Palaces and Etiquette Shape Paris Official Society
Special Correspondent Theodore Stanton surveys how the French Republic provides grand official homes for ministers and presidents, with lavish entertainments at the Elysée and Palais Bourbon. The piece notes perquisites, strict dress codes, evolving social norms, and the subtle influence of aristocracy on republican life in Paris.
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New York
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Department
London
Paris
Republic
Elysée
Grévy
Murat
Mme. de Pompadour
Napoleon
Waterloo
Wellington
Alexander I
Alexander II
Louis Napoleon
The
Palais Bourbon
Prince de Condé
Petit Luxembourg
Louis XVII
Joseph
Gambetta
Commerce
Spain
M. Lockroy
Victor Hugo
French Republic
France
Trévy
M. Goblet
Foreign Office
M. Grévy
Washington
Oscar Wilde
Legation
Chamber
M. Floquet
Aris
Boston
Pau
Johannes
Theodore Stanton
Ancient Boston customs endure in city noted for pomp
Special correspondent surveys Boston idiosyncrasies from the 9 o clock bell tradition to the red coated Lancers at Harvard commencements. The piece mocks medieval Boston life, the fire bells, chimney sweeps, and cautious merchants who underestimate outsiders while detailing local manners and business pride and conceit.
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Boston
Boston Lancers
Harvard College
Lancers
London
Brattle Street
Tremont Street
Nentice Mulford
The Presidents Country Home and its Enlarged Cottage
The article describes President Cleveland's Georgetown Heights estate of twenty seven acres. It notes initial purchase of a double two story stone cottage with nine rooms and plans by Ossra William M Poindexter Co to remodel and extend. It contrasts the original dwelling with a remodeled villa facing a diversified landscape. Cleveland is highlighted as the first president to build a country home near the White House.
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Cleveland
Georgetown Heights
Ossra
William M. Poindexter & Co
Washington
White House
The Remodeled White House Attic and Gardens
The house gains an attic story and two story porches on south and west. A new stone extension will house the kitchen with servant rooms above. Mrs. Cleveland oversees interior plans while President Cleveland enjoys watching the transformation.
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Cleveland
Herbert Spencer Dies a Great English Evolutionist
The aged English philosopher Herbert Spencer, famed for his Principles of Sociology and Social Statics, has passed away after years of insomnia and nervous trouble. Born in Derby in 1820, he influenced Darwin and sociological thought, argued for limited government, and published Social Statics at age 30, remaining a reclusive London bachelor.
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Herbert Spencer
England
America
Derby
Gladstone
Spencer
Charles Darwin
Darwin
London
Nuremberg’s Iron Spirit Shapes Western Art Progress
A survey of Western art’s move from European models toward industrial beauty. Nuremberg’s iron craft inspires St. Louis School of Fine Arts, Chicago Art Institute, Buffalo academy, and wider rural architecture as art spirit elevates common work and buildings.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
ST. Louis Museum OF Art
Nuremberg
School of Fine Arts
Longfellow
America
Washington University
Wayman
Isabella Crowe
Ives
West
Chicago Art Institute
Art Institute
Tima
Buffalo
Academy
Art
Cure for Piles Remedy Ad
Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy claims to absorb tumors and stop itching, offering a permanent cure for blind, bleeding and itching piles. The 50 cent remedy is sold by Flower & Petrikin, Piqua, Ohio.
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Bosanko
Veterinary Surgeon G Cook Offerings in Local Trade
G Cook, veterinary surgeon, advertises curing compounds for Black Leg Pleuro-Pneumonia Hog Cholera and Fowl Cholera as required by government. He treats bone and muscle enlargements, general diseases, offers trocars for bloated cattle and shoeing for difficult feet at A A Woodbury’s shop and W A Miner’s Livery Stable.
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Woodbury's
W. A. Miner’s
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