The Holy City and the Maybrick Family Tale
Florence Maybrick sang The Holy City on a yacht night hosted by Michael Maybrick. Stephen Adams, her brother in law, wrote the song later published after her trial ended, making Adams wealthy and a yacht club member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Adams
Michael Maybrick
Fortune
Jerusalem
Florence Maybrick
Holy City
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Faure
Maybrick
Nancy Lee
Bold
Victoria Yacht Club
Ryde
Isle of Wight
England
Liverpool
Michael
Milan
Leipzig
Mersey
Weatherly
Mia
Shifts in Occupations Reflect Rapid Global Change
The article notes dramatic shifts in work patterns between 1880 and 1900, with a doubling of workers and a surge in new professions. It highlights women’s rising roles, electronics and civil engineering leading growth, and a 20.9 percent rise in street railway service.
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Boston Transcript
Japan's Useful Papers in Daily Life
A National Geographic Magazine excerpt describes Japanese papers used in walls roofs and sacks. It highlights oiled paper rain mantles for rikisha coolies and translucent leather papers for tobacco pouches and pipe cases. The piece contrasts Japanese lighting and weather solutions with older wooden huts and Java cabins.
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Java
Japan
National Geographic Magazine
Days Gone By In a Poem of Fond Nostalgia
A nostalgic poem by James Whitcomb Riley recalls childhood scenes in a rural landscape. The speaker longs for the carefree days of youth among orchards, meadows, rivers, and simple wonders.
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Aladdin
James Whitcomb Riley
The Other Woman and the Flirtation Twilight
Polly and I roam the ice as we debate fault for engagements broken by a rival. We examine feminine rivalries, social codes, and the lure of the “other woman” while recalling past entanglements and a sleighing party invitation gone awry.
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Polly
Abbingdon Dare
Downing
Miss Downing
Walter Shaft
The Ice Kiss Confession on a Frosty Night
Polly and Jack swirl through a perilous note laden scene on the ice. The two chase a past love as skates clatter and lamps glow while Polly urges restraint and Jack pursues a kiss with the other woman until the moment ends.
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Polly
Jack
Safety in Motors Noise and Warning Implications
The article argues against making cars and bicycles completely silent warning is essential. It notes that engine explosions produce a detectable rhythm that warns horses and pedestrians. A noiseless vehicle could cause terror and disasters, with bells or signals often failing to match the engine’s intrusion.
How She Got Even
A woman on a Chicago streetcar cleverly corrects a conductor’s missteps by signaling for wrong stops. She endures delays with calm wit, finally alighting at the intended corner after turning the ride into amusement for other passengers.
Judicial decisions summarize liability and property case rulings
A survey of court holdings covers a wife’s action withdrawal not sufficing to transfer estate interests against creditors, land rubbish burning duties toward children, negligence in causing fright injuries, revocability of liquor licenses, and risks in boarding moving trains. It also notes mortgage and crane incidents affecting liability and government mail bags frightening horses under railroad duty.
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Oppenheimer Va. Collins
Wis
Watkins Vs. Kaplin Manufacturing Company
N. C
Wallace Vs. Reno
New England National Bank
Northwestern National Bank
Southern Indiana Railway Company
Ve. Harrell
Ind
Cleghorn
Western Railway of Alabama
Ala
Dancing Doomed in London Declares Ballroom Decline
A London Chronicle summary reports Belgravia and Marylebone matrons worry about ballroom interest waning after the South Africa war. It cites rumors of hiring professional dancers but Miss Vincent of St James Street rejects decline, noting rising teacher numbers and ongoing high society parties.
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Belgravia
Mayfair
Miss Vincent
St James Street
Maryfair
West End
London Chronicle
Black Mirror and Undertaker Bet End Story
A sick man asks if his wife was told he left all to her. The lawyer says yes and the wife, looking in a mirror, questions whether she would look well in black. This odd moral ends with an undertaker’s bet.
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Downing
Polly
Miss Downing
Abbingdon
la Newburgh
Thirty-ninth Street
Thirty-sixth
Fortieth
Jom
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Jonesly
Detroit Free Press
Phil- Melbhia
Mr. Sylvester
Ike
Ily
Polly Lee
Bobby
Marjorie
Gracie
Mary Anne
Solomon
Jack Sylvester
Shore
Alicia Brown
Paolino Vs. McKendall
R. L
London
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