Yan Kee Glynn’s Stage Breakthrough Under Booth Mentor
The article recounts a young Mathias Currier Kimball, known as Yan kee Glynn, who began as a sod turner at seventeen in Lowell. In a Booth led Richard III performance Booth missed a line and threatened him, then praised his Yankee humor after Glynn improvised. Booth advised adopting a Yankee character for lasting fame.
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Kimball
Mathias Currier Kimball
Glynn
Junius Brutus Booth
Lowell Museum
Booth
Richard TL
Lord Norfolk
Bosworth Field
Norfolk
Mr. Booth
The Dust In The Air Proclaimed By Science
Dust is essential to weather and climate, protecting from sun and shaping sunsets. A dustless world would render rain and twilight unbearable, with wet surfaces and dripping walls. Even sunburn varies by altitude due to air dust content, the Exchange notes.
India’s Filmy Muslin tale of a weaver and a Mogul princess
A Mogul era tale from Indian World describes a weaver chastised for neglect leading a river tow to eat muslin drying on grass mistaken for spider silk. A Mogul princess faces paternal anger for revealing skin, defending with a claim of seven sults as justification.
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India
Borts
Early Tendencies and Promising Youth
A Chicago News quote notes that boys often become as their youth promised, citing Carver once a village cut-up who is now a leading surgeon. A St Paul Dispatched item argues that clever men may believe themselves too smart to be honest, illustrating skepticism about political and other areas.
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Carver
Chicago News
St. Paul
Glasgow Slums and the Penny Pawns
In the Millgate Monthly, the Cowcaddens are described as a deadly example of urban decay where overcrowded slum houses trap families in multiple tiers of sleeping, with penny pawns fueling exploitation. Sanitary inspectors report hidden perils as dozens of residents cram into tiny spaces. Penny pawns allow quick turnover of goods at steep profits, deceiving many poor who confuse them with legitimate pawnbrokers and lose possessions they cannot recover.
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Millgate Monthly
Glasgow
Cowcaddens
Desire of Distinction in Doc Gordon Tale
Mary Wilkins Freeman portrays two physicians touring New Jersey country households. Doctors Gordon and James encounter wary, hospitable villagers, observing peculiar apathy toward illness. Most patients are elderly or middle aged and discuss symptoms with routine detachment.
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Doc Gordon
Mary B. Wilkins-Freeman
James
Dr. Gordon
New Jersey
Thor
The Mechanism of a Wooden Doll in Prideful Sorrow
An old woman and her family celebrate a sickbed with forced cheer as doctors observe a social spectacle. The tale explores how people seek distinction through sickness and death, with vainglory among relatives and the notion that self respect is the prized jewel of human life.
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James
Dr. Gordon
Horace-Helen clash over Smith’s college status
Horace asks if college authorities reinstated the expelled Smith. Helen hedges while Horace replies almost. Helen confirms rumors that Smith was a halfback, prompting further doubt about his status.
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Horace
Young Smith
Helen
Waits and Measures Boarding House Joke
A witty exchange from the Chicago News frames a joke about meals and tables. A young man asks about the table at a boarding house and is told it features waits and measures, the first long and the latter short.
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Chicago News
The Quirky Riddles of Penny Magazine
A playful survey from Penny Magazine asks curious questions about a German band, rock, meadow larks, cross cut saws, mill races, fish, tongues, chitlog, glue, railway sleepers, cloth, starboard tacks, bucket shops, and boot jacks, presented as whimsical wordplay.
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Penny Magazine
Turner Hall Gymnastics Class Schedule Listing
Turner Hall offers a detailed program of gymnastic classes for youths and adults including boys and girls ages 6 to 17 with sessions on weekdays and weekends. Additional classes cover Misses Ladies and Men with fencing on Sunday forenoon and related Sunday School times.
Reduced Colonist Rates to West Coast on Northwestern Line
Reduced colonist rates offer one way tickets at special low prices every day through March and April from all points on the North Western Line to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Puget Sound. Tours in tourist sleeping cars via Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line. For details write S A Hutchison Manager Tourist Dept 212 Clark St Chicago Il or contact the nearest ticket agent.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Puget Sound
Chicago
Union Pacific & North Western
S. A. Hutchison
Tourist Dept
Clark St
Til
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Turner Hall
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A. Baldwin Sloane
Daniel Webster
Eagle Roller Mill Co
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Myer
Reim’s Jewelry Store
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