The Great Yerkes Telescope Lights Mars with Signals Debate
A century-old note explains the upcoming Yerkes telescope, a 40 inch lens built by Alvan E. Clark, to study Mars. It discusses possible Martian signals, canals, and agriculture, its transport by palace car, and expected breakthroughs surpassing the Lick telescope. It adds context on the Clark lens legacy and a curious digression on railroad kidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
United States Naval Observatory
Lick
Alvan E. Clark
Cambridge
Mass
Naval Observatory
Yerkes
Earth
America
Clark
Charles T. Yerkes
Chicago University
Clarks
Jupiter
Saturn
Vienna University
Morrison
Wisconsin
Warren Observatory
Northwestern University
Denver
Princeton
Virginia
Russia
What Women Are Doing Portraits and Progress Noted
A collection of brief remarks on women’s roles and status. The empress of Austria has not had her portrait taken for thirty years. Queensland plans to open future university exhibitions to women. The empress of Russia and the duchess of Edinburgh own sable sets worth well over £12,000. The widow of John Brown resides in a Sierra Azure cabin near San Francisco. The princess of Wales, lifelong England resident, never fully mastered the English accent. The Hartford Courant notes Harriet Beecher Stowe’s health and appetite remain strong on a sunny June day as she walks near her forest home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Queensland
Russia
Duchess of Edinburgh
John Brown
Sierra Azure Mountains
San Francisco
England
Princess of Wales
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Hartford Courant
Petter
Ten Hundred: Queen Victoria's Household Costs Revealed
Boston Globe notes Queen Victoria's household spans nearly a thousand people with an annual 2.5 million spending. Many posts are ornamental or lifelong fixtures. some duties are minimal or ceremonial such as rat catcher and swan keeper with modest pay. The debate occurs each session in the House of Commons.
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Queen Victoria
Boston Globe
Harriet Sutherland
Henry VIII
Thames
Forest of Windsor
Duke of
St. Albans
Buckingham Palace
House of Commons
Committee of Supply
Fond of Letter H Portrayed as Ahabits of Guests and Middle Initials
A hotel clerk laments the common habit of using H as a middle initial. He notes readers frequently substitute H for other letters, citing a New York Sun quote. The registry shows guests signing as Charles H Jones and John H Smith, among others. The piece questions why H remains favored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Charles H. Jones
John H. Smith
George H. Robinson
A. H. Brown
F. W. Brown
Attractive Religion and its Winsome Face
Questioning whether religion truly reflects Christ through charm, gentleness, and service or through sourness and domination. Invites readers to self examine their portrayal of faith and how it comforts others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Wealthy Heiresses Lure Millionaire Suitors in New York
A society column surveys the era’s richest young women in New York, naming Alta Rockefeller Helen Gould Pauline Whitney Elsie Clews Helen Benedict and others as premier matrimonial catches. It notes their wealth from Standard Oil Gould fortunes and Vanderbilt ties, plus potential grooms like Eugene Higgins, predicting vast combined fortunes for future marriages and noting the social prominence of families such as the Vanderbilts and Whitneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Sloane
Edith Rockefeller
America
New York
Helen Benedict
Alta Rockefeller
Ben Adhem
Alta
Miss Alta
Cleveland
L. A. Crandall
John D
Helen Gould
Pandone
Irvington
Miss Gould
Pauline Whitney
Willliam C. Whitney
Miss Whitney
Henry D. Payne
Standard Oil
Mr. Whitney
Whitneys
Millionaire Crossroads
Fifty-seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Elsie Clewa
Henry Clews
Wall Street
Miss Clewa
Newport
Sam Dexter
Chicago
Papa Benedict
Benedict
Jeunesse Doree
Pelf
van Rensselaer
Clara Vere de Vere
Miss van Rensselaer
Elsie Clews
Frances Havens Ives
Brayton Ives
Ives
East Forty-fourth Street
Miss Ives
George Kidd
Grace Georgette Kidd
Miss Kidd
Eugene Higgins
Astor
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Higgins
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Queen Vic
Toria
Wen
Pauline Whitney Session
Gould
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
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