Semi-Weekly Nation miscellany ponders fame and folly
A collage of satirical items notes Kipling’s preferences and poetry, anticipated Panama fashion, pensions for Cornell professors, and quirks of American and British culture. It jokes about banking a bank rupt, royal gossip, theater antics, and a Baltimore directory quip about rising municipal figures.
French Duel Of Today And The Public Code Of Honor
A Paris glow over duels shows evolving modern fencing replacing lethal force. The piece notes social status, courtly rituals, two-card cards for insults, and famed boulevardiers like Aure lien Scholl, with reflections on how French culture preserves honor through nonlethal challenges amid a changing era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse Daudet
Paris
Paris Correspondence
New York Sun
Germans Own Brazilian Land and Coffee Plantations
German farmers and planters own 1,000,000 acres of Brazilian soil. On part of this land, 20,000,000 coffee bushes are planted.
Somebody's Darling and Battlefield Reflections
A long poem recalling a fallen loved one and a battlefield visit logs Antietam and Gettysburg scenes. It contrasts personal loss with Civil War memory, noting Burnside Bridge and Indiana troops at Chicamauga, and arguing Lee’s wartime stance and the need for reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antietam
Boston Journal
Burnside Bridge
Thone
Where He Was Wounded at a Confederate camp meeting
A Waldorf-Astoria gathering of Confederate veterans in New York recalls a bank employee with a limp who explains his wounding. He details a harrowing return from Missouri to Arkansas, martial law, a perilous train escape, and a life saving operation after a long road home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Ome
KLX
Sterling Price
Missouri
Arkansas
Old Town
Federale
Hob Smith
Almeln Infantry
Thad
Gettysburg Lee Statue Proposal Sparks Controversy
A letter to the Chicago Chronicle signed Unto Veteran urges caution over erecting a statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee on the Gettysburg battlefield. The missive criticizes the haste and perceived animosity of supporters in the 3 A R posts and questions the plan's propriety amid a charged public debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Lee
Gettysburg
Chicago Chronicle
A. R. Posta
Lee
Monument Petition for Jeb Stuart Cavalry Monument
Local veterans petition the state legislature in Richmond to fund a $20,000 Confederate cavalry monument in Capital Square. They seek half the total cost from the state to honor their commander General Jeb Stuart and his Virginian unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeb
Stuart
Canital Square
Richmond
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nation
Rich Quick Investor
Mr. Kipling
Tate
Dr. Gatling
Panama
Cornell
Kipling
Aesop
Boni de Castellane
America
Gould
Indianola
Louisville Courier
Thomas Lipton
Rumoa- Khe
Inez
Kamehameha
Hawaii
O. E
Great Britain
Argentina
John Bull
Germany
Mrs. Ormsby
Mr. Ormsby
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Count Tolwtol Maintaning
Edward
England
Baltimore
Niewetty
France
M. Scholl
Monsieur
Aurelien Scholl
Scholl
New York Rapid Transit
Obwey
Emaixter
Hiandrome
Tanderly
Indiana
Chiclamanga
Twenty-ninth
Indiana Infantry
Seventy-ninth
Davin M Dupe
Fercely
Napoleon
St. Lee