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Events of this year in the Illustrated London News.
The Gramophone & Typewriter, Ltd
New Gramophone records published this week
Madame Albani - Home Sweet Home & Handels "Largo" 10s each
Mr John Harrison - Come into the Garden Maud 5s each
Mis Perceval Allen - Daddy & A Birthday 2s 6d
Miss Jessie Maclachlan - Mo Dhachaidh (My Home)2s 6d
Mr Eugene Stratton - Little Dolly Daydream & The coon drum major 5s each
Mr Harry Lauder - Stop your tickling Jock, John Mackay & The safest of the family 5s
The Japanese National Anthem by The imperial court musicians 5s
February 10th - Russian fleet attacked by Japanese in Manchuria: war declared
April 30th - World Fair in St Louis, USA opened
August 3rd - Dalai Lama forced to flee as British capture Lhasa
Theodore Roosevelt elcted 26th US President
Freud's Psychopathology of Everyday Life published
J.M.Barrie's Peter Pan first performed
April 30th
The Eternal City's Welcome To The First Republican In Europe
A Relic of the Last Human Sacrifice in India
The Military Guard at the West Railway Station, Buda-Pesth
Hungarian Railway Strike
Lilliput in the Hands of Brobdignag
Aliens in England The Immigrant Problem
A Peaceful Invasion of England: Landing Practice at Whale Island
The Prince and Princess of Wales in Vienna
December 3rd
General Nogi of Japan
The Russo-Japanese War on the eve of Japan's victory at Port Arthur, including illustrations of a torpedo boat being smuggled to the Russian Navy,
Russian submarine at Vladivostok
illustrations of the visit of King Carlos to the Duke of Orleans, and his visit to Covent Garden
Ladies' Pages with fashions and jewellery,
full page photo montage of Admiral Sir John Fisher and "vessels he can well do without",
a full page illustration "A Preliminary to the Battle of the Sha-Ho: A Japanese Turning Movement",
Chess column,
Fur-bearing animals used in a lady's Jacket,
photos from the war, including the Japanese 3rd Divisional Camp, and of Japanese war balloons,
2 page illustration of a funeral for a fallen Japanese officer in Yokohama,
more photos including a Japanese execution,
full page ad for Cadbury's Cocoa, full page ad for Lever's Soap Powder, half-page ad for Perrier water,
December 10th
with cover story on the Russian-Japanese war at Port Arthur,
Railway and steamship ads,
Theatre and music reviews,
Smithfield Agricultural Club Show,
Full page illustration of the sinking of the Rurik,
photos from the war,
Ladies' Pages with fashions and jewellery,
more photographs from Port Arthur with several full page,
full page Fry's Cocoa ad, full page Sunlight Soap ad, full page Parisian Diamond ad, half page
Van Houten's Cocoa ad with Santa Claus, Perrier Water ad, Swan Fountain Pens ad, Dewar's White Label ad
Christmas Number 1904
48 pages plus full colour front cover and back cover advertisement for Pears.
There are many beautiful illustrations inside and numerous advertisements from companies such as Lux, Bovril and Bird's Custard Powder.
There are four wonderful Lawson Wood Plates showing different Christmas traditions in a comical and prehistoric light!
This magazine measures approx. 11½" x 16"
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