Stage Craft in New York Theaters and Bedouin Duels
A survey of stage work describes carpenters and property men shaping scenes with papier mache and painted cloths. It details roles, duties, and pay, plus the use of life like props and armor, and notes disputes over duties and the value of upholding department boundaries. It also reports Bedouin duels supervised by elders, with ropes and hippo hide whips, or seated combats followed by a single knife exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Curteim
New York
Ali Furnitura
Miss Braddon discusses writing habits and Ishmael
The interview with Miss M E Braddon reveals her workshop style in Lichfield and Richmond. She describes a casual daily routine from 10 to 7 with tea breaks, her method mixing inspiration and skeleton plotting, and notes on authors like Trollope and Mrs. Wood. Her latest novel Ishmael outlines a Parisian society figure and a romantic triangle in seven-page skeleton form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chicago News
Two Taylors French Library
Dickens
Pickwick
Stott
George Eliot
Lamb
Stael
Bastess
Sala
Charles Reade
Tsay
Henry Wood
Henry Dunbar
Strees
Carpenter
Ishmael
New Guinea Expedition Provokes Mixed Views From Bruno
Chevalier A. E. Bruno, an Italian explorer, discusses the proposed U S scientific expedition to New Guinea. He cautions on interior dangers, hostile tribes, disease, and terrain while noting limited knowledge and uncertain outcomes for whites seeking gold or discoveries.
Boy Transformed From Girl After Jefferson Operation
A 15 year old who appeared female and wore dresses underwent surgery at Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia. Dr W H Pancoast revealed the subject was a boy born without a bladder and supplied an artificial one. The child adopted a boy’s name after the procedure and a second operation confirmed masculine development. both cases recovered. An ad for Bucklen's Arnica Salve follows, touting cures for skin ailments with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
W. H. Pancoast
Pancoast
Oddities and scenes from daily life in a bustling era
A zigzag of items from a distant era recounts curious finds including a skeleton unearthed twenty five feet down, new paper bottles claimed to resist water alcohol and contain blood albumen alum and lime. Other notes cover beggar stories rabbit and horse jumping comparisons a Baltimore Skye terrier returning a stolen cutlet and an elephant’s patient treatment by a surgeon showing trust and aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
Tramps Take Over Hodge Village Texas Station Incident
A gang of tramps seized the village of Hodge Texas at the Missouri-Pacific and Fort Worth and Denver junction, driving railroad men and citizens from the station at pistol point. An arriving train sent reinforcements, the raiders were driven onto the prairie, and by last report they were regrouping in numbers feared to threaten a fresh confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodge
Texas
Missouri-Pacific
Fort Worth
Denver
Where Jno. Smith Lived
In Nottoway county Virginia the region of the first settlers is returning to primeval conditions. A visitor prophesies wilderness in twenty years. Residents are old and sad with the young gone to better regions. Deer roam where cattle fed as oaks and pines cover plantations once cultivated by enslaved labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jno. Smith
Nottoway County
Virginia
Capt
John Smith
Poeshontas
A Grave Mistake in a Tense Family Moment
A fragmented dialogue shows First Tensorial Artist and Second Tensorial Artist debating President Cleveland's missteps and world awareness as Little Dick questions a new brother, while Mr. De Rich accepts a courtship and discusses an upcoming marriage with the sister amid curious chatter about family bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
de Rich
Poisonous Remedy and a Hollow Fox Tale
A Lebanon woman used Fowler's Solution to whiten complexion, nearly harming her sight but nearly saved by a doctor. Also recounted is an uncle’s hunting tale of two foxes using a hollow log to dodge hounds, with the foxes pulling off a clever double escape. The item closes noting many late life marriages in Castleton Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Fowler
Conestoga Valley
Lancaster County
Reynard
Uonelo
Mies
Lawyer J A Tawney Praises King's New Discovery
A Winona lawyer writes in endorsement form for Dr King's new consumption remedy saying it cured his chest pain after three years of use. Trial bottles of the throat and lung cure are offered free at Lititz Drug Store with a 1.00 price tag. Bitter ailments like Bright's disease diabetes and urinary issues are claimed to be cured quickly by Electric Bitters, which purify the blood regulate bowels and act on disease parts. Available at Lititz Drug Store for 50 cents a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gazette
Society of Washington
Aline
Francis Murphy
Pittsburg
Murphy
Tlaawyer
J. A. Tawney
Esney
Winona Mian
Dr. King
Lititz
Bright
Charles A. Locher
East King Street
Lancaster
Dobbin
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New York Tribune
M. E. Braddon
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Woman In White
Lady Audley
Trollope
Grant
New York Journal
Shiloh
Joshua Thorne
Kansas City
George Washington
Oklahoma
Wellington
Payne
Gentle Springs
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Oshkosh
Wis
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New Guinea
Globe-Democrat
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England
Australia
Chevalier A. E. Bruno
San Francisco
New Guinea Islands
Amos Weber
Salea
Mass
Baron Maclay
Chevalier
St. Louis
Bruno
D'Alberti
Tos
Capt. Weber
North Pole
Spain
France
Germany
Holland
Bucklen
Savannah
Goffstown
N. H
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Berlin
Friedrich von
Baltimore
Castleton
Whit King
Cooper House Lancaster
Alothing
S. L. Diffenderfer
Lamrra
Illeam J, Hamilton
Young, Keiper, & CO
Young & Reiper
Queensware
N. Third Street
Rea
Locher
Record Office
Lititz, PA
Escfbach
Hqsach L. Kschbach
Michael Roth
Sturgis
Litits
Bagdin
A. W. Weikels
North Queen Street
Lancaster, Pal
Welk
Anna Weber
A. W. Weikel
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Ahwaving
Passenght
Ledve Lititz
Philadelpia
Allentown
Bound Brook
Optsville
Bakem
Porieading
Pottsvillé
T. Sunbury
Lewisburg
Torgentine
Pottsville
Licitana
Philavelohia
Reading
Harrisburg
Williamsport
Sunbury
Pottaville
J.E. Wootten
C. G. Haxcocr
Geneneral
Arspine and
Columbia Rail Road
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Marietta
Tesye
Quarryville
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York
Hanover
Gettysburg
Frederick
A.M Wilsok
Lapajon & Lancas! Railroad
Ebanon
Ring St
Lane
Cornwall
Manheim
King St
Bao
Pw Ward
TER
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Sun
EM Jam
Wilson
R&cer
Havana
Cando & Mthr
Gwenrer Enrz
P& WB
Bomberger
T. Frank Evans
Samuel
Millway
Samuel and
George Duevis Bainbridge
Tobias Stauffer Salunga
Bias Stauffer
Delmore
Daniel Leopold
Littis
H.l.trout
Penn Square
Lancaster, PA
NEW Haven Coach Works
Pan Line
Amer & Brunner
New Haven
ENN Hotel
Penn
Hoetat B. J
Prop'r
Railroad Restaurant
Lititz PA
I. B. Hacker
Warwick House
R. Station
Lititzstop
F.G. Carpinter
Continental Hotel
Cuestnut ST
Fenu’sa B
Custon
George Flory
Columbia House
E. A. Hutton
North Broad Street
Masonic Temple
Academy of Sine Arta
Sturgis House
Sturgi
Bes
Ieee
Guicaea III
Shegeswacen Osha
SS. Ewing
Urea
Chestnut Street
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