The Veiled Prophet and Hoo Hoo's Black Cat Revival
Special correspondence from St Louis describes the Veiled Prophet festival’s lasting fame since 1878 and the revival of the Hoo Hoo order tied to the sacred black cat myth. It details parade lore, historic floats, and the ceremony’s secrecy, noting heavy crowds, illuminated streets, and the festival’s New Orleans lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
al Mohanna
Ali Baba
Bopeep
Boabdil
Bugaboo Bill
Caliban
Comus
Cinderella
Rez
Momus
Hoo Hoo
King Hot
Tians
Ptolemy
Earth
Gordon
Ark
Order
John Henry Smith
Pharaoh I
New Orleans
Mobile
Greece
Rome
Michael Kraft
de Rakian
Paris Prince de Sagan and His Club Prison Scandal
Paris report details the Cercle de la Rue Royale where Prince de Sagan is a leading figure. Treasurer Maraninchi is jailed for embezzling about $60,000 as suspicions trigger a club-wide audit. The prince aims to avoid public scandal while plans to expel Maraninchi and force emigration to the United States unfold. The piece notes past scandals at the club and mentions Baron Hirsch as owner of the premises and various noble titles held by the prince.
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S. Specil
New Jersey
Reis
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Northeast
Brooklyn
Anna Beatty
Milwaukee
Jonathan Mackey
Monmouth
Iris
Akron
Barnes
Joann F. Wuiocausy
Prince de Sagan
Paris
Cercle de la Rue Royale
Rue Royale
Place de la Concorde
Champs Elysees
Folo
Anteui
Marquis de Massa
M. Maraninchi
United States
Vicomte de Breteuil
Baron Rothschild
M. Ephrussi
Sordisant Vicomte d’Andrac
Baron Hirsch
Orleans
Valencaye
Great Talleyrand
Rue de Elysee
Avenue Gabriel
Eugenie
Duchess of Alba
Silesian
Duke
Man and Nature and Heavens of the Hindoo S
A mosaic of poetic reflections and religious notes. The first piece praises nature’s music amid mountains forests and seas, then contrasts man’s own music with divine awe when God speaks. The second outlines Hindu and Jewish heaven concepts with four high realms and their resident sages. A fireman’s tale from the Ohio State Journal laments public misconceptions about firefighters’ duties and shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
Sameeba
Sayutceyam
Sara-loga
Honris
Soroham
Walrus in Inuit life and a Nantucket house tale
A fragment outlines walrus uses in Inuit life from fuel to boots and harpoon lines with ivory tusks as barter. It then cites a Tennyson anecdote about art and tobacco and ends with a Nantucket house story noted for lacking closets, highlighting architectural quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Innuit
St. Nicholas
Tenyson
Lord Tennyson
John Russell
Italy
Florence
Tennyson
Custom House
San Francisco
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Sheridan
Ae ‘Costa
Taerion
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Bates Airways
F. A. Garrieno
Jamestown
J. A. Beatty
Oil City
Warren
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Seban Express
Irvintod
Tidioute
Tionesta
Oi City
Pittsburgh
Buffalo Express
City Express
Leffard
R. Bell
J. A. Fellows
Exchange St
Buffalo, N.Y
Arren
Farnswort
Garfield
Vandergrift
Durham
Clarendon A
Corneén
Underwood's
Wood's Mill
East Branch
Ridgway
Erie
Vanderarift
Gar- Rela
Dunham’s Mill
Eld
J. D. Wood
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Tiona
Sheffield
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Shefield Junction
Wolf Run
Arives
Shefield
E. R
W .H.R
Terry Crary
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Sunbury
Lancaster
Baltimore
Washington
Pollman
Eric
Williamsport
Williams Sport
Kane
Eyhrough
Philadelghia
Ballymoore
Renovo
Reaves Ridgway
Prevost
J.R. Wood
L Man
Leppard
Fanc
Prophet
Black Cat
Missouri
Illinois
Pike County
Pikes
Piker
J. H. Beapur
Man and Nature
Pye
Ohio State Journal
Charles O’conor
Nantucket
Scott
Scott & Bowie
N.Y. A
Dr.kline
West
Elphia
York
Fist National Bank
L.D. Wetmore
M. Beecher
Cashier
Warren County
England
Ireland
Scotland
Europe
J. K. Ronne
Wanamaker
Hickory St
Warren, Penn’a
J.K. Ronne
Wyman
Conarro
Carter House
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