Midas in Washington and a chat with Pendleton
Washington March 15. Special correspondence describes George H. Pendleton, minister to Germany, his health, and views on Berlin society. It covers Washington social life with the rise of nouveau riche, the shift in aristocracy, Mrs Cleveland and Mrs Folsom, and a humorous encounter with Senator Chase, highlighting the city’s social dynamics and glimpses of diplomacy.
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Washington
George H. Pendleton
Germany
Wormley'’s
George
United States
Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Kauiser Wilhelm
Bismarck
William
Reichstag
Pendleton
Midas
Statesman
Massachusetts Avenue
EK Street
Washington Society
Cleveland
Army
Navy
Folsom
Bruce
Senate
Capitol
Senator Chase
Rhode Isiind
William R Travers Wit Across A Life Of Wealth And Wander
Special Correspondent recalls William R Travers born Baltimore 1819 and later New York wit who drifted from West Point to Columbia earned fame as a humorist. Through a merchant career in Baltimore and finance in New York with Leonard Jarome his stories show his stuttering charm and gallant humor at social scenes and in business.
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New York
William R. Travers
Bermudas
Travers
South
Baltimore
Oliver Wendell Holmes
West Point
United States Military Academy
Columbia College
Louisa Johnson
Reverdy Johnson
Maryland
Leonard Jarome
Mr. Travers
Henry Clews
Mr. Claws
Henry Ranorr
Von Bulow Shunned At Berlin Premiere After Theater Critique
Hans von Bulow, famed pianist, was refused entry to a Berlin premiere of Ferbuer’s Merlin despite holding a ticket. The episode follows his notorious Vienna outburst in 1884 when he mocked a newspaper and suggested others perform Brahms Academical Overture instead. Public anger in Vienna and questions about future invitations linger.
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Loxpon
von Bulow
Vienna
Fremdenblatt
Beethoven
Brahms
Herr von Bulow
Vienne
Hans von Bulow
How to Have Healthy Basements
Practical advice to keep basements dry and odour free through a four unit partly underground design with a double chimney and heated partition wall to create airflow. Emphasizes thorough drainage to remove stagnant water and notes London fog contains large amounts of carbon and hydrocarbon gases.
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Col. American Agriculturist
London
Government Bee Raising at Aurora Station
Government bee raising described at Aurora Illinois experimental station started June 11 1885 under Dr D Riley with Nelson McLain as agent in charge. Notes include import of foreign bees disease control queen fertilization plantings and potential to boost US honey production to $75 000 000 to $80 000 000 if more beekeepers take up the work.
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Aurora
Clinois
Ills
United States
Bea
D. Riley
Nelson W. McLain
France
Germany
Eno
Congress
Commissioner of Agriculture
Cuar
Les P. Burron
Turkish Harem Life Revealed by Traveler's Eye
A Brooklyn Magazine traveler dismisses Oriental magnificence as dirt and waste in harems. He notes women and children wear wadded robes, sleep crowded in one room, ventilation via crude openings, and constant eating and smoking amid rugs and jewelry on display.
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Brooklyn Magazine
Deaf Mutes Rarely Affected by Seasickness
A Boston Budget note reports that deaf mutes are seldom seasick due to probable absence of inner ear canals used for balance. Dr William Teres of Cambridge Mass suggests a skin counter irritant behind the ear may relieve seasickness by inducing a minor excoriation.
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William Teres
Cambridge
Mass
Boston
Hannibal Hamlin in Bangor A Glowing Maine Portrait
Special correspondence from Augusta Maine traces Hannibal Hamlin Lincoln's vice president to a simple life in Bangor His clawhammer coat and plain manner mark a leader who spoke for New England values and freedom He is pictured as a trusted adviser a stump speaker and a man who acts for friends at any hour while remaining unostentatious and devoted to public service.
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Avcusta
Maine
Hamlin
Bangor
Penobscott
Hannibal Hamlin
Congress
Cee
Hannibal
Maine Press Association
Hannibal Hamlit
Senate
Lincoln
Jackson
van Buren
Boston
Andy Johnson
Mr. Hamlin
Abraham Lincoln
Howard
Testing an Improved Car Heater Test Over Hudson River Bridge
About 500 spectators endured rain as a 700 pound patent stove and boiler encased in steel armor was dropped from a Forty-fifth Street bridge onto dry goods to prove the heater’s fire could not escape. The device landed forty feet, burned, yet did not burst the boiler or release coal. only an inner water coil broke, quenching the flame and marking the test a success.
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Hudson River
Forty-fifth Street Bridge
New York Tribune
The Handkerchief Cure in Augusta
Poet James R. Randall created a stir in Augusta by suggesting a street car horse be aided with a handkerchief tied to its fore leg to divert it. A male passenger proposed tossing sand in the eyes, but the colonel urged humane treatment and the driver quickly tested the idea, the horse moving promptly as a result. The incident drew a quick, amused response from observers.
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James R. Randall
Augusta
Phildelphia Times
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George W. Pendleton
Senator Fair
Chase
Nan
Lam
Stannibal Hamlin
Howard Owen
Ba‘ia
Nelson Greenland
Exchange Block
Exchange Hotel
Warren
D. Shear’s
Warren County
Shades
Peter Greenland’s
Water Street
Episcopal Church
Easychair
High Street
Hazel and
Laures
GREE
Hh. A. Jamieson & C
Lakeshore and National Tube Works
Syracuse
Disston’s
Simond’s
American
Dupont Powder Company
Rogers
Grapoline
Somidia
Ahildren
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