Parisian Actresses and the Evil Eye Folklore
Paris stage figures from Mme Favart to Adelina Patti are linked to beliefs in omens and the evil eye. The article cites signs like a cat’s presence, a hunchback sighting, and amulets worn by sopranos to ward off misfortune, with anecdotes about Offenbach and other stars in Parisian theater.
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Mme. Favart
Theatre Francaise
Theo
Croizette
Comedie Francaise
Paris
Adelina Patti
Adelina Maria Clorinda Patti
Strakosch
Patti Brood
Patti
Sarah
Offenbach
Lepeletier
Emma Livry
Mme. Berthelier
Vie Parisienne
Paola Marie
Opera Comique
Galli Marie
Cor
Inter Ocean
Public office hours at Mt Jewett store site
The schedule notes that services will be held at the Mt Jewett office over Thompson Bros. & Co.'s store on the first and third Fridays each month from noon to six in the evening, outlining regular accessible times for residents.
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Mt. Jewett
Thompson Bros. & Co
Shefherd Junction
Marienville
Tylersburg
Beherit
Elsa Clarion Junction
Clarion Reseee
Shippenville. Ale
Eetior Sissresncesee
St. Petersburg
A.M
Foxburg
Parker
I Bruin
SOP
PEIN
Saveravisatiassontesoni
Batol
A.M.A.M
A.M.P. Mip
Callery Junction
Allegheny
Wea
Eogastasnes Mayhantaceeenen
Ee Yias
Wake
Renfrew
Rssrenfovissant Obo
Petrolia
Bstc GT Ss Sussssene Avcassseses
Prassivcecaveceacs Am
PI OR
Asencessee Ee Onan
Shippenville
Clarion Junction Clarion
Bradford
Aesaiauitins
Cleveland
Toledo
New Castle
Chicago
30 Building Lots Offered on Kane Street South Side
Thirty building lots have been laid off on Kane street's south side opposite the tannery. They offer advantageous business sites to lease at moderate rates. The rise of natural gas is expected to double the town's prosperity, aided by low freights, several railroads, and growing manufacturing and farming growth. Now is the time to build.
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Kane Street
Nair Divorce Slips by Cloth Gift Custom in Trichur
Pall Mall Gazette notes that in Trichur the Nair landholding class treats divorce as simple as marriage. A cloth gift by a visitor signals a marriage and wives may leave husbands for new partners without disgrace. The practice yields many manly males and often beautiful women.
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Trichur
East Indies
India
Pall Mall Gazette
Ventilating a Room by Window Board Insertion
A New York World article explains placing a board under a window sash to create a controlled air channel. The board raises the lower sash slightly, opening gaps between glass and frame for gradual fresh air inflow while reducing drafts and avoiding contact with heads. Proper fit is essential to block unintended air paths.
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New York World
The Yankee Blade newspaper description and features
The Yankee Blade touts itself as the largest bright weekly family story paper in America. It highlights serials poems sketches history biographies wit and humor fashion household recipes and a fancy work department with Eva M Miles and Trebor Onf editing. Sam Walter Foss leads the humorous column and editors rail against top issues of the day.
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Yankee Blade
Sam Walter Foss
America
Eva M. Miles
Ita
Trebor Onf
Boston
Thors
Europe Armies and Navies and Global War Expenditure
A historical note cites Hon. David A. Wells arguing Europe’s militaries total over four million in service across armies and navies. It notes world direct war spending likely tops one billion dollars annually, emphasizing that such outlays reflect labor rather than increased goods or reduced suffering.
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Europe
David A. Wells
Popular Science Monthly
Judge Gary’s Abstract Scheme Opened In Chicago
The Chicago Herald reports Judge Gary joking about a new business idea to compile court records into abstracts of titles. The plan would reveal marriages and divorces of men and women, offering insight for marriage or title inquiries and claiming rising demand in Chicago.
