Never Again and Other Tales From a Busy Theatrical Scene
A Philadelphia piece follows a vagrant veteran Matt Barlow on Memorial Day as he encounters family memory, charity appeals, and moral reckonings. The New York theater scene review highlights the farce Never Again at Garrick, praising performers E M Holland Fritz Williams Ferdinand Gottschalk Miller and noting several Daly Company roles and the spring burlesque trend with Miss Manhattan at Wallack's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Barlow
Grandfather Barlow
Lucy
Philadelphia
Guard of Honor
Sissy
Pennsylvania
New York
Garricx Theater
E. M. Holland
Fritz Williams
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Miller
Miss Miller
Carey Preston
Wallack
Heaviest Bells Worldwide Reported in Moscow and New York
The Moscow bell is noted as the heaviest in the world at 432060 pounds. The New York City city hall bell weighs 22300 pounds.
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Moscow
Russia
City Hall
New York
End of Season Shoves Legita Vaudeville Rush Toward Summer Snaps
New York letter notes theatrical season tapering as companies rush to summer snaps. Actors seek resort gigs for small salaries while others move to vaudeville, boosting standard of shows and drawing stars like Sophia Scalchi and Clara Morris. Daly's season showcases varied, capable management with The Geisha pairing with stock company fare.
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New York
New York State
Johnstone Bennett
S. Miller Kent
Maurice Barrymore
Robert Hilliard
August van Biene
Grace Fitkins
Frederick Paulding
Frederick Bryton
Clara Morris
Camille
Sophia Scalchi
Chicago Club Names Eighteen Man Roster for Season
President Hart states the Cui cago Club will carry eighteen men to fortify against accidents. The lineup includes Kittredge Donahue Anson as catchers, Griffith Terry Friend Briggs Callahan Denzer Thornton as pitchers, Anson Decker at first, Pfeffer Connor at second, Everett McCormick at third, Dahlen McCormick at short, and Lange Ryan Everett Decker Thornton in the outfield.
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Hart
Cuicago
Kittredge
Donahue
Anson
Griffith
Terry
Friend
Briggs
Callahan
Denzer
Thornton
Decker
Pfeffer
Connor
Everett
McCormick
Dahlen
Lange
Ryan
Cicero Town Board Hears Street Renaming Fears
An adjourned Cicero meeting on May 22 1897 debated street renaming and approved or referred many items. Talks centered on restoring old street names and house numbering while committees handle crosswalks sewers drains and pay adjustments for police and town staff.
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Oficer
John Lawrence
Vogt and
Lee
M. J. Roughan
Attridge
Roughan
Harvey Avenue
Rearden
Dennis Cleary
Central Avenue
Prairie Avenue
Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company
Committee of Whole
Vastine
James Barbeau
Midway Park
Runnels & Barry
Ridgeland Avenue
Division Street
H. B. Speed
A. E. Workester
Brick Layers’ and Stone Masons’ Union
Andrews & Piper
South
Cicero
R.H. Muir
Austin Avenue
J. J. Best
Gunthorp
Mandell Improvement Club
Chicago Fire Department
Michael del Re
Pisase Court
Pease Court
A. B. Melville
Home Avenue
Butler
Fifty-Second Street
Harlem Avenue
Augusta Street
Oak Park
Drainage Committee
Indiana Avenue
Thos. Nelly & Co
Fire and Water Committee
Gunthrop
Erie
Superior Streets
Police and Sanitary
R. A. Perkins
Ogden Street Railway
Ogden Avenue
Cheney
Board of School Trustees
Township
Range 13
Cook County
N. Boulevard
Oheuh
Indiana Street
Pine Avenue
Robinson Avenue
Center Avenue
Madison
Twelfth Streets
MacDonald
Willow Avenue
Kinzie Street
Chicago Avenue
Forest Avenue
Sonneschein
Solomon's
la Vergne
Clam Frappé Recipe in Boston Cooking School Menu
The article describes a clam frappé included in an invalids menu. Wash twenty clams, steam them until shells open, strain and freeze the liquid into a mush. Serve in glasses, or freeze in a powder can for quick serving. The clam juice is sometimes diluted and served hot, noted for gastric inflammation where other foods are rejected.
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Boston Cooking School
FiveYearOld Bessie Claims Pudding Save
In a playful exchange from a newspaper page a five year old named Bessie declares she saved the pudding at lunch. She says she saw it on the table and might have let the cat in but denies actually making or eating it, while family reactions mix with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Matthew Barlow
Dora Matilda
Matty
Bull Run
Lucy
Bessie
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Kdayaz Lez
Matt
Tom
Joe
John
Henry
Barlow
John Barlow
Northumberland County
Washington Square
Canada
Walnut Street
Thasso
Tance
Father’s
Philadelphia Press
Pinero
Mr. Daly
Sir Walter Scott
Guy Mannering
Ada Behan
Meg Merrilies
Grace Rutter
Daly Stock Company
Virginia
Miss Warned
Trilby
Miss Harned
Sardou
Mr. Sothern
Agnes Miller
Alabama
Daly's
Cicero Town Board
Mary B. Hooker
Emily Kelley
H. B. Mann
J. H. Scott
H. L. Fish
Thos. Houren
A. Nicks
A. Ney
R. Roffin
A. Wey
Elizabeth Campbell
E. A. Gillen
W. J. Owen
Olaf Olson
F. E B. Wilson
W. S. Kaufman
Twenty-fifth Street
Risley Avenue
W. Fiftieth Street
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