Working Girl and Tragic River Death Amid Family Strife
A narrative blends a working girl’s devotion with a drowning accident at a river. Willet, a switchman, faces shock as his young son drowns near the station while Hannah Willet comforts him. The mother’s fierce tenderness and the community’s shared grief frame a somber scene of hardship, duty, and resilience.
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Bbe
Griece
Hudson River
Willet
Feller
Mitchell
Wilter
Wudiga
Mororn
Hannah Wilet
Tannah
Jim
Dougherty
Connolly
Bomeh
Flagere
Hannah Willet
The Stage World This Winter in Europe and America
Performances by Ficancia Duse in Monte Carlo and The Cat and the Cherub in Paris signal a busy season. Joseph Jefferson sends a fine pedigree dog to Nat Goodwin, while Clyde Pitch sells three items linked to Jim the Penman. Yvette Gailbert accepts a lucrative Germany engagement despite earlier refusals, amid theater reform and Parisian curiosity.
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Monte Carlo
Paris
Joseph Jefferson
Nat Goodwin
Mr. Goodwin
Herburt Kelecy
Clyde Pitch
Lises
Jim the Penman
Yvette Gailbert
France
Germany
Rejane
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Sbe Pinys
Paria
Cleo de Merode
New York
Gurbeque
Mme. Dernhardt
M. Ovlare Mirbest
Thoughts on marriage and wry aphorisms in verse
Curated aphorisms on marriage from Shakespeare to Massinger and others, reflecting on love, haste, fortune, and domestic life. Notable lines critique wedlock, virtue, and partnership with wit and caution.
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Augustine
Moliere
A. Depuy
Lscon
Shakespeare
Massinger
C. Simmons
Tennyeon
New Letters of Napoleon to Be Published Soon
An English critic notes the forthcoming New Letters of Napoleon will offer an authentic likeness drawn from Napoleon’s own hand. A controversial book by Ore Misiadt criticizes imperial governance, condemning the emperor’s regime with vigorous language.
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Napoleon
D. Apptrr & Co
Ore Misiaedt
Ife
Locksley Hall
Lincolnshire
Tennyson Wade
England
Some Definitions of Odd Terms and Phrases
A playful set of definitions mocks rubber prices, wire saws, matrimony, reform, jealousy, and more. It notes slang like Gum rop A and Detesion, with a Chicago News quip about matches said to be made in heaven but sold in Chicago for two cents a box.
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United States
Chicago
Chicago News
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