Continent Wide Nobiles and Their Rigid Titles
A historical sketch notes how in parts of Europe noble titles pass to all children and peasants often share lofty identifiers. A Russian noble’s French wife encounters a maid deemed a princess while a country estate reveals household staff bearing equal titles in daily life.
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Austria
Poland
St. Petersburg
Ths
Iity
Verdi Aimed to Please All Yet Please Purists Too
In preparing Il Trovatore Verdi tested the score with a critic who called the anvil chorus trash. The composer laughed and said he sought a popular work pleasing every taste except the purists, hoping for success across Italy. The forecast proved true as the opera gained wide acclaim.
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Verdi
Ric
Il Trovatore
Italy
Chinese Decoration for American Consul in Abyssinia
The Chinese government sent an order of the Double agon to Dr Samuel L Gray American consul at Foo ow. The award includes a silver star with sapphire center and coral at the top, worn by a blue enamel neck ribbon. Congress must grant leave before acceptance.
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Samuel L. Gray
Fooow
Chu
Congress
Disappearing island on Derwentwater lake
The article describes a small landform that rises from Derwentwater during certain years and then sinks again. It floats a few inches above water with an area from a few square feet to a few square inches, caused by lake bottom upheaval. July and August periods bring the phenomenon, aided by weather conditions.
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Southcneland
June Clearance Promotes Cut Price Dress Remnants
Retailers push a June clearance to clear spring dresses and school commencement wear. Bargains include Nainsook fabrics, corset covers, ladies waists, trunks, parasols, and men’s shirts at deep cuts. Numerous cut prices on embroidery, gowns, hosiery, and ready hemmed sheets accompany a broad range of fabric and clothing items offered at greatly reduced rates.
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Popula Con
Clarks
Seamen's church pulpit gift and other 1900s items
An oak pulpit in Sunderland's Seamen's church shaped like a boat bow bears a gold inscription from torpedo boat destroyer officers and men. The report also notes a raid order on European headwear and a stolen overcoat worth a $100 reward, plus Heinrich Peterson's switch from theology to trolley work in Chester.
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Seamen's
Sunderland
England
Heinrich Peterson
Hamberg
Germany
Chester
Peterson
Ex Governors Now Serving as U S Senators
Senators Stone of Missouri and Berry of Arkansas, both former governors, note three governors or ex-governors will take seats after March 4. McCreary of Kentucky Clark of Arkansas and Stone join the ex-governor senate group. One fifth of current members are ex-governors including Berry Perkins Money Foster Cullom Alger Nelson MacLaurin Dietrich Foraker Wetmore Tillman Culberson Proctor and Dillingham
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Stone
Missouri
Berry
Arkansas
United States
Senate
McCreary
Kentucky
Clark
Louisiana
Dillingham
Proctor
Vermont
Perkins
California
Money and Foster
Cullom
Ilinois
Alger
Michigan
Nelson
Minnesota
MacLaurin
Mississippi
Dietrich
Nebraska
Fora‘ker
Ohio
Wetmore
Rhode Island
Tillman
South Carolina
Culberson
Texas
Proctor and Dillingham
Napoleon Portrait Collection Shown At National Arts Club
A large selection of Napoleon portraits, mostly prints, debuts at the National Arts Club in New York. The collection belonged to John Leonard Dungley Jr and covers Napoleon from youth to death from many viewpoints, reflecting wide artistic interest and enduring fascination.
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Napoleon
New York
National Arts Club
John Leonard Dungley
Dudley
Napoleon Ael
Shaw
Dows
Big Salaries Distort Hiring Says Wall Street Lawyer
A Wall Street lawyer recounts his rise from earning 20 a month to drawing 5 000 000. He argues that high pay attracts few applicants for top roles while modest wages draw many, and suggests people must grow into their salaries or risk being frightened by large offers. He cites stenographer, confidential manager, and other positions to illustrate the effect of big salaries on applicant pools.
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Wall Street
Hotels Make Their Own Ice in New York
Large New York hotels produce about a ton and a half of ice daily for in house use. Water is filtered and circulated through cans to freeze, while molds form the ice. A strong brine solution in the tank lowers the freezing point and ammonia coils maintain twenty degrees below zero.
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New York
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