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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1897
Page
3
Verse excerpt from Charles Kingsley contrasts youth and age with lines about youth’s vigor and later decay. The poem speaks to young blood finding its course and the spent returning home to love remembered from youth.
Captain Burton, aboard the Fair Helen, helps a bishop and raftsmen rescue Polish prisoners on the Dnieper. The bishop leads a plot with students and nuns, is revealed as a rebel, and Burton is imprisoned before being freed. Annie Clements becomes his wife. they later live away from the Russian border.
The article details Queen Victoria's affection for many pets beyond dogs, including two gray carriage horses Alma and Flora, a chestnut charger once owned by Emperor Frederick, a white donkey, a bison named Jack, a pony Sanger, a Zulu cow from Lord Wolseley, Jersey cows, and Spanish red cattle. The Queen personally names each animal and greets them on drives to her Windsor farm.
Gossip from New York recalls the craze for historical costumes at society dances. Queens Anne inspired outfits led to mismatched hair and dressmaker errors, producing comic results. Some couples managed harmonious period looks while many blunders spoiled the tableaux.
Local account describes Jas L Kernochan wearing a grizzly coat that astonished and amused schoolboys. The scene sparked curiosity and laughter among students as they paused to view the unusual attire.
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