The Tolls in Paris Mystery Fends Off Fate
Eusebe encounters Lady Guilfort in a hidden Boudoir room within the Tuileries, where a panel conceals a secret passage to a chamber of corpses. He escapes a deadly trap as armed intruders close in, only to be saved by Lecocq who reveals himself as his father and ally in a perilous, spirit-filled moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euschers
Arte
Lady Guilfort
Eusebe
Mademoiselle
Guilfort
Andre Lecocq
Paris
Hvard
Jupiter
Leda
Love
Lecocq
The Devil's House Ends as Guilfort Falls to Storm
In a dramatic Paris saga, Lady Guilfort, Master Love, and the Red Band are captured by Audre Leeven’s agents after a plot of counterfeit money, robbery, and murder unravels. The trio’s scheme collapses. a hidden stair leads to treasure and a corpse, and Lady Guilfort escapes to Brittany before perishing at sea in a fierce storm. The tale closes with divine justice and the end of the Devil's House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adventuress
Paris
Rue du Plata’Etaim
Red Band
Brittany
Saint Naziire
Lady Guilfort
God
The Enigmatic Flight of Lady Guilfort
The tale recreates the Archives de la Police with Louis XIV and the Chevalier de Lorraine plotting to free Lady Guilfort from the Bastille. A forged order directs her transfer to Pignerol, but she is secretly moved to a lavish salon where she dons a splendid dress and awaits what comes next as armed guards stand outside.
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Guilfort
Monsieur
Chevalier de Lorraine
Marquis d’Efiat
Chevalier
Marquis
Lady Guilfort
Lorraine
Hhr
Mme. de Montespan
Louis XIV
Eusebe Lecocq
M. de la Reynie
France
Madame de Montespan
Place de Greve
Monseigneur
Lilm
Bastile
Chateau de Pignerol
Paris
Poet of the Sierras Cabin Visit Described
Washington Letter from Chicago News portrays the poet Miller in a rugged Sierra cabin overlooking a city. The story details the primitive living room, mossy log bedstead, fur robes, and the host’s plan for a spring mattress as guests gather by the fire to chat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago News
Sixteenth Street
The
Sierras
Upright and Square Pianos See Popular Shift in Era of Style
A piano expert explains upright pianos are rising in popularity over square pianos due to space, aesthetics, and fashion in city homes. He notes uprights tune as well as squares, with improvements overcoming past tuning difficulties, while claiming only one maker, Haines Brothers, still produces squares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinway
New York
Haines Brothers
It Was a Good Sale in Chicago News
A ragged boy asks a passerby if he lost a school strap. The man thanks the boy, gives a quarter, and pockets the strap. A street vendor jokes the boy lost a goat sale as he buys another strap for five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Aurora
Union Depot
Mr. P
Odd Tales of Quarrels, Ducks, and Daring Marriages
A panoply of oddities reports a quarrelsome pair signing a peace treaty to live together yet not speak. Ducks numbered over 200 enter an open warehouse near Chico, California for grain. Fishermen from Volga villages drift at sea for three days, landing 90 miles from start. A Kansas man uses a horse as a roaming shopping courier. A tattooed Parisian youth dies by knife amid remorseful inscriptions. John Q Adams and Mrs Jackson intertwine in marriage plots after long gaps in their families.
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Chico
Cal
Volga
Chenworth
Cowboy
Kan
John Q. Adams
Alabama
Jackson
Texas
Jon Q. Adams
Pockets in Women's Dress Spark Town Talk at Easter Offerings
A discussion in the Woman's Hour explores pocket placement in dresses with humorous asides and social comment. The piece lauds refined beauty on Park Street, noting women from various social circles in the Boston area, while lamenting the impracticality of pockets and the Puritan city’s stance on fashion and intellect.
Easter Offerings and Tailor Made Suits In Fashion
Jenny June notes tailor made suits remain in demand with dramatic contrast and fine workmanship. Mulberry spring shade appears in a three piece ensemble. Ostrich eggs and Easter favors showcase costly novelties, while practical Easter cards keep lasting charm. Sleeves, collars and buttons trend toward refined, unobtrusive detail with subtle velvet accents.
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Jenny June
Ciolu
Bouffant drapery over full skirts with belt start
The new drapery for full skirts features fullness beginning at the belt to widen hips and soften outlines. It is often lined with stiff lawn for extra volume and may extend to the feet, drop below the knees, or be gathered in a short back pout with box-pleats.
New Jersey Styles Feature Short Postilion Basques
Fashion notes describe Jerseys with very short postilion basques shaped by front darts and side forms, using webbing and stretching to fit. Youthful versions pair contrasting color vests, velvet collars, cuffs, and pleatings, with silver braid and metal bees and butterflies on velvet accents.
New Materials Prompt Revival of Shirred Seersucker
New walking dress fabric is shirred seersucker, a puckered version of traditional seersucker. It imitates rain-wet wrinkles and evokes the era of Mrs. Fanny Kemble, who demanded quick washing in a famous anecdote, shaping fabric fashions of the period.
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Fanny Kemble
Wrinkled Garments Sparking Saratoga Newport Fashion
A humorous note on fashion in rough dried attire, suggesting visitors to Saratoga and Newport wear wrinkled garments to save on laundry costs. The tone mocks haste and economy in period dress. It hints at social habits and travel style of the era with a playful jab at ironing.
