Leake dole of bread feeds New York’s aged beggars
Since 1792 the Leake dole bequeathed by John Leake provides sixpenny wheaten loaves each Sabbath morning to 18 pensioners at Trinity church, later moved to 46 Varick Street to Saturdays. Each week 67 loaves are prepared and distributed quietly to the most deserving, with stories of former wealth and poverty among recipients.
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Trinity Charch
John Leake
John Watts
Leake and Watts
Protestant Episcopal Church
State of
New York
Trinity Church
Yorman
Sun
the Sexton
New Y York
Moinin
Wassa
New York Sun
Frau Klafsky to Sing Wagner in America with Damrosch Company
Hungarian soprano Frau Katharine Klafsky, famed as a leading Wagner heroine, arrives in New York with her husband to join Mr. Damrosch's season. She previously sang under Anton Seidl in Bremen and Italy, studying Wagner roles and Leonore in Fidelio, and will perform in America after a dispute over his demand for half her earnings.
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America
Frau
Katharine Klafsky
Walter Drosch
Pollini
Stadttheater
Hamburg
Prav Hlfsky
Frau Klafsey
Cartes Verein
Lilli Lehmann
Frau Klafsky
New York
Mr. Damrosch
Herr Lohse
Damrosch Company
Anton Seidl
Bremen
Angelo Neumann
Italy
Mr. Seidl
Brunnhilde
Sieglinde
Leonore
Fidelio
Branhilde
Ivelde
Marchesi
Vienna
Julius T. Hey
Munich
Richard Mansfield's Wasted Advice
Richard Mansfield vents at a youth who sat with a straw hat in his room while awaiting the actor-manager. He admonishes proper etiquette and notes the youth’s conduct as inexcusable in front of elders. The youth later sends a curt note calling Mansfield an unmitigated blackguard, leaving Mansfield stunned at the reception.
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Richard Mansfield
Mr. Mansfield
Mansfield
Mansfeld
Imperial Opera House scheme at Haymarket faces land lease hurdle
A London rumor links a proposed grand opera house named the Imperial Opera House to opposition from Sir Augustus Harris of the Royal English Opera House. Key obstacle is a long lease held by a wine merchant demanding a large bonus, potentially Harris himself. If funded, Marcus Mayer may join as director or manage the project.
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Gusarris
London
Haymarket
Augustus Harris
Royal English Opera House
Imperial Opera House
Sir Augustus Harris
Pew Company
Marcus Mayer
Blaney Announces Two New Plays In New York
Charles E. Blaney, a leading author of light plays, plans two New York productions late in the season. A four act comedy drama titled The Electrician features novel effects, while a spectacular farce called A Coney Island Girl may showcase shooting the chutes and bathing in a real water tank.
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Charles E. Blaney
New York
Coney Island
Indefatigable Bernhardt to Tour With Sudermann Works
Indefatigable Sarah Bernhardt plans an American tour featuring Sudermann's Die Ehre in English as Forror. Impressed by Magda's London success, she will give Sudermann another chance with a strong company slated for the road.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Sudermann
London
The Mysterious Hayseed in Greenwich Street
A tale set in a Greenwich Street eatery features Tom Byrnes, then police superintendent, as a blunt warning to a brash young man. A quiet, gray suited stranger with long hair and a carpet satchel intimidates with a single remark about Byrnes. The others mystery hinted at Ike Vail’s later fate.
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Tom Byrnes
Greenwich Street
Tf Byrnes
Ike Vail
Kipling
New York Journal
Count Ito's Heroic Wife and The Night of Escape
Sir Edwin Arnold recounts Count Ito of Japan and a faithful wife who sheltered him during an assassination attempt. The countess, though dragged by attackers by her hair, hidden Ito beneath floorboards after removing a firebox to mislead the killers. Ito later survived and helped shape Japan's modern constitution.
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Count Ito
Edwin Arnold
Saganore
Ito
Japan
Watches Shift From Brooches To Silk Cord And Ribbon
The era of brooches and chatelaines for watches has ended as watch chains reemerge. Watches are tucked in watch pockets and secured with black or dark silk cords or narrow ribbons, with only a few fine gold chains seen. Summer fashion favors satin ribbons matching gowns, though some gold chains remain. The Rock Island railroad tests conductor honesty by removing spotters and using saved funds to raise conductor wages, a plan reportedly succeeding for the company and staff.
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Rock Island Railroad
Philadelphia Ledger
Defense of a Purse Thief In Parliament Era Wit
A lighthearted defense for a purse theft was offered with the remark that the thief was tempted by the purse protruding. The defendant argued his intrusion was justified by temptation, a quip attributed to a Westminster Gazette comment.
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Westminster Gazette
The Imperishable Fool Hartford Courant Quote
A Franklin quotation notes that the supply of foolish people never runs dry while they die from folly each day, reflecting on human folly with a wry newsroom tone.
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Hartford Courant
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Frazer Axle
Warren Mills
Warren
Averneun
Ocean Stesiurehlops
Opficens
T. O. Slater & Co
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Water St
Warren, Pa
August Morck
Allen & Langley
Second St
Warren, Penn’a
W. Jarvis
Water Street
Penn’a
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