White Rats Clash With Theatrical Trust In 1890s Power Struggle
Prominent actors Henrietta Crosman and Mrs. Fiske push for independence as the White Rats emerge from vaudeville syndicate battles. The movement vows to break the booking grip after June 24, challenging the theatrical trust and its control over Broadway venues, pricing, and artistic freedom.
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Henrietta Crosman
Mrs. Fiske
Chicago Tribune
Theatrical Trust
America
Vaude Ville
White Id
Water Rats
Curh
Henry Lee
Nat Goodwin
de Wallhopper
Pete Dailey
Jeff Angeles
Vaudeville Trust
Vaudesile Association
Associatio
White Rats
New York
Chicago
Madison Square Garden
New York Theater
Broadway
Porty-1 Street
Brad Aanda Chan
Broadway Theater Sonet
Theatrical Syndicate
Speeu
Ipsam
Viaus
Iit Bock
Richard Mzinsfield
Joseph Jefferson
Julia Marlowe
William Crane
Ada Behan
Fiske
Servant Girl Problem and New Educational Efforts
A Louisville era report discusses the servant girl problem, a new Berens College department for teaching domestic tasks to Kentucky mountain girls, and a forthcoming work by Mrs. Lettie Wright and John A. Logan. It argues domestic service may widen to higher pursuits, with critique of mountain girls’ paths and Europe’s labor shift, plus observations on mistresses and housing abuses in Denver.
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Oston
Dr. Kmoursons
Berens College
Kentucky Mountains
Berea
Lettie Wright
theLomson Times
John A. Logan
Wright
Denver
Pearsons
Bahors Sears i
Riis Attends Hinky Dinks Ball and Notes Class Tensions
Sociologist Jacob Riis observed the Bathhouse John ball hosted by Aldermen Kenna and Dink. Riis praises the crowd’s mix of workers and elites, laments social divisions, and notes a key moment over spilled champagne. He highlights a belief that workers hold the city’s real power.
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Riis
New York World
Chicago
Wil
Jacob Riis
John
Michael J. Kenna
Hinky Dink
Remiade
Pam
Modern Fable of the Sure-Thing Crook in Nubbinville
A local Grafter downsized by a wary town in Pike County hires rings and fool’s gold jewelry to lure gullible residents. He is halted by a vigilant Town Marshal and a quick trial. The case exposes a corrupt system where officials profit from small-town enforcement and poker-house schemes.
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Nubbinville
Union Station
Stock Exchange
Gus
Alaska
Alan
Pike County
Calaboose
True
Harnes
Tor Hlome
Squire
Mar VY
Nellie Gray
MR ROGERS OF NEW JERSEY RISES AS LAID-BLOWN LOCOMOTIVE TYCOON
Jacob S. Rogers, Paterson patriarch, is portrayed as New Jersey’s most reticent millionaire. He closed the Rogers Locomotive works after decades of production, leaving a fortune estimated from seven to eighty million dollars. The piece traces his lineage from Thomas Rogers, the growth of the firm Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, and Rogers’s secretive, bachelor lifestyle. It notes his policy of keeping affairs private, his dealings with land, deer, and a Pompton farm, his reluctance to sell, and his long friendships, including ties to the Butler family.
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Jacob S. Rogers
New Jersey
New York Sun
Rogers
Rogers Locomotive Works
Thomas Rogers
Paterson
United States Army
Europe
Rogers, Ketcham & Grosvenor
Sandusky
Madison River and Lake Erie Railroad
Jacov S. Rogers
Mr. Rogers
RR. S. Hughes
Hughes
Chen
Suisor
M Rog
Res
Atory
Germany
Pompton
Roy Sais
Unpublished History of Maceo Ties Campos as Cousins
A Frank Leslie's Monthly correspondent recounts unpublished Cuban history linking Marshal Martinez Campos and Antonio Maceo as second-degree relatives. It notes their kinship, Campos respect, and Maceo’s steadfast refusal to surrender, including events from Zaragoza to Santhiazo and in the La Babuna meeting.
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Maceo
Frank Leslie
Monthly
Martinez Campos
Antonio Maceo
Pos
Mayari
Cuba
Martinez
Spain
Campos
Zanjon
Gome
Camit
War Department
Madrid
Maeco
Santhiazo
la Babuna
Mano
Tomaica
Mis
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Robert Howard Russell
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Thiftfietat
New Slong Street
Amajesty
Tam
Ray Stannard Baker
United States
India
Louisiana
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Egcentrig
Croesus
Manny
Venius
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