Eccentrics On Parade From Rich Rarities To Odd Collectors
Eccentrics celebrated for bizarre feats include a London man with 36 spectacle pairs and John Little of Kentish Town who owned 173 breeches and 180 wigs. Thomas Leadbetter squandered his fortune on clothes after selling 700 salts leaving 62. Ulrich of Barnet imitated horns and bells as a paid hobby. ALBIN L. CLOUGH, hermit of Cape Nedick, US, claimed similar quirks.
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John Little
Kentish Town
London
Thomas Leadbetter
stHire
Ulrich
Barnet
Herts
Odd Tales Of Eccentric Figures And Quirky Beliefs
The piece describes assorted curiosities from history and fiction, including a hunter who rode a bull with pigs for company, Cardan's self-admiring dark lore, Bowman's belief in returning from the dead, Magarin's tulip vision, Nero at his own banquets, Darwin opposing unhappy endings, and Bernhardt carrying a coffin, all framed as peculiar personality sketches.
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Jupiter
Cardan
John Bowman
Earth
Bowman
Nero
Charles Darwin
Sarah Bernhardt
Wharfs and Woes in a Wharveside Artist Sketches
Sydney wharfie Frank Worrall, 42, sketches on packing cases during meals and breaks. He admires simple crayons and black and white, draws mates and a portrait for a groom-to-be, and dreams of becoming a full-time artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Frank Worrall
George St
Britain
Frank
Strange English Recluse Stu keley And His Epitaph Of 1940
An 18th century Englishman named Mr Stukeley lived for 30 years without shaving or changing clothes. After divorcing his second wife he inhabited a boat-turned-house with a front-lawn display of a stuffed bird and a snake to keep women away. He predicted his death in 1940 and inscribed the epitaph Women Is Hell Clough 1864-1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jemmy Hirst
Doncaster
Yorkshire
Kant
Hetty Green
Edward Fowjland Robinson Green
New York
MR. Stukeley
George I
Clough
Edmund Barton First Prime Minister of Federation Remembered
A tribute recalls Edmund Barton as the pioneering figure of federation in Australia Born January 18 1849 in Glebe Sydney he led campaigns across colonies and shaped constitutional theory He later served as Attorney General and Premier before joining the High Court Bench with Sir Samuel Griffith The article notes his influence and debates over constitutional principles and Section 92 The piece is authorised by The Bank F Employees Anti Socialization Movement 699 Tawigt Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Barton
Commonwealth of Australia
Henry Parkes
Federation
Barton
Glebe
Sydney
Toby
New South Wales
Samuel Griffith
John Reynolds
Justice Barton
Samuel Grimith
Commonwealth
Bank F
Paris
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Albin’ L. Clough
Cape Nedfick
Ple
H.R
Hemingway Robertson Institute
Hemingway & Robertson Pty. Ltd
Gm.l
George
Perth
Newcastle
Launceston
Eraton
Nem Ial
Fordson
England
Lynas Motors Ltd
Vincent van Gogh
Pure
National Library of Australia
Nla.gov
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