Notable Theatrical Figures and Events Touched by Drama
Richard Manafield nears completion of a Portuguese translation of Arabia’s Night by Mounet-Sully and buys a country seat for 30000 francs. Edwin Booth nearing four years old, suffers chronic dyspepsia. James T Powers and Lillian Russell once starred in Fun 2 s graph Gallery. Jacques Kruger remains in the public eye little today. Hugh Fay, treated for consumption in a New York hospital, retires to the mountains for rest. London Gaiety girls performed in Dubuque with the audience singing Little Annie Rooney. Adolph Belot, Paris dramatist, author of Article 47 and The Black Venus, is remembered as earnest and lucrative. Charles Coghlan declared bankrupt in London dispatches, salary peak with stock companies at 700 weekly. Costume values for Cleopatra mislead, as sagas of imported outfits show. Dion Boucicault’s remains leave Woodlawn for Mount Hope, widow choosing a rural plot free of ostentation.S
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Richard Manafield
Island of Aa
Dom Pedro
Mounet-Sully
Edwin Booth
James T. Powers
Lillian Russell
Hape
Graph
Acques Kruger
Kruger Nowaday
Hugh Fay
New York
Koch
London Gaiety Girlu
Dubuque
Annie Roony
Adolph Belot
Paris
God
London
Charles Coghlan
Iy Davenport
Cleopatra
Dion Moucicault
Woodlawn
Mount Hope Cemetery
Mra ‘Thorndyke-Boucicault
Signatures of Celebrities in Delicate Handwriting
Lowell and Higginson pen refined signature lines showing polish and strain John Addington Simonds notes a long nervous hand Mrs Frank Leallo’s signature appears strong yet graceful W M Rossett and Christina G Row setti compose neat epistles on plain white notes in steady cursive
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Lowell and
Higginson
John Addington Simonds
Mra
Frank Leallo
W. M. Rossett
Christina G. Rowsetti
Plato
The Farm and Home: institutes and dairying guidance
Farmers urged to attend agricultural institutes to gain practical dairy knowledge. Notes contrast between intelligent breeding, especially mules, and horses, favoring mules for draught work. Discusses rotation, soil fertility, and manure use, advocating stable manure from fed stock as a wealth builder._WARN: fragmented OCR text limits full coherence._
Garden Pest Remedies and Farm Notes in 19th Century Guide
The article lists home remedies for pests including borers, plant lice, cabbage worms, and blight, plus lime and plastering ratios. It offers farm advice on hogs, poultry, horses, breeding, fencing costs, and stock management. A quoted note discusses portable food tablets as a human biscuit for travel.
Wealth and Hustle Fear in a Boston Merchant
A Boston merchant discusses wealth's limits and the burden of a thriving business. He argues money alone does not bring happiness and that the drive to maintain a profitable enterprise creates constant pressure and risk, even when comfortably situated.
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Boston
Agaya
Hoston Trew
Literary Notes on Kipling Dickens and Hymn Books
Bronson Coward earns 30,000 last year from Shennana Gambetta. Dickens letters describe Grip the raven. A new Catholic hymn book includes Cardinal Newman’s work and Bishop of Birmingham. Kipling’s name debated as Rudyard. health issues prompt sea voyage to Naples. Cardinal Manning and Farrar contribute encyclopedia articles. Huxley praised. Kipling portrait given. parlor reactions to French miracle plays noted.
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Bronson Coward
Shennana Gambetta
Dismarck
Carlyle
Thackeray
Charles Dickens
Grip
Barnaby Rudge
Devonshire ‘Terrace
Birmingham
Cardinal Newman
Kipling
London
Naples
Cardinal Manning
Chambers’ Encyclopedia
Archdenom Farrar
Christ
Prof
Huxley
Truth of London
Prof. Huxley
Thees
The Unconscious Man Who Sabors Courage and Elegance
The piece portrays a man unaware of his own failing style and charm, noting frayed collar and cuffs, a shiny coat worn at the seams, rusty boots, and dilapidated gear. It warns old age brings carelessness toward appearance, urging brides to seek genuine, honest love over idealized notions and constant complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goulus
Bis
Liles
Ilo
Oafory
German Syrup tale from Lewiston hotel proprietor
Mr Frank A Hale of the De Witt House Lewiston and the Tontine Hotel Brunswick relates his family losses to pulmonary consumption and his own frequent colds and lingering coughs. He notes hereditary consumption and poor stomach comfort while discussing remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Hale
de Witt House
Lewiston
Tontine Hotel
Brunswick
Notable Gifts and Curious Notes From A Distant Era
A Los Angeles donor gives £500000 to found a home for poor women and homeless children. The piece also mentions Maine timber camps for women, Empress Eugenie's losses in South American securities, Mrs Richard A Proctor plans for an observatory in San Diego, and social gossipy sketches of Washington figures Aunt Hartley and Miss Graham. It ends with a description of a Greek Christian monastic territory forbidding women, describing a male-only frontier with twenty three convents and no female crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia. Hollenback
Los Angeles
Cal
Maine
Eugenie
Richard A. Proctor
Mission Avighta
San Diego
Proctor
George Bancroft
Washington
Sali
Hartley” Graham
William W. Cocoran
Bancroft
Boston
Hartley
Misa Graham
Mark Catusby
Jeffains
Act
Greelan
Ornate buttons and novelties from metal to mother of pearl
A catalog of buttons in varied materials and styles. Ivory white and natural mother of pearl buttons appear with gold engravings and thread relief. Designs include steel borders, cordonnets, silk thread motifs, and turquoise accents. Novelty pieces feature horn, buffalo horn, nut, and yellow metal with ornate settings and star motifs.
Curious Birds Mentioned In Ancient Natural History
The article catalogs various unusual birds such as parakeets that sleep head down, flamingos feeding upside down, umbrella and bell birds, and the honey bird that guides hunters to hives. It notes bower birds in New Guinea building playhouses, cranes and grouse dancing, and a crocodile bird feeding on parasites in crocodile mouths. Included is a smudged advertise- ment about an insurance office and a druggist listing with a One Hundred Dollars reward offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
New Guinea
Nile
Iret Fire Insurance Office
Rome
Moston
Fragmented Ode Mixes Gift Talk and Soap Ad
A garbled prose piece blends gifts for a loved one with a faint praise of Dobbins' Electric Soap. It references a potential belt gift and a diamond for a Singer, then pivots to Salvation Oil and neuralgia relief, ending with a boast about Dobbins' soap dating to 1865 and imitations of other electrical products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lene
Boldl
Salvation Oy
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Claim Promise
An advertorial touts the cure all claims of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription promising relief from long years of illness in a week with a money back guarantee. It asserts the product will work if given a fair trial and notes refunds for unbenefited cases, stressing low cost and maker confidence.
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Dr. Pierce
Anesail
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