Mourning gowns inspire fashion novelty in 19th century
Olive Harper notes new designs in mourning and visiting gowns with white cashmere brételles and bertha capes, tall princess cuts, and crape trims. She highlights a royal purple velatina gown with gray fox fur and dramatic back fullness, plus a widow’s dress with Priestley silk warp, crape, and gigot sleeves. The piece contrasts French fashion laws with American taste.
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Priestley
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Cadiz Town Proud of Wealth and Notable Ties
Special correspondence from Cadiz Ohio describes a diminutive town with about 1800 residents and four banks totaling 390000 in capital and a 175000 surplus. Locals boast wealth per capita unmatched, claim independence from rail lines, and note famed Cadiz natives such as Edwin Stanton John H Bingham Cy Young and the Watsons.
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Lincoln
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Cy Young
Bill Watsons
Buffalo Bill
Charles Applebee
Examination at Yale Ways That Are Dark and Tricks Not Always Vain
Special Correspondent describes Yale semiannual exams in Alumni Hall. Guards monitor cheating with harsh penalties including suspension or expulsion. Students use clever crib devices such as hand written slips, cuff notes, blotting edges, watch misdirection, and papyrus roll dockets to smuggle facts. Arthur Chase reports from New Haven.
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New Haven
Yale
Arthur Chase
Young Woman Beware of Breach of Promise Suits
A Buffalo Express opinion argues that emancipated women should be able to support a husband before marriage. It claims women now earn significant incomes and criticizes women who marry for financial security, suggesting men should demand a marriage portion as in continental practice. The piece urges women to be able to support a husband and warns against marrying for love alone.
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Buffalo Express
Music and snakes in the swamps based on instrument sounds
The Chicago Tribune reports that water moccasins in the Dismal Swamp region react strongly to musical sounds and gunfire. Snakes flood ponds after rains, becoming numerous and agitated, yet retreat when approached, though they may defend themselves if disturbed.
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Chicago Tribune
The Telephone Reveals a Man’s True Disposition
A Philadelphia Times quote describes how a brassy wire can reveal a caller’s character. The brunette “Central” explains that manners transmitted by phone expose disposition and treatment of clerks, regardless of whether the other party is seen or unknown.
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Philadelphia Times
Poppycock Carride and Brookline Fare Card Tale
A Boston letter mentions a bogus tale of a woman on a Cambridge car asking the conductor to relay a message to Mr. Gaffey to visit a drug store and then to check with a woman next door about oil stoves. A similar Brookline car incident involved a young man asking the conductor to phone his roommate for 5 cents to pay his fare, claiming he is broke. The note shifts to praise for Crispi and calls him steadfast, contrasting with Italian political rancor.
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Boston
How Quinte Tastes Quotation Notes A Quince Taste
A fragment from Atchison Globe jokes that a quince is nearly worthless and tastes odd. It mocks its own preserved state and compares flavor to an old maid's kiss, offering a satirical remark on quince desirability.
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Quinte
Atchison Globe
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