Francesco Tosti Dead in Rome After Long Career
In Rome the noted Italian composer and songwriter Francesco Paolo Tosti has died. For thirty six years he was among the era’s most prolific writers of salon ballads and songs. His work Goodbye and others like As Vespers Venetian Love Song and Farewell remain staples. He was a favorite with audiences and a celebrated figure in music circles.
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Royal Family Anecdotes From Victorian Era Sketches
An OCR fragment recalls Queen Victoria requesting a singer to perform in England in 1980 for young royals. It mentions the elderly Duchess of Cambridge on her deathbed summoning a singer to perform a cherished song. King Edward in 1898 allegedly made a Knight of the Rose as part of royal ceremonies.
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Graft allegations rock Chicago police vice district
Telia dispatch reports a city civil service inquiry into alleged graft in Chicago's Cottage Grove district. Capt. William P. O'Brien is accused of protection and inefficiency, with Winge testifying that vice operations thrived under O'Brien. Prosecutions and indictments follow police actions and grand jury scrutiny.
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Jaffery Chayne in Masterplay Today Novel View
Motion Picture News previews William J Locke's novel Jaffery Chayne a tale of love and war. The Albanian ward Moeha and Jaffery face peril and a dramatic ending as a widow’s guilt inspires a new work. A thrilling final scene is promised.
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Pickford Stars in Poor Little Peppin of Alta
Mary Pickford stars in Poor Little Peppin a Paramount feature praised for a bold transformation. The article notes her shift from a genteel society persona to a wide range of ethnic roles including a kidnapped Sicilian vineyard child a boy stowaway and an opium den worker in a sweeping performance that restores her status as a millionaire's daughter.
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The Pillory of Social Opinion at Temple Today and Tomorrow
A country girl trapped by family ignorance endures social punishment in a modern pillory tale. Her love leads to crime, arrest, and revelation as her mother hides a secret marriage to a judge. A ball exposes deceit, but forgiveness comes late and the Pillory yields to higher justice.
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Woman Found Dead Blamed on Bootleg Whisky
Denver detectives and the coroner investigate the death of Mintle Mathievon, 40, whose body was found yesterday on a wagon shed at the Colorado Tee and Colt Storage company on West Colfax Avenue and Bhothone Street. Police suspect bootleg liquor as the cause pending post mortem findings.
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After a Battle in France Corps Dig In and Hold Ground
In a war photograph sequence the reserve troops occupy the line after fighting. Sappers and pioneers dig in while stretcher bearers and Dillane companies carry the wounded. Ambulances and field relief stations cluster amid debris, as corps search wreckage for injured beneath modern battlefield dangers.
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Woman Dead in Denver Likely Whisky Poisoning
A peat morgue exam found no murder indicators and authorities suspect adulterated whisky caused the death of Mrs Mathieson, recently housed at West Thirteenth avenue and Osage street. John Moran, linked to a past murder case, was arrested after the body’s discovery. Moran, drunk and asleep near a shed, has yet to reveal any knowledge of the death.
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