Infanta Isabel the Pet of the Spaniards
The Chicago Inter-Ocean notes Infanta Isabel as Spain’s most popular royal, praising her frank manner and Spanish ties. It contrasts her with Infanta Maria Teresa and Queen Christina, and details Alfonso XIII’s earlier popu lar image and later maturing leadership during a hot Madrid summer.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Madrid
Spain
Infanta
Isabel
Alfonso XIII
Isabel II
Gerigent
Infante
Pilar
Paz
Eulalia
Infanta Maria Teresa
Queen Christina
San Sebastian
Ile
Cowes
Villa Miramir
Royal
Morocco
Patricia
Victoria
Duke of
Church of
San Geronimo
Camp de Moro
Casa de Campo
Third Act Curtain Falls On A Real Turkey Dinner
The dialogue hints at a planned encore during the third act and a potential feast if the encore succeeds. The characters debate timing and the hoped for appetite after a dinner joke unfolds.
The Lords and Royal Peers in the British Parliament
The article discusses the House of Lords as a central issue in the British election. It notes nine peers who cannot sit until adulthood, the three Blood Royal holders who sit in the upper chamber, and the episcopal representation by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York along with four bishops.
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House of Lords
Vincoumee
Ccc
Pereseeer Neerasee
Nsereners
Bimnods
Seevessee
Minora
Prince of Wales
Duke of Connaught
Duke of Albany
Humber
Canterbury
York
Structure of the Lords and peerage growth in Britain
The article explains how most bishops gain no automatic Lords seat, Scottish peers elect 14 representative members for Parliament, and Irish peers elect 2 for life. It notes George III’s creation of nearly 400 new peers altered the upper chamber, lists temporal peer counts across years, and cites party balance with about 400 conservatives and unionists versus 110 liberals.
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George III
Man's Earthly Mission in Question
A Detroit Free Press poem asks what humanity seeks here whether wealth fame literature or labor, pondering whether purpose lies in riches literary fame public acts or toil with the hoe.
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Detroit Free Presa
Where He Lived at College in Chicago Evening Post
Mrs Mixitt confirms Henry is very comfortable at college. He writes that he is situated nicely and is not boarding, living with other students in one of the maternity houses.
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Chicago Evening Post
Mra. Mixitt
Henry Oe
Liberty Tree in Paris Speech by Victor Hugo
Hugo delivers an address at the planting of a liberty tree in Place des Voges Paris in March 1948 praising liberty and fraternity. He urges peaceful revolution through organization, calls for global solidarity, universal liberty and the spread of French ideals, urging workers to unite for a world republic.
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Paris
Victor Hugo
Place Des Voges
Parix
Earth
Jesus Christ
Maine
France
Millionaire Dr Pearsons gave away millions to colleges
Chicago financier Dr Daniel K Pearsons donated about 4 million dollars over two decades to almost fifty colleges and schools. He used a matching gift approach, tying donations to fund-raising goals, and supported small religiously affiliated institutions. He planned to endow his gifts with annuities to sustain his giving. He lived in Hinsdale, born in Bradford Vermont in 1820, practiced medicine then built wealth in Chicago real estate.
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Daniel K. Pearsons
Chicago
Malcolm McDowell
Dr. Pearsons
Oye Ss
Pearsons
Beloit College
Mary Lyon
Ashfield Academy
D. K. Pearsons
Job
Turkey
New England Friends
Whs
Bath House
John Coughlin
Hinky Dink
Kenna
Evanston
Pearsona
Hinsdale
Bradford
Bradford Academy
Woodstock Medical College
Vermont
The Boyhood Of Isaac Watts The Poet Emerges
A Chicago Tribune piece recounts Isaac Watts learning to rhyme under punishment by his father who tried to curb poetry. After a laughing incident in chapel, the teacher recognizes his talent and Watts’s hymns soon spread worldwide, connecting childhood mischief to lasting verse. The piece reflects on innate aptitude guiding life choices.
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Madison C. Peters
Chicago Tribune
Isaac Watts
Isaac
Watts
Pal
Daddy's Good-Night Stories Frog Tale by Farmer Smith
A children’s tale about Mr and Mrs Frog and their two kids Jack and Jill who live in Frogville and plan a musical evening with Mr and Mrs Treetoad. They hide from a boy with a gun, splash into a brook, then drift to sleep among moss and water.
