A Race for a Bride on Sharp's Island
Nellie Barnes tugs from Roche’s grip with Dick Wilson as they flee by boat to marry secretly. The parson on the island officiates mid voyage and the couple reach shore to marry before Roche can intervene, while fishermen watch and the bride waves from the steamer. The tale ends with Roche and kin left behind as the couple sails off.
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Sharp’s Island
Chesapeake Bay
West Indian Island
Middle Atlantic
Nellie Barnes
Dick Wilson
Wilson
Roche
Barnes
Nellie
Mr. Roche
Dick Rered
Nell
Roches
White
Parson
Realistic Cobweb Veils and Fashion Headlines
An essay on a young woman choosing between admirers offers practical guidance on romance and social constraints. It discusses discretion, selecting a preferred suitor, and the role of societal expectations in courtship. It also surveys cobweb veils with pale gray cobwebs and long plume hats revived from Paris fashion, noting New York adoption.
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Paris
New York
Anether
Mme
Caroline Rebeaux
Queer Ways of Growing Manly Amid Guiana Tales and Theater Lore
An article fragment discusses Guiana children as cruel, detailing harsh upbringing practices and a boy’s view of manhood. It covers the Jivaros with scalp-rituals, smoking initiation, and emesis methods, then shifts to Europe’s oldest theaters from Athens to Drury Lane and ends with a Brooklyn chick with four legs and wings.
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Qhaeer
Guiana
Papa
Europe
Dionysius
Bacchus
Athens
B. C
Vatican
Bramanti
England
Drury Lane
John Hess
Brooklyn, N. Y
What He Wanted From Jobson and Doodle
A brief Punch cartoon caption frames a timid poet seeking Mr. Doodle of the firm Messrs Jobson and Doodle, as the impatient publisher confirms Mr. Jobson’s identity. The day’s humor hinges on a mistaken or anxious request for audience with the partner.
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Mr. Jobson
George Jobson
Messrs. Jobson & Doodle
Mr. Doodle
Punch
Real coal used in stage scene praised
The New York Tribune notes a play staged magnificently with one scene using real coal. Brown and Jones exchange remarks praising the production amid the stark staging choice.
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Brown
Jones
New York Tribune
When You Are Old Poem Excerpt by John Hay
A fragmentary poetic verse notes memory and kisses as faint gems on aging hands. The speaker imagines recalling a vanished name and kisses that kindle the heart, evoking nostalgia and enduring affection.
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John Hay
Salads as Medicine and Household Preventives
A collection of quirky claims on salads possessing medicinal properties and foods as cures for insomnia and digestion. It also covers social dating antics and the fashion of cobweb veils. Home hygiene tips advocate cleaning, air, and simple pest control methods for pantries and refrigerators.
Family Ties on the Rail Journey
A talkative passenger teases his seat mate about family ties while aboard a railway train. Mr. Meekton replies that his wife and daughters wear the ties as they please, revealing a light domestic vignette from Washington Stor.
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Mr. Meekton
Washington Stor
Early Years of Octave Feuillet and Notable Cats
Madame Octave Feuillet recounts the author of Romance of a Poor Young Man as poor and dutiful in his early years, choosing literature over a diplomatic path, dancing at student balls, even pawning and reclaiming his late mother's watch. A Washington cat Tom responds to calls and music, while England’s Lady Randolph Churchill owns a piano playing Maltese Angora cat trained to pose and look pleasant.
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Louis XIV
Octave Feuillet
Madame Octave Feuillet
Octave
Tréksur
Washington
Tom
England
Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Miss Angera
India
A Primitive South African People
A short essay compares cultures to show how civilization varies across regions. It notes primitive manners in parts of Africa and South America, then recounts an organ grinder’s encounter with children and a rude boy. The organ grinder’s reply to mischief teaches a lesson of returning good for evil.
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Africa
Australia
South America
Lascars to Be Bused for Jubilee Celebrations
Three thousand Lascars, mainly imported, are to be released in London by the Peninsular and Oriental and other Eastbound steamship lines as part of the Queen's Jubilee pageantry. The plan aims to enhance the visual appeal of the celebrations with a diverse display.
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London
Peninsular and Oriental
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Elsie
Pestessa
Santiago River
Pongo de Manseriche
Maranon
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