Prominent Actors and Managers in 1860s Theatre History
A memoir excerpt recalls Mona Owens and John Owens, their Broadway Theatre venture, and the reborn Broadway season. It details the press management shift, notable performances including Solon Shingle, and the rising revenue from late 1860s engagements.
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New York
England
Owens
Broadway
Wood
Spruggins
Joshua Butterby
John
Solon
Fame and Fortune
Fay Templetons Diamonds and a Stage Wit
A San Francisco tale recalls Claus Spreckels heir presenting Fay Templeton with diamonds. On stage a quick reply turns the moment playful when he asks to paste a diamond and she replies No Sugar. The audience erupts in laughter at the clever jibe.
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Claus Spreckels
Sandwich Islands
Fay Templeton
San Francisco
Miss Templeton
Mme Scalchi Offers Home as Hospital for Poor in Turin Area
Reports note Mme Scalchi the contralto has lent her Turin area residence as a hospital for the poor during her absence. Critics praise the gesture as a nobler form of publicity than sensational scandals and diamonds.
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Mme. Scalchi
Turin
Albany Argus
The Children and a Lesson on Bad Company
A collection of children stories and letters discusses a mother squirrel guiding baby rivals across a stream using a leaf boat. The piece contrasts a cautious tale with student Nettie and Charlie planning a ride to Nurse Adams, exposing Ned Gray’s influence on Jim’s dismissal and a moral about choosing companions.
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Squirrel Navigators
Ned Gray
Belleview Picnic Messenger Ned Gray At Willis's Plans
Nettie Taylor suspects Ned Gray and Charlie Rivers plot to take the horse and buggy after dinner for a moonlight ride and supper at Willis's eight miles away, amid an autumn picnic in Mayle Grove. Ned impresses others with charm and skills but Nettie doubts his character.
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Belleview
Mayle Grove
Ned Gray
Nettie Taylor
Nettie
Charlie Rivers
Ned
Willis’s
Charlie
Willis
Hotel Reminiscences and Turkish Street Life
A narrator details a turbulent hotel stay with an irascible landlord, a freedom-embraced chambermaid named Isaac, and a vivid wartime memory. After leaving, the piece shifts to depictions of Turkish street life in Constantinople with beggars who bear mutilations to elicit alms.
Gypsy wedding at encampment described by writer
A vivid account from Brooklyn Magazine of a gypsy camp wedding with tents and dawn fire. The groom, a 22 year old gypsy, and the 19 year old bride walk between rows to the broomstick ceremony, then kiss, signaling a festive feast as horses, dogs, and children fill the scene.
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Brooklyn
Johnny
Johnny Jordan
Hetty
Jordans
Not Congenial at Home Says a Literary Wife
A wife complains to a friend that her husband is not congenial because he is not literary. She loves poetry and novels while he reads papers and history, making their marriage feel strained. The exchange ends with the quip that it would have been better if he had married a less literary wife.
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Macon
Mme
Janish
Andrea
Charlie
Adam
Ned Gray
Ned
Papa
Nettie
Nurse Adams
Jim
Gray
Edward
New York Tribune
Isaac
Rue de Butternut
Nashville
Thad
South
John
Macaulay
John Ain
Millicent the
Weather Extremes Across Centuries Noted by Capt Gardner
The article reviews remarkable weather events cited by Capt. W. H. Gardner from 1701 to 1884 across the Gulf Coast and Mississippi region. It lists cold snaps freezing water in Biloxi and Charleston, floods and hurricanes on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, and extreme droughts and floods in cities like New Orleans, Mobile, and St. Louis.
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W. H. Gardner
Biloxi
Miss
Charleston
S. C
Mississippi
New Orleans
Mobile
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Gulf Coast
Dauphin Island
Attakapas
Opelousas
St. Louis
Ohio River
Capt. Gardner
Not a Speculator
A father offers his son half the profits of a speculative venture, but they invest in theater tickets and report the next day that the goods are swamped. The father realizes the son is better suited as a confidant than a speculator.
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Eden Musee
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
London
Munkaesy
Christ
Pilate
Marshall
Buffalo Bill
New York
Springfield Republican
Harvard University
Thompson
Susquehannah Canal Company
Congings
Vermont
Connecticut
Matthew Carey
Philadelphia
Detroit Tribune
Constantinople
San Francisco Chronicle
Georgie
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Itchell Capital
Dakota
Irent
Mona Owens
Solon Sheingle
Baltimore
C. W. Tiglonne
J. B. Booth
Old Booth
J. . Gallagher
Eoseph Jefferson
Joseph M. Dawson
John §. Clarke
John E. Owens
William Henry Briggs
Curly Briggs
John 'S. Ford
Briggs
Lew Wallace
Baltimore Evening Transcript
Gay
Barnum
John 4. Owens
George Wood
Henry Dove
Stoss
Paul Pry
Toodles
A. B. Canby
Carleton Opera Company
Kellogg-Hess Opera Company
Carleton
St. Louis Republican
Peoria Transcript
Jack
Jeanette C. W
Toledo Blade
Ohio
St. Nicholas
Chicago Ledger
Bigsby
Yessir
Taggin
Pliny the Younger
Sterne
Mapam
Husband
Barber
Garber
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