Failing to pacify Finns sparks Finland crisis fear
Special Washington Post report from Paris notes Finnish demands for constitutional government face renewed pressure as Czar’s concessions fail to ease discontent. It cites police provocations, Russian control in Helsinki and looming trials of political suspects, with no promise of Duma guidance for Finland.
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Russia
Czar
Washington Post
Paris
Finland
Grand Duchy
Prince Obolensky
Bobrikoff
Effents
Rinland
Guards
Vullerat
Grand Duchy of
Empire
College Hoodooed by Thirteen at Warren Academy
The Warren Academy at Warren Ili faces superstition and misfortune tied to the number 13. The September crisis, thirteen students present, thirteen letters in the catalog, thirteen pages, and debts of thirteen dollars frame a run of oddities. Thirteen rooms cost $13,000. thirteen trustees govern, and a thirteen-letter lecture course dies after its start. The piece notes 165 graduates and a looming thirteen year wait for payment.
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Warren
Ili
Warren Academy
Eviction Party Ends in Torchlit Studio Heist
A woman evicted from a downtown studio hosts a nocturnal eviction party to mock landlords and wake nearby residents. Guests seize furniture and bric a brac, parade through eleven flights to a new studio, then disperse as a surprised crowd and a vigilant neighbor. The room’s owner fears further eviction and hushes guests, hoping for laughter without trouble.
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Chaurs
Ballonists Reach Three Miles Up In Vivienne III Race
From the London Express, the Vivienne III ascent over Liege reached three miles, with 50 mph winds and rain at lower levels. Stanley Spencer recalls dry takeoff, then heavy rain, clouds below a brilliant sunlit panorama, and a heat rise as higher air reduced fur coats. They heard blast furnaces while three miles aloft and enjoyed hot meals carried in tins heated by air.
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London Express
Liege
Belgium
Stanley Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Germany
New Bachelors Club in Kansas City Sparks Quirky Customs
A Kansas City Times item describes a playful society named The Brotherhood of the Jangling Man. Six bachelors who have been rejected by women join after proving they were canned. Members pledge to be indifferent to women unless paid attention to, and they learn a song and motto. Also notes Ireland travel by officials and a new viceroy in Dublin.
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Androsoff
Pavludsky
Rurinbott
Prince Qbolensky
Sveabore
Russia
Prokope
Col Kivmeiesyko
St Petersburg
Kansas City
Kansas City Times
Brotherhood of the
The
Brotherhood
London
Ireland
Dudley
Confederate Wartime Humor Papers Examined in Mobile
The Mobile Register reports on three wartime humor papers from 1863–1864, including The Confederate Spirit and Knapsack of Fun in Mobile, The Southern Punch in Richmond, and The Bugle Horn of Liberty in Griffin. Descriptions note poor illustrations, local color, and reprinted jokes from Harper's and Punch, with wartime delays and a hospital move noted by editors.
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Mobile Register
O. Fulton
Mobile
Richmond
Griffin
London
Knapsack of Fun
Ala
Jane Maria
Congress
Charles Augustus
Confederate Congress
Artemus Ward
Josh Billings
Southern Punch
Campbell, Hughes & Co
Harper's
Leslie's
Punch
Bugle Horn of Liberty
Hill & Swayze
John Morgan
John Phoenix
Phoenix
Pavt
Elaborate lingerie head pillows trend in autumn designs
Autumn lingerie pillows have evolved from simple styles to lavish pieces featuring Fine French handkerchief embroidery with initials and floral borders. Open work dominates, pillow sizes have grown to sofa cushions, and white-on-white work prevails with rich satin slips and delicate covers suited for boudoir display.
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Lmngerie
China
Fifth Avenue
Two Kinds of Capital That of Italy and the Tourist Trade
Playwright Paul Kester has bought Augus Castle and praises Italy for attracting wealth from visitors. He notes Europe’s hotels and rates attract tourism, joking about how much Italy earned from tourists last year. He recalls a schoolchild’s answer about the capital of Italy being the money tourists bring in.
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Italy
Paul Kester
Augus Castle
England
Kester
Players’ Club
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Ufe
NEW Bachelors’ Club
Halifax
Chicago
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