Enormous English pies praised for royal and historic feats
A 200 pound meat pie was baked for a Goreston banquet while Denby Dals near Halifax is famed for giant pies. Historical giant pies include a 1500 pound creation for Queen Victoria’s jubilee in 1887, using beef, mutton, veal, lamb, pork and poultry, with 60 sacks of flour crust. Additional pies celebrated the repeal of the corn law in 1846, King George II’s health in 1788, and Wellington’s Waterloo victory in 1515.
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Goreston
England
Halifax
George II
Wellington
Napoleon
Waterloo
Curious misprints in classic texts prompt reader confusion
A discussion of printer errors in works like Scott's Monastery Thackeray's Lectures on the English Humorist and Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress reveals how letters and words are altered from nurse to Feintheart, Heiman to Haman, and Mordecai replacing Haman changing literary meaning over editions and generations.
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Walter Scott
Tustace
Scott
Thackeray
Smollett
Dr. Morgan
Mrs. Manley
Demir
Auithoress
David
Oman
Hezekiah
Peter
Heman
Mahel
Solomon
Toone
Heiman
Haman
Bunyan
Mordecai
Smallest Church in England Seats Ten in Upleatham
The tiny church of Upleatham ten miles from Middleboro is believed to be the world’s smallest with a seating capacity of ten. Inside walls bear painted coats of arms from three local titled houses and a quaint inscription.
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Upleatham
Middleboro
England
Power From The Sun Motif In California Sun Motor
The sun motor in California concentrates sun heat with 1,800 mirrors on a shade like apparatus to heat a 100 gallon boiler. The device uses steam to pump underground water to irrigate parched tropical lands by harvesting solar energy directly.
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Tropics
Wandy
California
Equator
Sol
English Woman Tours United States With Plan To See It All
An American recounts a well educated English woman's ambitious tour of the United States. She intends to visit major cities and scenic spots from New York to Florida, the Rockies to Louisiana, then return to England. Secretary Lane notes similar myths persist and urges American and European education about the country.
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United States
New York
Europe
America
New World
Chiago
Niagara Walls
Africa
Niagara
Chicago
St. Louis
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Rocky Mountains
Louisiana
Florida
Atlantic
England
Washington
Lane
Buffalo
Boston
San Antonio
el Paso
Rhode Island
Alamo
Animals Slain by Captivity
Paris statistics compare life spans of wild beasts in captivity versus liberty. Tigers and panthers live seven to eight years in cages, lions longer, hyenas five to six, brown bears seven to eight, white bears four to five, elephants vastly shorter, twenty five to thirty. Monkeys die mainly of tuberculosis. In Paterson New Jersey, alms house inmates strike for less work and more food. their leader jailed, strike ends.
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Paris
Paterson
N. J
Queen Barred From Museum in Umbrella Standoff
London queen was denied museum admission at Norwich Castle after a refused umbrella surrender. She was escorted by the bishop of Norwich and later allowed in once her identity was revealed. Apologies followed the slip, and the queen entered with her umbrella.
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London
England
Norwich Castle Museum
Queen Mary
Norwich
Social centers gain public support says Perry report
Clarence Arthur Perry of the Russell Sage Foundation reports social center efforts show stronger local backing than advocates claim. Data from 71 cities with paid workers, up from 44, and maintenance spending rising from 139 535 to 324 575, plus about 3 000 total engaged, reflect wider use of school buildings for elections, meetings, and civic activities.
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New York
Clarence Arthur Perry
Russell Sage Foundation
New York City
Perry
Whiskers or widow in Frederick MD divorcee seeks bride
Emanuel C. Fink, fifty two and divorced, advertises for a wife in Frederick county. He claims to dread remaining single and notes twenty widows are ready to marry. A fifty year old widow with six children responds that he must visit a barber to win her, and Fink wavers before possibly renouncing his beard.
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Frederick, Md
Emanuel C. Fink
Frederick County
Fink
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