Gillett Band Controversy Triggers Church Fallout in Abilene
A dispute over a minister joining Gillett's cowboy band causes a split at the Christian church in Abilene. Pastor Booles shocks the congregation by resigning to join the band, leaving the church short-handed and prompting a new pastor to be secured. A fireball explosion follows, shattering windows and injuring residents, with property damage estimated at $5,500.
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Abilene
Meix Tuy
Beoles
Christian Church
Grant Gillett
Kant
Hering
Fort Worth
Mr. Booles
Bocwine
Gillett
Fonereentha
Mr. Scoles
Simrone
Scoles
Herington
Meteor strikes house as occupants suffer fire injuries
A severe lightning fire struck a Montclair residence at 128 and 136 South Hewson Avenue during a thunderstorm. Fire tore through plaster and brick support columns, ripping walls apart before the blaze consumed the structure. Occupants were injured in the dramatic incident.
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Sete Huilding
Montclair
N. J
South Hewion Avenue
Welcome for Mark Twain Honored by Hungarian Citizens
Budapest March 28 Samuel L Clemens Mark Twain received a warm welcome at a Budapest banquet by leading Hungarians including Premier Sail and ministers, the president of the house of magnates and chamber of deputies Deg. Deputies Szilaczyl Andrassy Wekerle Pulszky and Kossuth attended with Hungarys eminent writers as the nation celebrated the future first anniversary of the freedom of the Hungarian press.
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Hungary
Budapest
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark ‘Twain
Jotrnelist’ Club
Fiest
Sail
House of Magmites
Chamber of Deputies
Sxilacyl
Andrassy
Wekerie
Pulszki
Kossuih
Highest Mexican peaks measured by Deloros tables
In Mexico City on March 28 Prof An elo Heliprin of the Philadelphia Academy of National Sciences reports calculations for Mexico's five principal volcan ic peaks. Orizaba 18,206 feet Popocatepetl 17,033 feet Iztaccíhuatl 16,060 feet Nevado de Toluca 14,954 feet Humboldt listed Orizaba at 17,375 feet.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
Anelo Heliprin
Philadelphia Acadeimy of National Sciences
Orizaba
Popocatepeu
Tataceihuatl
Nevada de Tolura
Popocatepetl
Humboldt
Orizabe Peak
Indignant Germans rally against Anglo American alliance in Chicago
A packed Auditorium crowd of German Americans protested alleged anti German bias in U S newspapers and opposition to any entangling alliance with England The gathering presided by ex congressman William Vocke adopted a resolution denouncing hostile depictions of Germany and urging peace with Germany while opposing entangling alliances and calling for a German American convention to form a permanent defense of American institutions.
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Chicago
Germany
Seais
William Vocke
United States
Ireland
George Washington
England
Agrund
Congress
Profitable Actors This Season Across Theaters
New York leads a remarkably profitable theatre season with similar gains in major cities. Grand Opera House closed after 17 weeks with gross receipts near 90,000 and net around 100,000. Maurice Grau earned 375,000, reflecting high earnings from prior seasons as Chas. Frohman and others navigate the volatile stage business.
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New York
St. Louis
Grand Opera
Howse
Maurice Grau
Chas
Frohman
Garrick
Empire
Academy of Music
Garden
Lyceum
Wallack’s
Broadway
Ttrooklyn
Montauk
Columbia
Boxton
Hollis Street
Boston Museum
Boston Theater
Chicago
McVicker's
Power's
Grand
National
Washington
Buclid Avenue Theater
Cleveland
Alvin
Pittsburg
Detroit Opera House
Jean Dé Reszke
Marvelia Sembrech
Metropolitan
Nordica
Eames
Emulsified Cod Liver Oil Boosts Health and Comfort
The palate nearly enjoys Scott's Emulsion of Cod liver oil as it softens the stomach and brightens the cheeks. It disguises the strong taste, evades the harsh effect on digestion, and delivers warmth, soothing strength, and invigoration.
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Scott
Frohman and partners profit haul tops season
The article credits Charles Frohman as the era’s top money maker with personal profits around 700000 for the season, aided by stars Maude Adams and John Drew among others. It notes rivals like Jacob Litt and Richard Mansfield also earned six figures, while a failed wartime revival and several theater ventures affected totals.
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Jacob Litt
al Hayman
Kian & Erlanger
Richard Mansfield
the Liebler Company
George W. Lederer
Francis Wilson
Jefferson de Angelis
Charles Frohman
Little Miss Nobody
Frohman
Maude Adams
the Minister
John Drew
Annie Russell
Catherine
James Brown-Potter
Gillette
New York
Boston Museum
America
Shenandoah
Old Kentucky
Hall Caine
Liebler Company
London
Fragmented OCR Text Summary
A garbled OCR passage references laundrymen, rumors, and various unclear names. It mentions a fest and mentions East varying by two, with scattered fragments that are not coherent enough to identify a clear event or entities.
Dramatic farce hunt at Crawford theater next Friday
An advertisement notes upcoming performances including a dramatic farce titled A Day and Night at Crawford theater next Friday with other productions and local business endorsements. It mentions health ads for cough cures and references to local stores and names such as Geo. W. Stansfield, Wilton, A J Arnold & Son, and A J Kane & Co.
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Crawford Theater
Balan
Haye
McKee
W. Fitanstiel
Wilton
A. J. Arnold & Son
A. J. Kane
Geo. W. Stansfield
W. H Wilson
A.J. Arnold
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de Moss
Barkley
Kansas Ave
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Penman Ship & TE Yr
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Gillett’s
Henry Didicks
Grosse
McNeil
Julius Huelsen
James Lamb
Te Didicke House
Atreame
Mark Twain
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Ayer
Honduras
Eee
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Aayer’s
Paterson
Patersonh
Bath
Janie
Mureren
Clara Nauta
Oll
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Fan Sixth Street
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Rauta
Feckert
Ilannat van Ness
Nfveen Chinese Windry
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Giria
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