Dan Blair Pursues Letty Lane Amid Wealth and Intrigue
Dan Blair, 22, son of Blair town’s copper magnate, feigns casual talk with Lily, Duchess of Breakwater, to shield Letty Lane, a stage star, while Lily’s suitor Prince Poniatowsky attracts her with fortune. The duchess dismisses the notion, but Dan remains enthralled, insisting Letty’s singing and wellbeing deserve attention and care from his circle.
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Dan Blair
Blairtown
Mont
Dan
Lord Galorey
United States
Ile Meeta Lily
Breakwater
Galoreys
Lily
London
Letty Lane
Prince Pontatowsky
Letty
Galorey
Ruggles
Blair
Carlton
Poniatowsky
Pileces
Disappointment in the Gaiety Box with Letty Lane
Dan Blair returns to London from Osdene Park unsettled by his failure to win the Duchess of Breakwater’s moral support for singer Letty Lane. In the Gaiety corridor he confronts jealousy and closeness, escorting Lane to her dressing room after she faints.
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Dan Blair
Gaiety
Miss Lane
Duchess of
Dan
Breakwater
Blair
Letty Lane
Higgins
British Isles
Ruggles
America
Gordon Galorey
Prince Poniatowsky
Lincoln Assassination Survivor Rathborn Remembered
Major Henry Reed Rathborn, latest survivor of the Ford's Theatre box party, died in the Asylum for the Criminal Insane at Hildesheim Germany. Once a dashing 28 year old officer, he later killed his wife, his betrothed, who had been in Lincoln’s party. A German periodical later pictured him with a gray beard as a venerable Albany family member, prompting amusement.
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Lincoln
Henry Reed Rathborn
Asylum For the Criminal Insane
Hildesheim
Germany
Ford’s
Rathborn
Albany
Birds and locusts reshape eastern Nebraska agriculture
William L. Finley notes a century ago that abundant blackbirds quail and prairie chickens helped curb locust damage in eastern Nebraska. As poisonings reduced bird numbers locust swarms rose, but observers found birds valuable allies in defending crops and the entomological commission affirmed their locust destroying role.
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Nebraska
United States Entomological Commission
William L. Finley
Foxy Student Sparks Poetic Center Debate at Commencement
Robert Underwood Johnson challenged New York as a literary hub at the University of New York commencement. He argued poetry is best valued in Boston and least in New York, while Jennison countered with a sharp remark on New York’s poetry scene.
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Robert Underwood Johnson
University of New York
New York
Boston
Jennson
Earlham College
Earlham
A Draw in a Banter Heavy Exchange
Old Grouch accuses Clarence of winning a fight while Cholly downplays the clash saying Clarence roughed his cravat but his collar was wilted after the struggle.
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Clarence
Cholly
After a Fashion. Minister's Son and Father Clash in Moral Mirror
A witty exchange pairs a church member's jab about hypocrisy with a minister's son retorting before a mirror. The brief vignette attributes a Cornell widow quotation to underline the pointed humor about deeds vs words.
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Yessum
Cornell
An Interruption. Young America's Reply.
A brief humorous item notes a quip about Shylock from a young audience. The line asks why Shylock wanted a pound of flesh and replies that meat prices were rising, illustrating playful crowd wit.
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Young America
Shylock
Aladdin Palaces At Mount Edgcumbe For Charity
The Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe plans lavish entertainments at Mount-Edgcumbe and devotes spare moments to designing toy palaces. One model even uses electricity, a rare feat for the era, and these miniature structures are gifted to favored children of his circle.
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Earl of
Mount-Edgcumbe
London
Careless Grocer Delivers Grape Nuts and Health Blessing
A Michigan home received the wrong package from a careless grocer, leading a stomach sufferer to try Grape Nuts. Over a year the family reports renewed appetite, digestion, and improved health, with husband’s heart burn vanquished. The letter promotes Postum Co. and cites The Road to Wellville.
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Michigan
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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