Riot at Illinois Home for Juvenile Offenders in Chicago
Inmates of the Illinois Home for Juvenile Offenders riot and seize control of the building after uncovering chains and beatings. Mamie Davis leads the uprising with four accomplices, demanding better treatment while police and matrons struggle to regain order amid a crowd outside.
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Hirty
Illinois Home
Chicago
Gir
Dayton
Amie Davis
Ritters
Mrs. Fair
Mamie Davis
Cottage Grove Avenue
Indiana Avenue
Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith review at Garrick theater
The piece analyzes Pinero's delicate handling of divorce morality and social constraints. Mrs Agnes Ebbsmith, raised socialist, defies marriage norms with Lucas Cleve, but the play argues religion and law uphold society while praising Agnes as a superior character and a triumph of acting by Mrs Patrick Campbell.
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England
Pinero
Mr. Hare
Garrick Theater
London
Mr. Pinero
Lucas Cleve
Agnes Ebbsraith
Four Winds
Patrick Campbell
Lucas Cleeve
Agnes Ebbsmith
Forbes Robertson
Lucas
Hare
Athletic notes and meets across clubs and colleges
The New York Athletic Club plans a $456,000 new house. Metropolitan track finals set for Syracuse on the last Saturday in July. Luttberg over Woodman in a seven minute Graeco-Roman bout in Cincinnati. Harvard Mott Haven appoints track captains: senior H. W. Jameson, junior F. L. Brewer, sophomore Evan Hollister, freshman F. H. Bigelow. Stranger Lewis defeats McMillan in three of five falls. times 1, 10, 15 minutes. Walter Fuller of Knox College dies from hammer throw injuries at Galesburg. New England AAU to crown champions. several stars turning professional. Murdoch Kendrick mails England a track and field invitation for summer events with Oxford and Cambridge.
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New York Athetic Club
Metropolitan Association
Syracuse
Max Luttberg
Elmer Woodmansee
Cincinnati
Luttberg
Capt. Bingham
Harard Mott Haven
Zenior
H. W. Jameson
F. L. Brewer
Evan Hollister
F. H. Bigelow
Lewis
McMillan
Decorah
Walter Fuller
Knox College
Galesburg
New England
Y. ¥. Kane
P. S. Stengel
Frank Rowe
G. H. Hodgen
Murdoch Kendrick
Philadelphia
Intercollegiate Athetic Association
England
Oxford
Cambridge
Umpire's Annual Lecture Aims for Staff Guidance
President Young of the National League prepares a general letter of advice to the umpires. He plans to send a personal missive rather than summoning them to Washington, believing it will meet the situation's needs.
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Young
Nationaleague
Washington
A Dark Insinuation And A Little Learning
A fragment from Texas Siftings satirizes miscommunication in a brief exchange between darkey characters. It includes a joke about an old Col Jones and a table knife, reflecting dated humor and racial stereotyping in a plantation chat. The piece closes with a remark about medicine and a misfit label called General Debility.
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Darkey
Texas Siftings
Ignoble Exchange Sparks Theater Table Talk
A heated exchange at a cafe over libel threats leads to an offer of a quarter to settle a dispute. The man insists on a fifty seat compromise if called an ignominious ass, while a theater party discussion turns comic about supper in the box.
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de Style
Asking Too Much and the Penny Request
A humorous Texas Siftings excerpt features a weary beggar appealing for money from a stout man. The stout man dismissively questions giving pennies and jokes about galloping consumption. The exchange highlights colorful midwestern frontier dialogue.
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Weary Walker
Mr. Uptown
Crossroads
Baby Smiled and Visitor's Proud Remarks
A playful interaction centers on a baby’s smile as a visitor jokes about the infant being the child’s little brother. The scene includes light chatter about pronunciation and a connecting remark about a modest musician and a young lady praised for piano mastery.
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Baby
von Spieler
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Mrs. Dayton
Mrs. Campbell
Madame Tarney
Madam Tarney
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Texas
Ole Col. Jones
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