Texas Ranch Girl Stars In Clyde Fitch Farce Girls
Ruth Maycliffe portrays Vi in Clyde Fitch’s farce Girls, based on a Texas ranch girl. The piece traces her breakthrough from a small town upbringing through audition struggles in New York to joining Fitch's company and signing with the Shubert brothers for five years.
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Clyde Fitch
New York
Lone Star
Texas
Ruth Maycliffe
Mr. Fitch
Miss Maycliffe
Mark
Cupid
el Paso
Ruth
Busi
Dante
Kansas City
Georgia Brown
Dramatic School
Union Station
Broadway
Los Angeles
Shuberts
Lee Shubert
Fitch
Mr. Shubert
Shubert Brothers
Katherine Hamilton Hough
Origin of the British tar uniform and its American mimic
A New York World exploration traces the sailor suit origins from Britain. It explains the blue collar, white neck flannel, lanyard, and jackknife symbols tied to England Ireland Scotland and Nelson victories. The piece notes mourning scarves after Trafalgar and comments on America seeking its own naval attire.
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America
England
Ireland
Scotland
Nelson
Lord Nelson
Aboukir
Jack
Copenhagen
Trafalgar
Braid
New York World
More the Merrier Dumb Oratory Stage Game Idea
A rainy day activity for students described as a humorous classroom game. One group acts behind a curtain while others extend arms through slits to create a “dumb orator” effect during recitations. Notes suitable pieces include The Smack in School, Poe selections like The Raven, and Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight.
Lovelorn Lobster's Affectionate Plea
The Lovelorn Lobster speaks to a sardine in verse, declaring true love and haunting the vicinity. A lyrical joke from the St. Louis Republic renders a playful marine romance with a dainty bite of whimsy.
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St. Louis Republic
Mathes of a Workbox Themed Ring Game
Children sit in a circle and name articles from a workbox such as scissors thimble needle pin tape measure thread and spools. One child in the center spins a top sings my lady must have her scissors before I count six. Scissors must jump in before six or take center and spin another item.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Watermelon Burst by a Bullet
A single fact states that firing a bullet at a ripe watermelon will not slice through but will cause the fruit to rupture into fragments rather than leaving a clean cut or hole.
A March Race Prompt in Wild Weather
A playful verse from Women’s Home Companion celebrates mad March winds and a rabbit race. The speaker taunts a swift hare, declaring a friendly competition as gusts whip the day and the race begins.
A Queer Word Riddle
A riddle asks for an English word whose first two letters denote a man, first three a woman, first four a great man, and the full word a great woman. The answer given is Lleroine.
Neale loses mail then finds it at store
A six year old, Neale, is trusted to mail a business letter but loses it on the way. He returns home by a longer route after stray into Carter Street. The letter is found when he arrives at the store and admits dropping it to curious onlookers. Grandma and mother resolve to test his honesty again on a future mailing.
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Boston
Papa
Neale
Eric
Carter Street
Neate
Grandma
Caroline Wheaton
Deaf Mute Boy Sings Washington Tale in Sign Language
A touching piece from Professor Gallandet recounts a deaf mute pupil who confidently tells the cherry tree story. The boy signs that Washington used his right hand to tell his father he cut the tree, challenging the lecturer’s claim of a left hand hatchet.
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Gallandet
George
Boys to Emulate Sheldon in Local Spotlight
Benjamin Rice and Alonzo Neiniger, both fourteen from Alton UL, are set to emulate Sheldon in a local feature. The pair are highlighted for character and potential, with details on their activities and community interest forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spectator
Christ
Alton
Sheldon
Benjamin Rice
Alonzo Neiniger
Alton, UL
Woman Credits Pinkham Product For Healthand Happiness
Mrs. Mattie Copenhaver of Parsons Kansas reports two years of severe feminine illnesses. She says morphine offered no relief until Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound restored her health and well being. She urges all sick women to consider her experience.
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Mattie Copenhaver
Parsons, Kans
Lydia E. Pinkam
Facts for Sick Women from Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
An old promotional notice touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for women’s ailments. It claims to cure displacements, inflammation, ulcers, fibroid tumors, periodic pains, backache, bearing down, indigestion, dizziness, and nervous prostration and invites women to write for free confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Miss. Symith
Donahey
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Womans Home Companion
Yaicions
Dr. King
Lemmen
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Foley
Leiey & Company
Chicago
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
SM Bou
Anc
Baines
Sprague Correspondence School OF Law
Frank Rogers
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