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New England · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1884

6 stories in New England's papers

A Scene in a Theatre

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1884 · page 3

A PAINFUL sensation was caused at the Leicester Skating Rink, on January 31, by Captain Austin, a performer, shooting his wife through the head with a rifle in front of a large number of spectators…

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Sclected Sales and Sketches. Dr. Ball

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1884 · page 2

HE was a very little man, with a cherubic face, and a large soul, and nothing at all awe-inspiring about him. His eyes shone through his glasses anxiously, as though…

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Selected [?] and Sketches. Dr. Ball. (Conducted from last Saturday's issue.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1884 · page 2

THEN the good little gentleman knelt down, and said his evening prayers. He prayed most sincerely for the Bishop in spite of that missing chop, and calmly,…

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Intercolonial News. Brisbane, Thursday. Panic in a Theatre

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1884 · page 4

A PANIC occurred in the Theatre Royal on Tuesday night, owing to a slight gas explosion underneath the stage. The audience rushed…

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The Hospital Ball

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1884 · page 4

THE ball in aid of the Hospital, held in the new Town Hall on Wednesday night was almost as successful as it was possible to be. A greater number of visitors from…

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American Pictures of Life

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 November 1884 · page 3

AFTER all, we cannot come near the papers of America in the graphic pictures they give of life. In that free and ample country character expands without restraint, and its qualities and…

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