The Strollers at Englishs and At Cripple Creek at Park
The Strollers musical comedy stars Eddie Foy Marie George D L Don and Joan Henshaw at Englishs with a German origin story of vagabondage. Park Theater presents At Cripple Creek with a dramatic rescue in the Rocky Mountain gorge and a romance between Parson Mayfield and Belle Gordon ending in marriage.
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English
The
Swaeherite
Cripple Creek
Empire
the Brigadiers
Herry B. Smith
Eddie Foy
Marie George
D. L. Don
Joan Henshaw
Park Theater
Hal Reid
Tatto
Waketah
Rocky Mountains
Joe Mayfield
Belle Gordon
Mayfield
Miss Gordon
Temple of David
Vaudeville Bills At Grand Empire And Park Theatres
A busy week of acts arrives with the Picchian troupe of acrobats and Jenny Eddy at the Grand, Cin cinnati’s Pike stock company presenting Willon Gillette’s Secret Service at the Park, Berol and Berol’s visual act at the Empire, and The Knickerbockers visiting the Empire next week. George Grossmith brings a program at the Propylacum, featuring Home Sweet Home piano, A Few Idle Thoughts, and the musical sketch Somebodies and Nobodies with scenes of London life and songs by Regie Sime and Merry Bankrupt.
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Press Eldridge
Starry Teller
Jenny Eddy
Asiste
Dave Fitzgibbon
Pike Stock Company
Cincinnati
Willon Gillette
Secret Service
Park Theater
Thomas M. Reynolds
Grand Opera House
Berol
the Empire
Knickerbockers
Empire
George Grossmith
Propylacum
Home
London
Mr. Grosamith
Mr. Grossmith
George Leeemienss
Merry Bankrupt
P. Sime
Entertainer Grosmith Repertoire Reserved Seats On Sale
The entertainment will draw from Mr Gros emith s own repertoire with reserved seats on sale at the Bowen Merrill Company for the event.
Social notes and travels inked in Indianapolis society
Mrs Weaver moves to Chicago on April first and many friends plan visits and departures. Locals head to Toledo and St Louis for visits while Mr Morrison returns from the Orient. Rehearsal for Matinee Musicale and multiple couples announce marriages in Richmond and Aurora with plans to settle near home after June.
Behind the theater dressing room sketches
In a Washington Post fragment a dressing room scene shows five chorus girls preparing for a comic opera. A florist delivery brings orchids and gifts worth about 25 dollars, symbolizing vanity and wages. The piece contrasts perspectives on popularity and vanity in media culture.
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Washington Post
Florence
Vermont Avenue
Pearl and Diamond Ear Accessories Popular Easter Gift
A patent clamp attachment allows secure easy adjustment to proper position. A single large pearl near the ear is very popular, with an equally favored design pairing the pearl with one or more diamonds above it. A silversmith states solitaire pearl earrings remain the most popular expensive Easter gift.
Train wreck near Tipton after broken rail in Missouri
A Missouri Pacific mixed train on the Versailles branch derailed near Fortuna five miles from Tipton. An express car and a passenger coach overturned, wounding 24 passengers and crew. Notable injuries include Mrs. J. B. Seymour, F. S. Ozler, A. B. Outright, Charles A. Miller, E. B. Cappellar, A. D. Hershey, W. N. Higginbotham, H. F. White, John Boston, John Brockmeyer, and August Gelgas, the worst injured trainman though not seriously.
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Sedalia
Missouri Pacific
Versailles
Fortuna
Tipton
J. B. Seymour
St. Louis
Ozler
Springfield
A. B. Outright
Parkersburg
W. Va
Charles A. Miller
Cincinnati
E. B. Cappellar
Mansfield
A. D. Herschey
W. N. Higginbotham
H. F. White
John Boston
John Brockmeyer
Buneceton
August Gelgas
Express
Doctor in Trouble Inquest Ties Hagner to Baby’s Death
Washington March 13 Dr Charles BE Hagner a longtime physician and prominent local figure was held for grand jury action after an inquest into the death of a prematurely born baby of Mrs Peter Blair found alive in a shoe box in a garbage can at the Blair home A color woman identified Hagner as the man who placed the box in the can He testified he believed the child was dead upon arrival at the hospital where the baby was taken The coroner's jury found the child born alive lived several hours died from brain hemorrhage likely connected to the premature birth and held Hagner guilty of inexcusable neglect
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Washington
Charles BE. Hagner
Peter Blair
Blair House
Hagner
Mrs Soffel Indicted In Escape Case At Pittsburgh
Grand jury returns three true bills against Catherine Soffel wife of ex Warden Peter K Soffel over the Biddle brothers jail escape. Charges include aiding escape felonious assault and battery on guards Reynolds shot and McGary hurt during the escape. Trial likely in about a month.
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Pittsburg
Catherine Soffel
Peter K. Soffel
Biddle Brothers
Charles Reynolds
James G. McGary
Reynolds
McGary
Baltimore Run Sparks Debate Over Etiquette Tone
English newspapers mock Miss Alice Roosevelt’s telegram to Emperor William about the Meteor launch as familiar and improper while praising American frankness. The piece contrasts Governor Van Sant’s informal greeting to the Dutch prince with a breezy American manner, arguing authenticity beats court ceremonial in the United States.
