Blairtown mine legend and a dancer in London tale
Dan, a rich young man, recalls Blairtown's rise and his father Blair's mining fortune. He rebuffs the actress and confronts memory with Joshua Ruggles as they discuss risk, money, and fate. The piece ends with Dan unsettled and a cliffhanger about Mandalay.
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Ruggles
London
Ruggies
Blairtown
Dan
Old Wood
Josh
Englshman
England
Blair
Galrey
Prince Poniotowaky
Mystery of Blair Family and Lily Unfolds in English Estate
The 92 year old Dan Blair, son of Blair family, confronts a tangle of English aristocracy and fortune hunters at a duchess led estate. Brings suitor Seeger and Lord Forey seek to shield Lily from scheming rivals as Blair learns of past loyalties and hidden motives.
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Dan Blair
Oreee Copper
Blairn
Mon
Foreys
Lily
Giel
H Town
Benin
Letty
Letty Lane in Dan and Higgins Second Act Scene
Dan hesitates over Letty Lane on the divan as Higgins tends to her near-total collapse. A call page is summoned and the audience waits while Higgins prepares for a quick recovery. The curtain rises again and Dan watches Letty perform apolka with the Hungarian Band.
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Dan
Letty Lane
London
Higgins
Blair
Miss Lane
The Boy From My Town Visits Letty Lane in Decline
Lane at the Savoy learns Letty Lane is too ill to see him. Mrs Higgins, a warm Scotch companion to the star, notes Lane’s frail state as Dan, dressed in blue, comments on her need to rest. Higgins compares her to a restless fairy tale figure, while the room overflows with rose hues and theater photos.
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Blair
Letty Lane
Dan
Savoy
London
Piccadilly
Lorist’s
Bia Sowers
Miss Lane
Evi
My Town
Lane
Higgins
Moonlit ascent of Mount Shasta mass atop snowy summit
Father Cahir of Yreka with Fathers O Sullivan Red Bluff and John Roberts Berkeley climbed Mount Shasta by moonlight reaching the summit at sunrise while M Allison acted as guide. Father O Sullivan stopped at Thumb Rock. four clergy attempted the feat, believed to be the third such ascent.
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Mount Shasta
Father Cahir
Yreka
Father O'Sullivan
Red Bluff
John Roberts
Berkeley
Thumb Rock
GC. M. Allison
Sisson
Los Angeles Times
Canary warning for fire damp in mines
Canaries and small animals are used to detect carbon monoxide before humans risk exposure. A cage with one or two canaries should accompany every advance exploration party to reveal danger long before it harms workers.
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Canaries
Untamed Paris Students Hold Fast to Riots and Pranks
French students remain as unruly as ever despite changes in style. Disturbances over Latin exam difficulty sparked street demonstrations, stone throwing, and clashes with police, as classrooms were briefly evacuated and doors forced open. A marching chorus of Cicero and Julius Caesar underscores the satire of the era.
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Paris
Henri Murger
Cicero
Julius Caesar
Ten Years of Suffering Restored at Lact to Ove Earth
Mrs Narcissa Waggoner of Ville Ill recounts a decade of backache headaches nervousness dizziness and abnormal kidney secretions. After a fall and three doctors failing to help she used Doan s Kidney Pills and was permanently cured becoming stronger than before. Recall Doan s at 60c in all stores Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Narcissa Waggonerville
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
At the Bank Alimony Check Stopped by Husband
A dramatic line shows a wife learning her alimony payment has been halted by her husband who declares he no longer loves her. The scene implies financial and personal strain within a troubled marriage.
Castoria Trademarked Remedy For Infants and Children
An advertisement extols Fletcher's Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children urging parents to look for the signature on every bottle. It emphasizes long use and brand trust with a rallying call to seek Castoria for child ailments.
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Fletcher
Fashionable Doctor and Patron Trade Puzzled Diction
A stylish physician greets a fashionable patron and asks what ails him The patron responds with uncertainty about what is new The exchange reads as a light dialogue in a period style.
Murine Eye Remedy Ad from Chicago Firm
An early Murine eye treatment advertisement from the Chicago based Remedy Co promotes the product for red or weak eyelids and eye irritation. The copy emphasizes relief without smarting and mentions its availability through registered druggists.
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Pna
Remedy Co
Chicago
Leap Year Custom Aligned with Pa maa Jmale Beliefs
An ethnologist notes in Papua that leap year myths persist yearly. He explains women are not bosses. instead love making is taboo for Pa maa Jmale, who treats engagements as female-only. If a man accepts, his engagement is marked. a woman’s engagement bears a hot iron brand.
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Papua
Tuberculosis Day Plans Reach Thousands of Churches
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis sets April 28 as Tuberculosis Day. Plans call for sermons on the prevention of consumption in thousands of churches and wider gospel of health outreach through 600 anti tuberculosis associations and health boards.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention
National Association
Boards of Health, Women's Clubs
Treastry
Grape Nuts Food Cited For Ending Doctor Habit
A Chicago woman credits Grape-Nuts with ending the need for doctors in her home after five years. She recalls relief from indigestion headaches and nervous tension, noting her energy and ability to handle domestic duties again. Her husband also praises the sturdy lunches the product provides.
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Chicago
Postum Co
Battle Creek
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