King’s Grim Endurance Shaped by Painful Final Days
Richard Harding Davis writes in Collier's Weekly about a king decorated for bravery, yet secretly enduring relentless illness and agony. The narrative recalls his silent, unarmed battle, the courtly smiles hid pain, and a final royal drive through London marked by pale resolve and unspoken suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haa
Richard Harding Davis
Collier’s Weekly
England
London
Buckingham Palace
Youngest peeress to attend King Edward VII coronation
Lady Betty Bugh, now Baronera Clifton, is the three year old daughter of the late seventh earl of Darnley and Jemima Blackwood. Born in 1900, she will wear a coronation robe and attend Westminster’s show as the youngest peeress. Her father was the sixteenth Baron Clifton and seventh earl of Darnley, linking the child to a distinguished lineage with female succession history in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Edward Ia
Betty" Bugh
Baronera Clifton
Earl of
Westminster
Betty
Baron Clifton
Belgians Honor May Day and Predict Lovers
The Belgians honor May as the Virgin Mary month with rural rites in Liege. Young women weave dew grass blades with colored threads to foretell future loves, placing three blades in a hedge for height as the omen. A lighthearted aside about hats follows in the Baltimore American miscellany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Province of
Liege
The Kaiser Keeps His Word In Crefeld Visit
During a tour of the Rhine industrial district the Kaiser praised progress and joked with maids of honor about dancing with lieutenants. He offered to send some if none exist. The next day Crefeld’s chief burgomaster received a telegram ordering a large war regiment be garrisoned in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhenish
Kaiser
Crefeld
Boston
von Bissing
Seventh Army Corps
Towal
Davis Memorial Arch in Richmond to honor Jefferson Davis
Plans for a 63 foot high 70 by 24 foot arch in Montes Park Richmond depict a Corinthian style monument by Louis A Gidebrod New York. The granite arch features bronze figures fame and the Lost Cause twice life size two bas reliefs Glory Truth Justice Valor and thirteen attic seals highlighting Confederate history and Davis life with inscriptions chosen by a committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montes Park
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Louis A. Gidebrod
New York
Actptor
Crouse
Vame
Cruse
Davin
Glory
Confederate States
Virginia
Jefferson Davly
Famous Churchman Bishop Spalding of Peoria and Scholar
Rt Rev John Lancaster Spalding senior suffragan bishop in Chicago is praised as a possible successor to Archbishop Feehan. He has led Peoria for 25 years, born 1840 in Gebanon Jy, studied in Rome and America, began at Louisville Cathedral, then New York, became Peoria bishop May 1 1877. He writes on education stressing moral and emotional cultivation. Paper on transparent kelp and seaweed derived paper noted from Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lancaster Spalding
Peoria
Chicago
Feehan
Gebanon
Martin J. Spalding
Louisville
Baltimore
Rome
America
New York City
Bishop Spalding
Courageous women praised in Chicago and across cities
The Chicago Chronicle lauds daily displays of feminine nerve and resolve. In Brooklyn Mrs. Lennie Kelley saves her father by controlling a runaway horse, while in Pittsburgh Mrs. Sarah E. McCoy stands out in a breach of promise case, even telling a witness he lies. The piece argues the era of women as downtrodden is over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Chronicle
Brooklyn
Lennie Kelley
Coney Island
Pamelia
Clarissa
Mme. de Staal
Delphine
Pittsburg
Sarah E. McCoy
Portia
Yale connection at Wrexham church bazaar tale
North Wales event aids restoration of Wrexham church famed for Elihu Yale shrine. London paper notes Yale University origin from Elihu Yale whose gifts funded the college in New Haven. Yale students presented a visitors book to the church as part of the bazaar items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Wales
Wrexham
Yale College
Innemuch
Elihu Yale
Yale
New Mayen
Conn
Yale University
London
James Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
Chandler
Durham
Cavendish
Jack Cavendish
Wrexham Church
Rapid Flight of Dreams Story of a Rest Cure for a Public Man
An English public figure with severe mental strain follows a doctor's nap routine. After lunch he sits with a dinner bell in his hands and sleeps for a brief moment as the bell falls. The rest and the dream activity are said to steadily improve his mental condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Wally
Gufilee
The Reforming Pig Experiment in Brooklyn
The Department of Agriculture plans a year long study to improve pigs. It will raise litters in a sand floored yard, bathe and delicately feed them, and observe if they stay clean or return to mud and trough. It argues pigs suffer from manmade neglect and poor housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Brooklyn Agile
Nate
Swine Cleanliness Debate Amid Pen and Wood Roaming
A brief discussion argues that oral state is not unclean when penned and fed proper food. It contrasts confinement with roaming in woods, noting flies and vermin affect cleanliness only in unsuitable conditions, and asserts that swine away from human control would not inherently seek filth.
Berlin leap year society plans grand 1904 celebration
Herr Montour, a Berlin resident over 70, heads the Berlin society of leap year children. He will celebrate his eighteenth birthday on February 20, 1904, with a giant event as the group marks an era of no birthdays in eight years under the reformed calendar. The committee promises something extraordinary, drawing interest from prominent figures. February 1886 also drew wide attention for having no full moon, a rare astronomical event not repeated for 2,500,000 years according to astronomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herr Montour
Berlin
Chrifdren
Mem Bera
Kerlin
Art and Athletics Promote Civic Ideals and Health
The text argues that outdoor sports and physical culture rise with Western societies, influencing art and national character. It credits artists for needing beautiful surroundings and predicts athletics will raise civilization and form a new, superior type of men and women. It notes women increasingly embrace athletics, urging balanced training for optimal results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clusa
Hays
Expert advice on curing balky horses through patience
An expert explains balking in horses stems from improper breaking and handling when young. Gentle, adaptive methods work best, including pausing, loosening harness, tapping the shoe, and offering a treat. Harsh measures often worsen behavior, while calm, observant handling yields success in most cases.
Humprheys Witch Hazel Oil Piles Relief Ad
Piles relief advertised with free sample mailing and one application promising permanent cure of hemorrhoids external internal blind or bleeding itching burning fissures and fistulas. Immediate relief and certain cure claimed by Humphreys Medicine Co New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
Humphreys Mediviov Co
Cor
William and John
Humphreys Homeopathic No 28 Promises Cure for Debility
An old advertisement touts Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 as a remedy for nervous debility weakness and prostration from overwork and other causes. It claims over 40 years of use and offers vials at $1 or special packages, with prepaid options and delivery through William & Joho Stsy We Ys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
William
Also Mentioned on This Page
Betty Cligh
Narenens of
Clifeton
Leopold Celeb
Plowera
Davis Memorial Arch
Davis Memorial
Daughters of Confederacy
Paris
J. L. Spalding
Archdiocese of Chicago
Elihu Vale
Welch Town
the Reformed
Pig
Unime
Derlin
ART and Athletics
Frudden Lumber Co
Ackley, IA
THE
Bank OF Ackley
Otven
Kention
Posits
Europe
Exehanae
Wille
Ancing
Use
Martin
Fccerr
John Rath
Trey
FE. M. W Neat Market
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!