Miss Julia Grant’s Grand Trousseau For a Princess Cantacuzene
Ellen Osborn reports on Miss Julia Dent Grant’s autumn wardrobe chosen by Mrs. Potter Palmer. The gowns, designed in Paris by top couturiers, blend lace, fur and Russian gold with delicate tones. The pieces include a white satin wedding dress, diaphanous evening robes, and a camel hair travel ensemble, all crafted in unique, opulent styles for Odessa honeymoon and Russian court appearances.
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Newport
Julia Dent Grant
Cantacugene
St. Petersburg
General Grant
Grant
Directoire
Miss Grant
Ellan Osborn
Punishments in Persia Grow Brutal and Public
An 19th century account outlines Persian penal methods, including bastinado flogging for confession, decapitation, and the death by gatch, a rare torture revived by governor Ruhkned Dowlah. It details the 1896 executions of five tax violators at the Koran Gate and the public hanging of Mollah Reza in Tehran.
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Persia
Shah
Shiraz
H. Ruhkn Ed Dowlah
Bagh-i-No
Nasr-ed-Din
Mollah Reza
Mackhmeldan
Teheran
Laboratory Diamonds Endorsed by Lyons Chemist in New Orleans
In New Orleans, Louis Rene of Lyons France, head of a major dyeing lab, discussed artificial diamonds. He described experiments using intense heat and electrical crystallization to enlarge crystals, noting obstacles to commercial viability and doubting laboratory diamonds will rival natural gems.
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New Orleans
France
Rene
Man narrowly saved from death on Philadelphia bridge
George Chambers aged man with one arm fell between Crowhill road bridge ties above West Manayunk station on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway. An Italian laborer Anthony Kromkoski freed him just as an express train passed. Chambers, from Gladwyn, Montgomery County, escaped after about ten minutes of peril.
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Philadelphia Times
UWO
George Chambers
Chambers
Gladwyn
Montgomery County
Crowhill Road
West Manayunk
Philadelphia and Reading
Antietam
Anthony Kromkosk
Kromkoski
Anthony
Tchambers
West
Manayunk
Contagion by Rats Warns of Maritime Plague Risk
French Public Health committees warn great danger of bubonic plague spreading to ships as rats and mice board vessels, in light of Portugal’s outbreak. Authorities urge vigilance aboard vessels and ports to prevent transmission.
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Portugal
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Ellen Osborn
Herrick
Julia
Hans
Hunter
Persiaa
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