Bell Organ Sole Agency Confirmed for Guelph Area
Advertisement states a written contract grants exclusive Bell Organ sale rights for the City of Guelph and a 20 mile radius including Acton Rockwood Eden Mille Exchion New Germany Breslau and Hespeler. It urges customers to visit the music store opposite the Post Office to verify the agreement and warns against nonagent sales or second hand instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. McLean
Bell Organ
Messra
W. Bell & Co
Guelph
Acton
Rockwood
Eden Mille
Exchion
New Germany
Breslau
Hespeler
Fentleman
W. Bell
Queen Victoria's reign celebrated with imperial ceremonies
The article reviews Victoria's fiftieth year on the throne and describes grand imperial ceremonies across the British Empire. It extols Britain's progress in wealth, commerce, education, and liberty comparing present gains to earlier reigns and detailing dynastic lineage from Alfred the Great to Victoria.
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Victoria
India
Orher
Empire
British Empire
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
William IV
James Stuart
England
Scotland
Alfred the Gone
Henry VII
Enland
House of York
Henry
Queen Victoria
Henry VIII
Edward VI
Mary
Elizabeth
James VI
James 1
Alfred the Great
Plantagenets
York and Lancaster
Henry Pastor
William de Candyevor
Charles
Charles II
Elector Palatine
Germany
Sophia
Ernest Augustus
Tranover
Anne
Hanover
George I
House of Hanover
Georges
James
George III
George IV
Isaue
Hii IV
Kensington
Guacango
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert marriage details
The article recounts Queen Victoria's 1840 marriage to her cousin Prince Albert, born 1819, with details of their union, titles, and the prince’s reforms. It notes Albert’s death in 1861, Victoria's prolonged mourning, and contrasts Balmoral privacy with Windsor court life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Hinppinpas
Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel
Duke of
Saxony
Pence
Axi
Prince Consort
Balmoral
Coutt
Scottish Highlands
Windsor Castle
Royal line of Queen Victoria descendants and marriages
The text lists Queen Victoria's children with birth dates and marriages to European royals, noting how these unions tie the royal houses to Germany Denmark Russia and Canada. It also remarks on the large fortunes and annuities tied to these marriages and the broad family interconnections across Europe.
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Avill
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise
Alexandra Caroline Mary-Charlotte Louise Julie
Denmark
Alice Maud Mary
Ausri
Grand Duke of Hesse
Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh
Marie
Russia
Lelena ‘Augusta
Victoria
Prince Frederick
Schleswig-Holstein
Louisa Caroline Alberta
John
Marquis of
Lorne
Canada
Arthur William Patrick Albert
Duke of
Jou
Gaunt
Howard HY
Figland
Royal Household Staffing Details Revealed in Regency Era
The document outlines Balmoral and Osborne attendants totaling about 1000, headed by a lord steward paid £10,000 yearly. It lists the board of green cloth with the master of the household and lord treasurer, salaries across clerks, kitchen staff, maids, and chamber personnel, plus royal secretaries and private household officers managing diverse departments and liberal salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmoral
Osborne
Winador
Duke
Dustaman
Scullign
Jord
Feig
Board of Green Cloth
Victoria Jubilee Celebrations Mark Queen Victoria Goodwill
In her jubilee year Victoria is praised across the empire for peaceable progress and cultural gains. The era is hailed for literature art music railways and telegraphs while democracy grows and royal virtue remains a model, earning her the title Victoria the Good.
Queen Victoria as Symbol of a Century of Progress
The author compares Victoria's fifty year reign with Henry III and George III, noting her uninterrupted rule with full powers. The Victorian era is praised for steam and electricity, public education, civil liberties, and expanded political rights, while Elizabethan literature contrasts with modern advances. Public jubilation and Westminster praise mark the jubilee.
