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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1895
Page
6
In a Paris inn the stable quarrel erupts into a brawl as Blaise Bure proves brave and loyal. The narrator spares a youth and gains a new ally, a bold Mercenary from Orleans who pledges aid. News of Admiral Coligny’s wounding unsettles all, guiding plans toward Paris and Pavannes as the journey begins.
The note recounts Chung Chee, a famed beauty labeled Mongolian, fighting deportation after entering the United States in 1893. She contests her identity as Lung Ying Yee while courts weigh her status and possible return to China amid speculation by importers.
The New York Sun reports a wealthy family's daughter is engaged. Paterfamilias laments publicity drawing flood of wedding tradesmen requests for flowers, catering, engravers, and gifts. The scene includes social calls, engraved cards, and offers to hire wedding presents.
A Chambers Journal piece discusses the difficulty of selecting wedding presents, noting the weariness of expensive trifles and the shift to checks. It highlights the effort to please many friends with varied tastes and cites the Queen’s practice of giving a single, consistent gift: a handsome Indian shawl.
Loving wife brags of a completed summer wardrobe and Newport plans. Husband answers he will arrange his affairs to go, but wife retorts she cannot take him along citing his inappropriate clothing. This dialogue appears in New York Weekly.
In a humorous 1800s vignette from New York Weekly two society women debate a stranger’s status noting he is neither known nor rich while queuing questions about his influence and background. The quip hints at social gatekeeping across eras.
J B Toomer relays a story from near Aiken South Carolina about a pitcher left at a well known as Montmorenci. Locals say a lightning strike killed a woman long ago and the pitcher remains untouched by anyone though nearby travelers try and fail to touch it. The piece notes a strange repugnance for approaching the vessel and recounts several attempts and odd happenings around the pitcher.
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