The Rehearses in a Gaslit Theatre Orchestra
A fragment from a rehearsal scene shows a dim crescent hall filled with tired patrons, a lean youth delivering a topical song, and three American women demanding a new number. Tensions rise as the conductor pushes for progress, while a somber boy clears sheets and a wary matron watches the chaos unfold. The piece ends with a note on royal salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margate Zands
Tommy
Cornet
Aud
Gallagher
Mamie
America
The Joker's Corner Satirical Verse And Dialect Jabs
A humorous mix from The Joker's Corner features a satirical piece About Sunday school attendance and the promised good times in urban life, including lines about rapid transit and social shifts. Dialogue snippets with Miss Scorcher and Kal Somine add color, concluding with a wry weather quip from the Chicago Tribune.
Eclipses and dragons in imperial superstition era
The article surveys sun eclipse beliefs in China with a dragon devouring the sun and mourning customs during eclipses. It notes the emperor’s birthday was set aside and people mourned until the sun was rescued, per petition to the emperor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Celestial Empire
Texas crops and land opportunities entice settlers
Texas leads in farm diversity with cotton corn cereals and sugar cane crops statewide. Gulf Coast yields vegetables and berries, while fruit crops like peaches plums oranges and olives can be marketed earlier than California. Prospective land seekers are urged to move to Texas for larger farms milder winters and higher profits, with pamphlet and rail-excursion details provided. Nearby notes mention parachute safety legislation and a cold remedy claim, and a report on Arizona cattle thieves causing losses.
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Texas
Gulf Coast
California
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
HL. A. Cherrier
Northern
Marquette Building
Chicago
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Deacon Griffin
Brother Jackson Benson
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Wiseacres
Pratt
Mr. Chugwater
Joseph Jackson
Danderine
Edmund D. Murdaugh
Territorial Normal School
Knowlton Danderine Company
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Innfornia Fig Syrup Company
Massachusetts
Ireland
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
I. Cheney & CO
Mr. Dudekins
Mabel
Mable
Rayz
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Nokia
Thomas B. Reed
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Everltt
Thean Abbott
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Vlar
Boston
Maes
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Ww. N.U
Rae
Ipie Prin
Deano
Weanth
Arizona
Ower
Brandt
A. J. Tow
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ACME
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