Queen Victoria's Jubilee Farewell Visit to London
The Queen's final Jubilee appearance in the capital ended with a Kensington birthday visit and a grand Buckingham Palace garden party. She signals retirement from public state duties, planning Windsor Windsor or Osborne duties, passing responsibilities to the Prince and Princess of Wales. The day drew thousands, with grand processions, dignitaries, and a notable list of American embassy guests.
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Prince and Princess of Wales
Buckingham Palace
London
Metropolis
Aldershot
Victoria
Windsor
Balmoral
Osborne
Kensington
Paddington
Sergius
Russia
Beatrice of Batseers
Bayswater Road
Church Street
Mall
St. Mary Abbott's
Kens Gardens
Palace
Queen's Gate
Kensington Dens
Albert Memorial
Hydoarcorner
Rpce
Park
Queen Missed Naval Review Despite Fleet Display
Portsmouth reports disappointment among British naval officers as the Queen did not review the fleet in person. The Prince of Wales sent carrier pigeons with messages from the royal yacht Victoria and Albert and signaled the fleet after declaring the review a success. A remark by Rear Admiral Miller praised England as a counsel before war.
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Portsmouth
Aldershot
Victoria and Albert
Prince of Wales
J. N. Miller
R.N
Davis
Eer
England
United States
Luncheon Honors French Legion Officials in Washington
Law Reid hosted a luncheon honoring Duc de Averstadt Marshal Davoust Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Monet and Special Envoy of France. Guests included United States Ambassador General John Jat and Hawaiian representative S. M. Damon.
Emperor William Hosts Jubilee Dinner Aboard Hohenzollern
On June 28 in Kiel the Emperor William hosted a dinner on the imperial yacht Hohenzollern for Queen Victoria's Jubilee. Guests included King Leopold of Belgium and Prince Hohenlohe. The Emperor announced Leopold as a la suite in the German navy as three cheers for Victoria were given, followed by a royal fleet salute.
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Kiev
William
Hohenzollern
Vicctoria
Leopold
Belgium
Prince Hohenlohe
Germany
Frank, Lascelles
Queen Victoria
Odd Fellows Plan Record Excursions to Willow Grove Park
Philadelphia Odd Fellows arrange a three day Willow Grove Park excursion July 22 to 24 seeking record crowds. Over 100000 riders expected, 1000 trolley cars needed, and a six mile car line if in a single procession. Proceeds benefit lodges, with special cars, picnics, and daily sports including bicycle and track events.
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Odd Fellows Fraternity of
Philadelphia
Willow Grove Park
Grand Masters’ Association
Odd’ Fellows Lodge
Union Traction Company
Willow Grove
Ais
Philadelphia Odd Fellows
Union Traction
Odd Fellows
Yale Seniors Class Day Follows Commencement Week
Yale seniors held class day in Battell Chapel with a class oration by Charles Heitler Studinski of Pueblo Colorado on College and Character. Law department exercises followed with Justice Harlan delivering the oration on George Mason. The senior promenade and scholarship leader Charles Upson Clark of Brooklyn were announced.
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New Haven
Battell Chapel
Dwight
Charles Heitler Studinski
Pueblo
Col
Yale
L. Munger
Ansonia
Law Department
University
Townsend
College Street Hall
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Tokichi Masao
Japan
W. Darrach
Germantown
Charles Upson Clark
Brooklyn
Nathan Ayer Smyth
Newman Smyth
Summer wraps and fashions for dainty travelers
A fashion piece extols high end summer wraps including park coats dust ulsters and carriage ulsters in blue Prussian silk and Comfrey blue taffeta. It describes waterproof silk park coats, Mohair and alpaca cautions, and the practical traveling ulster with bishop sleeves and detachable dust cover for railway journeys.
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Ulster
New firm MacDonald and Campbell to open on Chestnut Street
The new firm of MacDonald and Campbell will open at 916 Chestnut Street offering a line of men’s furnishing goods praised for color, fabric, and design. Thomas MacDonald brings long experience from Jacob Reed's Sons, while James A Campbell has thirteen years at James Campbell & Son and serves as general and financial manager.
