Scout and Reformer
A long portrait of Captain Crawford, frontier scout and reformer, detailing his life from boyhood amid family hardship to Civil War service, his leadership against alcohol and violence, and his advocacy for Indigenous education and industrial methods. The piece celebrates his character, literary gifts, and dedication to national service and moral reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teak Crawford
Wodine
Hill
Chicago
Jackford
Faitad States
Bis Iifo
Han
Gimari
Heri
Hisle Hont Jackson
Crawfud
Frank D. Baldwin
Crawford
Scosla
Theatre News From Chicago and New York Gossip
Chicago and New York theater notes reveal Thomas W. Keene directing In Miraoura in Chicago for Nat Goodwin with August fret production at Hooley's. Ali Baba’s 522d performance at Chicago Opera House. Sinbad not revived until August. J M Hill and Wilogebby clothing firm figure in local coverage. Agnes Herndon ill. Marlen Booth to star. Edges of box office, agents, and performers populate the page including Kollar and Raoul Koczalski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thosias W. Keene
Saranac Lake
Gas ‘Thomas
Chicago
Hhis
Miraoura
Nat Goodwin
Hooley
Ali Baba
Chicago Opera House
Richard Barker
Hench
York
Chicaga
J. M. Hill
Hirami Co
J. M. le
Agnes Herndon
Marlen Booth
Pittsburg
Thomas W Keane
Oscar
Alan Dale
Evening World
New York
Asbury Park
Frank McKee
Charlee Heath
Raoul Koczalski
Mogart
St. James’ Hall
London
Yale
E. P. Simpson
Walnut Street Theatre
Philadelphia
H.R. Jacobs Academy
Sedgwick
Katie Emmett
Huber
Buros
Edward Hell
White Plains
N. Y
Terry
John Brougham Ije
San Francisco
Fair Exchange la
W. D. Isgersoll
Hronklyn
Hie
Irving
London Lyceum
Kendal
Panlanthe
Tanquéray
Mise Nailla Parren
Hilly
Austria
Brown
Joachim Raff
Prankfort-on
Mate
Ahmadi
Deiat
Victoria
Lady Allen
Ceflini
Salsbury
Buffalo Bill
Joseph
Around the World in Eighty Minutes at the Exposition
A visitor recalls the Midway Plate at the World’s Columbian Exposition, describing a crowded street of ethnological curiosities from Bedouins to Dahomey and Cairo, with Turkish chairs, native performers, and extended tours. He notes photo trips, prices, and the bustling mix of cultures, costumes, and spectacle amid illumination and pageantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granvea
Times
Cottage Grove Avenue
Exposition Grounds
Dahomey
Great Plains
Patherland
Cairo
Chicago
Cottage Grove
Wah Mee Exposition
Son of Heaven
Juegeler
Keilar
Ab Sin
Chestnut Street
Court of Honor
Rose Coghlan Elopes With Sullivan At Maine and Long Branch
Rose Coghlan famed actress is described spending honeymooning at Tim's Pond Maine and Long Branch New Jersey after a sudden Jersey elopement with T Sullivan. The interview covers marriage by a Protestant Episcopal priest, camp life, a trout catch of thirty five in an hour, and theatrical plans for Future performances at Pleasure Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
United States
Jobs T. Sullivan
Rose Coghlan
Tim's Pond
Maing Woods
Herald
Sullivan
West End
Thoreday
Avenel
Pleasure Bay
Maine Woods
Protestant Episcopal Church
Hoyt
Maine
Rosalind
Ard Forest
Pressure Bay
Bing Peignoir
Old Fen West
Pen Camp
John
Esquimeux
Arctis
Dr. Holland
Lea Kodak
Mary Walker
Eb Raberman
Salvation
Man Found Dead in Abandoned Prospecting Shaft in Calaveras
An observer recounts discovering a man at the bottom of a Prospectors shaft near the Stockton to Mokelumne Hill road in Calaveras County. The coroner is unavailable and a Justice of the Peace considers the body likely dead, prompting a cautious report to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Burris
Alamena Arie
Hubert Burgess
The
Aygua
Cousty Road
Stockton
Masqurly Hill
Calavaras County
Sudan
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Scout and Reformer
Wnion
Pennsylvania
Se Talaway
Pwlee
Ghovercor Cortin
Gnilad
Washington
Craw- Ve
Cartisia
Back Crawpont
Enoiva
Kollar
Daly's
N.y.theatre
Congress of Nations
Midway Plaisance
Delphi Taman
Plaisance
Dis Aman
Pest
Paris
Nellie Bly
Adies I
Hades
Africa
Ome
Telanders
W. OR
Ray
Java
Ibrags
T. W. Helsemann Company
Tess Bride
Moon
Mise Coghlan
Emma
Childres
Bruce Bom
Placer Kiver
Chariie Egan
Chesapeake
Walt
Walte
Hera
Lt Temorror
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