The Kama Rupa tale of a haunted Maryland manor
A narrator recalls a summer at a bay side Maryland manor where a Theosophical belief in Kama Rupa haunts the house. With a circle of relatives and friends, strange visions, eerie whispers, and growing jealousy lead to divorces and ruined marriages, ending with Hope Kent's marriage to Haydn Upham.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Roger Bent
Kents
Pere
Mere
Roger
Hope
Rose
Haydn Upton
Jackson
Cuasins
Father
Mr. Kent
Hope Kent
Cairns
Mrs. Jackson
Hadyn
Mother
Mrs. Kent
Royce
St. Luke’s
Floral Clock Blooming Timepiece Captures City
A French novelty in the form of a floral clock features twelve distinct beds with varied colors and flowers. Subterranean mechanism powers the long hands that sweep above the beds, turning garden art into a timepiece.
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Philadelphia
His Waterloo in a Row Over Noisy Neighbors and Music
Johnson confesses deep financial distress after a failed attempt to outbid a neighbor in a noisy piano drum and horn arms race. He and the overhead family escalated with lessons and instruments, leading to escalating costs and his decision to retreat.
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Johnson
Tye
Gabriel
Chicago Times
Not Much of an Affair Lord Stradbroke on Waterloo
In a Fortnightly Review excerpt, Lord Stradbroke recalls his service under Wellington in Spain and at Quatre Bras, laments not being at Waterloo, and critiques Victor Hugo’s view that British credit alone toppled Napoleon. He says with his old Peninsular army at Waterloo it would have taken four hours, a boastful but rare admission from a modest Tory landlord.
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Lord Stradbroke
Wellington
Spain
Quatre Bras
Waterloo
Charles Austin
Victor Hugo
Napoleon
Jewish Fathers and Domestic Life in New York
Henry L. Taylor, M. D., notes that American fathers rarely bring ill children to his office, attributing this to business demands. He observes Jewish families as more engaged in domestic life and admires the community in New York, contrasting with other groups and noting Germans and Hebrews show differing involvement. The remark reflects cultural generalizations from a Popular Science Monthly piece.
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New York
Henry L. Taylor
Popular Science Monthly
Slapping a King A Short Anecdote About Napoleon
In a private study Talleyrand found a boy on his father’s knee as Napoleon gently slapped him. When asked what he was doing the emperor replied I am slapping a king. A serious writer cites this as an example of Napoleon’s cruelty to his child. St. Nicholas.
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William
Edith
Mary
Harper’s Bazar
Talleyrand
Kmee
Napoleon
St. Nicholas
The Swordfish Trade at Sea and Shore
The swordfish caught by Maine vessels are dressed at sea and packed in ice. The head is kept and sold for fifteen cents. The edible portion averages a high profit per pound, while the head yields oil used in machinery. Source Bangor Commercial.
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Maine
Bangor
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