Grace Boutelle Tends Father in Insane Asylum Vigil
Grace Boutelle, daughter of Charles Boutelle of Maine, remains beside her father at the Waverly Massachusetts private asylum. Her devotion has kept her from Washington society as she tends him daily, with doctors crediting her tenderness for any potential recovery. Meanwhile Chicago’s Grain markets see George H. Phillips force a notable corn surge and a sharp new attention to grain trading.
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Charles A. Boutelle
Maine
Congress
Miss Grace
Boutelle
Waverly
Mass
Washington
Grace Boutelle
Congressman Boutelle
Chicago Board of Trade
George H. Philips
Phillips
Chicago
Geo. H. Phillips
Board of Trade
Mr. Phillips
Local Notice Advertising Marriage Ceremonies in Fairfax
The Fairfax Mo Forum notes an editor's advertisement by W H Hambaugh J P offering all kinds of marriages performed while you wait and printing services. It promotes binding magazines and old books, collection of accounts, legal information at cost, and subscriptions to the paper, claiming satisfaction and a triple-knot ceremony.
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Justice
Fairfax
W. H. Hambaugh
J. P
Marquis of Anglesey Sued for Divorce Amid Scandal
The Marquis Henry Cyril Paget of Anglesey, 25, heads the Paget family and faces divorce sued by his wife, daughter of Sir George Chetwynd. The couple wed to secure inheritance, with reports of Paget’s eccentric behavior and her departure on their honeymoon. The article also notes stories on Sunday school pay, Gen. Forestier-Walker’s career, and Governor Sayers of Texas contributing to the Galveston relief fund.
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Plarquis of
Anglesey
Henry Cyril Paget
Paget
Marquis
George Chetwynd
Forestir-Walker
Frederick W. B. Forestier-Walker
Cape
BE. W. Gen. Walker
Forestier - Walker
Sayers
Texas
Galveston
Hls
Peron
Bunce the Blabbers at Cedar Rapids Theater
The Cedar Rapids paper denounces noisy chatterers disturbing theater and lecture audiences. It offers a $5 reward to the first usher who pursues such idiots in proper form, calling one mouth a potentially profitable windmill. Actress to Marry an Earl surfaces in gossip claiming the 82 year old Earl of Wemyss may wed again, possibly Mrs Patrick Campbell, with the earl’s late wife dying in 1896.
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Bunce
Cedar Rapids
Earl of
Earl
Wemyss
Patrick Campbell
Lord Wemyse
Charteris
Westminster Confession of Faith and the Assembly of Divines
Overview of the 1643 Westminster Assembly appointed by the Long Parliament to settle doctrine liturgy and church government. Details on members meetings duration and outcomes including the Directory of Public Worship the Confession of Faith and the Catechisms. Notes Presbyterian dominance and Calvinistic theology shaping enduring church standards.
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Westminster Assembly
Assembly of Divines
Church of England
Church of Scotland
Balloon Duel in 1808 France Ends in Tragic Finale
Tit Bits recalls a famed airborne duel between M. de Grandpre and M. le Pique over a lady, Madame Tirevit. In the duel above the Tuileries Garden both balloons rose to about half a mile high before firing. Grandpre’s shot pierced the rival balloon causing it to collapse. Le Pique and his second died as the victor’s balloon rose away, while Grandpre landed far from Paris.
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France
M. de Grandpre
M. le Pique
Tirevit
Imperial Opera
Paris
Hydrophobia panic and a Morris statue plan
The piece ridicules reports of hydrophobia as mere fear-induced symptoms from dog bites and urges calmer coverage, especially toward women. It notes the Fairmount Park Association of Philadelphia will erect a $15000 statue of Robert Morris, a colonial era benefactor who helped fund early banks and lent to the government before a later debt imprisonment.
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Fairmount Park Association
Philadelphia
Robert Morris
Bank of Pennsylvania
Bank of North America
Prune Street
Popular Academy Draws World Women to Swiss Universities
Switzerland's universities attract women from around the world. At the University of Zurich of 850 students, 218 are women with 128 in medicine, 58 in philosophy, 21 in natural science, and 11 in jurisprudence. Only 18 are Swiss, with 97 Russians, 29 Americans, and as many Germans represented.
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Switzerland
Europe
World
University of Zurich
Three Year Old Pianist Pepito Rodriguez Arries Fame
Pepito Rodriguez Arriola, at three, displays precocious musical talent in piano and flair for Spanish classics. Parents Senor Arriola and his wife wealthy, permitted public performances after early demonstrations. He has played for the queen regent and King Alfonso, astonishing audiences with dexterity and tone.
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Mozart
Pepito
Rodriguez Arriola
Senor Arriola
Arriolas
Pepito Rodriguez
Alfonso
Royal views on love and looks spark debate
A fragment from a royal salon quotes questions about women loving plain men. The Portuguese queen favors romance if handsome options fail, the Russian empress agrees, the Italian queen notes age influences, and Princess Henry of Battenberg urges virtue over appearance.
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Portugal
Russia
Margherita
Italy
Henry of Battenberg
Siberian Prisons Abolished Amid Rail Road Boom
A decree ends Siberia as a penal colony linking the abolition to the Siberian railroad and rapid frontier settlement. The text contrasts Cossack pioneering in Russia with moujik labor, noting heredity rules for Cossack commissions and the enduring military caste of Siberian settlers.
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Siberian
Siberia
Nansia
Russia
Free illustrated jewellery catalogue from Mermod and Jaccard
The Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co. announces a 264 page illustrated catalogue with 3.40 engravings and $0.01 to $1,000 prices. The firm, located at Broadway and Locust in St. Louis, promises St. Louis prices and free postage to the first 10,000 respondents.
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Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co
Broadway
America
St. Louis
United States
Relics of Irish Lake Dweller at Dublin Museum
An Irish lake dwelling crannog from Enniskillen has been added to the Science and Art Museum in Dublin. The structure spans over 100 feet in diameter with peat removed to reveal piles and cross-timbering. Birch crosslaying and oak piles supported the platform. broken pottery, an early iron axe fragment, a comb fragment, and bronze harp pegs were unearthed.
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Ireland
Science and Art Museum of Dublin
Enniskillen
Cure Indigestion and Achieve Meal Enjoyment Again
A garfield tea remedy promises relief from indigestion after Thanksgiving feasts. The text also touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy, claims of blood and mucous surface action, and includes various endorsements and unrelated notes about fashion, travel, and marriage law.
Best for the Bowels and Other Items in Ad Pack
Best for the Bowels promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a 10 cent remedy for all ailments by regulating bowels. 4 Peculiar Tree discusses sneezewood South Africa noted for sneezing when cut with dust. Promote good digestion with Garfield Tea after Thanksgiving. Spain lags in railways compared to France, with differing passenger and tonnage figures.
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South Africa
War on High Hats in Fort Worth Ordinance
Fort Worth city council passed an ordinance requiring women to remove hats at all public entertainments with charged admission. Violators face a fine of $5.09 or expulsion. Also notes reduced rail fares to Montana and the Pacific Northwest, and assorted ads and snippets.
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Fort Worth
Texas
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