Latin Quarter on Washington Square and Nearby Authors
The passage traces Greenwich Village's Washington Square area as a historic Latin Quarter style enclave. It links pioneer American writers and figures such as Henry James and Howells to the district, noting addresses on Washington Place and the square’s lodgings, bohemian scenes, and literary connections including Brunner and Willis.
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Greenwich
Washington Square
Broadway
Stuyvesant Square
New York
John Purroughs
Washingtin Secare
Henry James
New York Life
Washington Place
James
Howells
Sloper
Sloper Cof James
Kitty
Brunner
N. P. Willis
Edwin Forrest
Lippincott’s
Origin of the Tommy Atkins sobriquet in British Army lore
The name Tommy Atkins evolved as a standard illustration in NCO instructions with fictitious entries like Thomas Atkins in Company B. Recruit tips, mock reports, and signed examples explained how genuine names were to be formed, leading to the term becoming a familiar nickname for British soldiers worldwide.
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Tommy Atkins
John Thomas
Thomas Atkins
London Globe
A Queer Russian District of Women Governs Itself
The Smolensk district is run entirely by women as men migrate for nine months of work. Women cultivate fields, manage local affairs under a woman mayor, and gather at a clubhouse for late night cards. Despite long hours and cakes and ale, the commune is prosperous and orderly with czarina interest.
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Russia
Smolensk
Czarina
New York Tribune
Drinks of Our Forbearers and the Old Wine Taste
The Chicago Times-Herald recalls popular early beverages mad dog and dragon’s milk made from aged ale with ginger. It notes elegant drinkers sought wines of clear color, strong character, and complex metaphors dating to medieval times, and laments the decline of Elizabethan era beverages in modern London bars.
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Mad Dog
England
British Museum
Paris
Triune
London
Port Negus
Chicago Times-Herald
Tennyson's chair mischief ends with a boots-on-predictable pose
In a casual reading room scene Lord Tennyson lounges with feet on the chimneypiece provoking surprise. A friend whispers a warning about confusing him with Longfellow, prompting the poet to drop his feet and assume a proper English stance.
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Tennyson
Lord Tennyson
Longfellow
San Francisco
Free Treatment Offer for Lung Diseases by New York Chemist
New York chemist T A Slocum offers three free bottles of his New Discoveries to Fairfield Tribune readers. He claims a universal cure for consumption and bronchial diseases and urges sufferers to write to 95 Pine Street New York to receive the medicine.
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New York
T. A. Slocum
Fairfield Tribune
Science Daily
M. D
Pine Street
Tribune
Fairfield
Towa
Auld Lang Syne Autograph Story From Albany Celebration
The Century article recounts how Chancellor John V. L. Pruyn acquired Burns autograph manuscript of Auld Lang Syne. Henry Stevens sold the verses. Captain Moody delivered the manuscript to Albany in time for a Burns day celebration. Pruyn read the poem aloud amid cheers. The manuscript, bound in Russia leather, includes a Burns letter to Dr. Richmond.
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Cuyler Reynolds
Pruyn
Robert Burns
United States
Albany
Henry Stevens
James Lenox
John Carter Brown
British Museum
Stevens
Mr. Pruyn
Captain Moody
Chancellor Pruyn
New York
Russia
Dr. Richmond
Burns
Ancient North Beverly Church Marks 184 Years Of Worship
The Second church of the Congregational society in North Beverly Massachusetts is 184 years old the society has never had another house of worship. Incorporated in 1713 as the precinct of Salem and Beverly the parish faced opposition to separation. The first meeting to form the society was in November 1713 with a building fund of 350 pounds. The meeting house was completed and dedicated the next year. A porch was added in 1771 funded by Caleb Dodge and a 400 pound bell was installed in 1751 with another bell donated by Robert Hooper two years later. The church was moved to its present site in 1837 and remodeled. General Gage attended services in North Beverly during his Danvers stay. Ceiling plastering began in later years funded by wealthy members. Robert Hooper’s bell earned him a pew and later overhead plastering was funded by the parish.
