Great Poet's Monument In Carrara Marble France
A Monument in Carrara marble to Heinrich Heine is unveiled at Montmartre cemetery Paris, funded by the late Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Danish sculptor Hasselius depicts Heine in late life with a meditative gaze, a butterfly beneath the bust and a wreath motif on the pedestal. Verses from Heine's 1869 poem are inscribed, pondering his final resting place.
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Heinrich Heine
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France
Elixabeth
Austria
Hasselius
Vienna
Heine
Pmni
Wien
Heina
Suden
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Florida Monster Slain by Hunter in Everglades
A hunter named Ferrel in the Everglades reports killing a colossal serpent specimen described as ten inches across the jaw to jaw and twenty to thirty feet long. The creature, torn by buzzards, left Ferrel with only its head, while plans to retrieve the skeleton and send it to the Smithsonian are noted. Scientists doubt the animal was a land serpent, and the article closes with a note on fashion trends in England.
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Everglades
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Lake Olechotee
Nverechuiti
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Butterflies Enthusiast Built World’s Largest Collection
Herman Stracker of Reading PA died at 66 leaving a butterfly collection near 250000 specimens. A sculptor and author, he funded global hunts, paid up to 150 dollars per rare specimen, employed collectors, and counted Russia among allies. His trove spans hundreds of extinct species and fifty years of patient labor.
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Herman Stracker
Reading
Strecker
Russia
Stracker
Cholera’s Native Home in Ganges Delta Marshes
The marshy Ganges delta with vast vegetation decaying in tropical heat is described as the native home of cholera where the disease and plague occur annually and year round.
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Ganges Delta
Umbrella mixup ends with icy remark
A Buffalo shopper returns an umbrella after an accidental grab and buys three more. Later she passes the same owner in a car, who eyes the trio and says with a frosty smile that her morning was successful. The piece blends anecdote with moral reflection.
Fashions of the Day Gowns Trimmed With Stitching and Lace
Fashion notes describe cloth gowns trimmed with stitched taffeta and net, with silk flowers and chenille. Jackets and furs are popular, dressy house wear features, long sleeves with ruffles, and evening gowns in cream renaissance lace over white chiffon. John Wasamaker items from Broadway cited.
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Iik
France
Willy
WMC
John Wasamaker
Broadway
N.Y
Three Important Waists from a Silk Fashion Display
A vintage description details three waist outfits featuring yellow inet fabric with folero effect, tucked golden brows silk, dark brown panne, iridescent beads, and a panne girdle. Another piece combines a brown chemisette, scarf, girdle, cuffs in chocolate brown silk with ivory satin body and embroidered décolletage. The description notes a yoke of bilis rkhon forming collar and sleeves, plus a white silk lower section with brocade discs and lace, arranged in an irregular pattern.
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The Latest Fashion Trends See Lace Gowns and Red Detailing
Fashion notes describe Black Renaissance Lace Gown with Black Tulle from Lord & Taylor, featuring narrow beading along lace, velvet ribbon, and red Corticelli stitching on trim. Describes lacy boleros, high collars, frills, gem circlets, turquoise matrices, and new evening gloves in palest corn and cameo pink with spangled hats and matching accessories.
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Lord & Taylor
Roadway
New York
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