Gossip and notices from distant corners of society
Paris singing star to perform in the capital for twelve thousand dollars. The Queen of Sweden travels incognito in England. Edwin Booth dines with Baroness Burdett Coutts and meets Henry Irving. Burns neighbors a Glasgow elder. Belgian painter Verboeckhoven dies at eighty two. Rio de Janeiro street cars alter social life with barefoot five cent and shoe wearers ten cent fares. Emperor William weakens. Dosne plans Pere Lachaise monument for Thiers family. Bernese cut German text from official printings. Church of England prelate Alfred Ollivant is eighty two. Sir Moses Montefiore ninety six. oldest duke, Earl of Buckinghamshire, eighty seven. Count von Morke cited for nerve amid Berlin fire.
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Love
Paris
Sweden
England
Edwin Booth
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Henry Irving
Booth
London
Burns
Cunningham
Glascow
Scotland
Robbie
Evgenn Josefa Verboeckehoven
Bellum
Rio de Janeiro
William
Dosne
Pere-Lachaise
French Republic
Mme. Thiers
Church of England
Alfred Ollivant
Llandaff
Moses Montefiore
Cleveland
Earl
Buckinghamshire
Count von Morke
Berlin
A Visit to the Catacombs of Paris Show
A visitor recounts touring Paris catacombs on a visiting day, buying candles, braving greasy gypsum mud, and viewing stacked skeletal piles dated from 1792 to 1806. He notes the macabre display attracts international crowds and features bones once linked to notable figures and events.
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Paris
Boulevard d'Enfer
Boulevard of Hell
Beauty
Jeans
Jacques
Jean- Bettes
Josephines
Paulines
Blanchon
Louises
Ward
Rousseau
Odd Treasures Showcased In Bone Art Exhibition
A visitor remarks on ornate bone designs in the display, noting skulls and limb bones wired together as fanciful art. A bystander comments on French taste, while a critic compares the pieces to Dahomey motifs and osseous curiosities in a sepulcher.
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Prentice Mulford
San Francisco Chronicle
Small-pox transmission and historical ravages
A historical overview explains smallpox contagion by airborne, skin contact, or contaminated objects. It notes variable contagious periods, clothing as a long-lasting carrier, and shows how epidemics rise and fall with race, vaccination, and geographic spread from Rhazes to the New World and beyond.
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Rhazes
England
Africa
Europe
New World
Mexico
Iceland
Greenland
New York
Age and mind in old age and a painter's will mishap
An 19th century commentary notes the aging brain loses bulk and density and urges avoiding mental spurts while acknowledging lifelong knowledge and habit can still aid work around eighty. It warns of cerebral fragility and stroke risk with age and links to a British art owner's failed will written in pencil and later sold to benefit heirs.
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Outh
Ma Joan Bett
Glasgow
Home and Farm Tips From a 19th Century Household Page
Practical notes on currants and four hot before using to improve puddings and cakes. Orange cake recipe uses flour sugar eggs and orange rind and juice. Advice on sowing clover with wheat, purifying vessels with charcoal, and preparing toasted cheese on hot bread. Desserts include tapioca jelly mold. Tree seeds and early growth offer shade and shelter for farmers.
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Miss Parlon
Seed Testing Practice Highlights Seed Quality Standards
A New York Tribune note describes seed germination testing using greenhouse displays in Gloucester England. A seed firm shows damp clay saucers with seeds to prove soundness, promising accurate germination and early crop readiness to customers.
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Gloucester
England
Severn
New York Tribune
Ice coated fruit trees outruns common orchard beliefs
An examination argues against the belief that ice or hoar frost harms fruit trees. The text contends that frost coating is preservative unless heavy enough to cause breakage, noting moist air and heat loss on clear winter nights as key factors. It cites Rural New Yorker on plant vulnerability to cold and dry air.
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New Yorker
New York City Population and Civic Statistics
New York City census figures show 1,206,577 residents with 590,762 men and 615,815 women. The city hosts a floating population near 30,000 and spends millions on amusements and drinking establishments, with arrests for intoxication approaching 48,000. Births outpace deaths by about 3,- New York reports 215,467 families in 67,126 tenement houses and 20,000 marriages. Police arrest 71,699 people. 30,825 prisoners were admitted for intemperance. Charities disburse four million dollars. 14,765 persons enter almshouses and hospitals. Sunday schools count 115,826 in 418 schools. street life threatens with an army of over 10,000 youths. The document blends local notices, miscellaneous anecdotes, and advertisements including patent remedies and tonic pitches.
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New York
New York City
York
Commissioners of Public Charities
Sun
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