Weather and social notes mix with war talk in May 4 1899 issue
The piece describes clear weather pleasing bicyclists, reports on lynching and highway robberies near Marlboro, criticizes Captain Coughlan, and notes visitors to Charlestown from the Spanish gunboats. It highlights American hero worship and mentions crew members including Clausen of Merrimac farm and a seaman from the Maine.
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Philippines
South
Marlboro
Charlestown
Sandoval
Bob Evans
Clausen
Merrimac Farm
Maine
Distinction Between Cyclists and Men Who Cycle
A Cassell's Magazine writer contrasts cyclists in knickerbockers with men who cycle in straw hats collars and ankle strapped trousers. He debates whether the latter are the poor sort and notes they look ridiculous beside the jaunty cyclists while knickerbocker wearers and wheeling women favor the renewed freedom of the shorter skirt.
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Cassell
Natives Speak French and Americans Laugh at Language
A dated Paris anecdote contrasts a French concierge and a stumbling American speaker with a phrasebook. The exchange ends in miscommunication and a silent recital observer, while other quotes muse on language, music, and wealth.
Color in Electric Light
The piece discusses how Broadway shop windows reveal pure colors at night under electric light unlike daytime when atmosphere blends colors. It notes electric light creates stark, two dimensional, pure color displays with no background haze, contrasting with impressionist aims for atmosphere.
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Broadway
Monet
New York Commercial Advertiser
Long apprenticeship for huntsmen in bygone days
The article recalls historic hunter training from age seven to thirteen as cited by Gaston de Foix and Charles the Wise, noting two years of tuition by D Yau ville and the royal practice of naming hounds. It reflects aristocratic hands on approach and pride in mastering the chase.
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Gaston de Foix
Charles
Gentilhomme
D'Yauville
Pall Mall Magazine
Garret of the Goncourt Brothers in Paris Legend
A Paris literary tale recalls the garret of M de Goncourt, a third floor room in the Louis XVI hotel at Auteuil where Edmond de Goncourt and friends fostered a circle of kindred spirits. The garret blended hall library and meeting place for a nascent academy opposing the forty immortals.
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Paris
M. de Gancourt
Gancourt
Auteuil
M. Edmond de Goncourt
Edmond de Goncourt
Aline Gorren
Scribner's
Governor commutes death sentence to 650 years
The Missouri governor commuted a death sentence for murder to 650 years in prison. The condemned man’s mother celebrated by smoking a corncob pipe, joking about the long term and avoiding any hangings.
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Stephens
Missouri
Willie
New York Tribune
Wish and service define life’s guiding question
The quote argues that every person desires self mastery, yet life is a service. It frames the central issue as choosing whom to serve, contrasting boyish visions with adult ruling passions.
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W. F. Aver
Boston man preserves daguerreotypes for over half a century
A Boston photographer continues to take daguerreotypes insisting they offer the truest likeness despite modern photographic processes.
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Boston
A Hint to the Garis and a South Africa Anecdote
A Boston Globe pleasantry notes that a bachelor critic jokes a girl who shows a nickel with a conductor’s change is fit only to kiss a pug dog. The Detroit Free Press quips about Bullion and Miss Goldly after their marriage. An Extinguisher mentions termites yielding five bushels a nest in scarce times and New York costs for food and drink exceed a million dollars daily.
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Boston Globe
Goldly
Detroit Free Press
Hudson Happenings and Local History Notes
Miss Agnes Abbott spends weeks at her Andover home as Danforth's Falls becomes a popular picnic spot for Sunday outings. Prizes for high school speakers offer 10 5 and 2 50 dollars with a late May or early June competition. New millinery at 192 Main Street. bicycle gift. staff moves at local shops. Philanthropy group meets May 4 at 3. Printing office to open in Houghton block with moved press. HLH class of 1890 entertainment raises funds for graduation. Royal Arcanum attendees in Boston. local market changes and new arrangements for fisheries. Memorial day races planned at Riverside park. Vermont Association discussed. Government licenses granted and postponed by selectmen. various liquor, victualers, billiard, and junk licenses issued.
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Agnes Abbott
Andover
Mass
Danforth’s Falls
Wilbur F. Brigham
Maggie L. Murray
Main St
Minnie Adams
Remington
Ruth Hartnell
Mansion
John B. Blake
Lincoln St
Hattie Smith
Lewis Building
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Boston
Department of Philanthropy
Hudson Woman's Club
William H. Brigham
Pleasant St
Robert F. Osterhout
Houghton Block
James Beaton
Ladson Spinning Company
Babcock
Clinton Enterprise
E. D. Jewett
Hudson
HLH. S
Carl Ready
Alfred E. Hapgood
Rawson Council
D. B. McCarthy
Garrison Council
Royal Arcanum
Bert Clifford
R. H. Newcomb
Washington St
Brett
Charles Lawrence
Knights of Columbus
Pythian Hall
Frank Murray
Holyoke
Holyokes
Y. M.G. A. Ailes
Hudson Boys
Mertice Stratton
C. EB. Boyce
Felton St
Jion, W. Hl. Brigham
Riverside Park
Portraits and remarks about a mother's new portrait
The New York World notes a mother’s new portrait draws praise but draws comment on the lines around the mouth. The dialogue hints at evolving taste in family portraits.
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New York World
Engagement Ring Request Text in New York Journal
A fragment from the New York Journal has a speaker named Jimmie offering an engagement ring for testing by a Mister Jeweler. The tone resembles a casual plea or anecdote. The item is identified as a ring and the speaker seeks verification or appraisal.
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Jimmie
New York Journal
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Coughlan
New York
United States
Kansas City Times
Dawkins
Bradbury
Morley
Harper's Bazar
Midas
Aristotle
Paris Garret
Garis
New York City
Vermont
Green Mountain
Bennett McIntyre
Burkill Bros
Camp Wetherell
8. C
Worcester
South Clinton
Worcester Electrics
Chas. W. Garside
Frank E. Haynes
Frank
Iapgood
Hammond
C. Metcalf
Charles J. McCarthy
Daniel Feeney
Barnard F. Scally
Hazen Leighton
Fred J. Sawyer
Jeremiah Richard
Mr. Sawyer
Sawyer
Mansion House
Hudson House
American House
Sherman House
Victualers
Bowker Stockbridge
Bowker’s General
Swift
Lowell
Bay State
Canada
W A.haynes CO
Maynard
Waitches
George G. Keith
Concord Junction, Mass
the Rep Shop
James T. Foote
T. J. Nevins
Springheld
Trinity
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
Concord Mass
Chaplin
H King
Concord Junction
George G. King
Concord
Exchange Building
Thos. Hutchinson
Chaplin's
P. O
Tiger and Tigress Bicycles
H. P. N. Dahl & CO
Maynards, Ston
Acton
Sudbury
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