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Congregational Society
North
Beverly
Mass
General Court
Salem
Caleb Dodge
Robert Hooper
General Gage
Danvers
Collins House
Assembly
North Beverly House of Worship
Boston Herald
Death and Burial Customs of the Chinese as Described
The article outlines Chinese funeral practices from infancy to old age as reported by the New York Ledger. It notes minimal rites for infants and young people, elaborate ceremonies for elders, and rules for childless widows and clan heirs. It also describes ritual death preparations including a bed avoidance, washing in warm water with incense, and spirit money covering the face to aid the departing soul.
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New York Ledger
Stage luminaries overdo oratory in humorous costumes
An amusing New York Telegram note describes De Wolf Hopper in a sixteenth century Spanish soldier guise reciting Casey and Francis Wilson as a vagabond delivering a serious speech. Jerome Sykes in a green Roman toga drew laughs when urged to speak during Prince Ananias with McDonald. Sykes deflected.
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de Wolf Hopper
Casey
Francis Wilson
Jerome Sykes
Bostonians
Philadelphia
Prince Ananias
Sykes
McDonald
Jerome
New York Telegram
Bible weighs in with word and letter counts
The Periodical notes the authorized Bible contains 773 746 words and 8 506 482 letters including ALs. It estimates Oxford reference Bible parts add 1 100 000 letters and 900 000 marginal notes, totaling 5 566 483 pieces.
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Journal of Announcements
Clarendon Press
Chocolate drink prepped ahead flavors best
Study of culinary detail suggests blending chocolate drink hours ahead improves flavor. Break unsweetened chocolate lumps into an earthen bowl overnight with cold water, covered tightly, for best extraction. New York Post.
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New York Post
Velvet Fashion Forecast From Paris Says Velvet Reigns
Lady Violet Greville reports from Paris that velvet will dominate spring fashion. She outlines velvet in every style and color including black blue sapphire and silver gray shot with gold, promising a bold range of shades.
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Violet Greville
Paris
Cross Cultural Greetings and Manners Across Nations
A curious note surveys greeting customs in various regions. It mentions a South Sea Islander greeting by a sting and water jar over a friend, and notes Russian etiquette with pressed foreheads and lips, plus same sex kissing in Germany and other nations as a normal practice.
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Russia
Germany
Birthday Pen Prompts Unusual Gift Request
A husband apologizes for not talking and recalls a fountain pen given on his birthday anniversary. He plans to use the pen daily and asks his wife to make him a suit of overalls to accompany it, prompting a gentle back and forth in this Washington Star excerpt.
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Washington Star
Irish share of foreign born in U S falls since 1850
The foreign born population of the United States shows the Irish now constitute about 20 percent, down from more than 40 percent in 1850, reflecting shifting immigration patterns and demographic change.
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United States
Haitian General Collects Red Green Glass Eye
A Haitian general who lost an eye in battle was sent an artificial eye from Paris. The maker sent a yellow eye recalling the Spanish flag, so the general demanded colors of his country. He received a red and green eye and added it to his medal collection instead of wearing it.
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Paris
News in Brief from Feb 23 24 items and incidents
Brief items report Mrs. Whitney injured after a horse incident near Aiken South Carolina. Naval secrecy on Maine testimony and potential indemnity for Spain if held responsible. U. S. government uses 1 200 000 pounds of colored materials annually. Wisconsin farmer injured in runaway near Eau Claire. Youngstown Ohio raids on gambling houses. Burlington freight wheel brake failure near Earlville. Detroit cruiser sent from Mobile to Key West. Shipp and Horton duel ends with Shipp dead Horton dying. South Australia wheat export surplus 19000 tons. Birmingham magistrates commit Olympic club managers for prize fighting. Two African Americans lynched at Mayfield Kentucky. Adrian Anson awarded silver bat by Notre Dame alumni and students.
