High Art and Hairpins in Asquith Studio
Helene visits Hugh Asquith in his attic New York studio seeking insight into his private life and art. She discovers a hairpin linked to another woman and returns the ring as she realizes the delicate balance of trust, love, and artistry.
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Asquith
New York
Melee
Helene
Europe
Terene
Brittany
Baltic Coast
Larchmont
Bayview Cottage
Que
Ask
Hugh
Hueh
Hfe
Pheesith
Jase
Booth and the Fish Line anecdote about Edwin Booth
Mr Whitney recounts Edwin Booth’s fishing temper, likening him to Petruchio. The tale describes rods breaking on a small trout and Booth receiving a new bamboo fly rod from a neighboring town to aid his setup and reel arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Booth
Whitney
Booth's Fishing Debacle Ends With Cat Hijinks
The scene shows Booth handling a fly tied to a rod on a dining room table. A cat swats the fly, drags the rod under the table, breaking the tip, and escapes with the gaudy fly in its foot. Booth curses the cat as family laughter erupts at the failed outing.
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Booth
Moving World Reports Industrial Progress Across Europe
The piece notes Norway's Skien paper output of 35 000 tons annually with workers paid 40 cents to 1.10 dollars daily. It highlights a sea depth method by Berggraf, dredging boosts in Kin dike lands, and widespread use of motor boats for cargo and fishing in Europe. It ends with a Catholic Summer School address on Christmas meaning and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skien
Norway
Berggraf
Kiondike
John Talbott Smith
LE. P
Catholic Summer School of America
The Red Feather star Cheridah Simpson hits new opera talks
Cheridah Simpson, star of The Red Feather, draws interest from a top librettist and composer for a new opera film project. Manhattan theater staff report women outnumber men at its venues since Grace George began Clothes, hinting at changing audiences. Mary Marble earns Confederate honorary honor in Augusta while Thomas W. Ryley leads a Daly's Theatre casting for The Belle of Miami. Christie McDonald is noted as the alternated lead replacing Edna May in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheridah Simpson
Manhattan Theater
New York
Grace George
Mary Marble
Little Chip
Joseph M. Gaites
Julian Mitchell
Ladies of the South
Daughters of the Confederacy
Augusta
Thomas W. Ryley
Bassvete
Daly's
York
Christie McDonald
Miss
Edna May
London
Short stories reveal stark social contrasts in early 20th century America
The article cites demographic figures and social statistics including youth in the nation, post office unclaimed money profits, a decade drop in murders and bonicides, and visitor counts at Longfellow House in Portland. It notes a Boothbay Harbor schooner topping the mackerel trade with a $13 800 gross, a Swedish device saving lives by preventing burial, and Bible translation requests in Johannesburg.
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United States
Portland
Maine
Natalie B. Nickerson
Boothbay Harbor
Johannesburg
South Africa
Bible Society
New Year omen on the Ganges candle ritual
The Gweller floats a tiny candle down the Ganges to see if it stays lit for 777 counts, signaling a good year. He counts in leaps to speed the ritual, hoping fate favors him or warns of misfortune, as described by the Pittsburgh Press.
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Ganges
Court-Ordered Sale Of Clark Real Estate In Diller Nebraska
Jefferson County Nebraska district court ordered the sale of multiple parcels in Diller and surrounding townships. Referees set January 5, 1907 at 1:00 PM to offer the properties at public auction at the Fairbury courthouse for cash to the highest bidder. The sale follows a December 1906 partition decree in the John E. Clark vs George H. Clark et al suit.
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George H. Clark
District Court
Jefferson County
Nebraska
John E. Clark
Kate Clark
James M. Clark
Agnes Clark
Jane Seimen
W. H. Seamen
Christie V. Thomipson
Mary H. Miller
William N. Clark
Laura Clark
Wallace W. Clark
Robert H. Clark
Matilda Clark
Els Clark
Agnes R. Diller
P. B. Miller
Davil Diller
Ron Clark
Nancy Clark
Samuel Clark
Fairbury
Clark
Diller
Diler
Defferson County
A. Axtell
Mayborn
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Washington Square
Melene
Fish Line
Olf
Arfad
Pleimiff
Jon» C. Harricus
Street
Pao
L. P. Raymond
Edison
Phonographe and Records
RT RO
Lincoln
Omaha
Chicago
ST. Joseph
Kansas City
Diller, Neb
Denver, Helena
Butte
Salt Lake City
Ban Francisco
All Points West
All Pointe East
San
Iuvenndinien Ene
Edaye,m
Canada
Mane
Neb
Wakelee
Naha
Dr. H. Bauquess
Monroe Davis
First National Bank
Irank T. Pearce
J.G. Neely
Nepe’s Pharmacy
EB. Kerrm
Frop
Eint
Main St
Driver
Nepe
Townsend Steam Laundry
Gee. Pickard & Son
Ppeechi
Trace Marne Desicna
F St
Washington
Ruget
Shoop
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