McCullough's Final Public Performance at Chicago Theater
Gleanings from McCullough's last stage night at McVicker's Theater in Chicago recounted by actor Joseph Haworth. The 'Governor' faltered, forgot lines, and faced a tearful, sympathetic audience as Spartacus dies and the company honors him in a poignant farewell before disbanding.
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Joseph Haworth
Cleveland
McCullough
Chicago
Spartacus
Haworth
Pharsarius
Pharsanius
Thrace
John McCullough
Extravagant Boucicault and Fechter Admired in Paris Wardrobe
A Pittsburgh Dispatch letter lauds Boucicault for lavish living with luxury hotels and daily changing parlor spreads. Fechter is praised as even grander though died in poverty. A correspondent details Madame Judic's wardrobe with gowns from European courts, a hussar uniform, and a czarina inspired dress embroidered by 100 Paris needle workers.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
Boucicault
Fechter
Monte Cristo
Madame Judic
Europe
Russia
Paris
Hog Behavior Sparks Debate On Public Etiquette
A Philadelphia Times blames rudeness on public spaces with a comparison of two hogs the sidewalk and the theater. It cites a cio brief on manners and references the Massacre of St. Bartholomew signal in 1572. The piece notes theater innovations and a misprint scuffle in Robson and Crane’s Comedy of Errors.
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Philadelphia Times
Theatre Francaise
St. Bartholomew
Dan Brohman
Paris
Vaudeville Theater
Robson
Crane
Immigrant life and Japanese women in historic notes
The Philadelphia Record discusses Russo Jewish immigration in America, noting influx and challenges of assimilation, poverty, and ethnic clustering. It highlights Lake Street Port Richmond progress under Hebrew Educational Society with an industrial school, and modest farming colonies. It also surveys New York Hebrew communities, theatres in the Russo Jewish language, and immigrant experiences. The piece moves to Japanese women and children describing attire, behavior, and street scenes, then shifts to English tales of bartenders and sobriety, with reflections on keeping sober.
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Philadelphia
American
America
Europe
Chestnut Street
Warsaw University
Lake Street
Port Richmond
Hebrew Educational Society
New York City
Russia
Hungary
Mutilation of the Teeth Among Mohammedan Malays
The Maldives style tooth filing described as a social custom. The filer uses hammer, anvil, chisels, files and saws and the patient, blindfolded, endures a long ritual with a chant. Teeth are then blackened and soothed with coconut water. The practice links to a legendary escape of the Prophet Mohammed and echoes older Central American tooth perforations studied by M. E. T. Hamy.
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Mohammed
M. E. T. Hamy
Central America
Yucatan
Mota Padilla
Tejar
Campeachy
Liv
A Moral of Advice and a Crucial Era in Christian Thought
A church column discusses how prayer sustains the soul like air feeding a glowing brand. It urges distinguishing faith from theology, praising prayerful life, and urges boys to embody Christian virtues without dullness or arrogance, choosing reverence over ridicule while remaining active in youth.
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Christ
Lord Jesus Christ
God
Napoleons Talk About Jesus Christ and Other Tales
A collection of passages recounts Napoleons remarks on Jesus Christ at St Helena and contrasts his empire founded on force with Jesus love. Also told is a Morganfield-Lewisville Courier-Journal note about a 24 pounder cannon ball tied to the Battle of New Orleans and Schuberts early career and Erl King creation with a Shakspeare inspiration anecdote.
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Grant
Napoleon
Jesus Christ
St. Helena
Count de Montholon
Jesus
Christ
Alexander
Cesar
Charlemznange
Bertrand
God
Pakenham
Judge Huston
Robert Smith
Henderson County
New Orleans
Jackson
Morganfield
Lewisville
Schubert
Heaven's Gate
Agatha Tunis
St. Nicholas
Manliness and its training in a world of deportment
A piece contrasts true manliness with showy affectation, arguing that genuine virtue arises from a noble nature rather than pretentious pose. It cites daily observations, urging authenticity over superficial appearance in both behavior and speech. A comic exchange about a jeweler’s apprentice ends the note.
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Anthony Trollone
Nightcap Pattern Sparks Fire Safety Memory
In a reminiscence from an earlier era, Lady Margaret asks a friend for a nightcap pattern as they discuss safety in case of fire. The tale recalls a time when people covered themselves at night, highlighting a domestic moment tied to catastrophe.
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Margaret
Katie Sanvern
Reminiscences of Put Men in 1862 Army Review
President Lincoln reviewed the Army of the Potomac in November 1862 as 72,000 troops stretched four miles with extensive artillery and bands. An officer arrested a liquor violator, Russell of the London Times, then found it was another man. Albert Pike, Boston-born and Newbury-raised, famed for wealth and books, held a mixed role in the war and freemasonry, later resigning under battlefield politics. General Stanton’s shift from aggressive recruiting to large bounties and hospital discharge worsened war costs and prolongation.
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Lincoln
Army of the Potomac
Cameron
Russell
The
London Times
Albert Pike
Boston
Newbury
Massachusetts
Washington
Blackwood
National
Pike
Little Rock
Jeff Davis
Hindman
Arkansas
Montgomery
Davis
Holmes
Supreme Court
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McVicker
Nis
Universal Theater
Mr. Haworth
Richelieu
Barradas
Minnie Hunk
New York
Academy
Carmen
Don Jose
Signor Campanini
Minnie Hauk
Naughty Judic
Hog
Japan
Boston Herald
Jim
Gunnison
Henry Barber
Tuttle
Beebe
Sam Coon
Denver
Lumleys
Bill Bledder
Hank Smith
Pall Mall Gazette
San Francisco Chronicle
H. H. and
Susan CoorinGe
Saxe Holm
Christaan
Ignise S. Mixsell
Churchman
John Banyan
Pilgrim's Progress
Johnny
LY Ben
Perley Poore
Stanton
Shiloh
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