Ethel Ansom Starts Office Romance With Wilmore
Miss Ansom reveals she faked engagement to test suitors in the counting house. Harry Wilmore confronts the truth after a secret ring on her finger signals a chosen partner. Billy Brass later spies the pair walking arm in arm, triggering a burst of clashing office dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilly Brass
Ethel
Harry Wilmore
Miss Arsom
Billy
Capper
Barnes
Gregson
Lon
Watson
Miss Ansomi
Weotson
Miss Ansom
Wilmore
Billy Brass
Indian Bow and Arrow in Native Hunter Craft
The article details how North American Indians made bows from wood bone or horn, often backed by sinew or animal skin. It describes single piece and laminated bows, sard to last, and notes horn and bone bows were valued more for display than use. It covers arrows as a three-part development with heads shafts and fletching, and mentions primitive early arrow forms and string materials.
British Soldier praised in German military review of Maurice history
The Militar Wochenblatt lauds Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice's official history of the South African War. It notes the German General Staff perspective, critiques British public opinion, and highlights depictions of Ladysmith relief, Bloemfontein operations, and Morenga pursuit with emphasis on leadership and troop valor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Standard
South Africa
Frederick Maurice
Militar Wochenblatt
Lear
England
Great Britain
Nicholson
Nek
Stormberg
Ladysmith
Bloemfontein
Morenga
French
Cronje
Highland Brigade
Hanna
Paardeberg
6Th Division
Driefontein
Q Battery
Sanna
Reuter
Bow cases and quivers of plains tribes and cavalry notes
The article describes bow cases and quivers made from animal skins such as otter panther buffalo calf and cattle hides. It notes the long bow case and a parallel rod attached quiver and mentions a mule hide example from a Seventh Cavalry pack train killed near the Custer fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Cavalry
Whalebone as a Superior Material
Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 626 notes whalebone’s lightness, elasticity, and shape retention under heat and compression. Substitutes such as steel and horn fail to match its combined properties for whips, corsets, and stays. Most cutting occurs in New York City and Boston, with at most forty workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Boston
Bureau of Fisheries
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Harley Uiey
Scotts
Scott
St. George’s Baking Powder
Cat George
Metional Drug & Chemical Co
Uoada, Limited
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St. George's
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