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MacDonald & Campbell
Chestnut Street
Thomas MacDonald
James A
James Campbell & Son, Clothiers
Sixth and Market Street
Death of James Dwight in New Haven at 72
James M. B. Dwight brother of Yale University President Dwight died at his New Haven home aged 72. He slipped and fractured his leg on a polished floor last Friday. no serious results were expected until tonight. He married Miss Talmadge in Philadelphia on June 6, 1866. she survives.
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New Haven
Conn
James M. B. Dwight
Dwight
Yale University
Philadelphia
Talmadge
C. B. Talmadge
U. S.A
Model Association shines in Syracuse business and press circles
Syracuse merchants and newspapers applaud the Model Association for its Household Economy work. The group funds scholarships for a practical cooking training school for house-helpers, with each scholarship costing $10. Local journals have donated multiple scholarships and followed the program avidly.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Fashions and social notes from The Feminine Observer
The piece surveys spring styles and social foibles with wry wit. It notes cheap silks, oversized bathing suits, and abundant gatherings on front steps as servants entertain guests at town houses. It mentions Miss Weldon and Miss Beatrice Weldon preparing for a sailing trip with a class of girls from multiple cities.
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Weldon
Beatrice Weldon
South Seventeenth Street
St. Louis
Burlington
Iowa
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Washington
A New Magazine American Women Gains Editors and Focus
A New Venture in Magazines introduces American Women with editor Mrs Phebe Westcott Humphreys, formerly of Home Queen. The July issue marks the transition as Humphreys takes charge, with content on Washington monument unveiling Cretan crisis Jean Ingelow poetry and home topics from mothers to kitchen and social matters.
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Phebe Westcott Humphreys
Home Queen
Philadelphia
New York
Humphreys
Pole Magazine
Washington Monument
Cusis
Jean Ingelow
Department of
The Art of Serving Sickroom Meals
A guide on nursing kitchen etiquette for invalids emphasizes simplicity in food trays and dainty presentation. It argues serving with care matters as much as the diet itself, urging nurses to prepare appetizing meals and present them neatly to aid recovery.
Ladies Club Extends Trapine School For Saleswomen
The ladies association funds a trapine school for saleswomen, with broad community support and a dry goods owner promising help. Scholarships fuel steady pupil flow with many paying themselves. leadership emphasizes modest, stepwise growth and practical aims.
Tomato Salad with Celery Cups in Mayonnaise
A recipe describes a tomato salad using raw chilled thick slices, minced white celery per tomato, and a dressing of salt pepper vinegar and oil. Two heads of celery yield the quantity, with tomato slices dressed and piled with celery, or hollowed tomato cups filled with celery and dressed, served on pale green lettuce.
Asparagus Patties Entrée Description
Asparagus is boiled twenty five minutes until tender. Pattie cases are sliced from a long French loaf and lightly browned with melted butter. The sauce is made in a double boiler with four eggs and butter then stirred until thickened and served over asparagus tips in the patties.
Marks Bros Housekeeping Goods Big Manufacturer Sale
A large sale by Marks Bros advertises heavy discounts on linens and linens related goods. Bleached sheets pillowcases damask table linens and napkins at reduced prices with many items offered by the yard and in packages. Various shirt and bedding fabrics plus crochet bedspreads are advertised with price cuts and limited quantities.
Pennsylvania Railroad Lawsuit Over Car Service Charges
Com mon Pleas Court No 2 sustains the demurrer in a bill by Edward Wolf et al. against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and others. The suit seeks a decree that 1895 car service charges of 378 276 were illegal and demands an accounting. The plaintiffs, stockholders in the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, allege the PRR controlled the Erie line and concealed how much of the charge related to the Philadelphia and Erie Company.
