Court Pages A Custom of Royal Medieval Prestige
A Boston Herald summary notes imperial and royal courts maintain pages aged twelve to sixteen with pay perquisites and duties. Vienna Munich Britain Russia Berlin and St. Petersburg each host pages drawn from noble or cadet backgrounds. Rights, uniforms, commissions, and private service at Windsor Osbourne and courtly etiquette accompany their roles.
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Europe
Vienna
Munich
Britain
Russia
Windsor
Osborne
Privy Council
Berlin
England
How the Average Father Is Supposed to Do the Act
A comic scene from Brooklyn Life shows Mr. Skinriggle failing with a baby as he tries a coal scuttle rattle, a feather-duster Indian imitation, and a hot spanking, before the mother returns and the child cries out in protest. Xenophon as a Dog Fancier reviews hound faults and praises a proper form. Chairs are traced in ancient times from Egypt to Rome with varied uses. A waiter and diner exchange quips over a napkin full of holes.
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Mr. Skinriggle
Xenophon
Macmillan’s Magazine
Inside China's Water Gate City A Glimpse of the Great Wall City
Harper's Weekly surveys a Chinese waterway city within a vast wall. Narrow streets, floating markets, and a dense flotilla fill the canal gates while ships, shops, flower boats, and tea houses crowd the water. The piece notes the seals trade, jewelry stores, and the curious, crowded commerce of a crowded port city.
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Mimself
Broadway
Suffolk Street
China
Harper's Weekly
Not a Good Idea in Matchmaking History
A brief quip on marriage proposals and doctors linking romance with patients. Notes that Lucifer matches were patented in 1834, with friction matches preceding by thirteen years. Mentions the evolution of match production using improved machinery in recent years.
Smelling-Drugs Contest and Early 20th Century Affairs
Various brief items include Excelsior Springs offering a $50 prize to identify drugs by smell for Mississippi Valley Pharmaceutical association, Switzerland moving to create a state bank in Berne with 25 000 000 franc capital, and rail and postal notes on Midland roads bankruptcy patterns, ocean water coloration by life forms, and materials sourcing for Pennsylvania Company contracts. Also noted are a Columbia River ring study, green dye arsenic concerns, Mrs. Astor’s tomb flower plan, burlap packing for railroad parts, Italian girl Minerva Eversoll delivering mail from Borough Valley, and Little Rock’s land and funding pledge for a railroad with Gould clause controversy.
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Switzerland
Berne
Pennsylvania Company
Columbia River
Egenmann
Lake Michigan
Atlantic
Saskatchewan
St. Lawrence
Mississippi
William Waldorf Astor
Mrs. Astor
Minerva Eversoll
Borough Valley
Fresno
Cal
Miss Eversoll
Little Rock
Ark
Fishback
Little Rock & Pacific Railroad Co
Gould
Colorado Cacti Bloom in Colorful Colorado Springs and Valleys
A Ladies' Home Journal synopsis describes Colorado cacti blooming in spring. The echinocactus or pincushion opens pink flowers in May, the cane cactus with magenta blossoms grows as a bush or small tree, and the opuntia prickly pear blooms in June, covering fields with needles and creating striking landscapes among rocks and measures.
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Colorado
Ladies’ Home Journal
A Lesson from Holmes Life in Persistent Effort
Annie Fields notes in Century that Holmes' habit of doing his best shaped his prose and earned lasting applause. A letter from the last summer of his life to celebrate Bryant's birthday is praised for its simplicity, written under feeble conditions with patient, devoted effort.
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Holmes
Bryant
Annie Fields
Monte Carlo Patrons and the Role of Ladies in Gambling Profits
A London Telegraph piece notes that Monte Carlo draws its richest patrons not from the most serious players but from the profligate class including Americans, French, and Swiss. It observes that women provide the greatest aggregate revenue, though many fear losing their last five-franc piece on the tapis vert, and suggests a ladies club could hurt profits.
