Daffy-Down-Dilly and a Street Car Romance
A fragment presents two vignettes. Daffy-Down-Dilly depicts a chubby child in sun with a toy, while A Street Car Romance follows a late afternoon San Francisco streetcar incident where a passenger helps a purse-lost mother and later receives a love note and transfers from the Carmans, revealing a romance.
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Dilly
Hyde Street
John G. Carman
Princess Alberta Victoria Wedding Ties to Ponsonby Life
Queen Victoria’s private secretary Sir Henry Ponsonby, a tall man of 66 with refined style, earns about 10 000 dollars yearly plus free lodging at St James Palace and other perks. His family enjoys inner circle status, and their eldest daughter Alberta Victoria recently wed in a high profile ceremony celebrated with gifts from European sovereigns. The Queen herself traveled to London for the event, marking a rare personal attendance at a private secretary’s daughter's marriage.
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Henry Ponsonby
Queen Victoria
St. James’ Palace
Granduer
Alberta Victoria
London
Victoria R
Odd Names in London Birth Registry At Somerset House
The London general registry of births at Somerset House shows strange and long names. Examples include Foot Pas cal River Morning Offspring and Smith Follows. Arthur Wellesly Wellington Wat erloo. Edward bying Tally-Ho Forward. One Too Many. and Ann Bertha Creilia Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Lane Hate Louise Maud Nora Ophelia Quice Rebecca Starkey Teresa Ulysis Venus Winifred Xenophon Yelty Zeus 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 Fanny Gertrude Hypatia
Inez Lane Hate
Louise Maud Nora Ophelia Quice
Rebecca Starkey
Teresa Ulysis
Venus Winifred Xenophon
Yelty
Zeus Pepper
A Methodical Farm Leader Bowditch of Boston
Ebenezer F. Bowditch of Boston owned a large Framingham farm with Massachusetts largest sheep flock. He gained notice as a breeder and importer of horses sheep cattle and swine and used hounds for hunting. He conducted fertilizer and farm improvememts with cash-basis results for practical farmers.
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Ebenezer F. Bowditch
Boston
Framingham
Massachusetts
The Romance and Rise of the Lifeboat Service
A historical survey traces lifeboats from early bets in 1789 at Tyne mouth through Greathead’s 1852 perfected design. It covers Royal National Lifeboat Institution funding and staffing, key rescues including Grace Darling, and compares British and American coast practices.
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Tynemouth
Greathead
Europe
Lloyd's Association
Grace Darling
Bamborough
Forfarshire
Farne Islands
Castle
Grace
Endow
Yes'm Its Me Ripples Through Railroad Waiting Room
In a Chicago Tribune item a waiting room scene unfolds with a woman noting a rag burning scent. Rusty Rufus appears, arriving before the train and posing by the hot stove as the exchange plays out.
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Yes'm
Rusty Rufus
Chicago Tribune
Not Guilty Verdict and Public Notices Discussed
A jury returns verdict of not guilty. The judge admonishes the prisoner to avoid bad company. Mrs Palmer seeks a newspaper run entirely by women. A clergyman named Orchard is alleged to have robbed his benefactor in Canada. The piece notes a shift in attitudes and social norms.
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Texas
Orchard
Canada
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Dalfy-down-Dilly
Diffy-down-Dilly
Chey
Ebo
Paffy-down-Dilly
California Street
Ethel
White House
Paul Barnard
Pine Street
Paul
Carman Canew
the Public Service
England
Great Britain
Henry Greathead
Royal National Lifeboat Institution of Great Britain
Lloyd’s
British Isles
British
Shpwreck
United States
The
Royal Academy
ATIOD
Kauge Darling
NTS