Milestones of Life to replace The French Spy at Criterion
Stageland and Frank Harvey present The Milestones of Life at the Criterion tonight replacing The French Spy. The piece marks Harvey’s farewell tour in the English provinces, with Holloway securing rights during his England visit. A bustling Melbourne theatre run follows with Ill Trovatore at Musgrove’s, Florodora at Her Majesty’s, The Message From Mars at the Palace and other attractions across major venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Harvey
Charles Holloway
England
Criterion Theatre
Harvey
Holloway
Williamson Italian Opera Company
Her Majesty's Theatre
Melbourne
the Royal
Bland Holt
London
Dampier
Mr. Dampier
New Opera House
Marie Lloyd
Alec Hurley
Richards
Madge
Noni
de Wynne Brothers
Town Hall
Jean Gerardy
Celist
Cognoscenti
Brough
Chas. Bertram
Irish Theatre to Stage Hyde in Gaelic Play
Mr. Douglas Hyde to star as a wandering poet in his own Gaelic play for the Irish Literary Theatre. George Moore predicts the work will rival successful one act plays in English or French literature. The piece will feature Irish speaking actors selected by the author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Fitzgerald
Society of Arts
London
Fitzgerald
Garrick
Douglas Hyde
Irish Literary Theatre
George Moore
Freeman's Journal
Dr. Hyde
Sarah Bernhardt
Anglo-Saxony
Africa
Asia
France
Donna Sel
Mme. Bernhardt
Milton's Last Poem Rediscovered Claim to Authorship
An Irish Pall Mall Gazette correspondent reports a poem attributed to John Milton found among his papers after death. It cites absence from Trinity College Dublin, the British Museum, and Oxford and Cambridge editions, while noting the Rev. Crook and his son affirm its authenticity. The verse depicts Milton aged, blind, and in spiritual communion, pleading for the lyre and divine inspiration as visions come and go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Milton
Trinity College
Dublin
British Museum
Oxford
Cambridge
Milton
Mr. Crook
Methodist Evangelist
Crook
Partridge Inn Sparked by Lunch Joke
A traveller in a Shifting Scenes anecdote asks the hostelry landlord’s name. The host answers Partridge and the traveller quips that his long bill suggests Woodcock, a light humorous exchange in a noon luncheon scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shires
Sir Edward Malet
Bonrigge
Partridge
Woodcock
GIPSIES A NOVELTY IN AUSTRALIA AT HEALESVILLE
A first person account from Healesville Victoria describes meeting a brown skinned gipha gypsy girl who reads hands and casts charms for money. The narrator recounts paying for glimpses of luck and love while the gipsy pleads poverty and returns the money after a staged display, aided by companions. Police later removed the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Healesville
Victoria
Australia
Silvaire
Laidee
Silvaire Ferat
Veree Clevaire
Ike
Eleanthi
Dick Massadara
Dick Ovelaimu
Dick Crasangali
Jaidee
Dooming the Steam Engine Foretold by Berthelot
French chemist M. Berthelot warns steam engines are already obsolete and electricity cannot dethrone petroleum and gas as future motor power. He predicts steam will fade to mere museum relic, an anthropological curiosity alongside Stone Age artifacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Berthelot
Saye
Literary Digest
New York
Oil wealth and law exceed fortune limits in history
The New York Financier ponders how restricting fortunes of Rockefeller and Carnegie would have altered oil's spread and modern civilization. It argues that limiting their wealth might have delayed vast exports and the proliferation of oil products that shape today’s economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rockfeller
Mr. Carnegie
New York
The Beauty and the Dowager at the Theatre
A charming lady enjoyed a play when a stout dowager behind her snagged the beauty’s hair with her cloak hook. The hair was pulled down and the beauty nearly scalped. The dowager quipped to a companion that she did it on purpose since she said style doesn’t suit her.
