Troubles in Brazil and Argentina Rise in South America
A lengthy overview of upheaval in Brazil and the Argentine Republic covered political instability, calls for monarchy restoration, and civil unrest. It notes Emperor restoration under Fonseca, Peixoto's presidency, debts, foreign influence, and ongoing provincial clashes. Argentina shows reformist aims but persistent turmoil, with President Luis Saenz Pena navigating conflicting interests. The piece contrasts South American governance with U.S. federal strength and ends with unrelated cultural notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Argentine Republic
United States
Luis Saenz Pena
Pena
Cause for Resentment in a Journalistic Sketches Window
A string of humorous one liners and vignettes from various periodicals, including Chicago Tribune and New York Herald, feature exchanges about romantic missteps, clever quips, and daily ironic observations. The samples mix barbed banter, social foibles, and light satire in a collage of late 19th century humor.
Remains of Napoleon and MacMahon Rest in Paris Mausoleum
In the Church of Saint Louis at the Invalides Paris the remains of Napoleon I and Marshal MacMahon lie beneath the same roof within a grand mausoleum hewn from Russian granite. Napoleon rests directly under the domed ceiling while MacMahon lies in a crypt in the same church. The Hôtel des Invalides, an immense complex on the Seine left bank, covers over sixteen acres and was founded in 1670 by Louis XIV as a veterans’ asylum and has since been enlarged by successive rulers.
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Marshal MacMahon
Church of the Invalides
Paris
Trance
Napoleon I
France
Europe
Napoleon
Church of St. Louis
Hotel Invalides
Hotel Des Invalides
Napoleon and Mac- Mahon
Seine
Louis Nity
Polite king uses math to guess ages in tale
A gray haired professor visits a king who uses a number trick to reveal a person’s age. By selecting birth month, doubling, adding five, multiplying, adding age, subtracting 365 and adding 115, the result 1260 shows December as birth month and the last two digits as age. The professor laughs at the clever method.
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Shem
Los Angeles
English Beauty and Curious Inventions in a 19th Century Page
A column extols Lady Londonderry as the pinnacle of Anglo-Saxon beauty, noting her noble lineage and marriage ties. It contrasts her calm, statuesque look with American types, then shifts to a misinformed New Jersey inventor proposing a gear heavy bicycle claiming speeds to double current feats. The piece ends with a satirical read on fat folks, noting perceived health resilience and social mood, plus a quip about women and glassware.
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Theresa Helen Talbot
Shrewsbury
Viscount Castilereagh
Londonderry
Lady
New Jersey
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South America
Argentina
Isia
Em Pedro
Hedoro da Fonseca
Tonseca
Lurs Baenz
Hatters
Congress
Fonseca
Twleman Peixoto
Revolutionary Committee
Peixoto
Rio Janeiro
Wonseca
Argentine
St. Hilaire
Estanislas
Zeballos
Federation
Tower of Silence
Zoroaster
Atchison Globe
Floriano Peixoto
President's Palace
Pernambuco
Rio DE Janeiro
Admiral Mello
Revolutionists
the Jokers
Barber
Chicago Tribune
Harry de Ruyter
Miriam
Harry
Barrie
Carlsbad
Fliegende
Pittsburg
Isabella
Francement
Elayne
Chicago
Adhison Globe
New York Herald
Mary—O
Papa
Johnnie
Detroit Tribune
Washington Star
John
New York Press
Mr. Bloobumper
Irthy
Jacques
Journal Amusant
Detroit Free Press
Warble
Fiddleback
Vogue
Plainfield
N. J
Brooklyn
New York Sun
Teacher
Tommy
Texas
Greensmith
Tim
Lady Londonderry
Lady Londo
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