Divine Sarah Thrills New York In Bernhardt Debut
Washington Post witnesses a dramatic Bernhardt first in New York with Pierre the stage director and a demanding cast. The crowd flocks backstage as the diva commands attention, confounds critics, and reveals a human, vulnerable side between bursts of French fury and stagecraft.
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Washington Post
New York
Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Mr. Gullivan
New England
Mary Wilkins
Pierre
Sapes
Sarah
Plas
Deress
To Become a Giant Sleep Outdoors in Nebraska
Fred Bowie, famed as Northern Nebraska’s giant, camps along the Kikhorn River for another winter. A Northwestern Railroad bridge builder by trade, he embraces outdoor life, trapping during snow seasons, crediting outdoor living for health and stature. Bowie stands seven feet tall in his pis etockings and is large in proportion.
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Boston American
Fred Bgodie
Nebraska
Kikhorn
Mr. Bowie
Northwestern Railroad
Bouche
Automatic stove regulator patents ease fire control
A German inventor patents a stove regulator using a metal rod that expands with heat to move a damper and control fuel admission. The device features a three position dial cold normal warm and a linkage along the back connecting to the damper at the bottom. As heat rises the regulator expands opening the damper more to self regulate the fire.
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Argandent
Freburs
Germany
Iil
Foot-Power Hammer and Gas Lamp Adapters Offer New Tools
Two Kansas inventors unveil a foot operated hammer that uses a treadle to trigger a spring loaded strike, allowing precise blows on different parts of the anvil face. The report also notes gas lamp adapters for heating liquids and a corkscrew device from a Canadian inventor, plus a Texas insect catcher for cotton pests and other daily utility gadgets.
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Kansas
Texas
Hood's Sursaparilia Promoted For Blood Purification
A distorted ad copy touts Hood's Sursaparilia as a cure to disease by purifying the blood. It claims to soothe inflamed surfaces and catarrh by expelling taints from the blood, urging readers to use Hood's non-tititating cathartic as well.
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Hood
Purifier Device For Water And Liquor Aging
A California man reveals an apparatus that purifies water by electrolytic action removing suspended and dissolved impurities, then heats the liquid and exhausts air from the bottle. The illustrated container can be glass or another material.
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California
Burglar Husband Reconciled With Wife In Court
George Grubb of San Francisco donned false whiskers and used skeleton keys to visit his wife at her father Frank Johnson's home on Otis street seeking forgiveness. Discovered by Lottie Johnson, he was arrested but the judge mediated a reconciliation with Mrs Grubb pledging to stay with her husband. Johnson opposed the match, but the couple left for their home on Tunk street.
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New York American
George Grubb
San Francisco
Frank Johnson
Otis Street
Lottie Johnson
Atchison
Loweborn
Justice of the Peace
Edgar
Cupid
Rejcicinz
Grubb
Hedburg
Mr. Johnson
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Kentucky Ioventor
United States
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Schuele
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