Descriptive Names for Spring Hats Stir Fashion Talk
A Chicago Times note on spring headwear mocks suggestive fashion labels. It describes giraffe bonnets with long necks, ass soar velvet accents, shaving brush pompons, skeleton fan structures, thunder and lightning lace, crazy cloth fabrics, and Eve angelical evening costumes.
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Juliet
Chicago Times
Miller
Pirate Capote
Geninus
Shane
Hutter
Jace
Bonnets and Hats Signal Bright Spring Millinery Trends
The article surveys spring fashion with wide hats and small brims, contrasting crown and brim colors, and elaborate garnitures like cowslips and ribbon loops. It notes helmet shapes, beige straw lattice bonnets, and new drapery in dresses, plus jackets in boucle and bright yellow millinery dominates, with refined sleeves and velvet trims throughout.
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Astrakhan
Life in Mexico contrasted with Boston life and temperate living
A Boston Herald correspondent praises Mexican life for its serenity and lack of reform zeal. The piece contrasts the relaxed Mexican gentleman with the energetic American reform culture, noting daily life, leisure in cafes, reading, and a calm pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society
Boston Herald
Harvard Annex Minds Float From English to Philosophy
The piece records a humorous meditation on the female mind at Harvard annex education. Two visiting young women discuss their chosen studies, one pursuing English literature, the other ambitious in philosophy and Descartes with Spencer, sparking a witty exchange about study aims. Abridged humor appears in the dialect excerpt.
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Harvard
Annex
Patagonia
Kamschatka
Ali
Oyan
Descartes
Schopenluner
Spencer
Boston Record
Staver and the Operator Tale From the Telegraph Era
An old Philadelphia Record account recalls Gen Anson Stager as division superintendent in Cleveland. An Indianapolis operator, famed for speed yet drinking, outwits Stager by sending a rapid cock-and-bull tale that fools him into allowing the man to stay on the job.
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Indianapolis
Stager
Jones
Cleveland
Cleveland Telegraph Office
Philadelphia Record
Observers Faulty in Reading Faces and Real Names
A London Standard excerpt critiques how most people fail to observe faces accurately, confusing traits and missing details. It notes short sightedness and inattention lead to errors in identifying eyes hair color and expressions, with broad comparisons to misunderstandings across races and nations. The piece ends with a political aside from Gen Toombs describing a gloomy outlook and revolution as the remedy.
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India
China
Mind Cure Challenge Ends in Subscribed Decline
Sister Stone visits Mr. Fenderson to push a mind cure magazine subscription. He asks if she believes in the mind cure. she answers Tam and declines the offer, exiting the office with her decision unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sister Stone
Mr. Fenderson
Tam
California
Contentment and Courage in Morning Star Tales
A collection of children stories and moral anecdotes. Jimmy Howard, a boarding school boy, learns to confess and pray, guided by a sea captain’s tale of avoiding home and the dangers of running away. Other sketches discuss contentment, sailors’ life realities, and lessons on pride and virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Howard
John
Job
Elijah
Baal
Israel
Willie Harrison
Willie
Morning Star
Papen Pianos from compressed paper in Germany
In Germany an experiment uses compressed paper to fashion piano cases. The instrument reportedly produces a sweet tone, not loud, with a full steady sound likened to an organ. The tone improvement is credited to the paper’s even texture.
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Germany
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Mitchell Capital
Mitchell, Dak
Exnson
LIFE
Mexico
Boston
Marvard Annix
Intellect
Hans
Fritz
Schmidt von
den Schmidt
Cocke
Bob Toombs
Macon
Ben
Bessie Wee
Aves
Init
Abe
Henry
Arkansaw Traveler
Americ
Éumor
Tuffboy
Mr Smith
Mr. Jones
Fifth Avenue
Phunber
Johnny
Cat Wes
Veacher
Chicago
Philadelphia
Kalamazoo
Oil City
Wayback
Podunk
Podunk Clarion
Ompkins
Wayback Citizen
Times
Puch
Abramwam Lincoln
OLD Seth Kinm
Seth Kinman
International Hotel
Seth
Abe Lincoln
Washington
Oswego
N. Y
Christ Lloyd
Pennsylvany House of Representatives
Zip Coon
Ford
San Francisco Alta
Moncments
Wind
Cheek
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