Mason & Hamlin Organs Rise to World Fame
The American Cabinet or Parlor Organ and Hamlin instruments grew from melodeons with rapid public uptake worldwide. Mason & Hamlin introduced their form at the 1867 Paris Exhibition, won high medals in Vienna 1873, Santiago 1875, and were declared superior at Philadelphia 1876 after extensive jury trials.
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ISE
Mason & Hamlin CO
Paris
Vienna
Mason & Hamlin
Mason and Hamlin
Santiago
Chile
Philadelphia
Franz Liszt
Summer Hotel Schemes and Social Tactics
A serialized tasting of social games at a summer hotel shows a new guest learning to blend in. A popular resident mentors a newcomer in hotel etiquette, from greetings to mingling with guests, dogs, babies, and even potential suitors aboard a yacht breakfast.
Fragmentary exchange in Kannas City Bar scene
A garbled dialogue describes a tense moment in a Kannas City bar. The overheard lines suggest a character named Hiei and another seeking sustenance amid illness, prompting a citizen’s questioning about medical help and the need for a dimmest change.
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Eicbat
Kannas City
Witty doctor mocks police vaccination effort
A physician in the corps assigned to vaccinate policemen quipped, Why in the use of vaccinating these follows They never catch anything. The remark appears in Punch as a sharp comment on medical duty and public health priorities.
Courtship Rules and Wedding Customs in Puerto Rico
The article outlines strict parental control over engagements and marriages, with chaperones guiding courtship. It notes public dances only for engaged couples, prohibition on other partners, and the groom's duty to furnish a home. It describes bridal attire, weddings at midnight, the veil ritual, garlands, garter details, and post wedding festivities ending with the couple's move to a new home.
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Con. Sant
Mardiras
Halle
Casinng Mspanol
Argus
Alan Thoee
Contented man wins field offer in quirky test
An eccentric old man posted a board offering his field to any contented man. An eager applicant appeared and asked if the offer applied to him. The man replied with a puzzled question about why the applicant wanted the field, then the applicant spoke up too briefly to answer.
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Beth
Joe
Sabine
Follke
Willy
Stallet
Og Sumner
Michigan
Fi Superior
Wheaten
Dik
Tle
Dudleigh
Pd Wetter
Dalwaye
Chillington
Chicago
Inter-Onean
Gay Min
Dark Night Dialog Sparks Mystery in Family Exchange
In a dim scene Aunt Joan asks which child she is while Ruth and Frances speak. A roguish voice interjects from the darkness claiming Frances, adding a light hint of mischief to the moment.
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Joan
Ruth
Frances
Philopena scene tests hearts in a Chicago salon
In Chicago, Miss Harlowe asks John Armstrong to play philopena, risking a pawn as the penalty for acceptance. Armstrong, torn between daring devotion and restraint, confronts her, while Phillipa realizes she loves him and offers a pawn in advance, acknowledging he already holds her heart.
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Venlia Belbert
Chicago
John Armstrong
Miss Harlowe
Lieutenant Barnum
Uban
Armatrong
Phillipa
Mra. Weat
Travers
Armstrong
Lichtly
John
Harlowe
Tike Travers
Philo
Philipa
Pitt
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Wyoming Ave
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New York
Letter Carriers’ Band
Finn & Phillips
Porto Rico
Philopena Woovic
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