Madonnas for Chicago's Fair and Florence's Unfinished Cathedral
A traveler’s vivid account praises Rome and Florence, extols St Peter's glory and Florence's unfinished cathedral, and argues Italy could lend Madonnas for Chicago's Fair. The piece muses on art, memory, and the value of masterpieces for the public good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Germany
Cologne
Florence Duomo
St. Peter's
Chicago
Dresden
Florence
Rome
Christ
Chicazo
Genoa
Columbus
Mura
Weddings in a Western mining town legal plea
A raw young couple marries before a Police Judge in a pioneer Western town. The judge, amused by their first offense, jokingly offers a life sentence then dismisses the case after the groom pays a dolla r. The couple leaves radiant as June roses.
The Nature of a Poem A Short Letter on Tennyson
A Pall Mall Budget piece recounts how a Richmond clergyman's wife asked Lord Tennyson for poem meaning. His reply mocked the inquiry with a clipped, cheeky autograph letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
Pall Mall
Lord Tennyson
Richmond
Surrey
Seth
Vanity and Vivisection in a Satirical Rant by Rosser Burdett
In a sharp essay, the narrator uplifts vanity as humanity’s core flaw while joking about self scrutiny through mock vivisection. He mocks social pretensions from infants to preachers, photographers, and fashion, ending with a mock charity appeal for an asylum for excessive modesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanitie
Paul
Lsay
Roserr J. Burdetts
The Queen's Silk Sheet News Wasteful Rituals
A satirical note describes how Queen Victoria can only receive news via a silk sheet with a gold fringe prepared by a single intermediary. Personal poems or communications must be printed in gilt letters on these silk sheets, trimmed to exact widths, and returned as the Queen remains guarded and thrifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conscience
Moses
Lucifer
Victoria
Corhing
Maher
Fitzsimmons
Pritchard
Jem’ Smith
Smith
Sas
Peter M
Emerald Isle
Mater
Trice of Washing Flannels Care and Drying Tips
A detailed guide on washing woolen flannels to prevent shrinking. It advocates using hot water you can bear by hand, keeping all wash water at constant temperature, and avoiding rubbing on a board. The method includes dissolving ivory soap with ammonia and turpentine, washing gently, rinsing in warm water, and ironing while damp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colosseum
Pantheon
St Angelo
Forum
Julius Caesar
Marcus Aurelius
Constantine
Rome
Florence
Arno
Michael Angelo
Venus Medici
Raphael
van Dyke
Paulo Veronese
United States
Chicago
New York Museum
Congress
Pennsylvania
Tilinois
New York
Butterworth
Italy
George Gotleft
David
Solomon
Sea of
Mitchell
Ote Ae
Corbett
Peter Jackson
Tom Ryan
Danny Needham
New Orleans
Needham
Deere
Ryan
Needhemee
Joe McAuliffe
Jon Goddard
California
Goddard
McAulifre
Choynski
McAuliffe
Australia
Low
Review of sports and boxing debates in local press
A long column surveys boxing debates, trainer methods, and the Maher Fitzsimmons contract talk. It discusses weight gaps, backers, and industry excuses, then shifts to ball players training at home, club duties, and upcoming schedules plus amateur athletic disputes and track racing outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Maher
Bert Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Major
Hot Springs
Jimmy Taylor
Tome
Pittsburg
Sinane
Automatic French barkeepers and coin operated drinks
The article describes French saloons using coin operated drink dispensers. It explains how a nickel or slot starts a mechanism, opens a cock, fills a reservoir, and advances a counter. Rejected coins are filtered, each receptacle tracks drinks, and served beverages are warmed or chilled in water baths or ice vessels.
A Bridal Tour to an American Summer Resort
An advertorial promoting Carlsbad Sprudel Salts as the healthful link to Europe’s First Heart Spring. It touts 500 years of beneficent use by emperors poets and wealthy patrons and notes home delivery from Eisner & Mendelson Co Sol Agents New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Carlsbad
Eisner & Mendelson Co
Sol Agents
New York
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Murat Halstead
Theudits
Romes
Angels
Hapheel
Paris
Niagara Falls
Ocean
London
Rhine
Tiber
Brron
Apennines
Ohio Valley
Grsar
Joe Jefferson
Pisa
Venice
Galileo
Savonarola
Dante
Victor Emmeanuel
Turin
Greece
Angelo
Corsica
Council
Republic
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Walter Savage Landor
Frederick
Theodore Parker
Daniel Webster
Webster
Parker
Woolly West
Detroit Free Press
DR. Conscience
Photography
Queen Victoria
Review OF Sports
Atlantic
Big Fish Pond
Slavin
Sullivan
Ean
Jackson
Yankees
J.L.5
Daily Pr
Fitzsimmons and Maher
San Francisco
California Athletic Club
Upham
Warren
London Priseioles
Hanlon
Kelly
Boston
Mike
Thit
Qarlyle
Richardson
Indianaports
Washington
Louisville
Rogers
Phelps
Pianners
Eason
Brooklyn
A. A.C
Amer
A. A.U
Mr. Water
Worcester
Zimmerman
Atwater
Parmaets
WOLF
Randolpe
Philadelphia
Scott
Scott & Bownx
South Sth Avenue
P. Gadérees
T. S
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