Fifteen Year Old Builds Grand Pipe Organ at Home
William Barnes, age fifteen, built a 40 000 part pipe organ in the parlor of 2032 Sheridan Road Chicago over three years. The organ, valued around 1500, is praised for its rare tone and is considered an ornament to the house. William sourced pipes, studied books, and often worked amid tools, varnish, and glue while dreaming of becoming a renowned organist.
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Chicago
Charles O. Barnes
Sheridan Road
William
Henry M. Blossom, Jr
Eastern Theatres
West
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Nelson
Greeley farmer hand-selects wheat seed for cross breeding
E P House of Greeley Colorado works to develop a durum Egyptian wheat hybrid with high yield. He shells grain by hand and, using a microscope, picks only the largest kernels, handling no more than one sheaf a day. He plans to cross winter and spring rye next spring to yield a hardy spring rye and even cross rye with popcorn for Becarnet food. His seven acre test plot sits one mile west of Greeley where the experiments occur.
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Greeley
Colo
E. P. Riouse
House
Nelson Attractions Promote George Washington Jr at Nelson
Gleanings report Cohan Harris company presenting George M Cohans's George Washington Jr at the Nelson on Tuesday March 31 with Carter DeHaven and a large cast. The Hill Stock company offers My Inn at Crystal starting April 6 with matinees and nightly shows, no price changes, and seat orders welcome from out of town patrons.
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Nelson Attractions
Human Hearts
George M. Cohans
George Washington, Jr
Nelson
Cohan & Harris
New York
Boston
Chicago
Carter DeHaven
Mr. Cohan
Willis P. Sweat
Flora Parker
Elsie Artz
Jack Rafael
John Boone
Edward Lester
Frank McNish, Jr
John Kauffman
Joseph Leslie
Lee Myers
Crystal Theatre
Hill Stock Company
Actress Henrietta Rosman to Appear at Nel April 3
The article notes Miss Henrietta Rosman, set for a Nel theater appearance next Friday evening April 3, favors outdoor sports and fresh air as sources of health. It describes her reputation for naturalism and the public’s fascination with eccentricities of genius amid matinee idol worship.
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Henrietta ‘Rossman
Nelon
Bryan Anti Bryan Move Gains Ground at Denver Convention
Washington reports that 1 008 votes comprise the Democratic national convention at Denver two thirds needed for nomination. Opponents aim to block Bryan by securing about 200 anti Bryan votes including New York Minnesota Delaware and Pennsylvania while Gov Johnson remains the main alternative. Bryan supporters insist defeat at Denver is impossible despite growing anti Bryan pressure.
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Washington
Denver
Bryan
New York
Minnesota
Gov. Johnson
Delaware
Gray
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
South Dakota
anti-Bryan
New Jersey
New England
Johnson
Friends of
The Dairymaids Come to Illinois Theatre in Chicago
A bucolic musical comedy with an Old England charm opens in Chicago for a two week run starting Sunday April 5. Charles Frohman found the piece in London and imported it after acclaim in New York and Boston. The plot centers on a titled English lady who seeks to run a model dairy farm assisted by her two pretty nieces.
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Old England
Illinois Theatre
Chicago
Charles Frohman
London
New York
Boston
Approves Women's Club Plan For Her Sisters
Senhora Joaquim Nabuco wife of the Brazilian ambassador praises the women club movement as an emerging Latin American institution. She notes Latin American women manage municipal charity inspect infant asylums schools hospitals and prisons and urge prompt compliance with public spending.
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Woman Club
Latin America
Brazil
Woman's Club In
America
Pittsburg Woman Seeks New Divorce Before Remarrying
A Pittsburg woman, already divorced years earlier, obtains another divorce before planning a second marriage. The item notes the absurdity of rapid divorces amid discussions of property titles and the theatre led economy.
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Pittsburg
Model booze shop owner claims strong profits
A businessman who runs a small liquor outlet down east says the shop generates solid profits. He notes steady demand and mentions rivals in the area as benchmarks for success.
