Admiral seeks five thousand with pension as security
In London the retired British admiral meets moneylender Reuben Metaxa after a failed attempt to borrow cash with pension papers as security. Westmacott accompanies him as they test terms and consider safer options before finalizing a loan.
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Ers
Smith & Hanbury
Mr. Smith
Mr. Hanbury
Reuben Metaxa
Welk
Howe
Charles
Charlyus
Jove
Tes
Cone
Charles Wrestmascott
Abetaxa Kwashea
Sip
Heuve
Eleves Pd
St. Pauls
Doctor Proudie Examines the Admiral in a Mischief Scene
Theclever Doctor Proudie analyzes an Admiral in a comic, tense street encounter. Mr Metaxa and a fat, greasy suspect arrange the scene while the doctor probes the Admiral's supposed ailment with theatrical flair and blunt questions. The dialogue hints at danger and business motives amid humor.
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Proudie
John
Doctor Proudie
Mr. Metaxa
Mr. Metuxa
Mr. Proudie
Rivers of the Desert and the Hidden Watercourses
A contractor notes arid regions host many bridges relative to streams, as desert waterways vanish and reappear after floods. The Whitewater river case on the Southern Pacific line shows streams can leave no trace after rain. An explorer finds a river mouth only to discover no water. An old timer notes many desert streams have no headwaters or outlets.
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California
Southern Pacific Railroad
Whitewater
Clean Streets and Lower Deaths Hint at City Health
Dr. Roger Tracy, city registrar of vital statistics, argues that summer mortality falls when streets are cleaned. He explains influenza indirectly raises deaths by weakening health, while cooler weather and cleaner food reduce disease. tenement residents suffer from exposure and spoiled milk and produce if streets are dirty.
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Roger 5. Tracy
New Register of Vital Seatings
New York
Kelly
The Former Child Star Elsie Leslie Returns to Stage
A Vienna beauty and former child star Elsie Leslie, who faded from the stage after Prince and Pauper, is said to be back in New York. Reports note her past as a leading drawing card, plus comments on Lola Beeth and Frances Saville as contemporary sopranos, with mixed verdicts on singing talent versus beauty.
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Elsie Leslie
Nickell
Abby Sage Richardson
Mark Twain
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Frances Saville
Nellie Melba
Lola Beeth
Vienna Opera House
Saville
Juliet
Elsa
Ellen Terry
Madge Kendal
Mrs. Bancrott
Annie Clarke
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Elsie Leslie Lytle
Crazy
Olive Homans
Olive
Mary Cary
Lola Bueth
Sep
Miss Nancy McIntosh Opens London Opera Career
Nancy McIntosh, American soprano born near Cleveland, rose to fame in London after debuting in New York in His Excellency. Her path included studies with Signor Errani and George Henschel, leading roles with the London Symphony Orchestra, and a reported prime role in Gilbert and Sullivan's forthcoming work.
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Miss Nancy McIntosh
London
New York
Oet
W. OS. Gilbert
Dr. Carr
Nancy Mintosi
Achille Errani
Columbia
Tenn
George Henschel
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Hallee
Gilbert
Miss Macintosh
Arthur Sullivan
D'Ossy Carte
Lever Theater
Lying Theater
Water filtration lesson proposed at Pittsburg event
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an object lesson in water filtration planned for Pittsburg with unspecified participants and details. The garbled text mentions an operation and examination of a perch and references to dates and people, but the core idea is a public demonstration on filtration methods.
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Pittsburg
Opera and stage notes mix in a Philadelphia winter
Mme Emma Nevada performs in Philadelphia for forty nights and ten matinees of grand opera. Hoyts A Trip to Chinatown shifts to Australia on June 1 with Margy Connor and Anna Boyd in leading roles. A tainted soprano closes a church Gloria with World without men ah me. Patti’s farewell concerts draw much attention.
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Mme
Emma Nevada
Philadelphia
Hoyts
Chinatown
Australia
Ilargy Connor
Anna Boyd
Patti
New York World
Warning to Fat Women Staged Fire Rescue Tale
A sensational tale recounts a fire on a five story building where a policeman rescues a 240 pound woman via a fire escape. The rescue ends with the woman jailed for drunkenness after a nurse feeds brandy, prompting a moral about safer housing and guards.
