Famous Madison Square Theater Closes Forever
The Madison Square Theater in New York ends its long, storied run after The Worth of a Woman. Once a cradle of American drama, it will be replaced by an office building as crowds recall figures from Daly Mackaye Palmer and Clarke to Gillette Barrymore and Booth.
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Augustin Daly
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Charles Pisher
Ida Vernon
G. H. Gilbert
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Clarke
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Old Maine voter questions Morrill support on the road
A Maine voter challenges Armor J Morrill about his views as a minister on a road, asking how one can vote for him if he is a universalist and not a believer. The elder responds that Morrill will be sent to Washington after two years if he does not hold those beliefs.
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Athenstane and Eunice Frith in a London Reading Room
A narrator fallen for Eunice Frith meets her in the British Museum reading room. He helps her in a mishap with a volume and a bond forms. Years pass with travel, misunderstanding, and a family tragedy before a costly inheritance finally clarifies loyalties and reunites them.
Hidden kindness heals a troubled family on the road to Norfolk
The narrator helps Mrs Frith and Eunice escape ruin after a brother’s tragedy. Overwork and illness strain the family until a benevolent lender funds rest and care. A month in town and a seaside break restore health, with a Norfolk home providing peace and a hoped for village church wedding.
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Buntee
Norfolk
Shakespeare and Macbeth Opinion on a Much Discussed Question
A reader argues Lady Macbeth may not be the sleep walking figure in Macbeth and questions Shakespeare's intent. The piece contends the scene is unnatural and might reflect stage practice of the era. It praises Macbeth as a pinnacle of tragic drama and contrasts with a domestic tale of hardship.
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Eunice
Bloomsbury
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Kanlee
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Putnam's Monthly
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Tie Alwayre
How He Made It Up From the Indianapolis News
Clink Willems cites New York's new superintendent of banks saying a bankrupt man’s loans collapsed as securities proved worthless. The anecdote recalls a Walter who complained about shortfalls and a demand to produce more notes to cover promised value.
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Indianapolis News
Panama Could Become Health Resort Region
A Washington special reports that Panama's health conditions show death rates in the canal zone lower than southern U.S. cities. U.S. sanitation efforts are praised as a landmark achievement, attracting South American interest in emigration and study of health methods for tropical regions. The piece suggests similarly making Amazon and other tropics habitable using these practices, despite costs, to unlock rich territories for white settlement.
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Iitout
Pann Cary
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Ecuador
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Burdette’s Bear Story Told by President at Camp
An account from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch describes a campfire scene with the president and guides, where the president recites Burdette’s bear story. The tale involves two men chased by a bull and a bear that spooks them, ending with a warning about a bear in a hole and the crowd reacting with humor.
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Fragmentary text from a newspaper page mentions Walter and Hiram Mayrick with unclear context and no discernible event or outcome to summarize. The readable bits reference locations in New York and New Jersey and a nation oath but lack concrete actions or dates.
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