The Moving Picture Craze Shrinks Old Line Businesses
New York City vendors discuss the impact of film on trade in a likely satirical dialogue. Bar nett Zapp and Birsky Minstrations, a waist designer and a film minded improv, debate the rising power of moving pictures, their actors, contracts, and the imploding theater and candy trades. They joke about film substitutions for real experiences and joke about royalties, with references to Belasco and Ned in a five reel feature.
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Subway
Barnett Zapp
Gefuellte Miltz Mit Farfel
Zapp
Sam
J. Schlagg
Katzberg & Schlapp
Charoses
Birsky
Moving Pictures
Belasco
New York
Grand Forks
Sandusky
Mr. Belasco
Feruig
Ing
Ned
Oav Kasholom
Maxine Elliott
C. M. Schwab
Rosher
Moving Picture
Borough Park
Moving Icture
Rettai
Haml
Hamlet Ned
Louis
Bray
Toa Aeagier
Z To & Moving Pictures
Uncle Wiggily and Baba Black Sheep Cozy Morning Tale
Uncle Wiggily Longears notes cold weather at breakfast in his hollow stump bungalow. Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy reminds him to wear a fur coat and to visit Mother Goose after stopping by Little Jack Horner who hurt his thumb last time he picked a plum.
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Wiggily
Uncle Wiggily Longears
Hollow Stump
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Bunny Uncle
Mother Goose
Dr. Possum
Nurse Jane
Uncle Wiggily
Jack Horner
Uncle Wigglly
Rabbit
Baa
Uncle Wiggily Helps Mother Goose Ailing Jack Horner
In a wintry Mother Goose tale, Uncle Wiggily visits Mother Goose and Little Jack Horner with Dr. Possum to tend Jack’s thumb. Baa Baa the sheep laments wool theft, shivering in cold as the black sheep recalls the Mother Goose rhyme. Uncle Wiggily plans to wrap woolly warmth around the sheep. The outing continues toward Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy’s aid and a warming cure.
Drive Out Malaria and Build Up The System Tone
An old public health promotion urges readers to use Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic to combat malaria and boost the body's strength. It emphasizes quinine and iron and stresses a tasteless formula for broad acceptance.
Tobacco Habit Easily Conquered
A New Yorker author Edward J Gods claims a tobacco or snuff habit can be banished in three days with delightful benefit. His book, mailed free on request, promises calmness, improved health, steady nerves, better appetite, vigor, memory, and efficiency after nicotine leaves the system.
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Edward J. Gods
Station E
New York
Warmth and a Lesson in Uncle Wiggily Tale
A rabbit seeks warmth at Nurse Jane's fire while Uncle Wiggily sends Dr. Possum to Little Jack Horner. Baa Baa the sheep wears the old fur coat to stay warm until spring. The story ends with a moral about hair length.
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Jane
Uncle Wiggily
Dr. Possum
Little Jack Horner
Ungrammatical snippet hints at children’s story plans
The fragment hints at a future piece about U Wiggily and Polly Flinders. It mentions a fur cap to keep warm and a playful scene with ink, glue, and a lollypop stick, but remains unclear and whimsical.
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U Wiggily
Polly Flinders
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Brisky
Montague Glass
the Tribune
New York Tribune
Southern Bell Telephon
and Telegraph Company
Howard R. Garis
Uncle
Uncle Wig
Thomas Eaglan
Box K
Chatsworth, Ga
Mallory Line
Statarbou
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