Oddities and hoaxes fill a crowded Paris and world page
A miscellany of sensational items: Cuzsixurs and burrs in Paris, a million-dollar Indian festival offering, two December new moons, a drunk would-be burglar found in a St. Paul home, and ongoing exorcism-style turmoil at a Chinese merchant’s San Francisco house. Frauds, fashions, and a vivid portrait of Parisian Commune heroine Lovisz Mrowen, plus notes on Parnell ally Mr. Biecar. The piece also surveys freshwater and California pearls, artificial eyes, and their care.
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Paris Bonnais
India
St. Paul
Feng Chan Sung
San Francisco
Sung
Monator
Lewis Barber
Georgia
Leo County
Lovisz Mrowen
New Caledonia
Paris
Biecar
Parnell
House of Commons
Bapeephoon
Elliot
Extragts Road
Shonen
Belfast Academy
Miami River
Ohio
Gulf of Californias
California
New Jersey
Eugenia
Egypt
Tragic Far West Encounter At A Barber Shop
In a peculiar scene Abe Wallace, a famed barber, contends with a tense confrontation as a visitor questions his identity. A dramatic shift occurs when a poised young woman enters, altering the mood and Abe’s demeanor. He asserts his status, claiming a thousand dollar craft and wealth, ready to assist.
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Abe Wallace
Sis
Abe
Boston
Sandwich Islands
New York
Frontier Barber Brings Down Barred Justice Love and Death
Abe Walace distrusts a frontier barber as a Boston girl courts him. A staged marriage by the barber precedes a hanging, with a final twist that the barber’s laughter foretold a failed marriage certificate and the bride’s death, avenging the barber.
Cosmopolitan San Francisco Night Tour Through Chinatown
A New York Tribune correspondent describes a nocturnal journey from Market Street to Chinatown, noting vice, law, French eateries, Chinese storefronts, opium-branded faces, and a dense crowd outside a Chinese playhouse near St. Mary’s Cathedral.
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Duant Street
Rom Market Street
Washington Street
City Hall
de Quincy
New York Tribune
Monuments Erected in Italy For Victor Emmanuel Memorials
A long British press summary notes Italy raising six or more monuments this year to King Victor Emmanuel. It mentions gifts from Hern Isroox Krarr and a fund for destitute needle-women under TOM 000, plus baronial philanthropy by Baroness Burdett Coutts. It also covers Jewish marriage pressures in Germany, Parnell defense costs, and the Baroness Bartlett-Coutts money matters with a possible House of Lords appeal.
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Italy
Victor Emanuel
Hern Isroox Krarr
Banon Boryscitep
Bettina
Panama
M. de Lesapps
Vircaow
Mommsen
Hildebrand
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Bartlett
Baroness Bartlett-Coutts
House of Lords
Seductive Advertisements And The Swindler's Wiles
The piece analyzes common advertising ruses used by conmen to lure victims into fraudulent mining schemes and job traps. It cites Nevada and New Mexico claims, promises of large profits, and names like Bona Fides, noting how easy wording, confederates, and signatures persuade unwary readers to invest or seek dubious opportunities.
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Nevada
Bo Perton
Bona Fides
California
New York
Mery
Pare
Tobkt
Wall Street
Omr
Financiers Market Orbiting Investments in First Mortgage Farms
A New York Times opines on financiers who invest others money in long term first mortgage notes on Western farms. It warns that guaranteed nine percent returns sound attractive but disguise risks from overpermanent, illiquid securities amid Wall Street style advertising.
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Wall Street
East River
New York
Ths
W. Y. Times
Jules Verne as a Daring Breton Writer and Traveler
A portrait of Jules Verne, a Breton from Nantes aged about 52, described as handsome with blue eyes and a firm, sweet demeanor. The piece traces his life from law study to literature, his early success with Five Weeks in a Balloon, his long publisher Hetzel contract, marriage, and his habit of travel and writing aboard the Saint Michel.
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Joules Verne
Nantes
Jules Verne
Brittany
Paris
Ifo
M. Perrin
Opera Comique
Theater Lyrique
Mace Des Familles
Hetzel
Verne
Aris
Amiens
Saint-Michel
Parw
Figaro
How Sam Houston Was Admitted to the Bar
A Tennessee legal career tale shows Bowrkin Minnie meeting Sam Houston after the 1812 14 war era. Houston admits limited formal study yet plans to answer hard questions with honesty and wartime experience. Miller assists and both endure an all night exam. Within two years Houston becomes State or District Attorney. Miller returns to Virginia.
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Bowrkin Minnie
Tennessee
New Orleans
Sam Houston
Alabama
Gulf States
Jackson
Houston
Miller
Thement
Iller
White
Virginia
The Question of Underwear and Heat Regulation
The article argues clothing should insulate to regulate heat exchange. Wool and wool blends best retain warmth, linen transmits heat, and texture affects nonconducting quality. It notes moisture, garment openness, and fit matter, and compares sexes and ages in exposure. It cites old practices and urges careful personal choice for lasting health.
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New England
Clothing materials and design hold vital significance
The Boston Globe emphasizes that the material, form, style, and construction of clothing are of vital consequence, noting how what we wear matters as a matter of public concern and daily life.
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Boston
Globe
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Tur
Jackson Street
Cum Cook Alley
Celestial Authority
Salightenen
China
San Francio
Philadelphia
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