Bernhardt Impresses as Hamlet Star in Paris Visit
Paris letter recalls meeting Madame Bernhardt at her home. The famed actress greets with a warm smile, discusses her plans to tour provinces and star in Hamlet, and reflects on career highs and future ambitions. Maurice, her devoted son, visits daily with flowers and books. Bernhardt’s charm, language, and stage presence shine amid the Paris scene.
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Paris
Madame Bernhardt
Sara
Divine
Bernhardt
Madame
Maurice
America
President Sam of Haiti Described as Figurehead Leader
A Leslie's Monthly sketch portrays Simon Sam at Champ de Mars, a tall portly figure in gold lace, seen as a ceremonial head while real power rests with oligarch ministers Brutus St Victor and Tancrede Auguste. The article emphasizes his imposing image but limited control.
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Haiti
Mr. McKinley
White House
Champ de Mars
Simon Sam
Sam
Brutus St. Victor
Foreign Department
Tancrede Auguste
Department of the Interior
Leslie
Theosophical Club Debates Bedbugs and Mosquitoes in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia theosophical club session featured a woman who vowed love for bedbugs and claimed to release them back outside, another speaker praised mosquitoes for their bite, and a third urged that homes be screened to reduce animal suffering. A spectator's teasing and a philanthropist’s slap sparked laughter among attendees.
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Theosophical Club
Philadelphia
Maurus Jokai Voted Hungary's Greatest Novelist at 79
Maurus Jokai, aged 79, is proclaimed Hungary's greatest novelist and a leading European writer. He authored 160 books, 25 multi volume romances, 320 novelettes, and six plays with nearly a million copies sold in Hungary. Jokai founded a new Magyar literary school and edits the influential Nation newspaper. This is his second marriage after a fifty year first union with Rosa Laborfalvi.
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Maurus Jokal
Hungary
Europe
Jokai
the Nation
Rosa Laborfalvi
Cannonading Clouds to Break Up Hailstorms
A historical note describes Italian experiments at Monza showing mortars fired to send sound and smoke toward clouds. The goal was to disrupt hailstorms by driving currents and cooling effects, with reports of clouds dissipating or rain replacing hail and possible chemical actions from smoke.
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Monza
Milan
Potatoes and measures cause city country dispute
A country woman in New York argues with a street vendor over bushel versus peck measures for potatoes. Different grocers confirm three pecks count as a bushel in the city while four pecks count as a bushel in the country. An old grocer notes struck measure and heap rules. The piece ends with fragmented references to medieval festival and literary quotes.
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New York
Illumination of Castle Durenstein Shines Over Wachau
The Wachau region along the Danube lights up each summer solstice with fires atop mountains and towns glowing on both rims of the river. This year the highlight is the illuminated ruins of Castle Durenstein above Krems, casting a romantic glow over the area.
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Danube
Vienna
Wachnau
Great River
Mrs Smarte and Mr Smarte Question Grimes Company
In a recorded exchange Mrs Smarte is questioned about her evening with Mrs Grimes and her attentiveness. Mr Smarte responds with a defensive remark implying prior admonitions or repeated statements from the questioner.
Vienna’s Total Abstainers Formed in Austria
Vienna forms the Society of Total Abstainers as the first such group in Austria. The article notes widespread drinking in the country where even infants are depicted as starting to sip beer and growing to drink larger quantities as adults.
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Vienna
Total Abstainers
Society of Total Abstainers
Austria
Keokuk magnate John C Hubinger leads Midwest progressives
John C Hubinger of Keokuk Illinois a leading progressive figure with vast manufacturing wealth and philanthropy plans to roll out Red Cross Starch at five cents per two 10 cent packages plus Shakespeare views and a calendar. He heads a diversified empire including street railways electric plants and the Mississippi Valley Telephone Co with about 10 000 subscribers in Minneapolis and St Paul. He is a family man with a large home and active social duties though focused on business growth and community benefit.
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Midle West
John C. Hubinger
Keokuk
Hubinger
New Orleans
Kentucky
Red Cross
America
Mississippi Valley Telephone Co
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Businness
Two Plans Revealed In A Split Cigar Man Banter
In a witty exchange from the Indianapolis Journal Wickwire suggests tucking cigars in the vest pocket with the small end out to waste fewer cigars. Yabsley counters with a plan to place them in the coat pocket so they remain hidden.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wickwire
Yabsley
Buckwheat Flour Suggestion from Van's Buckwheat
Hints to Housekeepers promote Van's Buckwheat as a self rising flour with Buckwheat flour as the ideal of perfection. Try it and be convinced.
Maple Leaf Route Earnings Rise for August 1899
The Chicago Great Western Ry Maple Leaf Route earned 228373.64 for the fourth week of August 1899, up 39721.47 from the prior year. August total 578652.62, up 55607.57. since year start 1065152.75, up 150981.54.
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Chicago Great Western Ry
Parlance of a Lady Who Lets My Mother Socialize
A brief dialogue frames a woman who permits the speaker's mother to go out every afternoon except Thursdays and Sundays, revealing a local social dynamic and family routine through casual conversation.
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Tommy
Willie
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Pure Blood Tonic
An advertisement asserts necessity drove the invention of Hood's Sarsaparilla a highly concentrated extract claimed to be a reliable blood purifier and tonic. The copy emphasizes a unique combination and process and promises unequalled curative power.
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Hood
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