Rich heiress children dress for street wear in New York society
The Philadelphia Press describes Pauline Astor, heiress daughter of William Waldorf Astor, in black woolen street attire with a plain gown at home and fine white dresses for occasions. It notes Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes’s well‑furnished nursery, blue wallpaper with Grimm designs, and two other children in simple wool dresses and white robes. A Brooklyn missionary Sunday school tale recounts lessons on Joseph and the fall of Satan, ending with a child’s remark about God and flowers.
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Nellie
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Fables and farcical scenes from a rural pageant
A string of aphorisms and moral maxims fill a late 19th or early 20th century column, peppered with homespun humor and didactic asides. Vignettes range from preacher critique to a bashful suitor at a neighbor's door, to a street scene where a child loses a cent and a larger boy promises a museum trip to ease tears.
Fashionward Drift In Frocks From Early Victorian Styles
A synthesis of London Graphic notes on women’s fashion foretelling a swing from ultra narrow shoes to square toed boots and longer sleeves. It discusses color trends including pinks and blues, sun protection veils, and remedies for tan and freckles. Accounts of theatergoer customs in Chicago, New York, Boston, and Philadelphia contrast regional manners with looks, and include a poignant Alsatian loyalty tale and a view of the Turkish sultan’s dining habits.
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London Graphic
Winning a Widow A Magazine Editor Sketch
A terse exchange over space constraints leads to a plan for a long poem and a short story. The piece emphasizes belief in ideas and the persistence of a man who sees a new world as real before and after discovery.
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Columbus
Lay Effort in Church Affairs Promotes Active Faith
A religious column argues lay effort fuels church vitality and evangelizes through common Christian work. It calls for local church leadership to mobilize volunteers, stressing that responsibility builds individuals and strengthens the church, with ministers as guides but troops essential.
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Charity
Louis Republic
Remarkable boring urchins and a German census tale
Naturalists describe sea urchins that bore into rocks with a device, found on shores from France to Grand Manan. Snails in a limestone block from Algeria produced hemispherical holes. a Helix aspersa hid inside until May, then revealed its shell working with acid tests. In Germany census taking, five year cycles cover the empire in one day with prefilled cards and checks to ensure accuracy.
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England
Algeria
Azores
India Islands
California
Panama
Australia
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Grand Manan
New Brunswick
Constanting
Academy of Sciences
Paris
Museum Gallery of Geology
Germany
United States
German Empire
Pittshary
Beating Malaria and Oddities From a Stomach Hitters Ad
A collage of antiquated health claims and odd snippets mentions Woe totler's Stomach Hitters as the potent remedy for malaria and stomach disorders. It intertwines with a Kew anecdote about beef scarcity, a baboon evolution joke, and harvest excursion notices from the Burlington Route, concluding with a Parsons, Kansas woman claiming pasture rights for cows on school grounds.
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Passion Play in Gher-Ammargan Draws Thousands in Bright Day
Villagers and surrounding community fill functional costumes to witness a two part Passion Play staged before four to five thousand spectators. Central temple scene shows Jerusalem streets with Pilate and Ananias houses. Elaborate costumes, two acts, eighteen scenes, and a half hour break mark a grand production.
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Favorite Prescription Promises Relief for Women's Ailments
A promotional pitch extols Dr. Pierce and his Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed remedy for female ailments. It urges women to try the product, promising money back if dissatisfied and urging readers to spread the news.
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