Fashion Notes on Beaded Laces and Summer Dress Trends
The article surveys seaside and resort fashion with beaded laces, velvet trims, and yellowed palettes. It notes Paris imports on refined dresses, two to three sleeveless overdresses, velvet skirts, facing bows in scarlet and cream, and Oriental fabrics guiding overdress shapes. It highlights Worth’s seaside outfits, tartan silk over-dresses, and velvets paired with breton details.
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Anany
Paris
Prince of Wales
India
Far East
Worth
Newport
A Peer Unfortunate and the Rich Man’s Fears
A tale of a wealthy man plagued by anxiety over banks, railroads, fires, and taxes. Despite vast holdings in houses, lands, stocks, bonds, cattle, and cattle, he lives in fear of ruin and fiscal peril. His family trims basic comforts as he laments hard times and advocates for relief.
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Murrain
Timid Sir Condemns Charity While Saving Himself
A satirical sketch from the N. Weekly portrays a hard pressed man who hoards money, cuts workers and his wife’s funds, refuses alms, mocks ministers, and moralizes about society. He laments times are tough yet profits from others misfortune, deeming charity a madness and blaming Smith for his large family.
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Smith
St. Paul
Xate Thorn
The Pernicionn Results of Drinking the Water
The piece argues that ice water is dangerous in hot weather and accuses temperate drinkers of greater intemperance. It cites mock statistics about teetotalers and warns that cold drinks ruin digestion, describing a nation addicted to ice water and the social costs of water consumption. It also critiques beverage habits from breakfast onward and condemns water-based indulgence as a societal danger.
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Temperance Society
Sierra Leone
Ice water and teetotalers collide in health warning
The piece laments growing weakness of teeth and stomachs from ice water and soda, arguing even sober temperance advocates overindulge. It warns against drinking ice cold water, urges moderation, and contrasts natural water with ice chilled beverages harming health. It cites humane and societal concerns and urges restraint.
Plasma Hats: The Panama Made From Carladociea Palmata Leaves
The Panama hat is fashioned from young leaves of the Carladociea palmata in the Andes. Leaves are long and layered, processing includes boiling, drying, and weaving to create hats. Prices range from 50 to 150 per dozen, with some fine pieces reaching 500. Ecuador and New Granada manufacture. export declined since peak in 10 years ago.
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Panama
Andes
Ecuador
New Granada
Amazons
Great River
Para
Murad's Fourth Wife and a Turkish Language Scheme
An English shopkeeper in Peru hires her niece to learn Turkish to aid trade. The niece excels, learns the language, and disappears returning as the fourth wife of Murad the heir to the throne. The aunt receives a farewell message from the vanished niece via the Philadelphia Telegraph.
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Tompkins
Peru
England
Pariah
Prines Murad
Sultan
Arts Cor
Philadelphia Telegraph
Ship Isabella wreck救 off Round Island July 1875 catastrophe
English ship Isabella from Newcastle Harbor bound for Hong Kong ran aground on Bampton reefs near Round Island on July 4 1876. Crew and nineteen Chinese passengers endured six months of thirst hunger and exposure with scarce water or provisions before Captain Lind of the Laura Lind spotted the wreck and rescued four Chinese and four English sailors on January 2 to January 6, delivering clothes food and relief.
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Isabella
Newcastle Harbor
Australia
Mong Kong
Bampton
Passal
Round Island
China
Providence
Laura Lind
Lind
Horrifying Pictures on Exhibition in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia letter describes a haunting art display with life size savaged figures and torture scenes. Works include The Battle of Gettysburg and The Destruction of Pompeii among numerous grisly Biblical motifs and martyrdom scenes, provoking reverence and horror in viewers.
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Philadelphia
St. Lawrence's
David
Goliath
Birds of Prey
Gettysburg
Pompeii
Abel
Herodias
John the Baptist
Christ
Calvary
Captain’s conduct toward Chinese aboard Isabella questioned
Six months after the wreck the Captain treated the Chinese with kindness and the crew sailed to Nodmea arriving April 15. The Isabella’s captain, second mate, and some crew likely reached an Australian port. Reasons for his not aiding the crew and passengers are debated, while the seventeen Chinese on Isabella faced near death.
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Nodmea
Isabella
Cor
Paris Figaro
Pocket Refrigerator for Every Man a Daring Idea
A quirky column argues for a pocket sized refrigerator suited to all men, envisioning personal cooling on the go. The piece critiques wasting time on trivial chores and pitches a compact device as a practical marvel.
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