Huguenot Pageant Shown in New Rochelle Celebration
Critics say the 1909 New Rochelle Huguenot landing pageant mixed reverence with spectacle as posterity staged a hybrid of theater and festival. Indians in paint, mock canoes, and a caravel houseboat framed the event, ending with speechmaking and candy for descendants.
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Stacks of periodicals engulf Whitman in his room
A biographical sketch describes Whitman surrounded by a two foot deep mass of newspapers magazines pamphlets and bound volumes piled atop a bed and tables. The narrator recalls the poet’s disorderly accumulation the yellowed papers the cluttered floor and the gradual removal of items while tending the dying man.
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Calf Promotion Sparks Eyes on New Rochelle and Bronxville
George H. Pell leads a push to present the calf, risking Descendant Pell’s claim to thousands of cattle. One fatted calf from Chicago could trigger more deliveries, while Bronxville and New Rochelle gain from the spectacle. A sketch by Mrs. Elizabeth Custer, widow of General, is tied to the call ceremony as a dress rehearsal for Pell’s forthcoming home drama.
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