Mountain Revivalist Disrupted by Rough Congregation
A traveler from Rogersville Tennessee encounters a rough revivalist with a hymn book preaching in Wharton’s Valley. The local audience ridicules him, exposes his past, and turns the meeting against him, forcing him to depart. The more serious preacher asks for forgiveness as the crowd reflects on their own sins and ends the gathering.
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Rogersville
Tenn
Asi
Tam
Wharton's Valley
Wharton’s
Joe Villa
Joe
Joe Willams
Joseph
Ile
Salvation Army
Joe Williams
Maziar
M. Quad
Detroit Free Press
Coquelin in Chicago French Scene At McVicker Theatre
Eugene Field notes Chicago audience fever for Coquelin as fluent French banter fills the McVicker Theatre. Patrons, including P. D. Armour and Col. McVicker, praise the performance while the crowd jokes about Parisian talk and the French language. A playful Miss Penelope Waldo scene closes with a capillus capillary worm gag.
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Coguelin
Cavo
McVicker
Mifceabak
M. Thomas Geary
Tom Geary
ML Geary
Chicago
Geary
Col
McVicker Ciel
Les Jumels
Cequelin
B. P. Hutchinson
Coquelin
Mr. Hutchinson
Monsieur Hutchinson
Monsieur
Bis
Hutch
Eugene Field
Chcago News
Penelopa Waldo
Boston
Cultured Enthusiasm in a Chicago Play
Mrs Bulns expresses rapture at M'sieu Cokerlain delivering lines while Mr Bulns teases her for being behind in the book. The Chicago Tribune captures a lively theater moment with local readers absorbed in the performance.
Thoughtful boy and drum plea across parental objections
A boy asks his father to buy a drum and promises not to drum when asleep. The exchange appears in the Pittsburg Chronicle. Also noted is Patti who sleeps twelve hours a day, giving her an advantage over those who want to hear her sing, mentioned in the Binghamton Republican.
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Charlie
Pittsburg Chronicle
The Generous Striker and The Phonograph Back Talk
A humorous exchange cites Yeast and Bacon as generous, with Crimsonbeak noting a weekly strike for a V. The Yonkers Statesman cartoon frames the best sleeping position, while Pittsburgh Commercial hints at much back talk around the phonograph.
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Bacon
Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
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Warren
Glade and
Pleasant
Boss Grocery
Hickory ST
Warren, PA
P. Greenlund
P. Greenlund's Furniture Stores
Water Street
Episcopal Church
Front St
Pennia
Gallson
Cario
Phonograph
Pitteburg Conmercial
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