Epsom Salts Mistaken for British Tars by Thackeray
A foreign visitor in Hosom Howns with Thackeray’s company notes St James Budget of firms where many men dressed as sailors appear authentic to native eyes. He asks if they are British sailors. Thackeray replies humorously they are Epsom salts, not sailors.
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Missing Brent ancestor portrait sparks child’s clue
In a family move a Brent family portrait vanished prompting consternation. Six year old William Brent proposed a reward for hints and later recalled a shop window notice stating paintings restored, offering a lead to recover the grandfather’s picture.
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A Useful Garment
A humor item recalls a clothier asking a customer if the overcoat pleased him. The customer replies that all his boys wore it, noting with a wry twist that after rain the next smaller one must wear the coat, implying the garment’s lasting aftereffect.
Roosevelt Nobel Lecture Urges Arbitration and World Peace
Former US president Theodore Roosevelt spoke on International Peace to the Nobel committee on May 6. He urged arbitration treaties among civilized states, extension of The Hague system, and limits on naval armaments, arguing for a world federation and an international police power to enforce peace.
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Death of Edward VII Ends Era as George V Ascends
King Edward VII dies after pneumonia and bronchitis with queen and princesses at his bedside. The Prince of Wales becomes George V, dispatching the death notice to the lord mayor as royal observers anticipate a simpler court and possible curtailment of ceremonies.
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