Rideau Hall costs and Aberdeen chapel add to vice regal tale
A Ottawa glimpse tracks Governor General pensions and Rideau Hall costs since Confederation. Details show rising travel and staff outlays, Dufferin era spikes, and Aberdeen’s private chapel funded at personal expense. Rideau Hall estate features extensive grounds, stables, and historic expansions amid a costly, storied vice regal residence.
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Aberdeen
Lord Aberdeen
Burns
Rideau Hall
Lord Monck
John Young
Lord
Lisgar
Lord Dufferin
Prince of
Canada
United States
McKay
Dominion
Ottawa
Rideau River
Grand River
Dufferin
Princess Louise
Proverbs of Old and Granny’s Timeworn Wit
A nostalgic reminiscence on proverbs shared by a grandmother in Drury Lane. The speaker recalls sayings about self help, prudence, patience, and foresight, paired with warnings about pride and lateness to mend, ending with a nod to the good man and inheritance.
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Drury Lane
Ethel
Weill
Charlie
Maud
Charlie de Loftleigh
Marie
Eben
Pipkin
Bushire as English Gulf Capital and its Likely Move
The Fortnightly Review depicts Bushire as the English protectorate capital in the Persian Gulf with a resident ruler and British superiorities including a bank telegraph steamers and warships. It notes poor harbor quality mongrel population and leisure like lawn tennis and riding while suggesting a shift of the capital to Fao if the Karoun route opens. The piece claims the town’s relevance hinges on caravan trade and port access with little harbor pretensions.
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Bushire
Persian Gulf
Gulf
Rushire
Persia
Fao
An Bushire
Kotals
Two Kinds of Wolf The Biped and the Quadruped
Montana ranchman Miles Holden recounts a wolf attack on cattle and a dramatic Elk herd defense by nine bull elks that halted a pack of twelve white wolves. After the elk forced a circle and repelled the wolves, Holden and companions slaughtered four wolves and buried the carcasses, then confessed they behaved worse than wolves themselves.
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Montana
Wind River
Miles Holden
Mven
Ories
Ander
Even This Shall Pass Away in Persian King Tale
A Persian king sees wealth fame and power fade as a lesson inscribed on his signet ring. Trains and fleets bring riches, yet he proclaims that even this shall pass away. He endures pain, statueizes, then ponders fame and death before a final sunbeam repeats the same refrain. C B L.
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Persia
Samarcand
C. B. L. Record
Pranco Russian Drinking Rules Upset Paris Hosts
Paris correspondence notes a surge in drunkenness among Russians as entertainers. Hosts lavish hors d oeuvres and cognac, pour into Bordeaux glasses, drain glasses after speeches, and ensure every remark ends with a full gulp. French guests suffer migraines and lament excessive indulgence breeds selfishness and neglect.
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Paris
Laughs and Larks Across Town in Patchwork Snatches
A collage of witty toasts and banter spans social quips from cooks and clerks to readers and couples. Snappy asides touch on editors saints and professors with comic misunderstandings about love work and travel.
Ancient hot blast furnace found in Tel el Hesy
The Railway Review notes an ancient discovery at Tel el Hesy in Palestine where a prehistoric blast furnace is uncovered. Professor Flinders Petrie hypothesized such sites, and Mr Bliss reports evidence of an ironworks installation using hot air blast 1,400 years before Christ, predating Neilson's 1828 patent.
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Solomon
Flinders Petrie
Tel-el-Hesy
Palestine
Sennecherib
Nebuchadnezzar
Bliss
Mr.Bhes
W Neilson
The Hall, a Love Triangle Between Hugh and Jess
In a rural drama Jess contends with suitors Hugh and Clarence. The farmer’s wealth and Jess’s loyalty collide as misgivings and passion rise, testing vows and society’s expectations in a tense, intimate exchange at dawn.
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Goovernor’s
Governor's Secretary
Contin Otr CN Sireat Ag
Marquis of Lorne
Granny
Jillson
Mary
Hettie
Kate
Fred
Clarence
John Keith
Ayre
Hugh
John
Jess
Darling
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