Jewish Antiquities Exhibit Bridges East and West at Whitechapel
The Whitechapel Art Gallery hosts a rich Jewish art and antiquities show drawn from world sources. Curators emphasize the creative Jewish temperament and a history linking Jew and Gentile, with 1700 items including lamps, scrolls, Temple relics, betrothal rings, and prints reflecting English Jewish life since Cromwell.
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Whitechapel
Stuart M. Samuel
M.P
Dr Gaster
Nehemiah
London
England
Brighton
N. M. Rothschild
Mendoza
Ward
Dan
Dano Barnett
Westminster Gazetta
Mrs Ayrton Wins Hughes Medal for Electric Arc Research
The Hughes medal was awarded to Mrs. Ayrton for her pioneering work on the electric arc and her studies of sand ripples. Born to a talented family, she educated in England, taught at Girton, and married Professor Ayrton. Her investigations began in 1889 and will be published in book form.
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Ayrton
Anl
Blughes
Royal Society
Samuel A Marks
East Melbourne
Daily Chronicle
Huces
Mme. Curie
England
Hartog
Girton College
Cambridge
London
British Association
Institute of Electrical Engineers
Electrical Congress
Lady Helen Campbell Dies at Fife Hunt Ball
Miss Helen Henrietta Campbell eldest daughter of Sir Archibald Ava Campbell of Gibbiston Carnbee Fife collapsed at the Fife Hunt Ball in Cupar after an evening of dancing. She briefly recovered before passing away yesterday morning at the autumn social event that marks the hunting season.
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Miss Campbell
Sir Archibald Campbell
Gibblsbork
Fife Hunt
Helen Henrietta Campbell
Archibald Ava Campbell
Gibbiston
Carnbee
Fife
Cupar
Mise Campbell
Curious Contradiction In Bees Habits
A famous beekeeper notes a paradox in bee behavior. Rich hives invite less defense while poor hives provoke fierce aggression. Smoke and theft from full hives lead to surrender or helpless bees, whereas attacking a poor hive triggers deadly stings.
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Dees
Sense of Honor Debate on Women Versus Men
Miss Lucy Souls leads a Tunbridge Wells conference debate on who has more sense of honor in society. She cites women who cheat at games and read others letters as examples, arguing girls learn honor by training while boys are taught chivalry.
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Lucy Soulsby
National Union of Women Workers
Tunbridge Wells
Miss
Alice Gardner
Newnham College
George Meredith
Diana of the
Spraying in agriculture long debated by experts
A critique in Popular Science Siftings argues spraying has been overemphasized as a solution for plant pests and diseases. It notes Paris green and Bordeaux mixture emerged decades ago and that many modern tools and methods arose in the last 15 years, with other traditional or new approaches sometimes proving better or complementary.
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Paris
Restores To Sight After Repeated Accidents
A woman Miss Maria Louisa Goodyear of Headingley regains sight after a fall reactivates her optic nerve. Years earlier a prank caused a head strike and blindness, then another fall worsened symptoms before a later collapse restored vision in time to see her dying mother.
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Lears
Express
Maria Louisa Goodyear
Headingley
Hunslet
Miss Goodyear
Earl Spencer's Pytchley Mastery Sparks Humorous Rebuke
The Earl recalls a foggy Althorp pasture moment when he rebuked riders trailing the hounds only to find he was scolding his own Shorthorn cattle. He says the incident taught him to double check before admonishing a field.
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Earl Spencer
Pytchley
Germany Benefit Claim Sparks Naval Debate
The National Review accuses a mystifying communique circulated by the Sea-Lords of misleading the public about naval power. It labels the policy as Pelletan’s transfer from France to England for Germany’s benefit and questions the idea of laying up ships to strengthen the Navy.
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Camille Pelletan
Rance
England
Germany
National Review
Millionaire Market Draws Less Satisfied Servants
The Graphic notes England spends more now than 25 years ago but yields poorer results. Servants in rich households are less attentive and less devoted, with millionaire comforts like cigars and wines criticized as suited only for the millionaire market.
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England
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France
Daily Mail
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