Ireland's new viceroy Wimborne visits America
Lord Wimborne, newly installed viceroy of Ireland, is known in the United States for bringing over the polo team that won the international cup last summer. He hails from Dowlais Iron works wealth and Marlborough lineage, with a Tees aristocratic father and a union to Hon. Alicia Groavenor. His brothers Frederick and Lionel Guest are linked by marriage to New York society.
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United States
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Wimborne
America
Duke of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderulit
Dake of Marlborough
John Guest
Dow-lais
Glamorganshire
Lord
Alica Groavenor
Lordsbury
Frederick Guest
Henry Phipps
York
Lionel Guest
Flora
John Bigelow
New York
Roumanias English Queen Marie Crowned at Bucharest
After twenty one years British planning bears fruit as Queen Marie, Victoria’s granddaughter, ascends the Roumanian throne amid a weak king. Marie, nearly forty, is described as beautiful, strong willed, and spirited, with six children and a zest for teaching them trades.
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Roumania Plongaida
Ferdinand I
Queen Marie
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Catherine of Rusela
Duke of Edinburgh
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Maria
Russia
Alexander II
Meere
Ferdinand Victor Albert Mainrad
Hohenzollern
Roumania
Marie
Europe
John Sharp Williams Duel in Heidelberg Recalled
A forgotten episode recalls John Sharp Williams in Heidelberg where he faced a German student in a duel. Williams chose his weapon and fired a cautious shot, while the German faltered, sparking a brief, tense morning before they shook hands and parted.
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John Sharp
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Heidelberg
John Sharp Willam
Gert
Sayfein
Saamad Maarfontiy Anewnnand
Ari Tincipala
Whitman’s Successor Charles A Perkins Emerges as Safe Pick
Charles A. Perkins, chosen by Governor Whitman as district attorney successor, is widely viewed in New York as safe and conservative. A longtime DA insider, Perkins projects a professional, scholarly image with an academic bent hinted by his father Albert C. Perkins, a noted educator.
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Charles A. Parking
Whitman
New York
Hia
Perkins
Ong
Albert C. Perkins
Noted slavery foe dead in Kansas at ninety five
Rockford note: Dr George W Brown aged ninety five died. A prominent antislavery figure he founded Herald of Freedom in 1854, first Kansas state newspaper. His printing plant was destroyed by border ruffians. Grand jury indicted him for treason. he was imprisoned four months.
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Rockford
Kansas
Herald of Freedom
Cénneautriile
Through Straits of Magellan Beagle Channel Tour
A Boston Globe account describes a voyage from Stanley to Tierra del Fuego via Beagle Channel. The piece paints towering cliffs, jagged peaks, and wild scenery, with sightings of Navarin and Hoste islands, native Fuegians and their customs, diet, and burial practices, amid a dramatic ocean passage discovered in 1830 by Captain Fitzroy.
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Tierra del Fuego
Globe
Boston Globe
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Falkland Islands
Navarin Island
Magellan Straits
Beagle Channel
Lombardy
Rocky Mountains
Codrington
Cornéra
Woollya
Cape Mitchell
Murray Narrows
Button Isle
Hoste Island
Navarin
Fitzroy
Button Sound
Woolya
Canada Development Pushes to Grow Home Resources
Canada has embarked on developing its own resources after importing 5,610,812 pounds of mutton, 6,204,842 pounds of beef, and 11,264,108 dozen eggs and other foods last year, noting the country could produce these goods domestically.
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Canada
Embezzler Admits Theft in Courtroom Tease
In a sharp exchange a renowned criminal lawyer challenges a defrauded defendant for the full truth about a $100,000 embezzlement. The confessed thief admits the entire sum is gone except two dollars and then asks the counsel what the charge will be. The lawyer replies that the fee is two dollars.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
California Syrup of Figs Ad Claim For Kids Health
Vintage advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a harmless universal laxative for children and adults. It claims to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels, relieve feverishness and sickness, and restore well being within hours, urging mothers to buy a 50 cent bottle with printed directions.
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California
Ady
Wounded man asks for the canteen amid Aisne fighting
During recent fighting along the Aisne a man was badly wounded. An ambulance corps tenderly placed him on a stretcher and the officer asked to take him to hospital. The wounded man opened his eyes and whispered: What’s the matter with the canteen.
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Aisne
London
The Right Place and a Joke About Banking
A satirical piece contrasts a failed aerial financing plan with a quip about a bank of clouds. It reflects a man’s low self-image and reluctance to seek help, suggesting that self-criticism may deter others from assisting him.
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