Theatrical Talks and a Chinese Problem Play
The piece recounts party chat among actors Thomas Q. Seabrooke Lee Arthur and other theater men on speed in playwriting. It notes Seabrooke claims to write fast and includes a joke about a Chinese problem play. It also retells anecdotes of Henry Irving Club alumni Drouet La Shelle and Stange plus a Lambs Club debate on artist versus business manager roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Q. Seabrooke
Lee Arthur
Seabrooke
Arthur
Sacred Seabrooke
Henry Irving Dramatic Club
Chicago
Robert Drouet
Kirke la Shelle
Stanislaus Stange
la Shelle
Drouet
Lambs’ Club
de Wolf Hopper
Tam
Sandy
Aricht
Theatre lore and society tales from a flamboyant era
The piece recounts a 19th century incident where Goethe funds a larger theatre via Sunday performances. It also narrates anecdotes about Jimmie Powers in London society, theatrical publicity schemes, and humorous stage mishaps involving doctors, lictors, and actors like G. W. Brooke and Viola Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goethe
Weimar
Grand Duke
Revolutionary bones unearthed near Fort Washington avenue
During sewer work along Fort Washington avenue New York workers uncovered numerous human bones about seventy five feet south of One Hundred eighty first street. The remains likely date to the 1776 assault and defense of Fort Washington with a notably large Hessian skeleton. Some skulls were preserved for burial at Holrood Church while other bones related to Colonel William Baxter were also found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Washington Avenue
New York
Eighty-first Street
Tryon
Old Fort
Fort Washington
Blue Bell Tavern
George III
Long Island
Manhattan
Washington
New Jersey
White Plains
Knyphausen
New Rochelle
Harlem River
Dyckman's Bridge
King's Bridge
Manhattan Island
Hudson
King’s Bridge
Greene
Fort Lee
Lord Howes
Magaw
Cock Hill
Rawling
Maryland
Fort Tryon
Lord Percy
Cadwalader
Lord Stirling
Baxter
Stirling
One Hundred and Fifty-second Street
Howe
Llessians
Lee
Lossing
John Battin
John and
Nassau Streets
Greenwich Village
Trinity Cemetery
A New Design for the American Flag
An article discusses J R Stahbecker of Silverton Colorado proposing a new flag design to Congress. The scheme uses a center group of thirteen stars for the original states, a surrounding circle of twenty three for states added before the Civil War, and a central seal motif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Stahbecker
Silverton
Col
Congress
McKinley
Stuhlecker
United States
U States
Explorers Navigate Panama Canal Area in Naphtha Launch
Captain William Coales and a small party in a naphtha launch traveled parts of the Isthmus near Colon, observed de Lesseps old mansion ruins, jungle Indians, and the Cobra Cut while noting canal-site machinery and potential water and dam issues. The voyage followed a 50 year sea journey and included stops at Cobras and local settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Coales
New York
Coates
Cape Horn
San Francisco
Isthmus
Orizaba
Colon
Wardlaw
Panama Canal
Robert Wilcox
Henry M. Shearer
Cali
Colombia
Captain Smith
Spence
Jamaica
Smith
Wilcox
Chagres
de Lesseps
United States
Mr. Wilcox
More Charges Against Waller
The San Francisco Examiner reports charges of brutality by United States soldiers against Major Waller of the Marines linked to an investigation in Washington. Four discharged soldiers on the Warren recount deck scrubbing in bare feet, bread and water diet, crowded conditions, and brig confinement for refusing to salute a civilian captain. Corporal Harry E. Ellis, stationed in the Philippines, describes the trial and punishment, with witnesses including J G Weegnens, Private Henry Brown, and Corporal Fred Lindblad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Waller
Warren
Washington, D
Washington
Philippines
Harry E. Ellis
G Troop
Fifteenth Cavalry
Ohio
Manila
Fourth Cavalry
Fifteenth
The
Arrow
J. G. Weegnens
Henry Brown
Twen Infantry
Fred Lindblad
Thirtieth Infantry
Ferguson
Twenty-first Kansas
Trans
Robinson
Davidson
Onty. Second Infantry
Argase
Shere
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rome
Wood
Philadelphia Times
Adolph Klauber
Jimmie Powers
London
Jimmie
Powers
Mr. Powers
Duke's
West
Southwest
Uncle Tommers
Wonder
William Beach
Petronius
Vicinius
Lygia
Ursus
Beach
Aurochs
Frank McKee
Mary Manpering
Camille
Mary
M. B
Ma’amselle
G. W. Brooke
Virginius
Forum
Mr. Brooke
Lictor
Sirrah
Lietor
Brooke
Martinique
Adolphe d’Ennery
Atrtinique
Theatre de la Galle
Paris
Viola Allen
Violy Allen
Darky
Panama
Mortey
Cobra Cut
Govermental
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