Paid in Full at Grand Opera House ends season with stark drama
The dramatic success Paid in Full played to a full house, praised for its stark portrayal of ordinary people and raw human emotion. Cast members Viena Bolton Bolton and Albert Andruss drew佐 strong acclaim for Beth and James Smith, while Joseph Brooks provoked audience sympathy and critique as the selfish husband.
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Joseph Brooks
Emma Brooks
The
Latin-American Co
South Pacific
Agnes Herndon
Thomas Coffin Cooke
Catherine Proctor
James Smith
Steamship
Albert Andruss
Williams
Se Nmnes Peeke
Frank Burton
Harris
Emma
Beth ‘Harris
Viena Bolton Bolton
Sato
Writes
Adrian Bosley
Grand Opera House
Joe Brooks
Metropolitan
Muscatine
Brooks
The Man From Home theater preview
A brief excerpt hints at a farce or drama titled The Man From Home. The description suggests a humorous or dramatic exploration of identity and travel embedded in the stage tale.
Magnificent company highlights Paiq in Full production
Frank Burton as Captain Williams delivers the standout performance in Paiq in Full. The tense third act provokes giggles from the audience, yet the portrayal exposes pity and contempt. The work, about lavish excess and its fallout, ends naturally and echoes the national reception of The Man from Home in its homespun appeal.
The Man from Home Arrives in Muscatine Grand Opera House
Liebler & Co presents The Man from Home touring the west with lavish staging and top artists. The Chicago success, praised as a classic in light of popularity, comes to Muscatine with strong local enthusiasm and a happy ending promise. The show debuts at the Grand opera house Friday.
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Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Mahomet
Astor Theatre
New York
Chicago
Liebler & Co
Hare
West
Liebler
Silent Cranes in a Mountain Tale
A mountaineer muses on Mount Taurus cranes and their constant chatter. He contrasts noisy cranes with silent ones who fly with stones in their mouths to keep quiet, noting eagles lurk and prey on the noisy birds while the silent cranes endure restraint.
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Mount Taurus
The Blot and the Lines A General’s Clever Diagram Tale
Frederick the Great demands plans from generals. Hans Joachim von Ziethen presents a diagram with a central blot and four lines representing attackers from all sides. The king, amused yet furious, accepts the logic that the central blot is the defender and the four lines are enemies. An Irish worker’s tale closes the piece with a joke about being late due to sleep.
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Frederick the Great
Hans Joachim von Ziethen
von Ziethen
Frederick
Race horse quotes on best foot forward and backward
A Philadelphia Press quip contrasts a race horse praising forward progress with a mule claiming backward steps bring more success. The brief exchange highlights humor about effort and perspective.
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Philadelphia Press
The Rise of the East India Company and Pepper Trade
In the sixteenth century English pepper buyers relied on Dutch traders from India. Fearing Dutch price rises, English merchants formed the East India Company to import directly from India, facing early failures before 1615 and later broad colonial gains led by figures such as Clive Hastings and Cornwallis, shaping world history through pepper prices.
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England
India
Governor and Company of Merchants of
London
Clive
Warren Hasting
Cornwallis
London Standard
Divisions of Time Across Worlds
The article discusses how time is measured differently in various places and even on other planets. It notes that in the Arctic marking day and night is hard, months come from lunar cycles, and years vary with seasonal distinctions. It explains Venus lacks a day moon and year due to its rotation and orbit.
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Arctic
Venus
Chicago News
Setting Him Right in a Poetic Office Scene
A Chicago News quip depicts a poet at his desk denying visible genius while a visitor notes the scent of his cigar. The exchange highlights wit and an artist’s private habits in a brief, period voice.
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Chicago News
Noted Quote on Good Deeds by Sophocles
A fragmentary quotation extols a man who exerts his powers to do good, calling it a glorious trel with echoes of Sophocles.
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Sophocles
Raising Chickens Misadventure of Mrs Jack Frost
A farmer narrator recalls city bred Mrs Jack Frost who separated sexes in a chicken yard and killed the roosters, producing a yard full of young roosters that fought and died. The error led to crowing roosters across the county and a humorous outcome.