Man from Home hits 250th show at Chicago opera house
The Man from Home reaches its 250th performance at the Chicago opera house on Friday April 10. George A Kingsbury presents a sixteen page art album with tinted photos of key scenes and cast members. The run remains strong with near full houses and every actress keeps the same part throughout. understudy Alma Baldwin has not appeared on stage.
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Chicago Opera House
George A. Kingsbury
Chicago
Alma Balwin
Faure plans Atlantic balloon crossing but needs funds
Paris reports Jacques Faure, French aeronaut, proposes crossing the north Atlantic in an ordinary spherical balloon. He estimates a $20,000 cost, with the balloon at $6,000, and believes a six day voyage is possible with favorable air currents. He cites scientific and popular appeal as strong incentives.
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Paris
Jacques Faure
North Atlantic
M. Faure
New York
Atlantic
Soldiers, Civilians Cleared After Spying Scare
Gendarmes inspected preserved food boxes to find hidden papers. Faure, the sole man in a starched shirt, was made to reveal it and turn it inside out. French authorities proclaimed they were not spies after a tense exchange and the group was allowed to return home by train.
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Faure
Literary Notes From Woman's Home Companion
A brief note in the Woman's Home Companion section highlights current literary trends and notable writers, offering readers concise literary commentary and recommendations.
April Woman's Home Companion Showcases Arts and Reform
The April issue highlights Kellogg Durland’s second piece on Women of the Russian Revolt and Jane Addams on The Working Woman and the Ballot. Dr. Edward Everett Hale offers The Meaning of Home, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps continues Though Life Us Do Part, with fine short stories and Easter cover art by Wall, Shinn, Macauely and others.
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The
Woman's Home Companion
Kellogg Durland
Jane Addams
Edward Everett Hale
Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps
Hermann C. Wall
Florence Scovel Shinn
Ellen Macauely
April issue praised by notable figures for strong literary content
Current Literature receives praise from Vice President Fairbanks and Edwin Markham among others for its admirable character. The April number analyzes Taft and Bryan platforms, discusses gambling and prohibition, and covers an automobile race with humor and precision. It also features portraits of Allison and Oklahoma senators and pieces on British royalty and American literature.
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Fairbanks
Edwin Markham
Charles F. Abed
Elbert Hubbard
Taft
Bryan
Allison
Oklahoma
Alfred Deakih
America
It Is Fine to Be Poor Says Bok
Ada Patterson reports in New Broadway for April on Edward W Bok who describes his poverty experiences. He states the hardship of living on little and coal shortages, and asserts that poverty was the finest thing that ever happened to him.
Quote on poverty as a spur to effort
A reflection declares that poverty is the finest stimulus for a young person to work up from not a condition to remain but a driver toward improvement and success.
Bill's Limitations in Teddy's Choice Vocabulary
A fragmentary note contrasts Kaiser’s forceful gab with Teddy's chosen vocabulary, implying a mismatch between style and fate. The text seems literary and fragmentary, lacking clear events, persons, dates, or organizations.
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Fate
Teddy
Load of hay phrase echoes in local humor
A textual fragment notes a saying about every man who passes hay should pull out a handful. The line hints at rural wit and practical thrift common to the period.
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Touth
Willie Barnes
Colorado
Pr A
Henrietta Crosman
Black Crook, Jr
Checkers
Crystal
Miss Crossman
Senhora
Joaquim Nabuco
Senhora Joaquim Nabuco
OAS
Trip
Germany
Vosges Mountains
Black Forest
Strasburg
Woman’s Home Companion
Crawford
5Th
Broadway
Fourth Street
Central States Theatre
Cgolessees
Fred
Theatre Nellow
Geo. M. Cohan
Une Wang Jr
Carter Dehaven and
Willis P. Sweatnam
Cohanesque Chorus
Crosman
Peggy
David Garrick
Augustine Daly
Day's Theatre
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