Boston City Panorama Through Old World Eyes
A traveler’s account portrays Boston’s streets, landmarks, and diverse population. Washington Street’s famed congestion and department stores frame a city with the Parker House and Christian Science Temple, while Trinity Church and the public library symbolize cultural heft amid a growing immigrant community and widespread factories.
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Boston
Insurance
Commission
Chicago
New York
Washington Street
General Howe
Parker House
London
United States
Christian Science Temple
St. John
Spain
Phillip Brooks
Trinity
Usally Trish
Boston Public Library
Library of Congress
Benamin Franklin
John Adams
Washington
Medican Copper mine tour hints at big profits
In August the writer visited Sonora Copper Smelting Co. at Noria Mexico 92 miles south of Nogales on the Southern Pacific. He notes a developed mine with smelter in place tunnels driven and copper valued at over a million dollars exposed for sampling. The company, largely Kansas City investors, plans stock sales to finish a tram and complete operations within 60 days.
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Sonora Copper Smelting Co
Noria
Mexic
Nogales
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Rairomt
Kansas City
The Ring in Betrothal Lore and Rituals
Historical note on marriage rings describes ancient and church rituals placing the ring on different fingers, Puritan opposition, and the enduring sentiment of love. It discusses engagement ring fashions, preferring a blue white diamond, or three-stone settings with sapphire, diamonds, ruby, or emerald, while pearls are discouraged for their perishable nature and symbolic tears.
An Eskimo’s Respirator for Vapor Bath
An Eskimo uses a simple grass woven basket respirator placed over the mouth with a central wooden peg between the teeth. Water is evaporated over a large fire in a tightly closed hut to create a stifling atmosphere where the respirator is essential for protection from dense smoke.
Notary Sparks Duel Threat Over Marmont Remarks in Paris Cafe
A Paris cafe scene ends in a dramatic challenge as a distinguished notary and a chief aide-de-camp of Marshal Marmont clash with a rival at another table. The rival demands satisfaction and requests a card, prompting tense exchanges in a historic public dispute.
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Paris
Marshal Marmont
Umbrella on Sunlit Day Sparks Gallery Entry Rule
A cartoonish cartoon quip notes a man carrying an umbrella on a sunny day. He says he heads for the art gallery, but umbrellas aren’t allowed inside. The punchline: the catalogue requires leaving canes or umbrellas outside before entry.
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Puck
Some Women Are Hard to Please
A humor item notes a New York woman suing for divorce over her husband reading his poems to her. The gag implies she would be angrier than a hornet if he read them to another woman.
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Boston
Massachusetts
New Bedford
Provincetown
Atlantic
New York
Solomon Levy
Asia
Africa
Cuba
Work for Education At Princeton Shows Student Jobs
Princeton statistics reveal 40 percent of the 1442 students work to pay education. Many activities appear, including college publications, laundry, selling calendars and goods, and taking ads or subscriptions. Students often earn from typewriters, bicycles, kodaks, and clothing orders, with athletic event privileges and magazines providing income.
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Princeton
Score
New York Times
Abolish Aigrettes and Paradise Plumes Debate
Col Lionel C Harris of Memphis argues in favor of a bill to ban aigrettes and paradise plumes in hats citing moral and financial reasons. He recalls a $200 Virot hat covered in aigrettes and notes a publisher’s advance of $50 to a writer seeking a wedding hat.
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Col
Lionel C. Harris
Memphis
Indy
Young Worker's Tragic Death In French Chimney
A fourteen year old Savoyard named Charles Ragotse died in Pleury sur Andelles when trapped in a baker's chimney after three quarters of an hour. Officials report the boy was crushed by a chimney section less than six inches wide and suffocated, highlighting dangers of chimney sweeping work.
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Ramoneur
France
Pleury-sur-Andelles
Charles Ragotse
Birds for Mosquitoes War Rejected by Citizens
A Brooklyn Citizen critique argues the scientific fight against mosquitoes has failed. It suggests relying on insectivorous birds, noting swallows eat mosquitoes but are scarce in streets, night hawks fly high and bats are driven from homes. The piece ends with a sharp question about remaining options.
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Brooklyn
Wagner's Parentage In Autobiography Debate
The Österreichische Wochenchrift questions how much of Richard Wagner's parentage is published. It notes he was entered at school as Richard Geyer and did not adopt the name Wagner until age fourteen.
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Higgins
Edward
Jimmy Fanning
Billy
John Heald
Fannings
Bacons
Fanning
Jimmy
Mr. Higgins
Wagner
Richard Wagner
Oesterreichische Woehenschrift
Richard Geyer
Weecer
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New England
Medican
J. S. Stubblefield
Sonora
Lore OF the
Lad
Princeton University
Oklahoma
F. M. Gwinnup @ Son Halsell Building
Vinita, Ohlahoma
The
Farmers State Bank Vinita
Okla
Kansas City Weekly Star
Weekly
STAR
Cobb Hotel
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