Young Queen Victoria Enters Windsor Amid High Awe
A vivid recital from the Fortnightly Review describes Victoria's first public entrance as queen at Windsor. The young monarch, in mourning, reads her speech to the Privy Council, kissing uncles the Dukes of Cumberland and Sussex, her blush revealing the contrast of her status and age. The piece contrasts royal ceremony with youthful poise and public expectations. It also includes a commentary from the London Spectator on bore and influence, noting how amusement hinges on perceived power and opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsoricture
Privy Council
Lord Melbourne
Church of Scotland
Thore
Dugald Dalgetty
Mr. Collins
London Spectator
Remarkable diary records long life and odd habits
A Berlin man in Rensselaer county aged 73 kept a diary from age 18 for 52 years. It shows 628,715 cigars received or bought, 28,786 beers and 86,081 spirits consumed, with expenses totaling about $15,783. The entry closes with a lament of having seen many and accomplished nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Rensselaer County
Albany
Pope Leo XIII’s playful quips on church music
The San Francisco Argonaut recounts Pope Leo XIII joking about church music. He imagines St Augustine confessing being moved by high notes and fiddles, and he notes his dislike of repetition in liturgical phrases.
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Leo
Leo XIII
St. Augustine
Archbisop
Perugia
San Francisco
The Excelsior Diamond and Its Austrian British Bidder
A Basuto native Jonas found the Excelsior diamond and earned a small commission plus a horse. Valued at 25 000 pounds locally, bids rose to 250 000 pounds in Kimberley and reached England, with potential buyers including the German emperor for a crown. The gem was secured in the Bank of England as negotiations continue amid market interest.
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Bya Pany
Aaa Es
England
Messrs. Wernheim & Beit
Salis
Excelsior
Basuto
Jonas
Kimberley
Europe
Cape Town
Bank of England
Filter Bed Experiment Reds Typhoid Deaths in Lawrence Mass
The Merrimac river water in Lawrence is being purified by a filter bed to reduce typhoid deaths. $60,000 has been spent on the project begun Sept 20 after a Massachusetts board of health finding. Early results show 98 percent bacteria removal and sparing of remaining pathogens. Typhoid deaths in Oct and Nov last year dropped to one each month from a five per month average.
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Lawrence
Mass
Merrimac
State Board of Health of
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Board
Troy Press
New Year Visiting Cards Rise in France
French New Year custom of sending visiting cards grows rapidly with postmen delivering 8,750,000 cards in Seine in 1881 rising to 15,500,000 by 1894. Paris Journal notes official suppression efforts fail against fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Department of the Seine
Paris
Paris Journal
Armour Builds 8,000,000 Bushels Grain Elevator in 28 Days
Chicago correspondent reports Philip D Armour faced grain corner pressure to store 8 million bushels within 80 days. He hired a builder, and in 28 days the largest grain elevator in Chicago stood ready, storing the wheat. Also noted is a Swede mortuary monument for Lars Larson, memorialized after a boiler explosion in Oregon.
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Armour
Philip D. Armour
Chicago
Oregon
Lars Larson
West Coast
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Queen Victoria
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Tutles Jones and
Wetherbee
South Acton, Mass
Boston
New York
E. Henderson
Maynard
Jagersfontein
Draler
Glenwood
West Acton, Mass
A. H. Rose
U.S
Acton, Mass
F. D. Gilmore
Maynard Block
Maynard, Mass
J.W. Henderson
Maynard Street
South Acton, Masa
W.L. Doucas
Bestdongol
Douglas
Brockton
W. L. Douglas
Creichton
Tuttle, Jones and Wetherbee
South Acton
C.H. Mead & CO
West Acton
DR. F. $, Morton
Quincy
J Sheehan
Bedford St
Concord
Thomas FF. Parker
Parker & Morse
Tucker
Chas. P. Lowell
Prop
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
J.C. Friend
Part
Ublic
Acton
Laynard
Stow
Boxboro
Littleton
Hartford Cycle Co
The
Eagle Bicycle Mfg Co
League Chainless Safeties
Smith Finney
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee
Arthur E. Walker
Fire Insurance Agency
Best Companies
P.O. Box
Abel
Haynes, Maynard, Mass
Main Street
Daniel
J. Y. Tucker
Wood and Stone
Concord Junction
Jeremiah Sheehan
Keith & Barr
Waldo Chaplin
Concord Junction, Mass
Second House
Baptist Church
Central Street
S. A. Burroughs
Maynard’s Block
Neil Currie & CO
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