Russian prison life under amnesty era at Schlosselburg
Amid amnesty on October 20, 1205, Russian political prisoners emerge from fortresses such as Schlosselburg on Lake Ladoga. Reports describe brutal conditions since 1889, including limited books, forced solitary exercise, no electric light, and severe diet. Wardens’ cruelty, and the psychology of confinement, are detailed alongside tales of prisoners driven to madness and acts of vengeance during long incarcerations.
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Martha Grusenberg
Schlosselburg
Bear Lake Ladoger
Moscow
Lchnusselburg
Russia
Behluseelburg
Michael Bakunin
Liudomiroff
Bext
Krick
Jwho
Lintomiroff
Kntett
Schlusselburg
Fils
Kneist
Som
Re’ Teaze
Mysterious Minton and New York Society Decline
A notional column surveys New York society with Diet and politics as it sketches how idle wealth and the weekend elite encounter public duties. It profiles Mysterious Maurice Minton, a press agent key to Belmont-Ryan transit moves, and hints at broader political maneuvering within the state.
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Minton
McClellan
Maurice Minton
Democratic Party
New York State
Edwin Booth
the Herald
Felmont
David B. Hill
Nate
Belmont-Ryan Transit Syndicate
Viking
J. J. C. Clarke
Rockafeller
Clarke
New York
Tailoring Town in Amiens Weaves Home Goods Market
In Amiens France a large tailoring industry thrives with thousands of women who work from home making trousers. They supply their own sewing machines and thread and are paid four francs per pair. The city is famed for its cathedral and strong home craft sector.
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New York
Wilente
Steelty
He County
Ene Jang
France
Tensty
Iourt
St. Petersburg
Young
Coultons
Newport
Finn
McClellan
Amiens
Too Cold for Comfort Balloon Data Record
Experimental balloon ascent by the Zuriel Institute of Meterology reached 32700 feet with a recorded temperature of 194 degrees below freezing. Instruments gathered data on atmospheric conditions during the flight.
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Zuriel Institute of Meterology
The Automobile and Country Life Made Possible
A reflective piece describes a summer day for a wealthy New York area resident. A lawyer or broker rises early, commutes by auto, returns home for tea, and spends the evening with leisure activities by horse, golf, oars, or motor boat. The lifestyle, common 40 miles from New York, includes trips to Palm Beach and Newport with Friday to Monday escapes.
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Tour C'Eloon
Linger
Porriby
New York
Aken
Palm
Newport
England
Literary Romance Ties Van Dyke to Gibson Legacy
The engagement of Mia Fanny Brooke Van Dyke, daughter of Rev. Dr Henry Van Dyke of Princeton, to Hamilton Gibson Mss Yan Dyke son of artist William Hamilton Gibson, is announced. Gibson, Harvard graduate, is linked to Charles Dana Gibson of Gibson Girl fame. their families share New York society ties and artistic lineage from Washington, Connecticut summers and Harper's Magazine works.
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Mia Fanny Brooke van Dyke
Hamilton Gibson
Yan Dyke
Henry van Dyke
Princeon
Gibson
Harvard
William Hamilton Gibson
Charles Dana Grigon
Smith
Mim van Dyke
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Ad OG Niels
Arden
Lingomiroff
Washington, Conn
Giveons
Harper's Magazine
Billy Country
Owen Langdon
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