Prices Paid for Food During the 1870 Siege of Paris
An extracted account from a French officer’s journal details extreme famine in Paris during mid October. Elephants and wolves were butchered for meat at high prices, while common staples like butter beans and cabbage sold in scarce amounts. Citizens queued for meat and bread, with households each given municipal ration cards. Women led in endurance as stores exhausted and infant mortality rose, yet resolve and self denial persisted amid cold and hunger.
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Paris
Zoological Garden
M. Debos
Friendland
France
National Guard
Generous Mrs Crewe and a Debt of Honor Tale
A light tale recounts Charlies James Fox once paying a gambling debt to Mrs Crewe, a noted beauty, only for the debtor to claim the money was already settled. Mrs Crewe jokes that Fox may have paid her and forgotten. The piece also notes a perilous escape by violinist Gaganini after jeers from Ferrara’s pit and a waiter’s insult to a portly diner leading to a manager’s retort.
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Crewe
Charlies
James Fox
Mr. Fox
Fox
Gaganini
Ferrara
Tommy Speke and Aunty Wedding Court Tale
A Chicago News snippet features a wedding scene with a minister’s call for opposition to the union. The dialogue hints at a disparity in ages, noting Tommy’s assertion that his aunt is twenty five while she is forty. The piece reflects on economic pressures and the often unreachable promise of prosperity.
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Tommy Speke
Tommy
Mister
Schnitz and klase from Mohawk Valley craving revived
The New York Sun piece recounts a nostalgic dish schnitz and klase that few readers have tasted in public eateries. It describes a hearty preparation using a ham bone, light dumplings, and dried apples, boiled gently with careful dumpling handling and a final sauce of apple goodness. The prose invites readers to recall a German family meal in the Mohawk valley.
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Mohawk Valley
New York Sun
Advance Informa tion For the Reporter Dunraven Expulsion
Neils Olsen of the New York Yacht Club, famed as a courteous source, hands a Tribune clip and jokes about advance information. A Dunraven expulsion vote follows, and a quick report confirms the exchange as a guess rather than certainty. Other items note Westminster Abbey visits and office hour impressions in a concise, period-tinged roundup.
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Neils Olsen
New York Yacht Club
Madison Avenue
Dunraven
Olsen
the Tribune
Dunravén
Yacht Club
Nevermore
Oder
D‘mraven
Lsen
New York Tribune
The Abominate Bachelor Sees Friday Marriage Doubts
Cynical dialogue between The Maid and The Abominate Bachelor about wedding luck on a Friday. Black and Whitt pair deliver a witty exchange on superstition and marriage norms.
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Fday
The Denial Habit Quote Ends in a Puzzle
An excerpt from the Pittsburg Post notes a wry exchange in a wedding rite. The groom declares no, while claiming uncertainty about truth in the rumor, delivering a sharp, tongue in cheek moment about marriage vows.
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Pittsburg
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Chicago News
Schnitz and
Klase
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Edward II
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