Croker in England at Wantage Manor Home
A London letter surveys Wantage in Berkshire and the Croker connection noting Al fred the great’s reputed birth there. It describes Moat House, Moated Grange, and the grand manor with medieval atmosphere, formal drive, lawns, an orchard, and provisions for outdoor games, reflecting English country life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wantage
Berkshire
England
Richard Croker
Alfred the Freat
Wrage
Coed
Cyonas
Hose
Min
Craker
Boards of Health
Ferouk
Hoong
Devonshire
Dorset
Somerset
Kent
Wen Newton
Moated Grange visit sparks mixed nostalgia and critique
A visitor’s tour of Croker’s Wanage estate blends affection for an old English garden with pointed remarks on modernizing tastes. The piece notes a private garden, a loge hallway, mahogany rooms, and American touches such as a Landseer dog painting and Newmarket scenes amid plans for a $30,000 upgrade, while humorously weighing loss of transcendental serenity. The narrator departs for London, leaving the estate behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Croker
New York
Wanage
John
London
Croker’s English Garden And Manor House Recalled In Pageant
The description revels in Mr. Croker’s orchard with pippins russets and doctor harvey apples, plus cherry, greengage, pear, amson trees and a vine laden kitchen garden. It praises the box hedge grown through centuries, the dairy, stable, and alderney cows. A calm English parlor scene with a Charles I portrait invites lingering in a scene of rustic elegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Croker
Peach Sons
Richard Croker
America
Tate
Democratic
George
Mr Croker
Uwlagent
Croker
Berk
Democratic Club
Hienneehe
Manverial
Thomson
Crabbe
Admiral Crowninshield to be promoted rear admiral
A. S. Crowninshield, head of the bureau of navigation with the rank of captain, will be promoted to rear admiral and take command of the European squadron. He will represent the navy at King Edward's coronation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Crowninshield
Bureau of Navigation
King Edward
Saint and Satyr in a Court Office Romance
In a small law office with windowed walls, O'Neill spies a diligent stenographer nicknamed the saint. A meddling satyr-courting rival provokes scandal, but O'Neill and the saint form a complex bond as he seeks to protect her and finish his book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neill
Hite
Saint
T. Byrne
Miss Browne
Iike Lawson
O'Neill
Galahad
Satyr
Tam
Jove
Famine in North Arcot Distress Described by Missionary
A missionary reports severe famine in the North Arcot district of India, detailing hunger among all ages. He notes aloe fruit hunger foods, with villagers scavenging trees, meals consisting of aloes, and widespread poverty as rains fail and crops die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Amertes
Great Western Republic
Carnal
North Arcot
Katpadi
Amecan Arcot Mission
Distri
India
bin Gavathe
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Pittsburg
Andrew J. Carnegie
Polytechnic Institute
Carnegie
Jacob Sterrenberg
Gra Avii
Charles 1
Admiral Crowninshield
I-C-Byrne
Vossische Zeitung
Wisen
United States
Arcot
Tyee
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