Mixed 19th Century Reports From War and Church Notices
Fragmented items describe a London ministry event with Southern Counties players, a Transatlantic voyage aboard the Leviathan, Strasbourg’s post war restoration, and racehorse era details. It notes two English railway workers’ exhibition engine incident, a founder’s birthday, and a Cardinal funding a leper cottage hospital in South India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prutein Cardinal
Lamadun Passat Ain
Wickeb
Carding
India
Cardinal
Elf
Rooney
Mer. Candinal
South India
War Dog Jack of Mites Celebrates Birthday with Cake
An odd local tale recalls War Dog Jack of Mites who, with his mistress and guests, celebrated his birthday with cake topped by twenty candles. The event included a canine led cake cutting and playful gifts, while a long paragraph of era names and places fills the rest of the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Mhanderlain
Moo
Jock
Mona
Lancera
Muns Do
Progressive funeral directors seek tasteful coffins and new norms
A New York telegraph report notes Chicago delegates call themselves progressive funeral directors and push coffin designs tinted with rainbow hues. The shift replaces black hearse and heavy mourning with light symbolism and modern styles. An international firm wins a concession with Spain to salvage treasure from the Spanish Fleet shipwreck in Vigo Harbour, 1702.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
London
Daily Telegraph
Patel Eliades
Hoi Peer
Tmeg
America
Vigo Harbour
Tin Hares and Shopkeeper
A Manchester shopkeeper faces a confusing scene as a local patron recites phrases amid a murky sequence of names and events. The narrative mentions a rising dispute over credit and an unsettled case that leaves readers puzzled by the scattered details.
Sailors crafts and talents on long voyages described
A Victorian style survey highlights diverse sailor skills from pipe making and weaving antler grips to embroidery wrappers and wood carving. It notes a second officer painting seascapes from the ship's deck, a one-armed attendant’s art, sailor musicians, and a steward crafting carved chinaware from matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridice
Uber
Laney
Mili
Pioneering Russian in England and Tibetan Mystic Practices
The piece notes Abraham Drapkin the cigarette pioneer who helped popularize smoking in England and a poverty stricken Russian refugee who learned the trade. It also describes Tibetan oracles and astrology with rituals, offerings, and doom forecasts tied to birth horoscopes and karmic penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Abraham Drapkin
Drapkin
Elmont
Holt
KuNphWia
Wesleyan Student Breaks Breath-Holding Record
Mr. Er. L. Gaylor of Wesleyan College Connecticut set a new breath-holding record. He achieved a time longer than the 1918 California mark of 10 minutes 205 seconds, using pre-breathing to purge carbon dioxide and finishing with three breaths of oxygen to extend the hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Er. L. Gaylor
Wesleyan College
Connecticut
Universality of
California
Gaylor
St Pauls Den Of Thieves In The Dew Of Edward PV
In the early years of Queen Mary and later Elizabeth I London authorities seek to curb theft, beer bars and unlawful trades around St Pauls Cathedral. Despite edicts and proclamations, the underworld crowds the church area amid noise and turmoil, with thieves lingering in the sacred spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward PV
Brybrooke
Common Council of London
Niekela
Eliabeth
St. Pauls
House of Prayer
Atlantic air mail advances and thefts in London
A mixed London and Baltimore news page notes aviation risks in Atlantic flights with remarks on flying boats versus land planes, plus a string of theft cases from Hastings to a London suburb. It also reports a robber being caught hauling lead from a railway station roof and the curious disappearance of empty houses in a western London area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
San Francisco
C. ¢. Turner
London
Daily Telegraph
Falure
Hintantes
London Exchange
Hastings Uughter
Milway
Astronomical Telescopes Stir Moon Talk Across Oceans
The article describes a giant telescope planned in Channel Chile and mentions a separate fifty foot diameter mirror project by Mr and Mrs Altes. It discusses how different optical powers could reveal the Moon’s details and distance, weaving in curious calculations about lunar distance and visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mec Affec
Rtomford
Connectcut
Channral
Chile
Earth
Altes
Hoked Eye
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Judgement Hotel
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THE
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Tee Phonies
el Pups
Mary
Mtad
Dean
A. OG. Cox
Hine
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Focter-McClellan Co
Eydney
Ministry of Holt
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Sothern
Star
Strasbourg
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Weber
Kleber
Crewnelness
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Dremu George Deares
Wien
Young
Thamles
Maem
Diesel
Duarte
Tien
Pais
Postman's Hospital
Weary Milla
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Suarndinge Pasa
Moana Alist
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Vigo
Tin Hares
Manchester
Aimee Linhare
Vasserionin Ching
Bae Yang
Pune
Oracle
Oruder Wither
Ethene
Orichos
Hella
Lamolam
St. Paul's den of Thieves
the Ocean Airways
Baltimore
Profesor E. A. Andrews
Johns Hopkins University
Perec
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Moridale
Senitap
Hiopwie
Sim
Mia
KE. J. Farrell
Jet's
Bottadl
Ted
Vern
Tost & Rohu
Martin Place
G.P.O
Parkinson Astralian
Parkinson (Australia) Ltd
Five Dock
DLS
Noyes Bros
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Clarence Street
Universal Distributing Company, Limited
Canderra
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