A Miniature City Run by Sixteen Indiana Street Boys
Chicago philanthropist Edward S Bradley returns with sixteen Indiana street boys from Allendale farm near Lake Villa to run a Junior Municipality in Chicago. The scheme uses a self minted currency, elected officials, and carpenters and laborers among the youths to perform city functions with strict discipline and lessons in work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dward L. Bradley
Allendale
Cedar Lake
Bradley
Mr. Bradley
Allendale Farm
Lake Villa
Wisconsin Central
Chicave
Eve
Allendale Bank
Mach
Edward
Ank
Auditorium Hotel
Imshke
Che Victor
Prederick Merrick
Innstead
Watil
Kirkland School
Indiana Street
Charles McDermit
Wagt Indiana Street
Eddie Hogan
Johnnie White
Georgie Mullen
Courth
Johnnie Northrup
Fifth
Jimmie Conlon
Aleck Reed
Eddie Brophey
Arthur Coyle
Frank Green
Jimmie Mullen
Rush
Pine Street
Woman in the Senate Martha Hughes Cannon Elected Utah's First
Martha Hughes Cannon, of Salt Lake City, elected to Utah Senate as a Democrat defeating Angus M. Cannon by about 4000 votes. She is 32, a physician and active suffragist, prominent for polygamy views and reformist stance.
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Salt Lake
Martha Hughes Cannon
Cannon
United States
Theatrical Letter on Mansfield and European Stage
The article discusses Richard Mansfield’s public image and his stage humor. It notes Mapleson’s opera circle influence, Judie Mapleson’s retirement and Paris return, and previews of Saussine's Omphale and a new Delilah play at Drury Lane in London.
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Delilah
Drury Lane
London
Genevieve Ward
Margaret of Anjou
Sir Keurys Irving
Richard Tich
Allegro
Newodut
The First Member and Birth of the Republican Party
J. H. Dale recalls the early formation of the Republican Party in 1853, tracing claims of its birthplace to multiple states and individuals including T. Boothby of Waterville Maine. He notes the party's temperance roots, Lincoln's later rise, and the idea that the movement began as a spontaneous breath of public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Boothby
Watertown
Major McKinley
Pine Tree
Boothby
Paris
Oxford Democrat
Anson P. Morrill
Morrill
Lincoln
Waterville
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Virginia
Wisconsin
Joseph Medill
Chicago Tribune
Republican Party
Cleveland
Medill
Jackson
James O'Donnell
J. H. Dale
London theater manager taunts actor over makeup demand
The manager assigns a distasteful makeup role to a famous actor who grumbles and jokes about playing an idiot. The manager retorts that the true target is the lulets who appear here made up as actors, signaling a clash over stage appearances.
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London
Subsidies to French Opera Houses Listed by Government
The French government grants subsidies besides directors salaries to major opera houses. Paris Opera and Opera Comique receive 990000 and 360000 francs, with Lyon 300000 francs, Marseille 240000, Nantes 100000, Bordeaux 129000, Valence 80000, Rouen 120000, and Rennes 100600 francs. Outside Paris municipalities fund the subsidies, but state direction governs them.
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Republic
Opera and
Opera Comique
Paris
Lyons
Marseilles
Nantes
Bordeaux
Vale
Rouen
Rennes
Multiperformers and Broadway ventures headline New York era
The piece surveys impresarios like Colonel Mapleson with four wives and a string of marriages, the Japanese musical comedy The Geisha at Daly’s, and Tim Murphy’s versatile New York season showing off many character impersonations. It notes successes and unsettled ventures, with theater moves and debuts planned in Paris and New York.
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Nework
Impressario
Bath
Chaucer
Colonel Mapleson
Europe
Marie Roze
Mapleson
Coronel
Laura Schirmer Byron
Paris
Byron
America
Pittsburg
Robert Miltenberger
Sixth
New York
Daly’s
London
Dorothy Morton
Violet Lloyd
Afr
Willam Samoyson
Tim Murphy
Mr. Murphy
Brander
Gillette
Fragmentary Victorian verses and nursery tale references
The passage mixes assorted literary fragments and names from the same era, mentioning Jack and Mary, Old King Cole, and a scene with Si muel the Sailor. It references Klaw & Erlanger, a lost extravi ganza, and a fire hunt story, with hints of theft and financial schemes.
