Private Views at the Royal Academy Draw Bespoke Gowns and Bohemian Crowds
An American observer chronicles the Royal Academy exhibition at Burlington House, noting private views as elite social events. The piece describes fashion, mingling critics and artists, and the crowd’s fascination with paintings while lamenting over art’s commonplace works despite renowned names like Millet and Leighton.
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Lorpox
London
Royal Academy
Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House
Royal Astronomical Society
Society of Antiquaries
The
Geological
Chemical
Linnman Societies
Piccadilly
Academy
Ascot
Henley Chie
Ictures
Mark Twain
Bill Nye
Clemens
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J. Carroll Beckwith
Millet
Alma Tadema
Hubert
Herkomer
Frederick Leighton
Elizabeth A. Tomprins
Grange-Labor Day Observed at Lily Dale
On Grange-Labor Day at Lily Dale, speakers Mortimer Whitehead Robert Schilling and Miss Kate O Peate urged labor reform woman suffrage and equal pay while critiquing press bias and usury The event linked Labor and spiritualist groups with calls for political inclusion and reforms.
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Lily Dale
Chautauqua
Lily
Labor Party
Moet
Associated Press
Mortimer Whitehead
The
Grange
Irving
Robert Schilling
Farmers’ Alliance
Art Students in Italy Warned Against Opera Career Risks
Ex governor Crosby argues in the North American Review that American women training for the Italian stage face biased treatment, heavy costs, and high failure rates despite opportunities. He cites cultural differences and manipulation by encouragers, noting some succeed through persistence despite adverse conditions.
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Italy
America
Crosby
North American Review
Local Wickliffe druggist touts cure for bowel disease
G W Shivell of Wickliffe Kentucky reports a continued tendency to bowel disease this season and unusual demand for Chamberlains Colio Cholera and Diarrhwa Remedy. He has sold four bottles this morning and notes remarkable cures and overall success. For sale by druggists.
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G. W. Shivell
Wickliffe
Draggista Wrheo
Texas romance ends in Cinco dash to Del Rio
Jim McQueen and Chummie AusTell elope on Cinco after a clash with Spurr a Panhandle drifter. Jim rides Cinco through Boggy Run to Del Rio, where they marry and board the morning train to Uvalde as Austell kin discover the stunt. Spurr later settles with Dallas wife and four children.
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Cinco
Jim
Gillespie & McQueen
Austell
Crockett's Well
Chummie Austell
East Texas
Wade Keener
West Texas
Panhandle
Spurr
Uutton
Mra Austell
Chummie
Salor
Sparr
Austell Ranch
San Antonio
Texas
Kentucky
Jim Quicky
Bob English
Bob
Boggy Run
Gillespie
John
Rascal
Corral
Halifax
del Rio
Uvalde
Dallas
Alice Ma AM
Sparkling Diamonds Claim Belong to Saratoga Cottage Host
A stout Saratoga woman, staying near Congress Hall, wears a cache of huge diamonds day and night. The gems flash and glow with her movements, outshining the women at the big hotels. The valuables accompany her sunlit hours and starry evenings alike.
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Saratoga
Congress Hall
A Little Parable by Reeve Aldrich
A reflective verse in Scribner’s Magazine where the speaker claims personal responsibility for the cross he bears. He imagines making the cross with heavy wood and nails, realizing too late that the burden was meant for him. The poem explores guilt, fate, and imagined empathy with Calvary.
Prompt Home Life Insurance set tles claim quickly
A letter from administrator C F Maker thanks the Home Life Insurance Co of New York for prompt payment on policy No. 87 593 for James A Thompson. Proofs of death dated July 28 and draft for 2500 dated July 30 were forwarded, praising the company’s rapid settlement and urging continued confidence.
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Privatore
H. B. Mocacr
Pittsburg
James A. Thompson
C. F. Maker
H. Bone
Wood Street
Pitts Re
Socrates as a Great Gossip and Other Talkers
A column surveys famed talkers from Socrates to Macaulay and Webster. It weighs gossip's charm against the perils of overlong speech, noting how even Napoleon feared a talkative rival and asking if women truly lead in loquacity.
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Socrates
Xantippe
Carlyle
Horace Walpole
Artemus Ward
Macaulay
Sidney Smith
Mn. Smith
Arene
England
Sydney Smith
Henry Clay
James G. Blaine
Madame de Sinel
Napoleon
Europe
Quay
Zacharias
Fuller
Treating Babies in China Infanticide and Orphanage Care
Pearson's Weekly reports on female infanticide in China with 200000 yearly slaughter estimates. The piece describes stone towers with pits used to discard newborn girls near joss houses, sometimes aided by priests, and notes foreign-run orphanages in major cities like Hankow where mothers and workers rescue and shelter infants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson's
China
Shanghai
Loess
Hankow
Paula Viamara
An Analysis of Ernest Renan As Multiform Artist
Theodore Child lauds Ernest Renan as an enchanting polyhedral thinker and critic. Renan’s mind, a shapeless body, floats among ten facets, preferring fascination with many forms over decisive judgment, cherished for its polychrome light and submarine mirage.
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M. Renan
France
Theodore Child
Harper's Magazine
The Future Of Electricity Invention And Industry
Prof Elihu Thomson argues that current steam engine efficiency wastes most fuel and envisions a future where electricity vastly improves energy use. A new discovery or generalization could unlock 40 to 50 percent energy economy transforming power transmission and steam plant operations. Street car party trend in Burlington Iowa features a special car tour and hosted refreshments.
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Congress
Socrates
Solomon
Xantippe
Elihu Thomson
New England
Burlington, Io
Carriage Etiquette and Women’s Industry Advances
Etiquette guide outlines proper mounting and dismounting from carriages, from keeping head back to stepping with the left foot first. Notes fashion details such as parasols and ribbons, hostess conduct, and new carriage accessories. Highlights as well the School of Applied Design for Women plans to teach pattern design, plus New York library and Dora Wheeler Keith contributions to the Columbian Exhibition. Also warns on hair care and brushing practices for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
School of Applied Design For
Seventh Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Ladies Garden Picks and Quirky Collectors Featured in Social Notes
A New York woman vows to wear for hangings on her garden easel not as attire but as seasonal color. The piece surveys harvest anxieties for mothers, home decor ideas like movable heat resistant frames, and quirky collecting habits from gowns to teapots. A Saratoga charity dinner highlights include a vast lemon pie as hotel guests enjoy homemade fare. Mancarer H. Werom.
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New York
Saratoga
Mancarer H. Werom
Children Burn in Cabin Fire Near Lake Picvipexes
Three children of Robert Dorsey aged seven and younger, locked in a cabin while parents attended church, perished when the cabin caught fire and burned. The incident occurred in La Aug. L. local report.
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Lake Picvipexes
Aug. L
Robert Dorsey
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Webster
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