A Wealthy American Lady Entwined With A French Prince
The Paris society scene reports a wealthy married American woman touring Europe with a French prince. Her late father left her enormous wealth and her current husband funds the household, while two daughters learn of the arrangement and return to the father. The prince, aging and debauched, gambles heavily and flaunts money from ventures in petroleum and mines.
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Paria
Philadelphis Record
New York
Europe
Alan
Europa
Italy
Ming
Hoe
Indy
Paris
Rere
America
Ghosts and mischief end wedding ruse at family home
In a comical scene guests witness a double wedding ploy as Frederick Templeton enters with his bride. Papa Gage confronts the impostor Philo Peckley, and the real groom reveals Mrs Templeton. Peckley exits in defeat amid dust and cobwebs in the hall.
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Boerty
Jamie
Papa Gage
Lonxe
Four English Speakers Stir Rhetoric in Panoramic Stump Oratory
Boston Herald notes Lord Randolph Churchill and the Marquis of Salisbury as prime examples of “tale ingens” in political speech. The piece praises their polished yet forceful oratory, contrasting it with American stump speech. It predicts a surge of letters and editorials reacting to bold, provocative phrasing.
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Ponr
Robert Lata Collier
Boston Herald
Randoph Churchill
Marquis of Salisbury
William Euavourt
Chamberlain
Mattie Arnold
Yitin
America
Collins
Preacher's financial woes after bank draft fails
The Rev. Dr. Goodwin of Quincy traveled home disgruntled by banking practices. He carried a draft on Marine Bank of New York as a delegate to a Methodist conference, which proved unusable when the bank suspended. A check on the Bank of New York arrived after Metropolitan Bank’s collapse, leaving him stranded and short of funds for the return trip.
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Goodwin
Quincy
Til
Philadelphia Times
Marine Bank of
New York
Marine Bank
Exercising strength across ages and nations
In a survey by Felix L Oswald, ancient and modern athletes show that disciplined training, from Greek Spartans to Turkish porters and Egyptian gymnasts, built unmatched power. Runners, lifters and acrobats reveal how regular strenuous activity bred endurance, speed, and wondrous feats across eras and cultures.
Preserve Every Scrap of Paper a Historian’s Tool
The piece extols caution in discarding documents and letters noting that a small fragment can become a vital link in proving claims or tracing history. It cites Winsor of Harvard on preserving books, and recounts how old letters and ledgers helped a claimant gain a peerage. It closes with a quoted admonition to students and a health update on Mrs. Wendell Phillips.
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Alsoriet Monammedan
Winsor
Harvard College
Montrose
Bayghid
Eilinturgh
Edinburgh
Theatre Royal
Dem
Oxford
Stova
Sida
Pisara
Binnketa
Fashion and Farm Tips From a 19th Century Page
A homemaking column blends fashion critiques with hands on advice. It praises hair styling and warns fashion’s toll on women while offering recipes for pastes glues and colorings. Farm notes advise enriching soil with poultry droppings protecting henhouses against vermin and proper methods for onions cisterns and honey production.
Fooding Yor Wich Mix and Milk Yield Claims
A Pennsylvania dairyman disputes dairy experts on feeding effects, arguing fat and butter yield rise with richer, practical feeding. He cites Professor Arnold and Professor B W Stewart, noting cream and butter increases from better rations and palm or meal feed, while warning against overreliance on scientific statements.
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Arnold
B. W. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Cooperative Country Store Stirs Farmer Interest in Missouri
A Missouri correspondent details a fifty-farmer co operative store run on $10 per member. The venture employed a clerk and a bondholder, with goods sold cash from furnished rooms, and a $10,000 two drawn November and December. The deal promises later favorable terms if farmers accept credit options, though some fear loss of profits.
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Missouri
Fen i Bookl
Huthot
Wrinkles in Buttons from the New York Mail and Eero
Tam to death and daltons of gold dollars with engravings on them. Gold foil stamps show initials cut deep and figures of sailors soldiers and gods. A young woman ordered a jackass with a dog and human heads. A sleeping typist, large cheese wheels with spider legs and skeleton heads appear. People order odd designs for jokes and laugh at donor taste.
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New York Mail
Eero
Tam
Tiondeca
Qin Saudi
Linady
Elining
Indy
Jackass
Hin bin
Odd Edible Mentions From The Caterers Papora
A quirky collection notes cabbage soaked in sherry now shown under a modern French label as a refined sauerkraut. English snipe is scarce, with supply below typical seasonal levels. Chef Gregg favors anchovy with boiled salmon, while a famed epicure lauds a stuffed divg as a notable triumph. Sea ravens and sea robjsts exhibited at Fulton Market, New York, ahead of a Telethyop gut Cla dinner duties.
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M. Gregg
Ion
Fulton Market
York
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