Paris Historian Ostrogorski Eyes Indianapolis Name in Registry
A Paris Historical Society member M Ostrogorski visited Indianapolis meeting local labor leaders and writing his name in a hotel register for public view. The piece notes pickpocket schemes, a Terre Haute resident defacing a tombstone, Shakespearean reflections, and a discussion on beggars noting most beggars are white with few colored cases.
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M. Ostrogorski
Paris Historical Society
Indianapolis
Inprana
Terre Haute
Highland Lawn
Co operative societies in the UK offer lessons for American reform
The piece notes Britain hosts about 1,400 co operative societies employing 70,000 people and producing 30 million dollars in goods annually. Profits fund libraries and night schools, with a trade totaling 291.9 million dollars each year. One society feeds and clothes a seventh of Britons. American promoters are urged to study these models after the election.
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United States
British Isles
United Kingdom
The Tramp Problem and Society's Duty
A discussion of growing numbers of beggars in cities, noting actual distress among some and widespread fraud by others. The piece argues that despite fraud, society bears responsibility to aid those in true need and calls for compassionate action from the well to relieve hardship.
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Indianapolis
Emotional Temperament Depicted in Chromatic Breath Test
A 19th century note describes breathing through an ice cooled tube to test emotional states. Anger yields a brown precipitate with iodide of rhodopsin causing stimulation, sorrow yields gray, remorse pink. Gates claims brain building and hypnotism harm moral character and medical cures arise from these findings.
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Elmer Gates
Gates
Barefoot Kneipp Cure Sparks New Fad In New York
A column notes the Kneipp cure from Europe, urging barefoot walking on wet grass at dawn as a foundational practice. Pretty women are seen in Central Park, endorsing the method as invalids gain hope and claim recovery. The fad is praised for its zero cost.
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Oscar
Kneipp
Europe
New York City
Central Park
The Pace That Kills Harpers Bazaar Emulation
A reflection from Harper's Bazaar cites a dictionary definition of emulation and a discussion of a once pretty woman now worn by the chase to be first. A physician notes no disease exists, yet she is dying from striving to outdo others. The piece questions the futility of always needing to stay first.
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Harper's Bazar
Lovers on wheels seal a Western bound romance
Florence Camden and Fred Lumsden, under the watchful chaperone, speed toward a seaside casino on bicycles. A cheeky plan for privacy ends with Fred revealing love, Florence accepting, and the pair racing toward a future together as the chaperone closes in.
Relics of the Star Chamber sold at Christies in London
The Star Chamber lock and key, once linked to King Charles II and the Duke of Ormond, were auctioned at Christie's. Tudor Gothic paneling and a Renaissance chimney piece from New Palace Yard’s tribunal quarters were also sold, starting at 50 guineas and eventually reaching 155 guineas to buyer Mr. Gurney of the bidding room.
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London Telegraph
Star Chamber
Christie’s
Charles II
Duke of Ormond
New Palace Yard
Edward Cust
Leasowe Castle
Cheshire
Gurney
Old man scolds wheelman on Superior Street
An elderly pedestrian is jostled by a youthful rider on Superior Street. The old man grabs the rider by the ear and scolds him, joking that he would spank him if he wasn’t afraid it might be a girl. The moment passes with light humor.
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O’shan
Florence
Fred Lumsden
Fred
Western Railway
Clam-Shell-on-the-Sea
New York
Flora
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Superior Street
Weill
Boy falls into well while attempting to drop cat in Phoenix
A Mexican boy in Phoenix leaned over a well curbing to drop a cat into the water. He lost balance and toppled in. The three foot deep water allowed him to rise. the cat climbed onto his head and scratched him, ending the incident with no serious harm.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Fashion's Fancies Steady in Evening Dress Styles
A review of秋 fashion notes describes box coats in pale cloth lined with white satin and jackets in black or dark hues lined with plaided taffeta. The seven gore skirt remains a leading, versatile style suitable for all figures and materials. Embroidered leather bands, bead work, and novel trims abound on autumn outfits in fawn, green, and brown tones. Jewelry revival reaches wearing ear jewels again, with goldsmith art and costly gems in fashion. Sleeves favor a voluminous, flower-calyx shape from elbow to wrist, often velvet lined with contrasting silk. New serges and wide diagonals feature tucked sleeves and bodices with mohair or Hercules braid detailing, sometimes creating a bolero-like effect.
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Old World
Cost of Careless Building and New York Fire Costs
New York City payroll this year totals $2,000,000 covering uniformed firemen fire chiefs and repair shop staff. Firemen receive annual pay from $1,000 to $1,400. The metropolitan department has existed since 1866 and fire losses to date amount to $125,000,000.
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New York
New York City
Metropolitan Department
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Rene
Godesses
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