Meister Singers of Old Nuremberg Inspires Love and song
A Vienna letter describes Wagner’s The Meister Singers of Old Nuremberg at the Royal Opera. Hans Sachs mentors the Burgemeister’s daughter’s suitor as master singers compete for her hand, culminating in a triumph of youth, culture, and enduring song across old Nuremberg.
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Burgemeister
Royal Opera
Ernest J K. Sappington
Vienna
V Tagner
the Meister Singers
Old
Nuremberg
Wagner
Hans Sachs
Tler
Ry Select
Elan
Fothmed
Master Singers Club
Old Town
Wemory
Llans
Henmutifi Girk
Abe
Hans
Ife
Low
Ile
Ernest
Mrs Schenk Seeks Divorce After Poison Trial
Wheeling Sept 30 Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk wife of John O Schenk a packing magnate seeks alimony and child custody in a counter claim for divorce alleging no poisoning attempt. She names dancer Bessie Clayton and a woman known as Cecilia as acquaintances. Her divorce suit follows a prior trial over alleged poisoning two years earlier.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
John O Schenk
Deniies
Steeplejack Falls from Twenty-Five Feet in Bayonne Stack
Benjamin Beasely, a 24 year old steeplejack for Standard Oil, fell 25 feet inside a smokestack at a Bayonne site. He fractured both legs, his left arm, and eleven ribs. Doctors warned of death but he survived, asking to inform his wife at 3 West Twenty-sixth Street. The incident drew curious praise for his vitality.
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New York
Lot Wh Loabilledges
Elizabeth
N. J
Elizabeth Wood Ebner Hedges
Job Clark Hedges
Theme
Princeton
Columbia College Law School
Hedges
Hastings & Gleason
William L. Strong
James W
Wadsworth
Ales Hay
Uetate
Lay
Yale
Tie
Zelacin Elanin
Staonl
Elaomet
Bayonne
No1
Benjamin Beasely
Standard Oil Company
Ile
Lottom
Calmik
Warner
Heasely
West
Beasely
Ife
The Secretary of Frivolous Affairs Brings Hap On Track
A woman named Mrs Maria Crown inshield Tlazard orders a plan to reform Hap, a Harvard athlete, by hiring a pace-maker to expose him to other women. The arrangement includes a high salary, early starts, late nights, and a two week no-jose clause, with Jo providing guidance and maintaining social decorum.
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Ian
Harvard
Hap
Jos
Jose
Aladdins lamp tale and a gilded prison note
A narrator recalls a summer plan, a joke about business and brightness, and a visit from Jo's mother. A dramatic letter to Commonwealth Avenue arrives, terse and direct, prompting thoughts on pride, romance, and social roles within a fraught family dynamic.
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Mr. Partridge
Commonwealth Avenue
A Haphazard Meeting In Society Circles
An excerpt recalls a society reception with Lauran Tlasard as the focal star and the narrator’s awkward ascent into upper society. Family dynamics at the hotel, John Crowninshield the bachelor lawyer, and Laura Hazard’s poised presence shape a tense social ascent. The piece closes with a storefront teaser for newspaper ads and readership calls.
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Lauran Tlasard
John Crowninshield
Bray
Mr. Partridge
Jig
Laura Hazard Wagtail
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Ernest Sappington
Mauch Chunk
Lehighton Building
Joan Association
Scenee
Hall
Fr. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Olio
F. J. Cheney & CO
Ghito
Joe E. Hedges
J. W. Wadsworth, JR
NEW York Republicans
Sprire
Dan
Lerald
L. F. Schenk
By May Futrelle
W. L. Barnes
Babbs-Merrill Company
Wwk
Philo Hay Syec. Co
Newark
Node
Steiner
Baltimore & Ohio
R.R
Niagara Falls
Frederick
James E. Doll
Deweler and
Optician
South Market St. Frederick, Md
Yasee
F. Columbus Knott
Besant & Knott
GEO. L. Cramer & Sons
E. Ghurch
Chichester’s
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