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1media/Thumb 157.png2024-12-03T13:30:14-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"News & Events"26In brief: Elections in Brazil – Missionary arrived in France – Shipwreck in Japan – President on vacation – Fundraiser for disaster victims – Dispute over a theatre box – Toasts at the anti-slavery congress – Monetary conference in Washington – Charles Canivet is improving – Spanish popular support for Portuguese sovereignty – New talent at the Colonial School – Support from a Guadeloupean senator – Copyright news in Switzerland – A new English ship – Statue of Berlioz – Company that helps the superstitious – Beards on magistrates – Obituariesplain2024-12-10T12:18:54-05:0009-24-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 1310.png2024-11-08T14:14:57-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"Miscellany"23News in brief: A girl avenges the death of her father in Guatemala – Fundraiser for fire victims in Martinique – Anti-slavery writing contests – Stage actors get married in Denver – A duel between women – The musician Paulus denies being association with Boulanger – English sailors play a royal prank in Halifaxplain2024-12-03T17:25:53-05:0009-10-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 1410.png2024-11-26T15:06:22-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"Miscellany"20Briefs: An animal rights activist – Famous criminal trial proceedings – The poor in Paris – Tragic death of an infant – Wax museums – Alcoholism in Paris – The way drunkenness is dealt with in Argentina – Blind education – Dogs on the telephone – Suppression of tipping – Men's fashion reform – Getting gold from teethplain2024-12-03T17:33:44-05:0009-16-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 137.png2024-11-08T14:13:13-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"News & Rumours"19News in Brief: Celebrations for the anniverary of Auguste Comte's death – A new Russian society in Paris – Gathering for newspapers – Anglo-Portuguese treaty reactions – Anniversary of Mexican independence – News on the abolition of the slave trade in Zanzibar – Fire at Thessaloniki – Flood in Senegal – A duel in Holland – News from Haiti's National Bank – Tensions in Dahomey – Bulgarian elections – A celebration for the centenary of Lamartine – First woman joins the Association of Parisian Journalists – Shortened season at the Hippodrome – Eruption of Vesuvius – "Meat bill" in the United States – New US consul-general in Paris – New imports bill in the United States – Obituariesplain2024-11-27T18:36:31-05:0009-10-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 1312.png2024-11-08T14:16:28-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"The Theatre in Paris"18A preview of the theatrical season, summary of a farce play by Vallabrègueplain2024-12-03T17:26:25-05:0009-10-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 158.png2024-12-03T13:34:43-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"The Theatre"13What's on in the Paris theatre scene – A semi-successful revival at the Comédie-Française – Sarah Bernhart: a method actress with snakes – a few more premieresplain2024-12-10T10:20:49-05:0009-24-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 1411.png2024-11-26T15:07:13-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"The Theatre: Reopenings and Premières"13Overview of what's on in the theatre in Paris: A mediocre play by a new writer – An opera in rehearsal – A successful reprise at the Gaîté – The Folies-Bergères renovated and offering an exciting variety showplain2024-12-03T17:34:03-05:0009-16-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 139.png2024-11-08T14:14:25-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"For Those Who Are Bored"9A humorous anecdote about Alexandre Dumasplain2024-11-27T18:47:23-05:0009-10-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232