French Financier Rochette's meteoric rise and dramatic fall
A Paris based financier known as Rochette rose from brush boy to banker in ten years, building a vast network of mining and mantle ventures. His rapid ascent ended with a dramatic crash affecting banks, brokers, and thousands of small investors, while allies defend him as a victim of powerful foes.
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France
Napoleon
Marengos
Easy Street
House of Glass
Jul
Diris
The
Republic
Eue
Eouth
Packsa
Itai Tu
Paris
Honda
Balzac
Parisien
Pat- She
Tonton
Ette
Illustriel
Fydhon
Cieir
Webot
Minier
Hank
Thy
Svdinand
Swan Coe
Ham Eoor
Hochett Urker
Poonakek
Odirenc Fa
Credit Minter
Fala
South America
Wodertul
Melun
Feta
Linehotte
Provio
Vind
Troup
Woese Duss
Caisse Des Mines
Roche
ML Bochette
Ney
Saint Germain
Mme. Rochette
Bois de Boulogne
M. Rochette
Bois Colombes
Villard Joyeuse
Biarritz
M. Rochcette
Pyrenees
Santander
Altoria
Nerva
Rochette
Credit Minier
Laviana ‘Loal
Tweland
Morocco
le Financier Nere
Mintry Syndicate
Orlaber
Buisson
Hella
Credit Minuet
Banco Franco-Espanol
Madrid
Union Francais-Burgeast
A M. Gadot
M. Gadot
Titsson
Hellat
Brisson
Universal Gas Mantle and Houisson Hella Company, Limited
Randall Hoye
Louis Lecadieux
de Mayer
Marquis Wraylois de Crevecneur
Charles F. Willer
M. Charret de la Wremoire
Cok Boutan
Sea Lion and the Dog at Puget Sound Meeting
A sea lion climbs into a dinghy to view a setter dog aboard a U S fisheries steamer near Puget Sound. The animal spends the night on the dinghy after repeatedly changing positions among the boats as the men hoist the launch. A photograph records the moment.
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Puget Sound
New Yor
Townsend
New York Aquarium
Zoological Society Bulleting
United States Fisheries
Altatross
Ambitious amateur actress lands lead in Artie after bold claim
Miss Vira Stowe, an aspiring ingenue from Boston, persuaded manager Charless Dillingham to give her a chance in New York by claiming two seasons in Omaha and a leading role with a red company on the Pacific Coast. Though lacking experience, her bluff reached Charlie Frohman. She secured the leading female part in Artie at the Belasco Theatre, earning strong early success before colleagues discovered the deception.
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Vira
Stowe
Belasco Theater
Guy Standing
New- York
Miss Stowe
New York
Boston
Newark
Charlea Dillingham
George Ade
Artie
Mr. Dillingham
Omaha
Pacific
William Seymour
Charlies Frohman
Mr. Seymour
M. Slowe
Nur
Charles Frohman
Omaha Stock Company
Pacifica Coast
Dillingham
Edwardes
Seymour
Frohman
Fisherman Tells Tales Of Music Loving Fish And Watermelons
An old Virginia mariner recounts amusing anecdotes about fish that seem to enjoy operatic tunes and the taste of watermelon. He recalls a schooner excursion where singing drew splashes, and a capes voyage where watermelons sparked a feeding frenzy, ending with a fond farewell to friends.
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Isaak Walton
Potomac
Virginia
Sumare
Tara
Georgia
Capes
Lower
Aborn Opera to Open Carmen with Russo at New National
Aborn Opera Company announces a one week engagement of Italian tenor Domenico Russo to sing Don Jose in Carmen at the New National Theater starting April 27. Cast includes Edith Brandford, Harry Luckstone, Sabery D’Orsell, Charles Swickard, and George Crampton.
