Old Sixth Regiment Impresses Fitchburg With Parade and Drill
The Old Sixth celebrated with a dawn battle near the trotting park watched by General officers and citizens. Fitchburg praised the parade, dinners, and a well disciplined militia show, ending with a return train trip and souvenirs for Concord troops.
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Enterprise
Signal Corps
Fitchburg
Parsons
Bridges
Kimball
Greene
Lowe
Edgerly
Parker
Union Station
Colonel Parsons
Cutter
Concord
Co. 1
Marlboro
South Framingham
Quartermaster Carpenter
Fitenburg
Devlin
Nickel Plate Express Becomes East West Favorite Line
The Nickel Plate fast express trains with sleeping cars from Boston and New York to Chicago, elegant dining cars, and low rates attract travelers. For information contact the nearest ticket agent or F J Moore General Agent Buffalo NY.
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Boston
New York
Chicago
East
F. J. Moore
Buffalo
N. Y
Millionaire Yacht Fleet Plans Atlantic Pleasure Cruise
A fleet led by the Valiant will sail from Palos to England then around the world aboard yachts owned by William K. Vanderbilt and others. Guests include English nobility such as the Duke of Manchester and Lady Alan Montague, with Elbridge T. Gerry and Frederick W. Vanderbilt hosting Yankee and English society figures. Ward McAllister rumored to travel aboard and write about the voyage.
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Palos
Columbus
Enric
William K. Vanderbilt
White Lodge
Lord Abingdon Baird
Ogden
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Lloyd Phoenix
Intrepid
James Gordon Bennett
Namouna
Elbridge T. Gerry
Electra
New York Yacht Club
England
Vanderbilt
Shepard
Duke of Manchester
Alan Montague
Birkenhead
Ward McAllister
F. W. Vanderbilt
Boston
Hield
After the Fair the Big White Buildings Debate
The directors of the fair face fate of the Jackson park structures after closure. Bonds of 700000 issued to restore the park post exposition may be wasted as 75 percent of wreckage is deemed worthless. About 25000 carloads of rubbish must be removed, leaving mainly salvaged floors as valuable material.
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Jackson Park
Park Commissioners
Smoking Room Crisis at London Ladies Club
A London ladies club faces a clash over a smoking room as nonsmokers push to abolish it. A nonsmoking member resents the room and fears exclusion while smokers defend the privilege. The Pioneer club denies the tale, noting only about 20 of 280 members use the room.
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Pioneer
London
London Dispatch
Petroleum Industry Employment and Investment Scale
The report notes millions in petroleum transport and fifty nine steamers abroad. It cites Pennsylvania wells and lands value at 87 million and crude oil plants at 65 million. Excluding pipelines and refineries, total industry value estimated near 300 million.
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Pennsylvania
Wells and Lands
Pilgrimages to Mecca Among Malay Pilgrims
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Malay pilgrims face harsh travel to Mecca with brokers arranging tickets and provisions. Overcrowded steamers, costly land transfer, and scarce food lead to many deaths and non return journeys. Quarantine and warnings by consuls fail to prevent risky voyages.
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Hoy
Oes
Archipelag
Netherlands Indies
Java
Celebes Bayan
Bugis
Ani
Mecca
Jeddah
Pall Mall Gazette
Gait as a Mirror of Health Character and Occupation
A discussion from Leisure Hour on how gait reveals health vigor and occupation. It links soldier sailor and laborer walks to moral traits such as reflection hesitation energy and decisiveness, noting pride vanity and obstinacy may show in stride.
Living on a Beggarly Ten Thousand in New York Fashion
A San Francisco Argonaut piece reprints a social critique asserting a man in fashionable society needs at least 25000 dollars yearly to keep up appearances. It estimates 2500 for dress, 500 for yachting and polo outfits, and significant expenses for boots, furnishings, clubs, restaurants, and lodging, warning that even with 10000 the ducal life remains out of reach.
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New York
Cor
San Francisco
Argonaut
Dutch Etiquette Seen Through an American Mirror
A Kate Field's Washington quote recounts social norms in Holland where two men are secondary to a Dutch gentleman and a woman asking a man to fetch a book prompts a puzzled response. The anecdote notes that a Hollander would never ask such a favor.
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Holland
Lords of Creation
Names twisted to fit six daughters amused farmhouse guest
A woman staying at a rural farmhouse learns the six daughters were named by parent’s plan to honor brothers. Willa Bill Thomasine Charline Josepha Roberta, and finally Nicoda after Nicodemus, with a stray idea of Nicotine but settled on Nicoda. The tale comes from a New York Times anecdote.
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Willa
Bill
Thomasine
Tom
Charline
Charlie
Josepha
Joe
Roberta
Bob
Nicodemus
Nicoda
New York
New York Times
Booth and Malone Describe Edwin Booths Theatrical Insight
John Malone, actor and lawyer, writes in The Forum about Edwin Booth and a Hamlet rehearsal. He notes Booth avoided self praise and invented a variation of a sword cross gesture during the ghost scene, using the blade to invite Horatio and Marcellus to swear.
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John Malone
Edwin Booth
Hamlet
Horatio
Marcellus
Modern bicycle a healthful economical ride for all
The bicycle, four to five years old in its present form, is praised as healthful and economical. It conquers ground without oats or stables, needs little maintenance, and outpaces crowded streetcars and elevated trains. Cyclists are portrayed as enthusiastic advocates of Chicago life.
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Chicago Herald
Brotherhood of Christian Unity formed in Chicago
The religious congress in Chicago created the Brotherhood of Christian Unity to promote the glory of the Creator and the relief of man’s estate. Members subscribe to serving God and their fellow men under the inspiration of Jesus Christ’s life and teachings.
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Congress
Chicago
Escau
Brotherhood of Christian Unity
Open Letter to Women Promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Remedy
A May 18 1892 Open Letter from Laurel Ave San Francisco recounts a woman’s recovery after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for post partum womb descent. The message urges all women to try the product and notes Liver Pills priced 26 cents.
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Laurel Ave
San Francisco
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. A. Detwiler
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