Theatrical notes in New York and Paris stages
Weber and Fields present a burlesque on Raffles with Kyrle Bellew at the Princess theater. Jeanne Wedekind, with Bernhardt mother role in Paris, plus Mildred Holland’s The Triumph of an Empress cast includes James E. Wilson and Dorothy Rossmore. Jack Barrymore joins Clyde Fitch's Glad of It. Also stage adaptations and fashion remarks from New York Post on fur and fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber & Fields
Mildred Holland
James E. Wilson
J. T. Sullivan
Dorothy Rossmore
Violet Rand
Barrymore
Jack
Maurice Barrymore
Charles Frohman
Clyde Fitch
Stewart Edward White
Hudson Bay Country
Robert Edeson
Byron Ongley
Jessaline Rogers
Philadelphia
Ralph Stuart
Paris
Gown News Describes Velvet Gowns and Large Muffs
The piece highlights fashionable gowns of panne and chiffon velvet with green, gray, and black colors. Large winter muffs are noted, though many are oversized only in trim.
Churchmen and Clergy News and Notables
The pope is described as a devout postcard collector with a tally exceeding ten thousand. Two English clergymen, Rev. W. J. Dawson and Rev. Hugh Black, are slated to tour America next year and are noted as authors and preachers. Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal church in Boston honors Rev. Dr. Leighton Parks with a $20,000 purse for twenty-five years of service. Rev. Thomas L. Smith of Denver, eighty, is linked to Washington on his mother’s side and to Chief Justice Marshall on his father’s side and is remembered as a Confederate army chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
St. Peter
America
W. J. Dawson
Hugh Black
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church of
Boston
Leighton Parks
Thomas L. Smith
Denver
Washington
Marshall
Smith
Law Points on Promises and Garnishment in Sale Contracts
The text discusses when a promise to pay for third party merchandise is enforceable without writing, limits on garnishment for individual partner interests in firms, and damages for breach of sale contracts measured by market value minus contract price with prompt resale as a valuation method. It cites cases 72 Pac. Rep. 367, 04 N. W. 247, and 83 N. W. 26.
Railroads Cause Thousands of Deaths and Injuries
The year ended June 30 saw 3,550 deaths and 49,077 injuries on American railroads. The piece cites comparing rail safety to English, French, and German standards and invokes General Sherman in a call for reduced rail casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Denver Republican
Indianapolis News
Royal Robes and Reign Aides Across European Courts
King Edward VII is described as weighing 250 pounds and standing five feet seven inches. The German emperor employs more than 3,000 people, about two thirds women. Prince Nicholas of Montenegro, once an athletic prodigy and skilled swordsman, is noted as a writer of prose and verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward VII
Prince Nicholas
Montenegro
Black Mountain
Rhode Island
Timely Topics and Shifting Public Manners
Quotations from multiple papers discuss gun sales and crime population, posture toward Cuba and Canada, water and typhoid, southern cotton growth, rising patriotism at concerts, and respect for national symbols. The notes reflect editorial humor and civic concerns across cities.
Pastor Leaving to Marry Next Week
Maud warns of the young pastor's departure as he plans marriage next week, with Mabel confirming the upcoming wedding in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud
Mabel
Chicago Tribune
A Kiss in the Dark and a Stolen Moment
Carrie Wood's engagement hinges on Cameron and Lamkie while a stereopticon mishap during a Holy Land lecture exposes a kiss. Cameron defends the act as a fool’s luck and Lamkie’s clerical path suffers while Carrie and the bridegroom wed. Lamkie’s status as a new clergyman is questioned.
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Sarah
Cameron
Carrie
Lamkie
Ife
Theological Seminary
Evan Cameron
Carrie Wood
Farnam Lamkie
Evan
Woods
Mr. Wood
Lam
Holy Land
Mr. Lamkie
Mr. Cameron
Miss Wood
Lambie
Jerusalem
Theolog
Mr. Lambie
Miss Carrie
Mabel E, Hoxley
Sires and Sons in Brief: Notables and Oddities
A miscellany notes Cleve land’s duck haul at 88 dollars and W. Cotton, 77, as Indiana’s oldest reporter. It records Commander F A Miller buying a 1000 pew in St. John’s Church Washington, and Arkansas ex governor Eagle’s 21st year as Baptist state convention president. Senator Gallinger’s medical past and Quay’s Oklahoma interest are mentioned, plus Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s jibe about David Harum. Also Philadelphia septuagenarian Norris’s recovery and Hogg-Hedge joke among lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
W. Cotton
Indiana
New Albany Daily Ledger
F. A. Miller
U. N
St. John’s Church
Washington
James P. Eagle
Arkansas
Baptist State Convention
Senator Gallinger
New Hampshire
Senate
Admiral Cervera
Spain
Heard
Louisiana
New Orleans
Thomas EK. Norris
Philadelphia
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
David Harum
New York City
Campbell- Bannerman
Gladstone
Senator Quay
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
James Kennedy
Youngstown
Representative Hogg
Colorado
Hogg
Hedge
Iowa
Kennedy
Science Siftings and Notable Findings
M Curie reports radium rays color glass violet blue. Lapworth views the moon geologically as an active living world. Mars comes 85 million miles closer every fifteen years, otherwise 141 million miles away. Tuberculosis microbes in cheese are killed by cheese ripening, per exhaustive study.
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M. Curie
Lapworth
Mars
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
New York Post
California
Rock Island
Southern
el Paso
Golden State Limited
Chicago
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Rock Island System
H. W. Russel
Agt
Davenport, la
Chicago Record-Herald
Canada
Cuba
Uncle Sam
South
Washington Post
Ind
Washington Star
Kiss
Sires and Sons
Science Siftings
Monmouth Ladies
Academy Ladies
Hiday
Sie
The
Edison
Thos. A. Edison
Civic Hotel
T. H. Ghilgote
New Mexico
Arizona
Alamogordo
Tucson
Phoenix
Yuma
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