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...General Tom Thumb. The reviewer wonders how many readers shared his own ignorance of the fact that Barnum brought Jenny Lind to this country. The Swedish Nightingale was given to the American public as a proof that the sponsor of Joice Heth, the Fejee Mermaid, and the Model of Niagara could also produce some legitimate and more high-hat entertainment. Except for a few financial statements, the story of Jenny Lind is well worth reading...
...spent in New York city. On the night of April 18 a concert will be given in the Town Hall. In Buffalo, on April 19 the Club will be given luncheon by the Harvard Club of Buffalo, and dinner will be given to its officers by the Glee Club. Niagara Falls will be visited in the afternoon. The next day, April 20, the Club will travel to Cleveland where it will be entertained with golf and sightseeing by the Harvard Club of Cleveland. In the evening before the concert, a dinner will be given by the singers in honor...
...Significance: possible use of Rocky Mountain waterpower current in the Mississippi Valley, of Niagara's power in Manhattan, of Muscle Shoals by the southern hinterland; power for farmers; de-centralization of industry...
While at Chicago the musicians have been invited to all the New Year's Eve dances and entertainments. The Harvard Princeton Yale Club has granted them all privileges. At Buffalo, where the Clubs will be entertained by a trip to Niagara Falls, the Saturn and Athletic Clubs have granted the University players full use of their facilities...
...deal to amass the formidable score of 51 to 0. Paul Scull, one of the fastest backs in the East, made Pennsylanvia's fifth touchdown in the last period against Johns Hopkins, which scored only once. Georgetown, outplayed, held Pittsburgh to a 6-6 tie. Cornell found in Niagara a well-drilled team too light to score and lucky enough to hold the Ithacan applecart to 28 points...