Backbone as the measure of strength in naval officer tale
A Washington Star report recounts a naval medical officer explaining how spinal length and backbone correlate with endurance and character. He uses a measuring rod, compares boiler power to lungs heart and organs, and cites a case of a promotion candidate whose short backbone linked to weak resistance and moral decline.
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Boston artists Bertha von Hillern and Maria Becket
The article profiles Miss Bertha von Hillern and her sister Maria J. C. Becket, noting von Hillern’s shift from athletics to landscape painting in Boston under William Hunt. Becket, also a landscape painter, is celebrated for her quick perception, schooling in France and Italy, and social prominence in New York, Boston, and Virginia. The pair maintain a winter salon in Boston and New York, a Strasburg studio, and a shared studio life with strong artistic circle ties.
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Wealthy Beggar Mag Plans European Spending Spree
An elderly street beggar known as Old Mag reappears after years vanished, now dressed in neat black and claiming twenty years of saving profits. She explains she will sail to Europe on Saturday and spend 12000 this year, insisting she is 39 and intends to leave Wall Street for good.
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Ornamental Bonnet Styles of 19th Century Fashion
The piece catalogs flowers and hat decorations for bonnet trims, detailing lace crowns, pins, Rhine stones, crepe lisse wings, gilt thread, and wide ribbons. It mentions various garden blossoms and field flowers used as fashion motifs, plus exotic-style trims and colors from gilt to pale pinks. The description reflects era fashion plates from the New York Tribune.
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Ad Claims Big U S Cigar Output and Odd Tidbits
A major manufacturer touts annual U S cigar production near 3 billion units. Moravians in Pennsylvania launched paper bags to cut waste in old bundle methods. A New York advertiser markets dog tradies promising fresher breath for poodles and pugs.
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Rich men's gifts fund colleges and a note on ocean gambling
A survey lists major donations from Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Girard, Cornell, Princeton, and others totaling millions to universities. The article notes widespread gambling on ocean liners and mentions some American women smoking cigarettes after dinner, a practice more common in England.
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