Macbeth at the Dead Broke Company Delights Kansas Audience
A Kansas audience enjoyed the Dead Broke English company led by Signor Rith and Miss Birdie in a lively farce version of Macbeth. Miss Bloom impressed as Lady Macbeth with commanding delivery and a memorable daggers scene while other performers, including Ignor Smith, delivered strong turns in supporting roles. The troupe planned to travel to Kansas City after a warm reception.
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Satrical
Forks
Kan
Signor Rith
Miss Birdie
Mac
Ell
Smith
Sleth
Kansas City
Bernhardt's Panama engagement ends with dramatic onstage fall
JC W Johnson reports Bernhardt’s four Panama performances netted over $18,000 with the final show on a jubilee day. A bomb explosion and a fall on stage triggered laughter as Bernhardt, fainting, kicked on the boards. She was carried off, recovered at her hotel, and spoke sharply to Panamanian crowds before a late-night audience.
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JC. W. Johnson
Panama
Sarah Bernrdt
Mr. Johnson
Bernhard
Ose
Texas
Sarah
New Orleans
New York World
Knocks Knees End Boston Ideals on Tour
The Boston Ideal Opera Company collapses amid artistic disputes led by Zeke de Lussan and Agnes Huntington withdrawal. A fired up feud over stage attire and rumored hidden flaws sparks internal rifts, threatening next season despite Foster keeping the title. The New York Telegram notes the split leaves only fragments of the troupe on tour.
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Boston Ideal Opera Company
Zeke de Lussan
Agnes Huntington
Barnabee
Boston
Foster
Karl
New York Telegram
Stage Notes and Theatre Gossip From The Era
Louis James will continue to star next season. McKee Ranxin to produce Allan Dare next season. Extra Azport tours east ward singing to crowded houses. Lawrence Barrett remains a generous philanthropist and rich. Tomas W. Keene plans a starring tour in three weeks. TaLMAGE suggests ladies hats a hundred miles high to obscure the stage. Helen Davvray wore 40000 in diamonds in Masks and Faces. Solitaires adorn her dress buttons. Miss DeLoussay aims for grand opera after visiting London Paris and Italy. Bene detto Vincenzo is a new notable Italian singer. Mary Anderson reportedly declined marriage from George Biddle but remains friends. Managers curb ticket speculation by posting sidewalk tickets worthless notices. Anderson will tour England with Forbes Robertson. Toor recalls the Edinburgh call-boy moment. Miss Bertha Pierson visited the President. Cleveland looks forward to seeing his wife in the evenings. Patti Nicolini at San Francisco foreshadows farewell tours. The diva signals another farewell tour segment.
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Talmage
Helen Davvray
Miss DeLoussay
Boston
London
Paris
Italy
Benedetto Vincenzo
Bene
New York Sun
Mary Anderson
George Biddle
New York
Anderson
England
Forbes Robertson
Romeo
Mr. Toor
Edinburgh
Bertha Pierson
National Opera Company
Cleveland
San Francisco
Mme
Patti Nicolini
Pacific Coast
Rest in the Lord and the Grandeur of Christian Life
A sermon by Dr RB Dale explores resting in God as upheld by Psalmist thought. It urges turning from worry about wrongs to faith in Providence, noting God as Father and partner, with trouble becoming a conduit to spiritual growth and enduring peace.
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Desert
Georges de Peyrebrune
RB. W. Dale
Lord God
Robert Murray McCheyne
Thoughtful quotes and a humorous card story mix
A collage of aphorisms from T. Pierson and other authors on wisdom and faith then a light tale about a married man who almost loses his home to poker at home. Included are notes on sleep science and a classroom joke about dust and coal dust.
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Cerebrum
British Medical Journal
Reminiscences on Public Figures and Weather Beginnings
A collage of 19th century recollections notes Tom Moore’s Washington visit in 1804 and Jefferson’s levee, Henry Sanford’s Florida ventures, early Weather Service ideas, and memorials to Civil War generals. It cites Meade, Thomas, Grant, Logan, Hancock, McClellan, and Farragut, plus public notices on suffrage and politics.
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Tom Moore
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ireland
Washington
Mr. Merry
Jefferson
Gen. Dearborn
Connemara
Moore
Olds
Ohio
Kossuth
Gov. Powell
Kentucky
Jones
Col. Powell
Henry 8. Sanford
Legation
Belgium
Senate
Minnesota
Florida
Sanford
Signal Service
A. H. Stephens
Georgia
Henry
Smithsonian Institution
Paris
Gov. Stephens
Espy
Grant
Gen. Logan
Gen. Hancock
Gen. McClellan
Gen. Halleck
George G. Meade
George H. Thomas
W. T. Sherman
Farragut
Logan
Hancock
McClellan
Meade
Thomas
Chicago Journal
Two Brave Scouts Carson and Godey In Indian Camp Fight
In an afternoon pursuit, Carson and Godey trailing Fuentes seized a horse herd, rode into four lodges, charged amid arrows, and killed two Indians while capturing a boy. They freed the captive, reclaimed fifteen horses, and rode back thirty hours after a hundred miles of pursuit. They were lauded for bold, disinterested action against desert robbers.
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Gen. Fremont
Carson
Godey
Fuentes
Actors Turned Tramps Denied Entry at Train Station
A Chicago Herald report recounts a station agent ejecting seven travelers claiming to be stranded actors. He complains of repeated incidents where people posing as actors stole meals and money, urging them to ride the rails to Janesville for warmth.
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Janesville
Chicago Herald
Theatrical Agent Seeks Minister’s Denunciation
A theatrical agent meets a minister, asking him to denounce a ballet tour. The minister explains a fee for protest, charging $100 for a mild protest and $200 for a severe denunciation, noting business is business.
Probing Death Beliefs and Moral Lessons in Public Discourse
A column quotes Henry Ward Beecher on death and perfection, contrasts heaven with naive beliefs, and cites comic and moral snippets from everyday life. The passage notes education of the mind against ridicule, warns of lasting moral scars, and reflects on the nature of afterlife and judgment.
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Sidney Smith
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Lon
Ly Aly
Ian
Buskin
Macbeth
Kansas
Louis James
McKee Ranxin
Allan Dare
Extra Azport
Lawrence Barrett
Tomas W. Keene
Hest
the Lord
T. Pierson
Robert Hall
HZ. H
Prof
Orelli
Tertullian
Thomas Ken
Brown
Mrs. B
Buffalo Courier
Ben. Perley Poore
Stephens
Col. Seaton
National Intelligencer
Chicago
Meyer
Col. Higginson
James Freeman Clarke
Henry Taylor
Philip van Artevelde
Philip
Clara
John Ruskin
California
Brave Scouts
Kit Carson
Godley
Andover
Henry Ward Beecher
Mrs. Winkle
Bridget
Tam
Omaha
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