London Music Halls and the King McDermott’s Night Out
The King of the Music Halls McDermott tours London venues from the Pavilion to Harwood’s, mingling with audiences in richly decorated halls. The piece chronicles the crowd, performances, and politics echoing in the city’s vibrant theater scene, including Lettie Con and Miss Bellwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
McDermott
H. McDermott
Shah
Empire Music Hall
West End
Steves
Turkey Bill's MisTake and the Wild Turkey Tale
A New Hampshire boy recalls trapper Turkey Bill and his famous zinc-trap story from old times. He lures twenty wild turkeys with corn, catching nineteen before the final bird escapes, illustrating greed and folly rather than a moral of statesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Hampden County
Massachusetts
John A. Diz
New Hampshire
Turkey Bill
Weuil
Dix
The Tempest Song and Dance by Mr and Mrs Anson Phelps Stokes
The Lenox entertainment last week drew wide crowds including Berkshire farmers and local villagers. Reviewers called it the most charming feature of the brilliant season and noted the invitation extended to all locals.
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Anson Phelps Stokes
Lenox
Berkshire Hills
Blankets and mortgages in a curious exchange
A fragment shows Johnny Camsc asking about a blanket mortgage and a playful reply says it “keeps a man warm” while working to pay it. The odd wording hints at a humorous or instructional moment in a historical text.
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New York Sun
Johnny Camsc
Early Mohawk and Hudson Railroad Built in 1826
The Mohawk and Hudson, chartered April 17 1826, was among the first U S railroads. Engineers and tests began with Peter Fleming as chief, horses powering the line for much of its length, and a wedge brake evolving to a leather strapped brake. A guard atop the first car watched the train for safety as trains expanded from a single car.
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Mohawk and Hudson
New York
Railway Age
John Jacob Astor
New York City
Peter Fleming
Engand
Fleming
Albany
Schenectady
A Tale Of A Dancing Dog In New York Street Tale
An aged man Jacob Ehring deserts his family and lives with a dog in a single room at No 9 Spring Street. Ehring pretends blindness to beg then works a flute while the dog guides him. A fight leads to a broken arm, arrest, hospital stays, and a two month workhouse sentence for Ehring, with the dog accompanying him through it all.
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Wales
Duke of Westminster
Bereford
Buffalo Bill
Boulanger
John L. Sullivan
Henry of Battenberg
United States
America
McDermott
Gladstone
Missie Bellwood
Bessie
Miss Bellwood
Pit
London Hall
London
New York
Gardenia Club
Bow Street
Marquis Mandeville
Bellwood
Kim
SirDermott
Agence Tor
Harwood
Tott Wall
Fred Johnson
Tower of London
Thomas Holmes
Tony Pastor
William Gilmore
Philadelphia
Holmes
Weaverward
Richard Haxpiseg Dav
Jacob Ebring
Ebring
No. 9
Spring Street
Ehring
Meehan
Eldridge Street
Supcession
Trotter Ile
Gouverneur Slip Hospital
Anne
Mary Anne
Felicity
Manhattan Island Sale to Dutch Worth About Twenty Four Dollars
The 1626 sale of Manhattan Island by Native Americans to the Dutch West India Company cost about 24 dollars in current value. The island spans 11 000 acres and recent real estate shows the remarkable growth, including William Astor paying 450 000 dollars for a 50 by 200 foot corner lot. If the 1626 sum had earned 6 percent interest each year, it would now total about 115 million dollars.
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Manhattan Island
Dutch West India Company
New York
James Grant Wilson
Appleton
Cyclopendia of American Biography
Amsterdam
William Astor
Stockhol
Hamilton
Jading
Sweden
Max Muller
Oxord
Hoross Svea
Profedental
Upsala
Europe
German Postal System Observed in Berlin by John Field
Philadelphia Bulletin reports John Field studying foreign post offices. He praises Berlin’s order and notes pneumatic tubes used to move mail between the central office and many sub stations. He remarks on the efficient dispatch envelopes and overall organisation.
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Philadelphia
Hulletin
John Field
Berlin
Baby nature and mischief warned by observers
The New York Ledger comments that a baby embodies raw human nature, governed by fierce instinct rather than morals. Observers who study babies philosophically argue that if a child's mischief matched ferocity, adults would be eliminated.
