Continental cheeses reach London market from many lands
The article surveys an expanding array of cheeses arriving in London from Alpine Switzerland to Italy and Holland. It highlights Gruyere, Mont d Or, Roquefort, Parmesan, Neufchatel, Emmenthal and Gouda among others, noting methods, prices, and the growing role of foreign producers and dairy science in urban consumption. It also contrasts home Devonshire cream with foreign butters and mentions dairy education and industrial aims in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sanny
France
Fiord
Holland
Italy
Switzerland
Mont d
Neufchatel
Austria
Limburg
Edam
Gouda
Tuscany
Piedmont
Turin
Sicily
Bavaria
Russia
England
York
New Forest
Aylesbury
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Brittany
Normandy
Arctic
Finland
Scandinavian Butter Preserving Company
Caves Rennies of
Saxony
Pali Mall Gazette
Snipe Shooting Extraordinary in New Orleans Narrows Record
A prominent plantation owner and longtime state resident achieved a historic snipe bag of nineteen hundred and sixty birds over six days, shooting six hours daily from his Teche estates. The feat surpasses prior records and was praised by the New Orleans Picayune as the country’s greatest shooting accomplishment. He will return to his Biarritz residence in France refreshed by the feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Picayune
Teche
Chicago
Theodore Hook’s Clever Practical Joke Stuns Dinner Guests
In Belgravia, Theodore Hook befriended actor Daniel Terry and, by posing as a guest named Smith, infiltrated a Soho dinner party. He impressed strangers with bon mots, then revealed himself to the host as Thompson, claiming a prior invitation and entertaining all with wit, song, and picaresque bravado.
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Strand
Daniel Terry
Soho
Terry
Hook
Smith
Theodore
Thompson
Liverpool
Theodore Hook
Belgravia
Memorial tablet records Pocock brothers in Upnor church
A memorial tablet at Upnor School Church honors Edward and Francis John Pocock who died in Africa and Congo respectively, along with Francis Richard Pocock who perished in Franklin's Arctic expedition. The inscription notes origins in Upnor and schooling at Frindsbury and was crafted by Mr. Dawes of Strood.
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Pocock
Chatham and Rochester
Eng
Upnor School
Edward
Francis John Pocock
Africa
Edward Pocock
Chinya
Congo
Henry
Ann Pocock
Uptor
Frindsbury
Henry M. Stanley
Francis Richard Pocock
Upnor
Sir John Franklin
England
Mr. Dawes
Strood
Women Workers’ Protection Group Guards Rights For Years
A New York based organization formed fourteen years ago to defend working women from unscrupulous employers has achieved substantial results. It has brought six thousand offenders of helpless women to justice and helped send many to prison.
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New York
No Labor Saving Device for Mer
A man pressures a woman to buy a clothes wringer on weekly payments during hard times. She rejects the deal, noting six dollars could buy a cloak or alpaca, and declares she has no pride for a buyer who would “squeezin’ machine.” Cincinnati Breakfast Table.
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Mer
Cincinnati
Man Consumed in Blast Furnace at Whitwell & Co
A fatal accident at William Whitwell & Co pig iron works South Stockton England. James Higgins struck a jammed bell and fell with it into No 3 furnace, his body consumed by the blast. He was a married man with a widow and several children.
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William Whitwell & Co
Stockton
England
James Higgins
Higgins
Shanahan
American Heiress Clara Jerome to Wed Earl of Wicklow
England reports Miss Clara Jerome daughter of Leonard Jerome of New York and sister of Lady Randolph Churchill will marry the Earl of Wicklow. The groom, former Ninth Lancers officer, is about 38, fifth Earl of Wicklow since 1869, with estates Shelton Abbey in Wicklow and Castle Forward in Donegal. He descends from a branch of Norfolk and is a representative peer of Ireland in the British peerage.
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England
Clara Jerome
Leonard Jerome
New York City
Randolph Churchill
Earl of
Norfolk
Ireland
Shelton Abbey
Wicklow
Castle Forward
Donegal
Yarns
New York
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