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Baltimore
Alice Roosevelt
William
Berlin
Miss Roosevelt
Germany
Alice
Roosevelt
van Sant
Minnesota
Sun
Visiting artist weighs city smells from New York to Paris
Springfield Republican notes Philip Burne-Jones, son of his father, visiting artist, asserts each city has a distinct smell. He calls London pungent and Paris pleasant, Venice sea flavored, and New York a perfume blend. He plans a Boston visit to seek the New England smell and ponders Chicago, Pittsburg, and Cincinnati.
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Springfield
Philip Burne- Jones
New York
London
Paris
Venice
Burne-Jones
Boston
New England
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Chicago
When the cry of fire echoes in New York hotels
Guests ignore interior alarms as fires rage in crowded New York hotels prompting evacuation concerns and safety questions about hotel fire drills and protocols.
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Washington Post
New York
Big Four Withdraws From Central Freight Association
The Big Four Railroad Company withdraws from the Central Freight Association. Officials urge others to exit pools, fearing dissolution within weeks. The move may free lines to set own rates, prompting questions about legality under interstate commerce and Sherman antitrust laws. The Southwestern Passenger Bureau session continued with unresolved membership questions and a vote to refer disputes to the advisory committee.
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Cleveland
Big Four Railroad Company
Central Freight Association
Ingalls
Chicago
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Rates Set for Grand Army Encampment Travel from Chicago
Central Passenger Association approves one cent per mile round trip to Washington for the October gathering with a $10 Washington to New York add-on. Chicago to New York fare around 26 dollars. One stop-over allowed each way to visit battlefields. Sale dates October 3 to 6. Return by October 11 and extension to October 31. Ottawa notes a Webb syndicate cash payment of one million dollars to Canada Atlantic Railway directors as good faith, with bonds planned at 11.2 million to meet expected purchase price.
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Chicago
Central Passenger Association
Grand Army National
Washington
New York
Ottawa
Ont
Canada Atlantic Railway Company
Webb Syndicate
Canada Atlantic
Hubball Named Purchasing Agent of KC Mexico & Orient Ry
Ira C. Hubball of Chicago has been appointed purchasing agent for the Kansas City Mexico & Orient Railway and will assume duties immediately with Chicago as his headquarters.
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Kansas City, Mo
Ira C. Hubball
Chicago
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway
Obituary notices of Stanley and Elkins on March 13
Brig. Gen. David S. Stanley US Army retired dies in Washington at 73 after Bright's disease. A Cumberland Society president and former National Soldiers Home commander, his career spanned the Civil War to postwar commands. Also, William L. Elkins Jr. dies at Menlo Lodge aged 38, head of multiple iron and gas firms in Pennsylvania, with widow daughter of Col. Felton of California.
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Washington
David
Stanley
United States Army
Bright
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
National Soldiers
David Sloane Stanley
Chester, O
Canaan Academy
West Point
Military Academy
Anna M. Wright
Second Dragoons
Army of the Cumberland
Corinth
Atlanta
Franklin
Nashville
Philadelphia
William L. Elkins, Jr
Menlo Lodge
Elkin
Otto Coke and Chemical Company
Pittsburg Gas and Coke Company
United Coke and Gas Company
Hygen Hide and Cold Storage Company
McKeesport Gas Improvement
New England Gas and Coke Company
Allis Chalmers Company
Elkins
Union League
Philadelphia Racquet
Philadelphia Gun
Huntingdon Valley
Mr. Elk
Memorial tributes at Chicago for Margaret Onahan funeral
Roman Catholic prelates laity and priests from Chicago and other cities honor Margaret Gertrude Onahan wife of William J Onahan at Holy Family Jesuit Church West Twelfth and May streets Chicago Archbishop Ireland preached the sermon James French Notre Dame vice president archpriest Thomas E Sherman S J deacon The service drew thousands and overwhelmed the church. Alfred Bartow longtime Chicago bar member Nebraska former state senator Chadron district judge now prominent Colorado Springs citizen is reported March 13 Colorado Springs Colorado.
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Chicago
Margaret Gertrude Onahan
William J. Onahban
Great Catholic Congress
Baltimore
Holy Family Jesuit Church
Twelfth
May Streets
Archbishop Ireland
St. Paul
James French
Notre Dame University
Thomas E. Sherman
Colorado Springs
Col
Alfred Bartow
Nebraska State Senate
Chadron
Neb
Notable deaths at various cities mark day in history
Died today are Gen Augustus P Martin former Boston mayor and water commissioner. Leon D Bancroft Chicago newspaper man aged 33 a former Pittsburg Dispatch editor. W D Davies Sydney Ohio judge and longtime Republican congressional nominee and Common Pleas Court judge.
