Polish Actress Berthe Balich Shines In Monna Vanna
Madame Berthe Balich, a Polish actress who learned English six years ago, stars in the Russian drama Monna Vanna. She has trained in Russian Hebrew and Yiddish theatre in New York and acted in Fedora before mastering English and five other languages. Her early English roles were modest, but she soon impressed audiences.
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Ot ‘Pappenings
Ryan
Monna Vanna
Madame Berthe Balich
Bowery
New York City
Madame Kalich
Bofar
Manna Vanun
Bertha Kalich
Rachel
Borphardt
Dawison
Edwin Booth
David Garrick
Goara
India
Trappers' Winter Prices Lift Fur Markets Across North
Old Minnesota fur trade details rise with mink and martens fetching 11 to 20 dollars per pelt and otters up to 22 dollars, while beaver and fisher become scarce. The piece also surveys Madama Kalich's theater reception in Chicago and notes high prices for otter, mink, and marten pelts amid broader trapping activity by locals and agents, with dangers of unscrupulous selling and bear pelts valued at around 40 dollars.
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Great Lakes
Minnesota
Woman's Will in Canterbury Pilin Quotation
A fragment from Canterbury presents a poem line about the power of a woman's will. The verse declares that when she wills she acts decisively, while resistance yields to her intent.
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Canterbury
Evolution of Woman in Humorous Verse
Fragmented verse comments on women and men with archaic spellings and satirical tone. It laments shifting terms from woman to wooman to whim-men amid mentions of Adam, Eve, and Abe and notes husbands changing pockets and folly.
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Adam
Uncle Sam's Second Navy Cadet School at Arundel Cove
The article describes the U S Revenue Cutter Service academy at Arundel Cove on Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore. It details admission ages, strict exams, three year training with summers at sea, cadet pay and deductions, commissioning as third lieutenant, and planned career progression to captain, plus a disciplined daily schedule and emphasis on both academics and physical training.
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Uncle Sam
Stit
Weat Point
Annapolis
Arundel Cove
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
United States Revenue Cutter Service
Anpopolis
Revenue Cutter Service
Revenue Cutter
Bald Baldwins New Airship Shocks with Novel Propeller Scheme
Captain Thomas Baldwin unveils a high capacity 16 000 cubic foot airship of Japan silk with a forward propeller driven by a gasoline motor. The keel uses Oregon pine wood, a 75 pound engine delivers 744 horsepower at 3 000 rpm, and a 11 foot propeller spins at 200 rpm. The craft costs over 1 600 dollars, with about 250 dollars per ascent, and features a canvas rudder and a two gallon hydrogen tank.
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Thomas Baldwin
Captain Baldwin
America
The
Republic
Los Angeles
California
Capiain Baldwin
Japan
Oregon
USA
Baldwin
Secretary Wilson Urges Forest Preservation and Reforestation
Secretary Wilson warns against wholesale forest destruction and calls for a businesslike, scientific approach to forestry. He endorses planting one million acres, expanding the Bureau of Forestry, and elevating protective policies while Edward Everett Hale stresses prompt action and common sense in safeguarding America’s woodland heritage.
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Wilson
Everett Hale
American Forestry Association
United States
Congress
McKinley
Douglass
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Vorosity
Bureau of Forestry
Washington
Prairie States
Edward Everett Hale
United States Senate
Hale
Ohio Valley
Michigan
Minnesota
Northwest
Oregon
Europe
Acir
Landa
Sunshine Society and Its Unique Gift of Kindness
The Sunshine Society, founded in 1900 in New York, emphasizes daily acts of kindness rather than charity. It operates without salaries, relying on volunteer officers and members, and aims to brighten others' lives through thoughtful gestures and personal greeting. The story cites Cynthia Westover Alden’s idea of passing along greeting cards to spread joy rather than discard them.
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Nong
Sunshine Society
New York
Cynthia Westover Alden
The
New York Recorder
Alden
Secord
Mrs
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Madame Berths Kolich
Evolution of
Government
Bald
Annapolix
West Point
Iwherry
Edward Everett Bale
the Sunshine Society
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