Fashionable women crowd New York stage from Fifth Avenue Theater debuts
The Brooklyn Eagle notes a rising trend of fashionable women joining the stage. It cites Agnes Hthel, Miss Kellogg, the Dietz sisters Linda and Ella, and Linda Clymer among recent debuts, with others like Sarah Jewett at Daly's and Mrs Foster at Park Theater. The widow Mrs Gaddis is also mentioned as a latent addition.
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Brooklyn Theater
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Ella
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Hester Clymer
Philadelphia
Sarah Jewett
Daly's
Foster
Park Theater
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Gaddis
General Burnside Stands Out Among New Senators
Washington correspondent notes General Burnside’s striking appearance and formal dress, contrasting him with predecessor Sprague. Burnside’s bald head and snuff vest create a vivid image alongside remarks on his full dress parade air and notable features.
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Washington
Burnside
Sprague
General Spinner
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Chicago Tribune
Golden Lair
Marguerite Fairness
America
Francis HK. Spinner
Listening to music for all listeners and readers
A Scribner's Monthly reflection urges that ordinary people can enjoy great music without technical knowledge. Focus on listening, starting with a single instrument like the violine, then the violin, flutes, cornets, bassoon, and drums to follow the evolving theme until the orchestra reveals the music’s center.
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Titian
Scribner's Monthly
Cattle Trade Aims Links Galveston London
A new English backed venture plans a Galveston to London cattle line with £5,000,000 capital. Sir Howard Epperson presides the company, Col. Graham to represent Galveston. Steamers would carry live cattle using Relph’s patent with hammocks, enabling up to 150 cattle per voyage of about sixteen days. A Texas stock farm is planned, and the steamer Finisterre has left Glasgow awaiting Galveston arrival.
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London
Sir Howard Epperson
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Graham
England
Texas
Weis
Relph
Finisterre
Glasgow
Curious Facts From Natural History Oddities
A compact list of curious natural history notes covering fish swallowing whole, reptiles and amphibians feeding habits, bees stings and lifespans of predators, tarantulas and codfish production, whale mothers, toads in winter, skin shedding in snakes, crocodile longevity, honeybees without stings, nocturnal fish behavior, seals as trainable as dogs, rattlesnake head danger post severance, newt eye regeneration, fish eyelids, alligators in winter sleep, serpents charm, Texas agricultural ants farming grain, and a humorous patient-doctor exchange on death prognosis.
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Brazil
South America
Texas
Postal cards prove beneficial for mail volume growth
The article notes that postal cards were introduced in England in 1870 at half-penny per card and spurred a surge in mail by 1872. Germany followed with low rates, while Ireland, Belgium, and Switzerland extended the system. A proposal for double prepaid cards aims to boost sales, with 91 million postal cards sold in the last fiscal year and potential gains from broader adoption.
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Emanuel Hermann
Vienna
Germany
Uelland
Belgium
Switzerland
Journal of the Franklin Institute
P.M. General
The Civil Rights Bill and the Negro’s Place in Society
The article argues the Civil Rights law failed to elevate the Negro socially after a month of trial. It warns the law risks provoking conflicts, notes social ostracism in white schools, and claims the bill has mainly aided the vicious while remaining a dead letter for blacks. It closes with a proverb about a kind wife.
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