Teaching Tricks to the Animals at Barnum's Circus
An overview of how trainers prepare elephants, lions, tigers, bears, monkeys, dogs, and bulls for circus tricks. The piece details gentling methods, cueing, risk management, and the humor and danger involved, with anecdotes about trainers like Geo. Conklin and Herr Conrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
New York Sun
Sun
Minal
Geo. Conklin
Tesus
Herr Lengel
Lengel
George Conklin
Conrad
Harvey Watkins
Dag
Herr Conrad
Bashful groom pays minister with mistaken vow
A newly married man in a Washington Star report hesitated to pay the minister. He finally handed a $10 bill and said he would see that it is next the, a slip that left the bride puzzled as the couple left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey
Washington Star
Emil Fischer
Lotte Gilgen
Maggie Cline
Wilson Hargett
England
Fanny Davenport
New York
Emma Abbott
Francis Wilson
Dame Fortune
Christine Nilsson
George Frothingham
Bostonians
Tony Pastor Ia
Edwin Booth
William A. Hrady
Sarah Bernhardt
France
Steve Brodie
Calve
Loule Fuller
James O'Neill
Connecticut
Monte Christo
Clara Louise Kellogg
American Securities
Alexander Salvini
United States
Tuily
Poor little Fido bites wooden legged man
A Chicago Record item reports a dog biting a wooden legged man yesterday and breaking off five teeth. The incident highlights the dog’s injury and the surprising bite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littl Fido
Chicago
Actress's Proposal to a Star in a Life Engagement
A playful verse from New York Clipper imagines a performer proposing to a beloved as a lifelong partner and manager. The speaker vows devotion, readiness to serve, and a shared life on stage amid shifting roles and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Clipper
Munyon Remedies Promised Cure All Through Ads
Aggressive Munyon advertisements tout a family chest of remedies with cures for rheumatism indigestion coughs and headaches. Ex mayor James H Kenney of Reading credits six 23 cent bottles with relieving his rheumatism and endorses the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Kenney
Reading
Munyon
Price
Munson
Manson
Prof
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Women in English Life Through the Ages
Georgina Hill surveys the role of women from Saxon times to modern England. It traces social strata, church influence, Fulailam, the Renaissance, and the Industrial and educational revolutions shaping women’s position and widening their responsibilities and influence in the late nineteenth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macmillans
Georgina Hill
Five Penny Prank Heads to Park Square
A Boston tale from the Tremont house to Park Square follows five women aboard an electric car who pool pennies for a prank. The conductor, enticed by the coins, dumps twenty pennies into a visitor’s glove hand, sparking laughter and a threatened report as the group alights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boxton Herald
Tremont House
Indy
Boston Ia
No. 4
Park Square
Chap-Book to Remain In Chicago Under Stone & Co
The Chap-Book stays in Chicago with H B Stone & Co replacing Stone & Kimball on the masthead. Herbert S Stone continues editor and Harrison G Rhodes as assistant editor. The magazine marks its third year on May under favorable conditions.Stone & Co will publish the Chap Book and plan book design work in Chicago. The Philadelphia Press praises Robert W. Chambers for The King in Yellow and The Republic and notes his skill, humor, and broad knowledge shaping vivid outdoor storytelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Winner
Chicago
Stone & Co
Stone & Kimball
Herbert 8. Stone
Harrison G. Rhodes
H. &. Stone &c
Ben
H. 8. Stone
Kimball
Mr. Stone
Sto
New York City
Philadelphia Press
Robert W. Chambers
Republic
Caucasia
Theobaldd
Anthony Hope
Mr. Chambers
Red Republic
Marion Crawford
Jimmy"” Whistler
5S. K. Crockett
Henry James
May
Stephen Crane
Dan Emmonds
Clive Holland
Amsterdam
Halliwell Sutcliffe
Mr. Heinemann
London
Testimonial praises Speer’s Climax Brandy and Nickel Plate praise
The article extols Speer’s Climax Brandy as pure and excellent citing a London aristocrat Lady Duffus Hardy who tested a bottle from Passaic and requested a tie for another. It also notes that the Nickel Plate Road operates dining stations along its line and receives high praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speers
Duffus Hardy
London
England
Passaic
Prentice Mulford
Graphic
Nickel Plate Road
Wealthy Sodus Bay Woman Credits Pink Pills for Epilepsy Cure
Mrs Sarah L Christian of the Bay Shore near Bonny Castle recounts a dramatic recovery from epilepsy after years of failed treatments. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her health and enabling active life, noting relief from attacks and continued slight nervous spells managed by the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sodus Toy
Lake Ontario
Saltiers
Jowna
Sarah L. Christian
Bay
Bonni Castle
Lummisville
Christian
Wayne County
Mr. C
New England
William A’ Pink
Weill
State of
New Yon
Wayne
Mas
Sarah L, Christian
D. York
Valery Patter
Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Seheneetudy, N.Y
Scranton Business Directory Fragments Long List of Shops
A fragmented advertisement line shows numerous Scranton area merchants and trades. The list includes banks, bedding and carpet cleaning, china and glassware, groceries, hardware, flour and grain, paints, dairy, engines and boilers, clothing, and other services with street addresses on Lackawanna and Spruce avenues, Linden, Penn, Wyoming avenues, and nearby streets.
