European Notables and Royal Tidbits Highlight London Paris News
Mrs Henry Austin, Dickens’s last survivor, died in England at seventy eight. The Austrian Empress travels incognito under three names. Sarah Bernhardt’s star power wanes amid price cuts. Dowager Duchess of Marlborough seeks Aldermaston Park. Mme Allemandi left funds to Swiss governments for wedding outfits of daughters of poor workers. Queen augments Princess Marie of Edinburgh’s royal nuptials with a diamond diadem.
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Henry Austin
Charles Dickens
England
Austria
Mme
de Tonia
Mme. Nicholson
Miss. Simpson
Sarah Bernhardt
London
Vienna
Duchess of Marlborough
Hameraley
New York
Aldermaston Park
Reading
Mme.Allemandi
Paris
Columbian Exposition Notes and royal visitors
The piece notes 50 000 expected attendees and an invitation featuring BasareA and the duke. Queen Victoria plans to visit Chicago with sketches of her dogs Spot Hafiz Abdul Karith and Prince Henry's pug. A 171 foot brown stone monument and a large Wisconsin exhibit are highlighted. Infanta Isabella sails to attend opening ceremonies and is described as an energetic sportswoman.
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Basarea
Queen Victoria
Chicago
Ana
Prince Henry
Hafiz
Abdul Karith
Wisconsin
Cleopatra
Spain
Infanta
Isabella
Fragmentary notes on coffee, halcyon days, and egg substitute
The text briefly discusses coffee preparation and adulteration, defines halcyon days as the seven days before the shortest day, and mentions a product called Eggelbumen derived from sea fowl eggs used in cooking. It notes the substance is not yet marketed and appears dry and blue in color.
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Kolareenland
Labrador
Pacific
Tallest chimneys reach heights across Glasgow and beyond
The article notes the tallest chimneys in the world, with Glasgow towers at 408 feet and 455 feet, a nearby logne height of 441 feet, highlighting remarkable industrial structures and their scales.
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Glasgow
Logne
Money and Morals Lectures Attract City Audiences
Editor Henry Waterson of the Louisville Courier Journal presents a long lecture on Money and Morals delivered at the World’s Fair inauguration. The talk covers wealth versus happiness, hypocrisy, politics, and social issues with remarks on money’s limits and moral life across the nation.
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Henry Waterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
United States
Son
Congress
Ala
Mississippi
Newest Books Mail Order Service Promises Prompt Attention
Alberta era style ad offering mail orders for books and blank books from Main Street Petrolia Ontario. Mentions careful service, prices quoted, and samples of paper available upon request.
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Ladies OF Europe
Marie
Edinburgh
Roumania
S. Price
Lovery Bros
Petrolia
Ontario
West’s Hotel
Bear Lake, B.C
Gorman West
Blue Ridge Hotel
Kaslo
McDonald Bros
Ing
the Ledge Office
Nakusp, B.C
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