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Monte Carlo
Switzerland
Italy
Riviera
London
Europe
Paris
London Telegraph
London Landmarks and the Adams Penn Link
In All Hallows parish London the comptroller Giles Lytcott shaped colonial accounting and the Penn baptism font is still seen. John Quincy Adams’s connection to All Hallows arose from his future wife living in the parish and a brief courtship noted in parish records.
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Vinces
Giles Lytcott
England
America
All Hallows
William Penn
Tower Hill
Oxford University
House of Adm
William
Margaret
Tower Liberty
Penn
John Quincy Adams
Adams
London
Louisiana
Catherine Johnson
This Parish
Johno Gennings
Chautauquan
Napoleon in Captivity Defends Loyalty and Principles
The document recounts Napoleon Bonaparte’s captivity after Robespierre’s fall and his refusal to be rescued. He writes to the people and to officials, declaring he sacrificed for the republic and urging restoration, while expressing readiness to die if it serves his country.
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Robespierre
Napoleon
Salicetti
Thermidorians
Karras
Freron
Buonaparte
Lanucave
Republic
Toulon
Italy
Saorgio
Oneglia
Tanaro
Prof. Sloane
Iyventury
Poultry Breeding Thoughts From Enron Gazette
An author reflects on sixteen years of poultry breeding explaining motives for success and money potential. He notes most beginners fail without proper study, observes women often fare better, and recalls a January visit near Lanark about winter egg production. He hints at future topics on hatching, chick-raising, lice control, and poultry health.
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Enron Gazette
U. S
Lanark
The Manxman at Schiller Theatre and musical highlights
The Schiller Theatre opens next Sunday with Wilson Barrett in The Manxman adapted by Barrett from Hull Caine. Also featured is Jessie Livingston Fox's Pledge of the Rose sung by Della Fox. The Chicago Marine Band, led by T P Brooke, performed March 3 with fifty musicians. next Sunday March 10 seventy performers join, with soloists. tickets 25 and 50 cents. Dr Cyrus Edson warns cold neglect causes disease and recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy now sold at The City Drug Store.
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Wilson Barrett
Schiller Theatre
Barrett
Hull Caine
Chicago
Jessie Livingston Fox
Della Fox
Schiller
Chicago Marine Band
T. P. Brooke
Brooke
P. Gilmore
Gilmore
Gillmore Band
Marine Band
New York
Cyrus Edson
Atlantic
Edson
City Drug Store
Tax Notice for Lima Township Collections
Lima township tax books are available each Thursday at First National Bank Lanark, Fridays at the bank in Shannon, and Saturdays at a Brookville store. Oumarl Leyi PauL serves as Collector.
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Lima Township
First National Bank
Lanark
Shannon
Brookville
Oumarl Leyi Paul
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Egypt
India
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Pliny
the Great Plain OF China
Germany
United States
Central
Maine
Vermont
Sceribner’s
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Mississippi Valley Pharmaceutical Association
Mont Carlo
London Landmarks
Abs
Bell
Ossawatomice
Kan
The
Graphic
Miami County
Dr. Milew
Thos. W. Prior, Mgr
Humphreys
Hansm
Carte
Stier
Dosa
S- Humphreys
Albany
U.S. Army Cavalry
H.W
J. K
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Corner William and John Sts
U.S
C.a.snow&co
Dr. Cady
W. Ti. Hess’ Hardware Store
Salem Township
W. A. J. Pierce
Fant Corr
If Hee UJ Ssri
Bb. T. Risley
B, T, Risley, Weiss
HH. Hawah
Chadwick
Illinois
Tual
Eldredge Manufacturiys Ud
Belvidere
Nin Ree
Sale
Euarms Wood
NEW Home Sewing Machine’ CO
Orange
Mass
Union Square
N.Y
Chicago, IL
Gt. Louis
San Francisco
Atlanta
John Peters
Lanark, Ill
Wm. Walton
Stephenson ST
Freeport
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