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New York Ledger
I Love You Dearly Poem Fragment
Fragmentary love poem expresses enduring affection despite distance and pain. The speaker pleads for reciprocation while confessing vulnerability and longing, mentioning whispered words of love and emotional strain.
Banquet in Upsala for Swedish Congress Visitors
In Stockholm's dispatch, scholars from many nations attend a day trip to Upsala. A royal welcome, a grand hall at the university, the Codex Argenteus on display, and a lavish banquet at Grand Hotel mark a rich cultural program.
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Swedish University
Lassen
Kjerul
Grand Hotel
Landberg
Eee
Stockholm
Free Thought and Night at the University Ampitheater
A fragment notes the university setting as dusk falls with a large amphitheater already lit and open to free thought. The text evokes reflection on thinking and the environmental mood of campus events.
A Very Knowing Squirrel in Central Park Tale
An old man in Central Park feeds squirrels and recalls training a gray-headed creature named Jock. He tells how Jock buried a cream nut between forked branches and even shook it to confirm it was fine. The tale ends with Jock’s death after park birds complained about the growing squirrel population.
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Central Park
Jock
Revisited. A Decaying Homestead Recalled in Verse
A fragmented reminiscence evokes a farmstead with white oaks and hedgerows, a ruined house by moss and briar, and a hearth once bright with family warmth. The speaker, Bee Goodale, recalls childhood days and a vanished home, blending memory with dawns of loss.
Marriage's Demands Change After the Honeymoon
A reflective piece argues that courtship is sweeter and marriages often fail to meet those dreams. It contrasts devoted pre marriage care with post marriage routines, noting husbands' dominance, wives' duties, and the need for patience, engagement, and mutual appreciation to sustain love and happiness.
Immigrant Confuses Elephant With Mosquito at Jersey Zoo
A visitor at the Philadelphia Inquirer reports a cosmopolitan zoo scene in Jersey where an immigrant woman, newly arrived, mistook an elephant for a mosquito after a guide warned of biting insects. Bolivar the elephant extended its trunk, triggering her misimpression and fear.
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Jersey
Philadelphia Inquirer
Everald Isle
Elephant House
Bolivar
Princess
Jennie
Smoking Carriage Misadventure on Scottish Tour
Edinburgh students traveling to Glasgow on a football tour crowded a carriage to avoid an old woman’s entry. A dense cloud of tobacco smoke filled the compartment. one student grew sick while the elderly woman asked for a “bit draw” as she forgot her pipe, prompting a humorous exchange.
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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Promse
Elderly North Country Resident Visits Madison for Portrait
A 101 year old resident from the northern part of the country visited Madison last Saturday to have his portrait taken. His 101st year marks a long, healthy life noted by a Pioneer Press correspondent. His wife, two years younger, also enjoys good health and assists with daily tasks as they mark 73 years of marriage.
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Daniel Laulaberry
Madison
Mars
Lac Qual Parle
Pioneer Press
Jeane
The Lawyer and the Call to Love and Duty
A sermon reflecting on the gospel account of the lawyer who asks what to do to inherit life. Christ answers by pointing to love and obedience, urging living out truth through daily duty, self-giving love, and the embodied example of Jesus.
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King M'’Dermott
M'Dernott
Royal
Charing Cross
Piccadilly
Mac
Cir
Dolman
McDerwott
Borrey
States
Gaiety Company
Lettie Con
Letty
Lord Salisbury
Gimistone
Lady Dunlo
the Royal
Holborn
J. W. Rowley
Itsory
Sisters Bilton
Beile Bilton
Dunlo
Earl of Clancarty
Ireland
Australis
Turkey
Bill
Amor Company
Hicked
Benton
New York World
Scientists AT Play
International Congress of Orientalists
Oscar
Republic of Letters
Gamla-Upsala
Old Upsala
Christiiry
Od Thor
Freya
Odin
Odi
Schrader
Modi
Tribune
Bowery
Hasselbucken
James Tarr Hatfield
Euae Tanan
Ieee
Goodale
Hymen
Cupid
Bessie Bramble
Basaed
Girl Is
Bourbons
Julieta
Eela
Reise Cain
Hys
Woman's Eltsivm
Ory Hushadd
Owen i
Bramble
Christ
Raphael
Athens
Unrist
God
Decapiis
Hamagely
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