The Banner Theater News and Casting Updates
Rose Coghlan to lead vaudeville company next season. Mrs Eyles new play likely to debut in London. Alice Nejiven the sole prima donna to head an opera company next season. Mabel Gillman to London for The Casino Girl. Vienna plans independent Prebaterium for unacted plays. De Koven and Smith busy on new comic opera for Jerome Sykes. Bastien and Bastienne to be staged at Paris Opera Comique. Sidney Bracy set for The Rose of Persia US debut. Eleonora Duse considers Rome classical theater project. Jessie Mackaye linked to De Wolf Hopper company, kin to Steele Mackaye. Sarah Bernhardt to tour US with Coquelin earning 1440 per night plus cut of receipts. Adelaide Thurston named Madre Chisenhurst in The Greatest Thing to the World.
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Rose Coghlan
Vandeville
Jerome Sykes
Eleonora Duse
Rome
Jessie Mackaye
Comedienne
de Wolf Hopper Company
Steele Mackaye
Sarah Bernhardt
America
Coquelin
Adelaide Thurston
Lady Babbie
Maude Adams
Madre Chisenhurst
Beware of Mercury In Catarrh Ointments Warns Public
Caution against catarrh remedies containing mercury warns of loss of smell and system damage. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, is claimed mercury free and works by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Consumers urged to buy genuine Hall's Catarrh Cure and see a reputable physician.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Maernary
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
The Royal Box Reveals Courtly Quirks and Family Tales
The piece notes the Prince of Wales may wear at least fifty foreign orders and mentions Monaco’s Princess as the first Jewess on a European throne. It recalls Spain’s young king’s habit of coin-gifting to beggars and Queen Victoria’s shift toward simpler pleasures. It also tells how Kaiser children admire their mother and a prince’s religious instruction leads to a boast of sinlessness.
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Prince of Wales
Monaco
Heine
Duke of Richelieu
Spain
Queen Victoria
Parmerece's Vegetable Pills Praised by Syracuse Reader
Mr Thomes Ballard of Syracuse New York reports relief from indigestion and insomnia after using Parmerece's Vegetable Pills. He says one box brought progress toward recovery and that he would not be without them for any money.
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Thomes Ballard
Syracuse, N. Y
Parmerece
Teetotal pledge becomes global name in temperance movement
In September 1825 Dicky Turn r of Preston urged a total abstinence pledge at the Temperance Hotel and sparked the term Tee-Tee Total. Joseph Livesey exclaimed That shall be the name, and the coinage spread across Lancashire and beyond as the label for total abstainers worldwide.
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London
Baily News
Dicky Turn
Preston
Cockpit
Deriy
Joseph Livesey
Lancashire
United Kingdom
So Romantic She Seeks Prince on Her Wheel
A fragment notes a woman described as romantic who ventures daily on her bicycle hoping for a prince in disguise. Her closest encounter is nearly being struck by a coal wagon driver who asks if he could call.
Hopeless Hope and The Wooer’s Promise
A brief exchange in which a suitor pleads for future hope while the wooed requests a permanent silence on the matter. The dialogue hints at a fragile romance defined by a binding vow.
Pink Pills Help Quebec Woman Recover From Heart Ailment
Mrs. Gravel of St. John's suburb Quebec suffered years of heart palpitations and fatigue. After trying many medicines and doctors, Dr Williams Pink Pills restored her health after eight boxes. They claim to root out disease by rebuilding blood and nerves. Boxes sold for 50 cents or six for $2.50, from Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Ink and a Shirt on the Sea with a Fateful Strike
A London doctor at sea joins a fishing trip and boasts of catching a longe cattle. He ignores warnings about danger and regales in the fight, but a sudden ink charge strikes him in the throat as the fish nears the boat, leaving his white shirt stained.
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London
Quinine Wine Promoted as Remedy in Ontario Ad
An 19th century notice touts Quinine Wine from Northrop & Lyman of Toronto as a universal aid for numerous ailments. It claims to restore vitality, calm despondency, improve sleep, circulate blood, strengthen digestion, and boost appetite while vendors, including dentists, praise its quality and availability from druggists.
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Northrop & Lyman
Toronto
Noted Quote Reflects on Manners and Nobility
Henry Norman remarks that true beauty and virtue lie only in plain naturalness, lacking any superior manners or nobility beyond simple authenticity.
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Henry Norman
Bank Statement Said to Say Overdrawn
In a chatty exchange, a boy asks what a bank statement means and receives a simple lesson on types of statements, focusing on the common line your account is overdrawn as the guiding idea.
