Woman Designs and Manages Comus Day of Mardi Gras
A bright New Orleans woman, Miss Jennie Wilde, designs and runs the Comus Mardi Gras gala. She oversees planning of the event, guiding teen participants and coordinating parade details for the exclusive society affair. Wilde holds full charge of the festival staging and coordination in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WOMAN
New Oriacs
Jennie Wilde
New Orleana
Corntia
Cumias
New Orleans
Mise Wilde
Corus
New Orleans Mardi Gras dress and society customs detailed
A long feature describes Madame Wilde and others influencing Carnival costume design and etiquette. It covers dressmaking tips, theater seating manners, and social expectations for women in late 19th century New Orleans, with notes on fabrics, hats, and the balance of elegance and practicality for young ladies and brides.
Glimpses Of Curious Inventions And Odd Tales
A collage of curiosities and humor from a Brooklyn Eagle column recounts oddities from a Verona scene with a street parade to strange science like caterpillars spinning silk and tobacco use. It includes a note on a tiny burial ground in Galashiels and a quip about history repeating itself, reflecting a breezy domestic reading mood.
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Dore
Gustave Thor
Safale
Verona
Dor
Azores
Wertern
Munich
Tie
Suitland
Stevned
Galashiels
Uefecen Bridge Street
High Street
Fragmentary Quotations From Various Papers Collide
A garbled set of historical newspaper scraps presents fragmented quotes and sayings from multiple papers. The mix includes social chatter, light humor, and reflections on manners, while names and clear contexts remain elusive.
Jokes by the Freaks at the Dime Museum
In a New York World report a tense scene unfolds at a dime museum, where a human leopards and a living skeleton clash with guards and patrons over threats and pranks. The fat lady is involved as tension escalates amid circus freaks and carnival charmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Bach
Itwltly Comet
Henry Wilde
New York World
New York Herald
A B Lewis
New York
Advertising odd schemes to gain public attention in old papers
A historical survey describes publicity stunts from the seventeenth century onward, noting dramatic advertising ideas such as a famed printer’s oversized notices and a campaign using wrapped oranges shipped to dignitaries and officials. It highlights the impact of eye catching methods and large scale poster campaigns across cities in Europe and America.
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Seth
Roicwerlocker
Anid
Gerard Ask
Knickertorker
East River
Peimal
Pather Revcortorker
Parteenkiown
Wil
Fibra
Ronceen
New York
Waa
Sys Grange
Florida
Efnter
Prem Court
i = la ira
Paris
America
Eich
Bs York
Europe
Huroje
Lond
Herlin
Rome
Constantinople
Alps
Pyramids
Lane
Berg
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Tyan
Balan
Commercial Advertiser
Trothal
Onder
Eer
John
Mary
Hove
Stata
Jude
Nerevelon Arbic
Trabe
Helen Watterson Moody
Ladies’ Home Journal
Mary Ann
Jerome K
Sen
Steauth
Annie Besant
Deast
Fete
Soman Akime
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Mra
William L Shaffer
Houma
Louisians
Bie
Gary
Wea
Brooklyn Eagle
Montreal
Howely
Hiker
Pattsburg
Jesus
Atlanta
Uzing
Chicago
Himelf
Leonid
Indianapolis Journal
Nino
Martel
Ima
Venic
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