Royal figures in theatrical, royal, and grand carriage scenes
Queen Alexandra enjoyed amateur theatricals, and her daughter Queen Maud of Norway shares the acting hobby. The maharajah of Ghened owns a brougham with solid gold door handles and a silver body. At Racconigi, Czar Nicholas and King Victor Emmanuel greeted each other with embraces as cannons fired and the Russian hymn played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandra
England
Queen Maud
Norway
Maharajah of
Ghened
Czar Nicholas
Russia
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Racconigi
Japanese workers arrive to cultivate Grande Ronde beets
About 150 Orientals arrive to work on Amalgamated Sugar Company beet fields in the Grande Ronde valley. Frank and Charles Mizoguchi, secretaries of the local Japanese colony, will direct them as the army remains until harvest. More than 1000 acres will be seeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grande Ronde Valley
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Frank
Charles Mzioguchi
PERT PARAGRAPHS ON SPRING FASHIONS AND SKEPTICISM
A reflective fragment discusses spring wardrobes and funding last season’s garments, warns against flattery for money, and critiques honesty and safety. The piece notes the futility of praising good government to a doomed man and ends with caution about personal risk and unreliable safety.
Remembering Favors and Forgotten Debts at Bill Jones Barn
A humorous reflection on favors and repayments shows how memory favors some acts while letting others fade. The narrator recalls Bill Jones barn raising, a Turk-like tolling, and a jokey scene with George Washington Brown that left a lasting grudge. Vanderbum’s loan echoes the theme of delayed payment and lingering memory.
Had It Beaten and It Touching Exchange
A brief dialogue recalls a sentimental tale and compares it to a monthly story a colleague shares just after payroll, noting the ironic modesty of the claims and the persisting sentimental blur between colleagues.
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C. C. Penington
Cluet
Cluett
Grande Ronde Cash Co
the Royal Box
Corner
Greenwood and Jefferson
By Duncan M. Smith
George Washington Brown
Vanderbum
Opera House
Dorothy Morton
J. J. McNally
Widow Jones
George Palmer
Farujuh
Pramet, Pheas Sain B
LA Grande
D. F
Complete Machine Shops and Foundry
Mahaffey
H. B. Waggoner
Tel
Camabediais
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