Tony Pastor on Broadway and the Rise of a Modern Theatre
A retrospective on Tony Pastor moving to Broadway and shaping a respectable variety theatre era. It contrasts mid 19th century entertainment with Daly and others, notes Pastor’s ban on obscenity to attract respectable patrons, and recalls the era’s shifting stage culture and economic model.
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Pittsburgh
Mrs. Patterson
Mry.sfoore
Moore
Lillian Russell
Fay Templeton
Shakespeare
Edwin Hooth
Walleck’s
Augiatin Daly
England
Continent
Tony Pastor
the Bowery
Broadway
Readers debate college girls book choices in 1922 Tribune letters
Readers challenge Miss Dodd on best sellers among college girls. ELINOR HUNKER defends reading for courses and relaxation, arguing libraries replace shops and that morbid books are not morally harmful. Prohibition era reflections follow with satire on education and temperance, plus notes on performers and theater in New York.
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China
The
Tribune
Sir
Hague
Miss Dodd
Northampton
Dodd
Nenreat
Miss Dodds
Elinor Hunker
New York
the Tribune
John Graham
Oime
Graham
New York City
Labor Amendments and Supreme Court Power Debate
The piece surveys four proposed constitutional amendments favored by labor groups. It argues Congress should define national child labor rules, protect organize rights, and clarifies that Supreme Court rulings can be overridden by Congress. It warns repealing or broadening powers could weaken checks and favors reform via legislative action rather than court changes. Public sentiment is shifting toward Sherman law reform.
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American Federation of Labor
Congress
Supreme Court
Cleyton
Supreme
House of Commons
Strom
Mayor Hylan and McAneny in Transit Plan Clash
The article skewers Mayor Hylan for failing to produce a transit plan while criticizing his focus on Hearst's governor bid. It mocks his administration and mocks his claimed five year promise, asserting civic virtue would blush at such promises. McAneny counters by demanding a concrete plan and asserts no workable plan exists among Hylan's circle.
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Mr. McAnepy Seeyaa
Hylan
William Randolph Hearst
Mayor Hylan Attacks Transit Plans and Protests from McAneny
The article argues Hylan would disclose any relief scheme for New York City to aid his political standing and his millionaire protégé. It accuses McAneny of incessant heckling, noting the mayor’s counterattacks on the Transit Commission show a system built on attacks rather than real proposals.
Avoidable War Sparks Twenty-Six Dead in Mine Clash
In a first battle of the fine war between strike breakers and mine guards versus striking miners, casualties reach twenty six with four aging. The piece recalls Homestead 1892 and argues intervention by government is needed to avert renewed violence and reach industrial peace, noting the imperative for impartial commission findings to guide action.
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West Virginia
Etter
Washington
President Harding rejects immediate Philippine independence stance
President Harding told the Filipino mission in courteous terms he cannot back absolute, immediate independence. He cites history of varying U.S. policy, notes costs and missions, and argues the archipelago’s path toward self-rule remains unfinished amid wartime ties and the four Power Pacific treaty. He praises U.S. aid but says independence without merit is not pressing.
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Harding
Philippines
Manila
Washington
Wilson
Armenia
Bryan
Senate
House of Representatives
Archipelago
Each His Own Historian in Richmond Session
The unreconstructed faction at Richmond claims Lincoln plotted the Civil War and urges teaching the youth of the South accordingly. They urge avoiding condemnation and reflect a trend to tailor history to group prejudices, prioritizing interpretive theories over pursued evidence.
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Richmond
Abraham Lincoln
South
No title present in fragmentary text
Prose fragment discusses tastes in food and interpretation by Mr Wells. References to historians, personal tales, and the idea that Germany did not start the war. Inclination to label dissenters as reactionaries.
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Cherches la Femme
Wells
Dows
Germany
Men of
Scientific tariff reform urged by Frelinghuysen amendment
The piece argues that past tariff acts were produced by an unsound, hit or miss method and calls for a tariff commission to depoliticize cost data and guide precise, flexible rates. It notes the need for expert findings on foreign and domestic costs and praises Frelinghuysen’s plan as restoring Henry Clay era efficiency to protection.
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Frelinghuysen
Senate Finance Committee
McCumber
New Jersey
Tarif Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Congress Committee
The Wire Survives Ford Era Amid Rising Tech Dreams
A 1900s glimpse notes the electric wire's enduring role as communications and power carrier. It details GE advances sending four currents on a single line, while cables still carry messages across oceans. experts ponder ultimate capacity and a future where currents fly through air without wires.
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Henry Ford
General Electric Company
Mr. Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Fragmentary Note on Commerce Position
Fragmentary OCR text hints at efforts to maintain a firm position in commerce. The readable portion references vigor in business activities and the challenge of sustaining market standing amid competition. No clear names dates places or organizations are identifiable.
Chesterfield Dinner Dance With Princess Mary Report
The London Times reports a Chesterfield House dinner and dance hosted by Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles. Guests' names fill much of the column while the dance featured foxtrots and one steps to modern tunes, not period minuet steps, amid witty observations on attire and grace. A stray joke about a cow and milk price closes the snippet.
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London Times
Princess Mary
Viscount Lascelles
Chesterfield House
Brevier
Minion
Agate
Lond Chesterfield
Harry
A Grasshopper, Aesop And The Postwar Plight
A 1923 letter-poem fragment laments the grasshopper fable as proof that mirth can threaten crops. It contrasts ironic claims of virtue with real postwar wage cuts, urging labor and landlords to share sacrifice for affordable housing and stable families. The writer, a railroad clerk's wife from New York, details wage losses and rent pressure.
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Tribune
New York
When You Are Near and Voices Rise in Praise
A mixed text fragment blends a lyric about closeness and beauty with political jabs and local commentary. It references William Randolph Hearst and Throckmorton Cash, hints at Confederate veterans, and includes a Chamber of Commerce line about a movie and a potential remark on Busch. The piece shifts between affection, satire, and civic notices.
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Me Conners
William Randolph Hearst
Wnte
Carbona
Lincoln
Berlin
Wilhelm
J. Throckmorton
Throck Cash
Greenwich Village
T7l
Chamber OF Commerce
Unclear fragments touch on politics and society
A garbled Irish and world affairs note cites communism, economics, hunting trout, smoking habits, and a Havana paper's stance on the U S. It references lost child notices, an anniversary, and idle musings on sports figures and organ exchange, all in a dated newspaper voice.
Nominating Miss Repplier to The Tribune
Letter from Ellinwood New York June 21 1922 supports Miss Repplier as leading American woman essayist urging her to be ranked with Edith Wharton in literary achievement.
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Repplier
the Tribune
America
Edith Wharton
Ellinwood
New York
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