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    George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, librettist, and playwright who gained national notoriety...
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    George Ade House, also known as Hazelden, is a two-story, fourteen-room, Tudor Revival-style home in Iroquois Township in Newton County, Indiana. Chicago...
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    last name was George. Its early members included Admiral George Dewey, who served as the group's first president, and writer George Ade. Dulany's secretary...
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  • title in Japan. Shogun may also refer to: The Sho-Gun, 1904 opera by George Ade and Gustav Luders Shōgun (novel), a 1975 novel by James Clavell Shōgun...
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    March/April 1957), and introductions for books such as The America of George Ade, American Snapshots, and the 1970 reprint of the 1929 Johnson Smith Catalogue...
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  • columnist, playwright, and namesake for Purdue University's Ross–Ade Stadium, George Ade. George Ade was laid down on 30 June 1944, under a Maritime Commission...
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    named in honor of Purdue alumni David E. Ross and George Ade, the principal benefactors. In 1922 Ade and Ross bought 65 acres (26 ha) of land for the site...
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    first and middle names was told by George Ade, who met Welles's parents on a West Indies cruise toward the end of 1914. Ade was traveling with a friend, Orson...
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  • Rajputs. Ade may refer to people named: Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer George Ade, American writer King Sunny Adé, Nigerian musician Maren Ade, German...
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    Adegeye MFR (born 22 September 1946), known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is...
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    The Sho-Gun is a 1904 comedic opera written by George Ade and composed by Gustav Luders. Set on the fictional Korean island of Ka-Choo, the plot revolves...
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    turn-of-the-century humorist George Ade, author of such plays as The College Widow, Artie, and The Sultan of Sulu. Purdue University's Ross–Ade Stadium, home of the...
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    (1842–?1914) Joel Chandler Harris (1848–1908) Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916) George Ade (1866–1944), Fables in Slang, etc. Władysław Reymont (1868–1925) Felix...
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    quarter of the 20th century, Tarkington, along with Meredith Nicholson, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature...
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    1866. A post office has been in operation at the town since 1859. The George Ade House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976....
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    urged George Ade, his friend and Sigma Chi fraternity brother, to join him at the newspaper and the two were roommates in Chicago for a few years. (Ade later...
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    opened on December 31, 1910, with the premiere of a Chicago playwright George Ade's newest play "U.S. Minister Bedloe." It was a comedy that starred William...
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  • your Folks from Jim and Some of the Home Folk (contributor) Compiled by George Ade, Bobbs-Merrill Co. Max Ehrmann (1917). David and Bathsheba The Drama vol...
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  • popular in Japan. The earliest usage of the noun "date" is in 1896 by George Ade, a columnist for the Chicago Record. Date referred to "public" courtship...
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    The College Widow is a 1904 American comedic play by George Ade, which was adapted to film multiple times, and also into the popular 1917 musical Leave...
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    effects. The film is based on a 1909 play/musical comedy The Fair Co-Ed by George Ade which starred a young Elsie Janis, and opened on Broadway on February...
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    September 16, 1899. Less than two months later, popular slang author George Ade described having heard a new slang expression, "twenty-three": By the...
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    Indiana. Maurice Thompson, George Ade, Booth Tarkington, Theodore Dreiser, Edward Eggleston, Frank McKinney Hubbard, George Barr McCutcheon, Meredith Nicholson...
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    George Ade wrote Fred Stone Jingles for Good Little Girls and Good Little Boys (20 pages, 8 poems, 10 interior photos by Charles Dillingham, George A...
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  • Theatre where it had a successful run in 1902–1903. It used a libretto by George Ade and was produced by Henry W. Savage. He was also a composer of several...
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    Subdivision (FBS) of college football. Purdue plays its home games at Ross–Ade Stadium on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The...
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    capacity as emperor The 1904 American comedic opera, The Sho-Gun, written by George Ade and Gustav Luders, is set in the Korean Empire. The 2018 South Korean...
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    industrialist David E. Ross and author George Ade in the 1920s. Many of Purdue's athletic facilities are there, including Ross–Ade Stadium (American football),...
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  • film), starring Dolores Costello The College Widow (play), a 1904 play by George Ade, and basis for later works Maybe It's Love (1930 film), starring Joan...
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    2024-03-18. IHB (2020-12-16). "Taft Rally at Ade Estate". IHB. Retrieved 2024-03-18. IHB (2022-06-29). "George Ade, 1866-1944". IHB. Retrieved 2024-03-18....
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