REPUBLICS IN GERMANY AT ISSUE IN EMPIRE
Boston Transcript notes three German city republics Hamburg Bremen and Lubeck retain republican framing in local law while under Kaiser rule and empire. Hamburg Senate remains influential alongside the burgomasters and House of Burgesses. Cracow’s fate cited as example of shifting sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire
Hamburg
Bremen
Lubeck
Prussia
Federal Council
Féelehstag
House of Burgesses
Burgomarter
Ilamaa
Hansa
Cracow
Poland
Boston Transcript
Encore Fight Over Miss Phursby Breaks San Francisco Concert Fund
The story recounts Theodore Thomas clinging to a no encores rule while Emma Thursby’s engagement boosted a San Francisco concert fund from 10,000 to 50,100. Audiences demanded an encore, threatening to drown the music, as Thomas insisted on his policy and the orchestra played on to a pandemonium of protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Thomas
San Francisco
Emma Thursby
Thomas
San Franciscans
Miss 'Phursby
Thanis
Iber
Home Journal
Silk Scarfs and Toys Price List in Vintage Ads
An OCR fragment shows a vintage sale page listing prices for silk scarfs at 50 cents, Persian belts, and a range of toys for boys with varied prices. Household items include willow chairs and rockers from 41.25 to 1.50, plus child’s desks and toilet chairs priced around 2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Parsley Superstitions Across English Counties
A brief note from the Westtcluster Review outlines various English beliefs about parsley. Hampshire forbids giving away a plant root to avoid bad luck, Devonshire warns that transplanting parsley offends guardian plant spirits, Suffolk claims sowing on Good Friday yields vigor, while other regions joke that parsley growth implies domestic control or divine intervention. The piece ties these superstitions to historical Greek practices and local lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Hampshire
Devonshire
Suffolk
Shropshire
Buck Inghamshire
Pursley
Weattcluster
Arab Encampments in the Sinai or Ishmaelite life
The piece describes crowded camel hair tents of Arab shepherd warriors with interiors packed by saddles rifles and women on one side and men on the other. It notes tents easily assembled for transport, summer heat and winter discomfort, and a chief owning multiple tents with numerous wives and flocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
William Boulting
Fialy
T.wilk
Fentlenen
Milan
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Moen
Toys For Girls
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Kansas
Herbott
B. H. Tomb
Orphans' Court of
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Sayings & Trust Company of
Margaret Unenpher
Stomer City
James W. Mack
Orphans Court
J. H. Fleming
Samuel Carpenter
Washington Township
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L. WH. Miller
Orphans’ Court
Ludiana County
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Dane Lytle
North Mahoning
Auid
Miluer
Wilson & Wood
Io AD BR
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Court House
Pennai
Heymen Bros
Charisty
Christy
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