Game of Bluff in London Flat Swap Ends in Takeover
A man moves to a west end flat with a servant and faces a rival claimant who produces identical leases. After a dinner shared with the other woman, he is forced out at ten. She confesses she plans to blow up the building but stages a reversal, revealing she is anti suffragist who ends up occupying the flat and the man as well.
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London
Denar
East Side
Jong
Impudence
Indy’s
The Martian Theory of Canals and Cosmic Tragedy
Garrett P. Serviss surveys Lowell's Mars observations from Flagstaff noting intelligent life, canals as irrigated belts, and a planetary drama where Mars, Earth, and Moon enact stages of existence. The article blends science discourse with Shakespearean imagery and concludes with brief quotes on packing a coat and finding joy in small things.
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Mars
Jupiter
Earth
Mr. Lowell
Flagstaff Observatory
Flagstaff
Lowell
Shakespeare
Garrett P. Serviss
New York Journal
Women’s riding fashions through history in saddles and astride
Washington Post recounts how Queen Catherine de’ Medici popularized the sidesaddle for polite society while contrasting riding styles across eras and classes. It notes women of different classes and cultures shifting between sidesaddle and astride, with details on attire and gear like skirts, trousers, boots, hats, masks, spurs, and quirts.
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Catherine de’ Medici
Washington Post
Washing clothes in history man’s laxity and dyes
In medieval and Tudor times washing of garments was rare for many, with laundresses scarce and dyers thriving. Rich fabrics like velvets and silks could not be washed, and the nobility often wore unwashed fine linen shirts to avoid damage, as noted by the London Tatler.
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London
Tatler
Witchcraft beliefs and hair theft across cultures
A London Telegraph item notes that in Greece and other regions belief in witchcraft persists, with hair, nail, or rings taken from enemies and used to cast curses. It cites folklore of natives disposing clippings to thwart magic, and Australian girls fearing death after a lock of hair is stolen.
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Greece
London Telegraph
Seven virtues of the nurse from Osler lecture at Johns Hopkins
In a Johns Hopkins training school lecture, Sir William Osler named seven nurse virtues. He cited tact as essential for success and protection in professional use, tidiness as a primary duty to look well, taciturnity as a cultivated gift, plus sympathy gentleness cheerfulness and charity as the birthright and greatest virtue of nursing.
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Sir William Osler
Johns Hopkins Training School
Hall's Catarrh Cure Universal Sell Advice
There is more catarrh in this section than other diseases and it was long deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is claimed as the only constitutional remedy taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. They offer $100 for any failing case. Sold by all druggists 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hlall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
All Druggista
Hall
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