Pad fashion for stage beauty and whist rule debates
A New York Globe article reports on stage dressing pads and padded tights used by ballet and theater performers to alter figures, including calf and thigh padding with Australian lambs wool and plaster casts for extreme cases. It also surveys whist game variants, noting American adaptations, stakes, and debates over rules and fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Belle
New York
A&a
West
Loga
Gartera
What-Tabie recounts whist counting methods
A correspondent asks how many correct counting methods exist in whist. The reply notes two systems, English and American, with five points needed to win in short whist, and discusses differences and mistakes in the Braer game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosors
A Novel Jail in Omaha with Revolving Iron Cylinder Cells
Omaha unveils a novel jail plan with a three story revolving iron cylinder holding ten cells per floor. The structure weighs forty five tons and Is hung above rather than on a track, with a timed crank system and water motor planned for rotation. Guards operate two doors per floor and can rotate the cylinder to place a single prisoner at the gate, making escapes nearly impossible and enabling safe extraction of inmates one by one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavendish de 'Ghé
East
Cavendigh
England
Lihat
Lihat of Five Pointe
Pole
Ike
Engad
America
Oston Globe
Omaha
Neb
Ae Omahe Ace
Ang
Wong
Harrow
Arkansaw Court Admonishes Jury Duty Reluctance
In Arkansaw, a judge rebukes jurors avoiding service as excuses crumble. The exchange features a sheriff and a petitioner named Pilsarre amid a poker break, while tracing Basque descent claims and officials departing for the treasury with unusual names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkpnsaw
Jedge
Pilsarre
Japanese Theater in Tokyo Passes in a Sea of Noise
Tokio correspondent describes a visit to a major theater in Tokyo. The crowd sits on mats without chairs, smoke fills the air, and the audience is loud and animated. A male cast performs a court drama with jealousy, betrayal, and a faithful maid, ending in tragedy. The revolving stage and rapid scenery changes amuse and distract, while vendors circulate with food and drink as spectators watch with interest and tears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
New-York
Prining
Japan
Aneye
Iwafoji
Iwafuji
Nyal
Anoye
Nove
Anyoe
Anoys
Poor Pay for Brain Work in Sensational Story Papers
A New York correspondent laments meager earnings for writers of sensational tales in weekly story papers. Most contributors earn little, with only a few like Cable Dunn and Walter Coape commanding around twenty dollars weekly. poetry pays better, while many authors are unpaid or work as casual labor.
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New York
Claver
Bonner
Ledger
Mra Southworth
John
Halliburton
Monye
Seave
Au Charity
Cabel Dunn
Walter Coape
Madison Fish Hatchery Highlights A Worthy State Project
The Madison state fish hatchery near Madison showcases brook and lake trout, whitefish, wall-eyed pike, and California rainbow trout breeding under Superintendent James Nevin. It notes substantial fry production, hybrid varieties, carp experiments, and extensive visitor interest, with plans to plant waterways and generate revenue from fish sales.
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Atate
Madison
Sentinel
James Nevin
Milwaukee
Nevin
United States
Chicago
Board of Commissioners
Green Lake
California
Ripon
Lake Michja
Lake Michigan
Milwauxes
Iean
Lake Shore
Western
Lake
Michigan
Wisconsin
Sven
Food preservation methods in the early modern era
A survey outlines moisture, oxygen, and microbes as key factors in food decay and details methods such as brine, salting, drying, smoking, canning, cooking then sealing, and refrigerating. It covers Appert style canning improvements, oxygen removal, and safer yet controversial techniques like fuchsine use, with notes on global practice and notable contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. B Dodge
Godaleo Uy
Spanish America
United States
South America
World
Pacific
Atlantic
France
England
Donkin, & Gamble
McNall & Co
Morgan
Dublin
Bodemann
Lauterrois
French Academy 4
Mysterious Chasm Widening Near Shiloh Church
A Raleigh telegram reports a mysterious natural phenomenon in Longacra township Beaufort County North Carolina. On Sept 18 shocks were felt and a chasm appeared across a public road near Shiloh church. It measures about one foot wide and a hundred yards long and is widening slowly threatening surrounding areas. Public alarm grows as the chasm shifts from east to north, with attempts to gauge its depth hampered by its shape.
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Raleigh
N. C
Longacra
Beaufort County
Shiloh Church
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Drnchair
Wiliam
Matt
Willians
Paris
Domestia Ecoromy
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Contemp
Uni
Fish Commission
Cere
Irene Petone
Tampa
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Piaper
Theus of
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Poe
Guar Som
Wunekyas
Axmass
Recelpt Orgie
Murray St
Yorks
Ohio & Mississipi
Amd
Ailant
Charleston
Bac
Ad Pointe
Soo
Bai
Parlur
Ert
Louis
Kew
Kou Orkreb
N.Y. E.R
Seippl
A. C. Goodrich
H. Boyer
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