Carnegie to Librarians Forty Grants at New York Dinner
Andrew Carnegie spoke at the seventh annual New York Library club dinner tonight in front of about three hundred librarians. He said he had reviewed about forty rural library applications and granted all but perhaps two. He urged balancing fiction with age limits and noted a possible $175,000 endowment for Albany libraries among the day’s endorsements.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
New York Library Club
New York City
Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Lord Acton
Albany
N. Y
Talmage Rests Quietly After Illness in New Orleans
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage rests at the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans after illness in Mexico City. He arrived with his wife and daughter and Dr. Lawrence Shields reports the influenza is improving, with plans to resume travel to Washington in about two weeks.
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New Orleans
T. de Witt Talmage
St. Charles Hotel
Washington
City of Mexico
Lawrence Shields
American Hospital
Talmage
Shields
Mexico City
Mexico
Mrs Payne Ill While Traveling Through Chicago
Mrs Henry C Payne wife of the postmaster general is ill at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago. She arrived from Washington en route to Milwaukee and was forced to halt at the hotel due to a sudden indisposition.
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Chicago
Henry C. Payne
Auditorium
Salvation Army Removes Australian Commander for Health
New York march 13 it is announced that Herbert Booth son of General Booth has permanently relinquished the commandership of the Australian forces of the Salvation Army due to ill health.
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New York Post
New York
Herbert Booth
Booth
Salvation Army
Time to act on Cuban sugar duties by Ways and Means
Chicago Journal urges the House Ways and Means Committee to stop stalling over Cuban sugar duties and push a concrete action. It calls for reciprocity with Cuba and even a small tariff reduction, warning that the Senate will decide the outcome and the country awaits progress.
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Chicago Journal
Committee of Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
House
Senate
Cuba
Committee On Ways and Means
Colorado House deplores Altgeld death in heartfelt tribute
The Colorado House of Representatives adopted resolutions honoring John P. Altgeld describing him as a great commoner and a monument of civic courage and incorruptibility. The tribute lauds Altgeld’s life and steadfastness amid calumnies and temptations.
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Denver
Cel
Colorado House of Representatives
John P. Altgeld
Methuen Is at Liberty Announcement in Commons
In London on March 13 the war secretary Mr. Brodrick said General Methuen, wounded after capture by General Delarey on March 10, had been released and was en route to Klerksdorp. The exchange for Commandant Kritzinger was not planned. Dispatches from Lord Kitchener and reports from Washington and Chicago followed, detailing relief efforts for Boer camps and potential passports for Dr. Hiram W. Thomas and his wife to visit the camps.
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London
Brodrick
House of Commons
General Methuen
Delarey
Klerksdorp
Transvaal
Methuen
Kritzinger
Timothy M. Healy
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Washington
Burleson
Texas
Secretary of State
Hiram W. Thomas
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
House of Representatives
Dr. Thomas
British War Office
United States
Hay
Hitt
Chicago
South Africa
Roosevelt
Lord Pauncefote
John Knight
Yates
State Department
Peter van Viissing
Chicago Transvaal League
Philadelphia
Europe
British agent buys U.S. horses for South Africa campaign
Sheridan reports J. A. Conway, the British cavalry buyer, secured a large number of horses in Montana. The animals will be shipped to Utah for inspection, then sent to New Orleans for shipment to South Africa.
Last of a Great Race in New York Sun
A nostalgic reflection on negro minstrelsy and its decline, praising early artists like Billy West Emerson and Dockstader as survivors of a legitimate art form. The piece recalls the era’s gaiety, memorable performers, and the robust, hearty music that defined the minstrel stage.
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New York Sun
Billy West
Billy Emerson
Billy Rice
Mr. Dockstader
New York
Dickens
Gayety
Ennui
Burton
Wallack
John Brougham
Joseph Jefferson
Eddie” Booth
Ned Forrest
Mr. Primrose
Mr. Benes
Plato
Biiy Emerson
Williams Captured in Willisville Post Office Raid
Carbondale March officers report the arrest of Thomas Williams tied to the Willisville post office break in. He was arraigned before Commissioner Claxton and held to the federal grand jury on charges involving stamps and cash.
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Carbondale
Thomas Willliams
Willisville
Will
Claxton
Six Steel Saws Found in Pie in Will Lanier Case
In Aberdeen Mississippi on March 13, guards at 4 o clock received a pie from a little girl said to be from Will Lanier's mother. Upon opening, the pie revealed six small steel saws, adding a new incident to the ongoing case.
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Aberdeen
Miss
Will Lanier
John Harmon
John Tope
Tel wires extend reach for farmers along barbed wire
The discovery out West shows telephones can use barbed wire fences to connect farmers over long distances. The finding rivals the significance of Western farmers communicating despite vast miles separating them, demonstrating a novel use of existing land barriers for rural communication.
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Boston Globe
West
Paine's Celery Compound Promises Relief for Aches and Nerves
The ad touts Paine's Celery Compound as a cure for rheumatism neuralgia dyspepsia kidney troubles and headaches. It claims one or two bottles restore nerve strength blood quality and overall health while warning against imitations and urging to check for PAINE'S on each wrapper. Diamond Dyes are praised for fast bright colors.
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Paine
Paine's
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John
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