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A.eovereign
England
Henry II
Edward Fay
George III
Henry
Edward
Géorge
Victoria
George
Howard
Queen Bass
Marlowe
Massinger
Jonson
Beaumont and Fletcher
Tennyson
Naskin
Spencer
Westminster
London
FourYearOld Watches Storm Fire In Narrow Jersey Town
A four year old in a New Jersey town sees a fierce thunderstorm at night with forked lightning and a bright flash that lights the western sky. He sobs asking if God will burn him, then rushes to his mother in fear as rain pours and he imagines God turning on his hose to burn the house.
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Lord Melbourne
Privy Council
Peat
House of Commons
Lord Bronham
Lyxéhurst
Pardiament
Mr. Grote
Gresce
Edward Lytton Tulwer
Lord Lytton
Joh Russell
Lord Palmerston
Robertia
Gladstone
Roebuck
Lent Amupley
Lord
New Jersey
Gladstone on social change and moral progress in Britain
The text reflects on broad social reforms over half a century including reductions in dueling and swearing, strengthened public morals in schools and the army, clergy influence in Scotland, and a rise in benevolent institutions. It notes a shift toward charity, accountability, and gentler times as wealth and power serve society.
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Minsges
Efort
Scotland
Gladstone
The Value of Work Over Worry in Health and Wealth
The author argues work is beneficial as it prompts recovery while excessive worry drains physical strength and capital. Living under constant high pressure leads to a hurried anxious life, risking beggary. The piece urges teaching people to take life easily and to value patience over pushing for rapid riches or fame.
Explorer Charts Upper Orinoco River Along Its Length
French explorer M. Chaffanson completed a nearly year long voyage to map the Orinoco, fixing river positions with 100 astronomical observations. After prior failed attempts in 1885, he finished in forty six days last year with no loss of life. He plans to return to France next month to report at the Sorbonne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orinoco
Venezuela
Jaf Tench
M. Chaffanson
Chaffanjon
France
Sorbonnie
Fragmented Street Corner Dialogues and Fragments
A brisk mix of overheard street chatter shows rough talk from station agents and locals. Snippets include a boastful champion, a coal dealer, a pleading child, a wandering Benjamin, pension talk, war news, a father scolding, and a terse exchange about a punch with a punchline lingering.
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Scime
Benjampin
Benjamin
King Street
New Jersey
Daisy Peaste
Unclear report from Guante Venezuela cited by Panama Herald
A garbled Panama Herald excerpt complains of dire conditions in Guante Venezuela where people lack money and steal coconuts to trade for essentials. The district prefect reportedly issued a decree forbidding certain coconut money and threatening punishment for traders who accept them. The text mentions depredations and robbers, with references to strong backs and carried bunches of coconuts.
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Guante
Venezuela
Panama
Herald
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Jonges
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Heilers
Po Ehow & Carson
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Market Square
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Hanlan Darber Shop
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Worden
Tonsoria
Madonay Nepal
Ping and Hemlock
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Aleo
Tga
Wellington Marble Works
Quebec
AdSohn H. Hamilton
Fundy
Alexander Taylor
County OF
Steares
Stone
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Davidson
Oor
John Taylor
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Aeton Banking Company
Storey
Christie
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Day
Meat Market
Joseph Patton
Atcher
Ali
Willian Rogsell
Ray
Noy
W. H. Rutledce
Cits
Suny Notte
Tawest Priegs Amd
W. H. Rutledge
Hina Jtiat
Raymond
Frank
Weber
Salaar
Kelly Bros. Old Stand
Frank R. Webber
Apton, Jane
C.w.kelly
Acton and
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Lansdowne Piano
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Nextdouce
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Publile Borghes
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Milton
Greun
the Royal Horsehold
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Theo
United States
Victoria the Good
St. George
Richard 1
St. Gears
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Chang
St. Andrew
Jacques
Jack
Briton
Isle
Kingdom
Great Britain
St. George's Cross
Treland
Bt. Patrick
Ireland
St. Patrick
St. Andrew's
Tieland
JA Mani
Rue Biotev
Dickugstern
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