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Common Pleas Court
Edward Wolf
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company
Philadelhia and Erie Railroad Company
Knegen
Weemaade.t
Philadelphia and Erie Division
Piladelphia and Erie Railroad
Philadelphia and Erie Company
Philadelphia and Erie Comany
Pennsylvania Company
Murders Reported in Tokio as Ripper Imitator Strikes
Advices state the Chinese Emperor approved the Hankow Pekin Railway deal between Isheng and a Belgium syndicate. An imitator of Jack the Ripper has killed four young women in Tokio in early May, sparking mass panic and a rise in suicides among the feared middle-class victims. the killer remains at large.
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San Francisco
Isheng
Hankow-Pekin
Jack the Ripper
Tokio
Royal Blue Line to Baltimore and Express Service
Description highlights the Royal Blue Line to Baltimore with fast times and frequent trains. Notes include prompt service and excellent dining cars. Mentions track ballast and engines burning coke producing no smoke.
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Royal Blue Line
Baltimore
Notes and Queries Clarifications and Miscellaneous Answers
A compilation of reader questions and replies covering marriage license rules consul appointments salaries immigration tests spelling and typography guidance includes examples on cribbage bearing and pronouncing German terms. The item preserves period tone and features multiple short entries with practical guidance.
Hayler's Ice Cream Soda Eases Summer Heat
On hot days Hayler's ice cream soda is delicious and refreshing. The treat is noted for making summer feel lighter and more pleasant despite oppressive heat.
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Hayler
Whitman’s For Change of Air at The Shelburne
A brief item notes change of air reading by Whitman at The Shelburne in Atlantic City. A small crowd gathers for the literary event, with expectations of poetry and personal reflections.
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Shelburne
Atlantic City
Village Marshal Fires At Imagined Burglars
Mary Obermiller reported burglars at her home. Ratcliffe and Beneke rose from bed and pursued the house. The marshal arrived with buckshot loaded shotgun and fired, hitting Ratcliffe thirteen times in the thighs. The assailants were later found to be imaginary. He is expected to live.
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Mary Obermiller
Eliffe
William Beneke
Ratclife
Beneke
Obermiller
Ratcliffe
Corwin Not Indicted After Grand Jury Review
John Corwin former navy paymaster was brought before a grand jury in Chicago on a civil charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. The court ruled a check is not a legal instrument for indictment and no indictment was returned. Corwin faces no Federal arrest and his court martial sentence of dismissal and two years' imprisonment remains in force.
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Chicago
Fairmount Park
E. F
Sonesary
Congress
Cleveland
Cribbage
Dance-music
Dancng-Music
Musical Publishing House
Acrane
Saengerfest
Newport
R. L
John Corwin
Navy
Spee
Rengeane
Corwin
Brooklyn Returns to Sea Prep for New York
The U S cruiser Brooklyn under Rear Admiral J N Miller arrives at Southampton from Portsmouth to coal and is ordered to get ready for sea at once. She will sail back to New York on Friday.
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Southampton
U. S
Brooklyn
J. N. Miller
Portsmouth
New York
Brooklyn Returns to New York After Jubilee Exercises
The Navy Depart ment says orders to the cruiser Brooklyn are to return home upon Jubilee exercises completion and that sailing preparations follow these orders.
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Washington
Navy Department
Brooklyn
Married hotel owner and woman disappear in suspected elopement
Lebanon June 28. Excitement in Schaefferstown over the disappearance of George S. Fetter proprietor of the Central Hotel and Miss Amanda Grumbine. They vanished last Thursday and are believed to have eloped. Fetter has a wife and two children.
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Times
Lebanon
Schaefferstown
Georges
Fetter
Central Hotel
Amanda Grumbine
Doctor James Cavanaugh Dies in Easton at 85
Easton reports the death of Dr. James Cavanaugh age 85. A long time practitioner, he served as president of the Pension Examining Board for the district and graduated from Pennsylvania Medical College in 1850.
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the Times
Easton
James Cavanaugh
Pennsylvania Medical College
Drowned Farmer Daniel Jackson Ends Life in Trough
Middletown New YorkJune 28 Daniel Jackson seventy a farmer living near the city killed himself by drowning in a watering trough on his farm authorities said today.
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Middletown
N. Y
Daniel Jackson
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