Stoddart Debut Sparked Public Furore in The Rent Way
The account recalls J. J. Stoddart's debut as a child actor in The Rent Way, amid dramatic stage frolics and heightened audience reaction. The excerpt describes backstage pressure, a tense reveal of a publicized altercation, and Stoddart's stated fame shadowing family involvement and press commentary in Century Magazine.
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Martin Baywood
Douglas Jerrald
Martin
Tim Hin
Marti
Rome
Alexwirler
Russian Juggle of Words on Serfs and Land Dues
The Outlook comments on how the Russian emancipation of serfs resembled a tax plan rather than freedom. It notes peasants could not meet landlord demands, arrears grew, and the forty nine yearly payments to redeem land proved more burdensome than prior dues, implying imperial taxation in effect.
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England
Russia
Population of the Great American Desert and Rail Links
The census shows about 1.5 million people in the Great American Desert, roughly one and a half per square mile, aided by railways totaling 900 miles across the region, including Mexican territory. Yet true desert productivity remains limited as rainfall and water could irrigate only about 6 percent of the area.
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Mexico
Epigram on education and life by B Millard
A World’s Work quote attributed to B Millard argues that a five thousand dollar education cannot be strapped onto a fifty cent day. It warns that the football field is safer for young men than the ballroom and that true education lies in making men stronger, not easing life.
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David Starr Jordan
Il’. B. Millard
Sarah Bernhardt Defies Youth Myths With Sleep and Beer
A writer lauds Sarah Bernhardt saying she looks twenty though sixteen, noting her secret is ample sleep after brief beer indulgence. The star reportedly rests for long stretches, and warns against cranks claiming perpetual youth from little sleep.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah
Mow Shi
Irish Emigration A Drift From Ireland Across The Seas
In Ireland emigration has long been a fever as youths awaken to lands beyond the seas. From early consciousness, boys and girls fix hearts on distant shores where kin have gone before. “He’s going to America” becomes a hopeful phrase amid sorrow for many families.
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Ireland
Seountry
America
Von Moltke’s Orders: Emperor Backing Behind Dictates
General Schofield cites Von Moltke as the model of decisive command with the German emperor’s approval behind every order. He explains how the crown prince’s reports prompted swift, unhesitating action, making Von Moltke the premier soldier in the world.
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Schofield
Washington
von Moltke
Dieputeh
Old Story Told by Curtis A Jawbone of an Ass
Representative Curtis of Kansas recounts a classroom tale about Samson slaying foes with the jawbone of an ass. A schoolteacher asks the question and a student answers promptly with the biblical image. The anecdote is framed as a moral about wisdom and recall from biblical lore.
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Representative Curtis
Kansas
Samson
Attendant at Planing Machine Lacks All Fingers
A Halify factory act hearing recounts the search for a joiner’s planing machine attendant with all fingers intact. Officials note many workers lose fingers, despite awareness of the danger and caution in the trade.
Agents Ruined Them Both at the London Club
At the Whitefriars club in London guests discuss author agent publisher relations. G B Burgin tells a tale as two ruined outcasts recall their downfall, lamenting the man who helped ruin both, then depart to a dosshouse amid cold winter hunger and irony.
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Whitefriars
London
John Murray
G. B. Burgin
Miles and Brooke Force Retirement Talk Sparks Succession Wish
The New York Times notes that if General Nelson A. Miles is forced to retire from army command, Major General Brooke at Governors Island would likely succeed him. The piece recalls 1879 when both were colonels, Brooke eyeing a future star while Miles stood as his barrier.
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Nelson A. Miles
Brooke
Governors Island
New York Times
Italians Debating Pension for Woman with 62 Children
Describes Mrs Madalena Granatta of near Nocera, Naples fringe, with her husband who died ten years ago. In nineteen years they produced sixty two children, fifty nine sons, including eleven sets of triplets and multiple four-boy births, plus one four boys and a girl.
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Maddalena Granatta
Nocera
Naples
The Work of Old Boys and Elder Thinkers
Lord Kelvin at seventy eight defies age limits set by a western railway company which bars workers over thirty five yet his labor outpaces many younger workers and his intellect fuels great modern progress. The Rochester Democrat notes the era’s greatest work comes from men over sixty and those beyond seventy.
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Lord Kelvin
Western Railway
Rochester Democrat
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