IROOM GOSSIP From the theater world and notes
Rumors about returning stars and new productions fill the gossip column. Beerbohm Tree and Sarah Bernhardt are tied to the season with Grau managing, while Materna retires with art and science honors from four monarchs. Odell Williams returns to play a stern squire in Way Down East, and Grace Wilkins marries a naval captain who led the Maine inquiry. Humor, casting, and touring the stock season wrap with industry chatter.
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Beerbohm Tree
Stobin
Sarah Bernhardt
Maurice Grau
Materna
Austria
Odell Williams
London
Maryland
Squire Bartlett
Eust
Buffalo
New York
Grace Wilkins
Adolph Marix
U. S.S
Maine
Michigan
Hage
Sam Bernard
Aubrey Boucicault
Paris
Richelieu
Barry Johnstone
Louis James
James-Kidder-Warde
Wa.langdon
de Lussan
Covent Garden
Mme. Meiba
Mme! Melia
Baiel- Marlowe
Owen Marlowe
Boston
Viola Allen
Polly
Love
Suffering Women Invited to Write for Advice Column
An anonymous notice invites women to write to Dr. Pinkham in Massachusetts for guidance. The letter requests no changes to the recipients and promises to share experienced advice from a seasoned contributor.
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Lehuzot
Sonnets and satire amid a playful budget of fun
A playful verse exchange mocks a sonnet about form and fit for a major magazine. The speaker praises the fourteen lines and strict meter while asking the reader to judge the poem’s worth and meaning. The back and forth treats poetry, style, and honest opinion in a light tone.
Fragmentary 19th Century Speech Snippet
A garbled OCR fragment shows a speaker muttering in slang or dialect about a moon or skies and a reference to English exile. The text is incomplete with disrupted capitalization and punctuation, making exact meaning unclear. No identifiable people, places, or organizations are recoverable from the readable portion.
Old newspaper verse snippets spark a quirky collage
A jumble of brief snippets from a newspaper poet and others mix irony and whimsy. The Detroit Free Press quote reports a quick eight dollar sale for verses. A brook and bird exchange lines about perseverance as a mockery ends with a moral about avoiding wrong notions.
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Detroit Free -Press
Smoking before 3 Oclock ban questioned
A terse note questions a regulation barring smoking before three oclock, referencing the head wailer and a pardon request. The missive highlights disagreement with established rules and maritime etiquette as implied by the Irish Ex. source, urging reconsideration of timing.
Bargling Bill’s Sleepy Murky Elocution Noted
Fragmentary San Francisco Examiner snippet shows humorous mispronunciations and garbled speech as Bargling Bill and a character discuss counts and elocution. The piece captures a comic bedside scene with verbal slips and a talking mouse amid odd banter.
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Leidy Elocutionis
San Francisco Examiner
No More to dn Sala in Conversation on Admiral Dewey
A fragmentary dialogue notes a woman’s high regard for Admiral Dewey, remarking that she thinks a great deal of him and that no one stands higher in her estimation. The exchange hints at admiration and public perception of the admiral.
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Dn Sala
Admiral Dewey
Woman's Heroism and Mrs Houseweart's Cure with Pink Pills
An account from the Register Gazelle praises Civil War era women and the Ladies' Seliet Corps. It highlights Byron Illinois resident Mrs James Houseweart who, after illness, found relief with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She credits eight boxes with marked improvement and gratitude toward the medicine.
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Gazelle
Rockford
Ucguly
Uoldiers
Iis
Women's
Seliet
Byron
James Houseweart
Womsen
Dr. Williams
Fragmented 19th Century Texts Survive Amid Tangled Lines
A garbled compilation cites odd facts and anecdotes from various places. It mentions London lodging houses housing 40000 people nightly, U S coin dominance in Sandwich Islands, and a tale about Pierpont Morgan owning a prize builder after a cat conflict.
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London
Pierpont Morgan
New York
Wis Nibs
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Cleaning Your Skin and Blood
Advertises Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cleanser for rear blood and skin, claiming it stirs the liver and drives away pimples boils and blackheads. The copy promises beauty benefits for ten cents and guarantees satisfaction. Mentions Manila where many adults smoke after sundown and families walk outdoors with cigarettes.
Notable Early War Casualty and Prominent Figures
Asa Boyden Underwood, Iowa's first fallen soldier in the current war, was son of late Senator Underwood, a pioneer settler and surgeon. G W Cable lauds English sympathy for America. Cincinnati mourns Frederick H Alms, the dry goods magnate and wartime Civil War veteran. Sarasate credits six hours daily practice since age 12 for violin mastery. Dai Daly, Union Pacific hand, recalls Capt Schley and the Baltimore’s journey to Sweden, praising Schley as a ready for a fight gentleman.
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Asa Boyden Underwood
Iowa
Underwood
G. W. Cable
England
America
Cincinnati
Frederick H. Alms
Sarasate
Dai Daly
Union Pacific
Kansas
Baltimore
Schley
Ericsson
Sweden
Homeward Hopes Amid War-Tied Real Estate Offers
Amid postwar turmoil readers are urged to seek homes via modest farms near Milwaukee and Chicago lines. Immigration agent C E Rollins offers info on land near Marinette County Wisconsin. Rail company consolidations promise new Gulf Coast routes and grand offices in St Louis and Chicago. Local misreported death blamed on a blunder.
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Marinette
County
Wisconsin
Chicago
Milwaukee & St.Paul
C.E. Rollins
la ‘Salle Street
St. Louis
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio South “Western
Broadway
Locust Streets
St. Li
Gécuda
Américan Central
Locust Street
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Kay
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Wae
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Suxen
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Tia Gorinot
Hone
Sandwich Islands
United States
Mis Portune
Ari
L.A P
Semmes
Shegonted
Erate
Alabaima
Wilstot
Plymouth
Manila
Gulf Coasts
Tntas
Jerholm
Tezes
Ana
Wonder Worker
Laurel
Spain
Danny Catuartic
Ur . C.C
Confucius
Missouri
Ade Jobh
Purdy
Neosho
Joon W. Morris
Abhington, DB
Eivans. Chemical Co
Traimesod
Dewey
Chewi
Epwyn. A. Manz
Albany, N.Y
Huntceat
New Voom
Telegaphy
Oshkosh
Wis
Des Moines
Wabash Ave
Chica S
Gattogee
Keiths
Keith
Isean
Ewariel
W. Ste
Skerre
Erhead
Uaaiti
Towa
Hesor
B.j.ray Medical Co
Ray
B. J. Ray Medical Co
Dr. B. J. Kay Medical Co
Aim
Sherman
James A Sueruren
B. J. Kay Medical Co
Omaha
Neb
Z. A. Shor
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