Signor Salvini Adaptability and Mary Anderson Rest
Mary Anderson announces a year of rest after her current tour, plans to return to England briefly, then retire from the stage for twelve to eighteen months to recuperate. The piece also notes Salvini’s past stage nerves and a lively compendium of theater anecdotes, gossip, and contemporaries’ health concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anderson
Sal
the Continental
New York
Miss Anderson
England
America
Prince of Wales
London
Baron Rothschild
Count Gletchin
Thad
Runnor
Chinese Printing Office Observed by Western Reporter
A San Francisco press tour shows movable type and primitive, lithograph based Chinese newspapers. Editors translate from American papers, print thirteen issues every five minutes, and editors sleep in loft bunks or share rooms with opium layouts. The piece also recounts anecdotes about a benevolent bartender profiting from kindness and a banker slipping funds to his wife, along with a Cincinnati grocery tale about a diamond ring found in mids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Benjamin Franklin
Washington Street
Sardou Summons Doucet During Georgette Rehearsal
Victorien Sardou notes a faulty blue dress worn by MMe Brandes in Georgette during a general rehearsal. He sends for Camille Doucet, the theater administrator, to address the wardrobe defect as discussion swirls through the auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garcon
M. Doucet
Sardou
Monsieur
Mlle. Brandes
Academy
Georgette
M. Sardon
Ecomedies
Paris Cor
Boston Transcript
Victorien Serdou
Worth
Mme. Brandes
Cye
Doucet
Garcon de Theatre
M. Camille Doucet
M. Ludovic Halevyy
M. Sardou
Monsieur Doucet
Monsieur Doucet, But Be Quick, the Matter Is Pressing.” Doucet, Anuch
Sardon
Sacred Death and Dancing in a St Louis Sermon
A collection of sermon excerpts discusses the sacredness of death, viewing dying as a holy act and the body as a temple. Sam Jones rebukes ballroom revelry and card playing, warning of ruin to families and invoking wartime obedience to duty. Also notes beef tea and ter rapin feeding Garfield and Bone trade in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jones
Jesus
Tabernacle
Rev. T. Wightman
Perdition
St. Louis
Turning Points In Life Quote by Leo W. Cutter
The piece emphasizes decisive moments shaping fate and urges a clear purposeful life. It warns against wasted opportunity and surrounding oneself with worthy companions, urging youthful habits aligned with high duty and enthusiasm. The quote cites Leo W. Cutter via Buffalo Express.
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Lev
Leo W. Cutter
Buffalo Express
America’s forty year rise to liberty and power
A retrospective contrasts the United States with Europe and China, praising America's rapid growth in liberty, industry, and wealth over forty years. It highlights gains in farming, cities, machines, and national independence, crediting the people’s co‑operative effort and the vigor of American men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Owens
Baltimore
John T. Raymond
Thos. W. Keene
John McCullough
McCullough
Owens
Raymond
Keene
Barrett
New Academy
Milwaukee Telegraph
India
Calcutta
Bombay
United Kingdom
Ceylon
Straits Settlements
Hong Kong
Victorias
House of Commons
France
Napoleon
United States
Germany
America
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New England
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
England
Indiana
Dakota
New World
Canada
J. N. Donovan
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Mitchell Capital
Mitchell, Dak
Sock and Buskin
Signor Salvini
Mary
Frank Chanfran
James W. Wallack
Mr. Wallack
Claud Melnotte
Chanfrau
Mrs. Wallack
Salvini
Conrad
Countryman
Richard DC
Dineies
Ida Muelle
Kate Chase Spracre
Joun W. Mackay
Sid
Gaston
Milan
Berlina
Norma
Adelaide Neilson
Adelaide Dercuos
Wallack Company
Basswood
Semanthy
Lucius
Kevin
Marter
Scorpion
Kazecky
Matury
Hemmin
Sollinn
Ben Kissin
Willun
Raly Blashin
Kazeeky
Laverny
Nateral
Muskeetar
Brekfast
G. Basswoop
N. B
Chicago Ledger
Philadelphia
Bauer
Stanton
Cincinnati
Serdous
Dann
Hattie Tremaine Terry
Good Housekeeping
Garfield
James Wormly
Washington
Cook
Legation
Chicago
Ivi
Walsh
J. 4. Kendall
North Ormsby
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Ables
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