English Trees in Home Counties and Their Allure
The piece muses on England's oaks elms and planes, noting how landscape painters favor elms over oaks, planes replace elms in London streets, and sycamores thrive along coasts. It contrasts timber use with aesthetic value and recalls Chestnut and other woods in architecture and tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sussex
Enex
Sherwood Forest
John
Constable
Birket Foster
Linnell
London
Kensington Gardens
Ayesmere
Seaboard
Beotland
Eborosa
Devon
Kenglington Gardens
Prince of Wales's Terrace
Europe
Mount
Ema
Welby Pugin
Bia
England
Pugin
Elizabeth
Span
France
Spain
Wales
MacWhirter
Duchess of Manchester Marries Quietly in London
Cable reports the Duke of Manchester wed Helena Zimmerman of Cincinnati without her father’s consent. An later cable claims the father repented. Engagement rumors had circulated via Mrs Antonio Vznnga, but Helena denied the reports from Narraganset Pier, Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Manchester
London
Helena Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Ohio
New York
O Otober
Antonio Vznnga
Narraganset Pier
Rhode Island
New York Herald
Zimmerman
Indications and the Duke of Manchester’s Decline
Reachers and moralists debate success traits, centering on interpreting indications. The Duke of Manchester, bankrupt, holds titles but faces estate collapse with about 27,400 acres including Kimbolton Castle and Tanderagee Castle and a London home. Bankruptcy trustee Earl of Fandwich oversees the estate with a £70 monthly allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Manchester
Earl of Manchester
Mandeville
Montagu
House of Lords
Kimbolton Castle
Tanderagee Castle
County Armagh
Ireland
Bampton Park
Huntingdonshire
London
Portman Square
Earl of Fandwich
Reading the Signs in Nature and Language
The article argues for the value of keen observation in sport literature and natural science. It contrasts German pride in results with the insight gained from reading nature, citing Thoreau as a model of patient, attentive inquiry and the misjudgment of idle vs active study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sportveren
The Richest Man in the World
The article profiles John D Rockfeller head of Standard Oil born July 8 1839 in Richford New York. It discusses his wealth estimates for the year and compares him to historic rulers and Andrew Carnegie noting Rockfeller may be the richest man ever with annual income around 30 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Davison Rockfeller
Standard Oil Company
United States
Richford
New York
Pennsylvania
New York “Herald
John D. Rockfeller
Europe
World of Finance
King of Petroleum
Andrew Carnegie
Danny Scot
John PD
Rockfeller
Solomon
Ophir
Lebanon
Wealth of John D Rockefeller Outlined in Historic Record
A historical profile compares Rockefeller to Croesus and Midas, noting immense wealth and broad holdings. It cites about one third of Standard Oil stock, lumbering iron interests, Great Lakes fleets, gas and electric stakes, and extensive railroad holdings including Missouri Kansas and Texas and connections to major lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midas
Phrygia
Croesus
Solon
John D. Rockfeller
Solomon
Rockfeller
Standard Oil Company
Messalia Range
Great Lakes
United States
Rockfell
Peace and conflict threads in late era satire and policy
A reflection on China Japan war memory, Western perceptions, and a satire about a Chinese cartoonist's mockery of foreign terms. It discusses statecraft signs, poets as seers, and mentions British figures like Captain Harrington in Abyssinia with gifts from the Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lane Harrington
Menelik II
Abyssinia
Harrington
Menelik
Harmreas Dodderer and the Hillside Nature Walk
A fragment describes a wanderer who roams hills and lakesides seeking spiritual truth in nature. He finds value in every blossom tuft of grass and fern, treating each map of nature as a shrine to inner truth.
Why Luggage Does Not Last in London Trade
In this Evening News interview a luggage maker laments cheap mass produced cases. He contrasts old solid leather portmanteaus with modern millboard imitations and blames gentry, school boards, and shifting tastes for ruining the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Folke
London “Evening News
Costs of raising an American debutante
The wife of a very rich American asserts raising a daughter in the United States costs far more than in London. She estimates about £12,000 from infancy to 18, much spent on dresses, jewellery, education, physical training, horse care, a French or German maid, and European travel. Debutante wardrobe often exceeds many brides. The inquiry asks how such a girl turns out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
London
Europe
Smoking debated by Baptist Assembly on youth health
The piece reports ministers and attendees debating smoking among youths and the impact of cigars pipes and cigarettes. It notes proposed wording changes from smoking to avoid specifics, mentions gender inclusions, and cites St Almond's view in the Nineteenth Century about smoking’s harm to growing boys and the need for school action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medley
Cull
Maclaren
Baptist Assembly
Davies
St. Almond
Myc
Powerlal
A Vaudeville Actress Arrested In Diamond Smuggling
A former vaudeville actress was arrested in New York for allegedly smuggling diamonds worth over 400000 dollars into the United States. She reportedly made five trips between the U. S. and Canada with a poodle on each voyage. Diamonds were found in the poodle after it died during questioning, allegedly concealed in meat fed to the dog.
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New York
Saya
London
Daily Telegraph
Itto
United States
Canada
Debility case ends with Clement's Tonic recovery
Robert Graham of 11 Wattle Street Chippendale describes two years of severe debility from ill health and indigestion. After trying hospital treatment, he found relief with Clement's Tonic, reporting renewed strength, sleep, appetite, and digestion after four bottles, and authorizes publication of his declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Graham
Wattle Street
Chippendale
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Daily News
Landseer
the Duchess OF Manchester
Globe
Thia
Miss Zimmerman
Duchess OF Manchester
Thoreau
Walden Pond
John Chinaman
China
Ching
Walla of Pokin
Otto von Muller
Deutsche Sportversin
St. George
Edward Grey
Imalah
Wordsworth
Union Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Northern Pacific
Chicago and Alton
Chicago, Burlington and Quinncy
National Transit Company
National City Bank
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Amalgamated Copper Company
Carnegie
Clements
Wattie-street
Brdney
New South Rae
Alfred Mitchell
Clements Tonic
Clemente Tonic
Clements Tonle
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