Candle's Soliloquies and the Skylarks Club
A Victorian narrator, Mr Candie, reflects on tobacco, taverns, and his wife Mrs Caudle. He recalls nights of lectures from her and her suspicions about his social club the Skylarks, contrasting it with the sewing society. He resolves to stay with the Skylarks as long as she keeps her sewing circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Candie
Abijah ‘Tullis
Mrs. Caudle
Mra
Candie
Charlie
Jack
Charlie Blowers
Zantippe
Susie
Mary
Toor
Tullis
Mr. Caudle
Job
Wartyr
Skylarks
Jones
Johnson
Jones and Johnson
Cathbens
Hirmapoota
Jove
Mrs. Candle
Kettymian
Mr. Cuudle
Candle
Caudle Returns to Duty After Absence Abroad
Explanatory notes show Caudle regained his absent mindedness in a day or two and resumed business with energy. During the week he joined a club called the Skylarks, composed of many noted local citizens. Unaware to his wife he had been observed joining.
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San Francisco
Nob Hill
Prison Torture in Russia Reported by Nihilists Case
The St James Gazette recounts alleged Russian prison abuses. L H was jailed for a minor offence in November in a cell too small to stand, with snow and ice. L B wore only underwear for five months. Prisoners faced torture, with relatives giving poison and guards warned by nihilist committers.
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St. James
L. H
L. B
Salovieff
Trapp
Solovieff
Night blooming cereus and Cincinnati beer boom report
A Alexandria Virginia item notes a night blooming cereus flowered by day to the delight of a South Washington Street resident. The Cincinnati chamber report shows malt liquor production reaching 65,520 barrels in the past year, up 6,411 from the prior year, with estimated 202,973,200 glasses consumed in the year ending September 1.
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Alexandria
Washington Street
Sidney LD. Maxwell
Cinennati Chamber of Commerce
Ferdinand de Lesseps A Model Engineer and Philanthropist
The Continental Gazette lauds Ferdinand de Lesseps as a practical innovator and humanitarian. It chronicles his diplomacy background from Versailles born 1805 to guiding missions in Tunis Cairo and Madrid, praises his cholera era courage at Suez, details his leadership of the Suez canal project and later ambitions for the Panama venture, and notes his disciplined routine including a daily cold bath and ice-breaking anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Gazette
M. Ferdinand de Lesseps
Hugo
M. de Lesseps
France
Jean Baptiste Barthelemy
Baron de Lesseps
Cronstadt
Count Mathieu de Lesseps
Tunis
Versailles
Lisbon
Lesseps
Ferdinand
Cairo
Alexandria
M. Thiers
Legion of Honor
M. de Lessep
Suez Canal
Paris
Egypt
M. Guizot
Madrid
Rome
National Assembly
Trench
Canal of
Suez
Levant
Red Sea
Lepere
Europe
Panama
Tapis
Pacific
Atlantic
Panama Canal
San Francisco
New York
Chasse
M. de Leaseps
Pizen Literature in a Little Rock Bookstore
An elderly African American man visits a Little Rock bookstore asking for “pizen” or poison books that tell of blood, fights, and escapes. The clerk teases with titles while the man insists on grim tales, calling literature a dangerous word and insisting on procuring only the most violent volumes.
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Little
Lemmy
Ike
Oman
Jim
Judas S. Catt
Little Rock
Joshua
Abel
Cain
Costly Baby Outfit At Lord & Taylor Display
An ornate infant wardrobe on display at Lord & Taylor in New York features a cradle and hundreds of items for the child of Marquis di Caragho Conte di Cartos and Misselene Gildener. The display includes Valenciennes lace robes, satin trimmings, monogrammed quilts, and dozens of dresses and sacques. The total outfit cost is $5800, drawing constant attention from ladies in the shop.
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Messrs. Lord & Taylor
Twentieth Street
Broadway
New York
Robert di San Marzano
Marquis di Caragho Conte di Cartos
Misselene Gillender
Kingsland
Valenciennes
Gtr
American heiress Ayer courted by Bourbon prince
A London report claims Mrs J Co Ayer widow of the Cherry Pectoral fame may wed Prince Philippe de Bourbon. Earlier, the prince pursued Miss Ayer in Paris, with Mme de Bourbon urging the match. If true, the proposal would shift to Ayer’s mother, though age and appeal raise questions about her becoming Princess de Bourbon.
