with lines to Vandalia and St Louis and notes various trains and speeds across the day.
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Smith O’brien
Murphy
THE
Empire
Bon Ton
Byron and
the Empire
Smith O'Brien
Maddog
Pites
Pennsylvania
AAAS
Rochester
Negro Ventriloquist
James Wilson
Ourselve
C. Aneshaensel & CO
Ohio Street
Peterson
Pennsylvania St
Indianapolis
New Brunswick
N. J
Indianapolis Paint & Color Co
Mass. Ave
Wilson National Surgical Institute
Ohio St
Depurator Medicaj. Institute
N. Ilinois St
Auxilliary Savings Banks
the General Trust Company
E. Market Street
W. S. Ryan
M’cray
Fenner
D. P. Stirk & CO
East St
Chas. L. Hartmann
R. F. Stone
West
China
C. H. Riggs
East Eighth Street
the Sun
Depierces
Ro- Faifern Mall
Jeheater Chemical Ce
Madison Square
PMILA
Bates House
United States
Indianapolis Cancer Institute
East
New York Street
SUN
Druggiom, Sr
Chas. D. Githens
Busineas
Chicago, Indianapolis & Lenaisville Railway
Indiana, Decatur & Western Ry
Dec
St. L.m & Ex
Tuscola
Dee
St. Si
Lake Erie & Western
R. R
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway
Ington-St
St. L.R
Big Four Routs
City Ticket Office
Washington-st
Cleveland Line
Anderson Ac’mdat
Bos
Fos.mail N.Y
Boston
Lim't
D. N.Y
Illjjam
Greensburg
Cin
Flex, Sd
N. Ver
Hiddam
Peoria Line
Peoria
Bloom
M&ex
Peoria & Bloomington
Champaign
Peoria & Bloom
Springfield and
Columbus
Pennsylvania Lines
Sta Iilinois
Tson Andshington
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