Fashionable Seasides and Foreign Beach Culture Explored
The piece surveys European and American seaside resorts, contrasting French Parisian fashion at Trouville with English beach etiquette and Britain’s Brighton. It recalls Napoleon, Ostend, Dieppe, and Tunisian shores, noting villas, promenades, casinos, and the allure of sea bathing from Margate to Narragansett Pier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
Dieppe
Biarritz
Paris
Trouville
Parie
Cowes
Newport
Napoleon
Josephine
Bayonne
Fiarritz
France
Pyrenees
Bay of Biscay
Spain
Empresa Eugenie
Louis Napoleon
Gladstone
Wellington
Loyola and Xaver
Ostend
Europe
Lhe
Tiarritz
Brigston
Bray
County Wicklow
Brighton
Ireland
Emerald Isle
England
Yarmouth
Wales
Clyde
Scotland
San Sebastain
Arcachon
Bordeaux
Tunis
Rades
le Marsas
America
Philippines
Palm Beach
Florida
California
Gulf Coast
Atlantic
Narragansett Pier
Asbury Park
Bradley
Titania
Atlantic City
Bear predations force camping defense and harm
A New Brunswick fur trader laments bear incursions into camps as fur prices stay low. He notes bears often break in, destroy gear, eat butter and food, and that the only effective stop is sealing doors or using a gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
Fur News
Eateo
Tile Is Most Sanitary For Walls Floors And Ceilings
The article extols tile as the most sanitary surface for baths kitchens and ceilings noting its smooth non absorbent surface easy cleaning and resistance to grease. It warns about joints where dust can collect and suggests using sanitary bases and thresholds. It also highlights color variety but favors white for cleanliness and predicts growing use in homes due to economy and practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Roof caper at Wells school ends in elopement plan
Miss Wells a stern head of the Wells school for young ladies confronts a midnight roof drama. A determined suitor with a scar on his chin arrives to rescue Miss Jean Kelly and proposes elopement with a rope aid, prompting a vow to marry only a determined man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyacinth Wells
Wells School
Jean Kelly
Ravendale
Mie
Wells
Jean
Thomas
William
Miss Jean
Miss Wells
Wella
Misa Wells
Kelly Ynted
Hame
Downfall of a Soldier in Vienna
Lieutenant Hofrichter of the Austrian general staff is condemned to death for murder by poison in chocolate tablets given to three officers who were promoted over him. He confessed after strong evidence, amid testimony from his young wife. If not pardoned for insanity, his execution would be Austria’s first in 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Hofrichter
Holrichter
Austria
Welfare measures across Europe on families and children
Article notes England offering tax rebates to fathers, France debating cash bonuses for government workers with children, and Schoeneberg in Berlin paying monthly child allowances. It cites rising living costs and a trend toward reducing the standard of living for youths, with Schoenberg set to pay 2.50 pounds monthly to any single parent with three children and scaled amounts up to 6+ children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Schoeneberg
Ber O
Schoenberg
Reverie and the San Jay of thought in Anilels Jourmal
Reverie speaks of night’s color and day’s heat as a fertilizing force awakening sleeping germs within us. It describes material gathering for the future and talent’s use, centering on a reverse San Jay of thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plas
Anilels Jourmal
The Prevention of Ruins
A New York note argues that American writers lamenting ruins prefer preventing decay to imagining specific structures ruined. The piece reframes envy of European views into a defense of preserving existing landmarks.
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New York
America
Hamilton's Tomb in Europe and New York City Works
Fragmentary report notes European tombs and New York monuments. Mentions Melis cathedral arch, parraffin coating to halt decay, tomb of Melvandar Hwaflien at Trinity churchyard, a Brooks Park memorial from William Kerkefeter, and Cipollie marble pillars near Tartbuloniew's church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Melis
New York City
Can‘ral Park
Broox Park
Willian Rerkefeter
Cippollie
Tartbuloniew
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Margate
Ramsgate
Lady Godiva
Mediterranean Canal
London
Surrey
Sussex
George IV
Duke of Cumberland
English Riviera
Scarborough
Nyah
Tcouwth
Toneques
Sime Parisigns
Domas
Brent
Bois
By Donald Allen
Mim Conte & Young
Sear
Hamilton
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