Rocking Channel Dangers Highlighted by Traveller’s Tale
A London Daily News reader recounts crossing the Dover Channel many times, warning that night passages are a crowded highway with reefs and rocks. He notes fog and a dangerous reef near St Malo, stressing careful navigation and cueing officers to the hazards encountered daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London “Daily News
Cape la Hevr
Havre
London and South Western Company
Stella
Cape
St. Malo
Hilda
Alderney
Rave
Schole Bank
Desorates Bank
Jersey
IV Min
St. Mato
Gregory
Pearson
Jiu Jitsu for Women in Mayfair Society Gains Notice
A new phase of physical culture appears as women in England study jiu jitsu in Mayfair centers, with Mayfair venues attracting society ladies including a duchess. The sport is framed as mental strength, not brute force, and schools describe a Japanesque dress for students.
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Mayfair
Daily Mail
Medoc Question: French Bordeaux Chamber Protest
The London Daily News reports a November 16 inquiry into a British wine firm linked to Algiers. A circular claimed Algerian wine could be sold as Medoc at cut prices, drawing a protest from the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce. The Commerce Minister said the ad misrepresented Algerian exports and ordered action.
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London “Daily News
Ine
Chamber
Hordéaux
London
M. Ballande
Bordeaux
el Bt
Algiers
Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce
England
Medoc
Hocplate Cake it s a most delicious cake
Homely fare highlights three special cakes including a plan for a simple cake that improves with age. The note describes decorating ideas with white icing and suggests personalizing each cake with a pitcher name and date.
Violet center cakes and chocolate glaze recipe
The text describes making a chocolate cake with violet decorations and a separate glossy icing. It lists ingredients such as good chocolate, butter, sugar, ground rice, vanilla, milk, and baking powder, plus method steps for mixing, baking, and preparing the glaze. A Madeira cake recipe follows with butter, sugar, flour, lemon rind, citron, and steps, then a humor exchange about whisky.
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Haifa
Lus
Vienna
Queen and Tiger Visit Hippodrome Show
The Queen and Prince Nicholas visited the Hippodrome yesterday afternoon. A ten week old tiger was placed in her Majesty's hands and stroked by the Queen who remarked on its pretty face. The tiger, born at Rostock and fed on milk and chicken, later returned to its cage after a brief encounter with handlers.
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St. Malo
Brittany
Weil
Gregory
Vireom
Ital
Nicholas
Greere
Sully
Ste Teers
Willy Aising
Charles Spaniel
Rostock
Paris
Hippodrome
Daily Mail
Gingerbread and Miscellany From The Period Script
A bulky clipping blends a gingerbread recipe with baking instructions using eggs sugar and spices. The piece shifts to local crime and moral anecdotes including a man jailed for drunkenness along with quips and classroom tales from a bygone era.
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Weaet
Poe
Cambridge
Girton
Newnham
Sult
Althugh
Tejiten
Dapto Butter Factory
Cernly
Ireland
Saphead
Miss Sharp
Mr Saphead
Ablon
Park Butter Factory
Mioderate Agen
Brikh
Waters
QUEEN
Wittiamn Shakejipsire
Andrew Lane
Lang
Cape Town
Pather
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