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Saratoga
Newport
Fancy Work A Box to Hold Papers for Men and Housemaids
A satirical guide explains making a decorative bamboo frame and a soap-box under a desk to hold current literature. It describes constructing a two-part box with hinges, satin lining, and brass brads, plus a padlock option to deter theft by male readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dex
Sawyer
Vintage boudoir box from old French fashion revival
Instructions describe making a decorative sewing or work box from a shallow wooden box with four legs, after coating with black enamel, then upholstering with cretonne or chintz, padding with wadding, quilting satin panels, and lining a top cover with cretonne to protect contents, allowing ornate finishes.
Patterned Knit Pattern with Repeats and Errors
A garbled knitting pattern lists eighteen stitches and a long sequence of rows with many misspellings. It describes cast on, knit rows, slips on a pin, and repeated stars, bars, and cross references, ending with a note to begin at the first row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrow
Barrow
Butter Market Stabilizes Amid Scarcity and Shifting Supplies
A dealer says butter stands near last year’s level but prone to shifts as new supplies arrive. Prices vary by grade and region with Western dairy stock at 38 cents for limited lots, 34 to 36 cents common. Eastern and Northern lots at 33 to 34, while Mareh make sells 25 to 30 cents. Trade remains light as desirable stock drains.
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West
San Francisco Physician Sues Over Slander Claim
A San Francisco doctor sues a man and wife for 10000 dollars alleging slander after they called him a quack and claimed he killed their child. The case follows a string of sensational remarks and curiosities from medieval whale prices to prairie train buffalo confrontations and rail line perils.
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San Francisco
Eleanor de Montfort
Texas
Kansas Pacific
Iron Horse
Montana
Hints to Good Health on Salicylic Acid Use
A French hygiene report challenges salicylic acid as a food preservative and medicine. It notes incomplete understanding of its action, potential kidney and liver elimination issues, and risks for aged or diseased individuals. The committee urges continued prohibition due to safety concerns despite some therapeutic value.
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Carte Consultaif Hygiene Publique
Browardel
Annales Wilygiene
Lrouqrdel
Isl
Scented liniment formula from the Druggist's Circular
A multifluid ounce preparation lists lavender oil bergamot oil nerol oil orange oil elder oil and musk with cologne spirit and tonka tincture. Macerate fifteen days then filter through paper to color and preserve potency.
Wintergreen and Olive Oil Balm for Acute Rheumatism
A remedy of wintergreen mixed with equal parts olive oil is claimed to provide instant relief from joint pain when applied externally to acutely rheumatic joints. It is also noted for the pleasant atmosphere it brings to the sick room, according to high therapeutic authority.
Testing water safety with permanganate color change method
A historical note explains a simple water test using permanganate in a liquor potassa solution to judge impurities. Two matched tubes compare sample and standard water, noting pink color retention over hours. paleening indicates impurity. Additional remarks discuss cough relief via morphine mixtures and opium’s role in easing troublesome coughing.
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E. Gregory
Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal
British Medical Journal
Proper Wine and Cigar Storage Tips From Vintage Guide
A historic guide recommends resting wines in a cellar after unpacking, keeping all wines on their side at about 55 degrees, and carefully decanting claret burgundies and whites to preserve aroma. Bottled wine should be drunk soon after decanting, and delicate cask wines bottled early. Cigars belong in a dry room away from flames while tobacco needs humidity.
Practical bottle storage guidance from old text
The excerpt advises preserving aerated waters by dampening their corks, storing bottles on their sides or corks downward to extend shelf life, and suggests placing muslin in the cellar for protection. It reflects practical storage tips from a historical household manual.
Outlook for 1884 contradicts croakers on iron and leather markets
A city business leader argues iron furnaces have contracts through fall and several sectors show strength. Cotton and leather markets rise with scarce supplies, prompting higher prices and better profits for tanners, boot makers, and merchants. He notes steady money markets and fewer failures than last year, challenging the idea that a presidential year hurts business.
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Tme
Conutime
Doling
Tak Gione
Wople
Perfumed Horseflesh and Violet Scents at the Apothecary
A gossiping druggist details a fashionable widow who loves horseflesh scented perfumes. She frequents stables, supervises grooming, and orders rich violet extracts for her necks and handkerchiefs. Men favor heavier scents while women seek delicate notes like white rose and May blossom.
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United States
Solety
Jockey Club
Hereford and Polangus stock farming trends
The article reports on beef stock raising and slaughtering, noting the West leads grazing and that Maine and Western herds import English and Scottish stock. It highlights Polangus and Hereford as top beef yields, mentions prices for strong bulls, and states most slaughtering now happens in the West with eastern plants closing.
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United States
West
Kansas
Nebraska
Bh. HL. Wheeler
Clinton Market
Gon
Maine
Jerseys
Chicago
Advice to a Young Actress in New York World
An anecdote attributes to the elder Wallack a remark to a pretty aspiring actress. He asks if she has had her heart broken, she says no, thinking it absurd. He replies that heartbreak trains an actor, adding that she should marry and return in five years.
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Nym Crinkle
New York World
Wallack
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George Reynolds
Ensebe
Audre Leeven
St. Germaine l'Auxerols
Andre Lecoed
Place de la Bastille
Lady Gunfort
Master Love
Germany
England
Deborah
London
Guilford
Marquis de Carnac
Joaquin Miller
Boston
Penius
Heston
Poston
Park Street
Woman's Journal
Mt. Vernon
Beacon
Weston
Solomon
Dra
Peries
Harper’s
Sarah
Foulard
Florida
Florida Water
Haywan J. Baney
Winthrop
Mawontg Manan
North Twelfth Street
Philadelphia
M. J. Crapwiex
Mullica Hill
N. J
Pillow-Inhaler CO
Chestnut St
THES
DR. Strong
J. G. Fitzpatrick & CO
M’r’ss
Glens
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