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Gary
Wisconsin
Indiana
Chicago
Chicago Herald
Epidemic Insurance Plans Form in Sheffield Factories
Mutual organizations are being established in major Sheffield manufactories to insure workers against epidemics. Each workman contributes a fraction of wages and is guaranteed payment equal to average wages if illness in the family forces him to quit work. Propriety of funding rests with factory owners.
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Sheffield
England
Mysterious Balls Vanish in Egyptian Terrace Illusion
Frederick Gerstaecker accompanies the Duke of Coburg to Cairo where a German conjurer shows transparent orbs that rise and vanish in the evening light. Skeptics seek explanations as the audience watches the orbs evaporate, while a Parsee juggler performs a lethal matanza in Batavia with poisoned dogs as audience spectators. The Cosmopolitan notes Professor Clarke on dust storms and the sand auger phenomenon seen along the Union Pacific railway, detailing cyclones that form in dry plains and shoot hail disks across the landscape.
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Frederick Gerstaecker
Duke of Coburg
Africa
Cairo
Esplanade
Prince Rupert
Gerstaecker
Batavia
Old City
Felix W. Oswald
The
Cosmopolitan
F. E. Clarke
Union Pacific
Lodge Pole Creek
Platte River
Black Hills
Slim Jim
San Francisco Examiner
Evolution of a hat exhibit at Park Place dealer
The New York Evening Sun describes a unique display in a Park Place shop window titled The evolution of a hat. The progression starts with a sleepy rabbit in a cage, followed by rabbit fur remnants, a conical form formed from fur, a smaller contracted shape, a finished black hat, and finally a derby like hat with silk lining, illustrating artistic hatmaking.
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Park Place
Collecion
New York Evening Sun
Washington Living Costs Rise Amid Grand Living
A letter reports growing outrage at Washington prices with rich visitors lavishly spending and lawmakers struggling on modest salaries. It cites Senator Cullom noting personal financial losses since entering politics and says a congressman's pay has not kept up with living costs.
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Washington
Senator Cullom
Cullom
Carpenter
Painful Dentist Experiments From Early Trials
Hartford Times recounts early dental experiments before nitrous oxide, including a failed galvanic battery setup that shocked a patient but released the tooth, humorous patient remarks on charges, a widow selling her husband’s gold teeth, and a young woman seeking to drill cavities to showcase gold, all reflecting era humor and caution.
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Hartford Times
The Flea Inside and Out Described in Curious Detail
A curious natural history sketch explains fleas as armored creatures with two eyes and a single functioning eye, describing Paget’s micrographic observations of size changes, their feeding apparatus, and the way they stand on hind legs to drink meat juices. The piece notes their elusive respiration and ironlike body plates.
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Paget
Kites and a Hog in a Dakota Office
A Dakota editor laments swine under the office while recalling a hog’s disruption during writing a piece on territorial institutions. The piece notes kite flying as a popular pastime with large, varied kites and glass-coated lines, where cutting rivals’ lines adds prestige, featuring Miss Yum-Yum from the Tokio Cor. New York Tribune.
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McBride
Dehorning Cattle and Household Gossip
Secretary Bayard appears well and his daughter Mamie may head his household this winter. State department sources deny any engagement to Miss Markoe. The note ends with a stray line about a toolmaker who makes dehorning cattle tools.
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Bayard
Mamie
State Department
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Family Story
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Dakota
Japan
His Daughter
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A. H. M’keetvy, JR. Jefferson
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Champion
Greenland
Warren, PA
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High Street
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Laurel
Kane Drug Store
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Kane, PA
C. V. Gillis
James M’dade
Hberarts
S Inoes
Baep Hay & Straw
Franey Sr
R and Central Hotel
Smethport, PA
F. N. Taylor, Prop
Gas Light and Heating Co
ST. Elmo Hotel
H. C. Blymiller, Prorrietor
Thomson House
Adelphia Kitchen
G. B. Williams, Prop
Frank Maren
Kane Horse Basewear
Pittsburgh & Western R. R
C. W. Bassett
Ren. Pass
Pennsylvania Railroad
Phil’a. & Erie R. R
Kang
Sunbury
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Lancaster
Philadelphia
New York
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Ridgway
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Prop’r
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