Scarlet Domino and a Test of Marital Faith
Mrs. Heriot disguises herself at Covent Garden in a scarlet domino to spy on her husband. She mistakes a stranger for him and shares a kiss before realizing the deception. He lies about an alibi after she returns home angry, only to discover he lent his costume to a rival.
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Covent Garden
Arthur
Phyllis
Scarlet Domino
Red
Hersis
Mansion House
Mrs. Heriot
Pont Street
Cinderella
Mr. Heriot
Domino
Ferrari
Paris
Frederic Desmoniius
Marthe Frondin
Marthe
Mme. Desmoniius
Printing milk tickets in a woman's name signals independence
A midwestern note from the Atchison Globe highlights Mary S. signing milk tickets as M. S. Robinson instead of following her husband Thomas T. Robinson. The remark sees this as evidence of a growing self sufficiency and reduced reliance on male help.
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Thomas T. Robinson
Mary S
M. S. Robinson
T. T. Robinson
Atchison Globe
Inference About Marie-She's Schooling
The Kansas City Independent notes Marie-She plans to attend school until age 25, while Martha comments on her appearance. The dialogue reflects social expectations and humor in local discourse.
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Marie
Martha
Kansas City
Fair Millions Battle Moves Through California Courts
The long drama of Senator James G. Fair’s estate continues as Mrs. Nettie R. Craven pushes a claim she says rests on a pencil will. The California supreme court reversed a lower ruling, allowing a trust clause to stand and shaping the heirs’ chances to contest the estate.
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California
Senator Fair
San Francisco
Miss Rooney
Virginia City
Mackay, Fair, Flood & O'Brien
Charles
Mrs. Craven
Fair
Charles L. Fair
Theresa Fair
Herman Oelrichs
New York
Virginia Fair
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Nettie R. Craven
Sacramento
California Supreme Court
Slack
Supreme's Court
Craven Fair
Craven
Marriage by Force Among Tierra del Fuego Onas
Dr Frederick A Cook describes in Century magazine the Onas of Tierra del Fuego with marriages arranged by force or barter. Women live in separate subfamilies with individual possessions and duties while men hunt. The piece defends the men’s role and condemns Christian colonization for pressuring their way of life.
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Tierra del Fuego
Frederick A. Cook
Century Magazine
South
New Self Destruction Method Reported in Denver
A Williamsport resident, Stuart St. Clair, reportedly devised a new suicide method by sealing himself in a refrigerator car in Denver, freezing to death after notifying his wife. Observers say revived victims describe minimal pain, suggesting the method could gain traction.
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Stuart St. Clair
Williamsport
Denver
Col
Mr. St. Clair
Fence of Elk Horns Assembled at Yellowstone Park
A feature notes a fence in Yellowstone Park made entirely of elk horns, comprising over three hundred specimens. The horns, mostly with twelve to fourteen points, were collected in June 1895 by a party within ten miles of Mammoth Hot Springs. Elk shed horns in March, and are shy during that period.
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Yellowstone Park
Mammoth Hot Springs
Science in the Nursery: Davy and Cousin Kit on Microbes
Davy explains microbes as things that get into things while Cousin Kit reads. The exchange, humorous in tone, notes a baby as a microbe joke reflecting curious household science.
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Davy
Cousin Kit
Kit
Indianapolis Journal
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