Mixed Historical Snippets and Transatlantic Tales
A collage of 19th century notes recounts political figures, art markets, and imperial intrigues. Highlights include Van Wrox of Nebraska seeking a 1890 governorship, painter Meissomer’s sale for 9000 francs, and Jovan J. Gasros’s birthday jump routine. Also noted are discussions of Napoleon relics, Count Corti’s poverty sale, Gladstone ancestry, and Boston’s Liberty Tree lanterns linked to the Stamp Act repeal. The piece blends foreign diplomacy, anniversaries, and curiosities from various regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Kasox Street
Frog Lane
Hunneman
Bostonian Society
Joseph HH. Hunneman
Roxbury
Ladier Teihete to the Hobie Red Crew
Fragmentary text mentions Mira Jon G States Jr Putere ids ar Ketan Hea. No clear event date place or organizations emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teihete
Hobie Red Crew
Aray
Mira
Jon, G. States Jr
Clara Barton and Ida Lewis Respect Red Cross Heroes
A feature honors Clara Barton and Ida Lewis for frontline bravery and steadfast service. It recalls Barton leading Red Cross relief at Johnstown and Mississippi floods, and Lewis rescuing sailors in harbor peril, with praise for their courage and enduring impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Army
Noble Workers of the
Red Cross Association
Pease Eye
Johnstown
Clara Barton
Conemaugh
Red Cross
Fashion notes on summer dress and accessories trends
A roundup of vintage fashion trends highlights revived burege and foulards, high favor ribbons, English hats, tan plisses, low hats at tennis events, sash widths of ten to twelve inches, sandal wear with empire gowns, leather trims on travel wear, tapestry painting craze, stockings matching gowns, revival of Creoiece jewelry, net and tulle parasols with floral edging, and a shift in dress features toward trims sleeves belting and low hats with wide belts in the season's toilets.
Actress Praises Adelaide Neilson In Stage Aspiration
A performer, James G. Blaine Jr. oratorically recalls musical theater in October, expressing delight at the stage. She credits Adelaide Neilson’s Rosalind as the finest she has seen and affirms comedy as her chosen forte and temperament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Neilson
Rosalind
daring ship Forward aids distressed barque amid Malay pirates
On a voyage from New York the clipper Forward under Captain Seabreeze encounters Malay proas near the archipelago. After a tense stand, the crew drives off attackers with nine pounders, saves the stranded barque, and aids a female survivor. Mrs Seabreeze urges aid, showing resolve as the ship renders assistance and secures the barque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raulsea
Sea Sbreets
Abe
Tanchor
Ucion
Seabreeze
Forward
Mr. Birton
Proas
Tom
Scabretzo
Helmaman
Forcchamne
Hardy
Burton
China
Escape and voyage tale on the Forward and Connaught
An account describes Steeeho Le’s attempted escape aboard the Forward with the captain’s wife. The crew prepared a hawser tow and moved to sea as bodies from the Connaught were committed to the deep. Later, the Forward reached Botany, Java, and New York, while the Porpoise reported punishing natives in Sibang for the Connaught outrage, forcing the destruction of their town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seabreces
New England
Cape Cod
China
Seabreeze
Meine
Stars and Stripes
Balla
Seabreaze
Sovloo
Sea of Celebes
Straits of Macassar
Java Sea
Indian Ocean
Mr. Burton
Steeeho le
Ware Tabes
Gestrenps
Bose
Connaught
Botan
Java
Connnaught
Forward
Sibang
Sooloo Archipelago
Mrs Gordon Mackay Jewelry Valued At Three Hundred Thousand
Boston society notes showcase Mrs Gordon Mackay, wife of the sewing machine inventor, with a jewel collection worth about 300000, the finest among Boston ladies. Mrs John L Shepard follows with an estimated 100000 in gems, plus a 10000 pair of diamond necklaces gifted by her parents. Mrs John L Gardner holds about 75000 in diamonds rubies and stones, noted for its fanciful settings and refined taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Mackay
Boston
Mra
Mackay
John L. Shepard
Miss. Shepard
John L. Gardner
Philadelphia Press
Curious Comments on Albany Lights Stir Racial Echoes
A Macon Telegraph report catalogs reactions of Albany, Georgia Black residents to new electric lights. Voices range from humor about selling shoes at night to nostalgia for slavery era habits, with a racially charged exchange on how electricity works and who can understand it. The piece captures social tension and differing attitudes toward modernization in a segregated community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Macon Telegraph
Chile
Atlanta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maxsix Hue Pass
Lg, Finsey
Ponca
Walmscroy
Johe Bright
Tuermy
Malmsouler
France
Cuavgery M
van Wrox
Nebraska
Thomas Patnex
Corunna
England
Jota van. Howe
New England Woman's Club
St. Rosert Peet
Awrist Wistier
United States Department
Jon Reskin
Meissomer
Tor Forview
State Department
Tokio
Henry Denison
Jovan J. H. Gasros
Merriweather, Ga
Peter FE
Vose
Dennysville
Sanan Mauwory
Long Pine
Neb
Colonel Wright
Mallory
George Vanderbilt
Napoleon
St.Helens
James McHenry
London
Holand Park
Carco Corti
Lodovievo Corti
Washington
Berlin
Geneva
Mr. Gladstone
Adventuers
George
Petin
London Star
Sandringham
I. BR. i
Ube
Mie
Battle Field
Jacksonville
Fla
Miss Barton
Barton
Sumner
Aes
Red Cross of America
Mississippi
Michigan
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Wilsut
Lewis
Ida
Oberborne
Sida
Ida 1
Wis
Ft. Adama
Eeotton
Ida Lewis
Helen
Tore
Lime Rocks
Mim, James G, Blaine, JR
Tno
Ward
Aafo
Beabreeze
Bute
Draya
Malaya
Desd
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