Refined Malice and a Turbulent Hamlet Night
Therbert Kelcey tells a story that sets a new record for refined malice in a tale of a New York costumer with a grudge against Lawrence Barrett. The all star testimonial of tamlet at the Metropolitan Opera House featured Barrett as ghost and Kelcey Bernardo with Booth directing. The night devolved into farce as miscasting and missed cues unravelled a disastrous performance praised by few this Saturday Evening Post item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Therbert Kelcey
Josephine
Mr. Kelcey
New York
Lawrence Barrett
Tamlet
Metropolitan Opera House
Barrett
Hamlet
Booth
Horatio
Shakespeare
Kelcey
DeWolf Hopper
Marshall Wilder
Ophelia
Mme. Modjeska
Mr. Hopper
Saturday Evening Post
Local notices from Winfield and surrounding areas
Residents and visitors are listed with weekend travel plans. People mentioned include Melvin Munshower, L H O Loughlin, Rouse family, R C Ferguson, Katherine Berdo, Ralph Gibson, Nancy Kendall, the Bickfords, Ed McFarland, Blodwin Jones, Will Orth, Alex Gibson, the Yard couple, Lou Jugenheimer, Oscar Jugenheimer, W F Brinton, General Weaver, and Brinton Entertaining Co. The piece notes trips to Des Moines, Washington Pa, Chicago, Unionville, Fairport, Granville, and other towns, plus local social events and a poetry excerpt.
License to wed issued in Vienna for J Dofrance Dean and Edith Lewis
The license to wed was issued Saturday afternoon to J Dofrance Dean and Edith L. Lewis, both of this city. A K Winsor and daughter Elsie of Missouri arrived today from Gladwin and planned a brief visit with friends before continuing east to New York for a weeks visit with relatives. He is remembered as formerly an enlistee at the Ock Island for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Dofrance Dean
Edith L. Lewis
A. K. Winsor
Elsie
Missouri
Gladwin
Keota
New York
Ock Island
Local residents visit friends and travel notes
Miss Verne Mathers from Haskins visits with friends. Mr and Mrs Ed Saunders of Weyland city visitors Saturday. W H Warner and wife return from Estherville Iowa and Albert Lea Minn after a delightful trip. Fresh angel food and devil foods noted at local shop.
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Mrs
Ed Saunders
Wayland
W. H. Warner
Estherville
Iowa
Albert Lea
Minn
The New Baby in the Modern Age
Eugene Wood critiques American Magazine's September piece on infant care. He laments modern shifts away from motherly love and romance, arguing strict dietary regimes, weekly weight standards, and separate sleeping arrangements replace instinctive care and warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Wood
The
Motherlove
Local residents visit, work moves, and travel notes
Fresh buns and rolls daily at Mrs. Al Sowash in West Chester. Mrs. M. L. Miller and Vera visit from Ainsworth. Rev. W. R. Yard of Chicago visits brother Arthur Yard. Lee Bell helps at Cunningham grocery during James Cunningham’s absence. Ralph Gibson becomes Lemmon jewelry’s new assistant. Mrs. D. M. Maroney and two children visit J. C. Swift in town from Rock Island. Miss Jennie Cook returns to work at Tondre Benz millinery. Kalona visitors Fred Smith A. G. Snider Emmet Louck and Mrs. Henry Smith. Miss Hattie Nicola from Chicago visits relatives. Mrs. Bert Rittenhouse and daughter return home from Brenton after Chautauqua. Miss Luella Crandell returns from Fairbault and visits C. H. Keck. Stewart Mary and Lucile Cherry leave for home near Nira after visiting in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Berdo
Washington
Washington Seminary
Ralph Gibson
Chicago
Nancy Kendall
James Bickford
Hal
Amy Bickford McKee
E. J
J. A. Kolicek
Unionville
W. R. Yard
Arthur Yard
Lee Bell
Cunninham
James Cunningham
Lemmon Jewelry
D. M. Maroney
Rock Island
J. C. Swift
Jennie Cook
Tondre & Benz
Fred Smith
A. G. Snider
Emmet Louck
Henry Smith
Kalona
Luella Crandell
Fairbault
Minn
H. Keck
Stewart
Mary
Lucile Cherry
Mollie Cherry
Nira
The Champion Electric Sign in New York
A giant electric sign on the western exposure of a building at Spring and Macdougal streets, New York, is the largest in the world. The letter B stands sixty eight feet high with smaller letters fifty feet high, five feet wide, lit by about 1,400 lamps. The sign spans miles across the Hudson, the work of lamp replacement requires one man on a tall scaffold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring and
Macdougal Streets
New York
Hudson
New Jersey
Jersey
New York Post
Indians Crossing Into Washington Labor Market Attract Attention
The Chicago Record-Herald notes that over 1,000 Hindoos recently crossed into Washington state and joined the local labor pool, with turbaned workers seen on California railroads and small, conspicuous groups influencing travelers. It contrasts India's population and land area with China and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
India
China
Japan
Chicago Record-Herald
Vanishing Old Curiosity Shop in Ports mouth Street
The Old Curiosity Shop and adjacent property near Lincoln's Inn Fields are being demolished after freehold sale to make way for a block of business premises. The 800 year old building, tied to James I era, may not prove the Dickensian shop, but tenants have received compensation and will continue printing in Great Queen Street Pall Mall Gazette reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old London
Great Queen Street
Pall Mall
Dr Shoop Restorative Promoted For Digestion Nerves
An advertisement urges readers to try Dr Shoop s Restorative for stomach nerves heart and kidneys claiming symptoms reflect deeper illness. It promises samples and a free ok and notes the product is sold by J H Stewart in Racine Wisconsin.
English humor and the last laugh joke from Jerome K. Jerome
A Philadelphia Press quip highlights Jerome K. Jerome and the English sense of humor. A party of fellows shared a joke, and the crowd included one Englishman told to laugh last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome K. Jerome
Philadelphia Press
Crane Fordsville Visitors Reach Home Of Brother
Mrs Romig and Miss Katherine Buxbaum visiting at the home of their brother John Buxbaum at Crane fordsville arrived Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romig
Katherine Buxbaum
John Buxbaum
Cranefordsville
Foley's Kidney Cure Claim Sparks Cautionary Warning
A historical advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Cure truly cures all kidney and bladder diseases and warns readers that neglecting it will lead to blame. It notes sales through druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ponce
Frank L. Wilson & Co
J.A. Harwood the Shoe Man
South Side
Melvin Munshower
Winfield
L. H. O'Loughlin
Des Moines
Mrs. Rouse
Wyman
R. C. Ferguson
West Chester
Mt. Pleasant
David Gordon
Crawfordsvillle
Ed McFarland
Blodwin Jones
Burlington
Miller
Brindley
Berdo
Will Orth
Davenport
Will Gibson
Alex Gibson
West
Jefferson Street
Big Rock
Arthur
Crawfordsville
Lou Jugenheimer
Fairport
Oscar Jugenheimer
Havre
W. F. Brinton
Great Bend
Old Soldiers
Granville
Ill
General Weaver
Brinton
Ed. V. Price & Co
Dougherty Bros
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
Vienna
Verne Mathers
Haskins
al Sowash
Hattie Nicola
Clinton
City
Bert Rittenhouse
Brighton
S.S.S
S.S. S
S. S
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