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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1895
Page
12
A long excerpted guide for women readers advises choosing flattering hair styles, avoiding harsh dyes, and caring for eyebrows lashes and skin with simple remedies. It warns against bleaching and hot irons, suggests braces for teeth, cautions about powders and cosmetics, and offers home nutrition tips and fashion modesty notes.
The New York World links Du Maurier’s Trilby to Anna Bishop and her maestro Bochsa. It recounts Anna Bishop’s ascent under Bochsa’s control, noting his influence shaped her singing and career while portraying him as a dominant, hypnotic figure. An Sydney incident is cited as evidence of Trilby’s linkage to Bishop.
An extended meditation on Robert Burns, contrasting the poet with other masters and declaring the real hero as the common man who tilled Earth. The narrator laments the world’s forgetfulness, praises Burns’ blend of passion and truth, and honors the enduring human themes of love, hate, and moral struggle.
A old man dies after a lapse of memory and is buried in Sydney Cemetery. A handsome monument marks his grave, dedicated to his memory by his devoted pupil and friend Anna Bishop.
The Universal Press Congress notes the second International Press league meeting to be held in Bordeaux France in September. Efforts intensify to secure American press representation with delegates invited. The federation of United States Press clubs adopted the league title in 18M but lacks formal foreign affiliation. The European league held its first congress in Antwerp last year with wide attendance. Most countries are represented, with South America New Zealand England and others, while the United States is represented by Paul Olker a London based foreign newspaper man acting for the German Press club of San Francisco.
A Chicago Times-Herald summary of controversial England experiments on telepathy and clairvoyance, noting perceived mind to mind transfer through salt tasting and mathematical thought, and detailing instances of telepathic connection, clairvoyance, and automatic writing explored by Dr. Hodgson and the Society for Physical Research.
In the Vale towns once burned by Hywel Meredydd and of Taliesin storyteller fame, burial near Llyn Gelronydd is noted. J Bury Thomas of Aberystwyth Baptist college is invited to the Talgarth church parish. Wales retains stone circles at numerous sites, some damaged. Mr Warmington in Sussex, Mrs Warmington active in Welsh campaigns, and Mr David Jones of Cilfynydd earns music honors at the Royal Academy of Music for Verdi arias and a bronze medal after eighteen months’ study.
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