Mary Anderson Debut in Washington and Stage Tales
Washington letters recount Mary Andersons debut at the Nations Theater with Gen Sherman as patron. The narrative mixes backstage anecdotes, romance lines, and theater superstition notes, detailing Andersons rise and a long Opera House scene of delays and admiration. It also lists multiple actors and superstitions from contemporary stage lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anderson
Washington
Gen. Sherman
Old Nations Theater
John McCullouzd
Ingomar
Repret
Imymamuts
Tom Boy
Tom Sargent rejects college to stay home and work
A boy named Tom Sargent decides not to return to college for a year. He trades his horse Topsy and buggy to cut expenses, choosing to earn and save at home. The change strengthens his resolve and his later study gains. In a separate scene Mamma Hanley tests a baby May with a candy trick, ending with the vase breaking as the child clutches the candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anderson
Sacramento
Gal
Louisville
Presentation Acdemy
Ursuline Convent
Charlotte Cushman
New York
George Vandenhoif
St Macauley’s Theater
Juliet
Miss Anderson
California Theater
San Francisco
John McCullough
Philadelphia
Boston
Fifth Avenue Theater
Europe
London
Paris
United States
Duchess of Torremenuava
Eaint Heart Neer
Countess
Galatea
Lyceum Theater
Mr. Irving
Tracy
Star Theater
ST Romnis Republican
Tom
Tom Sargent
Topsy
Mr. Sargent
Joe Watson
Tgs
Mamma Hanley
Herbie
Mamma
Baby
May
Bee
Lulu
Baby May
Mamme Hanley
Lessons, woods, and a judge in a column of clippings
A collection shows Annie asking Harry to explain a slate note and him skipping lessons to go nuts in Mr. Jones’s woods. A Mississippi judge boasts of true democracy while drunk, a London letter on betting, and a tramp’s rebuke about meals are tucked in a miscellany of short anecdotes and jokes.
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Harry
Annie
Mississippi
Detroit Free Press
Tany
Bill
Feller
Names of American states and their origins
The article surveys how each state got its name from European rulers, local tribes, or geographic features. It cites Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and many others, noting queens, dukes, rivers, mountains, and Native terms as sources of the toponymy. It also references Major Powell finding ancient lava-built habitations in New Mexico and echoes a humorous Chicago Herald anecdote about Jap Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
France
Charles L
Henrietta
New Hampshire
Laconia
Hampshire
England
Vermont
Green Mountains
Verdmont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Rhodes
Connecticut
Mohegan
New York
Duke of York
Charles II
New Jersey
Sir George Carter
Island of
Jersey
Pennsylvania
William Penn
Sylvania
Delaware
Thomas West
Virginia
Maryland
Charles I
Henrietta Maria
Elizabeth
Carolinas
Georgia
George II
Florida
Alabama
Land of
Louisiana
Louis XIV
Mississippi
Arkansas
Kansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Wiseconsin
Missouri
Maddy
Iowa
Minnesota
America
Powell
Geological Survey
New Mexico
California Mountain
Col. J. H. Stephenson
Egypt
Santa Fe
Jap Johnson
Chicago Herald
Harmony in Color and Styles in Household Furnishings
Edward Russell lectures on home decoration urging natural ornaments، modest interiors and avoidance of flashy finishes. He criticizes shiny furniture, overdecorated screens, fake art, and mirrored walls, urging tasteful, meaningful decor inspired by nature and simple lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Russell
Russell
Europe
Snow fleas enliven high mountain snows as described
St. Nicholas notes that amid fresh deep Idaho snow live tiny snow fleas. The piece playful fiction cites German scholars on snow beings while observing real insects darkening footprints in mountain snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
St. Nicholas
Boston Conductor Uplifts Riders With Polite Ticket Request
In a humorous exchange, a Texas woman notes a Boston conductor who asks for tickets with courtesy. The Boston man’s polite request contrasts with the old blunt method, prompting a strong reaction from a Texas man. The chatter shifts to May, Carlyle, and a London song titled Fatuen's Teeth Are Stopped with Zinc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Boston
T. L
T. G
Boston Courier
London
Wedding Runaway and Hilarity at Hock's Springs
A comic Arkansas tale from Arkansaw Traveler recounts Ben Luther and Ida Grime fleeing to marry at a schoolhouse. Justice Wilkinson and a reluctant Bill Fellers stage a mock ceremony with improvised questions and swearing in, leading to chaos, a kiss from the bride, a pistol, and a prompt pursuit as townsfolk exclaim the fun isn’t over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hock’s Springs
Ben Luther
Ida Grime
Fearen
Wilkinson
Bill Fellers
Bill
Parson
Tam
Arkansaw Traveler
Future in the hands of managers says baseball player
A New York Sun interview from 1866 with William H. Seward is recalled by Judge Gay Ranke of New Orleans. Seward reportedly said he would have preferred Jefferson Davis in the Senate over the South’s continued Union loss. Also notes Korea's king's palace lit by electricity.
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Tam
New York Sun
Gay Ranke
New Orleans
William H. Seward
Jefferson Davis
Senate
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