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Winner
Collier
Conklin
Llon
Ruth
Mr. Conklin
Fido
Seagsona
Iife
NW. Authors and Publishers
M. B. Curtis
Sam's
Posen
California
Charles Evans
Herald Square Theater
Eix
Booths
McCullough
Sylvini
New York World
Lotta
Sodus Bay
Enveneco
Frice
Matthews Bros
John H. Phelps
Scranton
Eva M. Hetzel
F. Hetzel
Lackawanna
Tianinv
Wilkes-Barre
Hester
Stein
Chigvesign Chemical Coy
Wanna Trust and Safe Deposit Co
Te’ and Mechanics
Lacka
Ors’ National
Agronium West Side Bank
Wyoming
The
Goranton Bedding Co
Pesinson, EB. Sons
N. Seventh
Ison
Mina
Cedar
Cor
China
Willams, J. D. & Bre
Fred
C. P. Sons & Co
Lacks
Stonake & MalKee
Epruce
Monumental Works
Owens Bros
Adams Avenue
Scranton Dairy Co
Penn and Linden
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Lackawanna Avenue
Dale & Stevens
Cleveland, A. 8
Kelly & Healey
Lackawanna, Key
P. B
Keller, Luther
T. H. Watts Co
W. Lacks
Scranton Supply and Mach. Co
Howley, P. F
M. T
Harness & Saddlery Hardware
Fritz G. W
Koller & Harris
Penn
Furniture
Hill & Connell
Washington
Cowles
W. C
N, Main
Rogers, A. B
Goodman
Kelly, T. J. &Co
Monaree & Connell
Franklin Avenue
Orter
John
Ricesee
Lavya &Co
Walsh, Edward J
Blume, Wm. & Son
Spruce
Barbour
Home Credit House
Scranton House
Near Depot
Inglis
J. Scott
Boots and Bhoes
Goldsmith Bros
Brown
Wall Paper
Ford
W. M
Athletic Goods
Fiorey, C. M
Bardware and Plumbing
Gihater & Moraysh, BT
Pong
Graves
General Merchandise
Osterhout
N. P
W. Market
Jordan
Snook
8. M
Olyphant
Winke
J. C
THA
Coffe and Spice Grand
Watok Tea,Co
Malm
Clark, G. R. & Co
Caterer
Huntington, D. C
Pirle
J. J
Raub
A. R
arcGatrah & Thoma
A Lackawanna
Grents
Acko
Lin Davie
G W
Matin
Bmarket
Weeks Blows
W. S
Peckville
Davies
John J
Main
Simwell, V. A
Linden
Green
Joseph
Crockery and Glasswale
J. L
Radin Bros
Creamery Stone Bros
Parker, B. R
Caryl's
Benjamin & Benjamin
Franklin & S
Pruce
Merchant Tailor
Roberts
J. W
N. Blain
Gtello
J. Lawrence
Mulley
Ambroas
Iene
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