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Tommy
Chicago
Just Reward for Farmers Deceived by Bran Illusion
A rural local reports farmers who fed cows sawdust disguised as bran were rewarded this spring with wooden calves as compensation. The tale highlights a hoax aimed at livestock owners and underscores the community's reaction to the con.
Thomas Eclectric Oil Ad Promises Breathing Relief
An 19th century advertisement touts Thomas Eclectric Oil as a safe and certain remedy for coughing hoarseness sore throat and breathing ailments. It claims external and internal relief plus benefits for kidney troubles lameness and general bodily aches.
Poultry Caring to Improve Fowls Value
Poultry pointers advise using diluted carbolic acid to control disease and boiling milk to boost feed value. Selection of large dark eggs from well formed hens, proper attention to pullet age, and maintaining a sufficient flock are key. Improvements come from introducing new blood, better care, and better feeding.
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Promise Quick Revitalization
A period notice touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a cure for fatigue and loss of strength. It claims mandrake and elion in the formula revive health and energy for those feeling wasted and unable to live.
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Parmelee
Mandrake
Elion
Wit Flash From Boston Floster-I and the College Visit
A narrator recalls last evening with brother Fred and several college youths. The scene humorously contrasts assumptions about Fred as a beau and a running joke about Hettie and Hester debating what counts as absurd in a playful bear reference.
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Boston
Floster
Fred
Brother
Hettie
Hester
Minard’s Liniment Aids Horse After Severe Fall
Testimonial from J B A Beauchemin of Sherbrooke describes a horse stumbling on a steep hill last August. The animal cut the head and body but recovered after applying Minard’s Liniment freely, with rapid improvement noted in a few days.
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Minard
J. B. A. Beauchemin
Sherbrooke
Story of Macaulay and the Shakespeare paradox
Margaret Macaulay preserved memories of her brother in 1864 and private printings reveal Macaulay’s knack for luck. A Manchester Guardian correspondent shares an excerpt where Tom jokes about evil in the world and the Hamlet coincidence. He notes the volume opened to Hamlet as he expected, turning a supposed bad omen into a triumph.
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Margaret Macaulay
Manchester Guardian
Macaulay
Tom
Ready to Wear Fall Winter Auction for Manitoba North West
Worth of new ready to wear clothing for fall and winter offered by auction and catalogue. Includes men's tweed and worsted suits, youth and children’s suits, trousers, knickers, vests, odd coats, melton and beaver overcoats, silk linings, ulsters, and more. On view Monday before sale. Catalogues from Toronto Montreal Winnipeg firms listed.
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Manitoba
Northwest
Minard's Liniment Cores Diphtheria in News Item
A brief item notes Minard's Liniment as a remedy for diphtheria and mentions a hopeful engagement. Dialogue reveals hush tones about marriage, responsibility, and life insurance of $20,000 as security for future comfort. The exchange hints at family caution and financial concerns shaping union plans.
Giving Them the Slip in Kansas City Banana Trick
An impecunious man in Kansas City lives on bananas and tosses peels outside his office to slip his creditors. The anecdote appears in the Kansas City Star, illustrating his odd avoidance of debts.
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Kansas City
Bickel’s Anti-Consumptive Syrup Advertised
An advertisement warns that a persistent cough can lead to tuberculosis and promotes Bickel’s Anti-Consumptive Syrup as a cure. It claims the medicine, made from several herbs, acts to treat throat and lung diseases and to combat consumption.
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Bickle
Riddles of Desire in The Philadelphia Bulletin
The Philadelphia Bulletin ponders a litany of elusive asks from rings for fate to a frame for the mirror held up to nature. The piece questions fulfillment, fame, and the pressures of marriage and time with poetic, interior musings.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Minard's Liniment Cares Distemper
A humorous exchange from the Boston Transcript notes a character named Baldwin dislikes hot weather only to fault it, while Wicks counters with a contrary sentiment in a satirical dialogue about discomfort and care.
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St. Hicks
Baldwin
Wicks
Boston Transcript
Minard's Liniment Cares Colds and More
A short item notes Minard's Liniment amid chatter about old Skinner and money. The Philadelphia Bulletin quips that Skinner would have hopes of taking money with him only if he had any to burn.
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Skinner
Philadelphia Bulletin
Toscana Beggry Montreal Health Resort Observation
A Chicago Record line quotes a remark about health resorts in Montreal, noting the grim outcome when visitors face looming bills. The speaker implies visitors either die or recover enough to return home after a few weeks.
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Chicago Record
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