Miln revives Julius Caesar on Broadway in New York
Theatrical gossip notes George C Miln revival of Julius Caesar at the Broadway Theater with Mary Shaw as leading woman and Miln as Marc Antony. It recounts his shift from pulpits to Shakespearean stage, his world-wide career, and the era of actor worship highlighted by tales of fans and stage-door scenes.
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Eorge C. Miln
Broadway Theater
New York
Mr. Miln
Mary Shaw
George C. Miln
Miln
Marc Antony
Julius Ceasar
Australia
Australi
Orient
Ceylon
India
Burmah
China
Zenda
Isabel Irving
Flavia
London
Viv
Daly's
George Clark
Henry J. Montague
Kyrle Bellew
Theatrical Rumors For Next Season In New York
Nancy McIntosh may stay in the country while Otis Skinner plans no cast work next year. The Bostonians could net about 75 000 this season. Rumors place Georgia Cayvan and Margaret Craven in lead roles with other stars like Rose Coghlan and Madama, and Henry Dixey may join Mrochman. News notes also mention Bernardt and Magda amid a war play trend with Pree Cuba.
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Nancy McIntosh
Otis Skinner
Mrs. Langtry
London
Virginia Harned
Augustus Pitou
Georgia Cayvan
Annie O'Neil
Henry HW. Dixey
Miss Brown
Charles Mrohman
New York City
Bernardt
Magda
Cuba
James Arthur McKnight
Florence tale of touring company humor told at dinner
The comedian William J. Florence recounted a tale from Harper's Round Table about a small traveling troupe's worst audience in D-. In the dim day two listeners, a young woman in the orchestra and a man in the balcony, sparked a retort during a line about the bright moon lifting them on their way.
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Florence
William J. Florence
Harper's Round Table
Captain Weiss Receives Honor For Saving Lives At Sea
Capt. Weiss of the Belgian King was honored in Newcastle England after saving over a thousand lives. He rescued crews from distressing ships including the liner Palmyra carrying 850 people, an act praised as rare luck at sea. Sam Dungan settles with Detroit.
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Weiss
Newcastle
England
Palmyra
Flirting At Vassar And West Point Sparks Secret Visits
A Victorian era note from West Point and Vassar depicts students bending strict campus rules to meet clandestinely. The piece lampoons soldier lads learning manners from romance and flirtation, highlighting campus social games and exchanged tokens amid leap year mischief.
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Ander-Grad
Uncle Sam
West Pointer
Treatment of Orchids Through History and Culture
The article traces orchid cultivation from early horticultural attempts to modern understanding. It notes Dr Lindley and Mr Bateman asserting high temperature deep shade and humidity as essential, plus a resting season, guiding growers toward proper epiphytic care and media choices.
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Van
Lindley
Royal Horticultural Society
Bateman
Vassar Girls at West Point Hop Scenes and Spoofs
A vivid portrait of Vassar undergraduates visiting West Point, noting their festive hops and social flights, dorm room pooling, and flirtations with cadets. The piece details chaperonless trips, trains, and hospital detours, plus poems and campus lore about post socials and academic rivalries. It references Graceful social scenes, guards at the gate, and the broader college culture surrounding flirtation and letters.
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Vassar
Alma Mater
Poughkeepsie
Grant Hall
The Dream of Life and the Endless Dream of Wealth
A brief moral tale about a penniless youth who imagines wealth will grant happiness and virtue. As he grows richer through the years the dream shifts from charitable largesse to power and larger fortunes, until the dreamer awakens never to wake again.
The Amazon River Mighty Tributaries and Vast Mouth
The Amazon receives over 1200 tributaries including 100 large rivers. Its lower course shows one bank unseen across a yellow sea of water. The river mouth, with Para, spans 180 miles and ships reach 1000 miles inland. The Atlantic waters turn yellow for 400 miles offshore.
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Amazon
Para
Atlantic
Brazil
Cambridge Man Says He Was April Fool of the Year
A Cambridge resident who winked at a boy yelling Fire in front his home on April 1 claims he was the year’s top April fool. He barely escaped danger when authorities determined it was no joke.
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Charles Louis Ambroise
Thomas
Metz
Verdi
Cambridge
Mass
The Jokers' Corner and A Yellow Dog Tale
The piece presents a verse tale about a yellow dog abused by villagers and a young child who loves it. It contrasts cruelty toward the animal with a noble heart, noting the child’s rescue of a drowning boy and urging kindness to the poor and aged.
Banker Spudde and the Visitor Dialogue
A tense exchange unfolds in a Chicago Tribune excerpt where a young man demands entry by permission. The banker confronts the intruder about permission from Miss Nerva, his daughter, revealing a dramatic family twist.
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Miss Nerva
Chicago Tribune
Diners Roast Goose Tells of Local Wit and Debt
A tall tale from Life notes Colonel Fred Burnaby at a Welsh inn where 2s 6d bought a hot roast goose and apple tart. After finishing, he offered 3s 6d to serve the same for a friend, prompting a remark about lynching the wrong man and a joke on a widow’s second husband.
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Fred Burnaby
Wales
Burnaby
Jones
Red Lion
Quotation Snippets Reflect Early 20th Century Tones
A collage of brief overheard lines from newspapers including the Chicago Record Roxbury Gazette Philadelphia Record Chicago Evening Post Indianapolis Journal and New York Herald. The fragments capture casual banter questions advice and a joke about nutrition and pricing with no single narrative.
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Chicago
Gazley
Lazbey
Roxbury Gazette
Philadelphia Record
Chicago Evening Post
Tommy
Indianapolis Journal
Boodle
New York Herald
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George G Miln
Actor
Julia Marlowe
Palmer's Theater
Mrs. Potter
Mr. Bellew
Miss Marlowe
Taber
Geo. C. Milnas, Marc Antony
Confrere
the Musicians
America
Wagner
Virginia Earle
Rignold
Sam Dungan
Detroit
Weat Point Military Academy
Weat Point
Mahomet
Avon
West Point
Vassar Girls Resort
Academy of Social Science
Howitzer
Gee
Echo
the Jokers
Willie
Spudde
Towsy Tomson
Texas Siftings
Salvino Amfat
Racycle
Miami Cycle and Mfg. Co
Middletown
Ohio
New York Press
C. S. Hood & Co
Lowell
Hires Rootbeer
Charlie F. Wires Co
Philadelphia
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Patrick O’tarkell
Washington, D.C
Columbia Bicycles
Columbia
Columbias
Hartford
Department of Statistics
Pope Mfg. CO
Rartford, Conn
Cripple Creek
Santa Fe
Kansas City
G. T. Nicholson
Monadnock Elk
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