British Officers’ Nicknames Revealed Among War Figures
The London Mail notes many officers are better known by nicknames. Notables include Lord Roberts as Bobs, Kitchener as K. of K., Baden-Powell as old Bathing Tower, and Lord Salisbury’s secretary Pom, among others like Canary and Creepy.
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London Mail
Lord Roberts
Bobs
Rudyard Kipling
Lord Kitchener
Khartoum
Col. Baden-Powell
Eton
Col. Byron
Maj
Orr Ewing
Warwickshire Yeomanry
Duke of Rosburg
Weasel
Peel
Monkey
Milligan
Canary
Seymour Fortescue
Commodore
Schomberg McDonnell
Lord Salisbury
Hugo de Bathe
Sugar
Lawson
Bagot Chester
Bubble
Squeak
Sir Cloud de Crespigny
Creepy
Duke of Marlborough
Sonny
Duke of Westminster
Ben d’Or
Duke of Cambridge
War Office
George Ranger
The Man at Mafeking Survives Wartime Fame
Col Baden-Powell once pleaded for a warm corner at the outbreak of the Transvaal war and has held his position long enough to surpass siege records. Born to Professor Baden-Powell, he rose from Charterhouse to the Thirteenth Hussars, serving in India Afghanistan and South Africa and gaining early Cape acquaintance later recalled in his storied career.
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Baden-Powell
Transvaal
Lucknow
Collier’s Weekly
Haig Brown
Charterhouse
Professor Baden- Powell
Naval Service
Thirteenth Hussars
India
Afghanistan
South Africa
Cape
Fishing in Polynesia Wooden Fishhooks
A Palu fishing party on Nano maga in the Ellice group prepares to fish in windless, moonless nights though fish feed on starlight. They use cocoanut sennit lines and wooden hooks about fourteen inches long with a simple barb.
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Nanomaga
Ellice
Chamber
Political Philanthropist Reformer Capt Norton Goddard
New York World profiles Capt. F. Norton Goddard a young millionaire philanthropist and political leader. He funds families of policy men he has had arrested after conviction, supporting wives and children from his own pocket.
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New York World
F. Norton Goddard
Capt. Goddard
Robes That Change Color Rose Captivates Japanese Florists
A rose bred by Japanese florists shifts color with light. In sunlight it appears red and in shade becomes white, showcasing a novel pigment response that attracts attention in horticultural circles.
Armless Belgian artist Charles Fela dies at seventy
The armless Belgian painter Charles Francis Fela has died in his seventieth year. He learned to shave and perform daily tasks with his feet from infancy, painting with his left foot and using the right foot to manipulate brushes and tools. He ate with skill using his feet as well.
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Charles Francis Fela
Felu
What Justice Is Like
A painter tells President Louhet he is depicting justice as a grand ideal. The president counters by flipping a coin and declares justice as simply heads or tails, illustrating a blunt view of real life.
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Constsus
Louhet
Rambouillet
M. le President
Sid
Inderdanid
Sarfait
San Francisco
Liverpool firm resolves wage dispute with partial settlement
A Liverpool firm faced a dispute over a worker's pay. The senior partner explains a monthly moiety given to his wife as half the wages and clarifies the figure as four pounds. The wife questions the amount, while the partner insists it is correct and hints at further hardship if unresolved.
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Liverpool
Fim
Allen's Foot-Ease promoted for foot relief
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Fase as the cure for swollen, smarting feet with a powder to shake into shoes. Sample offered free and 26 cents at druggists. Also a humorous misquote from a Buffalo Commercial about a woman asking for a muff.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Buffalo
Important to Mothers fixamine bottle of Castoria
An ad style blurb touts Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children. It quotes a man making excuses about signing a paper and pokes fun at nose writing. The text ends with a joke about feet asleep and a corn crib.
Patent medicine pitches and sales offers from a period paper
Advertisements promote Pr Kline's nerve restorer with a free trial bottle, Parker's hair dye, Walter Baker choices, Dorchester, and distributors offering $20 weekly plus expenses to agents in Chicago. The page mixes cures, cosmetics, and sales prompts.
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Pr. Kline
We. R. BH
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Mafeking
Col
Polynesia
Fela
Buffalo Courier
J. J. Naindlaur
Fargo, N. D
Hall
Price
Walter Baker & Co
Dorchester
Mass
Parker
C. H. Marshall & Co
Chicago
Pleo
J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave. N
Minneapolis, Minn
Ayer
S. T. Jones
Wichita, Kans
Sterling Remedy Company
New York
Aes
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