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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1895
Page
9
A returned medical missionary recalls life with the baby queen of Rajputana. She describes noble gowns dyed in vivid colors, wearing gold embroidery and jewels, and the ranee’s pride in cosmetics and adornment as a window into oriental culture.
A Washington court curtailed cross examination from a lawyer who prized quantity over quality of questions. An illustrated exchange shows repetitive, unnecessary queries about color of an item. Critics say such methods delay justice, while others joke about political satire and stray ads in the same column.
Bonaparte led a swift French advance on May 10 to break Austrian resistance at Lodi. Beaulieu countered with artillery as the wooden bridge burned but Bonaparte, Lerthier and Massena rallied the grenadiers to seize the bridge and force a retreat. The victory boosted his reputation, earned him the title Little Corporal, and overwhelmed Milan with revolutionary fervor.
A jumble of snippets with names, places, and odd facts. Marriages in Wabash Indiana after 31 years courtship. unions, vacations, and divorces involving prominent figures. Notices include a UK travel tidbit, a Birmingham gardener quip, a signatory to the Declaration, and a monument fund shortfall. Also: dog ownership in Britain, an eagle capture in Shetland, and cycling etiquette clubs in France.
Miss Pauline Astor inherits a lace Paris dress costing twenty eight thousand dollars from her mother. Lacy Tlamenton, inventor of the divided skirt, argues female servants should wear knickerbockers for ease of movement. Miss Rosam Cleveann, sister of the president, returns from Europe gray haired and stylish. Mrs. William Myers dies near Danville Kentucky after requesting posthumous dental care.
Cop A L Concer argues ex president Harrison is as viable a presidential candidate as McKinley Reed or Allison. Allison denies presidential aims and seeks reelection to the Senate. In Kansas Mary Lease is named among well dressed women seen in Atchison. Gronor Gouth aspires to Ocean County New Jersey State Senate with a path toward James Smith Jr.’s U S Senate seat tied to sugar trust interests.
Mr. Repyarp Krrine is near returning to India not for residence but to travel. Miss M. E. Brappon will write two more novels under contract and then retire from literary work. Manx Twain has lost almost his entire fortune, with over two hundred thousand dollars lost in a single American company failure.
A collage of jokes and witticisms from various publications including the Cincinnati Tribune and Washington Star features quips about babies, marriage, manners, and social types. The snippets reveal evergreen punchlines on love, etiquette, and everyday life with playful misdirections and light sarcasm.
New books include Celia Thaxter letters edited by Mrs. Fields and a posthumous James Russell Lowell volume. Humumry WaAgrp Mareetla reaches eleventh edition in single volume. Williams Winter prepares Brown leather and Bluebells and a new Shadows of the State series. Rumor of Stevenson Letters To a Boy of Twelve in unpublished MSS. Meditations in Motley by Walter B Harte praised by some critics. Verse tributes to Stevenson appear as The Sea Mark and An Elegy by Carman and Le Galhenne.
Tur duke of Marlborough credited success to elegant deportment as much as talent. Byrox pleased equals but kept distance from others. Robespierre was urbane yet brief in business. Berthoven was rude and moody. Haydn embodied courtesy. It does not pay to be impolite even to a dog. Talley rand’s success came from uniform courtesy to all. The elder Pitt was rough and created many enemies.
An ad outlines aggressive retail strategy with energetic buyers and front-line purchasing to maximize value. It promotes under-price offers on silks, covert tweeds, tailor checks, jacquard brocade, and silk ginghams, touting color variety and wide widths at half to 65 cents per yard.
Assorted mid to finest wash fabrics showcased with new prints and colors. Jaconets priced at 10¢ to 24¢ per yard, Crepon-like Plisse in colors and designs at 10¢, 12¢, and 15¢ per yard. Samples and illustrated catalogue offered free by mail.
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