Magnificent Imperial Gift From Kaiser to King Edward
Berlin correspondence reports Kaiser Wilhelm II will present King Edward VII with a superb centerpiece epergne designed by Otto Roloff and crafted in Berlin. The one meter tall silver gilt piece features a bottle-shaped top, laurel circlet, lion heads, acanthus motifs, and a gilded bronze corbel base with royal monograms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelm
Hidward
Otto Roloff
Arts and Crafts
Edward
Frederick
William II
Edward VII
Berlin
London Times
England's Aging Premier And The Foreign Office Exit
The London Chronicle discusses Lord Salisbury as both younger in spirit yet older in role since leaving the foreign office. It notes the prime minister's detachment from current affairs and recounts a famous House of Lords incident and its surprising retraction tied to Sir Francis Mowatt and Sir Reginald Welby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
House of Lords
Treasury
Francis Mowatt
Francis Wowatt
Reginald . Welby
Lord—Welby
London Chronicle
City Council Proceedings December 6 1901 Minutes
City Council met in the council chamber with Mayor G L White presiding. Present were L M Johnson A S Mahan J W Pinney and A B Kimball Absent W B Gulick. Claims approved as revised. An ordinance defining and prohibiting vagrancy was read and adopted by sections then in full upon third reading. Final vote in favor by Johnson Pinney Mahan Kimball. Gulick absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. White
L. M. Johnson
A. S. Mahan
J. W., Pinney
W. B. Gulick
Dy Wilson
Jas. McNeil
A. S. “Mahan
JT Wingstrom
Carl. Larson
A. B. Kimball
Alfred Anderson
RH. Gile
Scandia Lumber & Co
Oscar Johnson
A. E. Riggins
Committee On Claims
P. T. Tingstrom
A. E. Riggens
Further Information Council
J. W. Pinney
J. H. Sandell
Red Rock Paint Day and Pilfershire Village Folklore
A Berkshire village once known as Pilfershire after a peddler’s loss of goods chose Red Rock as its new name. A rock painted red every dozen years became a celebrated local event last reported in 1899. Separate note mentions ozone use in London tunnels for air purification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Hills
Lexington Sylvanus
Cunningham
Pilfershire
Ladies' Home Journal
London
Post Office Registry and Money Orders Compared
An article explains registry rules and limits for insured mail and notes that money orders are safer for sending money. It details sender duties, receipts, and government liability, and contrasts risk in a wreck or fire. Also reports local incidents including Chan Cullers’ eleventh birthday celebration and a cart accident involving John Hanson and Irvin Kerr, with Irvin injured.
Cooter Returns From Webber With Protracted Visit
J P Cooter returns from Webber where he held protracted meetings for a long time, noting lingering soreness and relief from the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P
Cooter
Webber
Leen
Photographers offer holiday inducements and staff moves
Pleasant Grove School reports month ending December 6 with six enrolled and forty eight average daily attendance. Students listed include Leslie Ambrose Eula Cardell Johnie Harry and Willie Cline Fred Freddell Fred Taison Alma Ernest and Clarence Strom Arthur and Rosa Stromberg. Teacher Glacw Morris notes Cripple Creek resident George Garber visits bedside of son Lester ill with scarlet fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Grove
Leslie Ambrose
Eula Cardell
Johnie
Harry
Willie Cline
Fred Fredell
Fred Taison
Alma
Ernest
Clarence Strom
Arthur
Jad
Rosa Stromberg
Dora Snider
Gkacw Morris
Jeorge Garber
Cripple Creek
Cule
Lester
Largest tableland on earth described in Tibet plateau
St. Petersburg correspondent notes the Chang or Great Tibetan Plateau as the world’s highest and largest tableland. Captain Hamilton Bower records camps averaging over 16000 feet from late June to mid November, with lows of 14621 and highs of 18760 feet amid a treeless expanse and only two shrub species rarely above six inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thibet
Chang
Great-Thibetan
Hamilton Bower
Our
Topeka Woman Likely To Stay Through Winter
Miss Mable Foucht of Topeka is expected to remain there for most of the winter, extending her current visit with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilia Asbjornson
Randolph Kansas
B. E. Beckman
Ella Mullen
Norway
Mable Foucht
Topeka
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The
Scandia Journal
Kaiser
England
Current Affairs
Belleville
Guss Elliott
Oklahoma
H. Ay “Stowell
Oberlin
C. M. Goold
Harry Gilevis
Pete Hanson
Our City
Kate Vincent
Denver
Colo
Walter Preble
Anno Sandell
Arthur Coleman
Chas
Sandell
Tha
P. J. Johnson
Kansas Ave
J.jennings
George Larson
Superior
George
Highland
Lone ‘Tree
Poplar Grove
Post Office
United States
Chan Cullers
John Hanson
Irvin
Kerr
James’ Barn
J- Jennings
Walfred Westin
John Aspergreen
Mr. Westin
Theodore ‘Danielson
Gossett Farm
Mr. Aspegreen
Rich Hill, Mo
Jump
Perton
Weir. City
Kas. Rex, Colorado
Eis
Canon City
Wyo
Penn
Scandia Lumber & Coal
Scandia Cornet Band
Dom
Seabolt
Savage
White Town
Laars-lay
Sweden
Alenka
St. Petersburg
Stockholm
Chriatania
Sitka
Juneau
Iceland
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