Bernhardt Arrives in New York Aims for New Plays
Sarah Bernhardt lands in New York aboard La Champage and visits the Hoffman House. She previews a tour including Yzeil and Gismonda, praises Irving's Macbeth, adores Camille, and jokes about Yvette Guilbert's earnings while discussing the De Castellane couple and Paris society.
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Sarah Bernhardt
New York
Hoffman House
Game
Mme. Bernhardt
Paris
Bois de Boulogne
Yzeil
Gismonda
Magda
Dumas
L’artesienne
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Suzanne
Mile
Leyford
Canada
United States
New Orleans
England
Yvette Guilbert
Rejane
Yvette
Irving
Macbeth
Sibyl Sanderson
Massenet
Esclarmonde
Comtesse de Castellane
Mre. Mackay
de Castellanes
France
Comte
Lui
Trouville Races
Prince Albert
Paris Fashion and Politics in a 19th Century Jaunt
A New York Journal clipping captures a frank voice weighing Franco British war prospects and Franco German alignment. It notes Paris fashions and hair trends, mentions a personal menagerie and ends with Sarah Bernhardt’s Paris birth date.
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France
Germany
England
Paris
Jardin Des Plantes
Sarah Bernhardt
New York Journal
Marriage Record Sets New Yearly Marrying Benchmark
Pastor Schneider of New York, known for wedding many East Side couples, tallies 780 ceremonies in 1895. He lives at 109 Second Avenue in the German district, reads like a genial matchmaker who turns away hundreds to prevent fatal unions, and calmly guides couples with a fatherly lecture.
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Pastor Schneider
New York
East Side
Second Avenue
London
New York Sun
Edison Sees No War While Doctoring a Phonograph
Edison, absorbed in perfecting a phonograph that plays piano music without tin pan ambiance, talked for an hour on war questions. He predicted Britain would win if engaged, praised America as the world’s workshop, and noted privateers as an American specialty while continuing to work on his device.
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Edison
England
America
Worshop
Machine Shop
Mr. Edison
Cleveland Seen as Possible 1890s Democratic Nominee
Washington dispatch argues President Cleveland may run again or back a cabinet favorite, with Richard Olney as potential heir. It details Cleveland’s secrecy and possible shift toward shaping Olney as nominee if he declines to seek another term. The piece notes the Morgan syndicate’s bid dynamics and contrasts popular versus public loans under the administration.
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Cleveland
Morgan
Washington
Richard Olney
Mr. Cleveland
White House
Mr. Olney
Judge Gresham
Olney
Gresham
Democratic Party
Treasury Department
New York
Treasury
Carlisle
Morgan Syndicate
Walter Wellman
Advert seeks all round newspaper man editor duties
A Fourth Estate advertisement calls for an editor to handle 18 daily columns, write editorials, read proofs, and take general charge. Salary listed as $18 prompts questions from Union Printer whether the rate is per minute, per hour, or per day.
And Nothing Succeeds Like Success
Two weeks earlier Cecil Rhodes was dubbed the uncrowned king of Africa. The London press now calls him a restless adventurer. England's policy of territorial aggrandizement yields repeated failures, says the Chicago Journal.
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Cecil Rhodes
Africa
London
England
Chicago Journal
Florence Nightingale Nursing Her First Patient
A young Florence Nightingale tends a wounded Scotch shepherd dog abused by stones. She reassures the dog, assists the vicar in examining the leg, and demonstrates early nursing by fomenting the injury with hot cloths, preparing tea, and using torn clothes to aid care.
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Florence Nightingale
Florence
Jimmy
Roger
Uses of ozone show wide practical applications
Ozone is shown to age brandy wine and liquors, improve coffee aroma, and enhance tobacco scent. It rapidly seasons wood for instrument sounding boards in hermetically heated rooms, thickens linseed oil for linoleum, and bleaches linen faster than sunlight, independent of weather. It also aids production of pure starch derivatives by removing color and odor impurities.
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Philadelphia Record
Hotel Towels Drive Hotel Souvenir Craze Cited
A Washington Star report quotes a hotel clerk noting towels as the principal theft in first class hotels. Guests pay for board but steal towels as mementos, often collecting towels stamped with hotel names. Napkins spoons and keys also disappear, yet towels remain the prized item among souvenir collectors.
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Washington Star
A Blighted Life
A weeping girl bids farewell in a scene of intense grief as a haggard lover leaves. She regains composure and goes down to a heliotrope piece, in a melodramatic moment from New York Herald.
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Sye
New York Herald
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Castellane
Camille
Billiard Hall
Chicago
Broadway
Washington Boulevard
Geller
Telephone
W. F. Geller
Leman Book and News GO
Calhoun Street
Hair Bazaar
E. G Rdenbeck
E. Washington Street
Fort Wayne
Indiana
South Side Wall Paper Store
Hotel Kleptomaniacs
The
Evening Post
East Berry Street
Fort Waynes, Inc
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