The English Crisis and Hypatia Debate
A witty London Punch dialogue mocks political vetoes and romantic shifts. Hypatia waits for developments choosing between the Earl of Oldpark and the Count Appoggiatura while a bedroom quip teases late night restraint.
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Bracelets and a Fall: Tolstoi Death Sparks Cashier Hostess Wry Remark
Mrs Oldcastle questions sorrow over Tolstoi death as she slides a $900 bracelet onto her arm. The hostess quips that those who rise high are bound to fall, implying hubris and fate in a curious exchange.
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Enduring Troubles with Cheerful Spirit
The remark urges resilience by mimicking friends' endurance. It highlights maintaining cheer amid personal troubles and supporting others to foster shared fortitude.
Change in a Woman's Life in Vermont
A Graniteville Vermont reader reports relief from nervousness and other menopausal symptoms after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter claims complete restoration of health and urges others to seek the remedy with Mrs. Pinkham offering free, helpful advice from Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Raising the Maine in Havana Harbor Aims for Answers
Engineers plan a cofferdam of twenty cylinders around the sunken battleship Maine to expose the wreck in Havana harbor The Cuban government assists as they seek evidence to explain the explosion that sank the ship thirteen years ago and determine if it can be floated and repaired.
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Success and steel cylinders at New York harbor project
The article quotes David Graham Phillips at a Princeton Club dinner on success and outlines a harbor construction effort. It describes 20 cylinders built from Lackawanna sheet steel pilings, each 50 feet dia and 75 feet per pile, with about 160 piles per cylinder. Piles driven by steam hammers, bed down to 60 feet, then into clay. The cylinders interconnect by an arc and are filled with clay as work progresses.
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Women Doctors Not New In Florences Medical Schools
A Paris observer notes eighteenth century Italy briefly welcomed a Maltese lady pupil at Florence under Knights of Malta patronage. She studied at the Florence School of Medicine by boarding with nuns and attending women’s hospital operations, avoiding coeducation until a Russian student later entered Santa Maria Nuova.
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Mannoni
Sweden Civil Service Plan for Widows and Orphans
A proposed Sweden civil service fund would support widows widowers and children of former workers. The move mirrors suffrage arguments for gender equality and makes no sex distinctions in benefiting survivors.
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Sweden
Truth In a Nutshell Puck Quip Reflects on Folly and Flies
A quotation from Puck notes that fools, rogues, filth, flies, swamps, and mosquitoes are interrelated. The lines imply folly creates trouble, linking human behavior to natural pests in a concise asides style.
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Englishwoman in prints and prose: Gibson praises lean beauty
Charlies Dana Gibson, noted authority on feminine beauty, spoke at a New York dinner praising the Englishwoman for her lean greyhound like figure. A Japanese diplomat at Cavendish Square compared her meat to being harder, contrasting with other perceptions.
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Dana Gibson
New York
Cavendish Square
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