Howe Travel Festival at Turner Theatre Monday
Lyman Howe presents a travel festival at Turner Theatre on Monday night featuring Expositions of San Francisco and San Diego with vivid film scenes of harbors palaces canals and submarines. New animated cartoons and the baby segment are highlighted plus rare canal portraits and Bruges scenes. Local notes cover visitors hospital stays and theatre updates including a moving picture machine purchase.
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Mission
San Diego
San Francisco
Howe
Lyman H. Howe
Turner Theatre
San Diego Exposition
Golden Gate
U. S
Pensacola
Florida
Holland
Bruges
Belgium
Durleque
Gem Theatre Management
John Henle
Cooper
Minneapolis
Leen
New Year Greeting Poem Fragment From 19th Century
Fragmentary verse wishes a fresh year with hopeful vows and love ideas. It references New Year themes, singing voices, and a prayer for deeper life and greater love, mentioning being joined with God and individuals like Mary Gow Walaworth.
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Mary Gow Walaworth
A New Year Greeting on Life's Irrevocable Path
A reverent exhortation by Rev. Dr. J. R. Miller urges readers to value the year they enter. Emphasizing life's irrevocability, the message calls for caution in words and deeds as people influence others through every action and mood.
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Dr. J, R, Miller
Dipping on New Year’s in Midland Counties
The Sortes Sanctorum gained credit at New Year in Midland counties. A Bible is opened at random as a blindfolded finger rests on a page, revealing events for the year. An old lady once dipped into Job and said she would have trouble the list of December. The dipping must be completed before noon for the charm to work.
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Midland
England
Emory
New Orleans
Helena
Jimmy
Thad Mig
Cal
Lucinda
Cal Davidson
Bally
Natchez
Edouard
Sally
George Cohan
Dingleheimer
Misa Emory
Jovel
Natches
Andy
Griver
Ed Manning
New York
Paris
Barry
Ed's
Henri Wolonnoth
M. Fellows
Sal
Mither
Mra
Daniver
Calla Vidson
Geleno
Doliae
New Theria
Two New Years Dialogues With Lord Dundas and Wilberforce
A brief dated exchange quotes Lord Dundas lamenting lack of happiness, Wilberforce contrasting last year as happiest, and Romaine praying for a year famous for the Wering. The dialogue reflects early 19th century sentiment on happiness and national prospects.
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Dundas
Wilberforce
Romaine
The Lady and the Pirate Misadventure on the Yacht
An excerpt from Emerson Hough's 1913 tale follows Cal Davidson and T as they joke about Helena Emory, a yacht voyage, and a mislaid plan to marry, while rivals and friends trade banter, jealousy, and praise aboard the boat. The dialogue reveals affection, vanity, and bond among the men as they navigate romantic tensions.
Romance on the river ends as Helena agrees to marriage
In a rambling dialogue on a river voyage, Cal Davidson and the speaker plan to wed Helena after revelations of past deceptions. The narrator finally proclaims an imminent marriage to his beloved Helena, while portraits of treasure hunts and romantic mishaps frame the dramatic conclusion.
Memory Woodfall in Memorization Feats At The Commons
A reminiscence recalls Memory Woodfall famed for reporting from memory when note taking was banned in the House of Commons. He memorized speeches with keen timing, often leaning forward, and could recount debates a fortnight later with vivid recall, claiming a large mind held future references.
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House of Commons
Holcroft
Woodfall
Saya
London Chronicle
Toch Bla
Seaby
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