Royal gossip and horticultural notes from London papers
A collage of society chatter and abroad notes detailing Princess Frederica and Prince Leopold nuptials, Queen Victoria's Windsor visit, Gladstone cabinet ages, a Baron von Pawel Rammingen saga, and weathered garden advice on worms and pests.
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Manawe Dy Oarers
Lablache
Englind
Bestthey
Leds Pold
Antashin
Moscow
Fandé
Tim Ozar
Russia
Turkey
Frederica
Victorian
Prince Leopold
Lord Besconsisil
Prince Consort
Earl Grosvenor
Duke of Westminster
Old Sporting Magazine
Gladstone
Premier Gladstone
John Bright
Lord Selborne
Earl Granville
Mr. Forster
the Duke of Argyll
Mr. Dodson
the Earl of Kimburley
Lord Northbrook
Mr. Childers
Sir William Vernon Harcourt
the Marquis of Harrington
Earl Spencer
Joseph Chamberlain
Baron von—_Pawel-Rammingen
Irajerska
Hanover
Coburg
Austria
Prussia
Langensalza
Vienna
France
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Paddington Station
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M. X. Tribune
Insects Threatening Spring Orchard Battle Tent Caterpillar Fight
A historical alert outlines pests that attack orchards in spring led by the tent caterpillar. It describes their colony nests, daily foraging, and simple kerosene methods for destruction at sunrise, warning against neglect as populations spread. It also notes the canker worm following hatching and autumn prevention via tree protectors and printed banding around trunks.
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Massachusetts
The Childless Home and the Transforming Power of Children
A reflective essay argues that a home lacks essence without children and praise for the joy and transformation a baby brings to the mother and father. It cites tender scenes of motherhood, the Madonna motif, and examples of children softening hardened hearts, urging appreciation of this sacred family bond.
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Earth
Heaven
Homa
Crestion
Detroit Free
Odd Snippets and Verse Snips from Various Papers
A collage of quirky quotes and humorous snippets from newspapers including jokes about PIV AND POINT NET ORE, Ashtavddhanis, moon lore, a Berkshire watch-dog tale, a Keokuk baby pap exchange, and a playful Jupiter meander. The clippings mix literary lines, rural witticisms, and light astronomy notes for a breezy, disparate column.
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Berkshire
Boston—Post
John
Keokuk Constitution
How to Feed Pigs for Berkshire Health and Profit
Berkshire Bulletin advises beginners on pig nutrition noting extreme outcomes from misfeeding. It contrasts fat foundered pigs fed pure peas and milk with scrubs kept lean by scarce peas. The article recommends a balanced diet of milk or water with bran shorts boiled potatoes or roots, and cautious pea or corn use until four months, plus ample wholesome roots year round.
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Berkshire
Soldier-turned-process server in Ireland stirs village uproar
In Treland BSTVG a landlord paid for ten process services until a young soldier offered to handle them for half the cost. He served nine villagers while evading suspicion, delivering papers via a parish priest and triggering a dramatic car race as his feat becomes a village legend.
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Treland Bstvg
Aldershot
Martin
Albert
Nochonfire
London
Doll Woes and Honest Love in Harper's Young People
A child pleads to keep her worn dolly despite faded color cracks and loss of limbs. She recalls her father’s harsh words and longs for a new doll, doubting mammin would approve, in a tender reflection from Harper's Young People.
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Dolly
Tam
Papa
Mammin
Father
Lizbeth and Baby the Horned Lizards Tale
A narrator recalls raising Lizbeth the horned lizard and later her baby companion, Baby, from a Colorado import. The pair share a sunlit library, hunt insects with a sticky tongue, adapt color to a ground, and endure cold weather before Lizbeth dies and Baby is killed by a playful kitten, leaving memories of their unusual pet pair.
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Lizbeth
Colorado
California
Baby
Nevada
Great Plains
Texas
Libet
Mr. Church
Lizzards
George Houghton
St. Nicholas
Baboon Violinist Exhibition Ends in Tragedy
A Munich crowd saw a baboon perform the Carnival of Venice on violin for six days before a spectator stabbed it and tugged its tail. The animal shed its skin, revealing the showman’s father beneath. Patrons demanded refunds as the grim incident unfolded.
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New Orleans Picayune
Munich
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Jupiter
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Detroit Free Press
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Leo
Harper’s Young People
Baboon
S Jacobs Ol Ax
Cermanrewedy
Malt Bitters Company
Boston
Tutt’s
Phick
Murray Street
New York
Burnett
JOS, Burnett & CO
Mass
Seltzer
Seltzer Spa
Holston Salt and Plaster Co
Saltville
Van
Cutta-Percha-Paint CO
Cleveland
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