Etiquette Answers to Wedding Calls and Chaperones
A long reader column answers questions on calling cards P P C etiquette finger bowls wedding invitations chaperonage and proper dress for brides. Advice covers returning calls and when to send cards and how to address ladies, with opinions on high tea and social proprieties in various cities.
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Belle Monell
P.P. C
Europe
James
Pilgrim’s Progress
Henrietta Irving
Henrietta
Emma
Walter Scott
Anne
Tillinghast
Mabel Glover
Press
Gladys
Fress
America
Philadelphia
Dorinda
Charles Lamso
Valentine
Estelle Graham
Estella
Romeo
Shakespeare
Robert Elsmere
Edgar
Fawcett
B. Graham
Katinka
Cotlee
Burnham
Frederca
Frederica
Portia
Denver
Townsends Letter on New York's Speculation and Decline
George Aldred Townsend surveys New York's boom and bust cycle, detailing precarious flats, unprofitable ventures from Coney Island to elevated rail, scarce public amenities, weak public spirit, and a taxed populace facing costly, speculative schemes while contrasting London and other cities.
WEATHERMAN DEFENDS SIGNAL OFFICER OVER STORM WARNINGS
An 1888 letter from A W Greely chief signal officer to The Globe defends the weather service against critic ism. He counters claims of incompetence after a fatal storm, detailing advanced warnings along the New England coast and accusing a Boston newspaper of misrepresentation.
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United States
Signay Orvick
Washington
The
Globe
Evening Record
Lisse
Whch
West India
Atlantic Ocean
New England
North Carolina
Narragansett and
Woods Hall
Boston
Eastport
Vineyard Haven
Nantucket
Massachusetts
Zoom Ney
A.W. Greely
Boston Cooking School Demonstrates Braised Dishes and Clams
The Boston Cooking School last week showcased a menu including bisque of clams, braised chicken with celery sauce, and escalloped cabbage. Detailed instructions cover clams with rice, celery sauce, and coconut-like hints, plus a future lesson featuring smelts with tartare sauce and other preparations.
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Boston Cooking School
Fred
Odd bits from the era reveal curiosities and numbing odds
A mosaic of brief items notes strange claims and small wonders from across the world. Tales speak of thieves in Hong Kong stealing wires, a vast organ built in London for Sydney, a cow devouring oysters in Brooklyn, and a queen called Angel of Cily. Many items recount oddities, inventions, historic curiosities, and local eccentricities with minimal detail.
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Hong Kong
Hugh Pilates
Michigan
John Connerton
Louisville
Paris
Queen of
Portal
Angel of
London
Sydney
New York
Brooklyn
Miss
da Bunnell
Elizabeth
N.d
Pitman
Bernard Meyer
Omaha
Judas
James McNeil
Cambridge
Prince Edward Island
Chicago
William
Germany
Chalemange
Lee
Toronto
Mexico
God
Addin Herndon
Elm
Tenn
Frederick
England
France
Utica
Guzzie Ager
Lavoisier
Russia
Hanji Sulyman Saba
Constantinople
Detroit Free Press
Frances Ann Rebecca ‘Todd
Novi
Mich
Rockland
Austria
Andersonville
U.S
United Beate
Yorkshire
Lo the Fair Company
Clyde
Epic
Bangor
Psa
Pallaioga
Connecticut
Oman
Castleton
Nea
Burlington, Jr
Eanons
Jaren
Ft Mn
The Present Scene from Detroit Free Press Cartoon
A Toronto household scene shows Edie returning from kindergarten unhappy with her first day. The child complains the teacher scolded her and did not give her a present, while Mamma asks about the experience in a light humorous tone.
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Detroit Free Press
Toronto
Mamma
Edie
An Undeserving Object From Puck and a Kind Hearted Lady
A humorous exchanges set on a street as an expressman laments heavy loads while a kind hearted lady offers 560 cents for the speaker to come down. The dialogue blends street slang with social commentary on labor and value.
Penny change system spreads on Southern railroads
Penny system described as giving exact change and charging exact fares when buying tickets. It has been adopted by Central of Georgia and is in use across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and was implemented by East Tennessee Virginia Georgia system and Western Railway of Alabama. Other Alabama lines are expected to follow.
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Julia Reho
Bar Harbor
Thi
Lama
Soe
Narragansett
Jata
Julia
Roedie’s
Europe
Philadelphia
New York
Chelsea
Twenty-third Street
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Seventh Avenue
T Uis
Iron Steamboat Company
Coney Island
Long Branch
Lion Steamboat Company
England
Tyro
Long Island Railroad
Long Island
West Shore Railroad
New York Central
Erie
Lackawanna
Delaware & Hudson
New Haven & Hartford
Poughkeensie Ridge
Poughkeepsie
Cornwall
Fishkill
Perkskill
West Side
Battery
Fifty-ninth Street
Harlem River
North River
East River
Blackwell's Island
Brooklyn
Steinways
London
Thames
Besdes
Owen
Wimbledon
Charing Cross
Victoria
Ludgate Hill
Bank
General Grant
Harlem
Great Bridge
Brdge
York
Suvely
Washington City
Chicago
Buffalo Rochester
Cleveland
Penl
Pullman
Jersey
Standard Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
New Yark
Wiman
Garrett
Staten Island
West Amashington
Opera House
Upper Broadway
Academies of Music
Academy
Fourteenth Street
Denman Thompson
Clark
Singer
Twenty-fourth Street
Thirtieth Street
Verishagen
Delmonico’s
Wall Street
Island of
New England
Arcade Railroad
Somedy
Fifth Avenue
Burone
Pacific
Washington
Plains
KB Core
Dr. Beltones, Jr. Chapin
Peter Cooper
Astor Library
Grorge Alyred Townsend
Vanella
Midland City
Midland
Stretc
J. Norris
Wetumpka
Labrador
Niagara Falls
HK. F. Holm
Grand River
Trenton
N. J
Hattie Owens
Bedzon
Winnipeg
Kansas
Atlatic Sea
Trieste
Soona
Monell
Champ Elysees
Cit
Paris
Isaac Bassett
United States Senate
Senate
Daniel Webster
Bellefontaine
Esca
Newcastle Chronicle
Bright
John W. Book
Walter
Ohio
Charles H. Balliot
New York City
Weilghs
Bremen
Egypt
New York Tribune
Navy Department
Sehington
Paulo
Alfred Daniel
Douglas
France
Pete
Helgut
Eet
America
Madrid
Leon
Ooney
Belis
Ben A
Birmingham
Ala
South
Central Railroad
Wegrgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
East Tennessee
Virginia
Western Railway of
Alabama
It Might Save the Authors Sorrow
A fragment from a Merchant Traveler column notes Mrs DePorque at a social gathering discussing French authors. She argues that translating them creates much trouble, a view echoed by the unnamed gentleman.
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Merchant Traveler
Maine Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Listed
Washington December 12 The river harbor bill for Maine outlines sums: Rockland harbor 20000 for breakwater Mount Desert 30000 Portland 20000 Camden and Rockport 8000 Back Cove Peters 0 York 6000 Saco and Naraguagus river 9000 8000 Kennebec river aged channel 2600 dash cabin Gee 10000.
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Maine
Washineton
Rockland Harbor
Breakwater
Mount Desert
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Thompson
John A. Boulanger
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Hannah More
Sarah Liddens
Mary Brown
M. E. M. SaeRwoop
Towndend
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Weatherman
General Greely
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