Notable Figures and Arts Scene Highlight Late 1800s Paris
John Evans the dentist of Sans Souci near Paris earns mention among Armenian society, with a grand Parisian office on Avenue de l Opera and a two secretary staff. The piece recalls Dr Thomas W Evans and legal clashes over the Evans name, plus a portrait of poets and artists like General Fitz Henry Warren and Horace Greeley era anecdotes, including Ada Clare and Pauline Markham in New York Bohemia.
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John Evans
Paris
Evans
Powley
Sans Souci
Avenue de l’ Opera
Hens
Di.sional
Sens
Thomas W. Evans
Eugenie
France
England
D’ Oyley
A . Jyme
Fitz Henry Warren
Burling_ Jn
Richmond
New York Tribune
Bull Run
Warren
Horace Greeley
The
Tribune
Washington
Greeley
Iowa
William Winter
New York
George Arnold
Henry Cupp, Jr
Saturday Press
Arnold
Pfaff's
Broadway
Bleecker Street
Ada Clare
William H. Vanderbilt
Aurora
Phobea
Apollo
Cpa
Mewrid
Iorning
Land of Plumes New Guinea Birds and People
The article extols New Guinea as the Land of Plumes home to the bird of Paradise and tattooed Papuan women. It notes hunting methods blunt arrows and poison, plumage used for hats, and birds ranging from hand to eighteen inches. It highlights marriages and social adornments among native groups.
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New Guinea
Trials and Tribulations of Kansas Editors and New Guinea Birds
A column recalls early Kansas editorial life with anecdotes of publishers facing rough beginnings in 1859 Burlington and a roofless office. It then shifts to natural history, detailing New Guinea Papuan people, their houses on stilts, crafts, marriage rites, pig affection, and the famed bird of paradise and other plumaged birds.
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Kansas
8. S. Prouty
Freeman's Champion
Prairie City
Burlington
New Guinea
Australia
Torres Strait
Tropics
Wood
Dime Museum
Papua
M’gillivray
DROWNED BY AN OX AND MARKET TROUBLE IN KANSAS AND ORKNEY
A two part tale reports a Scottish voyage ending in tragedy when an ox caused a yawl to capsize near Orkney with two drownings after the men tried to eject the animal. Separately, Burlington scenes unfold with Col. Prouty rebuffing a crowd and a Kansas Frontier conflict in Junction City ending in demolished presses and a drowning mistaken editor.
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Scotland
Pharay Island
Eday Island
Orkney
Eday
James
Robert Allan
Colonel Prouty
Burlington
le Roy
Col. Prouty
Burlington Register
Col. S. S. Prouty
Kansas Frontier
Junction City
George E. Dummer
Fort Riley
Dummer
Men Who Win and the Warned Cure’s Appeal
A reflective essay compares a healthy body with a reliable mind, warning against dyspepsia and weak health impairing judgment. It cites J A Getty of Chillicothe Ohio who benefited from Warner's Safe Cure after costly misadventures with other remedies, urging readers to seek proven cures.
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Shakespeare
Julius Cesar
von Cassius
Warner
J. A. Getty
Chillicothe
Ohio
Fiendish Weapon Critique in Political Discourse
The Washington Messenger condemns a man who uses taunting phrases such as "I told you so" and "I knew it was going to happen" as worse than a bomb thrower and more hateful than a blizzard.
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Washington Messenger
Sir John Walden a West Point Cadet Nicknamed
Cadets at West Point drill newcomers in etiquette and humor when a nameless moment leads to a formal correction. A misaddressed greeting sparks laughter and the newcomer earns the nickname Sir John Walden, recalling the exchange as a defining moment among peers.
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West Point
John Walden
Sir John Walden
Sir John
Tiger in the coffin prank shocks London family in India tale
The Lahore Tribune recounts a Londoner’s son moving to India to stay with an affluent uncle. A letter claimed the uncle was dead and his body shipped home in a sailing ship. A coffin arrived containing a Bengal tiger, prompting the father to note a twist: George is inside the tiger.
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The
Lahore Tribune
India
Orient
George
French Patriots Honor Local Heroes at Bougival Fete
A patriotic gathering at Bougival honors three local heroes Debergue Martin and Cardon shot by Prussians in 1870. Debergne a gardener cut telegraph lines five times, was captured and threatened with death, yet vowed to continue his acts of defiance. The event recalls the 1878 memorial for the shooters.
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Bougival
Debergue
Martin
Cardon
Debergne
Galignant
Matrimonially Speaking Clergyman Makes Quick Repairs
A lighthearted note suggests a clergyman excels at bonding in marriage more than at carpentry. The quip playfully praises domestic harmony and social wit surrounding wedding vows.
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Wilson Mirror
Pauline Markam
Newark
Aire
Grant White
Endaer
Pauline Markiw
Walt Whitman
Calvert
Newpod
Baltimore Vines
Bath
United States
We Life
Sry
Land OF
Terra del Fuego
Linneus
Pioneer Papers
China
East
T. C. HarBauen
Sir Johns
the Tiger
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