Gossip Chronicle of Elites and Nobility
A collage of society items notes Gladstone writing memoirs and Moltke’s wig, mentions Talmage’s flock, czar’s palace plans, Disraeli’s coming of age, Buffalo Bill gifts, Henry James likeness, Platt inheritance, Burdette’s California work, and international intrigues. It also covers Bismarck’s dinner toast, royal marriages, explorers, memorials, subject claims, and prominent figures tied to Cornell, Congress, and European courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gladstone
Count von Moltke
Dr. Talmage
Czar
Kaska
Finland
Lord Beaconsfield
C. R. Disraeli
Buffalo Bill
Ienry James
Prince of Wales
John Platt
Miss Alcott
Burdette
California
Daughters of Eve and Royal Figures in Curious Gallery
A round of social curiosities features Lady Count Campbell writing a memoir, Patti’s Madrid farewell receipts of 12500 dollars, and Queen Victoria’s bedstead and fineries. Rulers and relatives are noted for quirks from Miss Paddock’s stage ambitions to Empress Elisabeth’s rheumatism and plans to winter in Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Campbell
Sherman
Patti
Madrid
Queen Victoria
China
Italy
Cleveland
Sauk County
Wis
Mme. Carnot
French Republic
Hewitt
Isabella
Spain
Christina
Miss Paddock
United States
Senator Paddock
Paddock
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland
International Council of Women
Washington
Sara Elliott
New Orleans
Bishop Elliott
Texas
Stray items mix strange tales from early 1900s press
A scattered chronicle covers church ties in a police force, a Montreal butcher fined for kissing a woman, folk cures for whooping cough, and a bid for The Lancet. It notes German village care, Mile. Zucchi’s wedding gifts, a London craze for Japanese art, oil seeps near Santa Barbara, and a left handedness mystery linked to maternal holding habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T'elsia
Montreal
Vesmarcuos
Warwickshire
England
The
Lancet
Wakely
London
Princess’ Theatre
Mile
Zucchi
Dien Theatre
Paris
Prince Basetehetkof
Pacific Ocean
Santa Barbara
Jewels and jewelry fashions of ornate scarf pins
The article lists lavish jewelry pieces such as jeweled sword hilt scarf pins portraits encircled by diamonds pearl studded pendants a walking stick brooch with workout shoes spider pin with gold legs and diamond eyes roman gold bracelet enamel flowers and other elaborate designs including moonstone flower shapes and a silver cigar case for economical smokers.
Correct Dress For Men In Modern Wardrobe Trends
The article outlines summer trends in men attire with light weight derbys in gray to brown and black cutaways gaining traction. It notes Chesterfield overcoats, Prince Albert coats, and sack suits remaining popular, plus bright scarves and varied shirt fronts and collars.
Hutchens Issues Bold 400 Yard Challenge
Harry Hutchens in prime form challenges any man in England or America to a 400 yard match for 250 or 500 dollars per side. William Edwards of Chicago denies being the Billy Edwards defeated recently. Jack Joyce heavyweight champion and Jack Fogarty sign to fight ten rounds under Queensberry rules within 100 miles of Pittsburgh on April 7 with two ounce gloves for the gate receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hutchens
England
America
William Edwards
Chicago
Billy Edwards
Rondout
Jack Joyce
Ohio
Jack Fogarty
Pittsburg
Baseball Gossip and Season Plans Across Leagues
The piece catalogs player moves and contracts including Gleason and Welch at 23000, Hoy the deaf mute base runner, King signed by the Athletics but out till June, and Budgets for umpire pay and season dates. It notes a new southern league talk with clubs in Macon Atlanta Nashville Birmingham Columbus Montgomery Savannah and Chattanooga and outlines travel miles for league teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoy
King
Princeton
The
Athletics
E.og
St. Louis
Boston
Auton
Mark Baldwin
Hoover
Jack Tully
Toledo
New York
I, Tity
Baltimore
McTamton, Cutagant and Greer
Brooklyn
Macon
Atlanta
Nashville
Birmingham
Columbus
Montgomery
Savannah
Chattanooga
Titcomb
New Orleans Boys
Louisville
Latham
van der Ahe
Spalding
Clarkson
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburg
Boscon
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Galveston
Turf Notes on Phallus Bid and Kentucky Handicap
J I Case refused 40000 for Phallus from a Kentucky stock farm. About 900 trotters beat 2 25 and 76 just matched that pace. Ingolence highly regarded by turf men for the Kentucky handicap carrying 112 pounds. Stable reports say he wintered well and is now performing strongly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. I. Case
Kentucky
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prince Bismarck
Russia
Prince of
Naples
W. H. H. Murray
British America
Charles Dilke
Leland Stanford
Trinity Episcopal Church
San Francisco
William Henry Hurlburt
Viscount Eversley
Duke of Albany
Frederick III
Oscar Wilde
Carlyle
Andrew D. White
Cornell University
Sheridan
Howard
Terry
Congress of the United States
William Jenner
Windsor
Evarts
Edmunds
W. W. Story
Baron de Rothschild
Thomas F. Bayard
Tilden
Hendricks
Allen
Packer
Joieily
John Morrissey
Joseph Chaimberlain
Senate
Joseph
Robert G. Ingersoll
Americas
Nicholas
Louisa M. Alcott
Austria
Herculesbad
Upper
Egypt
Aix-les-Pains
Prince Albert
Sporting and Athletic
Bostons
Chicasso
Tom Deasley
Washingtons
Esterbrook
Gleason
Welch
Dundon
cGuire
Turf Notes
Gary HO
Grant, Wilson & of
Dixon
Austin Bros. Dry Goods Store
Dixon, Ill
Sue
Ty, J. Miller
St Main Stree
WXN
Wlinow
Deere Cultwator
Tle Lowth and West
C. J. Rosbrook
Illinois
M. M. Dunham
Ben Morrell
Royal Chief, JR
James
Alamer
Fide
CLARE
D.S. Horton
C. T. Raynolds
Oil
Japan
Railway
D. S. Horton
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