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Klaw & Erlanger
Jack
Mary
Cole
Sadood
Moher Hubbard
Simuel
Ole Svacuwa
Voleca and the Telephone Girl in the Washington Star
A poetic fragment describes a distant, idealized figure named Voleca or Ilain as a voice and image in space. The speaker laments distance and unrequited affection, fearing social penalty, while noting a telephone girl who would sing in the car.
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Ilain
Washington Star
Bible Overview and Notable Veres inuncted Texts
The Bible comprises about 60 documents written by roughly 40 men. It records 64 Old Testament and 52 New Testament miracles, totaling 105 verses. Notable items include the brief verse to remember Lot's wife and a few passages with minimal or no Deity mentions.
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John
Sims Reeves Attacks the Vicious Encore System
Sims Reeves denounces the encore system as dishonest and harmful to serious performance. He says encores insult audiences, exploit suffering artists, and erode symmetry in lyric, oratorio, concert, and ballad programs. He urges managers and the public to stamp out the nuisance to improve English musical performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sims Reeves
Gentleman’s Magazine
Speed on Railroads and Fast Trains of the Era
An analysis of fast travel on U S railways cites the Pennsylvanian Limited Jersey City to Philadelphia 90 miles in 112 minutes and the Flying Dutchman London to Bristol under two hours though averaging 59 4 miles per hour. It notes 20 mile stretches can exceed a mile a minute and cites Rhode Island Locomotive Works output for a ship shaped engine on Providence Groton run in 6214 minutes with eight cars.
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United States
Jersey City
Philadelphia
London
Bristol
Cotaneau
Ottawa
Rhode Island Locomotive Works
Providence
New York, Providence & Boston Railroad Company
Groton, Conn
Mystic Draw-Bridge
Connecticut
Big Woman and Title Man Elope in Lebanon Rumor
Mrs. Mary Yealey a 350 pound social figure in Lebanon Indiana elopes with Charles Clark once a hired man for her husband. Clark weighs about 100 pounds. Reportedly Yealey funded the scheme and financed most of the escape and its expenses.
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Mary Yealey
Lebanon
Ind
Charles Clark
Pie thief identified by bite marks in pumpkin
Pittsburg police traced a pie thief by the bite taken from a pumpkin pie. They identified the suspect from dental evidence and stated the crime shows a remarkable act of stupidity.
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Pittsburg
Propriety Debate in Waverly and Austen Dialogue
In a witty exchange the characters discuss a widow described as off color and propriety, noting she is in half mourning as observed by Waverly and Austen. The New York Journal frames the banter as a social aside and commentary.
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Waverly
Austen
New York Journal
Counterfeiter Frank H. Watson Apprehended in Dayton
Frank H. Watson was arrested in Dayton Ohio for counterfeiting. Police found fresh from the mold bogus money in his possession and he was cornered in his bedroom.
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Frank H. Watson
Dayton
Ohio
Bank of Montreal reports half yearly profit of 603250
Notes of the Day surveys economic outlook including Bank of Montreal net profits of 603250 for the half year. It notes Europe mobilization of about 27 million men, horse trades with Scandinavia, a rabbit disease in Queensland, railway plans Liverpool to Manchester, liquor law revision efforts in Connecticut, a sheet metal sleigh patent in South Dakota, and a Crystal Palace musical celebration for the queen's sixtieth year.
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Bank of Montreal
Europe
America
Queensland
Liverpool
Manchester
Connecticut Law and Order League
Crystal Palace
Complexion Signs and Health Indicators
The text describes how complexion changes signal health issues. A livid or straw color may suggest apoplexy or cancer, patchy redness indicates hectic constitution, yellow tints point to intestinal trouble or jaundice, pallor with thin skin suggests stomach trouble or acidity, and pallid skin with puffiness implies constitutional weakness or congestion.
