Mirths of War and Engineering Wonders Across the Globe
A jumble of notes covers topics from juridical impartiality and medical curiosities to Transvaal mining pressure and a 19th century Rouen river crossing. It recalls Greenwich time debates, Jeru salem's meridian proposal, South Africa gun positions, and a Rouen aerial ferry. It also reports on parliamentary conference committees and a hill named Coleskop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Transvaal
Rand
John Yates
Rouen
Seine
Winter in Switzerland and the Crest run at St Moritz
The article extols a Swiss winter scene with tobogganing on the Crest run at St Moritz praised as perhaps the world fastest. It notes the lake after frost and snow as beautifully imagined and describes Switzerland shifting from a summer to a winter tourist focus inviting American travelers to the Alps year round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
St. Moritz
Alps
Sheridan's Wit at Prince's Banquet Ends With Wine Toss
W. W. Clarke recalls a Sheridan tale at a Waldorf Astoria dinner. The Prince mocks Sherry with a insult then flings wine in Sheridan's face. Sheridan, in turning the retort, dashes wine into Sir Joshua Reynolds after drying his face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
W. W. Clarke
Buffalo
Waldorf-Astoria
George IV
Prince of Wales
George III
Edmund Burke
Burke
Sheridan
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sherry
Sir Joshua Rey
Foreign Attaches Observe Cape Town War Front in South Africa
A wartime photograph shows foreign attaches from Russia Austria the United States Italy Germany and France stationed at Cape Town observing and reporting on the Boer British conflict. Figures include Col Stakhowitch Col Slocum Capt Trimmel Capt Gentilini Capt von Luttwitz and Capt dArmande as observers for their governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Cape Town
Col
Stakhowitch
Trimmel
Austria
Slocum
United States
Gentilini
Baron von Luttwitz
Kaiser
d’Armande
What May Be Inside a Dead Whale
The ambergris found in one dead whale has sometimes fetched thousands of dollars in markets worldwide for its use by perfumers and wine exporters. A remark notes its value as “The Prince's toast” and mentions spiritual power being available to the humble saint as quoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conference Committee
Congress
House
Senate
South Africa
Coleskop
Colesberg
Australia
Ireland
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Brooklyn
Greenwich
Jerusalem
Palestine
Halifax
Dover
Gibraltar
G. D. Giles
London Graphic
Sir Joshua
New York Tribune
Rev
J. J. Parsons
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