London Sheriffs Installation Parade at Guildhall
The London and Middlesex sheriffs Alderman Henry Aaron Gerace and Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Jaaseby were installed with banners, bands, and garbed officials. The procession from Guildhall moved along Fore Street to the Albion, where a sheriff’s banquet followed.
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London
Middlesex
Ald
Henry Aaron Gerace
Alfred Jaaseby
Albion
Aldersgate
Lower Hamlets
Benjamin Philips
KR. N. Fowler
H. E. Knight
H. Hansen
W. McArthur
T. Dakin
Postal and Telegraph Service
Third Middlesex Artillery Volunteers
Fammakers
Middlesex Rifle Volunteers
Victoria
George Rose-Innes
Algernon Sydney
Totver Hamlets
Thewin Street
Fore Street
Moorgate Street
Gresham Street
Guildhall
Isaxes
Kirby
King Street Cheapside
St. Martin's-le-Grand
London Telegraph
Modern Paris as a Glittering Yet Corrupt Metropolis
The piece portrays Paris as a magnet for all humanity, a city where brilliance and corruption mingle on equal terms. Henry Watterson muses that visitors from Alaska to Mexico pass through, while landmarks like Notre Dame and the Louvre frame a living, shifting crowd.
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Paris
Mexico
Pont St. Denis
Madelaine
Rue de Rivoli
Place de la Concorde
Notre Dame
Seine
Cleopatra's Needle
Champs Elysees
Tuilleries
Rue Casiglione
The
Louvre
Tour de St. Jacques
Hotel de Ville
Corps Legislatif
Hospital Des Invalides
Saman
Henry Watterson
Alaska Forest Measured by Immense Trees Near Glacial Front
Frederick Schwatka notes near a Gayot glacier front in Alaska a forest with trees twelve to seventeen feet in circumference and others twenty-one feet, surrounded by ice ten to twenty miles wide. The ice crushes trunks, kills evergreens, and pushes trees into pulp while a trailing moraine marks past glacial advance.
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Bolid Fee
Gayot
Guyot
Frederick Schwatka
N. ¥. Times
Remarkably Smart Boy Discouraged by Cruel Teacher
A country school teacher punishes a fifteen year old for overbearing cleverness. William Henry’s mother claims the punishment undermines his privileges and education. The mother argues his high abilities should grant him special treatment, while the teacher insists discipline applies to all students equally.
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William Henry
Gastronomic Wit Across Historic Tables
Anecdotes of witty dining from rulers and wits including a king charged 200 florins for eggs, Lord Norbury and Curran sparring over corned beef, a logic master proving three from two, Pogino and Bohemia's cobwebs, and Quin’s sharp barb to a venison-loving Duchess.
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Ham
Holland
Lord Norbury
Curran
Nicholas Bacon
Nicholas
Salamanca
Genlal Gt
Gail
Pogino
Zisea
Bohemia
Quin
Anne
Chicago Tribune
Uses of Celluloid A Helpful Substitution in Arts and Industry
The article catalogs diverse celluloid applications from brushes and jewelry to piano keys and cutlery handles. It notes the material is produced in rods and sheets and imitated forms such as ivory, coral, and tortoise shell. The author claims substitutes may surpass original materials in many uses.
Little Johnny's Wish and Latin Help Query
A comic snippet from Texas Siftings features Johnny Fizzletop asking Papa to translate Latin exercises he cannot do. The dialogue reflects parental learning expectations and humor about language education. A stray note adds a palindrome example and stray phrases.
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Johnny Fizzletop
Tony
Texas Siftings
Siberia Exiles Highlight Hardships and Costs of Deportation
A London Post summary details Jadkozeff’s portrayal of Siberian exiles as debt-bonded workers living in huts, plagued by escape, crime, and brutal hunts by natives. It notes Russia’s heavy transport costs and societal burden, arguing deportation degrades rather than reforms and creates a lazy, homeless proletariat.
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Siberia
Jadkozeff
Siberian
Volga
Kama
Russia
Jadrinzeff
London Post
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