The Actor's Double at the Thirty-nine Club
Dr. Macpherson, Major Dennett, and actor Gilbert Dane discuss a chilling ghostly encounter in which Dane sees a perfect double of himself on a train and later confronts his own face in another man. The tale ends with the double revealing plans to join the stage under Dane's name, then choosing a new path as a medical man.
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Thirty-nine
Dr. Macpherson
Major Dennett
Macpherson
Gilbert Dane
Howard Theater
Dane
The
Thirtyenine
Macphergens
Putnel
Fiat
Locksmith’s
Meepherson
Yba
Peritlemén
Mr. Dane
Vauxhall
Gilbert Danes
Waterloo
Mr. Owne
Dennett
Prince of Wales
Canada
Ottawa Valley
Lim
Alan Mason
Mason
Tribune
Barnard
Nashville
Earth
Tom Barnard
Chicago Tribune
House of Commons
Mr. Lucy
Sugar
Chaplin
Magar
Epsom
Newmarket
Mr. Biggar
Allance
England
New York Tribune
Daniel W. Voorhees
Indiana
Voorhees
Stage life barter in the Pall Mall Budget
Macpherson interrupts a dig at a theater deal to defend Dane's offer. He recalls paying under ten pounds for clothes and a month of study to join the stage, rejecting medicine for the chance, saying his time was not worth ninety pounds a month. The exchange highlights value and risk in choosing an acting career.
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Macpherson
Dane
Herbert Flowerden
Lord Rosebery
Anecdotes of Famous Men From Lax and London
A long collage of light humor and sketches features Maj Butterworth recalling childhood pranks, Lord Rosebery outwit by inviting a persistent visitor, Daniel Webster's compliments to Gen Taylor, a Royal Society misbelief about tar and oakum healing, and Irish wit about trains and letters. Portraits of McKinley, Pope Leo XIII, and Andrew Carnegie hang in a new Corcoran gallery.
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Royal Society of London
Royal Society
Wael
Latiar
Oakum
Tar
Cardinal Manning
New
Coreman Art Gallery
May
McKinley Pope Leo XIII
Andrew Carnegie
Menator
New York Tribune
Dyspepsia and the hot weather cure claim
An article promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as the cure for indigestion linked to hot weather. It cites symptoms, endorsements from physicians, dosage after meals, and a free booklet offer from Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan, plus miscellaneous anecdotes and quotes.
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Stuart
Harlandeau
Jennison
Mayer
Stuart Co. Marshall
Mich
Contempt Fines and Courtroom Jests Across States
A Kentucky court fines Marshall ten dollars for contempt after he argues a point, pays the fee, and resumes with calm defiance. In a rural case Brown is fined for contempt over a poem about Bramble, while Wise advances to the bench via a town scandal. In Kansas an editor who mocks Judge Campbell is hammered into respect in a post office confrontation.
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Kentucky
Cass
Marshall
Brown
Wiee
Bramble
Ciasars
Wire
Wise
Mr. Brown
Kansas
Neel Hot
William Campbell
District Court of
Campbell
True Courage Theirs Fr the Philadelphia Times
A Philadelphia Times piece honors military medical staff who risk their lives to aid wounded soldiers. It recalls English surgeons in 1874 Ashanti fighting and a Highland officer saved by a surgeon who halted bleeding under fire, illustrating quiet heroism and duty.
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Blackwood
Maulda Hill
Phillip Sidney
Zutphen
Ampaful
Sufferer Relieved by Dr Williams Pink Pills in Columbus
A Columbus teacher Misa Jerusha McKinney credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her health after years of pain catarrh and sleeplessness. She describes severe prior symptoms, initial skepticism, and rapid improvement after using the pills, noting renewed vigor and normal sleep. Pills sold 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 via druggists or the Schenectady company.
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Columbu Ohio
Dr. Williams
Misa Jerusha McKinney
South Centre
Mica McKinney
William
Ise McKinney
William’ Fink
Williams
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Harper's Round Table
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Gen. Taylor
Webster
Mr. Webster
Yyouth
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Mixstesippi
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Allen
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Hob
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Mississippi
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Rhode
Rhode Island
Caffrey
Aldrich
Philadelphia Times
Ako
Fairbank Company
Chicago
New York
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Pittsburg
Fiyster
Hill & Connell, Protheres & Co
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Columbus, Ohio
Barbour
Home Credit House
Lackarve
Scranton
Mercereau & Connell’s
Regina Music Boxes
Wyoming Ave
W. Fl
Pierge Penn Ave. Market
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Bey
Heart Lake
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Matthew
Fleet Avenue
Asbury Park
N. J
G. W. Matthews
Murray Hill
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Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence River
F. R. White
A. E. Rogers
Lackawanna Avenue
Prives
Atx
Madea
Circularfree
Agyal Medicine CO
River St. Guinaee
Matthews
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