Orange ball at Castle Garden honors Lafayette era fashion
A detailed portrait of 19th century dress at the Orange ball in Castle Garden, highlighting white muslin gowns, short waists, orange trimmings, and the era’s lack of corsets. The piece notes streetwear, hemlines, and accessories, plus a memory of Mrs. Dy and a wedding linked to Jerome Bonaparte.
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Lillie Deveraux
Demorest
Erste
Piom Mra D
Caatle Garden
Paris
Netherlands
Napoleon
Anil
Rensely
Broadway
Mm D
Mise Patterson
Jerome Bonaparte
Mull
Woleik
Binhopls Lowe
Castle Garden
Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis
Etiquette rules from a bygone era on manners at table
A reflection on formal etiquette emphasizes politeness, patience, and restraint at meals and social events. It discusses how to escort ladies, handle table duties, and maintain decorum, criticizing ignorance and urging earnest effort and sincerity. The piece includes a vignette about actress Charlotte Cushman sharing thoughts on youth, study, and authenticity.
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Resmucexce
Cuantorre
Ohio Liberal
Charlotte Cushman
Rome
Miss Cushman
Uhe
Fragmented OCR: political values and honesty critique
The readable fragments urge honesty and integrity, condemning perceived flaws in manliness purity and stability. The text references moral expectations and calls for accountability, though surrounding context is missing, leaving the exact speaker and audience unclear.
Destructive Bermuda Tornado Lifts House Kills Family
The Bermuda section records a violent inland tornado at Tucker's Town. A wooden house with Daniel Smith, his wife, and four children was lifted bodily from its foundation, debris thrown into the water, and the family losses noted. Smith survived, later found far from home. the wife and four children perished. The storm also wrecked rocks, trees, and even a cow, with a cabbage garden torn into a defined wind path along its course.
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Bermuda
Tucker's Town
Daniel Smith
Smith
Norve
Unfinished Will of Lord Amberley Divides Guardianship and Books
Lord Amberley dies leaving a will that places his children under guardianship of Douglas Spaulding and restricts access to manuscripts. The document also directs immediate publication of some works, assigns personal estate under £50,000, and splits real estate to the elder son while the younger gains access rights to sealed items.
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Lord Amberley
Earl Russell
John Stuart Mill
Douglas Alexander Spaulding
J. 8
Mill
London
Russell
Lord John Busell
Tragic Knife Accident Cited In Curtain Backdrop Incident
A bizarre stage accident in Herens tangentially injuries a performer when a novice wielding knives misthrows into a board. The blade penetrated near the head, causing the actor to collapse as the audience gasped, while another notes a separate Don Carlos reference and early 20th century patent remedy claims appear in the same overheard column.
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Julia Bernard
Herens
Ify
Tana
Hocky Mountain News
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Stagara Apter
GALE
Suspension Bridge Journal
Niagara
Willian Glambrook
Goat Island
Prospect Park
Tabde Rock
Tweedie
New York
Htiquette
France
Erryboy
Cod
Wilk
Galvéston
Don Carlos
Vienna
Himn
Desperata
Cragin & Co
Philadelphia
Boston Physics
Hearst
Taar Mananyreno
Bie
Westin
Josiah H. Sherman
Bast
Poytor
M.E. Church
Natick
Mase
Alto
Vernon
St. Breve
Paha
Eise
Filbert
Drown & C's Umbrellas
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