The White Rat and Other Popular Plays by Stephens
Davis & Keogh employ R N Stephens to write popular melodramas and comedies for Broadway managers. He began as a newspaper dramatic editor and now churns out On the Bowery and The White Rat while pursuing a romantic sixteenth century drama. Stephens aims to finance bigger, ambitious works and hopes public taste will embrace his future serious pieces.
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Palmer
Paul Potter
Charles Frohman
Mansfield
Garrick Theater
New York
Davis & Keogh
R. N. Stephens
Bowery
Steve Brodie
Robert H. Stephens
Jess
Tom Davis
Davis
Frank Bush
Stephens
Mr. Stephens
Poe
John Kernell
Kernell
Tnis
France
Stanley J. Weyman
On the Bowery
Pacing Prospects and Track Talk From the Turf
The Suburban slated for June 15 features world champion Robert J carrying 125 extra pounds as he prepares for a fierce race. Alix’s sale offer of 20,000 by a Frenchman was refused, while Fantasy is praised as a top racing prospect likely to hit 2 02 this season. Various feats across track and field are noted, including records by Victor Mapes and Tommy Conneff, plus Corbett recounts his first boxing knockout at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.
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the Bowery
Chicago
OctTavis Cohen
New York
Robert J
Monroe Salisbury
Alix
Jack Curry
Cr. J. Hamlin
A. H. Bogardus
al Bandle
Brewer
Corbett
Olympic Club
San Francisco
James J. Corbett
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Gorinski
Mr. Barney
Barney
Anorx
Feel of Winning 160000 in Brooklyn Handicap
Fred Foster recalls winning the Brooklyn Handicap with Dr. Rice last year. He describes the crowd, the rush of emotion, Taral guiding the jockey, and the surreal moment of victory. He shares how the triumph affected him, including forgetting to cash tickets amid the excitement.
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Fred Foster
Dr. Rice
Taral
Tallyho
McClelland
Brooklyn
Lillian Russell Mortgage Explained
Public curiosity swelled after reports that Lillian Russell mortgaged her home for 19000. The article notes her high income and long earnings, clarifying she is not broke and that the 19000 loan at 5 percent likely refinances an older 22000 mortgage at 6 percent.
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Lillian Russell
Miss Russell
Russell
Patsys Arm Was Strong In A Sheepshead Bay Tale
Old Pat Nolan, building a home at Sheepshead Bay, recalls frugality and business skill from his days as a steeplechase jockey. A countryman jokes about Patsy crossing the water jump to fund the house, with Patsy agreeing in Irish brogue.
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Patsy
Pat Nolan
Sheepshead Bay
Miny
Pat
Moike
Cornell Crew Heads for Henley Grand Challenge Cup
Cornell prepares a celebrated eight to contest the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley on the Thames July 9 to 11. Captain R L Shape leads a 12 member crew with coach Charles E Courtney, facing elite Oxford and Cambridge oars in a race famed for strict amateur rules and fierce trial heats.
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Robert L. Shape
Cornell
Oxford
Cambridge
Charles B. Courtney
England
Henley
Thames
London
Simon
Huglish Amateur Rowing Association
Courtney
R. L. Shape
Milwaukee
B. ©. Hager
Buffalo
F. W. Freeborn
Ithaca
Washington
T. W. Fennell
Elmira
T. Hall
Ontario
F. Johnson
Catskill
R. E. Sanford
Chicago
Moore
Olean
Charles E. Courtney
H . Jeffers
Kingsly
J. Ins
Newark
W. Bentley
Flavanna
F. D. Colson
BR. T. Richardson
F. M. Matthews
BR. L. Shape
W. Freeborn
Coxmyain
Enaleare
Court Martial of an Indian Elephant a Bizarre Military Tale
A Brooklyn Eagle report describes Elephant Abdul tried by court martial in Campbellpore for killing Lyce Ramboucles. The elephant is whipped with a cable lash by Lalla No 1 as senior punishment, then imprisoned for two years. The scene includes a square formation of 14 elephants surrounding officers and guards.
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India
Montague W. Martin
Lnte
Brooklyn Eagle
Campbellpore
Abdul
Sree Ramboucles
Cameron
Thirty-fourth
Hogras Native Infantry
Ephant Abdul
Lyce Ramboucles
Ramboundles
Lalla No. 1
Lalla
Gravedigger Driven to Madness by Coffin Vision
John McCloud a 21 year old sexton from South Amboy New Jersey went insane after striking a coffin and seeing an upturned face with open eyes peering through a broken lid. The frightening sight triggered a decline to melancholy morose behavior and violent fits needing restraint by three men.
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John McCloud
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
South Amboy
N. J
McCloud
Curious Cases of Cruelty to Animals in Boston
The Boston Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals investigated 8000 cents of cruelty last year. A man jailed six months for driving his horse to death. two others jailed three and four months for overdriving. Several convictions for beating and kicking animals occurred, including a brutal act against a gray squirrel. A drunk man bit three inches off a cat tail, costing 85 per inch. Two Frenchmen fined 5 dollars each for exhibiting a bear. the bear was confiscated and killed. A butcher fined 10 dollars for hanging a steer before slaughter. Two drunk men attempted to kill a hog with an ax, mangling it. each received ten months in the house of correction. Docking horse tails cost offenders 100 dollars each.
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Boston Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
House of Correction
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