Oriental luxury and spring fashions by Amelie Rives Chenier in New York
The piece notes the season's oriental inspired rooms with rope pink lamps and fashionable gatherings attended by prominent society figures, highlighting Amelie Rives Chenier’s return to town and her elegant, unaffected charm. It covers spring gowns in navy blue serge and fancy cre pooling fabrics, plus English and Scotch checks, and mentions Easter novelties like leather picture frames and silver frames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nearly
Amelie Rives Chenier
Paris
Herress
Virginia
Fifth Avenue
Fashionable Accessories and Shopping Habits Highlighted
The article reviews current fashion items from pins and brooches to shirts and hats, noting the shift toward gold tones, enamelled brooches, and colored shirts. It also discusses the lure of fashionable dry goods stores and the impact on household budgets and shopping behavior.
Burying Alive in Japan and Ancient Burial Customs
A Smithsonian lecture by Prof. Hitchcock discusses Japan's extinct primitive burial rites from China, including living burial around princes' tombs and clay figures teughi mingio as substitutes. Edicts from 646 end such practices, with notes on cultural exchange and beliefs in an afterlife. The piece also shifts to the diamond trade, noting market values, buyers, and identification traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Hitchcock
Smithsonian Institute
Japan
Ching
Suinin
Humteubime-no- Mikoto
Nor-so-Bo
Edkine
Europe
The Young Man's Spring and Summer Shirt Styles
A fashion note from the Felin Art Journal discusses spring and summer dress trends for young men. It praises white collars and cuffs with pearl buttons, slim shirt fronts, and the return of fine weave flannel for outdoor wear, while cautioning town dress and sash usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colling
Curious Condensations From a Turbulent Time
A miscellany notes cows in a distant place, an inverted rainbow near Jaffer ton, and Sunday hotel closures in South Australia. Other items include experiments making artificial pearls in Queensland, a Chicago mother of twenty one seeking a divorce, a gold pocketknife valued at 25 with tiny blades, a $125 damage suit in Cameron Missouri over a Fourth of July death, a New York girl harmed by a pony, and Palermo Italy yielding three ancient human skeletons with heights of 41, 40, and 33 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jafferton
South Australis
Queensland
Orlando
Fla
Theress Morris
Chicago
Cameron
Knox Brothers
New York
Palermo
Italy
Popular Fallacies About Talent and Society Exposed
A satirical critique lists common misconceptions about genius and merit. It parodies beliefs that luck, wealth, or fashion determine value in art and literature, while lampooning easy comparisons and simplistic judgments.
Aphorisms and Fragments From A Fragmented Page
A garbled scrap of quotes and misread text includes aphorisms from Arnold Hugo Parkhurst and others. The readable remnants mention equality, fortitude, and contentment, with stray phrases about music and criticism amid a jumble of garbled letters and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Arnold
Victor Hugo
William Pre
Charles H. Parkhurst
Pontine
Caracas Streets Force Narrow Turn for Imported Mare
In Caracas, Venemueis capital, a street named Mare had to be split to allow a turn for imported animals. The incident, observed by family members, shows the danger of cooking uninspected meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venemueis
Plainfield to Avon bus schedule oddities and stops
Local transit notes list irregular timing and numerous stop names from Plainfield to Avon and nearby towns. The schedule shows 5 PM departures, names alternating with place cues, and a long roster of streets and districts along the route.
Horse Talk on Feeding and Training For Colts
Perm Journal discusses feeding green corn and oat straw with bran, saddle and blanket care, and gear checks. It warns sudden starts on jet roads cause strain, advises proper harnessing and roadster training, and stresses checking a colt’s teeth for performance issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pet & Sroend
Perm Journal
Playful Lines and Tiny Sayings Across Papers
A collage of witty aphorisms and humor from multiple papers noting playful quotes about debt doctors prices and storytelling. It cites sources such as the Globe Baltimore American Philadelphia Times and El Mire Gazette, reflecting light remarks on human foibles and social quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Bransop
Basi
Boatos Gazette
Cne
el Mire
A Dude’s Misrouted Dance Card Confusion
A humorous fragment depicts a man lost at a dance, wilted collars, and a chaotic attempt to match partners. He misreads a dance card, mutters obtuse phrases, and asks a policeman to call a carriage as he searches for his hat amid a bustling scene of music and drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasenski
Jedge Waxem Political Proverbs in Odd Echoes
In quirky remarks the piece mocks political rhetoric and voter behavior, noting that reformers seek to share power, while some men are seen as destined for office, and a Detroit Free Press quote reflects on presidential ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Msn al Tm
Ory
Amerikan Eagie Haint
Bree Jompis
Detroit Free Presa
Lone Star Philosophy and Moral Threads in Texas Sittings
A fragmentary text discusses virtue and tenets of prosperity and university life as tempered by common sense. It quips on honesty of workers and warns against temptation, using odd aphorisms about a carpet dealer, locks and gates, and a riddle about an ant man’s house.
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Guster Ltte
Texas
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Springery
Spos
Strates
Eat
Aries
Ordie
Tran
Gaps
Africa
GmmCaes
Soo
Prema
Ameiomt Tite
Hagarra
Wagner
Swinburne
Aonstentty Show. Com
Lan
Worth Khowing
Baulboad Sy
YstEal
Cmrteal Balinvan
Xew James
Sarase
Plainfield
Plainfeld
Fiemin
Bride Atiernow
Parker
Chuck
Allan“a. Bota
Wilkentarte
Hinder
Satanqua
Phason
Ur Glee Bridge
Bessing
Amat Beane
Eee Lowe Exanom
Oceas Grove
Piatfield
Wacepe Osean
Eilon
Jedge Waxem
Houghteo
Lone Star Philosophy
Williams’ Pharmacy
West Front Street
Grove Street
Boice, Runyon & Co
D. J. Iles
Cook & Bro
Rsto
Ceaters To
Mason's Materials, &c
Park Avenue
Meare
U. Cook & Tho
Boice, Rincyon & CO
Stockbridge Manures
Tousefarn
A. M. Griffen
East Front ST
Teterbune 4A
Plato
B.D. Newell's
Plainfield, NJ
Debh-tor
G. W. Reamer
Liberty ST
Tier's Ice Cream Parlor
Plainfield, N. J
Henry Goeller, JR
Lock & Gunsmith
John H. Sayres
Woolston & Buckle
Detty
Maria
Marsden
Birret Mal
Trenton
Philadelphia
William J. Stephenson
North Avenus
K. J
Brown
American Steam Laundry
East Front Street
H. W. Marshall
A. M. Seguine
Laing
Proat
Madison Ave
Wedi Muneraie
Privary Miget
J. Frank Mundy
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Broadway
Konklent
Fire Vuiranos
J. T. Vail
Det
Real Estate and Insurance No
SORT
Wemeren
Onl & Wheat
E. H.holmes
Lehigh Coal
North Avenue
Bevtte Stadion
John Johnston
South Avenue
M. J. Coyne
East Fourth
Dickinson
Eves
Dime— Savings Institution
Joses W. Murray
William Witte
Nathan Harver
Elias R Pope
Mulford
Stattuory
New Park Avenue
New Jersey
Leal
Joan Seal
Dethlvr
Vince
Plainield
Jonn E. Beerbower
City Hotel
Park Ave
Cornem Second St
Mason's
L. A. Rheaume
Ag.t
Broadwat
Trees
Wiiaorney A
Eee
Son Donte
A Tong
Straor
Copbinaton
Buntor
Tlliam K. McCann
Ab Law Supreme Court
First Rational Bank
Matton
First Rationsl Bank
Dubting
Gots-Irra
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