Notable Women Who Took On Hamlet Across Eras
A retrospective on leading actresses who played Hamlet, praised for Cushman and others. Notes Charlotte Cushman as a towering talent in male roles, with acclaim for Romeo and Claude Melnotte. Mentions Ellen Tree, Mrs Glover, Bernhardt, and Anna Tickinson, among others, shaping stage history with bold, varied performances.
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Julian Seaman
Hamlet
Ote Ellen Tree
Charles Kean
Glover
Edmund Kean
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Charlotte Crampton
Richard Iit
Iago
Romeo
Don Caesar de Bazan
Charlotte Cushman
Lady Hamlets
Anna Tickinson
Macbeth
Claude Melnotte
Shaved While He Slept in India Tour Tale
A traveler recalls a morning shock in India when a native servant shaved him in bed without waking him. The incident reveals a local custom of shaving masters while they sleep and leaves the speaker charmed by the hot country and its people.
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India
Louleville Courier-Jour
The Wearing of Shoes in Early Chicago Sows
Fragmented OCR recounts shoes and rosaries, with notes on fashion among women during a travel scene. It mentions wooden objects, painted colors, and the social use of footwear for modesty and balance in public.
Serpent Eating Snake King of Serpents Described
A historical note describes the king cobra Ophiophagus elaps, its aggressive nature and venom, including its size of twelve to fifteen feet, swift attack, and lethal effects. It details behavior in trees and water, its deadly venom, and reported fatalities in animals and an elephant in three months.
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Burma
Nicholgan
Airita di
Sydney Smith and the calm humor of a Victorian wit
A Longman’s Magazine excerpt recounts Sydney Smith praised for wit and calm conduct. It notes his affection for Annie Kay and a colorful crowd in a village, including Tug and Ling oxen, Calamity the horse, and the comic clash of locals. It mentions his reluctance to shoot and preference for peacemaking amid quarrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Kay
Tag
Charles Kingsley
Eversae
Vine Coverage of Architecture and Vines in England and America
The piece argues vines should not cover buildings entirely as most American walls are plain. It praises vines for aspiration but warns against masking beauty, noting English practice and mentioning Boston and a few U.S. communities as exceptions.
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England
Boston
Garden Magazine
Born for a Lawyer and the Mother's Vow to Ingersoll
Colonel Bob Ingersoll recalls a tale of a country woman bringing her freckle faced ten year old son to study law. The mother swears Jim was born for the bar, noting his early eagerness to work and his stubborn, keen mind even at seven. The colonel questions the boy’s age while the mother defends his destined genius and drive.
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Colonel Ingersoll
Bob Ingersoll
America
West
Jim
Cbil
Sage andIts Place From Ancient Roots To Modern Kitchen
A fragmentary essay traces sage from ancient medical esteem to a staple in 18th century kitchens. It notes sage’s reputed healing powers, its shift to culinary use, sage tea’s rough acceptance, and its pairing with rich roasts. The piece also includes a satirical gender aside about fashion and female appearance in society.
The Game of Quintain in Offs Green Kent
The game of quintain survives only in Offs Green Kent England. It used a tilting instrument with a vertical post crossbar pivoted at the top a Bat board on one end and a bag of sand on the other. The tilter struck the board to pass ahead before the sand bag swung round to hit him.
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Offs Green
Kent
England
Pleasant by Comparison Old Hanks Portrait Caption
A Chicago Tribune caption notes a photographer prompting a pleasanter expression for Mr. Hanks during a photo session. Mrs. Hanks stands nearby, remarking on his prior, less pleasant look when they arrived.
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Old Hanks
Evened Up in a Quick Stock Move Tale
Mutual funds and market chatter echo as a man notes a 20 point uptick during a ticket watch. He claims he broke even overall, while his wife shops at her dressmaker. The exchange captures everyday finance and domestic quiet.
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von Blumer
von Bluner
Wild Flowers of Alaska Description by John Burroughs
Burroughs notes the blue predominance in Alaska wild flowers with blue wild geraniums and daisies. He describes forgetmenot patches near Plover Bay by the Siberian coast, growing low and intensely ultramarine, nearly an inch high.
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Alaska
Cereen
John Burroughs
Plover Bay
Denver Aims To Become City Of Lights With 33 Arch Illumination
A Denver lighting project plans thirty three steel arches along Sixteenth Street each housing 220 incandescent bulbs to create a world fair style night spectacle. The arches will replace poles and suspend trolley wires, improving service beyond current arc lights and giving the city a dramatic, touristic nighttime view.
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Denver
Chicago
Sixteenth Street
Faces and Feet in a London woman's magazine
An English artist argues that a woman's foot shape reflects her face, noting that round faced shorter nosed women often have pretty ankles and feet while high cheeked women tend to have less attractive feet. The piece echoes a belief in bodily compensation.
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London Woman's Magazine
Insular Ignorance in Letters and Remarks
A Countess of Minto quote collection in National Review recounts Canadian and English views on travel and geopolitics. It notes an English general objecting to deploying troops via Canada through United States territory. The essayist also mentions a Canadian condoling over McKinley’s assassination and an educated Englishman’s surprise at modern civilization in a land once thought icy and barren.
