European views and royal uprises in late 19th century press
The article surveys diverse topics from imperial fashion and court life to international finance, rail and canal schemes, a new single tax party in South Dakota, and anticipated European developments. It notes U.S. naval implications, royal health, and Queen Victoria at seventy with abdication unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Huron
Camspaion
Victoria
Sandringham
Prince of Wales’ Palace
New York
Three Kingdoms
George the Third
Fashion Items and Womens Roles Across Cities
A collage of 19th century notes covers imperial trousseaus in Beijing like the empress and consorts, the White House secretary Alice Banger, diamond spark ornaments, and a wave of women bicycle riders in Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston. It also mentions opera star Ella Gerster in exile, and a Turkish reform linked to women discarding polygamy through fashion choices.
Fashion Notes and Scientific Scraps on Dress and Tech
A survey of fashion trends shows single wives gaining social status as trends shift in dress among Turks and Western influence. Also covered are innovations in materials, aviation power, explosives, and scientific discoveries, including metals prices, new fabrics, and ultra-fine fibres from rock crystal.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Sultan Aziz
The Return of the Tide Poem Fragment
A poem fragment recalls drifting boats and diverging lovers under a northern sky. It speaks of tides converging despite clouds and desolation, with lines about harbor solace and a single sustaining thought guiding two souls toward meeting again.
Gisele's Caprice Ends in Untimely Singe
In a Paris salon Gisele de Balny, aged eighteen, flatters herself with a lion taming ordeal for fiancé Robert de Gilis. After he bravely enters the lions’ cage to please her, he vows to renounce marriage if she forces him to meet her caprice again. The visit ends with Gisele never marrying.
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Mme. de Balny
Gisele
Robert de Gilis
Mme. de Baby
Robert Gisele
Robert
Mme. de Baloy
Georges Langle
Madame
Langle
Mme. de Baluy
Saint-Cloud
Paris
Mlle. Gisele
Saint-Cloud -At
Hon- Pamer
Eidel
Ontie
Bidel
Langla
Feta
Rgard
Tam
Langlo
Langie
Cali
Ridel
Gircle
Conscience Money Remissions to the U S Treasury
A Cleveland report describes conscience money sent to the Treasury from various users. Remittances range from pennies to thousands, with most sent anonymously and no receipts issued. The chief clerk notes no separate fund, receipts only via newspapers, and a few cases where names appear, such as a Boston priest and parishioner.
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Treasury
Cleveland
Washington
Cleveland Leader
Division of Public Moneys
Treasury Department
Sam
United States
Associated Press
Boston
A Dog's Queer Fancy for Eels at Gifford's Staten Island
Alonzo Stevens, a noted local expert at Gifford's, claims eels, sand crabs, and sea spiders can be controlled by fishing and a trained dog. He notes ille eel habits, recounts Carlo the St Bernard catching elas, and a near bystander incident where Carlo nearly choked on an eel. The tale, sourced from the New York Sun, highlights Stevens and his canine helper in Staten Island coastal fishing lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Stevens
Gifford’s
Staten Island
Stevens
Alonzo
Carlo
James C. Collins
Carlos
Miners' Shift From Pioneering Styles to Modern Science
The article surveys gold mining evolution from flannel shirt prospectors to machinery and chemistry. It cites Daylesford Victoria alluvials yielding 18 grains per 33,560 tons, illustrating the vast mass processed for tiny returns. It also notes cassowary fishing behavior on New Britain and discusses fur trade price pressures and domesticating northern fur animals, with sable and sea otter values cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Australia
Daylesford
Victoria
Exhibition Marvel Shows Giant Brazilian Plant Blooming
A visitor returning from Paris reports a marvel of horticulture in Europe a Billbergia maxima from Brazil flowering for the first time. It bears three blossoms with the longest nearly two feet, the blooms displaying red white and blue hues in a striking tri color pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria
Hiffel Tower
Brazil
Botan
Europe
Rejuvenating Discarded Hats in the Remodelling Trade
Louis Star notes a thriving re tail hat business as thrift hatters clean remodel and resell worn hats. A store fur hat costs 4 dollars new, yet beaten hats can be sold after cleaning for demolition prices, with 50 cents buying an old cozen of style and 25 cents to produce a second grade pew hat, demonstrating savings and new opportunity for local renovators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tha Jooult
Louis Star
Han
Hail and Express
Photographers’ Union Aims to Unite U S Trade
The United States photographers and copying houses seek a single association led by originator Bonardur of New York. The group claims 24 0000 members and 100000 in treasury. Photographers would be graded by excellence and charge fees per grade with potential coercive enforcement against outsiders.
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Photographers’ Trust
United States
Bonardur
New York
Boston Advertisers
Government Bond Paper and Cranes Paper Craft
A New York Graphic feature profiles W M L Crane of Dalton Massachusetts, noting his family fortune and the Crane bond paper used for government bank notes and postal notes. It cites Treasury supervision, long production since ten years with a prior contract, and compares U S paper to Bank of England standards as safeguarded against counterfeiting. The piece then shifts to domestic tips, including butter quality tests, metal polish methods, a decorative hanging basket craft, and a rundown of simple recipes and desserts like Raspberry Charlotte Russe and Ragout of Mutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Bond Paper
W. ML. Crane
Dalton
Mass
Crane Bond
Crane
Treasury
Bank of England
United States
Bank of Enond
New York Graphic
Grand Old Woman Introduced in Maine Lecture
In Style Mrs Livermore humorously recalls delivering a town lecture in Maing. A young minister, eager to impress, announced her as the renowned "grand old woman" beloved by her people, contrasting with the Boston’s "grand old man" sobriquet.
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Lewiston
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