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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1890

Page

4

Rich New York Matrons Highlight Vanderbilt Circle

The article profiles wealthy New York ladies tied to the Vanderbilt family and others. It mentions Mrs. William K Vanderbilt active in charity and King’s Daughters, Mrs Bryce as editor’s wife and Cooper descendant, Mrs Orme Wilson famed for a diamond necklace, Mrs Sloane (Emily Vanderbilt) with stove-mansion estates and Lenox retreat, and Carrie Astor as a homemaker with restrained social life. It notes their charitable work, legacies, and prominent social standing.

Sallie Nakagous New York Rhinelander Fifth Avenue Washington Square Brandeur Lfe Louise Shepard Rulnelander Astor Trinity Church Helen Gould John Paxton William K. Vanderbilt the King’s Daughters Bryce The North American Review Edward Cooper Peter Cooper Four Hundred Orme Wilson W. N. Vanderbilt Sloane Emily Vanderbilt Willian IL Vanderbilt Fifty-first Fifty-second Streets Vanderbilt Lenox House of Vanderbilt Wilson Carrie Astor William Astor Plorenge Finch Kelly

Costly Robe From Imperial Palace Feeds Fur Tale

John Ruszus recalls a royal commission in St. Petersburg to craft a fur lined cloak for a czar’s daughter. Using royal sable from Siberia, the robe reportedly cost over 30000 dollars and required daily checks by princesses or ladies in waiting to prevent any loss. The imperial project took a week and was deemed possibly the most expensive garment in history.

Russia John Ruszus Imperial Palace St. Petersburg Royal Palace Siberia New York Star

Deep sea corpses may resist decay at great depths study suggests

Dr Reynard reports in the archives of the Biological Society of Paris that decomposable substances under 600 to 700 atmospheres show no putrefaction, a depth of about 6000 to 7000 meters, yet greater depths may still host some decay aided by abyssal microorganisms.

Ocean Reynard Biological Society of Paris

Chew on This Amases a Million Dollar Figure

A Washington Post quip notes a chewing gum firm amassing a fortune of one million dollars. It jokes about selling six sticks for five cents and multiplying to reach vast totals, suggesting twenty million sticks equaling dupe profits.

Washington Post

Volapuk Language Stirs Talk as a Decade Old

A niche discussion circles around Volapuk now eleven years old as commentators debate its staying power. Chatter notes say the constructed language will never be old enough to speak in broad circles, underscoring its fragile cultural footprint.

Volapuk

Squeaky Boots at Conference Mocking a Speaker

A humorous 19th century style note mocks squeaky boots at a conference. The speaker and audience are distracted by the wearer’s noisy footwear, hindering the sermon and prompting a call to wear old boots instead. The piece ends with a quip about salt and seriousness.

Deacon Drowser

The Dome of St Peter's Roof Tour Described

Catholic Youth recounts a Thursday ascent to the roof and dome of St Peter's. The piece explains the 300 foot height, outer iron bands installed a century ago, inner and outer domes, winding galleries, and a lantern gallery with a copper ball tall enough for sixteen people.

Chorch

Rubber tossed to muddy lady ends in charged beaming rebuke

A streetcar scene describes a conductor returning a dropped overshoe by tossing it to a muddy lady who then receives it in the chest, the conductor grinning at his courteous act as the car moves on. The second vignette recalls Granville Sharp’s Sierra Leone colony project, its shipboard deaths, slave dealer pressures, and Wilberforce contact, noting the St Georges Bay company charter and the colony’s survival today.

Silerra England London Sharp Africa Sierra Leone William Wilberforce House of Commons St. George’s Bay Company Granville Sharp Macmillan

Qualifications of a journalist in North American style

Max O Rell argues American reporters must be spicy lively and bright, not only reporting but relating. They should be curious all five senses alert, conversant on many subjects, courageous against rebuffs, philosophical, and honorable, serving the public above all when future disclosures demand.

Ife Max O’rell North American

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