Angelos Grand Opera Dream Ends in a Vaudeville Twist
Angelo, an aspiring Milanese composer, toils to find a voice for a grand opera. He obsesses over Mademoiselle Jolie, a contralto from a ten cent vaudeville, and his fixation culminates in writing his opera within a moonlit room. The night ends with Jolie revealing herself as Willie Wilkins, a famed female impersonator.
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Angelo
Signor
Jolie's
Mademoiselle
Jolie
Milan
America
Tiam
Mile
Israfel
Little One
Mademoiselle Jolie
Mademoiselle Jo
Signor Angelo
Angélo
Daffy
Willie Wilkins
End of Chinese Boycott Impacts Hong Kong Shops
Shanghai reports that peaceful protests are over as order returns in Hong Kong. Fear remains among shop owners and workers who have removed signs while some men threaten to cut off the ears of offenders trafficking in forbidden Japanese goods.
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Shanghai
Hongkong
Canton
Sit Livil at the Northern Minnesota Hotel Ride
Byron Williams recalls a summer stay beside a northern Minnesota hotel with Louie a lively local guide. A teetering ride on a railcar headlined by Louie’s SIT LIVIL yell leads to a ditch and a night walk back under October dew and a whiskey mystery.
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Minnesota
Loule
Louie
Livil
Australians tell stories of c L We 3 wartime? memory
A Melbourne Times note recalls a wartime anecdote of a Stock Exchange member guarding a wagon of goods on a cold night. He asks a colonel for a rough value, the colonel estimates about 200 pounds, and the guard offers to visit the camp for a check to avoid exposure or cold, implying thrift over risk.
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Stock -Asxchange
Melbourne Times
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim and Reward Note
A vintage advert promises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh with a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and urges readers to send testimonials to F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists. Also promotes Kul's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
J Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Drugeista
Kuli
Temperament and love in a domestic tale from the Houston Post
In a brief colloquial exchange a mother mocks the idea of artistic temperament noting a daughter who marries an artist who beats her, then contrasts a sister wed to a coal heaver who is devoted and never cross words. The snippet reflects social judgment and domestic stereotypes.
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Houston Post
Remarkable Church Rush Amid Mexican Earthquake News
A New York Weekly snippet notes a chaotic rush as people flee churches during a Mexican earthquake reported today. An American tourist recalls the scene and mentions a contribution box in circulation.
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New York Weekly
Quoted Advertisements and Proverbial Mottos in 19th Century Catalog
A collage of ad snippets and quotes including Brown's Bronchial Troches 25 cents a box from Brown & Son Boston a health claim for Pazo Ointment piles cure in days and Allen's Foot-base for feet. It also notes buyback offers for cow hides furs and a Montaigne quotation about wisdom and cheerfulness.
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Brown
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Brown & Son
Boston
Mass
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