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Carmen
Aborn Opera’ Company
New National ‘Theater
Milton
Sargent
Aborn
Domenico Russo
Don Jos
Signor Russo
Je. Tetrazzini
Henry Wolfsohn
Royal Italian Opera Company
Academy of Music
New York
Aborn Opera Company
New National
Edith Brandford
Carrymen
Harry ‘Luckstone
Escamillo
Sabery D’orsell
Micaela
Charles Swickard
Zunega
George Crampton
Donestra
Young medic indignant over odd exam question in New York
A New York hospital job scramble drew attention as examiners at Williamsburg Hospital asked a puzzling question about cabbage. The P R S man criticized the query as foolish yet implied it tested common sense amid the push for fresh graduates to gain city hospital experience.
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New York
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Cornell
Bellevue
New York City
Williamsburg Hospital
Mescal Fiend Lurks On San Francisco Streets
In San Francisco the mescal fiend becomes a prominent menace on Kearny Street near Telegraph Hill. Vendors sell pale wine and crude mescal brandy cheaply, attracting drinkers to tavern corners and Portsmouth Square. Police report rising casualties as mescal sales inflame crowds and provoke officials to intervene.
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San
iFrancisco
Chinatown
Kearny Street
California
Portsmouth Square
Stevenson
San Francisco
Swapped Fish Hatchery Stock Restocks Local Waters
New York aquarium staff report about 2,000,000 yellow perch eggs from Wading River L I placed in jars of a model hatcher. Some perch eggs will return to the stream for eyeing. About 200 young rainbow and brook trout and fifty yearling brook trout were also released into Watins River from the aquarium hatchery.
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New York
Aquarium
Wading River
L. I
A. B. Davis
Watins River
Davis
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Mark of Rochette
Chicago News
Paladelphia Press
Subbub's
Tie
Vira Stowe
Columbia
Kellar and Thurston
Howard Thurston
Kellar
Columbia Theater
Thurston
Australia
New Zealand
India
Magic
Ythursten
Chase
Jesse I. Lasky
Inez Macauley
Clarence Oliver
Sam Williams
Fields and Ward
Prince Kok
Academy
Owen Devis
A. J. Spencer
New Academy
James E. Hackett
James R. Hackett
Hackett
Zenda
Pollchinelle
Jrreiro
Don Caesar de Bazan
Belasco
Princeton Triangle Club
Washington
Congress
Princeton
Triangle Club
Prineton
J. I. Scull
Thaddeus Gorecki
Ho Samuels
CL Cooper
Roy
Arthur. H. Samuels
Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Pittsburg
Rochester
Indianapolis
Uncle Sam’s Ditch
Canal Zone
Pennsylvania
H. K. Mohr
William Tirnst, Jr
Charles Gilpin
C. S&s. Morgan
Monsen
Land of
Arizona
Frederick Monsen
Belasca
Mr. Monson
National
New York Symphony Orchestra
Walter Damrosch
New National Theater
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
Damrosch
Loudon Charlton
T. Arthur Smith
Richard Carle
Eldolize Ila
Madagascar
Odie
Charles Marks
Grand Op Aborn Opera CO
Ning
Bizet
Groers
F St.n. WW
Aster Festival
Joe Welch
Ellis Island
Ten
Teal
Walter Schrode
Size Mulvey
John T. Grace Thorne
Carleton
Willie Weston
Meee
Frederic Voelker
Lin
Parisian
Novello
Wire
Incz Macauley & Co., &c. Bay
Dee
James O’neill
Virginius
Monte Cristo Julius Caesar
James K. Hackett
Jernico
John Glayde
Jericho
Preusie
Mir
Hadden Squire
Mary Cryder
T. Arthur Smith’s
Steinway
Belascomme Ie A
Ag A
Washington Junior League OF National Junior Republic
Percy F. Leach
WM. K. Evans
Milton W. Lusk
4MER Stock CO
Breese Stevens
Ashington
Burt
Nicolai
Poynter
Lena Rivers
Mary J. Holmes
Wilsons
Bpardos Pictures
E. D. Allen
Grayety Theater
St. St. Near
the Age
Clark’s
Runaway Girls CO
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Garfield Memorial
D. A. BR
Washington Lodge
VIAVI
Colorado
Robert L. T. Taylor
Continental Hall
17Th ST
Rough Riders’ Monument
F Street
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