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Jack Frost
Europe
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Wheelbarrow Travel in China Shifts Freight and Passengers
A Hongkong shipping observer notes wheelbarrows move more freight and people than any land method in China. The center mounted wheel supports the load while the operator bears the weight via shoulder straps. Barrows carry nearly a half ton, with two passenger carts covering about twenty miles daily.
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China
Hongkong
Far East
America
Shanghai
Pekin
Washington Herald
Honest Word Keeps and Takes It Back
A perplexed Frenchman and an English instructor debate how a man should treat his word. They conclude a man who gives his word and never takes it back is honest, sparking a lighthearted language observation at the end.
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Leesten
Attorneys and Counselors Practicing in Muscatine Iowa
A list of local lawyers including J Carskaddan I S Pepper in Muscatine Iowa with offices on West Second Street and 107 East Second Street. It notes Attornys Ingham Hurst Dilimbit Stilcs and G M Stilts with rooms in the German American Bank Building and services in probate commercial and corporate law and estate settlements.
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J. Carskaddan
I. S. Pepper
Ilanoaaddan
Phew Run
Uillice Isd
West Second Street
Telephone
Muscatine
Iowa
BP. Ingham
East Ud St
Hi. B. Hurst
New German-American Bank
Prank L. Dil
Notary Public
Meor
G. M. Stilcs
Titus & Jackson
Iowa Ave
Ithos. Brown
Wade
Illinois
Bizet National Bank
Lowe
Banking Houses The Cook Musser Co State Bank and Trust Co
Trading in banking houses with capital of 75 thousand dollars and surplus of 75 thousand dollars. P J Musser serves as president and Ed C Cook as vice president. Cook is cashier. They offer 4 percent interest on paid up time deposits.
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Cook, Musser & CO. State Bank and Trust CO
P. Jd Musser
C. Cook
Cook
First National Bank Directors and Officers Listed
The document lists S. G. Stein as president D. V. Jackson as vice president 5 M Hughes as cashier with capital 50000 and surplus 50000. Directors named include Stein Jackson Reuling Smith Carskaddan Sawyer and Hughes. It notes safety deposit vault boxes for rent.
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First Nativonal Bank
S. G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
M. Hughes
G. Stein
J. K. Reuling
R. K. Smith
J. Carskaddan
F. J. Sawyer
Reat
Railway Time Table for Muscatine and Wilton Branch Trains
Train schedule shows departures from Muscatine and Wilton with numbers 604 505 501 502 503 604 and notes daily operation except Sunday for Wilton branch. Eastbound and westbound service listed with specific times and frequencies. Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railway branding appears at end.
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Muscatine
Wilton
Eecomes
Onan Os
Eeseereceeke Eam
Eeeke Cas
Gawhee Naeues
C.e
Sale
Ecitndic Neglniage Ariel Chicago
Milwauker & St. Patt Railway
Muscatine North and South Bound Rail Message
Train No 1 Ar Muscatine 935pm 900am Ar Round House idiom 846am Ar Fruitland Viliom 830am Ar Grandview 850pm 800am Ar Wapello 825pm 730am Sv Elrick Junction 800pm T700am Train No 5 will connect at Wapello Saturdays with C R I FP leaving Burlington at 730 pm Also with Iowa Central train arriving at Elrick Junction at 755
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Muscatine
Round House
Fruitland
Grandview
Wapello
Elrick Junction
Burlington
Iowa
Round House Oe & Os
Vusam
Fruitsand Sewer
Uva
Adam Ly Fruitland
Lvaw
Eirick
Ar Muscatine
Wwe
Waperlo
North Bound
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OPERA
Liebler & Company
By Booth Tarrington
Harry Leon Wilson
Chicago Opera House
Studebaker Theatre, But Co
Man
Booth Tarkington
Muscat
Oji
Wheelbarrow Travel
Bradfield Regulator CO
Quants
Henry Jayne
Holman
Kvtdman
Jayne
JdAran & Hodman
Lowa Avenue
Journal Office
Wilton Trains
Muscaline
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