Fragmented World News Snippets From Aged Dispatches
A collage of short vignettes covers varied topics from clear seals on English documents to butchered accounts of murders in France. It notes discipline in Berlin, horse prices in 1790s England, etiquette in Turkish households, a damge claim over a boat fall, Margherita of Italy at the Répwan Academy, and gypsy marriages in England. It also reports Syria’s turmoil, brigandry near Aidin, and a Paris Figaro jest about a world tour via emigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain and Ireland
France
Berlin
Enland
Imore
Whitebread
Brester
Allan Kerim
Margherita
Italy
Réwpan Academy
Randolph Rogers
Marguerites
Coopers and Taylors
Mary's
East Moulsey
Engiss
Aidin
History of a Coat-Tail and Its Fashion Obsolescence
The essay traces the dress coat from seventeenth century origins to modern times, noting its evolution from a standing collar garment favored at Louis XIV's court to a downtrodden staple in uniforms. It discusses fabric variety and the fashion arc of swallow-tail coats, framing a cultural obituary for the garment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wilde
Howe
Kate Field
Changiig
Louis XIV
Evolution of Dress Coats Through French Fashion History
The author reviews changes in coat fashion from the late 18th century to the early 19th century, noting embroideries, colors, and silhouettes. It covers the Incroyables under the Directory, Napoleon’s era color shifts to blue, and the eventual disappearance of the tailcoat. The piece adds humorous reflections on past attire and future foolishness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Germany
Italy
Mme. Angot
Napoleon
Doston
Government Clerks of Washington D C A Linked Civic Body
The Washington Star notes the vast workforce across Treasury War Interior and other departments numbering about 10 000 in the capital excluding local offices They portray clerks as educated refined residents forming a significant and agreeable part of the city population
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Washington
Bartoely
Treasury Department
Beeratorya Office
Bureau of the Mint
Surgeon-General
Office
Inspector General of
Bureau of Statistics
Office of Lighthouse Board
Bureau of Engravin and Printing
Second Comptroller
Comptroller of Currency
Office of Commissioner of Customs
United States Treasurer’s Office
Register’s
Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States Coast Survey
State Department
War Department
Secretary's Office
Adjutant General's Office
Inspector General's Office
Quartermaster General’s Department
Paymaster General's Department
Engineer Department
Ordnance Department
Signal Office
Bureau of Military Justice
Col. Casey
State
War and Navy
Office of the Publication
Interior Department
Patent Ofice
Land Office
Pension Office
Indian Office
Education
Railroad Bureau
Census Office
Ofice Daphelias
Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
Government Printing Office
Washington Star
Philadelphia Uses Gas to Kill Dogs Quietly in Apartment
A report describes a method in which carbonic-oxide gas is released into an airtight apartment to kill dogs. The procedure is said to allow as many as one hundred animals to die quickly and without pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Science and Industry Notes From The Era
Reports on streetcar gas illumination in Britain and iron and quill pens history. Describes a New York Shawangunk marble deposit, hair regrowth from petroleum, sea bathing benefits for eye disease, and Judd’s volcano theory. Includes a New York steam generator design with two coaxial metallic cones and dual chambers for efficient vapor production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawangunk Mountains
New York
Stevens
R. Stevens
Amat
Judd
Royal School of Mines
Chicago Tribune
N. FP. Sten
Pith and Point and a Patchwork of Wit
A collage of quips and anecdotes from various papers, trades barbs about politeness, self made men, aging bridges, dreaming travelers, and a tale of a truth-telling youth. The pieces comment on manners, work, and social pretensions with humor and irony.
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Paris
Figaro
Russias
Lemborg
America
China
Austria
Science and Industry
Anon
Brooklyn Bridge
Burlington
Fogg
Boston Transcript
Panoetai
Harper's Weekly
Emerton
Tonnnant
New Haven Register
W.G. Snyder
City Market
John Morgan
Lard Baneages
Ahip
Brock
Solleit John Morgar
V. Becker
Kri
Vincent Becker
H. J. Grawburg
Henry, Il
Beat
Grawburg
POLCE
Will
Americoa
Gault
Frank M. Lukins
Streator
H. C. Townsend
Paes
St, Louis
Council Blaffa
Omaha
Lantoln
St Joseph
Witchwon
Topeka
Chicago
Slegpany
Aston
Lanolphia
Baltimore
Peoria
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Louis
Keomark
Horton
United States
Canada
James
A. C. Weis
USIC
GLASS
Queenswarh
Fratol
Moe
C Weis
Taraxine Za
al? Driggista
Pse Edicine
Deallera
A. Kiefer
Ache Polis
Mason
Centra A
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Fenasha
John Linden
Cleveland, Obio
Chicago & Alton RR
Lacon
Py Songera
Ag Fulluwa
Express and Mall Accom
Aurive
Lacon Lacon
den Express
Mall— Bop
Resoh
Dwight
Freebie
Cleveland
Buffalo
Boston
Spring Mass
Pittsburg
Harriaburg
Ington
Milwaukee
Morrison, Wie
S’rarte
LaCrosse
St. Paul
Minneavule
Bandall
Canods
J.h.dillman
McMullen
J.B
Tarlton
Pans Ag
Chiesa
Re Rs Kankael— Pained
Crannate
Oan
and & Pacific R. R
Court
Enida
Acanglewod
AL Wasmington Heiiors
Crs
Rock
Council Bluffs
Qullgt
Otte
la Salle
Geneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Darenbort
Weat Liberty
Iowa City
Maronga
Brooklyn
Gnell
Des Moines
Piaeway
Sewart
Atlantic
Avoca
Bureau Junction
Peotta
Gallatin
Cameron Leavenworth
Kansas City
Agbington
Bigoarner
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
Keukux
Parmameton
Benaparto
Bentonsport
Ebina
Ortomas
Fadyville
Dakal Des Pella
Mons
Owton
Monroe
Indianola
Interset
Lewis and Audubon
Roca
Harlan
Phige
Pullman Palace
Palace Pullman Eeleoe
Mnewr
Vannun
Hems
A. Gimbal
ST. John
B & Mo
Columbus Junction
A. Clr
Umwa
Central Jows
Yitsoxox
Louis & Pac
Tc Cameron
Leavenworth
T. Ga
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