Widowed Dove in Paris Aims for Revenge and Love
Mme de Sara mourns her husband in a Paris palace where memory governs scene and ritual. A friend’s nephew falls in love, schemes to break her sorrow, and releases old letters that rekindle passion and ruin her second marriage. The princess rejects the past and faces ruin then forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. de‘Sara
Paris
Countess of Ancelin
Mme. Ancelin
M. de Sora
Aucelin
Turtledove
Astoia
Alphonse Daudet
Diverse 19th century tidbits and curiosities from coast to coast
A collage of notes covers crops in Monrovia California and fires in Montana and Idaho, royal restoration costs at Blenheim, a grateful Pawtucket driver, German aims in Emin Pasha, labor movements in London, fashion trends in London, a “christian temperance common wealth” colony in Canada, and odd inventions like the immovable boy. It also notes thefts in Cincinnati, tramps’ gear, German night-attack experiments with electric light, a Spanish general’s bequest, and London rail fare tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monrovia
Cal
Montana
Idaho
Duchess of Marlborough
Blenheim Palace
Pawtucket
R.I
Emin Pasha
Stanley
Knights of Labor
London
Amalgamated Society of General Laborers
Christian Temperance Commonwealth
British Columbia
Cincinnati
Barcelona
London Railways
Notable Amateurs and Aristocrats in a Shelter of Curiosities
A montage of society notes cites Frederick William Janssen's new volume on American amateur athletics, debates about countess of Dudley sleeping in silk, Prof Proctor’s noon naps with wife at bedside, Mrs Frank Leslie backing an American exchange abroad, Lord Dufferin’s penless condition, and John Tod’s remark on American women's expressive power. A Maryland deer Grover Cleveland story and a Kansas City Bible shop sign offering cheap Bibles conclude the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick William Janssen
America
Countess of Dudley
R. A. Proctor
Frank Leslie
London
Lord Dufferin
India
John Tod
Edinburgh
Tod
Grover Cleveland
Druid Hill Park
Baltimore
Grover
Charlotte Corday Heroism and a Return to Simpler Cures
A dramatic reminiscence of Charlotte Corday’s assassination of Marat as a symbol against rulers and bloodshed. The piece then lauds Warner’s Log Cabin remedies as a return to traditional, proven medicines honoring ancestral knowledge and public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Corddy
Normandy
Robespierre
Marat
France
Caen
Charlotte
Corcoran
Washington
H. H. Warner
Warner
Habster
Corday
Indianapolis Natural Gas Company Promises Low Rates in Contracts
The firm claims it will undercut competitors by 30 percent on domestic, store, or office gas contracts. It adds a clause to guarantee supply at or below any rival price upon termination, and promises preference to early customers when gas is scarce. The notice dismisses rivals’ half price offers as misleading and urges buying from the company that sells cheap now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Natural Gas Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grand Avenue
Kansas City
Ams
Walter Buhl & CO
Detroit, Michigan
Sealgoods
Indianapolis
National Bank
United States Depository
THE
Havensy
H.lataazt
Gas
Somerville
Virginia-ave
Chas. W. Meikel
Pennsylvania St
Welello
Water Company
Aneshaensel & Strong
Pennsylvania
Maryland
St- Merkel
St. Murray & Meee
Massachusetts Ave
Morris
T. A
Opera House
English’s Opera House
H. Grattan Donnelly
Cenedy
E. Washington St
Court Street
Eden and CO
Indianap
East Washinston-t
Oxford
Buffalo Shoe House
G. L. W. Mage
East Washington Street
Foster Planing Mill &Lumber Yard
Taylor’s
Washington St
Vance
Brussels
Fia Sg Sa C M. Raschig
Victor
Fina
Pers
Bradley, Holton & CO
East
Washington‘st
Ind
Frank A. Blanchard
Pennsylvania Street
Eindianapoles
Louis Beibold
Marcy
Hyegiagses
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