Paris Through a Stranger’s Eyes A Night in the Morgue
A Paris correspondent recalls arrival at Hotel Continental in Paris and a lantern-lit street scene. He visits Notre Dame and the morgue, where corpses and fashionable clothes evoke romantic mystery, flirtation, and the city’s dangerous intrigue.
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Boston
New York
Delmonico's
Place de la Concorde
Rue de Rivoli
Paris
Alsace
Lorraine
Champs Elysee
la Belle Paris
Gaboriau
Notre Dame
Dumas
van Beer
the Tuileries
Who Wears the Ring A Simple Parlor Trick
A description of a mind reading parlor trick titled Who Wears the Ring. The performer uses a pencil and paper to reveal the ring bearer by guiding a volunteer through a arithmetic sequence that yields a final code 3 1 3 1 identifying the person, hand, finger, and joint.
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Hoffman
Welty Tetera
New Dental Prosthetics Suggested by Dr Edmunds
Dr J M Edmunds proposes in a dental monthly the implantation of metallic roots in the jaw to support artificial teeth. He suggests placing two metallic capsules in the rear jaw and two in the front to establish a foundation for a full permanent set.
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J. M. Edmunds
Dental Monthly
Mortality Among Children and City Sanitation
Dr J M French analyzes infant deaths per 1000 born and shows wide regional variance. He notes Norway 204.5, England 338, Italy 567, with English districts ranging 175 to 460. In Vermont 23.8, Massachusetts 34.74, New York City 59 percent of deaths occur before age five. Disease and overcrowding linked to filth, heredity, and contagion.
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J. M. French
Popular Science Monthly
Norway
Farr
England
Italy
Wales
Liverpool
Europe
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York
Jacobi
Curtiss
North America
A Fateful Ring In Madrid Legend Haunts Spanish Royal Line
A medieval deadly ring supposedly curses Spain's royal house. King Alfonso XII gave it to Mercedes on engagement. it then passed to Queen Christina, Infanta del Pilar, Christina of Montpensier, and finally to Alfonso before his death. The widow had it sealed around the Maid of Almudena statue.
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Madrid
Spain
Alfonso XII
Mercedes
Christina
Infanta del Pilar
Alphonso
Duke of Montpensier
Almudena
Farmers' Purchasing Committees in the Alliance
The Farmers' Alliance or Agricultural Wheel operates to aid members in obtaining goods at low cost. It appoints Purchasing Committees to vet reliable dealers in groceries hardware dry goods boots clothing and farm implements and guarantees member patronage. St Louis Globe Democrat.
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Springfield
Tll
Farmers’ Alliance
Alliance
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Peacock and the Sage Turkeys Voice Delivers Silence
A turkey extols its voice to a sage who judges that by singing it spoiled the case. The sage concludes the turkey holds the better claim while the peacock’s song backfires. The moral is that silent people sometimes leave the strongest impression.
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Turkey
Detroit Free Press
Tender-hearted Big Man and a Dog Incident
A reader recalls watching a large policemen attempt to shoot a suffering dog in a vacant lot. The dog wails and fights for mercy as the six footer lowers the revolver, then joins his colleagues in a saloon. The dog recovers and vanishes down the street.
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Sixfooter
The Tail of a Mastiff and the Tail’s Tale
An owner stuffed his mastiff to stage a lifelike guard. Tramps flocked to inspect the yard, judging the dog alive by its tail. Observant transients note most dogs’ tails turn right, while the stuffed creature’s tail pointed left, a detail the writer finds amusing. The piece ends with a quip about another newspaper item.
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Jack
New York Sun
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City OF Luxury
Gossify
Rue Castiglione
London
Dover
Calais
Chemin du Nord
Rue de la Paix
Place Vendome
Eee
Peple
Rue Montmartre
Monsieur
Terpsichore
Farmers’ Purchasing Committees
the Peacock and the
Sage
Jesse Forbush-Hanaford
St. Louis
Joy Faatz
Cleveland
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