They Had Met Before Arnold Daly and His Leading Lady
The New York Times recounts a backstage reminiscence where Miss Laulee Closser recalls her early stage nerves and a humorous exchange with an office boy about Mr Frohman’s whereabouts. Daly’s company later stages the tale, with Closser noting the encounter.
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Arnold Daly
Tmx
Bernard Shaw
Laulee Closser
Prowsey
Canada
Minn Closser
Minn Closser, “Being Stilll Young Thing I Went To Mr. Frohman
Mr. Frohman
Frohman
Europe
Snapshot of Irving Sneezing Captured in Photo
The New York Times reports a candid image of Sir Henry Irving sneezing during the landing of his company from an Atlantic ship. Irving cherishes the photo as it shows him in an unconventional light, drawn face and all, amid a small group on deck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Henry Irving
Atlantic
Sir Henry
New York Times
Amusing Parade Episode and Gentle Love Verses
A Philadelphia congressman recalls an odd parade mishap where a private must push a fat man back, highlighting crowd control humor. Separate items describe a charitable woman’s misread gift and a poem about love, longing, and freedom, with playful verses on love’s binding and renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Morrell
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Broad Street
Walnut Street
New Uses for Hymn Books Point to Resourceful Parish
A pastor recounts a comical incident where hymn books were used as makeshift table supports, prompting a light rebuke about church funds. The tale ends with a parishioner occupying a hymn book as she settles to listen to the sermon, illustrating thrift and humor in church life. The article also mentions St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, highlighting its golden dome, vast cost, and donor gifts as a separate note on grandeur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Plan to Keep Poor Children in Cottages Gains Steam in England
Moving away from pauper houses, 128 unions now maintain poor children in cottages or similar homes. London county reports 72 cents per capita spent on poor relief for the half year as the reform spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
County of
London
Most Celebrated Birthday Quietly Marks 25th Year
The quotation notes the average woman’s 25th birthday may be most celebrated, contrasting with Sweet 16 fame and calling the 25th birthday the “most celebrated” milestone in a New York Daily News reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Daily News
Life Insurance in Force Reaches Nineteen Million
A late estimate shows total life insurance in force in the United States including assessment insurance at nineteen and a quarter million dollars. The note mentions a refund offer and consumer advertising for Schilling's Best products at grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tea gains popularity among people and grocers honor refunds
The notice notes rising tea use and that grocers comply with refunds. It mentions extreme temperatures with water freezing nightly at Alto Crucero Bolivia and hot noonday sun causing suffering. Names like Mico Sehithinue appear in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alto Crucero
Bolivia
Pino's Cure for Consumption and World Diamond Production
The notice cites Pino's Cure for Consumption as an intestinal medicine for coughs and colds from N. W. SamUnity of Dan Grove NJ, dated February 17, 1900. It reports world diamond production by India, Brazil, Africa, and totals, noting uncut diamonds would be worth about $540,000. It also mentions a Russian shoe monopoly with most Russian shoes made by a single firm in St. Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Isaac’s Cathedral
St. Petersburg
Sala
Demidoff
Pino
N. W. Samunity
Docan Grove
N. J
India
Brazil
Africa
Russia
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promoted in Ad
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervous prostration in women linking nerves to reproductive organs. It cites testimonials from Mrs M E Shotwell of Brooklyn about relief from nervous exhaustion backaches and insomnia and urges others to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
M.E. Shotwell
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
Lydia
Lydia B. Pinkham
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Smith and Wellesley Colleges
Clara Colburne
Salt Lake City
Utah
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Great Salt Lake
Howard E. Burton
Ware Whelted
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Fey & Co
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Osuaig
Soreill
An Hobses
Cheney
Shaun Wurtacen
Schilling
Schilling’s
Jobo Ruckin
Winslow
Bain
Viah
Idaho
Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company
Geo. T. Odell
Gen
Mgr
Salt Lake
Ogden
Logan, Idaho
Falla and
Montpelier
Tee
Paxton
Boston
W. &. Bailey
P. O. True
Texas
Hallands Snow
Ballard Snow Liniment Co
ST. Louis
Libby
Fxys
McNeill & Libby
Chicago
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Fey
Daisy Fly Killer
N. U., Salt Lake
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