Christmas Eve at the Club Turns to Tragedy and Resolve
Lucien, playing high stakes in a Paris club on Christmas Eve, discovers a beggar girl sleeping in the snow with a cold dead child. He vows to rescue her but loses the fortune, then enlists in the First African Chasseurs. Years later a dancer shows he still aids the needy, quietly giving a gold louis to a poor child.
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Ruin
de Herm
Zaatcha
Ann
Lucian
Dronski
Lucien
Monsieur
Lucien de Hem
Oaida Bey
Mersen
Tarden
Taucien
Chasseurs
Algiers
Louis
Silk trade shifts as women seek variety in fashion
A New York Times interview with a silk seller notes women now buy a wide range of silks from brocades to stripes, desiring novelty and variety. He recalls a past era of limited choices and explains tighter competition lowers clerks’ salaries and pushes many to rely on dressmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
The Shut-Ins and the Ark of Providence
Dr Talmage portrays the sick and homebound as a chosen class guided by God through confinement. He argues the shut-in life trains patience, faith, and eternal perspective, likening it to Noah’s ark and promising a hopeful heavenly reunion for the faithful. He cautions against easy entry to heaven for the unrepentant and urges conversion and sanctification.
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Dr. Talmage
Noakh
Shem
Ham
Japheth
West
Promses
Christ
Noah
Nash
Adam
Jared
Enoch
Armenia
Bethlehem
Calvary
Heaven
Bank of Heaven
Earth
Candy Making Tips From The Fondant Fountain
Instructions on making fondant candy outlining key interference points such as stirring during boil, preventing crystal drop, and correct cooking. Steps include sugar water cream of tartar, crystal removal, ice water test for soft ball, cooling, and beating to a milk white mass before kneading and storing in a covered bowl.
A Modern Tragedy. Mrs Brocade Misses Sale In Downring
Mrs Brocade waits for a downtown cab and races against time to reach a shop by 12. She arrives just as the building opens and finds the fabrics she seeks marked up from 4.98 to 5 dollars. She breaks down in tears as the loss sinks in. Judge.
First Cup of Coffee in Western Europe
Louis XIV of France drank the first cup of coffee made in Western Europe. The beverage was valued at 28 dollars per pound at the time.
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Louis XIV
France
Europe
Mrs Pinkham Counsels Women On Nervous Blues
A column promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments and nervous low mood. It cites Mrs Pinkham's advice for anxious women and shares a testimonial from Mrs F S Bennett describing relief from womb issues after using the regimen.
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Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pickpocket Diamond Hoax Tells Itself in New York
A pair of women on a Hoboken ferry are pickpocketed by a flashy man with imitation diamonds. One woman finds a glass shard she calls the thief’s diamond and, after consulting Tiffanys, learns the glass is a real diamond substitute worth about 100. The man who lost it has not advertised the loss.
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Hoboken
Union Square
Tiffany's
New York Sun
United States
K. J
Ater Lowell
Mase
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Dar
Pheart
Uvah
Terestaeas Ted
Meee
Tigi
Phe
Rav
Capistiars Pelle
Hwe
Sik
Toads
Army OF Invalids
Omfort
Dere
Lot
Paul
Teaven
Chatsworth
Mary
Martha
Lazarus
David
Abraham
Sarah
Martin Father
Luther
Myconius
Mycconius
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