Landmark Paris restaurant La Palva to be pulled down
Pall Mall Gazette reports the La Palva house on the Champs Elysees, famed as a Second Empire beauty hub and restaurant founder Cubat the czaria chef, is being demolished. Once expensive, it now shifts to fixed price suppers as dining norms change, with famed figures of the era noted for their sharp wit at the establishment.
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Champs Elysees
la Palva
Cubat
Czaria
Croesus
Boulevard Restaurante
France
Maison Doree
Voisin's
Cafe Anglais
Cafe Angios
Cafe Anglaia
la Palya
Alwayve
Emile Ausier
Invisibility of the Boers Shapes New War Vision
The article reviews Colonel Charles a Court's Suggestions From the Proof in the new Nineteenth Century number. It discusses the invisibility of Boer positions, balloon reconnaissance limitations, and how sharpshooters and open-air sighting affect modern warfare. It cites Lord Wolseley on Boer marksmanship and eyesight and recounts a Crowland sexton succession tale.
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Lord Roberta
Charles A
Aldershot Sur
Alate
Lord Wolseley
Winston Churchill
South Africa
Dorr
Daily News
Evening Out in Pall Mall Gazette Style
A young maid Louisa disguises her identity and heads out Wednesday evening for a promenade. She exchanges quips with a dull suitor on a bus, recalls a distant lover in South Africa, and observes shopgirls and passersby as she stakes a cheeky claim to independence and a two penny ride.
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Louisa
Enery
Louise
Chemist's
Bia
Ekirte
Eilver
South Africa
Buller
Louiss
Loulee
Sir Alfred
Rusela
Qbeen
Ghortish
A Wild and Plebeian Date Ends in Mockery
Louise and a young man stroll from shops and share lemon aid as they discuss prospects. He boasts of his home and a valet while she deflects, then a bare headed girl informs him of his errand. Louise notes the encounter and dismisses the man as a deceiver.
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Louise
Brandom
Bob
Louie
Spurgeon Anecdotes and a Lunatic Visit Chronicle
A reader gathers anecdotes about C H Spurgeon from Passmore and Company, noting Spurgeon’s plain sense and humor while warning against spurious stories such as a non existent pulpit slide. Other tales recount early discouragement from London Baptist ministers, humorous clashes over familiarity, and a dramatic Madman incident at Nightingale Lane with swift police alert.
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C. H. Spurgeon
Passmore and Company
Spurgeon
New Park-street
Metropolis
South London
John Adis
Beckington
Somerset
Maize Pond
Charley
Jack
John
Tack
Tom
Hbob
The Chinese Cinderella Tale in Pekin Bell Tower
In Shanghai Yuo Lip recounts the legend of Ko-al the Chinese Cinderella. A Ming era mandarin Ko-uan Yu, cast a massive bell but failed thrice, until Ko-al sacrificed herself by entering the molten metal to bless the bell perfectly. Her death, and the bell’s final toll, echo her voice crying shoe to this day.
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Shanghai
Yuo Oy
Ko-al
Ko-ai
Yuo Lip
Ko-ail
Pexin
Oor Ko-al
Pekin
Tung-lo
Kuan Yu
Kung Yu
Koal
Hsieh
Yun Lip
London Theatre Ad Altered For Entertaining Return
A readable fragment notes an advertisement for a London suburban theatre showing the leading lady’s unblushing self reference amid chatter about opium amolen and candor. The passage hints at exaggerated copy and a mile open construction in the current attraction.
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New York
Strange animal cries and fashion in distant lands
A jumble of observations notes laborers in Japan wearing loin cloths and straw hats, a boy’s quip on omission, spiders blocking telegraph lines in Argentina with a plan for an underground cable, plus noisy animal cries: hyenas, owls, panthers, camels, dogs and donkeys heard far and wide.
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Japan
Sing
Hague
Argentine Republic
Buenos Ayres
Rosario
Hyeens
Ced
Theas
Sachal
PURE AND FLOOD A BUSH EXPERIENCE
A summer night trek through the bush ends in wildfire peril. Dunn and I lash to reach the river as flames trench the scrub, trees, and waggon. Lightning, rain, and a brutal storm finally wrench us to safety, leaving a scorched, smoky landscape in the wake.
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Dunn
Ormuza Oghts Abuman
Fountain Country
The Jew as Immigrant in the Ecentic Month ly
An essay praising Jewish immigrants in New York City's East Side. It argues immigrants enrich national vitality through temperance, industry, family strength, and low death rates, noting rapid cultural and educational advancement despite poverty and tenement life. Mentions settlements and shifting urban demographics.
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Ecentic Monthly
United States
New York
East Side
Israel
America
Russia
Ta Gestae Gee Roca
Roan Daly Maga
Boots and Binds at a Wedding in Red Boots
An old gentleman proposes a marriage alliance to the suitor who lacks support and hopes for approval. The bridegroom buys new boots for the ceremony, only to reveal their price and size to all, provoking scandal. The best man secretly erases wedding literature from the boots with a knife, adding a sharp turn to the mishap.
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England
Crowland Abbey
WM. Adams
Sydney
W. Petit Ridge
Pall Mall Gazette
Skiria
Lou
Nightingale Lane
Clapham Common
Mr. Spurgeon
Croydon
Adi
Ah-Chin
B. J. Brady
Ba Tse Et
WM. Adams & Co
Clarence-St
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