An Important Book Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literatures
A new single volume combines a dictionary of classical literature and antiquities with material from other sources. Editor Harry Thurs ton Peck of Columbia University leads a large panel of collaborators. The work spans biography mythology geography history literature antiquities language bibliography and includes about fifteen hundred illustrations.
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Harper's
Harry Thurston Peck
Columbia University
Green
His Lucky Day. Farmer Saved By Brick Misfall
A farmer narrowly avoids serious injury when a brick falls near his head. He cheers that luck prevented a worse outcome and notes it did not strike a nearby basket. The incident underscores a bizarre brush with danger during the day.
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Farmer
New Occasions magazine and reform book by Adams
Frederick A. Adams, chosen by W. J. Bryan as chief of the Democratic Press and Literary Bureau, edits a new magazine titled New Occasions devoted to social science and political reforms. He has issued President John Smith, the Story of a Peaceful Revolution, praised as a strong plea for majority rule and direct legislation. Charlies H. Kerr & Co. of Chicago publish the work and magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Adams
W. J. Bryan
Democratic Press and Literary Bureau
Adams
John Smith
Charlies H. Kerr & Co
Chiccago
Thirety Lands Basin Rainfall Compared to Ohio and Missouri
The Americas Journal of Science notes the Missouri basin absorbs eighty eight percent of rainfall while the Ohio basin absorbs seventy percent. Despite its shorter length, the Ohio River contributes more water to the Mississippi than the Missouri due to greater annual rainfall.
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Missouri River
Aerial Density and Expansion by Locke
The passage asserts that air density increases with depth, claiming a wall dug 46 miles deep would have air as dense as quicksilver at the bottom. It also argues that a cubit inch of air taken 4,000 miles up would expand to fill a sphere at least 2,000,000 miles in diameter.
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Locke
Farm Land Offer Near Houston in Chesterville Texas
Classified note from Southern Texas Colonization Co offering a prime tract 80 miles from Houston at Chesterville Texas with drained land, abundant rainfall, good soil, low prices and easy terms. Lists free book and excursion information and free fare. Mail to John Linderholm manager 110 Rialto Bldg Chicago.
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Houston
Chestervill
Texas
Southern Texas Colonization Co
John Linderholm
Mgr
Rialto Bldg
Chicago
Fine Old Apple Tree Bears Forty-One Bushels This Year
A century-old apple tree in the orchard of R. H. Williams at West Corinth Vermont yielded forty-one bushels of apples this year. The tree has borne fruit for eighty-six years and the trunk measures twelve feet four inches in circumference near the ground.
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R. H. Williams
Weat Corinth
Patent remedy claims and dental teething notes
An advertisement touts a cold cure in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinime Tablets with a promised refund if no cure. The note adds a claim that 286 false teeth are now made from paper and last a lifetime.
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Senate
Martha Slughes Cannon
IRS
Martha Uughes Cannon
Richard Mans
Field—Qgillett
Richard Mansfield
Mr. Mansfield
Mr. Mancred
Qopora
Trensry Mapleson
England
Judie
Chatou
Escholiers
Omphale
Henri de Saussine
Phay
Col, Mapleson
L. T. Boothby
Maine
Tow the Party
Marine
Temperance Wraa
Marin Plank—Abolution
Talma
Frahens
Acor
Robespierre
Barrett
Ravmond
Robson
Irving
Jefferson and
Russell
Aro
Bertin
John Ware
Ogilvie
Yspatia
Bernhardt
Portis
Ray Rennedman
California
Hunt
Liliard
ASOUT
Sem
Thirety Lands
Sarsaparilla
Paris Hood
Dr. Kay
de. B. J. Kay Medical Co
Omaha
John W. Morris
Washington, D
Jb Nay
Uuivatang
J.l.stephens
L. Deane
Deane & Weaver
McGill
Kay
B. MB. Woolley
Atlanta, Ga
Thompson
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