The Coronation and the Idio t An Old Friend Returns
A comic scene at Mrs Smithers Pedagog's High Class Home for Gentlemen features the Idiot reappearing after years away. The group ribbing him about coronation costs, mediaeval pomp, and American pretensions, with curdled humor about hats, debts, and a running jab at British royalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brief
South Africa
Mr. Whitechoker
Richard Harding Davis
Abbey
London
Rudyard
Carnegie
Morgan
Edward
Experiences of the Roddam Crew After St Pierre Escape
The Roddam, the sole vessel to flee St Pierre during the eruption, arrived in New Orleans with a largely new crew except for five veterans. Captain Freeman led the perilous retreat through burning gas, lava and ash to St Lucia, with many dead or burned aboard. Survivors describe a furnace like scene, the damaged ship, and the long voyage to safety before repairs in Barbados and Santa Lucia.
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Roddam
St. Pierre
New Orleans
Mobile
Holland
London
Freeman
England
Hell
Santa Lucia
Captain Freeman
Steel, Young & Co
Fox
Barbados
West Indies
St. Lucia
S. G. Schleswick
Mr. Pyle
Carl Peterson
C. Strauss
Hubert Flues
Penelope
Elk extermination threat in Jackson Hole ku
Denver caller George William Finn says elk in Jackson Hole Wyoming numbered about 60 000 four years ago but now under 10 000. He describes rampant poaching by outside hunters, the failure of game wardens, and urges government action to protect the elk including expanding Yellowstone and tightening hunting laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
Hole
George William Finn
Downing Avenue
Denver
National Park
Yellowstone
United States
Finn
Josh Adams
Denver Post
Yellowstone Park
National Protective Association For Game and Fish
George O. Shields
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Finn
New Telephone Writes Messages Patent Granted
A Danish inventor’s patent describes a device that records multiple telephone conversations on a steel strip or tape using a telegraphone system. The steel wire moves rapidly between electromagnet poles and captures undulatory currents from the transmitter to create a durable record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peder Oluf Pederson
Copenhagen
Valdemar Poulson
Blennerhassett Letter Connected to Burr Conspiracy Found
The Kansas City Star reports a letter by Harm on Blennerhassett, showing Burr’s West Empire plan and the fall of their partnership. The note, found by Mrs. W. H. Horner in an old trunk, details legal worries, property loss, and a plan to seek office and protection in courts.
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Ohio
James Wilson
Psq
Wood Court House
Marietta
Wilson
Natchez, Miss
Cincinnatti
Lyman Harding
Miller
Neighborhood
Mr. Alston
Harmon Blennerhessett
Aaron Burr
Republic
Alexander Hamilton
Blennerhassett
Ohio River
Burr
C. G. Horner
Guthrie
Okla
W. H. Horner
Baxter Springs
Kas
Neale
Chancery
Har
Blen Rhassett
P. S
H. B Blennerhassett
Alston
South Carolina
Theodosia Burr
Kansas City Star
Prophets and their Profit on Wall Street
A satirical look at Wall Street prophets who profit from market predictions. Prophesiers rent top rooms, publish forecasts for stocks like Missouri Pacific and Canadian Pacific, blame rivals, and chase free lunches while Boss Prophet dominates and others imitate. The piece lampoons shifting fortunes and the quirks of market fortune tellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall- Street
Oneone
Wall Street
Missouri Pacific
John W. Gates
Canadian Pacific
Elijah
Elisha
Andrew Carnegie
London
Atchison
Pioneer Industrial Teacher Robert Swan Leads Boston Schools
Robert Swan long headed Winthrop School for Girls in Boston and pioneered practical industry education. He helped introduce sewing and cooking as regular subjects, starting with a dressmaking class in 1865 funded by Mary Hemenway, expanding to all classes and other schools by 1876.
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Robert Swan
Winthrop School For
Boston
Winthrop School
Mary Hemenway
Swan
Hemenway
Winthrop
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Genial
Kendrick Bangs
THE
Philadelphia Times
Dred
Edward VII
Vesuvius
Westminster
Bre Aing
Alfred Austin
Westminster Abbey
Whitechoker
Attleborough
Nearsilk
Carrie Nation
George Pyle
New Orleans Picayune
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