A Railway Coed and the Patch of Passion
A narrator on a Saint Lazare to Versailles rail trip witnesses a flirtatious pair, a patched beauty and her bold admirer. The jealous husband, a decorated veteran, guards the couple’s secrecy as the travel scene twists toward Versailles. The trio’s dynamics end with discovery and a brusque, lightly amused exit at the end of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint-Lazare
Opera
Champs Elysees
Bois de Boulogne
Hall of the Lost Footsteps
Rue d
Amsterdam
Saint-Germain
Versailles
Courbevoie
St. Cloud
Ville d’Avray
Suresnes
Corporation of Husbands
Ranieres
Mont Valerien
Seine
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
the Invalides
Clichy
Crimson
Rue Duplessis
Vile d'Avray
Mystic Cure promises rheumatism relief in days
A column of short notices touts a “Mystic Cure” for rheumatism and neuralgia that allegedly cures in 1 to 3 days with a first dose benefiting. Ads claim 75 cents and market to Indiana readers, plus testimonials from T. F. Anthony and general druggist sellers. Additional items promote inexpensive watches, a two day La Grippe cure, and notices for local schools Plomville Pa and Elderton Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
T. F. Anthony
Promise City
Metals in the arts show vast gold and silver uses
Treasury estimates detail gold and silver consumption in the arts across nations. The United States uses about 31,000 pounds of gold annually worth around 10 million dollars, while France leads at 35,200 pounds. UK and Germany follow, with silver industries consuming hundreds of thousands of pounds in major economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
United States
France
Great Britain
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Russia
Austria Hungary
Belgium
Holland
Germaany
New York Shopping District Shifts Toward Retail Bustle
Description of Manhattan streets from Union Square to Fourteenth Street notes shift from wholesale to retail stores, growing crowd of shoppers, busy windows in Louis Fourteenth Street fur niture, and rising restaurant scents. Includes a column excerpt on oratorical gems and a dialect anecdote from New York Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grace Elared
Union Square
Lafayette
Fourteenth Street
Spring Term of Indiana State Normal School Opens
The State Normal School of Indiana, Pa., will open for a fourteen week spring term on Tuesday, April 3, 1900. Students may enter at any time. The school emphasizes small-class drill led by capable teachers as a specialty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal School of
Indiana
Weary Nice Doggie and a Shelter Request
A short humor item from New York Journal and New York Weekly notes a gentleman seeking shelter for the night and a wife bragging about saving money. The exchange features a loving husband praising his wife for her restraint and purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
New York Weekly
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Rosina
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Beauty Patch
Richard Omonroy
William MacCormac
Royal College of Surgeons of London
ER. W. Wehrele
E. W. Grove
Plomville Select School
E. Grekn
Plomville 1
Elderton Academy
Ine
Metals
Golden Medical Vuein
West
Missouri
Congress
Sterling Neme
Z Co
Chicago
Standard Oil Co
FF. Barnes
Shelocta Select School
D. I. Johnston
Irwin, Pa
Frank Nichol
White Township
Duke 21St
Plumgrove
D. B. Fisher
Goff, Pa
Littett Pond
Kutiak Harem
John G. Cameron
Life, Fire & Accident Insurance
Farmess’ Bank
Ulrici & Escalante Medicine CO
Water Street
New York City
N.Y
the Standard Bath Cabinet Co
Toledo
Ohio
P. S
National Medical Institute
Rossmayne Flouring Mills
Frantz Bros
Ross MoyNe
Penn’a
Thompson
Edison
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