Daffy-Down-Dilly and a Streetcar Romance Tale
A playful verse about Daffy-down-Dilly contrasts with a streetcar vignette in which a man helps a woman pay, receives thanks, and later forms a romance with Mrs. Carman after exchanging transfers and courting at Pine Street.
Private Secretary to Queen Victoria Faces Court Bright Image
Sir Henry Ponsonby, 66, Queen Victoria's private secretary, is a military-looking, well-dressed man in the inner circles of society. His modest pay and free residence at St James Palace contrast with his influence and his daughter's grand marriage witnessed by the Queen herself, who attended the ceremony in London.
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Henry Ponsonby
St. James’ Palace
Granduer
Alberta Victoria
London
Victoria R
Odd Names in London Birth Registry at Somerset House
The London general registry shows bizarre names such as Foot Pas cal River Morning Offspring and Smith Follows. Arthur Wellesly Wellington Waterloo is given to Mr. Cox’s son, Edward Bying Tally-Ho Forward to Mr. Jewett, while a child is recorded as One Too Many. A long name attached to Arthur Pepper stands out, with a daughter born in 1883 bearing a polyglot sequence ending with Pepper-one.
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London
Somerset House
Bath
Lamb
Jordan
Dew
Dear
Smith
Foot
Pascal
River
Morning
Cox
Arthur Wellesly
Wellington Waterloo
Jewett
Edward Bying
Tally-Ho
Arthur Pepper
Ann Bertha Creilia
Diana Emily Tanny
Gertrude Hypatia
Inez Lane
Louise Maud Nora Ophelia Quice
Rebecca Starkey
Teresa Ulysis
Venus Winifred Xenophon
Yelty
Zeus Pepper
A Methodical Farmer Bowditch of Boston
Ebenezer F Bowditch of Boston owned a large Framingham farm with Massachusetts' largest sheep flock He was known as a breeder and importer of horses sheep cattle swine and trained hounds for hunting He conducted fertilizer and crop experiments and documented improvements on a cash basis for practical farming value
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Ebenezer F. Bowditch
Boston
Framingham
Massachusetts
Lifeboats and the People Who Save Shipwrecked Souls
A historical overview of lifeboats from their 18th century origins in Tynemouth to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, detailing design innovations, crew pay, and famed rescues such as Grace Darling. It notes wreck frequencies around the British Isles and contrasts U S lighthouse service.
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Tynemouth
Greathead
Europe
Lloyd's Association
Royal National Lifeboat Institution of Great Britain
Great Britain
Lloyd’s
British Isles
British
Grace Darling
Bamborough
Forfarshire
Farne Islands
Castle
Grace
United States
United Stats
Local Waiting Room Chats Capture Steam of Day
In a railway passenger station waiting room two women remark on a rag burning smell. Rusty Rufus interjects from near the hot stove saying he arrived ahead of the train and asserts his presence in a lively, everyday scene.
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Yes'm
Rusty Rufus
Chicago Tribune
Not Guilty Verdict Shocks Court After Warning
In a Texas Sistings report a jury returns not guilty. His Honor admonishes the prisoner to avoid bad company, warning he will not return. Mrs Potter Palmer calls for a newspaper by women but notes the impracticality of a female run printing office. A clergy man Orchard robs his benefactor in Canada.
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Texas
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Daffy-Down-Dilly
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California Street
Ethel
Tam
Hyde Street
John G. Carman
Paul Barnard
Pine Street
Mrs. Carman
Paul
Queen Victoria
Public Service
England
Henry Greathead
Lfe
The
Royal Academy
Model Life Station
Business
Orchard
Canada