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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1886
Page
3
A fragmented portrait of Broadway actors, managers, and patrons. Tales recount Bent Mindedness, a $20 gold piece recovered from a matinee, and a libretto project with Gubert. anecdotes describe actors in residence at Hill Hotel, costumed premieres, and fans who confuse theater folk for gentlemen.
The write up recalls a stage figure who married and divorced Tom McDonough, toured California and Australia, produced A Daughter of the Nile and The Don in notable venues, and earned praise as a brunette actress with health issues. It then shares a humorous Dublin theater quip about a fat Faust actor, and a Vienna piece about Patti and Jenny Lind settling a private party tiff with a quip about lineage.
Mary Anderson recalled by Mary Anderson and Alice Harrison as they describe her California start with McCullough two week engagement wearing cotton gowns and an ermined look. Mapleson testified in armor duty case and defined an impresario as a man who tries to please the public and never succeeds.
The piece notes Mary Andersons Boston engagement at the Globe Theatre as perhaps the greatest three week financial run in theatre history. It claims $1200 more than Henry Irvings Boston tally and more money in Boston in three weeks than New York in six. It mentions Adelaide Neilsons fame, albums of her photographs, and other theatre figures and events of the era.
A Chicago News report describes firehouse horses as highly trained yet critical of modern discipline. Veterans portray progress as mere slavery while praising specific horses for quick alarms and precise positioning. The piece also outlines basic training methods and notes observed intelligence in horses.
The article explains the vital resistance theory of immunity, arguing immunity arises from living cell properties and inherited traits. It contrasts this with exhaustion and notes how natural selection may explain malaria tolerance in Africans, while carnivorous species show different susceptibility patterns.
In Cornhill Magazine a nostalgic portrait recalls old fashioned jewelers shops as hospitals for buckles and cameos, with large mournful brooches and hair art. It contrasts past sensibility in Georgian times with modern frivolity, referencing Werther and faded tastes in a reflective mood.
A New Jersey paper maker markets counterpanes and pillow cases made from No.1 maila paper. Two large sheets are bound by a slender gummed twine every few inches, with hems and safety edges of twine. Ornamental designs adorn the covers, wrinkles smooth with a hot flatiron, and the set costs 75 cents. United States Paper Maker.
A New York Sun excerpt shows a wife criticizing an imperfect new delivery system while her husband urges patience. The letter, dated three days earlier, notes the letter has been carried two days in his pocket amid doubts about efficiency.
Tompkins notes a New York Mail and Express item claiming a man was robbed of $2,000 on a Long Branch train. Smith questions the method, joking the porter may have kept the change, evidencing gossip over a possible oversite.
A collection of verse and prose fragments on women's roles and rights. The piece envisions woman as defender of home and heart, explores maternal duties, and contrasts loving authority with social equality. Included are scenes of courting, domestic life, and the ideal of female influence within a family.
The piece describes Mexican courtship customs and Catholic marriage rites, noting window serenades and social controls. It explains betrothal, church and state ceremonies, silence before private contact, and the lasting plighted bond with a strong emphasis on tradition, dress, and family involvement.
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