Ibsen and royal guests in Scandinavian recollections
The article sketches Ibsen’s simple daily routine in Christiania and notes political shifts in Russia as senators are expelled. It then muses on the Louisiana Purchase, Marshal Bernadotte, and a proposed Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis 1903. It contemplates inviting King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway or his son Prince Karl, detailing the king’s democratic habits and social charm, and ends with a fictional holiday remark.
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IBBEN
Henrik
Bgen
Tusen
Christiania
Munien
Did
Lohn
Lha
Ulm
Sigurd Tbsen
Agin
Louisiana Purchase
Scandinavia
Wiliam
Curtis
Marshal Bernadette
Louisiana
Minnesota
Mississippi River
Bernadotte
New World
Napoleon
New Orleans
United States
Curtiz
St. Louis
Ostar II
Sweuer
Norway
Alm
Stockholm
Sovea
Mr. Thomas
Karl
Ingeborg
Denmark
Fenly
Europe
Russia
England
Greece
Germany
St. Tonis
Quartz glass offers new high temperature elastic tubes
A report from Popular Science Monthly details vitrified quartz as a valuable, elastic glass substitute capable of withstanding rapid temperature changes. It describes W A Shenstone's method to heat and draw quartz into rods and tubes, their use in spectroscopy and thermometry, and their superiority to ordinary glass in ultraviolet transparency and chemical inertness.
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Plaas
Jndiletry
Popular Sciencea Monthly
Asu
Boys
W. A. Shenstone
No Reet for Him in Dying Husband’s Last Words
Fragment from a historical column presents a dying husband and a spouse’s quip about religious salvation. The brief line quotes the wife calling him Jobo and invoking the promised land as he nears death.
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Jobo
Promised Land
Test Oath Debate in England Reflected in Lords
In the House of Lords a broad spectrum of opinion emerged on the sovereigns declaration of transubstantiation. Earl Grey urged retaining the old form, while Roman Catholics and others called for a modification. The influential committee favored a form likened to that fit for an emperor, prompting debate on whether to preserve or revise the historic test act language tied to William and Mary’s ascent.
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Melbourne
House of Lords
Earl Gray
China
Mens
Eivery Schoolboy
Europe
Lord Rosebery
Vetercay
London Telegraph
Pleasures of Houseboating Among New York Bachelors
A group of four Wall Street men enjoy a modestly priced houseboat on the Hudson above Grant's Tomb. The craft costs about 3000 dollars to build with weekly running costs near 50 dollars. Nixon's larger U S houseboat, 60 by 16 feet, speeds nine miles per hour and requires a three person crew. The American yacht in miniature promises mobility and comfort with a full social space, but is pricier and less idle than the traditional docked yacht.
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New York
Grant
Tom
England
Udson
Long Island
River Thames
Wall Street
William Nixon
Nixon
Debate on the oath and the Protestant succession in English history
The article examines the Test Act and the declaration against transubstantiation, noting the oath requirements for officeholders and the repeal in 1828. It argues the declaration was tied to preventing a Catholic sovereign, yet questions its necessity given the 1700 act of settlement and the established Church of England.
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Lord Grey
Church of England
Earl Grey
Fall Gardening and Care for Skulls and Trees Tips
Useful knowledge covers fall replanting of skulls and trees with proper precautions. Ensure full ripeness by leaves shed, plant dormant until spring, moisten soil, loosen edges, dig and move quickly, fill hole with mellow soil, water to settle. Includes odd notes on tomatoes, glassware repair, and iron stain removal methods.
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Jay Moat
Song of the Wheel in Reston Trans cript
A fragmented transcription from a Lord McBavint piece in Reston Trans cript presents a cycling speaker praising a wheel as brave and true mocking the wind. The verses blend emotion and endurance with lines about steed and pedals, evoking wind, pain, and the heart of nature.
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Arain
Meelh
Lord
Reston
Chamberlain tale at Birmingham school sparks playful retort
The London friendly paper relays a Birmingham boarding school episode where a teacher asks who made the heavens. A clever boy exclaims I know, then parries with Jesse, prompting the teacher to correct with a grander maker, while another remark labels the student as a prow-Boer.
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Chamberlain
London
Birmingham
Jesse
Chimberlink
McKinley National Memorial Association Formed
Articles of incorporation for an organization to erect a monument to the late President McKinley were forwarded to Columbus. The group chose the name McKinley National Memorial Association.
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McKinley
Columbus
McKinley National Memorial Association
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