Spanish insolence in Madrid crowds and culture
A correspondent describes Madrid street life noting that women travel guarded by servants and men stare at passersby as a form of insolence. In the Royal Opera House men survey the audience with gravity while women appear well dressed but less striking. Carriages, spirited horses, and even donkeys fill shopping streets, giving an impression of a French style life.
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Madrid
Royal Opera House
Fifth Avenue
Enemies of Rattlers and Oddities in Medicine
The piece notes the black snake and hog as rattlesnake foes, explains hog immunity to venom, and lists distinguishing venomous traits. It then retells a tale of Lord Bramwell's confusion on a Rhine steamboat and ends with cautions on drug intemperance and chemical dangers.
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New York Press
Lord Bramwell
United States
Canada
Song of the Tree Top by Herbert Randal
A lyrical piece titled Song of the Tree Top expresses love as wind and sea, sharing moonlit dreams and sea voyage imagery. It notes sleeping under stars, waking to a sea bird cry, and a reunion as ships return home after a hurricane’s flight. The poem appears in Connecticut Magazine.
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Herbert Randal
Connecticut Magazine
Umbrella Thievery Revealed in New Orleans Tale
A New Orleans business man recalls a whimsical umbrella theft. He found a fine umbrella and kept it with plans to return it, but after days of guilt he returned it only partially. The owner reclaimed it and the tale spreads as a moral about temptation among even church members.
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New Orleans
Ofice
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Folly With a Toepler Holtz Machine Ends With Garden Walk
A physician’s wife paralyzes a social group using a spark device and calmly leads them from the office to the garden, declaring electricity works as she demonstrates then shifts to chrysanthemums. The scene ends with a noted account of a laughing plant from Arabia and its intoxicating seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Ladies’ Home Journal
Letter to Editor Seeks Poetry Print and Billing Clarity
A letter to the editor from Atlanta asks why a birthday poem by the author’s wife was not printed or billed. The writer claims mail confusion and requests confirmation, offering to contribute a piece in return. He emphasizes lack of witnesses and insists on being set right about the mailing.
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Sandry
Fundey
Atlanta Constitution
Harry Woelrich
BE. Wo Bach
W. W. Reeves
Sanuel P. Carr
Wilson Fletcher
Beaver Creek
Broadwater County
State of
Montana
United States
Kissing Under the Quistietoe A Druids Era Practice
The practice of kissing under the quistietoe is of ancient origin dating back to the Druids when it likely held a religious meaning.
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Rattlers
Tree Top
Townsend
Upper Broadway
W. E. Tifrney & Co., Proprietors
Whaley Brothers
Fred
Townsend, Mont
W.C. Pierce
Northern
Pacific
Sole Proprietors
S.C. Wells & Co
Leroy, NY
Hamilton
Can
Matthew
Townsend Restaurant
Purcell’s
J. R. Oclesby
Valey Sables
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Points
Ta Butte
Helena
Spokane
Tacoma
Portland
California
Teesatastra
Adar
Ane Chas. S. Free
ST. Paul, Minn
Atlantic
Pacific Mail
Pullman
Gordon & Rerguson
St.Paul, Minn
Berg Hardware CO
CS. Land Office
Odell W. McConnell
Helena Montana
Congress
Parkmorcanie
Llond
Range Montans Meridian
Recorder
Breadeater County
Concom
John Galvin
Modoc
John
Miller
George I Green F
Karl
Matthew's Pharmacy
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