Sculptor Lawrence Marries Francois Tonetti for Honeymoon Studio
Miss Mary Lawrence of New York marries the famous sculptor Francois Tonetti. They honeymoon while fitting up a private Hudson studio. Lawrence, a former New York School of Fine Arts instructor, once declined a salary to teach for love of art and then earned income for art education.
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Francois Tonettie
Mary. Lawrence
Francois Tonetti
Hudson
Misa Lawrence
New York School of Fine Arts
I Fall In Love With A Class Of Beautiful Girls
The narrator recalls his first teaching post at a female gymnasium in St. Petersburg. He endures tense beginnings, misread faces, and a growing obsession with Mile. Ryshkina, while Krassoff confides his love for her, revealing the depth of unrequited passion amid a year of teaching and personal longing. Eight years later, Krassoff is a successful lawyer, and the narrator remains emotionally altered by the memory.
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Mamma
St. Petersburg
Milasha
Kolia
Milo
Mile. Ryshkins
Maria Vasilyevna Kryshkina
Kraszoff
Krassoff
Semyon Semyonovitch
Mlle
Ryshkina
Meria Vasilyevna
New York Commercial Advertiser
Pointed Paragraphs and Witty Adages from Chicago News
A collection of aphorisms on manners, marriage, and ambition attributed to Chicago News. It lampoons gender roles, laziness, and the psychology of risk with crisp maxims from a period voice. Notable lines touch on beauty, wealth, and the fate of men after marriage.
April Fools Poem Seeks Quiet Beauty Beyond Jest
Poem by Anna M. Fowler laments placing April under a cap and bell. It praises Aprils charms and asks to let her coy beauty, violet and summer focus, peep out beyond playful mischief.
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Violet
Anna M. Fowler
Mrs Clark Denies Alcohol At Boarding House
Mrs Sarah Clark of 234 E Vermont Street denies the petition’s claim that intoxicating liquors are sold or consumed at her boarding house. She is the grandmother of the Aufderheide child involved in habeas corpus proceedings with Matilda Aufderheide seeking possession.
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Clark
Sarah Clark
Vermont St
Matilda Aufderheide
Aufderheide
Brazilian Balm Cures Coughs and Croup Doses
A brief medical remedy note touts Brazilian Balm as a cure for coughs colds and croup. It lists twenty doses and mentions tincture or preparation details though text is fragmentary. Individuals or organizations are not clearly identified.
Oldest American actress Maria Wilks dies at 83 in Philadelphia
Maria Basheba Wilks once called the continent’s talk of the stage, famed for Riz Richelieu and Melnotte roles. Born Maria Packer in 1816 to Quaker parents, she rose from sewing to stock company parts, married drummer Benjamin Wilks, and enjoyed 61 years of marriage before dying of pneumonia and heart trouble at home. She inspired by peers Hoath and Cushman, kept memory and verse to the end, and left two sisters and a granddaughter who pursued acting.
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Maria Basheba Wilks
Forrest
Richelieu
Philadelphia
Maria Basheba Packer
Maria
Walnut~ St
Benjamin G. S. Wilks
Beck
Hoath, McCready
Charlotte Cushman
Lady Caputet
Congressional Bride Captures Attention in Washington
Mrs Marline EF Olmstead wife of Harrisburg representative is highlighted among congressional brides this season. Born in Virginia's capital she married three years ago after meeting at a Virginia wedding where Gertrude Howard then served as bridesmaid.
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Marline EF. Olmstead
Washington
Harrisburg
Virginia
Olmstead
Congress
About Women and public figures in letters and gifts
Mrs James G Blaine collects her husband s letters for a biography while Mrs Eva A Warner of Chicago donates 50000 to Middleburg college. Gen Botha s daughter 11 years old attends a London school. Lady Georgiana Grey marks her 100th birthday. Mrs Grant widow of a general remains active while gathering her husband s letters.
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James G. Blaine
Eva A. Warner
Chicago
Middleburg College
Middleburg
Minnie
Botha
Highgate
London
Georgiana Grey
Earl Grey
Grant
Rose of Yesterday Recalled in Boston Transcript
A fragmentary verse tribute recalls a vanished beloved, comparing her memory to a rose from yesterday faded and scentless. Viola Virginie Antley is named in the Boston Transcript.
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Viola Virginie Antley
Boston Transcript
Humorous Quick Quips From Old Newspapers
A collage of witty exchanges from Detroit and Life magazines. Jokes touch on twins sleeping in shifts, honeymoon timing, and sharp banter about a wife and a flirtatious woman. The snippets reflect era tone and social humor with brief character mentions.
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Detroit Free Press
Dainty Belts Feature Simple Taffeta and Silver Buckles
A New York Press writer notes belts made from taffeta panne or satin cut to a front point just below the waist. Modest girdles use jewel set silver buckles crafted from a button, with two more buttons to release the silk pieces that fasten the bodice. These delicate details personalize a gown.
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New York
Old Fashioned Chocolate Pudding Recipe
A vintage recipe explains making chocolate pudding by soaking stale bread crumbs in scalded milk then dissolving chocolate over hot water. It mixes sugar eggs vanilla and milk, folds in the soaked crumbs, bakes in a buttered dish, and serves with vanilla sauce.
The Baby Waist Fashion Review
The baby waist is described as round at the neck and front and back, a style adopted by Mrs. Cleveland and later favored by the countess of Castellane and other Paris fashion leaders. It features a shirred waist all the way around with fullness drawn into the back while the front and sides stay baggy.
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Cleveland
Countess of Castellane
Paris
The Czar's Proposal Story
An engaging tale recounts how the Russian czar proposed to Princess Alix of Hessé. He spoke with formal gravity, and she replied by invoking the English queen to accept the offer, asserting she would take the czar's hand and heart.
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Russia
Alix
Hessé
Czarewitch
England
Dressing Salads On the Table A Salon Guide
The article notes a revival in table dressing etiquette for salads. It describes placing a medium tray with cruvets and condiments before the hostess, then the salad bowl to her left. Dresden sets and matching pieces accompany the tray for an elegant presentation of the salad.
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Dresden
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