Life of W L Strong Mayor of New York City
The life of William L. Strong born in Ohio in 1821 chronicles his rise from a New York business founder in 1870 to president of Central National Bank. He led reform efforts, defeated Hugh J. Grant in 1894, and oversaw Roosevelt’s street cleaning and police boards while maintaining independence amid Tammany opposition.
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Maycer Strong
Wiliam L. Strong
Ohio
New York
William L. Strong & Co
Central National Bank
Strong
Republican Citizens’ Union
Brooklyn
City of
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African Fine Arts Society
American ‘Useum of Natural History
Metropolitan Museum Association
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Madison Square Garden
Tammany Hall
Hugh J. Grant
W. L. Strong
Waring
Theodore Roosevelt
Fred D. Grant
Avery D. Andrews
Parker
Mr. Strong
Tammany
Seth Low
Benjamin F. Tracy
Colonel Roosevelt
Republican Party
Kings County
A Cantonese Belle Among Chinese Women
A Cantonese girl is depicted with comely features and dress described as sober in hue yet richly textured. The piece notes dialect diversity across provinces, Manchu rulers, elaborate hair ornaments, use of natural flowers, and long fingernails as marks of breeding and wealth.
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China
Canton
Middle Kingdom
Holds Your Coat for You Device Aims to Save Tips
A novel wall mounted device uses heavy spring wire arms to hold a man's overcoat in position while the arms insert and adjust the coat. The arms spread the coat to expose armholes and stay in place under downward pressure, then fold away as the wearer straightens. It also doubles as a coat and hat rack when not in use.
Fashion in Shrouds Reflects Living Style Trends
In New York the fashion of mourning attire follows living trends with casket makers employing women to design shrouds. Shrouds imitate current dress fashion from sleeves to trains, the only radical change being back opening. Old styles are hard to discard as families want up-to-date final outfits for loved ones.
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New York Herald
New York
Bourne
Great Jones Street
Sunday Proves More Unlucky Than Friday for Rulers
A modern pamphlet argues Sunday is more perilous for prominent figures. It cites the Italian king killed on Sunday and prior assassination attempts on Sundays in 1878 and 1893, plus events involving the Duc de Berry, Czar Alexander II, President Carnot, and M. Canovas.
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Italy
Duc de Berry
Czar Alexander II
Carnot
Caserio
M. Canovas
Worked Both Ways by a Seaside Normandy Village King
A renowned man of letters stays with a young trifles writer at a primitive Normandy hotel. He asks the host to lower the charges for the young man, then returns to request his own bill not exceed the youth’s to avoid humiliation.
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Normandy
England
Kansas City Star
Irish Bulls and Rumors Echo in London Chronicle
A London Chronicle note catalogues gossip and misstatements from Irish and Australian sources. It mocks waxen rhetoric, anonymous contributions, and unverified claims about Rhodes correspondence and a supposed death in Scotland, while a Dublin gentleman invites a dinner surprise by unsigned telegram.
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MacNeil
Rhodes
Chamberlain
Edior
Brown
Scotland
Adam
London Chronicle
Care In Shoeing Horses
Horseshoers often ignore hoof shape. A foot curving from the coronet to the wall needs a higher heel. a bulging hoof at the front requires a different fit. A horse with too high of a front heel lands its steps further back under the body.
Principles of Balance in Shoeing and Foot Growth
The skilled farrier notes that proper balance depends on matching growth rates across the foot. He observes the outside wall may outpace the inside and the heel may lag behind other areas.
Greatest Newspaper Critica Henri De Blowitz
Henri De Blowitz, renowned critic and Times correspondent, foresees a general war among civilized nations. A Romanian Catholic of Hebrew descent, he started in journalism with La Gazette de Midi and La Decentralisation, joining the London Times in 1871 and later reporting from Paris for The Thunderers.
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Henri de Blowitz
London Times
Downing Street
Europe
M. de Blowitz
Gagette de Midi
la Decentralisation
Thunderes
Paris
Cafes of Vienna and the Stammgast Culture
Cafes in Vienna serve as social centers where all classes gather to discuss politics, read papers, and conduct business. Servers recognize foreign patrons, with Americans shown New York papers and Russians offered cigarettes, while regulars spend hours at their chosen tables in a lively tradition of living and letting live.
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New York
Paris Boulevard
Wirthaus Bruder
Cafe Brothers
Boys Lasso a Wheelman in Oak Park Trouble
Oak Park youths armed with lassos and small arms are opposing police activity and injuring people and birds. George Baldwin was seized from his bicycle by rope, causing a severe fall, yet he refused to prosecute as the aggressors are friends’ sons.
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Oak Park
George Baldwin
Chicago Chronicle
Eating Lhortridges in Madrid described in review
The Saturday Review recalls eating lhortridges in Madrid in cool wine vaults. It notes a piquant vinegar sauce, scarce cabbage, and the dish as a prelude to drinking Manzanilla, favored by bullfighters and Madrid elites.
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Madrid
Manzanilla
Pa. Couple Adopts Fourteen Children
A childless married couple near Throop Pennsylvania adopts fourteen children, expanding their family through foster and permanent placements. The夫妻’ act highlights a remarkable domestic commitment and the broader adoption context in the region.
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Throop
British offer reward for man-eating tigress in India
A 900 rupee reward has been posted by British authorities for the man-eating tigress in Seoul district Central provinces India. Police report four people killed by the tigress in July.
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Seoul
Central Provinces
India
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