The Princess Borghese Necklace Affair at Grand Opera
A lavish gala at the Grand Opera during Napoleon I era features Princess Borghese wearing a priceless necklace. An imperial curiosity prompts a staff officer to seize the jewels. Empress Marie Louise later denies involvement as detectives search for the thief. The pendant vanishes, never found, leaving intrigue and rage in high circles.
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Napoleon I
Grand Opera
Borghese
Pauline
Lvast
Napoleon
Prince of
Otranto
Cuce
Hich
Francisco
The Millionaire Explanation and Other Short Items
A New York club man recalls a $0.25 tip to a waiter provoking a lesson on generosity and perception. A Newark street car horse reportedly stops for women but not for men, based on past experience. A Boston newsboy retrieves Madam Oliver’s card case after a brisk exchange ending with “Thanks.” Azuela is noted for blue hailstones.
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New York
Alifornian
Nntion
Kfast
New York Letter
Newark
N. J
Chicago Herald
Roland Oliver
Tremont Street
Welk
Boston Beacon
Lord Randolph Churchill and American Gold
A London correspondent reflects on Lord Randolph Churchill's marriage to Jennie Jerome and the claim that Gladstone's party relies on American money. The piece argues Churchill himself benefits from American dollars through his wife and mocks the notion of sneering at American wealth.
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Lord Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Mr. Gladstone
Jennie Jerome
New York
Oxford
Paris
England
Lord Randolph
Randolph Churchill
Miss Jerome
Union League Club
London
Argonaut
Chinese Dead Remembered In Lantern and Firework Rite
The New York Sun reports on a Chinese cemetery scene in Mott Street Manhattan where groups of Chinamen honor the dead with lighted tapers joss sticks and lavish food offerings. Paper figures and currency rush to the flames as parting rites end with rice wine poured upon the burning pile. The ceremony, shorter than in China, turns Mott Street into a holiday for the community.
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Evergreen Cemetery
China
Mott Street
New York Sun
Stenography Supply Outpaces Demand Says Herald
A Chicago Herald editorial argues that the number of people studying shorthand far exceeds job openings. It criticizes stenography schools for promising jobs, calling them deceptions while noting high salaries lure many youths.
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Chicago
Chicago Herald
Meteoric Fireball Spooks Valcartier Residents
At Valcartier Canada a blazing meteor about ten feet in circumference descended from the sky. It touched earth and changed appearance, frightening locals who feared the universe would end. Nearby the sky lowered and field beasts cried out, while recent days brought severe lightning and frequent earthquake shocks.
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Valcartier
Canada
New York Sun
American defaulter reflects on life choices in Montreal
In a Montreal hotel office an American defaulter says he would live life differently, wishing to be a lawyer instead of a cashier after admitting embezzling 7000. He cites a brother-in-law who lawyers an estate to gain 48000 and becomes mayor and church member, warning young men.
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Montreal
Wall Street News
Italy
Grack Greenwood
Had Two New Ones in Macbeth Simmons Style
The snippet portrays Macbeth Simmons delighting in legal battles, bragging of two new lawsuits after learning the court of appeals ruled against him. It reflects a comic narrator tone about ongoing litigation and recurring legal contention.
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Macbeth Simmons
Court of Appeals
Texas Siftings
River Vessel Captain Describes Low Mississippi Conditions
A Quincy captain reports the Mississippi running so low in spots that calves lingered before the bow. He says the crew used the whistle to scare them away and sometimes blew it nonstop for long periods.
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Quincy
Mississippi River
Chicago News
Had He Stayed at Home
Dr. Gimlet returns empty handed from a day’s hunting and confesses he killed nothing. His wife retorts that he could have done better if he had stayed at home and attended to his regular business.
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Dr. Gimlet
American-born queen of Paris demi monde dies in ruin
Special correspondence from Milan reports Emma Crouch known as Cora Pearl ends her flamboyant life in Paris after lavish fortune loss and numerous lovers. The piece mocks continental operatic life while detailing Milan’s cholera fears, poverty among workers, and a medical oddity a headless baby born in Milan, with satirical observations on society and disability.
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MiLan
Cora Pearl
Emma Crouch
Paris
Fanny Lear
Duval
A Texas Journal’s Quarters in a Tiny Bulletin Room
The Ballinger Texas Bulletin describes a compact press room and living space. It details four box walls forming a twelve by sixteen foot room housing press rooms sleeping spaces dressing room and offices. The editorial chair is an inverted pinewood box with chrome and a “Polly wants a cracker” inscription.
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Bulletin
Polly
Saratoga
Local Cranks and Quirky Tales Across the Nation
A collage of anecdotes from Savannah to Concord recounts earthquake nerves, a St. Louis millionaire’s youth in Sailsbury, a Bridgeport man mistaking pills for four buttons, Minnesota’s climate extremes, a Posey county Indiana child winning a prize, and Scotland's record rainfall damaging crops.
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Savannah News
St. Louis
Concord
Sailsbury
N. H
East Bridgeport
Bridgeport Post
Minnesota
St. Paul
Columbus
Enquirer
Fair Grounds
Posey County
Hooppole Township
Indiana
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad for Teething
An 19th century advertisement urges mothers to send for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming immediate relief for teething infants. It also says the syrup cures dysentery diarrhea wind colic reduces inflammation and strengthens the system with a pleasant taste and widespread sale by druggists worldwide.
Jane Callaghan: Contractor and Bricklayer Highlight
Jane Callaghan is noted as a contractor and bricklayer with a specialty in pressed brick work.
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Jane Callaghan
Theoretical Practical and Analytical Applied to Arts and Manufactures
An 1860 two volume set describing theoretical practical and analytical works for arts and manufactures. Eighty five steel plate engravings and many wood cuts illustrate the topics. Prices listed include extra cloth ten dollars and library sheep twenty dollars half morocco.
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Morocco
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