The Story of Sunday by Guy T Visknisski
A historical survey traces Sunday origins from ancient rest days through early Christianity to modern observance. It covers Constantine and later emperors, medieval laws, Sunday recreation debates, and the shift from Sabbath to Lord's Day with notes on church practices and public response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy T. Viskniskki
McClure
Phillips & C
Primitive Church
Ths
Constantine the Great
Constantine
Christ
Natu
Congress
Vermont
Alabama
Maine
Mississippi
London
Panal
Charles II
England
Jerusalem
Israel
Continental
Europe
James I
Scotland
Charles I
James
Lancashire
Fatherr
Charles
Paritans
America
Paul
Troas
Asia Minor
Constantinople
Ignatius
Judea
Isaiah
Rome
Justin
Italy
Justin the Martyr
Woman's Pursuit of Beauty
An essay on the historical pursuit of female beauty details routines of rest, baths, skin care, and makeup used by fashionable women. It describes rest after shopping, aromatic pillows, vinegar baths, skin oils, face washing, pink glow from rouge, and careful lash and brow enhancement, comparing to Louis XV era beauty standards.
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The
Boston Globe
What Tippling Costs Manhattan
Pearson's Magazine notes Manhattan consumption of whisky and other spirits amounts to 135.5 million dollars annually. It breaks down 100000 barrels of whisky 30 000 barrels other spirits 200000 cases champagne 4000000 gallons wines and brandies 5000000 barrels beer and totals separate facts. The piece imagines a water tap draining the beer and liquor in 90 years 36 days and adds a note on a proposal to declare George Washington’s birthday a public peace holiday by the Milan Peace society and Italian teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tippling
Manhattan
Pearson's Magazine
Borough of
Yale
Harvard
Milan
Circumstance Brings Love at the Circus
Dick Treherne learns Mabel Brancepeth will marry Mr Goldman for money. He escorts Julie Perrington to the show, where she confesses love for him. After a day of chance meetings and a private proposal, Julie agrees to marry Treherne while Mabel happily accepts Goldman’s offer.
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W. BR. Hearst
Dick Treherne
Mabel Brancepeth
Treherne
Mabel
Mr. Goldman
Julie Perrington
Julie
Miss Perrington
Mr. Treherne
Julia
Treperne
Newark Girl Wins Carnegie Hero Award For Daring Rescue
Miss Maud Titus, 17, of Newark, New Jersey, receives a 32 506 cash prize from the Carnegie Hero Fund for rescuing her drowning friend Laura Reifsnyder during a sailing accident off Casco Bay. Titus credits her friend’s letter to the committee and plans to attend Baltimore Woman's College after high school graduation.
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New York American
Mr Carnegie
Miss Maud Titus
Gibson
North Seventh Street
Roseville
Newark
Carnegie Hero Fund
Miss Titus
Chum
Carnegie
Pittsburg
Ovid
Miss Reifsnyde
Laura Reifsnyder
Laura
Misa Reifsynder
Littlejohn Island
Maine Coas
Frank Burgess
Boston
Burgess
Casco Bay
Muaude
Maud
Newark High School
Baltimore Woman's College
Willa Titus
Rockefeller Estate Closes to Public Access in New Plan
The Rockefeller estate at Tarrytown New York will be closed to the public with an iron fence six feet high stretching about twenty miles. John D Rockefeller Jr supervises the project, believed to originate the plan after public access abuses. The estate spans 6000 acres with a public road through it to be fenced on both sides and gates added where private roads meet the main drive.
Browning’s Magazine excerpt with a swimming prodigy
In a Browning’s Magazine page a dialogue references a son at college and a father asking for his checkbook. A 3 year old swimming champion from Forest Gate, England, is described as capable of swimming an 80 foot length, the daughter of a public baths matron.
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Browning
Jack
Forest Gate
England
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