Grace Boutelle Stays By Father Amid Illness In Mass
Grace Boutelle, daughter of Maine congressman Charles A. Boutelle, cares for him at a private asylum in Waverly Massachusetts. Despite his uncertain recovery, she keeps constant vigil driving daily to visit and comfort him, earning praise from doctors for her devotion. The piece notes her social prominence in Washington.
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Charles A. Boutelle
Maine
Con- Teal
Miss Grace
Mr. Boutelle
Waverly
Mass
Washington
Grace Boutelle
Insane Asylum
Congressman Boutelle
Marquis of Anglesey divorce suit highlights eccentric heir
The Marquis Henry Cyril Paget aged 25 sues for divorce from his wife daughter of Sir George Chetwynd amid reports of insanity and unusual behavior. The piece notes Paget's stage appearances and eccentric dress, and mentions his mother's death and marriage arrangements meant to secure inheritance. Also referenced are Sunday school pay, Gen. Forester-Walker’s career, and Governor Sayers of Texas contributing quietly to the Galveston relief fund.
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Marquis of
Anglesey
Henry Cyril Paget
Paget
Marquis
Sir George Chetwynd
Forester-Walker
Frederick W. BB. Forestier-Walker
Cape
E. W. Gen. Walker, Forestier - Walker
KK. C. B
Earl of Seafield
Sandhurst
Scots Guards
Sayers
Texas
Galveston
Naval career of Rear Admiral Andrew Kennedy Bickford details
The article chronicles Rear Admiral Andrew Kennedy Bickford's rise to commander-in-chief on the English Pacific station succeeding Rear Admiral Beaumont. It notes his birth in India, education in Devon, service since 1858 including the Amethyst Huascar encounter, South Pacific operations, command of the Resolution, and roles at Portsmouth and Sheerness. It also mentions his C M G award and duties as A D C to the Queen.
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Andrew Kennedy _ Bickford
M. G
English Pacific
Beaumont
W. Bickford
Newport House
South Devon
India
Mavy
China
Alexandria
South Pacific
Samoa
Channel
Portsmouth
Sheerness
Westminster Assembly’s Reform Era and Its Doctrinal Tracts
In 1643 the Long Parliament formed the Westminster Assembly with 151 members to settle doctrine liturgy and church government. It sat from July 1643 to February 1649 and produced the Directory of Public Worship the Confession of Faith the Shorter and Larger Catechisms, shaping Presbyterian standards for generations. The Confession spans thirty three chapters and surveys scripture state church relations church constitution and eschatology. Its clear diction and scriptural grounding reinforced Calvinistic theology and ecclesiastical governance.
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Wi Ion
Westminster Assembly
Assembly of Divines
Church of England
Church of Scotland
Balloon duel in 1808 France ends in tragedy
Tit Bits recalls a famous air duel where M. de Grandpre and M. le Pique fought above Paris. Both Seconds perished as Grandpre's shot pierced the rival balloon, causing a collapse and a deadly descent. Grandpre later landed far from Paris.
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Tit- Bits
France
M. de Grandpre
M. If Pique
Tirevit
Imperial Opera
M. le Pique
Paris
Hydrophobia debates stir public nerves and fiction
The piece argues hydrophobia is a myth spurred by sensational reporting that frightens women and harms dogs. It urges press restraint and common sense, noting the Park Association of Philadelphia plans a Robert Morris statue costing 15000 and recounting his public acts and a later debt imprisonment but preserved honor.
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Fairmount Park Association
Philadelphia
Robert Morris
Bank of Pennsylvania
Bank of North America
Prune Street
Popular Swiss Universities Attract Women Students Across World
Switzerland's universities remain the top European academies for female students from abroad. At the University of Zurich 218 of 850 students are women, with 128 in medicine, 58 in philosophy, 21 in natural science, and 11 in jurisprudence. Only 18 are Swiss, while 97 are Russians, 29 Americans, and as many Germans.
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Switzerland
Europe
University of Zurich
Three Year Old Pianist Astonishes Madrid Court
Pepito Rodriguez Arriola, a wealthy Madrid child prodigy aged three, began playing piano as a baby and soon performed publicly. He impressed audiences with rapid, assured keyboard work across Spanish classical, army, national, and Zarzuela music, despite limited hand reach, and has appeared before the queen regent and King Alfonso.
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Mozart
Haydn
Madrid
Pepito Rodriguez Arriola
Senor Arriola
Arriolas
Pepito Rodriguez
Pepito
Alfonso
Women and Plain Men Debate Love and Appearance
A European salon debate records responses from Queen of Portugal Empress of Russia and Queen Margherita of Italy on whether women can love plain men. Comments vary from need for handsome looks to practical views that character and conduct matter more than appearance.
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Portugal
Russia
Margherita
Italy
Henry of Battenberg
Siberia Abolishes Prisons and Rail Link Growth
The decree ends Siberia as a penal colony linking rapid transport to settlement. Cossacks are praised as Russia’s frontier force shaping the region with moujiks as the backing population under hereditary military rule.
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Siberian
Siberia
Russia
Illustrated catalogue and relics feature in brief
An 24 page catalogue by Mermod Jaccard of Broadway St. Louis offers Christmas goods from cents to 1000 dollars with free postage to early applicants. Dublin science exhibit describes a 100 foot crannog relic from Enniskillen. potterys, axes and harp pegs found. Also notes on indigestion cure Garfield Tea and Hall's Catarrh Cure, travel details for The Flyer From Kansas City and St Louis, and an ad for Russ Bleaching Blue.
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Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co
Broadway
Locust St. St. Louis
America
St. Louis
United States
Ireland
Science and Art Museum of Dublin
Enniskillen
Best for the Bowels Candy Cathartic Ad Claim
Advertisement touts CASCARETS as a universal cure from headache to cancer by cleansing the bowels. It promises 16 cents to start and urges beware of imitations, noting each tablet bears C. C. C. stamped on metal boxes.
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Pangen
Peculiar Tree Sneezewood From South Africa
A column surveys the sneeze causing sneezewood of South Africa noting its dust triggers sneezing, durability in underwater docks, and hard close grain. It contrasts its bitterness and density with water, and mentions its appeal as a timber.
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South Africa
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