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London
Ayer
J. Co. Ayer
Prince Philipe de Bourbon
Paris
Miss Ayer
Mme. de Bourbon
Alfonso
Spain
Royalty
Queenstown
Getting Used to American Drinks
A humorous essay notes English society’s ignorance of American cocktails. A druggist recalls a British visitor mispronouncing and misnaming cocktails while visiting a soda fountain, learning that gin cocktails are not typical American drinks. The piece contrasts American fondness for mixed drinks with English speech and customs.
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Wallack
Camberwell
Kentish Town
Etelka Gerster Retreats to Italian Villa Home Life
The Herald visits Mme Etelka Gerster’s villa near Bologna, Italy, detailing Dr. Gardini’s estate, the cosmopolitan art collection, vast ice cellar, and the prima donna’s simple routine. It covers her household, fondness for Hungarian dishes, and dogs, plus a glimpse into her early life and rise in opera from Kassan to Vienna and Venice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
BoLoeya
London
Paris
New York
Berlin
Patti
Covent Garden
Wales
Etelka Gerster
Bologna
Gardini
Europe
United States
Borghetti
Florence
Mme. Gerster
The
Herald
America
Apollo
Italy
Fido
Villa Gardini- Gerster
Gerster
Mme
Mme, Gerster
Bertha
Perth
Hebenstreit
Kassan
Hungary
Conservatoire
Vienna
Venice
Signor Gardini
Gilda
Pesth
Count Perpomber
Kaiserliche Kamersangerin
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Marseilles
Genoa
Presth
Ambroise Thomas
Ophelia
William
Watering-Place Gamblers Across the Spanish Frontier
A London Telegraph letter describes Luchon and nearby Portillon and Pont du Roy as illegal roulette havens. It details a casino in Portillon high above the frontier, the games of roulette and trente et quarante, and a tense moment as authorities and ferryman intervene while a crowd watches a late-night gambling scene.
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London Telegraph
Luchon
Baden
Portillon
Col de Portillon
France
Spain
Casino
Trente Et Quarante
Hambourg
Gamb Lers
Pont du Roy
Point du Roy
General Hancock Bust Details From Sculptor’s Letter
Wilson McDonald’s letter to the Cincinnati Enquirer shares gossip on General Hancock’s life while posing for a bust. It notes his patient, accommodating nature, frequent levees for sculpting, vast mail read aloud by aides, and a keen memory. It also recounts political views, charity letters, family matters, and a cautious, battlelike observation of everyday events.
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Gath
Cincinnati Enquirer
General Hancock
Wilson McDonald
Hancock
Gettysburg
McDonald
Ohio
Indiana
Democratic Party
Heapens
Mississippi
New York
Evolution Ballade and Miscellany in Early Press
A fragmentary survey blends a satirical ballade on evolution with assorted vignettes. It includes a Cambrian era verse, Uncle Reuben's talk on ages and dates, a San Francisco street-office anecdote, a New York Star gag, a Virginia Chronicle egg quarrel, and a humorous revival dispute in Arkansas with comic legal threat, plus theatrical child notes.
A Reliente Matter. The Parisian on address to women
The piece discusses whether to call a woman madame or mademoiselle in society based on age looks and alleged relationship status. It weighs options by considering whether she is pretty ugly or married and suggests gallantry or respect depending on her perceived situation.
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Madame
Mademoiselle
Mandemoiselle
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Martel Marmont
Tallis
Ferdinand DE Lesseps
Oficer
England
Mohammed
Pizen Literature
Lord & Taylor's
Reno
Sasso
Bor
Dr. Gardini
Madison Square
Lake Como
Queen Victoria
Martinelli
Vecchio
Belvedere
Setta
Arents
Helmersberg
Lyassan
Mme. Marchesi
Verdi
Aida
Cambrian Main
Wal
Reuben Clay
Griswold Street
Free Press
Reuben
Calumbus
Uncle Oe
Old Virginny
New York Star
Grant
Flood
Rim
Grane
Virginia
Nev
Chronicle
Jones’ Ranch
Parson Greenleaf
Hawbush
Presbyterian
Spunis
Ben
Mr. Greenleaf
Sandy Jones
Brudder Simmons
Mr. Hawbush
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