A Duel in the Olden Time
A tale of a 17 year old Cadet Gastav Renadot and his sweetheart Mile de Ruell who plan a duel by torchlight on the Seine. The duel ends with deaths and a ruse where the boy disguises as his elder, sparing his life while exposing a lover’s oath and Parisian scandal.
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Count de Bouteville
Bastille
France
Cardinal Richelieu
de Bouteville
Montmorenct
Gastav Renadot
Mile
Leovorn de Ruell
Abe
Seine
Renadot
Gaston Renadot
Carlina
Rapleva
de Reeil
Palais Cardinal
Paris
The Man on the Box and Pit Fat Pout At Grand Opera House
Walter N Lawrence presents The Man on the Box a lively American comedy with Dixey company at the Grand Opera House on Thursday Jan 17. Pit Fat Pout a musical cock tail by Whitney Stange and Schwartz features Denman Maley and Lisle Bloodgood among a strong cast. Uncle Joab Sprecely engagement includes a noon parade with a rustic military band attracting crowds.
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Henry E. Dixey
Opera House
Man ON the Box
Walter N. Lawrence
Mr. Dixey
New York
Lawrence
Cif
Dixey
Marie Nordstrom
Sydney Booth
Fred W. Peters
Chester Beecroft
Pauling Hudson
Man On
Grand Opera House
B.C. Whitney
Ty Stanislaus Stange
Jerome Jean Schwartz
Gus Soblke
Casino Theatre
Garrick Theatre
Chicago
Denman Maley
Peter Poufle
Chas. P. ‘Morrison
August Melon
Harry Simon Stanley
Ax “Marconi Paffie
Walter Fishter
Lord George Paffie
John Dyer
Dirk Daily
Henrietta Lee Ax
Dashtag
Montague
Lala McContell
Dolly Dimples
Emily Gartner
Rowe Melon
Gilve Wooltort
Eeoara Melon
Lisle Bloodgood
Bedelia
Pitt Paft Pout
the Grand
Joab Sprecely
Uncle Jobs Sprecely
Heckman
Jail population rises as two new inmates jailed for drunkenness
Police court regular session increased county jail population by two. Mayor assigned Lawrence Cahill and John Miller to three days each for drunkenness. Cahill arrested by Officer Brooks in Glen Elk and Miller by Officers McCloud and Howe. Fines set at three dollars plus costs.
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Lawrence Cahill
John Miller
Brooks
Glen Elk
McCloud
Howe
Cars Abandoned on New Fair Grounds Traction Line
Cars on the New Fair Grounds traction branch were abandoned after a heavy slip just outside the corporation. The last car ran at 5 30 last evening. Crews hope to clear the track in a day or so and resume the schedule afterward.
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Fair Grounds
Recruiting officers change at local station
Sergeant Gus Williams left Thursday for Carlo to establish headquarters and cover towns between this city and Parkersburg. He is succeeded by Sergeant W. W. Sibert, who has been stationed at Spencer.
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Gus Williams
Hull
Carlo
Ety
Parkersburg
Sargeant W. W. Sibert
Spencer
Watchmakers Explain Why Watches Rest and Reset
A Washington Stor item quotes a watchmaker explaining that watches need rest after long service. He notes that even well kept pieces may run poorly when tired, and that a month of rest with careful cleaning and readjustment can restore accuracy and cheer.
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Washington Stor
The Game Birds and Relics of a Bygone Audiences
The article describes the capercaillie or black game bird of Norway as a large hardy grouse like the partridge, noting its weight, habitat, winter food, and migratory rangers behavior. It then shifts to Adelina Patti recounting her first audience, a child’s nursery memory of opera, and threads through brief musings on fatigue and labor from various sources.
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Norway
Suromer
Patti
Adelina Patti
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S.r.bentley
Grand Opera’ House
Walter N. Laurence
Henry E. Dixie
Harold McGrath
The
Grace L. Furness
Metropolitan Hotel and Buffet
West Pike Street
the Farmers Bank
Clarksburg
W. Va
Henry E Dexey
Man
Bastile
Fair Ground
Boece
Sweetly Gant
Boston Herald
Bia
Waal
Dallbera- Geo
John W. Long
Mechanic Bt
Clarksburg, W
Ag's
Yspesia
Killu
King
A Kranich & Bach Pianos
Waldo
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