Giers the Great Russian Diplomat and Statesman
Obituary sketch of Jas Carlovitch de Giers, a leading Russian foreign affairs figure born 1829 of Swedish origin. Details his rapid rise, postings from Moldavia to Persia, Wallachia, and Stockholm, with key roles as ambassador, minister plenipotentiary, and eventual head of foreign affairs alongside Gortchakoff. Also notes his marriage to Princess Kuzene and his lasting influence on Russia’s policy.
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Jas Carlovitch de Giers
Russia
St. Petersburg
Imperial Lyceum
Czarlo
Iag
Moldavia
Transylvania
Ludders
Sublime Porte
Roumania
Wallachia
Mel
Turkey
N. Russia
Persia
Teheran
Giers
St. Vladimir
Stockholm
Ichakoif
Sweden
de Giers
Russian Empire
Ratio
Gortha
Koi
Beru
Gortchakoff
Foreign Office
Gortcaloff
Pril
March
Gladstone
Kkuzene
Gorteha
Iwan
Monument Park of Center Church Burial Ground
In Stratford CT the Center Church burial ground holds graves of Hooker and Connecticut founders. Notable monuments include John Ledyard and governors Jaynes Talcott Leete. however no interments have occurred in fifty years. The tract, owned by Hartford, receives minimal annual care.
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Center Church
Dartford
Connecticut
Startford
Thomas Hooker
Concord
Massachusetts
Hartford
Jeremiah Wadsworth
Gonington
John Ledyard
John Jaynes
Joseph Talcott
William Leete
Gov. Leete
Senator-Elect Baker Named Kansas’ Independent Senator
Lucien Baker, born 1846 on an Ohio farm, is elected United States senator by Kansas legislature. He practiced law in Leavenworth after graduating from Michigan University in 1869. Baker, wealth around $100,000, will be the most independent senator, serving six years with no pledges and no reelection drive, prioritizing honesty over politics. He sacrifices a $20,000 yearly law practice to enter the Senate.
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Kansas
Senate
Lucien Baker
United States
Fulton County
Ohio
Michigan University
Leavenworth
Lewis Burr
H. Morrill
Baler
Baker
Congress of the United States
Tle
Neat Cabinet for Display of Odd Plates and Briebrac
A simple china rack design using boards from boxes, thirty six inches high and twenty four inches wide, with adjustable shelves hooks for cups and optional curtains or glass doors. It suggests a backless unit against a wall, a cornice molding, and practical dust protection for fine china. Curtains of cheesecloth provide an inexpensive drape. Curtains or glass doors offer dust protection for delicate items.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Space Saving Cabinet Arrangement in Small Room
A small bedroom shows a space saving cabinet design. The end of the room houses a head room used as a bed with a couch, drawers, and a cabinet across the end. Beneath the couch and beside the drawers a closet with two small doors is built in.
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Orange Judd Parmer
Historic Muscovite table tale and royal wedding omen
A legend says a golden toilet table at Catrina Maria Ivanovna’s wedding mis reflected the bride’s beauty, revealing scenes of bloodshed and a future crown. The tale urges future brides to use the table as a cautionary relic about earthly happiness. The report also notes scientific and cultural items including aluminum substitutes for platinum, Yale’s Prof. Brusn, and planned archaeological tours led by Prof. Dorpfeld with excursions from Aegina to Delos and Athens.
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Ersrina
Catrina Maria Ivanovna
Maria
Maria Ivanovna
Maria Ivanowne
Exarina
Groner J. Brusn
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Royal Geological Society
Rev. I
Solly
America
Europe
Asia
Australia
Africa
Dante
Paget
Toynbee
Venice
Vincent de Beauvais
Fredric Mistral
Henri Marechal
Rouen
Mistral
Provence
Dorpfeld
Athena
Aegina
Attica
Delos
Assos
Ilion
Athens
Winter Evening Verse Reflects a Sparrow’s Teasing Runaway Question
A fragment from a verse scene features a sparrow narrative and a speaker chiding others for staying put. The lines hint at whimsy and restraint as the small bird mocks hesitation and urges action. The piece conveys mood and urban setting via a sparrow’s dialogue.
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Bia
Gieers
Gortschakol
Cenry
de Ciers
Broadway
Brooklyn
Arman
Tun ‘Late
M. DE Giers
Tagle Monuments
Hood
Lucien Uaker
Kan
China
Iowa
Alice French
Octave Thanet
Gee
Ciara J. Dovtou
THE
Celluloid Company
New Yorke
Iil Luat
Tnd
Boggs & Buhl
Allegheny, PA
J. S. Morton
Hurron
N.C
Bradfield
Regulator CO
Auanta
Owerd
U.S
Patent Office
Washington, D. C
F. & Coultrap
Spee
Wer
Sim
Eh Household Monthly
MES Hearths Publishing CO
New York
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