My Poor Wie A Love Triangle At Lucerne
In a summer setting at Bretton Tall Paul Dennys, married to Helen, notices Edith Stopford’s quiet beauty and hints of a hidden past. Helen confesses a painful loss and a twist in their marriage emerges as Edith invites Paul to a private talk by a cedar walk.
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Lucerne
Helen
Enag
Edith
Earth
Miss Stopford
Mrs. Dennys
Jim
Ome
Ae T
Bretton Tall
Stopford
Upele
The Romance of Aluminum Across Ancient Legend
A fragment from Pliny suggests a silverlike metal from argillaceous earth appeared in antiquity. An artisan demonstrated a ductile, bright cup to Emperor Tiberius, but the secret was killed by execution to protect gold and silver values. The tale is thought to refer to aluminum.
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Pliny
Tiberius
Tiberins
Rimwell
Jupiter
Eleanor Barry
John T. Sullivan
Sydney Grundy
Captain Huntingdon
Charles Kent
Miss Barry
San Francisco
Nevada
Barry
Babcock
Disarm a critic and he will kick you
A sharp quip notes that soothing a harsh critic may provoke a harsher reaction, suggesting that disarming hostility can backfire by prompting a stronger counterattack from the critic.
Theatrical Topics Reflect a Backward Gaze in 1898-9
The piece surveys a shift toward repertory playing as stars like Fiske Mansfield Sothern Jefferson Modjeska Marlowe Goodwin and Julia Arthur pursue broader repertoires. It traces careers from Walsh to Millward and Kellerd, noting moves toward reading roles in classics and touring without a fixed company, with growing hope for star-led repertory seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Haworth
Columbus Theater Company
New York
Harlem
Mrs. Fiske
Mansfield
Sothern
Jefferson
Modjeska
Miss Marlowe
Goodwin
Julia Arthur
Camille
Ingomar
Mercedes
Infidele
Rosalind
Parthenia
Miss Arthur
Zamora
Shakespeare
Portia
Prince of Wales
Daniel E. Bandmann
Richard Tu
Gertrude
Ophelia
Lady Capulet
Page
Juliet
Gentlewoman
Lady Macbeth
Nerissa
Queen
Duchess of York
Low Heat Brazing For Bicycle Repairs
A Cycle Age article describes making a soft spelter alloy for bicycle brazing. It suggests 40 copper 60 zinc or alternatives with 46 copper 46 zinc 8 silver, melted, quenched in water to form granular spelter, and notes the mix runs dull red and provides sufficient strength for joining bicycle frames.
Indignant Diner Confronts Busy Waiter Over Steak
An irate patron asks how many times the waiter will pass by before bringing his steak. The waiter replies he is too busy to count, leaving the diner frustrated and waiting.
Louisville & Nashville Improves Winter Through Service
For the present winter season the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company has enhanced its through Pullman Vestibuled Sleeping Cars and elegant day coaches from Cincinnati Louisville St. Louis and Chicago to Mobile New Orleans Gulf Coast Thomasville Pensacola Jacksonville Tampa Palm Beach and other Florida points. Perfect connection will be made with steamer lines for Cuba Puerto Rico Nassau and West Indian ports. Tourist and Home-Seekers excursion tickets available at low rates. Write C. P. Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
Mobile
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Thomasville
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Tampa
Palm Beach
Florida
Cuba
Porto Rico
Nassau
West Indian
C. P. Atmore
Cured by a Collision Heard Despite Years of Deafness
A Birmingham Mail report describes a woman who recovered hearing after a head impact when knocked down by a bicyclist. She heard a peculiar click in her ear and since then has heard perfectly, illustrating an unlikely recovery linked to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Davenport
Melbourne MacDowell
Sardou
Cleopatra
Fedora
Miss Walsh
Olivia
Marie Wainwright
Diana Stockton
Bronson Howard
Viola Allen
Miss Allen
Bernhardt
Fanny Davenport
Birmingham
England
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Credibility Statement
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of P. J. Cheney & Co to pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh cure not achieved by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A.W. Gleason witnesses the oath dated December 7 in Toledo Ohio. The pamphlet claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and urges sending for testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City OF
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
P. J. Cheney &Co
A.W. Gleason
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Voledo
Te. Hall
Family survives Steelville cloudburst near Crawford
The Hines family of Steelville Crawford county were awakened as a severe storm struck their home about a mile south of the town. The house trembled but the family escaped unharmed during the recent disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Kansas City Journal
Charles Hines
Steelville
Crawford County
Cough Remedy Kemp’s Balsam Promises Quick Relief
An outbreak of coughing prompts a promotion for Kemp's Balsam claimed to stop coughs immediately. Consumers are urged to visit their druggist, sample bottles offered free, with 25 and 50 cent bottle sizes. De lays are warned as dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp
Explosion of Chemicals Expands Knowledge
A report notes that chemical explosive knowledge has grown from about twenty four compounds thirty years ago to more than one thousand now, reflecting rapid advancement in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilla
Manila
St. Augustine
Escurio
Madrid
Mizpah Medicine Ad Promises Home Cancer Cure
An 1904 Mason City Illinois snippet touts Mizpah Cancer Remedy from Mizpah Medicine Co. Monsey New York claiming cures at home. It also mentions Cout’s Headache Capsules and an anti civil service league in Frisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mizpah Medicine Co
Monsey,n.y
Mason City
Ill
Thave
Cout
H. Suman
Frisco
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J. P. Smith
Paul
Madam
Mrs. Denys
Brin
Rebecca
la Valliere
Sam
Dew
Matty
Lily
Aul
Virginia
Bome
Miss Millward
Secret Service
Blanche Walsh
Edith Varney
Gillette
London
Jes
Sie Millward
Manchester
A. M. Palmer
Madison Square Company
America
William Terriss
Roger la Honte
Irving
Adelphi Theater
Mrs. Carter
Kellerd
Bandmann's
Florence’s
Jefferson's
Mrs. Potter
Rose Coghlan’s
Cumberland
Jessie Millward
Elhanor Barry
Baker’s
la Belle Chocolatiere
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
ASAT
TATA
Uliry
Sprague Commission CO
Boath Water St
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