Home Hotel Aims to Aid Brainworkers Not a Charity
A modest card on a Hampstead inspired New York brick house fronts a hotel named the Home hotel in St Ann's avenue offering rooms and meals for $1 to $7 a week to authors musicians teachers and other educated professionals facing hard times. Founded by Miss Mary A Fisher the four connected houses host about 50 guests with life guests at $300. Guests must prove refinement and effort, while programs provide sympathy and aid. The hotel emphasizes a non charity ethos and a home for brainworkers rather than almshouse care.
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St. Ann’s Avenue
Thirty-fifth Street
New York
Mary A. Fisher
Yoa
Hampstead
England
East Eleventh Street
Recognition at Last Mrs Potter Gains Stage Fame
Mrs James Brown Potter, once mocked for an unlikely stage future, finally wins critical praise and box office success in New York. After years of amateur work and praised collaborations with Kyrla Bellew, she delivers acclaimed performances at Harlem Opera House and Herald Square theater, proving persistence and talent to critics.
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Mrs. Potter
New York City
Mr. Bellew
Sporting Gossip on Trotters and Trainers for the Season
Belle Vara jogs barefoot at trotting gait while Frank Ives may become a bookmaker. Yale features twirlers Carter and Trudeau. Budd Doble bets Fantasy as next trotters queen. James Lamlzy reinstated to ride for P. J. Dwyer. Director and Trainer Dustin optimistic for top form. Domino impresses James B. Keene expects a strong season. 2:30-yearling Freedom returns to training. Harvard captain Brewer maintains spring football work amid faculty clash. McAuliffe and Griffo to settle lightweight title in New Orleans on October 10.
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Frank Ives
Yale
Carter
Trudeau
Budd Doble
James Lamlzy
Jockey Club
P. J. Dwyer
Dustin
James BR. Keene
Domino
Freedom
Brewer
Harvard Eleven
Jack McAulffie
Young Griffo
New Orleans
Actress lands Russian role by true accent in London stage
The Globe matinee presents The Monk's Reason with E. and Willard in the lead. An American actress Marion Lea travels from Brighton to join the production, convincing the manager that her genuine accent will carry the Russian adventuress character as she sweetly resumes her American voice.
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Globe Theater
London
E. &. Willard
Marion Lea
Dow
Kendals
Brighton
Lea
Quadruplet pacing machine eyed to set records
The article describes a quadruplet machine for pacing races as an advance on tan dem and triplet models. Weighing 733g pounds with a 100 inch wheel base and 30 inch wheels, it uses three chain sizes and costs about 250 dollars. It claims riders like Johnson Tyler Zeigler or Edwards could pace a mile in 1 minute 20 seconds.
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League
Johnson
Tyler
Zeigler
Edwards
Standing room sought as man buys extra tickets at Hoyt's
A well dressed man dining at Hoyt's theater in New York last week asked for front row seating to see Cissy Fitzgerald. The treasurer said the house was sold out so he paid for standing room. He left, returned saying the crush was worse, paid another dollar for standing room and re entered with two tickets.
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Cissy Fitzgerald
Hoyt
William Gillette Amy Busby engagement denied
Rumored engagement between William Gillette and Amy Busby is vigorously denied by both. Busby's friends smile when questioned, while Gillette's acquaintances note his long run with Too Much Johnson, implying disbelief.
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Mr. Gillette
Miss Wasles
William Gillette
Amy Busby
Miss Busby
Johnson
British Telegraph Service Compared With U S System
A Chicago Inter Ocean summary notes British telegraph cost 12.15 cents for 12 words plus 1 cent per additional word, with prepaid options and universal post office telegraph offices. It highlights prepayment, lack of collect messages, rapid delivery, widespread offices, and rising message totals from 6.5 million to 70 million in 25 years, with a projected surplus for unified rates.
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Great Britain
United
Ireland
London
New York
W. H. Preece
C. B
Telegraph Department
Post Office
Telegraph Branch
Chicago
Lion and the Lamb and Global Traveller Tales
A playful exchange features an African explorer and a dreamy young girl reporter as they recount globetrotting myths and urban legends. A classroom moment contrasts sight and sound with a lesson about perception, citing the long awaited new postoffice as a real life example.
The Life Plant of Jamaica
A plant in Jamaica is nicknamed the life plant for its resilience. If a leaf is cut and hung, it sprouts white roots, absorbs moisture, and grows new leaves. It can even outgrow its book in an herbarium. Only heat from iron or boiling water can kill it.
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Jamaica
Moses Kimball and Paris Gas Lamps in History
Boston Letter notes Moses Kimball of Boston, a theater manager, longed to be mayor but faced political resistance. It recalls his alderman vote against allowing Daniel Webster to refute Wendell Phillips at Faneuil Hall. Also mentions 1819 Paris gas lamps and Catherine de Medici era forehead bindings to prevent wrinkles.
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Moses Kimball
Boston
Daniel Webster
Faneuil Hall
Wendell Phillips
Catherine de’ Medici
Devilish Visitor Allegedly Strikes Bungay Church Parish
A 1687 tale recounted in the Book of Wonders describes a stormy service at Bungay where a black eighted demon in dog form allegedly attacked worshippers, killing two and injuring another as it moved to Bribery church seven miles away. The account notes visible claw prints in Bungay.
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Qnee
Bungay
Department of the Republic
Bribery
Beying
St. Louis Republic
The Large Flying Squirrel Description and Flight
The large red flying squirrel is nocturnal and surly when disturbed. It resembles a rabbit-faced, chestnut coated mammal about cat size with a long furred tail and a wide parachute membrane. It does not truly fly but glides 40 to 50 yards, landing on a branch or roof with a pigeon-like descent, as described by Spectator.
Curious Facts and Chicago Gas Bribery Case
Medical statistics by Dr. John Billings expose racial differences in infant mortality and disease susceptibility. Separate city reform efforts challenge Chicago gas contracts, arguing bribery and seeking state attorney general action to block council ordinances.
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John T. Billings
Chicago
Civic Federation
Payne
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