Finest Opera House in the World Opens in Santiago
Santiago cor reports an Italian company from Milan performs four nights weekly in a world class opera house owned by the municipality. The government subsidizes $40,000 a year, season tickets sell in advance, and a guaranty fund protects the manager. The company tours Valparaiso and Santiago under similar terms. The facility features luxe foyers, cafes, mourning boxes, and telephonic stage sound to city residences.
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Chicago
Santiago
Milan
Italy
Opera
London
United States
Muncipality
Paris
New York
Valparaiso
T. Dance
Covent Garden
Grand Opera House
Metropolitan
Berlin
Germany
The
Republic
Froude on Kimberley Diamond War and treaty breaches
The lecture in Edinburgh 188 by Mr. Froude is cited by the New York Post as detailing British actions in South Africa. He condemns the annexation of the Kimberley diamond fields from the Griqua and Orange Free State, calling it a scandalous breach of the 185 treaty with compensation of 450,000, while noting English officials justified the act as aiding a presumed rightful owner.
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Great Britain
Orange ‘River
Ailwal
England
Orange River
Kimberley
Free State
Orange Free State
Mr. Froude
Diamond Fields
Earthquake A Biessi Shaped Reelfoot Lake History
Reelfoot Lake stands as the state's largest water body, formed by seismic disturbances in 1811 during a major earthquake and reshaping regional geography.
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Biessi
Reelfoot Lake
Settled for the Damages Over a Dress Claim Fraud
A Detroit Free Press note recounts a railway claim agent settling two cases, one for injuries from a wreck and another for five yards of calico. The old farmer’s wife dress claim matched the casualty case, leading to a calm settlement and a quip that robber railroads talk was biased.
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Detroit Free Press
Politica
The London Lodging House Turmoil and a Nervous Laughter Fit
A man recounts an evening in London when after dressing in a wig he staged an improvised performance in his lodging. A knocking at the door, a policeman, and a crowd across the street exposed his act to the entire city. He fears exposure but ends up laughing for an hour, believing the incident cured his nervous dyspepsia.
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MY Apps
America
Oy Don
Domestic Help Use Fats in 18 Percent Families
Oniy 18 per cent of all the families to America employ domestic help, leaving 62 per cent without even one wreat.
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America
What Marriage Means A moral guide on when to wed
The piece defines marriage as a gain of freedom and authority, a life with responsibility, and the culmination of preparation through home, school, and society. It argues marriage should come after maturity and personal readiness, describing marriage as a linking of two lives for good or evil.
Phosphorescent Seas Awe Revenue Cutter Crew
A Washington Star excerpt describes the phosphorescent sea seen in the Bering Sea aboard the revenue cutter McCulloch. The ocean glowed with silver light, each crest shining and waves casting luminous trails as the ship cut through a sea of light. The observer likens the scene to a ghostly Flying Dutchman passage and recalls the eerie brilliance lasting into the night.
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Atlantic
New
Eenglish
McCulloch
Bering Sea
Washington Star
Will the Pope Live Long
A well informed writer in the new Quarterly tries to answer how long Leo XIII may live. He notes the pope could reach his ninetieth birthday in March and perhaps live through this century, while his physician Dr Lapponi reportedly predicted a hundred years. Leo XIII appears frail yet mentally alert with good hearing and a bright eye.
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Lapponi
Roman‘ Review
Dr. Lapponi
Leo XIII
Lembach
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