Ironical Fate and a Wax Figure in Grenoble
A French tale contrasts a scheming widow Mme Pipelet who airily worships her husband Bertrand until he dies, then uses a wax figure of him to sustain a romantic illusion. Her lover Raoul and a Parisian crowd drift from romance to a macabre finale with Cartouche revealed as Bertrand in a Paris waxworks show.
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Monsieur
Madame Pipelet
Grenoble
Mme. Pipelet
Pipetet
Bertrand
Mme
Pipelet
Bertand
M. Pipelet
Little Pipelet
Mme Pipelet
Paris
Rovat
Buila
Raoul Wos
M. Raoul
Italy
Champs Elysees
Pierrot
Columbine
Harlequin
Punchinello
Mapwuvrel
Raoul
Harvard Advocate
Scrub cattle seen as farmers’ costliest luxury
The passage argues scrub cattle are likely the era’s most costly luxury for U.S. farmers, surpassing the revenue that monopolists could ever extract from them.
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United States
What Is Success In Life And Who Is The Successful Man
A Harper's Young People excerpt argues success is not measured by end results or lasting happiness but by striving toward a chosen object. It cites figures like Jay Gould Hannibal Grant and Pitt to question whether reverses negate prior achievement and whether lasting wealth or status defines true success.
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New York
Goldenhair
Gainsborough
Mamma
Kitty
Vera
Marguerite
Llanche
Dorothy
Mollie
Mabel
Lillie
Freda
Maude
Philadelphia
Jay Gould
Rowan
Seneca
Demosthenes
Cicero
Hannibal
Napoleon
Gen. Grant
William Pitt
Great Britain
Austerlitz
Harper’s
The Plight and Care of Hair Loss in Youths and Adults
A physician asserts baldness is often a disease and not just aging. Loss stems from constitution, illness, headaches, stress, or overwork. Women lose hair less, and factors like drinking, hats, and hygiene matter. Gentle care, avoiding hats, cold-water washing, and regular scalp friction may reduce shedding and strengthen new growth.
Hustle for business and call on customers in St Louis
Mr Rushem directs his traveling man in St Louis to hustle harder and personally solicit customers. He insists big trades come only from digging them out and warns to see solicitors and advertisers who claim busyness. Persistent pursuit is urged.
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Forbes
M.atring
Rushem
Rushem & Co
Stiremup
St. Louis
Tfe Insurance
Beate
Popular Science Refines Views on Stars and Ice
The article notes heavy stars like Mizar, estimates ice impurities at 34.3 percent organic and 21.2 percent inorganic, and describes the water spider’s air bubble mechanism. It explains vast interstellar distances, Neptune’s orbit as solar system edge, and that many stars exceed our sun in brightness yet appear as mere points even through powerful telescopes.
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Mizar
Neptune
Earth
Kovast
Wrongs of the Red Men and Mojave Indians Plight
A Pacific Ensign reprint condemns liquor sales to Mojave Indians from Needles visiting the San Bernardino US Marshal. It argues whiskey ruins youths and squaws, causes idleness, and criticizes agents for failing to aid, calling for urgent government protection and action against the liquor trade.
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Needles
San Bernandino
United States
Earlier Woman Lilith Spurs Eve Tale From Talmud
The Pittsburgh Dispatch recalls Lilith as an ancient woman before Eve who bore only demons and fled Adam. It notes 200 years apart for the spouses and Adam’s penitence near a temple of Mecca under Gabriel’s instruction before Eve’s creation. The piece ends with a flippant remark about a woman seeking the vote.
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Eve
Lilith
Adam
Alte
Mecca
Angel Gabriel
Pittsburgh Dispatch
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Detroit Free Press
Conaistenc
Ine Dalay
Popular Science
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