Pauline Astor Chooses a Commoner Over a Duke for Love
Pauline Astor defies the Duke of Roxburghe and her American-born father William Waldorf Astor by favoring Captain H Fraser of the Royal Guards over a noble match. London buzzes as Astor, living under her father’s roof, may wed the handsome commoner despite expectations.
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Pauline Astor
Duke of
England
H. Fraser
Royal Guards
Jack Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
George IV
Europe
David MaccDowall Fraser
Lord Saltoun
Osi Ames
Miss Astor
Captain Fraser
Consuelo
Duchess of Marlborough
Roxburghe
London
Astor
William Walder
Senator Vest's Violin Duel in Washington Hotel
Amos J. Cummings recounts a night in a Washington hotel where Senator Vest and John Allen debated violin playing. Vest boasted skill with the bow and challenged Cummings to a duel using a pawnshop fiddle. Vest dismissed Cummings as a mere fiddler while mocking the Arkan saw Traveler. The tale ends with a note on the Sea of Anvoy navigation project.
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Chamberlain's
Washington
Amos J. Cummings
Congress
New York Times
John Allen
Mississippi
Senator Vest
Tle
West
Vieuxtemps
Judas
Amios
Halberd in Woburn militia training and later history
The article details a seven foot two inch halberd carried by Jesse Winnan in Woburn militia trainings before 1782 now owned by Mrs. Leonard War. It notes Winnan served in the French and Revolutionary wars, his occupation as a tailor, and lineage to Leonard Thompson. The piece mentions Jessa Wyman’s 1782 death and the weapon as a distinctive infantry badge. It also references Kerth, its shoreline depths, and plans to raise sea levels via a strait dam to aid seagoing craft with harbor protection and compensation considerations.
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Jesse Winnan
Woburn
Leonard
Birthplace of the Stars and Stripes
American visitors to England crowd Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire as the home of Lawrence Washington and the family crest with three stars and two stripes. Historians link the genesis of the United States flag to the manor, noting its porch carving and tomb emblem.
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England
Great Mundeton
Northamptonshire
George Waslington
Great Arlugtion
United States
Sulgrave Manor
Henry Vile
Lawrence Washington
Lawrene Washington
Tiningian
Errors in printing reveal misread words and misquotes
The passage complains that reporters misstate spoken lines and printers echo them poorly. It cites examples of garbled quotes and altered classics, noting how typographers' rules force exact replication of reporter words, leading to ludicrous distortions and misattributions in print.
Australian population figure from latest returns
The latest returns show the population of the Australian commonwealth at 3,775,056.
Ancient Art Treasures Found in Italian Church Ruins
A cache of Roman era silver samphotas vases and coins was unearthed during demolition of an ancient Italian church in Montalto Liguria. The find includes gilded vessels and silver coins from the Ko Rit Empire, while broader notices touch on Vatican affairs, papal will details, and Italian heraldry amid geopolitical shifts.
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Montalto
Liguria
Italy
Mer
Healabrint
Leum
Martinelli
Washington
Uve
Ation
Calcagno
United States
New York
Rome
Tases In European Cities
In Berlin American life insurance firms must invest a portion of assets in city property and taxes equal to other real estate owners are offset by receipts from officials. Vienna taxes are higher. The owner of the building with the American location shares rent with the government to support municipalities. Similar rates apply in other large European cities.
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United States
Berlin
Vienna
Momo
Eld Shires
Farm venture at Sort Sydney cape Bevron fox farm plan
Farm Newfoundlan company attends festival in Sort Sydney Cape Bevron to establish a fox farm on the west coast. Text session notes mummy ness North Sydney and other regions. late stocks and breeding animals listed. Prices range from 2 to 3 dollars for ordinary foxes up to 1109 for silver-gray or black foxes.
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Aicompany
Sort
Origin of Infantry Term in European Warfare
The term infantry began with the Spaniards in wars with the Moors to describe the royal prince’s bodyguard on infanta. It then extended to the entire body of foot soldiers and was adopted across Europe.
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Infanta
Europe
Suppressing a Man Who Fails to Tell a Funny Story
A pointed remark on the futility of silencing a man who cannot tell a humorous tale as commentary on social dynamics between married and single people. It notes that married individuals may appear as danger signals to those who are unattached.
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Mr. Astor
Duke of Roxburghe
Pintow. Astor
Sennator Vest
Anvoy
Sea of Avoy
Black Sea
Strait of
Leonard Thompson
Winchester Press
Strait of Kerth
THE
Stars and Stripes
Jeremy Taylor
Jenin
Tomysony
Ledaley
Xeals Ois
Amilois Plato
Antena
Sderites
Plato
L. de Vinne
Spain
Archbishop Chapelle
Manila
Vatican
France
Lourdes
M. Hugues Lestunes
Abyssinia
Menellk
Swa
Victor Fandovery
Itellan
Tyla
Trallang
M. le Rous
Auia
Kerima
Thaly
Massowah
Abbyssinia
Humbert
Oliverocrops
Peter 1
Savoy
Annunelata Order
House of Savoy
Victor Emanuelii
Philippine Islands
Pecel
Cardinal Rampolla
Infantry
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