Baby news and community notices span Sept births and Labor Day events
Mr and Mrs Ammondsen announce a baby girl born Sept 5 and all well. Lena Larsen travels from West Bend to Graettinger for Labor Day celebrations. Florence and Morving Kasa visit Graettinger for the holiday. Wallingford baseball hosts Faumersburg at Giractiiveer on Labor Day, Wallingford winning two to one. Multiple local visits, schooling, farm work, and social events fill the week with neighbors and relatives sharing news across Estherville area towns.
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Florence
Morving Kasa
Graettinger
Wallingford
Faumersburg Boys
Lorillard Brothers and the Moth Tax Pastimes
A childhood tale of Pierre Lorillard shows his early knack for wealth. While other siblings earned pennies by moths for their mother, Pierre would cash large sums by indenturing moths in a fur chest to fund his spending. The story hints at his future as a financier and his shaping of wealth methods.
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Pierre Lorillard
Jake
George
Louis
Pierre
Excursion Train Used For Secret London Run
Passengers described as members of parliament peers pick pockets pugilists clergy and even bishops rode a rain drenched train from London Bridge to a secret destination. The journey ended near Farnborough in Surrey where the fight occurred.
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London Bridge
Farnborough
Surrey
London Chronicle
Knighted Actors and the Puzzling Names Behind Sir Titles
The piece notes actors who were knighted sometimes used stage names, citing Henry Irving and the cases of Sir Charles Wyndham and Sir John Hare born as Culverwell and Falls. It recounts Victoria's Jubilee and King Edward era knights, with Beerbohm Tree and his wife quipping about the surname.
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John Henry Krodribb
Henry Irving
Victoria
Squire Bancroft
Squire
Edward
Charles Wyndham
Culverwell
John Hare
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohms
Falstaff's Prototype Sir Toba Pastell in Southwark
From London News backgrounding Sir Toba Pastell as the original of Falstaff. He angered townsfolk by cowardly conduct during Jack Cade’s rebellion. Fastolf fortified his house then fled to the Tower, abandoning neighbors to rebels. His marriage to widow Scrope sparked additional unpopularity by seizing her property and disenfranchising his stepson.
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Fastolf
Scrope
London News
Armory Theatre Hosts Wizard of Wiseland and Hello Bit
A schedule of Armory Theatre offerings includes The Wizard of Wiseland from Chicago after 138 performances, with Tuesday, September 20 showtime. Hello Bit! starring Will H Bruno comes Monday, September 19 with ticket tiers 25 4 and 40 cents and select 50 cent seats.
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Armory Theatre
Chicago
Will H. Bruno
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WILL _H. BRUNO
The Old English Prize Ring Tactics and Jurisdiction Tricks
In the later English prize ring era, rulers faced many expedients to stage fights. Promoters used cross-county rings to complicate magisterial authority and even dispatched contests by steamboat down the Thames to remote Essex marshes, as in the Savers versus Heenan clash.
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Thames
Essex
Savers
Heenan
Great Expectations Will Enter Gregory in Green’s Memory
Charles Green, Dickens' illustrator, used two models Gregory being the self serving figure. On Green’s deathbed Gregory showed officiousness and a wreath at the funeral. In the will Green left Gregory an illustrated edition of Great Expectations for his kindness to him.
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Charles Green
Dickens
Gregory
Green
Bay Green
Against His Principles
A Yonkers Statesman quip recalls a vegetarian diner upset by finding hairs in his meal. The restaurant proprietor dismisses the complaint, noting the patron only eats vegetables.
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Yonkers Statesman
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