Navy Medal Plans for West Indies Campaign 1898
The Philadelphia mint advances medal production to honor Navy personnel from the West Indies campaign with battle medals and bars for each additional action. Obverse bears the commander in chief, inner inscription, and campaign title. reverse lists recipient’s name, rating, and service note. Ribbon shown red or crimson. design simple and formal. The piece also notes general health tips and miscellaneous curiosities from the era.
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Spain
Philadelphia
Campaigy
West Indies
Cuba
Electric summons replaced by annunciators in US House
The Boston Herald notes the old practice of clapping to summon a page in the House of Representatives has ended. Electric annunciators now mark pages with a red disk showing their location behind both party sides.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Boston Herald
Pearl of the Empress of Germany valued at 500000
Fragmentary text describes a pearl claimed as the finest in the world. It mentions the Empress of Germany and a valuation of 500000. The readable portion suggests expert appraisal of its shape color and overall quality.
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Germany
Fashionable wedding attire and fur trends of the season
The piece surveys bride gifts and dress trends with emphasis on heart-shaped jewels and long plumes, maid of honor costume simplification, and autumn bouquets. It notes preferred fabrics, gowns with brocade, white glace silk, and intricate embroidery, plus bold fur coats, Per Han lamb coats, and miniver vogue.
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Broweh
Brige
Fashionable fabrics and trims for gowns and caps described
The passage details smart capes short jackets and gowns made of silk and velvet with lace chiffon and elaborate embroidery. It notes affordable prices under a dollar per yard, plus collections like Loulaine empire and Peratun wilks, praising colors and delicate design while contrasting with past costs and quality.
Sew Kian Facker Model Jacket Details
A severeton jacket model features a cloth collar with five circular layered borders and a narrow witched band of the same fabric. It is edged with black and gold braiding. The white satin vest is trimmed with braid down the front in V-point rows and small gold buttons.
Ball Gown Glowillina Woven Silk and Velvet Refined Gown
A description of a lavish ball gown featuring heavy white chiffon, black velvet panels, and sparkling diamonds. The piece highlights a daring bodice with cremlian lace and a dramatic front arrangement in a poised ballroom setting, mentioning the glow of velvet and refined tailoring.
Ex-Empress Eugente Sets Memoir Material in Order
Exiled widow of Napoleon II, former Regent Eugenie, spends final days dictating memoires. Cablegram reports 160 boxes of papers are being sifted for revelations about Napoleon III and the empire’s fall. Now 70, she uses an invalid chair. reports of her death twice in two years are false.
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Eugente
Faye Eugente
Napoleon II
Empire of France
Oria
Eugenie
France
M. de Blowitz Retires as Paris Correspondent
The Paris correspondence of the London Times resigns with M. de Blowitz retiring to private life and Arthur Fullerton, an American, succeeding him. De Blowitz began with the Times in 1871 after winning Thiers's gratitude for reporting on the Commune in Marseilles. His link to European statesmen supplied unique dispatches echoed from London to other capitals.
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M. de Blows
Paris
London Times
Lfe
Arthur Fullerton
M. de Blowitz
The
Times
M. ‘Thiers
Marseilles
Europe
London
Irish Exhibition Sparks Factory Plans in Cork
At the Gaelic school meeting P O Neil Larkin spoke of an America to Cork excursion next May for the Irish exhibition. He announced two white manufacturing firms from this state will build bart and akow factories in Ireland, promising jobs and potential more factories from the exposition as a start for Irish prosperity.
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Ireland
O'Neil Larkin
America
Cork
Buston Globe
Red Dragon of Wales Heraldic Addition Approved
Rejoicing among Welsh supporters as the Red Dragon is ordered to be added to the Heraldic Achievement of the Princes of Wales. The king’s order directs the Dragon badge to accompany the Prince of Wales’s arms, marking a ceremonial augmentation understood in royal heraldry.
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Connell
Fragmented text on a local event and figures in conflict era
A readably garbled OCR passage mentions names and places such as Haditha and Aras, with unclear actions and dates. The fragment hints at a discussion of governance or military activity, referencing a May or event in Lenmirk and a Dogan of She. Overall, details are opaque and attribution uncertain.
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Marian Aras
Lenmirk
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