French Marriages and the Exhilarating French Chamber
A French marriage article notes the shift from arranged unions to choice within social constraints, praising mothers’ devotion and children’s welfare. The Atlantic observer then describes the Chamber of Deputies in session, where lawmakers clash, the president’s bell quiets the uproar, and war minister Borel appears ready for action amid sharper French political divides.
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Luilerive
Miss Wicknell
Miss Bicknell
Trousseau
Chamber of Deputies
T. W. Higginson
Atlantic
la Perecoune
M. Constant
M. Talandier
Corps Diplomatique
Representatives’ Hall
Washington
House of Commons
General Borel
France
Local Market Prices From Shreveport January 25 1898
Shreveport market reports weekly corrected quotations for round lots from first hands. Prices listed cover provisions, breadstuffs, coffee and tea, sugar and molasses, tobacco, edibles, seeds, bagging and ties, corn, oats, hay, wheat, eggs and butter, hides wool and furs, iron and hardware, with numerous figures for each category.
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Shreveport
Lanstwari
Mortal Crood
Louisiana
Aes
Train Conductor Recalls Sudden 1881 Marriage Match
Captain Arius Camwell recounts a winter 1881 ride from Russville to Owensboro where he witnessed a country girl board at a flag station near Central City and a farmer join the same coach. Within 25 minutes the couple decided to marry and rode together to Owensboro with a parson en route.
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Arius Camwell
Russville
Owensboro
Central City
Calli
Sao
Polpor
Shirinda Jane
Lappy Bidegroom
Tor
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