Noted Anecdotes and Oddities From The Era
A collage of light vignettes and snippets from London notes, Philadelphia dinners, and literary curiosities. Pearse in Cornwall poses as a tea meeting guest and hatless reformer, Musset statues in Paris inspire debate, and droll exchanges on exclusiveness, dinner mishaps, and Kipling’s title tale illuminate social quirks of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Guy Pearse
Cornwall
Pearse
Rev
Daniel Quorum
London
Dublin’s Sackville Street praised as finest in empire
A collection of observations on Dublin features Sackville Street and Merrion Square praised by Goldwin Smith and Greville as among the finest streets and public buildings in the British empire. Critics compare Dublin with London and celebrate the city’s architecture and layout.
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Sackville Street
Dublin
Goldwin Smith
Phoenix Park
Greville
London
Merrion Square
Sala
Nevski Prospect
Piccadilly
Dilatory Painter and Odd Fiji Marriage Belief
A critique of Sir Thomas Lawrence notes his long delays as Lord Normanton waited for three years before the background of Lady Normanton’s portrait was settled and the painting finally delivered in 1827. In Fiji, a belief holds that unmarried people risk their son roaming eternity between heaven and Hades, allowed to glimpse heaven but never enter.
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Lady K
Parnell
Charles
Thomas Lawrence
Lord Normanton
Grandison
Fiji Islands
Heaven
Hades
Fielding and Batting Echoed in Banter
A young lady asks a university graduate what he thinks of fielding. He replies it matters, but good batting matters more. A separate quip mocks horticulture and a woman’s violet eyes and rosy cheeks with a rasping voice comparison from the Chicago Record-Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Harness Race at Spokane Interstate Fair Draws Crowds
Spokane Interstate Fair opens with the Derby and multiple purses for harness races. Chester Krum’s 1911 mile and a eighth record highlighted history as entries close Sept 10 and a championship relay adds a trophy cup and $1,000 purse. Robert H. Cosgrove invites entries.
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Spokane
Chester Krum
Robert H. Cosgrove
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Alfred de Musset
Neuilly
Porte Maillot
Paris
Musset
Comedie Francaise
Cours-la-Reine
Sawbridge
Olantigh Towers
Wye
Kent
Philadelphia
Market Street
Rittenhouse Square
F. D. Grant
General Sherman
Sherman
Kipling
Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Binks
Hodgkins
Downan
Harper’s
Meggzendorfer Blatter
Alfred
Martha
Maria
Cairo
Islam
Earl of
Sahara
Timbuktu
Java
China
Yorkshire
Park
Louisville Courier-Journal
Willie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Blobbs
Harduppe
Spokane Fair
Kennewick
Harness Shop
F. F. Beste
R. J. Andrus
New York
Seattle, Washington
The
Inland Furniture Co’s
Annan
Brussels
Iron Beds
Pasco
Kennewick Furniture Company
Inland Furniture Company
Complete Home Furnishers
Postoffice
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