New Jersey Law Bans Offering a Drink in Freak Legislation
A specimen of freak legislation in New Jersey forbids asking another to take a drink and penalizes salonkeepers and bartenders who give away a drink. The piece ridicules attempts to restrain generosity as a public policy. A forthcoming law is hinted to prohibit tobacco use and could jail a man for offering a drink during an election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Service notes and naval reforms in Pall Mall Gazette
Pall Mall Gazette discusses Royal Yacht promotions, a new merit system, and a planned medal for service on the Royal Yacht. It reviews Gibraltar works, turbine destroyers, and trials of the Viper and Cobra. It notes General Forestier-Walker’s departure, Woolwich storehouse gun impact, and possible rewards for Vice-Admiral Fullerton. It critiques the South African Honors Gazette and German press views on mounted infantry and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Yacht
Victoria and Albert
Portsmouth
Hedworth Lam
Ladysmith
Corps d
Gibson Bowles
Gibraltar
Bowles
Admiralty
Mediterranean
F. Forestler-Walker
Capetown
England
South Africa
Forestier-Walker
Woolwich Arsenal
Aalte
Cne
John Fullerton
Lord Roberts
Gazette
Brodrick
War Office
Militar-Wochenblatt
Serlakes Upasourt
Ana K
Twilight Falls on the Stump Lots Bear Fatal Duel
In Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly a black bear hunts a cow and calf. After a fierce struggle the cow is mortally wounded and the bear dies nearby. The cubs in the den face hunger until foxes discover the dead mother and exploit the den.
Anniversary of Novol Vremya marks quarter century
A London Daily Mail correspondent notes Russia’s Novol Vremya completes 25 years since its founding by A. Suvorin, praising its liberal origins and editorials while counting readers at about 50,000 amid Russia’s dense press scene. The report also mentions other papers like Peterburgskii Vedomosti and the ultra-Slavic Syjet, and notes government censorship and recent suspensions of two local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
A. &. Buvorin
Novol Vremya
The
New Time
Golos
the Voice
Suvorin
Russia
England
Moscow
Prince Uchtomski
Syjet
Komaroff
Suvorif
Growth of Mormonism and the allure beyond polygamy
A Harper's Weekly excerpt argues that poly gamy is only the ornamental buckle on Mormonism. It emphasizes the core ism behind the movement, claiming its attractions are stronger than a mere plural wives. The text also comments on the imagined nature of a woman's supposed suitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Weekly
New York
Beecham's Pills advertised as a universal remedy
A Victorian advertisement extols Beecham's Pills as a wonderful medicine for females and general health. It promises cures for stomach, digestion, liver, coughs, asthma, breathing issues, and various pains. It touts Beecham's pills and Beecham's cough pills as indispensable, with price claims and theatrical praise.
THERAPION No 3 for exhaustion and sleeplessness
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a product named Therapion No 3 claimed for exhaustion and sleeplessness. It hints at health benefits such as strength and vigor, but the readable portion is incomplete and lacks verifiable details or context.
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Stageland
Philip Newbury
New Zealand
Bradford
Sullivan
Herzog Wildfang
Siegfried Wagner
National Theatre
Munich
Barenhautar
Beatrice Day
Little Minister
Misa Pattie Browne
Herbert Flemming
Bloemfontein
Orange River Colony
Hall
Virginia Batl
Harry Conor
Mall
Duke of York’ S Theatre
Kate Bishop
L. J. Tai
Comedy Theatre
Winnie
Basil Hood
Br.l
Landon
Maecarne
Johannesburg Palace of Varieties
Richard Mansfield
Mansfield
Verdi
Busseta
Pall Mall Gazette
Paradise
Tackra
Beauty
South-West Africa
W.T.M
Frank Leslie
Popular Monthly
Medical
Benger
Beecham
Teecham
Pilla
Pris
Becham
Thomas Beecham
Helena
Lancashire
Braham
Haham
Renaanam
KK Braham
Abraham
Bramam
Therapion
Tam
Robert
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