European Mayors Champion Makers of Rapid Weddings
The article recounts French and European mayors performing rapid civil ceremonies. It highlights M. Duchemin of Havre marrying 51 couples in four and a half hours at about five minutes twenty seconds each. It contrasts historic quick marriages in Rouen Amiens and New Jersey cases with later records of swift divorces, and ends with reflections on the role of education and a wife’s moral and social duties.
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Chicago Tribune
Plougastel-Daoulas
Brest
Quimper
France
Rouen
Amiens
Alice Sinclair
Cincinnati
M. Duchemin
Havre
Fanny Wood
New Jersey
Great Chesterford
Essex
New York Supreme Court
Rose Silversteen
Nash
New York
Slover
Kansas City
Amera
The Vocation of the Wife and Harper's Bazaar Note
The passage discusses the wife as a vocation including presumed duties and roles. It references 19th century views on marriage and gender norms as presented in Harper's Bazaar notes. The text suggests a societal expectation of a wife’s occupation within domestic and social duties.
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Martin
Harper's Bazar
History of the Aisshor improvements in its shape
The article traces anchors from the early long shank design to curved arms, noting the Plymouth yard clerk Pering and the move to curved arms. It covers the shift to chain cables after 1831, the 1888 admiralty commission, adoption of the admiralty pattern, and the 1842 steam hammer enabling better welding. It also recalls 1851 exhibitions, trials, and the ranking of Trotman then Rodger anchors, with modern emphasis on minimizing above-ground obstruction in deep ships and shallow harbors.
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Plymouth Naval Yard
Pering
Admiralty
Trotman
Rodger
Dowie Humble as Questions Mount Over Zion City
Reporters describe Dowie as humbled by events at Zion City conferences. Attendees note his willingness to evade federal law, discuss business terms, and seek self-preservation. Receivers Currier and Redieske confront Dowie about raising 1 million dollars in ten days and its fallout for Zion City’s 10,000 residents and followers.
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Dowie
Zion City
Albert Dean Currier
Paul Redieske
Zion
Anthracite Prices Prompt Mixed Coal Market Remarks
In a Philadelphia Press exchange a speaker notes anthracite price pressures for coal buyers while another quips the contrasting ease of the coal cellar as coal mixes with bituminous in some deliveries.
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Philadelphia
Ingenious Slav Outsmarts Russian Censor in Russia
Pall Mall Gazette notes how Russian censorship blots out passages with ink and sand, while clever readers mail erased pages from London to St Petersburg. The piece recalls examples from Riga and Paris, showing varied censoring practices and the luxury hotel napkin culture reflecting social levels.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Russia
St. Petersburg
London
Riga
Jin
Zola
Nana
Counted His Footsteps by Pedometer Map of Africa Voyage
Count Edward Wickenburg, a German explorer, returns from a lengthy African trek from Djibouti to Addis Ababa and Lake Rudolf to Lamu. He used two pedometers to tally steps, enabling a precise, step based map across 21 sheets covering 273 miles first leg. The voyage yielded a detailed six sheet map showing geographic detail far from the route.
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New York Sun
Count Edward Wickenburg
Africa
Djibouti
Addis-Abiaba
Menelik
Rudolf
Lamu
Indian Ocean
Count Wickenburg
Dr. Junker
Wickenburg
Napkin Charge Abroad Mirrors American Service Fees
The New York Sun reports that in Europe diners pay for napkins by the bill with a small item not always shown separately, while in America napkins are effectively paid through the overall price. This raises questions about pricing transparency and traveler reactions to service charges.
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New York Sun
Europe
New York
A Story of Cranes How South Americans Use the Birds
The Montreal Star recounts how Venezu elan and nearby peoples employ the native crane, yakamik Psophia Crepitans, as poultry guardians and herd helpers. These forest birds travel in flocks, lay ten pale green eggs, and tame easily, guarding flocks, driving ducks to feeding, and defending their master, with a curious trumpeting cry.
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Montreal Star
Venezuela
Amazon
South America
Schomburg
The Force of Appearances in London Chronicle
Appearance: a shopper mistakenly lifts another woman's umbrella, returns it, buys two umbrellas, and ends up seated opposite the owner on an omnibus in Victoria street. The owner mocks her, while the shopper feels embarrassment and grows cowed by the incident.
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London Chronicle
Victoria Street
Office Boy and Bookkeeper Dialogue Joke Card
A brief exchange in a bygone tone features an Office Boy claiming versatility with either hand and a Bookkeeper asking how he does it, followed by the Office Boy answering in a playful dialect about his writing. The snippet reads like a small social joke from a period newspaper.
Body of Child With Adult Mind Puzzle for Physicians
A German woman Marie Schumann aged 28 spent most of life in a cradle yet spoke and reasoned as an adult. Reports describe her as a medical puzzle studied by European experts. Similar cases include Janie Loder of Indiana and a 6 year old boy in Minneapolis missing thyroid causing stunted growth, while Beaver Pennsylvania’s John Murphy survived on brain power despite extreme deformity.
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Marie Schumann
Stockfrau
Germany
A B Abe
Danube
Janie Loder
Marion
Minneapolis
Bertha Anderson
Beaver
John Murphy
Justice For
Shhe
The 15th Amendment Tale from Massachusetts
Ex-Governor Boutwell discusses the drafting of the fifteenth amendment. He reflects on its intent and scope, noting the amendment prevents voting discrimination by the United States or states but allows other distinctions such as educational qualifications or property. He recalls events in Congress, Sumner’s role, and the drafting process in detail.
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Bescon
Boutwell
Groton
State Street
Sumner
United States
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Congress
Republican Party
Sone
Senate
Judiciary
Ashley
Ohio
Churchill
New York
House
That Settled It
Mr Subbubs Brid get tells Mrs Subbubs that dinner should be ready at six. Mrs Subbubs confirms she did ask why it is not ready and the reply was she doesn't have to.
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Philadelphia Press
Mr. Subbubs
Bridget
Mrs. Subbubs
Buffalo Traveler Boasts Paris Knowledge In London
Returning voyagers recount a Buffalo man who toured Paris and London with his wife. Consul general H. Clay Evans notes the traveler bragged about Parisian customs, meals, wines, and sights but avoided pommes de terre in Paris, citing his wife’s presence.
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England
H. Clay
Evans
London
Buffalo
Paris
Hard Lines Parson Primroe Holiday Town Topics
A light crosstown column mocks Christmas trivialities and evolving town habits. Parson Primroe notes the aging holiday culture while a character called Little Lord Fauntleroy jokes about golf and winter escapes to warmer locales.
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Lord Fauntleroy
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