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Daddy
Ethel
Mrs. Frog
Jack
Jin
Frogville
Jill
Mr. Frog
Maria
Frogs and Treetoads Sing Under Moonlit Brook
In a moonlit scene the Frog family joins Mr and Mrs Treetoad to sing My Old Kentucky Home. Willie Treetoad and two Frog boys tease, but the chorus proceeds with Willie asleep as katy dids and crickets gather to listen.
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Little Ethel
Mr. Frog
Jack
Jill
Willie Treetoad
Mrs. Treetoad
Willie
Mrs. Frog
Jack Frog
Mr. Treetoad
Kentucky
Frog Boys
Katy
Willie Treetoad Outwits Frogs In Riverbank Prank
A parent explains how Willie Treetoad naps under a willow beside a brook while Jack and Jill Frogs plot to trap him. Willie climbs the tree with foot suckers, then drops stones into the water to wake, frighten, and tire the frogs, who finally retreat home as Willie squeals in safety.
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Willie Treetoad
Ethel
Jack
Jill
Willie
Little Ethel
Jil
Waking Call and Domestic Tasks in a Home Scene
Fragmented lines reveal a domestic vignette with requests to wake early, bake bread, and prepare beds. Mentions a maid and a discussion about mental work, plus a note to Bridget about Woman's Home Companion. Ends with a reflective line urging release from folly.
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Mr. Bo
Bridget
Sodom and Gomorrah Found in Dead Sea Region Tale
Yale expedition head Ellaworth Huntington argues for a geographic solution to the Sodom and Gomorrah mystery. He ties the towns to Suweimeh and Ghuwetr cliffs near the Dead Sea, with a fresh lava flow and a cave near El Ghattar supporting the biblical narrative location.
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Ellaworth Huntington
Yale
Palestine
Harper's
Sodom and Gomorrah
Dead Sea
Mr. Huntington
Sodom and
Gomorrah
Texas
Baku
Sodom
Asdum
Genesia
Lot
Abraham
Bethel
Jerusalem
Jordan
Egypt
Zoar
Suweimeh
Suweim
Ghor
Ahelkh
Buwelm
Cho
Suwelm
Ghuweir
Mohab
el Ghattar
Abu Hassan
Beth Peor
The Walrus and the Socialist in Washington
A satirical verse from Success Magazine depicts the moon and sun debating national graft and rising costs. The Walrus and the Socialist urge Congress to act as seven suffragists shift votes and the movement to adjourn proceeds amid a tainted mood.
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Washington
Amile
How Johnny Helped His Papa
A Judge's Library tale shows Johnny eager to please his father by removing the appendix from every book in the library. The curious plan unfolds with the boy presenting a neat pile of pages as a surprise, prompting astonished reaction from the dad.
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Johnny
Judge's
Johnny’s Father’s Vocabulary Creates Creditors’ Benefit Plan
A family business sentence notes that Johnny’s father drafted a general assignment for the benefit of creditors. The document transfers assets to satisfy debts, signaling formal insolvency actions within the household commerce sphere.
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Johnny
Mike-Phwat Challenges Casey Bet Satisfies with Two Preservers
Mike-Phwat confronts Casey wagering on longevity while Pat notes the purchase of two Ife preservers last week. The exchange highlights a betting impulse and a recent gadget purchase amid informal street talk.
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Mike
Casey
Pat
Why is my whisky like the bridge of Ayr prize?
An enterprising Scotch liquor dealer offered a prize for the best answer to a conundrum. A boy submitted, because it leads to the poor house, and the umpires awarded him the prize.
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Bridge of Ayr
Quall on Toast Diet Threatens Meat Combine
A quirky note suggests a prolonged diet of quall on toast could disrupt supply chains by affecting the meat combine. The line reads as a humorous anomaly in a period food commentary.
Strawberries at a dollar a quart and the time to a million
When strawberries sell at one dollar a quart more can be had for the money by taking three eggs. The man who starts out to gather in one million dollars isn't likely to have much time for anything else.
Builders of Empires. Rufus Choate speech at Boston 1850
Close of a speech at a Constitutional meeting in Faneuil Hall Boston on November 26 1850. Choate argues fires of men build empires exceed mere philanthropy and urges unity over agitation while condemning breaking contracts and slavery as bondage.
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Boston
du Faneuil Hall
South
Greece
Italy
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Winchester
Les
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Huntington
Asia
Walrus
Taft
Success Magazine
Rufus Choate
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