Fried Wagner a rising conductor and heir to Wagner legacy
The article portraits Fried Wagner as a young conductor linked to his legendary father Richard and to the Liszt lineage. It notes his early musical self training, current nervous intensity, and high expectations from peers, with Bayreuth and stage direction contexts cited as formative.
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Beating the Beef Taboo in Buddhist Daily Life
An account of old traditions where beef eating faced strong cultural and religious resistance. A family recounts changing dietary practices influenced by Buddhism, including methods of meals and ritual offerings, reflecting social norms and evolving attitudes.
Tailor Craft for Correcting Men's Physical Defects
A 19th century style discussion notes common bodily asymmetries such as uneven shoulders hips and arm lengths. It explains tailoring techniques including cutting coats to fit each shoulder padding lower shoulder and adjusting suspenders to create symmetry. The piece treats measurement as a path to garments that flatter imperfect figures.
Major Russell B. Harrison Ill in Santiago Yellow Fever
Major Russell B. Harrison once inspector general at Santiago has fallen ill with yellow fever. A former president's kin, Harrison's varied career spans mining, mint work, management of a large electric company, journalism in Montana, Judge and Leslie's Illustrated Paper ties, and army service in the Spanish American War. He is noted for public popularity and distinguished lineage, with connections to Sheridans and the School for Scandal author’s kin.
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Santiago
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
United States Mint
Philadelphia
West
Big Eatire
Montana
Judge and Leslie
New York
Indiana
Pietorial postcard craze in Germany featured by consul
The London Globe notes 12,000 workers produce postal souvenirs in Germany. About 10 new designs daily, even with 1000 copies per card that yields 100,000 cards daily and 30 million per year. Since souvenir cards began, German postcard dispatches rose by 12 million. Latest cards show improved art and etchings by noted artists.
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Germany
Frankfort
London Globe
English Nobility Shows Bold Seafaring Glimpse in Graham
The article highlights Lord Graham, the Marquis of Graham and future Duke of Montrose, who has sailed as a mate in the mercantile marine. It notes royal glamour and public curiosity about his ambitions, contrasting noble lineage with practical life at sea. It also describes an Arizona desert scene with lava, pumice, and the Hualapat tribe gathering at night to rake volcanic debris into long windows.
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Marquis of Graham
Duke of Montrose
Mercantile Marine
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Rathmeldom Falls
San Bernardino Mountains
Old Putian Custom Described Near The Needles On Colorado River
A brief note from Flagstaff to the Chicago Record describes an area of about 1,000 acres across the Colorado River on the California side near The Needles. Houalapais Indians rake stones in wirrows, a practice tied to a mysterious man known to locals.
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Colorado River
California
W. 5
Curtis
Flagstaff
Ariz
Chicago
The Kleptomaniacs and Washington's Official Society
A Washington jewel theft tale shows how official circles tolerate kleptomaniac insiders. Wealthy hosts, diplomats, and prominent social leaders faced rising losses of delicate items during gatherings, prompting suspense about which conspicuously social figure wore or hid valuables.
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Aa Orie
Bowen
Washington
Publc
Mre
Tree Grows Hoary Generations of Horse Chestnut
A Berlin garden horse chestnut has developed pure white foliage on shaded branches and trunk areas. The tree, long troubled by caterpillar activity, was revived by watering the trunk and branches with salt, restoring vigor while the leaves retain their unusual white hue. Strange marriage customs in Northern India and Banquerry involve a cow and calf in a stream or a ceremonial knife incision with blood transfer, respectively, as the wedding rite.
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India
Banquerry
Northern
Burning Mountain Immatorate That Hing Bean oo FireOne
A long damaged feature from Newcastle Colorado describes a mountain fire famed for over a century near Kansas City. The fire glows red and blue at night, fed by coal seams, with reports of attempts to extinguish via ditches and shafts that failed.
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Colo
Kansas City World Mountain
Here
Petra
Nferno
Buc Creel
Education in Egypt Shows Growing Modern Reform
A Harper's Magazine excerpt notes Egypt expanding modern schooling, with native funded schools for boys and girls, European teachers, and government inspection. El Azhar seeks government teachers for secular subjects, while 11,000 future civil servants are educated under a 500,000 annual fund. 200,000 village children attend local schools under inspection.
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Ami Mapile
Educatioun
Great el Azhar University
Cairo
Immons
Begum
Harpers Magazine
Blood Poisoning From Silk Dye In Vienna Girl
A Vienna report details a dramatic blood poisoning case involving a 22 year old girl named Schwartz. While walking in a green silk blouse she overheated and dye ran from the fabric. An accidental underarm wound allowed pigment to enter the wound leading to severe inflammation and fatal illness after failure of initial remedies.
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Katraurdinney
Vienna
Schwartz
Gentlemen Rankers Disappearing From British Army
Between 1885 and 1899 the practice of granting commissions to rankers declined. A total of 243 men from the ranks received commissions, with the peak of 41 in 1888. Over four years they averaged more than 30, then 20, then 16 in 1896, four in 1897, and none in 1898. Ex-rankers' commissions fell from about 4 percent over the 14 years to 1.5 percent in 1897 and 2.9 percent in 1898, as barriers persisted while many sought military or police work in the colonies.
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