Thanksgiving in the Mountains A New Woman Clash
A veteran miner, Jim McKenzie, hosts Thanksgiving with his daughter Mary and a wary friend Harry. Mary, a rising advocate for women's rights, challenges traditional roles while her father and Harry clash over who should carve the turkey and perform tasks. Mary asserts independence. Harry tries to reclaim control, leading to a domestic comedy of ideals and affection.
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John Meredith
Meredith
West
Weekly Mail
Jim McKenzie
Mary
McKenzie
Jim
Harry
Woman's Emancipation Circle
Adam
George
Theatrical Topics and Long Runs in the Era
A discussion of actors preferring long runs over financial success, with anecdotes from melodrama tours and Moonlight effects. Aurie Dagwell born Utica 1875 and early operatic work cited. critique of New York critics and notes on Mrs Potter and Dumas Francillon在 Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York stages. The Sporting Duchess features Maria Chapman as Mary in an noted production.
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Frank L. Perley
Bostonians
Sporting Duchess
Indiana
Aurie Dagwell
Utica
N. Y
New York
Boston Transcript
Tate
United States
New York City
Dumas
Francillon
Mrs. Potter
Boston
Chicago
Kansas City
Denver
Minneapolis
Fourteenth Street Theater
Maria Chapman
Mary
Pleasant Thanksgiving Parlor Games and Rhymes
A vintage guide describes parlor games for Thanksgiving. Transpositions use letters from names of flowers and famous words to form the sought word, with examples. Rhyming games and The Messenger involve command games where players imitate actions and pay forfeits for missteps.
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Massachusetts
Newfoundland
North Carolina
Ehair
Constance Fenimore Woolson
Moore
Atain
Bryant
The West Moves Toward an Independent Western Alliance
The article argues the western plains will gain strength through new ties with the south and a growing seaport influence 700 miles away. It envisions a denser western economy, reduced eastern reliance, and a rising push for independent development across the plains and future trade shifts.
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Prairies
Rising American singers make promising stage debuts
The article highlights several young performers gaining notice in New York and London. Dagwell and Chapman receive strong notices for stage presence and vocal training, while Fay Davis attracts praise in London and Frohman lauds her talent. It also notes plans for Diazzy to stage elaborate magic theatre and upcoming Hungarian opera projects by Count Geza Zichy and a Suppe operetta in Vienna.
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New York
Academy of Music
Alice Woodfern
Dagwell
London
Fay Davis
George Alexander
St. James Theater
Thanksgiving Hymn By Will Carleton
The excerpt presents a religious prayer-like hymn by Will Carleton thanking the Father for daylight stars youth and strength while acknowledging sorrow and mercy The verse extols charity unity and hope and envisions eternal reunion in mansions above
Visiting the Sick and the Power of a Visitor
The article emphasizes how patient recovery depends on doctors and nurses but also on visitors. It warns that some people belong only briefly in a sick room and stresses that visitors be neat in appearance and quiet. It cautions against noise slamming doors and whispers in the room.
New London Invention Aims to Keep Sinking Vessels Afloat
An iron model cargo ship loaded with bricks was shown in London to shipping experts. A large side hole was opened and water rose to the deck level. Gutta bags under the deck were inflated with carbonic acid gas, lifting the miniature ship almost immediately.
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London
Raising Cain Phrase Usage Debated in Linguistics
A discussion contrasts common versus proper noun treatment in the phrase Raising Cain. Trivvet argues Cain is common and not capitalized, while Dicer contends Raising Cain is too common to be proper noun, prompting debate on capitalization and usage.
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Cain
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Rising Stars
Francis Wilson
Bancroft
Marie Chapman
Wen
Plains
Missouri
North American Review
Mississippi
Rocky Mountains
Buffalo
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Gulf
Chile
Henry E. Dixey
Frederick Bancroft
Alexander Hermann
Mr. Dixey
Edward L. Bloom
Aylmer
Miss Chapman
Frank Perley
Hungary
Geza Zichy
Roland
Budapest Royal Opera House
Franz von Suppe
Ial
Hfe
Judson A. Tolman
Wabash Ave
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