The Irvessa Distress Calls From the Reef Night
The Mongolian wireless operator recovers a distress call from the yacht Irvessa bound for New York. Captain and Harling struggle to determine location within a 60 mile radius as storm and chaos cloud the navigation and the stressed message speaks of a reef and panic.
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Harling
Irvessa
New York
Porto Rico
Reef
Cuandada Reef
Young Harling
Navy
Pinckney
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Women Help
Advertisement urges women to seek confidential, free letter consultations with Dr. R Y Pierce in Buffalo New York. It claims the non alcoholic remedy restores and regulates womanly functions, relieves pain, and strengthens weak women, warning against secret remedies.
Night gale isolates yacht in peril and radio hope
In a perilous sea story a captain and Harling confront a vanished yacht Irvessa. The crew fear loss as waves crash and a lone operator steadies a dying signal asking for location and time to save lives if possible. The storm drives the ship toward a distant beacon as a new contact emerges.
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E. H. Pinckney
Rich
Harling
After Inventory Sale of House Furnishings Basement Items
Local sale lists basement stock including galvanized wash tubs dust pans pie pans stoneware jars and enamel baking pans with reduced prices. Featured items include wood rolling pins white enamel pud ding pans and iron wash ers with special Friday pricing and market baskets reduced from six to nine cents to three-four cents.
Sale of Notions Basement Fragments
An itemized list details sale items including Silk Buttonhole Twist spools, Red Cross Sanitary Toilet Paper, Borated Talcum Powder, paper, machine thread in black or white, China pictures and chair seats, enamel dish pans, Berlin kettles, house brooms, and a Friday special run at 18.
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Red Cross
Dacia
Wars Stake Teteayeras
Your Choice for the Basement. Paper of Pins and Needles
A brief product notice lists sewing supplies like needles pins threads hooks eyes tape lines darning cotton shoe laces thimbles and related items offered for basement storage or sale.
Sundry Garments and Hosiery Prices in Vintage Catalog
An old catalog listing undergarments and hosiery with marked prices. Women’s vests and pants offered as low as 19 cents, 50 cent fleece Union suits at 39 cents, infants silk finished vests at 40 cents, men’s Balbriggan shirts and drawers at 39 cents, and treble knee stockings for boys and misses at 10 cents.
Flannelettes and Linen Remnants Advertised for Outfits
The notice lists various fabrics and remnants including flannelettes for kimonos, fancy outing flannels by the yard, India linen and lawn remnants, linen suitings, indigo and silver gray calicos, scotch plaid dress goods, and a soap specials line. It presents prices per yard and product descriptions in a vintage catalog style.
Damask and Linen Goods Price List From Old Advert
A catalog-style listing shows prices for damask, napkins, and table linen including 64 inch bleach damask, turkey red damask covers, napkins priced by the dozen, wash rags and towels. Items mention Fairy Soap and glycerine toilet soap with limited cake quantities per customer.
Bedding and Muslin Prices From Local Store
Catalog shows cotton blankets in sizes 7 by 10 and 11 by 4 with price notes around 49 cents and 95 cents respectively. Comforters listed 72 by 78 at 88 cents and 4 dollars, plus snowflake sanitary cotton quilted cover and infant fabrics priced under five dollars. Various muslin yardage in bleached and unbleached versions quoted with fractions and cents.
Amusements: The Mitchells at the Grand Vaudeville
The three dancing Mitchells perform at the Grand this week as noted stars of the vaudeville stage. The Creole Mrs. Mitchell from New Orleans leads with eight years on stage. Jesse the Black Prince is a versatile tumbler and fighter who mimics Joe Gans. The act plans a summer Atlantic crossing to London in June.
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Mitchells
Mitchell
New Orleans
Jesse Mitchell
Joe Gans
Atlantic
London
Donlins
Mike and
Mabel
Home Style Meat Loaf and Bakes From Old Recipe Notes
Collage of home cooking directions with Italian roast chop mix of beef pork veal and onion baked in loaf with gravy. Potato turnovers with mashed potato flour meat filling folded and browned in fat. Baked cabbage with eggs cream and butter, served hot. Cola Water Sponge Cake uses eggs sugar water flour baking powder and flavoring.
Park Theater Puts On The Runaways Comedy Spectacle
The Runaways at Park Theater delivers two vivid acts staged around a race track and Salad Glen on the Isle of Table d’Hate. George Ovey leads a 50‑strong musical comedy company with lively songs and dazzling electrical effects.
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New York
Park Theater
Salad Glen
George Ovey
Forepaugh Shines at Majestic with Sweet Kitty Bellairs
The Forepaugh Stock Company presents Sweet Kitty Bellairs at the Majestic to high praise for its Belasco-like romance and Georgian setting. Next week they debut Paul Armstrong’s The Heir to the Hoorah, a West comedy not yet staged locally, praised in major cities.
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Majestic Theater
Majestic
the Majestic
Paul Armstrong
New York
Aden
American Men and European Lovers In Sensational View
Dorothy Dix reports London Truth on the American man as the undesired mate for American women and a coveted target of European aristocrats. She argues rich American women marry titles for social gain, while many foreign and domestic women prefer American husbands, leaving the American man in steady demand and unlikely to remain celibate.
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London Truth
Cupid
Miss Millionaire
Anna Gould
Count Boni de Castellane
Prince de Sagan
Mise Thaw
Earl of Yarmouth
Miss Morton
Duc de Tallyrand
Americas
Medemoiselle
Dorothy DIX
Heir to the Hoorah staged by Forepaugh at local theater
The drama contrasts country and city sections to heighten action. The plot centers on a son who will inherit the Hoorah mine, resolving domestic troubles. Forepaugh promises a faithful production with original touches and careful attention to quality for local audiences.
Mitchell sisters headline a strong vaudeville for Empire Theater
The Mitchell sisters headline the Empire Theater week program with the Cozy Corner Girls in natty suits. Their dancing dominates the bill with original eccentric steps and constant applause. New Gaiety vaudeville at the New Gaiety adds changes and new features for the last three days.
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Empire
Mitchell Sisters
Cozy Corner Girls Company
New Reels and Songs From Five Regular Acts
Two new reels of moving pictures and new illustrated songs will accompany the five regular acts. White amateurs will perform tomorrow night with eight fresh acts debuting for the public. Amateurs are popular and waiting lists are long. DeLoris the pianist performs headstands and amuses patrons, having played before President Roosevelt who praised the act.
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DeLoris
Roosevelt
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Wireless
L W. Edwards
Frederick Thompson
X.V
Gretchen Hartman
Wasson
Se White
Berlin
Namel
Snow Boy
Sean Glycering
Empire Theaters
LL. Rost
Ever Hilizeia Street
Claypool Hotel
Tampa, Florida
Sar Aces
Florida
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