Fashions From New York London and Paris in Womens Wear
The article describes military cloaks for traveling in dark blue camel goods with silver braid and medallion buttons, box-pleated blouses, and kilted skirts. It covers fabrics from velvets to silks, trims with briar stitching, various hats, chemisettes, and the latest day to evening bodice arrangements. It highlights economical wardrobes, ribbons, laces, and the season's color and fabric trends for summer.
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New York Evening Post
Oman
South Kensington
Elephants in Tales and Truths From Harpers Young People
In this Chatterbox piece readers learn about two elephant kinds, habitat in India and Burmah, and their behavior. It recalls tame and wild traits, memory, and ways elephants help humans, with anecdotes of Rajah the schoolmaster in Rangoon and ships carrying cargo and elephants long ago.
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Asia
Arabia
India
Burmah
Shane
Rangoon
Rajah
England
Australia
Calcutta
Manners for Boys in Gentle Guidance
A 19th century note from the Christian Intelligencer outlines etiquette for boys. It covers hats at farewell, assisting ladies, precedents in crowds, door manners, parlor conduct, dining room behavior, rising for ladies, eye contact, and quiet speech. It also lists rules for bedrooms and general decorum, stressing heed to elders and grace.
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Christian Intelligencer
English find American humor both boisterous and effective
An editorial in the London Daily News praises American humor as superior to English in most cases while noting English readers prefer Yankee writers for real laughs. The piece cites that English taste often rejects courting jokes and Sunday school gags, and warns that few authors truly tickle readers outside the stage. The text ends with a brief Somerville Journal joke about Brown and Black debating fishing to forget oneself.
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London Daily News
England
Hands Chart and Dream Vignettes From Blind Inmates
The article outlines seven palm types including the primitive and psychic hands, linking each to character traits from labor to spiritual aims. It then reports on West Philadelphia Home residents who are blind, detailing how dreams reflect memory and early visual experiences, with examples of a man who never dreams of unfamiliar places and a young blindler who dreams of city scenes but not rural vistas.
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West Philadelphia
Thief's Ten Year Sentence Sparks Lawyer Retort
A convicted thief complains a longer speech would have cleared him. The lawyer retorts a juror said the verdict turned on what little he said. Detroit Free Press notes the exchange. A floating planing mill 170 by 70 feet is under construction on the Allegheny river.
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Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Allegheny River
A. T. Stewart and the Armstrong Europe Cargo Plan
The article recounts A. T. Stewart's dry goods empire and James Armstrong’s rise within it. Stewart urges Armstrong to sail for Europe with a large order, tests readiness, and arranges substantial credit. Armstrong builds a purchase list, then closes a major stock deal, while Stewart presses for further deals and exits.
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A. T. Stewart
James Armstrong
Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Europe
Armstrong
Ir. Stewart
Mr. Armstrong
Chicago Mail
Struck by a Radiant Damsel in Bloomington Eye
The Bloomington Eye prints Conan verse praising a young woman with vivid imagery of her face eyes and hair. The speaker declares being struck by a radiant, coquettish damsel and calls for her reverent epithet while denouncing rivals as he confesses desire and longing.
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Col
Conan
Angeliciana
Raphael
Angela
Titian
Jezabel
Madonna
Dogiennel
Venus of Medici
Heaven
Delilah
Samson
Cupid
Judas
Valentine
Manus
Seville
Italy
Juno
P. Conan
Bloomington
Savage Map Makers From Greenland Native Cartographs
Capt. Holm brings back maps drawn by East Greenland natives on drift boards near a northern fjord. The coastlines and nearby islands are sketched with notable fidelity, prompting debate whether outsiders or a shipwreck survivor created them.
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Denmark
Greenland
Capt
Holm
Knutzen
East Greenland
Hansen- Blangsted
Lilloise
Angmagsalik Fjord
Esquimaux
Hall
Hudson Bay
United States
Forgetful Wealthy Neighbor Inches Home In Confused State
A affluent man from a nearby city returns home after a night out with friends. He enters his bedroom and sits, then whispers to his wife that he cannot remove his boots and has forgotten the combination, indicating a heavy memory lapse in an odd, comic scene.
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Nozzin
Maria
Boston Record
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Mitchell Capital
Mitchell, Dak
the Fashions
New York
London
Paris
Fashion Notes
Fisk
March
Alimont
Crocus
Narcissus
Black
White
Somerville Journal
Wim
Sammy
Shakspeare
Schouts
Thomas Jolyffe
Stratford
Guild
Brotherhood of the Holy Cross
Albert Danker
St. Nicholas
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