Home Reading Circle A Village Patriot
Six Boston workmen on a shingling job near a country house plan a Fourth of July celebration. Abel Thorndike and Charley Burrill share a family supper and fireworks, while Jim Fisher and others reflect on labor, patriotism, and the meaning of independence as the holiday approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Jim Fisher
Allis
Quick
Charley Burrill
Annie Laurie
Jim Fiacher
Old Thorndike
Elder
Abel
Jim Fletler
Fisher
Dot
Charlie
Jim
Jim Fleher
Charley
Young Burrill
Abel Thorndike
Washington
Mr. Thorndike
Phebe
Father
Sanid
Lovera
Abel Thorndyke
Burrill
Old Abel
Pheb
Important discovery linked to city physician brother
Friends of Dr. BR H Gibbons of this city are told of an important scientific discovery credited to a brother of Dr. RB A Gibbons. Details remain limited but interest grows among local medical circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Gibbons
Syracuse
Syracuse Herald
Ol the
Orien
Aun
Night Watch
Quigley
Thomas Leahy
Gibbons
the Merald
Earth
Space
Herald
Byracise
Baldwinsville
RB. A. Gibbons
BR. H. Gibbons
Books and Magazines in Review from Chicago
A long review notes revised editions and new appendices in Dixon’s The Mechanical Arts Simplified and a German English dictionary. It highlights Appleton’s History for Young Readers volumes and Books for Home Reading, Bayliss In Brook and Bayou, Zangwill’s The Beautiful Miss Brooke, and a Century issue on Queen Victoria and Haw memorials. The piece critiques literary aims for children and adult readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claird and Lee
Chicago
Dixon
D. Appleton & Co
New York
Dickens
England
Frances BE
Cooke
Kate Kroeker
Clara Kern Bayliss
Brook and Bayou
Aenean Luthor Queet
Louis Zangwill
Mise Brooke
Appleton & Co
Mies Brooke
Zangwiil
Miss Brooke
Bayard
Haw
Mir
Gaudens
Lghthouse
Scranton
Blind Tom keeps life and music at the Jersey cottage
The former famed pianist Blind Tom lives with his guardian Mrs Eliza Lerche at a New Jersey shore cottage. Once a public figure, he now spends time practicing piano and imitating sounds, while remaining emotionally attached to his mother and cautious of others. He remains devout, praying before meals and playing church music on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blind Tom
Navesing
Jersey
New York Bay
Tom
Eliza Lerche
Justice Andrews
Supreme Court
John G. Bethune
James N. Bethune
Musical and lecture spaces expand in Scranton scene
Cal and piano studies fill with high calling and waxed floors as rooms convert for lectures. Prof Pennington promotes Becranton as a strong field for musical motivation. Bauer's band draws crowds on Wyoming avenue for summer concerts, while a Berlin operetta Dere Wunder knabe stirs controversy over a boy violinist and stolen music. Mountain Park excursion June 15 offers value and fun for patrons. Von Paderawski and Eugen d Albert draw attention to piano recitals and audiences in London and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal
Pennington Ia
Becranton
Berlin
G. van Taand
Vienna
Alexander Landenberg
Leo Stein
Mountain Park
Bauer
von Paderawski
London
Eugen d'Albert
Mystery of a Fly Bothering the Bald Man
A Yonkers man complains that nature never errs yet a fly disrupts his peace despite his dislike of profanity. The odd vignette riffs on natural quirks and human annoyance in a brisk humor tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
Precarious Recovery Prompts Pink Pills Appeal
A Cedar Falls man, Prof A H Nye of 2500 Olive Street, left debilitated by a widespread illness, found relief after trying Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Nye, once robust and respected, credits three boxes with renewed vitality and nerves, urging others to test the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Nye
Olive Street
Cedar Falls
Nyolan
New York State
Cone
Coun
Williams
Andy
Dr. Wiliams
la Grippa
Nye
Cedar Falla
Town
Choulay Tres
Addras Royal MF Dicine CO
River St
Chicago
Matihews Oro
Erago
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Arthur Sullivan
W. J. Henderson
Haydn
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Jane
Coto
Madsoniy Hga
NE. Fairbank Company
St. Louis
Montreal
Interstate Commerce
Hianchard
trans-Missouri
J. I. Biehep
John T. Watkins
Her Majesty's Theater
Royal Academy
Amooth
Mr. Watkins
Pennsylvania
Beranton School of Music and Languages
Pennngton
Carter Building
Adame Avenue
Jinden Street
Tribune
Radway
Hillious
Heller
Werner
Fbauette
Wyoming Avenue
Crystal Lake, PA
Susquehanna County
Crystal Lake
Fern Hall
Lta
Pura Mountain
Cuisina
Fern Hall Farm
Tally-Ho Coraches
Carbondale
Ceatwood
Crystal Lake, Dundafl, Pa
Murray Hill
Murray Hill Park
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence River
F. R. White
Gien Mountain House
Watkins
Schuyler County
N. Y
Seneca Lake
Gentral
Lehigh Valley
Watkins Glen
Wau. M
Blm, Bate
Everett
Westminster Hotel
Sixteenth St
Irving Place
E. Robinson
Leo. Murray
St. Denis
Broadway
Eleventh St
Grace Church
Pisener
William
Taylor and Son
Prof
AH. Nye
Ovtar
Potts
Iowa
E.C. Ricker
General Dealer
New Telephone Exchange
Adams Ave
Atla Refining CO
Ranton Station
Old Dominion Line
Old Point Comfort
Virginia Beach
Richmond
OLD Dominion Steamship CO
Pier
North River
W.L. Guillaudeu
Traffle
Madea
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