The Red Rose Comes to La Crosse Theater
John C. Fisher's musical comedy The Red Rose arrives with the New York company for a three night engagement starting Thursday December 18 at the Majestic. The show centers on a Paris Bohemian setting with a young millionaire art student and Iola the famous model and features elaborate scenery costumes and songs such as I Want Another Situation Happy Little Country Girl You You You Witch of the Silent Past and What a Fool I'd Be. Hal Johnson and Halton Powell headline a cast of musical comedy favorites.
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John C. Fisher
la Crosse Theater
New York Company
Paris
Crace
Hal Johnson
Johnson
Halton Powell
the Majestic
Hal Johnson Appears at Majestic Promoted by Halton Powell
Halton Powell Inc, a leading producer of musical plays for vaudeville, announces the early appearance of Hal Johnson at the Majestic Theatre. The notice highlights Johnson as a featured act in the ongoing vaudeville program.
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Halton Powell, Inc
The
Majestic
Hal Johnson
Thankful Heart Finds Blessings, Beecher Quote
A reflective meditation on gratitude noting that a thankful heart discovers mercies in daily life. It compares an unthankful heart to a finger in sand and a thankful heart to a magnet seeking iron, finding gold in God’s sand through each hour.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Slit Reaches Bathing Skirts in Paris Styles
New York reports Paris fashion influence as eighteen young women wore bathing suits with slits for freedom of movement at Parkway Beach. Parallel stories note Morris Tessler’s brain surgery saved his life, a teen living a week on subway trains, and congressional moves to end free telegrams for members.
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New York
Morris Tessler
David Shapiro
Washington
Mean Farmer in Kansas Sues Son-in-Law Over Cow Deal
A Kansas farmer, famed as the meanest man on record, sold his son-in-law half a cow and refused to share milk. He argued only a front half was sold while the buyer must feed the cow and water it thrice daily. The cow allegedly charged the farmer, leading to a damages suit.
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Kansas
Suppression of Crete Post Offices Ends Philatelic Era
The decision to shut foreign postal agencies in Crete follows its union with Greece. Austria Britain France Russia and Italy previously operated offices there as in Turkey. Philatelic circles speculate whether Levantine offices run by powers including Germany will also close.
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Europe
Crete
Greece
Austria
Great Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Turkey
Germany
Montevideo University Buys Half Grain of Radium
The Montevideo University in Uruguay spent 51700 for a half grain of radium highlighting a record purchase in scientific procurement.
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Montevideo University
Uruguay
Mollenhauers in Odd Experiences
The famed violinists Mollenhauer visit a state normal school on December 17. Their travels yield humorous anecdotes from hosts and audiences worldwide, including experiences in London Costa Rica Spain and Barcelona, ending with an advertisement praising Gonzalez as the great shoemaker and clothing the couple in new footwear.
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Mollenhauer
State Normal School
America
Sousa
Waldteufel
London
Cartago
Costa Rica
Central America
Barcelona
Spain
Mollenhauers
Gonzalez
Calle
el Arte
U S Cotton Report Shows November 1913 Activity
A census bulletin reports November 1913 cotton use and stock levels. Running bales consumed reach 482,594 versus 475,511 in 1912, with manufacturing stock at 1,474,690 bales. Independent warehouses hold 3,284,807 bales, exports total 1,501,124 bales, and active spindles number 30,947,731 compared with 30,072,579 in 1912.
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Washington
Let Us Not Quarrel Over the Matter Any More
A street quarrel between two women over their ages ends with one saying she never knew her mother and suggesting the other may have been her heartless parent. The exchange turns conciliatory as they part.
Day by Day Autobiography Reflections by J F Ware
A philosophical reflection on how daily life writes a personal autobiography. Each day extends yesterday, revealing who we are and shaping our future as we pass on experiences to the next day.
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J. F. W. Ware
Small Boy Writes Patriot Essay About The Cow
A young American living in Germany was told to write a patriotic composition for Independence Day. Bobby chose The Cow as his subject and described the animal with two horns four legs and a tail. He ends with a line about the tail waving over the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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Germany
Bobby
Girls Learn to Dance at Met Opera School
Photographs reveal the advanced class at the Metropolitan Opera House ballet school in New York City. Madame Pauline Verhoeven oversees training as girls from many nations begin early for the goal of becoming premiere danseuse, with strict mental and physical exams for acceptance.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera House
New York City
Pauline Verhoeven
School of Instruction
Arabasque
Pavlova
Prof Turner to Follow Thwaites in Wisconsin Memorial
Madison Wis Dec 15 Prof Frederick J Turner of Harvard University will deliver the memorial address in the assembly chamber for the late Reuben Gold Thwaites. Rumor suggests Turner may be chosen to succeed Dr Thwaites as head of the State Historical Society following Draper noted as the first secretary.
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Madison, Wis
Assembly Chamber
Reuben Gold Thwaites
Frederick J. Turner
Harvard University
Turner
Thwaites
Lyman Draper
The
State Historical Society
Reward Offered for Slayer in Madison Robbery Case
The P Lorillard company wired Governor Mc Govern offering a reward of $1000 for the capture and conviction of the men who yesterday morning murdered night watchman John Longfield during an attempted safe robbery at the Madison branch.
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Madison, Wis
P. Lorillard Company of
New Jersey
McGovern
John Longfield
Hopper laments salacious theater offerings in New York
DeWolf Hopper spoke to the Friars at a dinner honoring David Warfield, denouncing the salacity of this season's theater offerings and predicting a shift in public taste.
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Hopper
Salacity
New York
DeWolf Hopper
Friars
David Warfield
Theater in Decline Amid Filth and Muck Outcry
Critics warn the deplorable condition of muck and filth is driving thousands from the theater. Activists say the venue cannot long continue under such neglect and urge immediate cleanup and reform.
Atlantic City Boardwalk Rolling Chairs Earn Big Revenue
Rolling chairs on the Atlantic City boardwalk generate about $500,900 in annual business. The figure highlights the activity's strong season and local economic impact.
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Atlantic City Boardwalk
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