Chirpings of Chopin and Paris Counterfeit Busts
A London edition publishes Count Greymaln's letter on Chopin's last hours with recital of Mme Potoka's singing and Mozart’s requiem at the funeral. Consul Johnson reports oysters unlikely to spread typhoid unless mishandled. Harlem children invent a coin-and-ball street game. Hayward Heath horticultural society offers a penny per wasp. Chicago friends expect L. T. Dickason to become G A R commander in chief in Toledo. Plaster busts become cheap London counterfeits.
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Chopin
London
Eduard Zeldenrust
Mme. Potoka
Rossini
Bellini
Mozart
Lablanche
Viardot
Concert Society
H. Albert Johnson
Liege
Royal Medics Society
Chicago
L. T. Dickason
Grand Army of the Republic
Toledo
Ohio
Illnois
Quincy
John A. Logan
Thomas G. Lawler
James A.nes
John C. Black
Illustrations of Latest Marvelous Paris Fashions at Auteuil
The Paris fashion illustrations from L Illustration highlight the Grand Steeplechase day at Auteuil. They claim no spectacle in feminine attire rivals Paris with novelty and originality of conception.
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Paris
Auteuil
L'Illustration
Lingerie Gown With Crepe de Chine Coat Featured
The Delineator notes lingerie frocks in summer wear and praises the crepe de chine coat as an essential accompaniment. It argues this lightweight ensemble is practical for travel and daily use, offering chic neatness and protection against sudden weather changes.
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Mra. Osborn
Household Hints From An Earlier Newspaper
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century page offers household tips. It covers kitchen floor linoleum cleanliness, washing cups with soda, avoiding hot water on linoleum or cloth, hat cleaning with horax and cheare cloth, and a brief commentary on insomnia and dietary factors. The tone reads as practical domestic guidance.
What is a life in Quarles’s blank verse lament
The fragment presents Quarles with a musing on life’s brevity and aging. He casts life as a single day from dawn to dusk, comparing youth and loss to lilies that bloom briefly and fade. The speaker laments time passing and asks what remains when the hours slip away.
The Workbag Hemstitching For Lingerie Craft
Hemstitching offers dainty trimming for lingerie and draws on a porch table workbag. A strip of handkerchief linen or fine batiste forms a ruffle width, with threads drawn and hem turned. Small stitching sessions yield hematitched fringing, useful for drawers or petticoats.
Front Button Frocks Reappear In Summer Fashion
A revived style of summer dresses features front fastening, one piece princess frocks with a long front opening from hem to bust. They are fitted with numerous seams, worn with lace or embroidery, and vary by fabric from washables to pongee and voile, some cut short for daily wear.
Gorky Drama The Lowest of the Low Near Publication
Russian writer Maxim Gorky has completed a new drama about graft titled The Lowest of the Low. The work appears in a St Petersburg magazine prior to a planned stage production. The piece centers on moral decay and corruption in society. The Indians of the United States own about 35 million dollars.
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Maxim Gorky
St. Petersburg
United States
Spain Pleased With Another Royal Son
Queen Victoria of Spain welcomed a second prince, born May 10, to King Alfonso. The nation rejoices as the newborn, heir apparent to the throne, is named Prince of the Asturias and eyed as future ruler. Princess Ena of Battenberg is the mother.
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Spain
Ena
Battenberg
Bpain
Prince O the Asturias
The Habit Of Grumbling And Its Toll
A cautionary piece on chronic grumbling, urging readers to curb the complaining habit. It highlights how constant fault finding distorts viewpoints harms listening and empathy, and advises maintaining cheerful resilience instead of seeking sympathy or fueling disputes.
Lemon Bath Fashion Impresses Queen Wilhelmina
The Dutch queen adopts a lemon bath ritual from the Indies as an unusual beauty trend. Five lemons soak in water to produce lemon-infused bath water praised for cleansing and softening the skin and said to enhance fair complexion.
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Wilhelmina
Dutch Indies
Ma Jesty
Guests Wear Badges To Bar Uninvited Attendees
A report notes that uninvited guests slip into dances and dinners without checks. It cites a hall abroad where guests were required to wear tiny badges, a practice adopted by even prominent attendees. The piece questions whether such a system will spread to large functions here.
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Eiven
Romaine
Milk Cure for Sunburn Captures Fashionable Attention
A beauty trend gaining society notice is the milk cure for sunburn. Rub milk on the face at night with a soft linen cloth, let it dry, then rinse with milk in the morning. avoid soap. Regular washing with milk is claimed to strengthen skin against sun exposure. A Viennese paper later noted a job advertisement seeking a commercial agent described as talkative and unscrupulous.
The Gener Gial and The Wave of Popular Generosity
A reflective piece on true generosity contrasting wisdom with overgiving. It argues generosity requires self restraint and fairness, noting that lavish help to those without need or claim can harm relationships and reputation.
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Mike
One's First Love Ironies of Life and Wealth
A reflective piece on how past romances and social climbing reveal ironies. It cites a woman who rejected a richer man for a poorer suitor, then sees the wealth gap reverse years later. The tale contrasts financial fortunes with affection and judgment.
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Hid
Fragmented verse and a crime vignette mix in a late 19th century page
An unfinished dramatic poem fragment features line erasures about possession and soul, interwoven with a prose note from The Philadelphia Lodger about a loafer stealing a glittering object and being injured by a freight train, prompting a police inquiry.
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Philadelphia
Patrick Doyle
Doyle
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