The Crime of REFence to the Boulevard Chapter V Continuation
Bernardet studies an aged criminology pamphlet on photography in murder cases and reflects on retinal portraits as a potential new tool. He traces Dr Vernois's 1860s proposals for photographic evidence, compares past limits, and imagines future progress as he awaits the morgue autopsy.
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Monsieur
Ste
Moniche
M. Ginory
la Vilette
Bernardet
Taureau de la Glaciere
Hercules
Vernardez
Paul Rodler
M. Bernardez
Au Revoir
Papa
Mme
M. Bernardet
Mme. Bernardet
Bernardez
Vernels
Academy of Medicine
Boulton
Medical Society
M. Revere
Society of Medical Jurisprudence
Gourion
Streen
M. Gallard
Dr. Bourion
Vernois
Prussic Neld
Viernois
Vierna
Bourton
Vernols
The Double Dealer Portrait From a Split Figure
A verse portrait contrasts two faces of a dealer, one side rich and prospering with coal interests and wealth, the other poor and empty dealing in ice. The piece juxtaposes a split persona: one half aligned with fortune, the other with loss and hardship.
Solitaire Tables Boosts Patronage At Cannibal Eatery
A restaurateur reconfigured seating by moving small tables away from walls to create solo seats. Keeping 56 original tables but adding 100 individual solitaires, patrons dining alone could face the crowd. Resulting in a 200 percent rise in business and constant demand for solitary spots.
Fashion notes describe new fur coats and accessories
The article reviews fur coats trimmed with silk braid matching the dress style and empire lines. It notes fuller sleeves for easy wear over dress sleeves, plaited silk accents on long coats, chiffon muffs, and large buttons in jet, steel, or tortoise shell. Paris Robespierre cravats and buckled lingerie collars appear as styling novelties.
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Aare
Paris
Robespierre
Morning Bath Routine Boosts Complexion and Dignity
A period article extols morning bathing as a tonic for beauty and vigor. It urges daily rubbing and a brisk cool bath or sponge bath, followed by a rub with a brush, face and body massage, and light rest to enhance clarity, eye sharpness, and bearing.
Mince Pie Recipe and Selma Lagerlöf Honor
A recipe guide from Harper’s Bazaar prescribes a rich mince pie with beef, apples, cider, currants, citrus peels, nuts and spices, prepared two weeks ahead for best flavor. The piece also notes Selma Lagerlöf’s honorary degree from Upsala University, marking her as Sweden’s leading female writer and a Nobel prize contender.
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Harper's Bazar
Selma Lagerlof
Sweden
University of
Upsala
Camphor Deterrents For Pests In Homes Long Ago
Readily available camphor served as a simple pest repellent for ants mice and rats in homes of old. A lump placed at rat and mice hole mouths or in hampers with a cheese cloth bag kept intruders away while waiting for washing day and ensured camphor stayed in place.
Mamma Jimmie Chooses Apple For Little Brother
A dialogue note records Mamma Jimmie asking about an apple for her little brother. Jimmie confirms he offered him a choice between the small apple or none and the boy chose the small apple.
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Jimmie
Try Again
A humorous exchange shows Tommy declaring he will run his own house when he grows up. Mrs Henpeck counters that his father had the same plan at his age, signaling a lighthearted parental dynamic.
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Tommy
Economy Valued Yet Warned As Time Worth Saving
The Philadelphia Record commends economy as a virtue but cautions against wasting time chasing a penny. It argues prudent spending of effort and resources yields greater returns than obsessive scrimping.
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Philadelphia Record
Transformation Gown With Toga Prep Feeds Fashion Revolution
Paris reports unveil a new transformation gown that doubles as a wrap or mantle. The patented design uses a five yard straight drapery sewn to fit the body, draped over the skirt and fastened at shoulders, enabling outdoor wear without a dressing room. Here the gown remains light and unlined, suitable for broadcloth versions too.
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Paris
Explaining the Joe Calls Across Party Lines
The North American critiques reformers and machine politics while recognizing the Joe Calls as sympathetic yet flawed. It argues Joe Call’s practical aid to the needy contrasts with broader graft, urging cooperation to serve the “other fellow” and enduring humanity in politics.
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Philadelphia
Joe
Joe Call
Joe’ Call
Tammany
Joe” Call
Joe’ Calls
North American Outing Fund
Aldrich Memorial Unveiling and Poems at Portsmouth
Richard Watson Gilder led an Aldrich Memorial ceremony in Portsmouth with a reading of The Singing River. About 500 guests viewed the life sized oil portrait by Alfred Houghton Clark at the memorial museum and heard Dr. Henry Van Dyke’s poem about Aldrich’s boyhood and simple verse. A Milwaukee note humorously suggests city visitors misbelieve a farm goat stays in the buttery.
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Nutter
Court Street
Portsmouth
Aldrich
Alfred Houghton Clark
Lancaster
Mass
Henry van Dyke
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M. Jacquelin Des Audrays
Republic
Surete
M. Jacquelin Deg Aubrays
Bernargaet
Ginory
Mme. Moniche
Ais Ine
New York Press
Mary
Richard Watson Gilder
Mr. Aldrich
Aldric
Bovelkent
Elobale
Milwaukee Wisconsin
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