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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1886
Page
3
The Drama and Anecdotes of Actors and Theatres
A collage of theatrical notes and opinions reviews and quotes from the era. It discusses managers actors and trends from December nights to big names like John Gilbert Wallack and Lillian Russell, plus reflections on fakirs and stage ethics and brief notices about performers and company movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Teazle
Anthony Absolute
Squire Hardcastle
John Gilbert
Wallack
New York Tribune
Golden Rod a tranquil realm amid life’s noisy spree
A devotional poem by Mary Clemmer extols the Golden Rod as a peaceful home away from greed and strife. It contrasts nature’s quiet realm with human ambition and worldly cares, urging reliance on God and rest in nature. The passage ends with a moral reflection from Manton on peace with God versus worldly praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Clemmer
To Make a Home Happy and Congress Pistol Talk
A moral guide urges self control patience and gentle speech for home life. A Washington Star piece then reports on arms in Congress noting many members and even some ladies carry pistols for defense with dueling pistols described as heavy long firearms now rarely seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Bladenburg
Burr
Hamilton
Washington
Carl Pretzel
Nefer
Solomons
National Weekly
Vague Anecdotes and Miscellaneous Notes
A haphazard jumble of lines appears from the Somerville Journal including a humorous aside about Spriggins needing a shave and Miss De Puyster blushing. Also mentions Palmiere at Vesuvian Observatory discovering electricity from condensation and evaporation, plus a quip about ey communications corrupting manners and a fisherman's unfounded reputations. Bodice fashions described in postilion style with velvet or plush skirts.
Reminiscences of Public Mien by a Sculptor’s Life
The article traces the career of American sculptor Crawford born in New York City. It covers his schoolyard sketches with Page, study under Franzee, Launitz, and Thorvaldsen, his move to Rome, and later commissions including the Virginia Washington monument. It also notes political figures Seward Welles and Stanton during Lincoln’s era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
New York City
Page
Rome
Franzee
Launitz
Ceres
Boston
Thorvaldsen
Commodore Hull
Thorwaldson
Orpheus
Boston Atheneum
Louisa Ward
Samuel Ward
Virginia
Washington Monument
Capitol
Richmond
Lincoln
Thurlow Weed
State Department
Seward
Gideon B. Welles
Connecticut
Chicago
Mr. Welles
Welles
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Albany
Stanton
Buchanan
Gen. Scott
Congress
Military Committee of the House
Mistakes of Young Writers Highlight Recurrent Pitfalls
Eugene Field, quoted from Chicago News, argues that humor columnists fail by neglecting mental nourishment and consistent effort. The piece warns writers to feed the brain and stomach alike, study, travel, and adapt, or risk burnout and early senility like many 11th century satirists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boster Courier
Courier
Boston Courier
Eugene Field
Chicago News
Russian Explorer in New Guinea and Colony Plans
The article recounts Dr. Maclay the Russian explorer landing among Northern New Guinea natives who had never seen a white man. They tested his divinity with arrows, starved him, and concluded he came from the moon. He served medically and stayed two years before returning to Russia, with reports he will lead 250 emigrants to start a colony. A second item reports a Texas student Tom Anjerry attending lectures to avoid bill collectors rather than improve his mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farir
George C. Miln
Chicago News
Thad
Uriah Heep
Manton
Stepmak
Sterniak
Stepinak
Stepniak
Apostle
M. A. Daudet
Mezentzeff
Nevski
Alexander II
Pall Mall Gazette
New Guinea
Dr. Maclay
Russia
Texas
Tom, Anjerry
University of Texas
Gilhooly
Tom Anjerry
They Converse Jim Hulio and Bob in a Row over News
In a rustic exchange, Jim and Bob banter about a quarrel between Jom and Ned, then shift to a lively talk about a sharp air and quick retorts as they meet. The Somerville Journal notes the annual cotton supply nears twelve million bales with the US supplying over half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Hulio
Bob
Jom
Ned
Somerville Journal
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Itiey
Seitchell Capital
Indy
Firat Old Man
Paganini
Reuben
Ezra
Charley Tann
Willian
Charles Fischer
M.parselle
Tage
Union Square Theater
Lotta
Minnig Palmer
Australia
Lillian Russell
Erriz Eisen
Katherine Rogers
Harry Becket
Lowwell
Dixon Jones
Harvard
Elocution
Antony
Tred Warde
Jones
Miss Prescott
Friar
Parthenia
Ingomar
Prescott
Jeroboam
Christ
Intelligencer
Washington Star
Young Spriggins
Miss de Puyster
Spriggins
Vesuvian Observatory
Palmieri
Ben
Perley Poore
Lord Bacon
Sherman
Confederacy
Inter Ocean
Georgia
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