Fashionable vaudeville leads to a pay-what-you-know mixup
A Park Theater box office tale shows ticket sellers field odd questions from patrons. A countrywoman doubts a short play exists and learns the bill actually includes a twenty minute act among other specialties. At the Empire Theater, Sammy Davis recalls a Vanity Fair burlesque exchange, where a man mocks inflation by asking for a three cent seat.
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Park Theater
Minnie
Empire Theater
Samuel Davis
Sammy
Amelia
Mrs. Fiske
Empire
Vanity Fair
the Ark
Bead Party Revives Bead Fashion In Paris Studio
A stylish revival of bead fittings features amber coral gold silver and jade beads worn as necklaces. A society matron hosted a bead party with small bead boxes prizes for artistry and color, prizes including coral bead necklaces and carved dyoden bead bracelets.
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Ely
Paris
Elief Prise
No aristocracy in American life say Ohio State Journal
The Ohio State Journal argues there is no real aristocracy in America as status must be earned. It notes Americans avoid inherited class structures unlike Europe and that self-made achievement defines rank. It emphasizes that others’ views determine true status, not self-perception.
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Ohio State Journal
Europe
W Kriel at English Block Main Cigar Store
W Kriel operates at English Block, located near 4 Monument Place, identified as main cigar store.
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C, W. Kriel
Monument Place
Caine on American Life and the Best Reading for Girls
Reginald Wright Kauffman interviews Hall Caine on his Isle of Man membership and political notes. Caine discusses the American scene, Roosevelt's coal strike arbitration, and the aim of portraying national types through fiction with emphasis on emotional human passions.
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Reginald Wright Kauffman
Philadelphia
Hall Caine
The
Press
Mr. Caine
Vandyck
House of Keys
Isle of Man
Society of ‘Young
England
America
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
What Should a Girl Read Howells Harper's Bazar excerpt
The piece argues that reading should focus on repeated engagement with great novels, not endless lists. It cautions against chasing lists of the hundred best books, praises reading classics multiple times, and urges a curious, educative approach over mere information gathering. It notes superior taste is not proven by reading only top titles.
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W. D. Howells
Harper's Bazar
Reading as a Contested Pleasure and Public Respect
The piece weighs whether reading suits all natures and questions the value placed on writers. It argues pleasures vary by temperament, claims reading as occupation is dubious, and notes American readers favor living authors while discarding dead ones. It references Concords’s Thoreau relics and Drake’s tomb inflaming debates.
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Philadelphia
Thoreau
Walden Pond
New York
Joseph Rodman Drake
Concord
Mass
Bronx
America
Tribute to Dr. Edward Eggleston by Century editor
The November Century editor recalls how a Friday visit led Eggleston to write Huldah the Help for the Thanksgiving issue. The piece highlights his shift to fiction for adults, his leadership in international copyright, and his broad output from stories to history. His wit, public spirit, and robust intellect made a lasting impression and he will be greatly missed.
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Dr. Eggleston
Edward Eggleston
Huldah
Eggleston
Egegleston
The Pleasure of the Writer by Henry Van Dyke
A reflection on autumn book releases and the small yet content group of writers behind them. The author imagines the craftspeople at work in simple settings and contemplates the labor and satisfaction of producing literature for the readers in the United States.
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Henry van Dyke
United States
Covers of the Booka and Zola in Polish critique
The New York Tribune notes varied book bindings and current design trends with a favorable view of sober covers while noting odd experiments. London Mail cites M Sienkiewicz denouncing Zola as a naturalist with striking insight yet critiquing his pandering to scandal in public taste.
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New York Tribune
London Mail
M. Sienkiewicz
M. Zola
Cracow
France
Zola
S R Crockett Celebrates Forty-Second Birthday
S R Crockett, the well known novelist, has just celebrated his forty second birthday. He is described as in the prime of health and enjoying keen respect, with his novels sustaining a strong steady popularity.
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S. R. Crockett
Mr. Crockett
American and French literary echoes in a shifting scene
The piece notes translations into Arabic of Kailyard dialects and compares Twain’s Jumping Frog in French, assesses Zola’s Truth and Justice, hints at memoir material, and cites a lone ex slave reading a Literary Digest. It ends with a New York Post critic's pick for a consistently excellent modern American poet, Robert A. Johnson.
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Mark Twain
Zola
Literary Digest
Longfellow
Robert A. Johnson
Century Magazine
New York Post
Sultan's Memoir Threat Could Roil European Diplomats
The New York Commercial Advertiser reports the sultan may be compiling his memoirs detailing entanglements with Christian nations, exposing promises broken and secrets kept. It notes such a book would likely be suppressed posthumously by the Turkish government, and outlines why truly candid records often fail to reach readers.
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New York
Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
William Watson
Russia
France
Germany
Saint Simon
Greville
Talleyrand
Napoleon III
Bismarck
Yildiz Koos
Accidents That Don’t Happen In Real Life
Hartford Courant notes Travelers' Record payouts totaling 128 097 08 for 1 533 claims averaging 83 54 each. Most injuries come from old fashioned slips falls and runaway horses while modern hazards like automobiles and electricity show limited impact. The piece playfully contrasts real world accidents with literary ones and mocks sensational crime as seen in novels.
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Hartford Courant
Travelers’ Record
Walter Scott
Dumas
Cooper
D Sons
Saronreae
Wall Street
Real World Accidents vs Comic Themed Trifles in Insurance
The author critiques sensational comic depictions of accidents and notes real life injuries are more varied. Four cases involve injuries from flying metal pieces, possibly lead from iron tubes, hinting at insurance implications. The Maine woods deer hunting season is mentioned as unlisted in the October report, suggesting higher risk and unknown rates.
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Travelers’ Company
John Bull
Brother Jonathan
Uncle Sam
Maine
Maine Woods
Debate on Amateurism Rule in College Sports
Professor Ira N. Hollis argues that the amateurism rule disqualifies any player who has earned pay or benefits from athletics. He says the issue is a sport matter, not a moral one, and while the rule promotes fair play it sometimes seems sweeping or absurd in technicalities but preserves honest competition and broader school influence.
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Exwasianne
Ira N. Hollis
Cheap Sham Degree Sells By Indiana College Of Optics
The New York Evening Post notes a dubious Indiana College of Optics offering degrees for five dollars to classes of a thousand. The fee allegedly includes glasses to make the fake degree appear legitimate, and at twenty five dollars per head the scam yields obvious profits to the operator.
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New York Evening Post
Indiana “College of Optics
Kreen
Grandmother Hair White Like Winter Wisdom
The Westminster Gazette offers a fragmentary verse where a child asks why the grandmother's hair is white and her face bears wrinkles. The old woman replies that suffering marks her, and a chill wind pushes her onward, murmuring softly as the child clings in affection.
Price of Paper Becomes Growing Public Necessity Burden
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes rising white paper costs drive production expenses across industries, pressing newspapers to adjust prices. Demand soars while supply constraints and labor limits tighten margins, forcing lean operations and careful cost management to sustain daily circulation.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Leaves on the Track and Rail Safety Debate
Boston Herald reports from Portsmouth New Hampshire on a collision blamed on leaves on the track. It recalls a Pittsfield warning by a veteran motorman that leaves roughen rails yet finds that report unclear. The writer suggests a brush device on electric cars to sweep leaves before wheels touch, offering a cheap fix to a growing hazard.
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Boston Herald
Portsmouth
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