Queen Margherita Impresses American Miniaturist
Gwen Dolyn Dunlevy Kelley recalls meeting Queen Margherita of Italy in Rome. The interview follows her portrait commissions, the queen gifting a jeweled medallion, and a gracious audience with the sovereign who praised the artist's work.
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Margherita
Italy
Savoy
Europe
Gwendolyn Dunlevy Kelley
Sunday World
da Pozza
Rome
Milan
Royal Palace
Paris
Dealan
New York
America
Venice
Trevi
England
Goodby
New York World
Printers Errors Through History Highlight Humorous Slips
The piece recounts wry newspaper misprints from the Rochester Post-Express and Omaha Herald. It recalls lines like Minnesota a Sheep State, Mutton in Fargo, A Red Letter Dog, and Brad-st predicts, plus other famed typos and style slips by printers and editors.
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St. Paul
Mutton
Fargo
Martin
Frank
Herald
Billy Hardy
Omaha
Farnum Street
Farnumst
Capitol Avenue
Capitolar
Hardy
Bradstreet
Bill
London Academy
William Black
Shakespeare
Lord Rosebery wins Epsom Derby in political peak
The Earl of Rosebery, at the height of his political career, claims a historic Derby victory amid a debate on turf life. Hennessy’s remarks at the Gimcrack Club dinner recount his Derby journey, noting costly apprenticeship and the mixed reception from political supporters. You can't judge the size of a man's brain by the amount of noise he makes.
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Earl of Rosebery
London Vimes
Hennes
Gimcrack Club
Ladas
Punch
Private and Confidential Dialogue Fragment
A brief historical exchange shows a lettered dialogue between private figures discussing a marriage and criticizing a person named Flo for being delicate ugly dull and ill bred. The snippet hints at social judgments and class attitudes.
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Flo
Piccolo Lustrate
Dialogue Between Trains At The Depot
A brief cartoonish exchange shows Ogden greeting a Gvuing on a pleasure trip while Wabash responds with a sad line about traveling to St. Louis. The vignette captures a playful transit mood at the station.
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Ogden
Depot
Wabash
St. Louis
Various Scientific Observations From Ocean Tide to Light
A collection of notes covers tidal records in Boston with a 15.01 foot high tide on April 16. It discusses the relative eye safety of incandescent light versus other luminous sources, skin oil production in tropical climates, and behavioral notes on birds and nest building. It also recounts a Royal Arsenal light matter where high velocity light penetrated a one inch iron plate and a clay plug pierced the plate.
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Boston
Navy Yard Dry Dock
Tropics
A. G. Butler
London
Royal Arsenal
England
White girl Swift Fawn found with Sioux Indians and freed
Rev O H Sproul and Senator Kyle intervened as a wedding among Sioux Indians threatened to bind Swift Fawn to Black Dog. The white girl Anna Russell, once known as Swift Fawn, was removed to Sioux Falls school. Efforts continue to locate her relatives and place her in a suitable home.
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Sioux City
S. D
Sitting Bull
O. H. Sproul
Pierre
Kyle
Mr. Sproul
Cherry Creek
Missouri River
Black Dog
Swift Fawn
Ali
Wounded Knee
Lower
Manitoba
Andrew Russell
Russell
Luella
Anna Russell
Tams
Mr. Sprout
Anna
Indian Department
Washington
Senator Kyle
Sioux Fall
Sproul
Ing
Little Swift Fawn
Tumor at tongue base linked to months of hiccups
A 42 year old man suffered periodical hiccoughs for months traced by a Norwegian physician to a tumor at the base of the tongue. The report notes the unusual case and its medical significance.
Croker's New Move Sparks Social Political Clash
The article portrays Richard Croker pushing into society politics as Harry Payne Whitney Richard T Wilson Jr and Stewart Brice gain municipal posts amid Tammany power plays. It notes no salary for the Municipal Statistics Bureau chief Dr John T Nagle and hints at social leverage influencing New York politics.
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Ichard Croker
Tammany
Croker
Prince of Wales
van Wyck
Harry Payne Whitney
Richard T. Wilson, Jr
City of
New York
Whitney
Wilson
John T. Nagle
Richard Wilson
Harry Whitney
Municipal Statistics Bureau
Stewart M. Brice
William Astor Chanler
Fourteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
West Side
Mr. Croker
Jlere
Richard TL. Wilson, Jr
Knight of the Garter
Harry Payne Whetny
Aqueduct
Papa’s Bank
Brooklyn
Lexington
William C. Whitney
Meadowbrook
Hempstead
Tammany Brave
Metropolitan Traction Company
Sach
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Corneling Vanderbilt
Henry Payne Whitney
Mr. Chanler
Astor
Africa
Albert Cooper
Jack Follansbee
Chanler
Assemblyman
East Side
Sullivan
Congress
Calvin S. Brice
Tammany Hall
Mr. Brice
Andy” White
Herman Sulzer
Hermian
Our Hundred
Bryan
Jefferson
Jackson
East
Democracy of
The Sim plicity of the Grand Dame An Essay on Ladyhood
Ruth Ashmore writes in Ladies Home Journal on how a lady should carry herself with gentleness and self restraint. She argues strength comes from common sense, not wealth or learning, and describes measured, gradual friendship rather than early intimacy.
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Marchesa de Villamarina
Principessa
America
Ohio
Europe
Savoy
Queen
Divean
Ruth Ashmore
Ladies’ Home Journal
Declined Invitation Leads to Comic Walk Misstep
The Strand Magazine recounts a humorous Edinburgh anecdote about a methodical yet absent minded professor. While heading to their usual meeting corner on a muddy day he asks a student if the famed professor is nearby. The student points him to the corner, the professor thanks the pupil and bids him to sit.
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Strand Magazine
Edinburgh
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