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England
Far East
Canada
United States
McKinley
Countess of Minto
National Review
Brewster Brothers Clash Over Hatchet Burial
Two eminent Philadelphia lawyers, Benjamin Harris Brewster and Frederick Carroll Brewster, once feudists, were approached by a mutual friend to reconcile. Frederick agreed to bury the hatchet and sent Benjamin Jr. a card inviting him home on Monday evening May 1. Benjamin FW Brewster replied with a similar card ending the invitation, ending negotiations.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Harris Brewster
Frederick Carroll Brewster
United States
Frederick C
Benjamin Jr
Benjamin FH
Benjamin HW
Brewster
Mrs Gray Praises Husband Parishioner as Altruist
In a first call on a parishioner, Mrs Gray speaks lovingly of her husband’s noble spirit. The hostess doubts the claim, remarking on the tone of his voice and suggesting he may be vain.
The Simp son Means New Tunnel and Alpine Journey
A fragmentary review discusses a celebrated Alpine itinerary via the Simplon route, noting the tunnel’s impact on travel, the dramatic Rhone valley start, and the Hospitium refuge at the hospice. It recalls post horses, winding passages, and awe at grand heights through fortified routes toward Iselle.
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Deshier Wetel
Singlan
Saas
Masa Noin
Alps
Brieg
Iselle
Rhone
Sion
Sierre
Loueche
Martigny
St. Bernard
Simplon
Ecesses
Woman's rights lecture sparks timid husband reveal
A female lecturer in a Novel Magazine piece declares men must share housework. She asks if any man in the audience has lightened his wife’s burden by waking early, lighting fires, cooking, sewing, cleaning, and more. A mild husband rises, his first chance to assert himself.
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Odo
London
Novel Magazine
German Baby Swathas as Ornament in Homes Across Europe
A historical item notes German mothers’ practice of swaddling infants with a long pillow, blue ribbons, and multiple folds, creating a display piece placed on beds, dressers, or tables. It cites European stereotypes and mentions appearances in picture books and shops, with a brief magazine attribution.
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Europe
Etrand Magazine
The Flying Fish Flight Mechanism Compared to a Kite
The flying fish uses its pectoral fins like a kite string and its body weight to rise. It makes a water rush before breaking surface into air, where air hits the fin wings and carries the fish upward. Its fins cannot flap, leaving little steering power in flight and causing it to land on ships, skylights, or decks.
Hans Christian Andersen Portraits Vanity and Genius
A critic notes Hans Christian Andersen's vanity and frequent photography, detailing his strong yet unhandsome features. The piece describes his many whims, a morbid fear of burial, a nightly note by his bed reading I am in a trance, and hosts finding him an exacting yet forgivable figure due to his genius and childlike nature.
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Hans Christian Andersen
Fish Out of Water’s Hidden Cause of Death
The text explains that fish die not primarily from air but from drying Gill filaments that stick together, blocking oxygen uptake and stopping blood circulation. Gasping is described as the body’s effort to clear the passage between filaments.
Plain Clothes for Church Attracts Des Moines Congregation
The Des Moines congregation at Clifton Sleights Proshoverian lureb Monse urged worshippers to wear simple clothing to a church service. Rev Dr A W McConnell argued poor attendance stems from dress differences and said he would welcome denim for men and calico for women, even discarding collar and tie if workers would attend.
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Lova Pastorisks
Ufton Heights Pres Ly Fern
Des Moines
Liu
Tys & Des Moines
Clifton
A.W. McConnell
Resson
How Meriecans Teat Exo and Egg Tasting Ritual
A Mexican Herald note describes a plaza scene where a small woman sells two reals worth of eggs. Buyers observe her technique of lifting and touching each egg with lips to gauge temperature. Fresh eggs show a distinct temperature difference between ends, the warmer end housing the air chamber. If both ends feel alike, the egg is likely bad, indicating a broken air chamber and improper contents distribution.
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Mexicar Herald
Queer Thing About Rouge In Pharmacy Tale
A Salt Lake Tribune report quotes the bureau of chemistry chief saying rouge need not be investigated for danger. He notes no poison deaths among women would have occurred if rouge were harmful. A pharmacy anecdote shows rouge guaranteed to withstand the hardest kiss of investigation.
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Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Salt Lake Tribune
Sea Gypsies of Mergul Archipelago
In the Mergul archipelago off lower Burma Asia the sea gypsies live aboard covered boats with families and pets. They fish harpoon turtles dive for oysters by day and return to shore each night. When seas are rough they land with their dogs and poach small game for savory stews.
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Mergul
Lower
Burma
Asia
Frank English Servants in London Advertisements
The London ads reveal English servants confess flaws boldly when seeking work. A candidate admits drinking temptation but not a drinker, another boasts loyalty though plain speech, one asks for light manual tasks without naming intellectual work, and a sixteen or seventeen year old described as dishonest. A mistress may train a rough coster girl to redeem character.
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London
Cause of the Rev Mire Popley in comic quarrel
A Philadelphia Press humorous exchange shows Mr Popley washing Willie’s face and hands as he asks for the earth while Mrs Popley questions the desire. The gag highlights comic domestic chaos and the idea of needing the earth to wash away the mess.
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Popley
Willie
Mr. Popley
The Longest Day and the Solar Peak
June 21 marks the longest day as the sun reaches its northern limit near the Tropic of Cancer. Spectators travel far to see the midnight sun along the Arctic circle, with Salisbury Plain’s cromlech at dawn drawing druids and visitors. a sacrificial sunlit moment reported by an old guide.
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Arctic Circle
Salisbury Plain
England
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