Fashions of Paris Seen by an Observing Young Woman
A Paris fashion sketch notes street style and theatre costumes. It describes velvet trimmed jackets, pearl buttons, and bold hat designs on boulevard watchers, plus couture gowns seen in the theatres. It highlights colors like steel blue, purple, and red, and details on stage costumes from the Vaudeville play The Monn Hôtesse, including mousseline de soie gowns and roses embroidered in pinks. BADIM MERRITT.
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Paris
Marie Mogater
Miles
Andel
Medal
Badim Merritt
Grandpa’s lesson on open door in China history
A grandfather tells children a memory guiding the meaning of the open door in China trade. He recalls American ships, Maj Shaw’s 1784 voyage, missionaries, piracy suppression, and later naval power shaping treaties. He also notes Formosa incidents and a final bedtime promise of another tale.
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Elizabeth
Nellie
Tom
Grandpa
Courbes
China
Nell
Gen
Washington
England
Chita
Maj. Shaw
Allerton
Canton
Maj
Shaw
Mugland
Volland
Ijolland
Europe
Muuch of Moland
America
Urey
Jiongelong
Sues Urings
Momma
I Fand
Formosa
Asiforg
Wormosa
Potential clash of Gzar and Mikado in eastern power play
Rumors of a Russia Japan war escalate as both nations expand naval and land forces. Russia claims vastly larger army totals and a stronger navy, while Japan emphasizes skilled seafaring personnel and newer vessels. Siberian rail progress, transport hurdles, and possible eastern theaters shape the stakes and timing of any conflict. The piece contrasts mobilization, geography, and logistical constraints to weigh which side might prevail.
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Sexth
Russia
Sugoda Hse Lee
Europe
Gsin
Japan
Inmen Tussia
Daily Press
Tre
Jaepan
Juss v
Siberia
Siberian
Naval Programme Requires 25 Million For Navy Expansion
Secretary Long outlines a naval plan costing 25.8 million dollars if approved by Congress. It includes 12 1,500-ton gunboats, three 13,000-ton armored cruisers, and three 7,000-ton protected cruisers. Costs cited: gunboats 44,200 each, armored cruisers 4,500, protected cruisers 3,000,000.
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Long
Tong
Philippine
Manila
Navy Department
Congress
Admiral Dewey
Indian Relics tell of General Miles and his campaigns
A local museum known as the Spite room houses a vast collection of Indian relics and art linked to General Miles. Displayed items include a chief’s eagle feather headdress with a bullet hole, Joseph’s surrendered gun, Geronimo’s bow and quiver, buffalo and elk heads, decorated skins, blankets, pottery, head dresses, scalps, moccasins, shields, and weapons, each recalling tribes and events from miles western career.
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Miles
Joseph
Nez Perces
Fort Leavenworth
Missouri
Geronimo
Maine Dead to Return From Havana for Arlington Funeral
The Maine victims will be exhumed and shipped to the United States in vine covered caskets under sanitary rules. Congress appropriated 10000 dollars. Possession of the Havana cemetery plot is uncertain with a private grave present and risks of transfer after five years. Transportation likely aboard the Texas under Captain Sigsbee. A national funeral may be held at Arlington, Virginia. In Greece the lepton is the smallest coin and represents one hundredth of a drachma, about twenty cents.
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Havana
Hah
United States
Congress
Tlavand
Maine
Arlington
Texas
Sigsbee
Greece
Europe
Reforms in Guay urge natives to marry and farm
Captain Leary governor of Guay reports scarcity of food and moral reform measures. He issues an order to end free union, offers free civil marriages until November 4, and plans to raise agriculture and self-sufficiency by enforcing labor. He seeks more officers and supervision to uplift inhabitants and civilize the island.
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R. P. Leary
Guay
Thy Iseland
Ife
Triars
Agana
Capt. Leary
Leary
Tle
Navy Department
Islate
Costly White House Fence Recoats Itself in Paint
Citizens note the White House iron fence receiving another coat of paint after fifty years. Workers, paid daily, pause to answer questions as they work, extending the repainting process. Government spending runs about 200 dollars yearly for the mile of iron fence.
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White Hotee
Dances For Furniture In New Jersey Wedding Tale
A bride Annie Kubrich and groom Michael Panzeker in Brunswick New Jersey celebrate vows with a home furnishing bid. After a ceremony at Nelson Street, guests joined a reception at Coorad’s home. One guest urged Annie to dance, then she joked about saving and paying a dollar for dinner. The dollar demanded to dance became a running joke as others offered a dollar to join in. The couple shared a brief waltz as the party continued.
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Brunswick
N. J
Annie Kubrich
Michael Panzeker
Coorad
Nelson Street
Annie
Michael
Howe
Dolar
Alsace Lorraine seeks American consulates to aid exports
The chambers of commerce of Sirkburg and Metzgagetrall petition the superior government to establish American consulates in Lorraine to boost trade with the United States. The region ceded by France after the Franco‑Prussian War has been permitted a consulate within its boundaries.
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Commeree
Sirkburg
Alsace
Gagetral
Lorraine
Superial
United States
France
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