Animals of Africa to be protected by Europe powers
A special letter reports European powers signing a treaty to establish a vast game preserve in Africa from the 20th parallel north to the southern German possessions and across the Atlantic to the Red Sea. It lists protected species including giraffes, gorillas, rhinoceroses, elephants, and ostriches, and outlines hunting bans, ivory restrictions, and the fate of other wildlife such as the eland and brindled gnu, with notes on prehistoric relatives like the quagga and mountain zebra and the need for enforcement.
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Roement
Atlantic Ocean
Indian
Red Sea
Southfrica
Zambes
Kalahari Desert
Euope
Asia
South Africa
Cape Colony
Natal
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Kalahari
Vaal River
Orange River
Bechuanaland
Kalalari
Burchell
Capa Colony
Eastern Beauties of Persia Woman Life in Teheran Fashion
The article surveys Persian women under Shah visits Europe era, noting their calm, dutiful lives in seraglio and street attire. It contrasts liberty myths, details dress like char kadd and Sika, jewelry, veils, and the modest, subtle allure of Parsees in Teheran society.
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Persia
Russia
Persian Gulf
Europe
Persa
Seraglio
Peratan la Uleca
Kashmir
India
Teheran
East
Eve
Notable German Women: Writers Musicians and Scientists
A survey of prominent German women across literature art and science. Includes Johanna Schopenhauer Luise Muhlbach Madame von Schiegel Fanny Lewald Madame von Schwartz and Clara Schumann as notable authors painters and musicians Caroline Herschel is highlighted for her astronomical work. Details birth and death years and contributions, noting connections to famous figures.
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Germany
Johanna Schopenhauer
Danisle
Arthur Schopenhauer
Luise Muhlbach
Theodor Mundt
Berlin
Madame von Schiegel
Friedrich von Schlegel
Phillip Weit
Fanny Lewald
Adalf Staler
Madame von Schwartz
Southgate
England
von Schwartz
Garibaldi
Madame Hensel
Wilhelm Hensel
Mendelssohn
Madame Schumann
Clara Josephine Wieck
Robert Schumann
Madame Schroeder
Siddons
Wilhelmine Schroeder- Devrient
Marie Gabrielle Kraus
Feading Ughts
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Wm. Hershel
Hanover
Prussia
Windsor
France Faces Push to Ban Ecclesiastical Dress
French socialist mayors push to ban priestly garb. A decree by M. B. Thomas of Bicetre was annulled by the Prefect of Police. Priests worry the soutane hinders modern exercise and draws unwanted attention, want to dress like English and American clergy. A priests congress may discuss the issue.
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France
M. B. Thomas
Bicetre
Byron Swan Dardenelles Swim Delays in Orient Weddings
The Hellespont connects the Sea of Marmora and the Aegean. Leander famed for crossing the strait is likened to Byron who swam the distance in one hour ten minutes despite current drift. The piece notes long betrothal delays in Korea and contrasts Western patience with Oriental customs, citing 10 to 30 year delays for marriages.
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Byron
Dardenelles Strat
Hellespont
Dardenelles
Europe
Turkey
Sea of Marmosa
Egean Sea
Leander
Hero
Lord Byron
Abydos
Sestos
Mourning customs and stray mail discovered in Kenosha
A Kenosha post office search uncovered six bags of mail believed held for about a year. The bags contained many Christmas presents and have been delivered after notice to Washington. The article also notes lengthy mourning periods in Korea and a claim that the stomach is strongest at breakfast.
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Kenosha
Washington
Open Air Cure Village in the Jollan Alps
In the Veldes health resort near Velden Lake Swiss founder Dr Arnold Ruki leads a climate cure based on exposure to air light and heat and cold. Visitors reside in simple huts near a lake with a large communal dining hall and separate air baths for men and women where patients undergo daily body cleansing and rest.
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Jollan Alps
Veldes
Europe
Arnold Ruki
Bathing Cure At Alpine Village Of Veldes Described
The New York Press reports on a six week course at Veldes where men wear trunks and women gauze gowns, spend mornings sun bathing and sweating in a bath house before liquid plunges, followed by vegetable meals. Attendants deliver bread honey milk at dawn as bees swarm the baths and visitors observe barefoot, clothed later for lake visits.
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Malta
New York
Bell from Saluda disaster hangs in Savannah belfry
A Kansas City Journal recounts the 1852 Saluda steamboat explosion on the Missouri River near Lexington. Captain Francis Belt perished at the helm as the vessel blew apart after an overfilled boiler. The salvaged bell traveled to Savannah and has hung in the local church belfry for decades.
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Little Christian Church
Savannah
Andrew County
Lexington
Missouri River
Francis T. Belt
Captain Belt
Joseph Blackburn
Charles la Berge
Lewis Garrett
Josiah Chaney
Belt
Casper Gruber
Christian Church
Kansas City Journal
Fashions Abroad Highlight Golden Accents In Evening Wear
A foreign critic notes a shift to picture gowns and simple beauty drawn from antique garments. Gold threads, guipare, lace, velvet reworkings, and painted gauze create refined evening toilettes with bouillonnes, strass, and intricate embroideries enhancing finesse and cost. The Parisienne favors the simple cloth gown for morning promenades with subtle gold accents and refined collars.
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Riviera
Abandoned Farms on Salisbury Plain Reveal Past Cultivation
On Salisbury Plain now used for military maneuvers broken flints show former cultivation. The land once bore corn over a wide area, abandoned as unprofitable long before the price drop twenty to twenty five years ago. A daily paper notes two Essex farms near Epping Forest offered rent free if tenants pay rates and maintain buildings.
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England
Salisbury Plain
Great Plain
Essex
Epping Forest
Evolution of Trousers and Garments in Early Modern Times
The New York Weekly notes the gradual replacement of the doublet and hose by coat and waistcoat in the early eighteenth century, with trousers evolving slowly from knee breeches to tight pantaloons. It mentions the shift from mid medieval hose to pantaloons ending with ankle buttons or reded ankles.
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New York Weekly
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