Gilbert Parker and the Napoleonic Imposter in Pontiac
A long critique traces Gilbert Parker’s novel When Valmond Came to Pontiac, portraying a village led by a man who proclaims Napoleonic lineage. It details Valmond’s dramatic arrival, the Old Guard sergeant Lagroin, public fascination, and the ensuing uprising ending in Valmond’s mortal wounding and confession about his Italian upbringing and quest to embody Napoleon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Parker
Jem
British North America
Lomdian
Stone & Kimball
Onlcago
Napoleon
Bonaparte
St. Heleya
Parker
Eustace Lagrain
Old Guard
Waterloo
Lagrain
Villa Rambord
Napoleone
Joseph
Lucien
Laura
Jerome
Caroline
Pauline
Pontiag
Manette
Saint Jean
Pontiac
Desire Malboir
Elise
Valmond
Bergeant Lagroth
Louis Quinge
Monsieur Garon
Napoleon the Great
The
Alle
Berningnen
Be Lagrain
Auerstadt
Austeriitz
Davoust
Averstadt
Sonnenberg
Godin
Blucher
Gudin
Pruasiuna
Littl
Morand
Bonnenberg
Pinny
Valhalla
Jacques
Val
France
Austerlitz
Pratzen
Austerilta
Sal
Viterbo
Italy
Rome
Lucien Bonaparte
Austria
England
Prince
August magazines mix of satire poetry and serials
The piece surveys Chautauquan, Cosmopolitan, McClure’s, and Munsey’s August issues. It notes George Lasher Taylor’s poem Regeneration, a new Nym Crinkle serial The Senator’s Daughters, and Riley’s Irish dialect verse. It salutes St Nicholas and Munsey’s, plus forthcoming books and authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lasher Taylor
Frank Lessie
Alf
Harper's Magazine
World of Melody previews and touring humorous opera uses
Music activity fills the season with the Brownies touring westward from September under Jefferson, Kian and Erlanger management. New acts strengthen the comic opera with Palmer Cox and a strong cast. The Symphony Society plans three to four concerts and a fall reorganization. Additional recitals and operatic productions are announced with notable performers and venues across Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Douglas
Inez Mecusker
Ida Mulle
Lena Merval
Frank Deshorn
Deshorn Comic Opera Company
Jefferson, Kian and Erlanger
Douglas
Palmer Cox
Scranton
Symphony Society
Professor Hemberger
Richard Welsensine
Harvey Blackwood
Robert Adams
Fred Emerick
Mr. Ernat
AL Rippard
Wilkes-Barre
Blissful Old Age Verses on Quiet Endings
Poem reflecting on aged life and inner peace as the workload ends. The speaker celebrates a tranquil return to home and memory, describing a life well fought and finally at rest within harmony and gentle, dreamlike visions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berens
Ami
Thrilla
Tired Housekeeper Jokes About Servant Problem
A humor item from the New York Weekly notes a tired housekeeper asking if there will ever be a solution to the servant girl problem. An employment agent replies his wife solved it long ago by getting rid of the hull gang and doing the work herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nene
Tentent
McClure's
Cosmopolitan
Sir Edwin Arnold
McClure
Archibald Forbes
Bishop Vincent
Chautauqua
Thomas Wharton
Philadelphia
Harper's Magazine
Bobbo
W. T. Smediey
Columbus
Madrid
Seville
Genoa
Veragua
Alva
John Davis
Napoleon
Magasine
Grace Ellery Channing-Stetson
Stone & Kimball
Sidney Colvin
Stevenson
Elm Park M. E
Sullivan
Thomas
Vandervort
New York
Wooler
Carter
William Tell
Evans
Pennington
Collegiate
New York City
Ocean Grove
Damrosch
Berlin
Gullmant
Tchaikovsky
Germany
England
Laipsk
Edward Dannreuther
London
Beethoven
Bach
Brahm
Paganini
Belackiref
Islamey
Chopin
Lis
Schumann
New York Weekly
Hull
Gilmore's Aromatic Wine Marketed for Ladies Health
An advertisement touts Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a tonic for weakness and exhaustion claiming it brings roses to cheeks and restores flesh and plumpness. It targets women and offers it for daughters as the best remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore
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Queen's Dominion
Monsieur Guron
Medallion
Louis Quinze
Medailion's
Salon
Aliigide
Monsieur Fabre
Maine
Quebec
Hotel
Parpan
Ife
Iafer
Parpon
Abe
Purpon
Cure
Madame Chaillie
Mme, Charlee
Valmound
St. Helena
Cornstadt
In Winess
Count Bertrand
Mr. Taylor
A. C. Wheeler
Date Winen
Max Nordau
James Whitcomb Riley
Ireland
Erin
St. Nicholas
Munsey
James Gordon Bennett
Bismarck
Muncey
James Lane Allen
Frank R. Stockton
Ladies Home Journal
Matthew Arnold
Ralph Adams Cram
Nathan Haskell Cole
Mr. Dole
Dole
Hawaiian Republic
Anthony Hop
Osra
Stephen the Smith
Green Tree Library
Flona Macleod
Strand
May Yohe
Lord Hope
Miss Yohe
Bethlehem
Reeve Jones
Jones
Joseph O'Brien
T. Cushing Jones
A.B. Harms All
Willard Spenser
Harms & Co
Wang
Mi 4
Thomas x. Davies
Taylor
John Laugherin
Minooka
Davies
le Sharps
Fla Mancagni
Bergamo
Donizetti
Verdi
Johann Strauss
Isch
Davis
Oronsio Bearano
Frankfurt
Mancinelli
Abbey, Bohoeffel & Grau
Humperdinck
Slater
Eugens Ysage
Bruevels
Mme
Selma Koert Kronckl
Musical Courier
Traviata
Patti
Milan
Gaetano Cipollini
Spiro Bamara
Bruneau
Claudia
Gellia F
Herr Levi
M. Nikisch
Berlin Philharmonic
Brahms
Paderewski
Barasats
D’albert
Burmaleter
Leopold Auer
Josef Hofmann
Jean Gerardy
Frederic Lamond
Royal College of Music
Sir George
Maing Theater
Herr Strahhtmann
Strahhtmann
Holdack
Maing
Moreston Inn
Massey
Philadelphia Inquirer
CIA
Nebraska State Journal
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