Snowshoe Memories and Winter Romances from EliaKIm EastMan
The author recalls snowshoeing as youth in cold winters, contrasting it with summer walks. He recounts learning to walk on snowshoes, a humorous spill while racing a friend, and a failed courtship sparked by a sled crash. Also describes sleighing on a bob sled and a pung with a lively frosty night ride ending in shared warmth.
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Benjamin Harrison
Cleveland
Iliza
Grand Old Forest
Penhnee
Qooper
Saatieg
Lupey
Lacey
Ata
Pean
Eliakim EastMan
Songs That Live On stage and in print in songs
A discussion on why some songs become popular and profitable. The piece notes that success hinges on singer reach, public taste, and suitable vocal range, with examples like Sweet Bye and Bye and Old Dog Tray, among others, showing how authors and publishers profit when a song fits the public voice.
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Lotta
Jinks
Dan Tucker
Ned
Mollie Darling
Notable Songwriters and Publishers of Early American Music
A reflection on how many now-prominent publishers and firms such as C. A. White, Smith & Co., Rost, Ditson, Peters, Brainard, Church, Faulds, Pond, Bonner, and others rose from popular songs. It notes how inventors and composers often sold works for little, missing royalties, with examples including Cricket on the Hearth and The Letter that Never Came.
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C. A. White
Amestewart
Joe Gulick
Gussie L. Davis
Cincinnati
Paul Dresser
Emmet
Woodward & Co
New York
Church & Co
President-Elect Harrison Invites 95-Year-Old War Hero
William Clark, 95, a veteran of the War of 1812, received a personal invitation from President-elect Harrison to visit him in Indianapolis or Washington after March 4. The dispatch notes Clark’s Northwest Indian campaign service and his anticipated response to the invitation.
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Shanos
William Clark
Harrison
Indianapolis
Washington
Clark
Northwest
Publication History and Copyright Notes in Early 20th Century Music
The article discusses claims of copyright and sources for songs by Gordon and Emmet, with Harris employing Charles E. Pratt to verify origins of Gordon’s work and references a related piece “Abt’s n the Swallows Homeward Fly.” It notes “Bold the Fort” as an antiquated drinking song and questions originality of Emmet’s Lullaby, crediting Reber and a French composer with an expired copyright.
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Hed Scanlan
T.goron
Josie
Harris
Charles E. Pratt
Gordon
Infrin
Anthony Comstock
Emmet
Reber
Bercense
Kleber
Hanne Hopfer
B&O Affects Theatrical Companies This Week
B and O officials report most theatrical companies traveling on the line this week. General Passenger Agent O Scull attended to routine city business while Division Passenger Agent Smith heads to Washington to plan Pullman car locations for the inauguration. Routes include St Perkins to Uniontown Evans and Hoey to Wheeling and Zanesville Jekyll and Hyde to Louisville Fascination from Cincinnati and Hyde Specialty from Washington. Scull notes an overall rise in passenger business along the line.
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O. Scull
Smith
Washington
St Perkins
Uniontown
Evans and Hoey
Wheeling
Zanesville
Jekyll and Hyde Company
Louisville
Fascination
Cincinnati
Hyde Specialty Company
J. Scull
Fire Totals Hotel Humbert at Altoona in Blaze
Fire swept the Hotel Humbert on the dividing ridge opposite Cresson Springs, destroying the three story frame structure with 150 rooms. Loss estimated at 45 000, partly insured, owner Colonel D G Hambert of Pittsburg. Flames from a defective flue also damaged St Patrick's Catholic Church at Gailitzin by noon. A Golden Gate Special train offers luxury on wheels via Union and Central Pacific lines. Catarrh cure recipe offered free by Prof J A Lawrence in New York City.
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Altoona
Humbert
Dividing Ridge
Cresson Springs
D. G Hambert
Pittsburg
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Gailitzin
Union
Central Pacific
Council Bluffs
Omaha
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Death sentences for three men set for April hangings
WasixcTox February 9 reports Nelson Colbert, a young colored man, condemned to be hanged in the District jail on April 5 for murder of Philip Wenzel. Albert Green and William Briggs, also convicted of murder, are to be hanged on the same day.
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Nelson Colbert
Philip Wenzel
Albert Green
William Briggs
Tailor Dickson's firm on Fifth Ave calls Pittsburg leaders
Not a saloon or restaurant but an old establishment where the public clean, repair, and renovate clothes. Dickson, the tailor, operates from Fifth Ave and Wood St on the second floor. His petition lists nearly all of Pittsburg's prominent business men. Telephone 1558.
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Dickson
Bus
Fifth Ave
Wood St
Pittsburg
Telephone
Cupid Union Message Co Valentine Offers at L Breeninger
Cupid Union Message Co offers messages of love in all forms at the main office of L Breeninger 535 Smithfield Street Pittsburg Pa. Prices include 2c te Oe and $1 per yard for fine French and American fabrics and figures.
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L. Breeninger
Smithfield Street
Pittsburg
Hacer
Double action self cocking revol caliber ad notice
An ad copy describes a double action self cocking revol caliber priced at 298 and 276 dollars at J. H. Johnston's 621 street. It also promotes a lecture by Francis McCarthy of Pittsburg at the Cathedral this evening at 7 with admission 25 cents. See new costume patterns and cash for old gold and silver at Haach's No. 285 Fifth avenue.
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Aerard
J. H. Johnston
Francis McCarthy
Pittsburg
En Catheral
Haach’s
Fifth Avenue
Wfsn
Musical Parallels Highlight Similarities Across Works
A review notes strong similarities between pieces in different collections. It compares Twinkle Twinkle and Will You Meet Me at the Bars to Claribel You and I, and parallels Elizs with How Lovel Are the Messengers from Mendelssohn. It also cites Nellie Was Baking the Hay from Blue Alsatian Mountains and Milton Welling’s Dreaming echoing a German waltz.
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Joshua Whitcome
Claribel
Elizs
Billee Taylor
Lovel
Mendelssohn
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