The Flower Fellers and the Cold Storage Bouquets
A lurid interview with Bloomerstein, a flower peddler, exposes a scheme in which he sells preserved blossoms to restaurant patrons and theater crowds. He laughs at the gullibility of men with wives and doll companions, detailing profits from violets, roses, and orchids bought for pennies and sold for dollars, while recounting manipulation at tenement corners and the lure of “Sticking Em Up.”
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Compres
Clarence Collen
Waeshington Star
Bloomerstein
Qing
Bien
Feliera
Walter
Beery Clett
Arena of
Equcen
Florida
Nix
Bey
Schenectady
Tme
Ging
Osby
Violeta
Pen
Frankfordere
Wayne
Chanticles and Chanticler In French Humor
The fragment discusses Chantheles and Chanticler editors of French language periodicals. Gaston Bordet is cited praising the expression of candor and humor in De nos travaux. The author urges joy in daily labors and notes a tendency toward optimistic, refreshing French work without interest in profit.
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Chanticler
Tieroe Pour Des Francais
Powell Iy
Admiral Fournier Memoirs Stir British Press Interest
An excerpt from Vice Admiral Fourpier's memoirs, as serialized by the Paris Matin, discusses the Dogger Bank incident, Kaiser Wilhelm II’s diplomacy, and a proposed fifth Russian commissioner. It argues for a Franco British alliance with Russia and Japan, a strong navy, and consistent military sacrifice to safeguard Europe’s peace amid looming tensions.
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Fourpier
Paris
Daily Telegraph
Paoble
Russia
Wiliai
Parie
Hearty
Priasis
Kaiser
Far East
William
2Tia
Siemer
Ber Yon Spann
Ously
M. Dalcasse
France
Euch
Waerd
Germany
Maroney
Tanger
Dogger Beak
Fournier
England
Russa
Europe
United States
Japan
Mike Ux
Brest
Wagyu
Uyid
Tyefert
Atlantic
North Sea
Channel
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Belmestle
Fragmented crime notes and oddities in a hazy report
A garbled report recounts a constable confronting a prisoner with eight bundles of something described as coal or similar items. The witness mentions threats and fighting gestures as the man’s beard is touched and other offences are hinted. The text ends with a bizarre insert about guillotines and French history.
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Telonyah
Phianmer
The Ideal Cricket Captainship in 1903
Mr F Warner reflects on captaincy as core to turning a weak side into strong. He praises H Trott, J Darling, and M A Noble, praising Noble's fielding system and the need for discipline, loyalty, and cooperation. Emphasizes adaptability, strategy, and unity as vital to leadership and match success.
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Timcottee
Warne
F. Warner
Cricker Ar Wen
Traderehip
Orgiiirwlien
Tim
Peed Baling
Widing
Eife
Tal
India
Tan
England
H. Trott
Darling
M. A. Noble
Decker
Ibn Meldwan
Noble
Fogle
Jane
Life on Venus and Mars in Early Theories
A discussion of planetary habitability compares Earth, Venus, and Mars. It notes Venus and Mars sizes, densities, gravities, and atmospheric estimates, arguing Venus is likelier to support life than Mars.
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Mars
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
Batam
Uranus
Neptune
Merscy
Wonus
Mara
Earth
Eres
Ife
Moon
Blind Man's Shop Opens on Highgate Hill
A new Highgate shop features a window display of Lloyd's News story about William Palmer Davis, a Stoke Newington blind shopkeeper who built a business despite severe handicap. Davis says he can serve customers well, learning positions by feel, and credits the article with widening his social circle and attracting readers offering books for the blind.
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Midlands
John Hallier
Ion
Davis
Aineere
Highgate
Biwch
Dick Whittington
Davin
William Palmer Davis
Stoke Newington
Lloyd's News
Linyd
Highgate Hl
Winljing Lenduc
Coe
Painter Venus Controversy Over Greig Discovery
A long dispute over a Rokeby Venus monogram ends with experts denying Greig found authentication. Sir Charles Holroyd and committee scrutinize the scene while Greig claims cipher evidence. Public interest rises as attendance at the National Gallery spikes compared with last year.
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Velasquez
Cenestisa
Zperis
Daily News
Manel
Jones Greigner
Mir Greig
Daily
Newe
Jame Greig
Che
Claude Phillips
Herbert Cook
Lionel Cust
Roger E-Fry
C J. Holmes
Robert Co. Witt
DB MacColl
Bidney Colyin
Phillips Jo the Kmeber
Wallace
Line Cust
Galery
Hieger Bry
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Holmes
National Portresy Gallery
Mirs
Medol
Sidney Colvin
British Museum
The
Morning Post
Greig
Venus
National Gallery
Bir Charies- Wa
Charles Holford
Ena
National Arm Collections Fund
Greig Remsing
Nations Gallery
The Lest Club in London in Victorian Sketches
A correspondent recalls the phrase best club in London and traces its Victorian origins to EB M Whitty the author of Friends of Bohemia. Whitty helped popularize a modern parliamentary sketch and Disraeli later used the line in Lothair, with Whitty often credited as its originator.
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London
Westtolwater Gazette
Bohemia
EB. M. Whitty
Morl Mex
Erbich
Pondola
Disraili
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Lockmitt
Tate
Heran
Turkey
America
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