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Aiken
S. C
William C. Whitney
Navy
Whitney
Sigshbee
Maine
Naval Board
Spain
United States
John Drake
Eau Claire
Wis
Youngstown
Burlington
Earlville
Ills
Detroit
Mobile
Key West
Robert Shipp
Lloyd Horton
Taylor County
Campbellsville
Shipp
Horton
South Australia
Birmingham
England
Olympic Club
Mayfield
Adrian C. Anson
Notre Dame
Notable Executions and Deaths Mark Local Headlines
Richard Allen and Tom Holmes were lynched at Mayfield Kentucky. Alen robbed a house and Holmes killed his wife six months ago. M W Galt a leading Washington jeweler died suddenly age over 70. Simon Lazard founder of Lazard Freres is dead. William T Fee consultant at Cienfuegos Cuba and W Chenery Port land post office cashier died last Friday in accounts short six thousand dollars. American college athletic amateurism compared unfavorably to Oxford and Cambridge per critics.
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Richard Allen
Tom Holmes
Mayfield
Alen
Holmes
Manager Burns
Chicago Baseball Club
Chicago
M. W. Galt
Washington
Simon L. Lazard
Lazard Freres
Congressional Committee On
William T. Fee
Ohio
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Wiliam Chenery
Portland
Oxford
Cambridge
Ratcliffe seeks penitentiary to end entanglements
Edward J. Ratcliffe, convicted in New York of beating his wife, now anxious to go to the penitentiary to end further entanglements. Mrs. Emily R. Montgomery, 69, missionary, is dead in Beyrut Syria after thirty years in Turkey. Calcutta Times correspondent predicts excellent harvests in India.
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Edward J. Ratcliffe
New York
Beyreat
Syria
Emily R. Montgomery
Turkey
Calcutta
London Times
India
President Dole
Hawaiii
Honolulu
San Francisco
Tommy Ryan
George Green
Southwest Harbor
Joseph Leiter
Mixed early 20th century brief items from rail to politics
A scattered digest reports De Norte en route to Nehalem fears of foundering, a San Francisco woman’s stomach operation, Stamford Dye Works fire with $100,000 loss, Lord Salisbury ill, Holland gun order for Buss machine works, China opens Yuen Chau Lake Tung Ting Tu as a treaty port, Spain’s cortes dissolved with elections set March 27 and April 10, wage cuts at Boston Manufacturing in Waltham, Maine dead to be buried in Key West, Idaho gold and silver production in 1897, Salisbury recovering from influenza, Vin ega to be hanged after appeal denied, Stevenson visiting Senate, and 63 passengers from La Champagne leaving Padifax for New York.
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Sctrooner de Norte
San Francisco
Ore
Stamford
Lynchburg
Lord Salisbury
Hatcheld House
Bus
United States Assay Office
Idaho
Marquis of Salisbury
Clarence Vinegar
Georgetown
Stevenson
Senate
Padifax
N. S
New York
Comedy Exchange Rewrites Drawn Room Alteration
Ally Sloper sketches a prank where Jobbs hides a misworded move in the drawing room. Miss Farbelow notices only a grand alteration, prompting glee at the clever ruse. The comic bit pivots on a misheard word and a staged dramatic change.
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Ella
Jobbs
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Mamma
Grace
New York Times
Boston Manufacturing Company
Waltham, Mass
Hood
J. W. Bean, M.D
Iowa
B. N. Gantz, M.D
Harrison & Ball’s Drug Store
Calvin Snook
D. G. Higley
W. Fordyce, M.D
Risk & Hufstedler’s
Court Street
R. C. Sayers, D.V.M
Gordon's Livery Barn
Ek. G. Grove, M.D
Monfort
Savings Bank
Frank Fourt
South Side
J. B. Monfort
Harris & Cuddy’s
South Side Square
T. L. James
Heid & Kerrick’s
E. R. Smith
North Side Park
Fairfield, Lowa
M. A. McCorp
I. H. Tomlinson
Attorney At Law
Southeast Corner Park
Rolliy
Wilson
Falrhield
Jefferson
Ofice
Postoffice
H. G. Raney
E. F. Simmons
Baney & Simmons
Bell’s Grocery
Northwest Corner Square
Owa
First National Bank
Fairfield, Iowa
B. 8. McElhinny
John A. Spielman
Frank LiGut
Park
Parsons College
Daniel E. Jenkins
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