Fashionable Carriage Trends and Harnesses Seen in 19th Century Styles
The article surveys luxury carriages and harnesses favored by wealthy patrons, detailing early 20th century designs, tires, brakes, and adornments. It notes popular models, pricing around 200 dollars, and trends toward elegant livery, with descriptions of harness color, stitching, and tandem structures. Harry Germain reports on the fashion and market for showy, high-end coaches.
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Nike
Harnesees
How They Played The Lee Dinner Hoax In New York
A retrospective recollection details the 1877 Lee dinner hoax staged by William J. Florence and E B Sothern. The plan involved feigned friendship and a mock brawl at George Brown chop house and Gramercy Park Hotel with John McCullough and Dan Bryant among others. The prank escalated into staged gunfire and melee across a padded banquet room, ending with the English guest departing in disrepair and a $600 bill for the spectacle.
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Adelaide Neilson
Billy Florence
Sothern
Dan Bryant
Tee
Mae
Lee
New York City
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Roars
Quaterayille Grametcy Park Hotel
Latos Club
Somn
George Brown
Fifth Avenue
Gleaham Hotel
Florence
Brown
Grammercy Park
Miss Neilson
Johnn McCullougd
Harry Montague
J. S. Polk
Charles Gaylor
Nelson Seynour
Commodore Dickson
New York Yacht Club
Chop House
Cooper
Leo
Myself
McCullough
Montague
Seymour
Bryant
Polk
Gaylor
Dickinson
Charley Gaylor
Dan Brant
Nelae Seymour
Seymour Wis
Oveasion Bryant
Lov’ Simmons
Ike
Tory
Eves
Mr. Sothern
McCullugh
John McCullough
America
Close to the Ship Launch Scene Described
A dramatic observer in a tall hat and flowing beard narrates a ship launch approaching the moment of ropes being cut. The crowd holds its breath as the great vessel eases into the water, powered by grease and anticipation, with chaos erupting as spectators react to the splash and spectacle.
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Thera
Elizabeth
Caesar
Talking Too Much Cure Publicized By Paris Doctors
A sensational tale describes a tongue rest cure used on Emma Calve Lillian Russell and others to treat nervous prostration. Parisian doctors tout quiet behavior and sleeping, while critics note the fadish nature and the supposed health benefits of restraint.
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Eilen Terry
Irving
Calve
Lillian Russell
Emma Calve
Tartar
Ina Patil
Furrpoy
Paris
New York
Mme, Calvo
Bernhardt
Beinhardt
Sara
Ellen Terry
Tower Cottage
Winchelsea
Beyond the Crimson and the Yard Poem Fragment
A poetic fragment reflecting beyond borders and memory from the Boston Courier, with phrases about time, nature, and an angelic whisper attributed to George Herriot. The text reads as a stream of metaphoric lines, referencing horizons beyond pain, oceans, and lyrics, concluding with a quoted attribution.
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Beyoru
George Herriot
Boston Courier
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Tworbleys
Gould Park
London
Harry Germain
Lés
William J. Florence
EB. H. Sothern
Adelaide Neiston
Haro
Dle Ag
Fraser
Ely
niMe
Harlem
Pal
Contig
Central Park
Allen Alma
Willy Florence
Philip Hee
Sipre
Leg
Broadway
Duby
Weber
Warsdaas
Alec
Aiveetne
Srademm
Brown's
Ness
Ee “Les
Horst
Rentitayt
Laney
Terry
Trying
Grafton Street
Browning
Keats
Siddons
Forrest
Tennyson
Lambeth
Irene
Nociety
Iewili Talat
Learie
King Solemos
Ier Rest Ronan
Reyord
Hatties Weil
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