Memory feats and fashion in a bygone era
The piece surveys prodigious memory anecdotes about ancient figures and a Corsican prodigy, then shifts to vivid descriptions of Queen Charlotte’s wedding attire and 18th century fashion culture, including hairdressing, patches, and the social import of cosmetics and toilette rituals. It closes with a San Francisco Chronicle note on Chinese child immigration in California and its political implications.
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Charlotte
France
Hogarth
Louis XV
Battersea
Maria Antoigette
Louis XVI
Versailles
London Me
San Francisco Chronicle
Chinatown
Hyson
California
Young Hyson
Woman asks for staples at Michigan avenue grocer
A Detroit Pres Press item notes a woman asked for sugar coffee tea baking powder and codfish at a Michigan avenue grocery yesterday. Clerk said sugar and baking powder were gone and will be restocked next week or later in the day. The exchange ends with a quip about going fishing for codfish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Avenue
Detroit Pres Press
Texas Sufferers Benefit From American Generosity
The piece notes aid flowing to Texas sufferers funded by American generosity. It mentions a growing husking-bee craze in Iowa and plentiful ears of corn as part of the relief effort and community spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Iowa
Irishman questioned for vagary at magistrate
An Irishman was brought before a justice of the peace for vagancy. When asked his trade he replied he was a sailor. The magistrate doubted his seafaring claim asking if he ever went to sea. The man retorted that the judge might think he came from Ireland in a wagon, prompting calls to commit him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pliny
Cyrus
Amory
Lucius Scipio
Rome
Seneca
Pontius Latro
Joseph Scaliger
Muretus
Nore
Boaster
Drone
Scribner
Ireland
A Gory Conqueror and the Dream of Reform
A veteran, scarred by war yet undone by drink, faces a mock court. He admits drinking and wrecking his health, but pledges to stand by the colors. The judge urges reform, cautioning whiskey as the foe, with a final quip about marching forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wildreth
Detroit
Odd marriage reported in Bland County Virginia
An unusual marriage is reported in Bland County Virginia between Mr Allen Hannah and Migs Tlanneh. The text includes cryptic phrases about public opinion and fashion, with scattered quotes and references to Indian affairs and a moonlit skylight motif.
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Bland County
Allen Hannah
Migs Tlanneh
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Wii
Geo. T. Ballog, Avtiorney-At-Law
Neb
Uinman & Gantt, Attorneys AT Law
North Platte, Ne
L. Hobbs
Midney, Nebraskan
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Nortis Platte
Has. H. Brown
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Thurston
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Omaha, Neb
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U. P. Railroad
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Liquors and Cigars
Tm- Fremont
N. Grant
Iarhison's
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Black Hills
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Pasengers
North
Red Cloud
Otto 'Uhlig, Prop
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Stone Y Web
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Sidney, Neb
Jas. Callahan, Philip Murreid
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Union Pacific Railroad
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Yeung Hysen
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