Trye Gow Puncher at La Crosse Theater Holiday Run
Spotlight on a Christmas theatrical run featuring the American play Trye Gow Puncher by William Vaughn Moody. The piece follows Tom Lawton Geraldine Graham Dynamite Ann Spokane Ike and others in a western setting, offering a dramatic yet hopeful narrative. Performances include matinees and night shows on December 26 and 29 at the La Crosse Theater following a previous engagement at the Princess Theater.
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la Crosse Theater
Tom Lawton
Geraldine Graham
Dynamite Ann
Spokane Ike
William Vaughn Moody
Princess Theater
Bought and Paid For at La Crosse Theater Friday
George Broadhunt adds stage splendor to William A. Brady production at the La Crosse Theater on Friday December 27. The show aims to ease weary theatergoers from a string of fireside romance stories with its smoother theme and lavish appeal.
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George Broadhun*t
William A. Brady
la Crosse Theater
Lucious Atere
The Great Divide review by Aston Stevens
Aston Stevens of the New York Journal discusses the first production of The Great Divide, praising the new play as a notable addition to contemporary theater and noting its bold themes and dramatic impact.
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Aston Stevens
The
New York Journal
Blessed are the bill collectors for they move things
A humorous judging library excerpt notes how a man postpones tasks until a bill collector arrives. Once faced with payment the procrastination fades and action follows. The piece contrasts idle philosophy with practical effort prompted by debt collection.
Mexican Crisis Grows Acute Over Rebel Capture
American roadmaster J. I. Morris was seized by Mexican rebels below Juarez. Consul Thomas W. Edwards demanded federal action to rescue him. Rebels threatened to shoot Morris as he tried to extinguish a bridge fire on the Northwestern railroad. General Tracy Aubert ordered eleven federal troops to search for him amid reports of heavy fighting at Ascension.
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J. I. Morris
Juarez
Madero
Thomas W. Edwards
Morris
Edwards
Tracy Aubert
Aubert
Ascension
Samuel Rea Elected Director of New Haven Railroad
Samuel Rea, elected president of the Pennsylvania Railroad after James McCrea’s resignation, was chosen today as a director of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad to fill the vacancy left by McCrea.
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New York
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania
James McCrea
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
McCrea
Boy Slayer Sentenced in Buffalo Case
J Frank Hickey, convicted of killing several boys including Joseph Josephs, was sentenced by Justice Brown to not less than twenty years or more than his natural life. Hickey was taken to Auburn prison after the sentencing.
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J. Frank Hickey
Little Joseph Josephs
Brown
Hickey
Auburn Prison
Castro Leaves France for New York Aboard La Touraine
Paris reports Castro ex president of Venezuela sailed from Le Havre on the liner La Touraine bound for New York. Detectives trailed him as he shaved his beard and traveled with a cafe waiter acting as a valet.
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Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
France
la Touraine
New York
Castro
Havre
French murder trial opens in Paris for Mme Bloch murder case
The Paris assizes hear the case of Mme Bloch charged with killing Mrs. Bridgman, an American, whom she claimed had alienated her husband. Wags began today in court as the trial opens.
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Paris
Mme. Bloch
Young Ryan in Peril
Alan Ryan eldest son of financier Thomas Fortune Ryan lies critically ill at General Memorial hospital after a serious abdominal operation.
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New York
Alan Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
General Memorial Hospital
200 JAP MINERS KILLED IN TOKIO MINE EXPLOSION
Hakodale dispatch reports a mine explosion near Hakodale killing 200 miners with only three escaping. The incident marks a catastrophic disaster in the Japanese mining region and is confirmed by local officials.
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Tokio
Hakodale
Milligan Quote on Finding Contentment in Daily Work
A Milligan saying urges finding contentment by dedicating the heart to daily tasks, suggesting fulfillment follows from steady effort rather than chasing happiness.
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Milligan
Poisons Alleged in Death of Homesteader’s Child
Curlew Washington December 23 A homesteader Edward Stoddard is accused of poisoning his three year old daughter to stave off hunger as food ran out in the Toledo creek household A search of more than a score men is underway for him After the child died a pancake eaten by a dog also died authorities allege the man planned to kill his family to end their hunger pangs
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Curlew
Wash
Edward Stoddard
Toledo Creek
Stoddard
Officials order wheelbarrows for travel in West Africa
The Paris Gazette reports that French officials in the Ivory Coast will travel in wheelbarrows after natives refuse to carry passengers or baggage on their heads, making all official journeys by wheelbarrow.
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Paris
West Africa
Ivory Coast
Grammar Lesson Ends With a Punchline
A school teacher explains the grammatical agent in the sentence John was struck by James. Mary defines the agent as the doer of the act. A sharp question from a student yields a blunt, humorous answer about a kicked-out “gink” from the judge.
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James
Mary
Tommy
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