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The
New York Journal
Red Thames
Tady O
Mrs Vanderbilt’s Charming Watch Collection Noted
The New York Advertiser highlights Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt’s hobby of collecting watches. Notable pieces include a pelican feeding three envious gems, a blue and yellow guitar, a tulip with enameled leaves, a gold enamel urn with filigree, an Egyptian harp, and a crown adorned with rose diamonds.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York Advertiser
Clyde Shipyard Delivers Gunboats for Cuban Patrols
A Clyde firm built, launched and delivered six gunboats for the Spanish government within six months after receiving the order to patrol and guard the Cuban coast.
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Clyde
Importation of Bumble Bees Arrives in New South Wales
The New South Wales department of agriculture received a consignment of bumble bees by steamer from New Zealand. They were liberated in the Botanic Gardens and the Linnean Society grounds at Elizabeth.
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New South Wales Department of Agricultuure Precently
New Zealand
Botanic Gardens
Linnean Society
Elizabeth
Helps for Housewives and Household Tips
A compendium of small home hacks and decor ideas. It covers silver pen extractors for desks, miniature fern pots in plates, elephant hide card cases, care of delicate white lace with magnesia, and restoring fur with bran. It also offers salad ideas with cold vegetables and an onion rub for roasted meats.
Outline of the Philosophy of English Literature
Review of Greenough White’s The Philosophy of English Literature Part 1 The Middle Ages to 1550 with 266 pages $1.10 Ginn & Co Boston. The critic praises White’s broad reading and historical sense while noting missing index and table of contents and some loose ties to European history.
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Greenough White
Boston
Ginn & Co
White
Fuuthor
A Hill-Top Novel by Grant Allen
A hill-top novel by Grant Allen stirs readers with a sharp critique of modern social life told by a mysterious alien who likens British taboos to savage practices. The work aims high in altruistic philosophy, but its climax risks becoming ludicrous and its style lacks finish, though its dense nomological details amuse. Cloth, $1. Putnam’s Sons, New York.
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Grant Allen
G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York
Development of Africa Sparked by Boers and Livingstone
A Literary Note from Century Co. discusses how Boer troubles in Southern Africa pushed David Livingstone north, leading to the opening of Equatorial Africa. Livingstone, then a Kolobeng missionary, exposed local cruelties, provoking resentment and threats that forced him to leave Southern Africa and pursue his missionary work elsewhere.
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Century
Henry M. Stanley
Africa
David
Equatorial Africa
Livingstone
Kolobeng
Cape
Eugenan Field Publishes The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac
The new book with an introduction by Roswell Martin Field, priced at 25 cents, promises intimate tone and strong literary quality. It offers autobiographic chapters on reading in bed, collecting mania, ballads and their makers, book sellers and printers, pleasures of exsera tillustration, and related topics, reflecting Mirfield’s admired tastes.
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Eugenan Field
Roswell Martin Field
Time
Mir.field
Charles Scribner’s Sons
A Story Worth Reading The Yours That the Locust Hath Eaten
Review notes Annie KE. ioldsworth writes of poverty vanity and death amid love and charity. Tense tone and painful reading, though artistic slow culmination and strong craft. Cloth bound edition New York Macmillan Co. $1.25
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Annie KE
Ioldsworth
New York
Macmillan & Co
A New Aristocracy by Birch Arnold
A newly praised novel argues the labor problem solvable by honest work. The book begins at the bottom and elevates practical dignity through everyday labor, showcasing Arnold’s skill as a dramatic fiction writer. Detroit Bartlett Publishing Co.
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Birch Arnold
Detroit
Jartlett Publishing Co
Venezuela Commission at Work in Review of Reviews
Literary notes highlight the current Review of Reviews issue with discussions of The Venezuela Commission at Work and the bond call and financial situation. Also reviewed are Cecil Rhodes and South African affairs The Story of Cripple Creeks and The New Poet Laurette with Une pia sse eres in Turney and a sketch of Joseph Chambers tin.
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Venezuela Commission
Cecil Rhodes
Skyuger
Cripple Creeks
Laurette
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