The Late Queen's Relics At Kensington Palace Shrine
The King places the late Queen Victoria’s private possessions in Kensington Palace rooms awaiting public view. Highlights include a six foot ebony jewel case with glass doors, two ebony cabinets, autographs from Victoria to her mother, and the Queen’s exercise and copy books in Victoria’s old schoolroom.
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Sarah A. Tooley
London Mall
Queen Victoria
Kensington Palace
Windsor Castle
Buckingham Palace
Old Palace
Kensington
Victoria
England
Duchess of Kent
Mamma
Rhineland
Moore
Duke of
Cambri
George
Hanover
Sakenseee Court Palace
Morocco
Wolsey
Sen
Riverside Palace
Baptist Noel
India
Queen Anne
Queen
Windsor
Princess Victoria
Queen Mary
William
Christopher Wren
Grinling Gibbons
Largest perfect river pearl found near Prairie du Chien
Milwaukee Sentinel reports a nearly perfect spherical pearl weighing 121 grains and valued beyond 10 000, found recently in the Mississippi River north of Prairie du Chien by a pearl fisher. Bunde and Upmeyer exhibit the gem in the Pabst building, with Louis W. Bunde praising its exceptional quality.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Mississippie
Bunde & Upmeyer
Pabet
Prairie du Chien
Louis W. Bunde
Fresh Ates
Amateur Journalism Fights and Figures In The Napa World
The National Amateur Press Association plans its twenty seventh annual convention in New York as debates with United Amateur Press Association reveal a mix of veteran gray haired editors and schoolboy publishers. The piece traces amateur journalism from its alleged 1812 start through 19th century groups and disputes over postage, standard sizes, and regular issues. It notes campaigns for office, Laureateships, and the shifting balance between amateur and professional status in a lively, period voice.
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New York Evening Post
National Amateur Press Association
Napa
Weekly Portfolio
Philadelphia
Thomas G. Candie
Candie
Cadmus
Nathaniel Hawthorne
the Spectator
Amateur Press Association
Charles Scribner
Charles Scribner, Jr
National Association
United Amateur Press Association
Eugene Field
Association
Mark Twain
Ben
Cane Wallingford
United States
Daniel Everton-Volunteer Regular
A fragment from a dialogue features O Connor and MacTavish debating marriage to Spanish women. Everton questions companionship, while the others describe marriages as devotion driven by childbearing, with a cynical tone about domestic life and social clubs.
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Daniel Everton
O’connor
MacTavish
Everton
Bremen Gro
Seping
Native Women and Social Equality Debate in Island Talks
Everton and O'Connor discuss if a native woman could be brought home, noting leprosy or smallpox as barriers and whether natives would join white society. They contrast natives with Africans and Orientals, debating if social equality is possible or if prejudiced views persist.
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Everton
Johnson
O'Connor
Shock Scenario of a Government Clerks Strike
Washington Star discusses a hypothetical mass strike by executive department clerks over wage raises amid rising meat prices. Experts warn such a unified action could paralyze Congress and the President, but note deep gender-based disagreements would likely prevent a concerted walkout.
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Washington Star
Washington
Congress
President
Civil-service Commission
Chac
Joy of solitary wandering in nature’s spring
A reflective verse celebrates choosing solitude in woods and on the sea. The speaker cherishes roaming alone with spring in the heart, watching clouds, listening to distant minstrels, and feeling the wind and mist in a lyric, hopeful mood.
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