Stories of the Town Peculiarian Reporter's Eagle Eye
A vivid portrait of Indianapolis characters including a skilled Black ragtime pianist on Indiana Avenue, the gloomy brick wagon man who imagines his bricks as coffins, a turf devotee who never leaves the poolroom, and a bold female street vendor of 15 cent handkerchiefs. The piece blends humor, sympathy, and local color across linked vignettes.
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Moe
St. Clair Street
Charles Dickens
Indianapolis
Dick Swiveller
Nover
Belef
Carrie Nation
Empire Theater
Wabash Street
Pennsylvania
Delaware
The Journals Poets and Prairie Visionaries
A trio of poems from The Journal’s poets feature C W Stevenson of Warrensburg, Rebecca S&S Nichols of Indianapolis, and Jessie St John of Marion. The verse praises prairies liberty and plenty, laments life’s borderlands, and contemplates distant homes and a polar peril narrative by Clarence J. Bullett of Corydon.
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Bolt
Clarence J. Bullett
Corydon, Ind
Gould Gains Control of Union Railway Seaway Belt Line
Memphis August 2 55 percent of Union Railway Seaway stock sold to George Gould president of Missouri Pacific Railway for 148000 giving him control of the proposed belt line. The remainder of the item includes a local wit remark about a neighbor and a joke about groceries.
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Memphis
Tenn
Union Railway Seaway
George Gould
Missouri Pacific Railway
Not Guilty to Open Park Theatre Season This Week
The Park Theatre premieres the melodrama Not Guilty by Joseph Le Brandt as the season opens. The plot centers on George Dalton and a contested will, with intrigue involving James Sheldon and warder Rawdon. James Sheldon’s employe is suspected of murder amid schemes to seize the will.
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the Park Theater
Joseph le Brandt
the Park
George Dalton
James Sheldon
Sheldon
Rawdon
Beerbohm Tree On
Tree
Bonelli
Brandon Thomas
Pope
Duke of York
The
St. James
Gadbys
Duke of York's
King
the St. James
Henry Arthur Jones
Wyndham’s
A Summer Hotel Picture With a Wise Old Man
An elderly gentleman at a seaside inn breakfast table in Where's It At? appears grave yet thoughtful. The Boston Herald notes pleasant talks that followed, offering a touch of philosophy amid what seems a simple incident.
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Boston Herald
Newport
Bar Harbor
Paris
Boston
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Titian
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Judas
Phares
Zara
Thamar
Esrom
Aram
Mesopotamia
Cappadocia
Pontus
Return of the well known singer amid theatrical plots
The piece discusses Miss Neilsen returning to star as prima donna in a new Herbert and Smith opera, while detailing rival factions in the stage world. It weaves a tale of Rawdon, Tom Daily the detective, a jail breakout, and the heroine’s rescue amid a backdrop of Mrs Campbell, Mrs Fiske, Frohman, and Sudermann debates. It also recounts a long hotel scene with a red haired waitress and a humorous exchange over bacon and biblical memory.
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Miss Neilsen
Victor Herbert
Harry RB. Smith
London
Rawdon
Dalton
Sheldon
Tom Daily
Dally
Poceuan
Dramatic Mirror
Patrick Campbell
Charles Frohman
Mirror
Frohman
Harrison Grey Fiske
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Mr. Fiske
Campbell
Herman Sudermann
Fiske
Tess
London Theaters Reaping Profit From Short Vacation
Nearly all London theaters are closed with the few remaining open enjoying a rich harvest. The vacation is brief and September will bring full reopening for the 1901-03 season with prospects already looking bright.
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London
August Fishing Warrier of the Smallmouth Black Bass
August fishing notes celebrate the small mouth black bass as the wiliest and most formidable inland foe. The piece extols its fierce battle nature, noting how the fish leaps and fights to shake free from the hook with determined vigor.
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America
Call to toughen bigamy laws urged by New Orleans bar
A prominent New Orleans lawyer argues lawmakers should tighten bigamy statutes, even considering capital punishment, to curb a rising trend. He criticizes judges for lenient sentences, notes bigamists’ charm and education as deceptive tools, and urges strong state action to protect women from this criminal class.
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New Orleans
Yard
Tiny Japanese Gardens and miniature landscapes
The article describes ultra compact Japanese gardens using pebbles stones and small plants to mimic real landscapes. It notes their Chinese origin via Buddhist temple gardens and explains the artistic aim to recreate a true landscape as a strolling, immersive picture.
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America
Japan
China
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