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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1885
Page
5
A long reminiscence profiles John McCullough and master actor Edwin Forrest, detailing rehearsals, stagecraft, and mentorship. It recounts Forrest's demanding guidance, McCullough's early struggles, and how Forrest advanced him from minor roles to leading parts, alongside anecdotes about theater life and other performers.
A Chicago Ledger piece blends a sobering tale of a boy with an alcoholic vagrant who urges restraint and promises to reform, then reflects on the power of memory through an extended meditation on how old songs revive youth and emotion across generations. The sections mix dialogue with vignettes and a light humor tone.
The piece describes Roman aes and an unusually large Swedish copper coin from 1723 with details on patina and defenses against clipping. It notes how coins surface from hidden hoards, river finds, and the role of coins in teaching history, plus a Swedish 63 pound copper plate-like coin. It also touches on Lord Houghton and Swiss geography, and ends with brief notes on watchmaking by machinery and a cottage at Kew.
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