John Drew on English vs American Audiences
The Waldorf week saw John Drew discuss cross Atlantic theater, noting English crowds are expressive critics and American audiences are discerning yet loyal. He praises brave responses to failure, highlights London and Heath as contrasts, and calls current stage trends wholesome with strong material for American dramatists and actors.
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New York
John Drew
the Waldorf
Atlantic
London
Heath
England
Davis
Httle
Stephen Phillips
Herod
Ulysses
Paola
Francesca
Not Guilty Opens Park Theater Season With Strong Cast
The Park Theater season opens with Not Guilty a powerful four act drama about Founk man Rawdon battles false friend George Imlien who schemes to seize Rawdon’s fortune and the heroine. The play features a complex plot with side stories and ends with justice as the villain Dalton is punished.
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Park Theater
Aleady
Prouk Bawden
George Imlien
Rawdon
Dalton
Romantic play in October by Mr. Walker Whiteside
A bouquet of theater notes reports Walker Whiteside to stage a new romantic play in October titled In Days of Odd, when Knights Were Bold. The Ade-Wathall comical opera The Sultan of Sulu gears for a national tour before a New York run.
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Walker Whiteside
Ade-Wathall
New York City
King Dodo
Pixley & Luder
Studebaker Theater
Chicago
Ezra Kendall
New York
Herbert Hall Winslow
Kier & Co
Eng
Bods
English
Opera House
Peggy
Paris
George Ado
Henry W. Savage
Ade
William Erato
Sulu
Solving the fuel problem in Boston with by product ovens
A Boston study shows by product coal gas ovens at a New England plant increasing coal gas output, cutting labor costs, and delivering harder coke. Everett’s 2M ovens now supply much of Boston’s gas, lowering prices for consumers who previously paid 18 to 22 candlepower gas at higher costs.
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A. D. Adams
Boston
United States
Pennsylvania
New England Gas and Coke Works
Mystic River
Everett
Pipe
Massachusetts Pipe Line Gas Company
Everett Gas Company
Pipe Line
New England Gas and Coke Company
Harvest labor bureaus reshape wheat belt supply
Kansas and neighboring states adopt free employment bureaus to recruit harvest labor for vast wheat fields. Managers track acres, yields, and needs across counties to dispatch thousands of workers, including men women and teams, with wages from 1 to 3.5 dollars per day. The program aims to prevent idle fields and losses from oversupply or delays during the June to July harvest season.
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William R. Draper
United States
Canada
India
Kansas
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Sumner County
Png
Kans&ts
Ineen
David W. Blaine
Pratt County
Blaine
John Jones
Attica
Sedgwick County
Biniie
Jones
State Secretary of Agriculture
Kansas City
Topeka
Southwest
Santa Fe
Salina
Mr Lincolns Hay Story from Chicago Evening Post
A snippet recalls Abraham Lincoln in summer 187 visiting a neighbor farmer who brags of a good hay crop. Lincoln responds with brief, measured questions about yield and storage, reflecting a fading memory of the tale.
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Chicago Evening Post
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Alncorn
Abe
Simpson
Blue Rose Report Sparks Botanical Buzz From America to London
A London paper notes a perfect blue rose received from America at Kew gardens. The piece discusses the floral mystery, historic Dutch tulip bonuses, and the secrecy surrounding experimental rose cultivation. It quotes experts and a gardener who say patient enthusiasts have finally achieved the blue rose.
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New York Times
London
America
Kew Gardens
Netherlands
Ita
Means of a lifetime in pursuit of botanical perfection
The text extols the work of a seasoned botanist who has spent years grafting, budding, crossing, and recording plant habits. It describes long experience, trials, and the emotional highs and lows of finally nearing a cherished ideal in plant breeding.
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Botanista
Ma and Pa Hear The Band in Atlantic City Visit
Pa Hanks and Ma travel to a Sousa concert led by a woman bandmaster in Atlantic City. They hide indoors all day to avoid scandalous rumors but attend the 7 pm show, occupy the 2,211 seat hall alone for an hour, and react with bemused, literal curiosity to a bearded female conductor and a band in skirts.
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Atlantic City
Pa Hanks
Sousa
Susie
Cornerville
John Henry
John Henry Hanks
Esquire
John Philip
John
Marthy
Martha Hanks
Hankses
Premonitions of Death in Washington Tales
A Washington Star essay recounts alleged death precursors linking a department chief’s apoplexy to a howling dog and a family slave’s claim of foreknowledge of a relative’s California journey. The former slave’s bell encounters and a railroad telegram about a mysterious death are cited as uncanny coincidences.
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Washington Star
Washington
California
South
CARE OF THE DOG Dent’s Dog Hints
An article details dog care and diet arguing mixed foods suit most dogs, recommends twice daily feeds, careful portion control, and avoiding overfeeding. It covers diets by number of dogs, boiled liver as a mild laxative, use of dog biscuits, nursing methods for puppies, sour milk to prevent worms, and regular baths with proper rinsing and drying practices. It notes proper grooming, disinfection, and coat care, plus cautions about cold and appropriate tubs and towels. It ends with a language note on double negatives and obsolete usage.
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Dent
St. Bernards
Yorkshires
Skyes
Abused Double Negative in Harper’s Magazine
George L. Kittredge discusses how a boy’s sentence using two negatives, I ha’n't had no time, conveys time he lacks. The teacher misreads the double negation as an affirmative, misunderstanding the boy’s meaning and prompting a humorous exchange. The piece explores linguistic ambiguity in everyday speech.
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George L. Kittredge
Harper's Magazine
Elis
Coral Reefs and Atolls Theory From Edinburgh Meeting
Alexander Agassiz discusses coral reef formation and the atoll puzzle at a Royal Society of Edinburgh session. He weighs subsidence against submarine origins, cites Darwin and Murray, and computes that reef foundations would require millions of years to rise from sea depths to the surface for coral polyps to build.
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London Chronicle
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Alexander Agassiz
América
Jessor
Pacific
Atlantic
Darwin
Sir John Murray
J. Murray
Acuseiz
Hellprin
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Belle Harper
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Sarah Truax
Henrietta Crosman
Nanette Comstock
Frank Burbank
Toa Morrow
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Bar Harbor
Cardif
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Liverpool Philharmonics
Birmingham
Bellast
Manchester
Amerton
Henry Tyrrell
Gabiello D’annunzio
Aten
Wheat Belt
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