Cheap Living Advice for Clerks on Diet and Drink
Dr Josiah Oldfield argues clerks risk “weedy” types from hurried meals and sedentary work. He advocates a new careful diet with fresh foods, fruitarian options, and moderate fluids, plus meals like porridge, cheese and salad, snacks on fruit and nuts, and water as the best drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Oldfield
Daily Express
Isaac Newton
Andar
Ialy Margaret Fruitarian Hospital
Bromley
Kent
London County Council
St Piran’s Day and Tin Legend in Cornwall
In December 1901 Belgium had 1332 motor cars and 714 motor cycles. Fifth March marks the anniversary of St. Piran the Irish hermit after whom Cornish parishes are named. His oratory at Perranzabuloe is recently renovated after storms unearthed features once buried in sand. Cornish miners still keep the Feast of St. Piran, a lore of tin that predates Phoenician trade.
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Belgium
St. Piran
Perranzabaloe
Piran-on-the-Sand
Dunstan
Nevada
Bullfinches Versus Garden Sparrows in the County Thoughts
In a piece by the County Gentleman the bullfinch is praised for beauty and intelligence while the sparrow is dismissed for its lack of redeeming virtue. The author notes the contradiction that a garden cannot host both bullfinches and cherry trees without conflict.
Trade Unions and Their Fund
Over the last decade, Engineering reports 100 major unions spent 116,060,000. Dispute pay totaled 2,343,000. unemployed benefit 13,608,000. other benefits 6,658,000. Remainder 3,451,000 covered management and admin costs. Also includes Labour representation in Parliament.
Stowaways Landed At Southampton From Norman
Two stowaways one British subject and one American were landed at Southampton on February 17 from the Union Castle liner Norman. They were sentenced by the local magistrates on February 2 to one month’s imprisonment with hard labor. The immigration officer urged Home Office expulsion of the American after sentence. The steamship company solicitor warned of a logistical dilemma if expelled. The magistrates, though acknowledging awkwardness, recommended the American’s expulsion.
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Southampton
Union Castle
Norman
Home Office
Steamship Company
Beers Unis
Magistrat
A Practical Socialist Madame Sorgues Interview
Paris correspondent reports on Madame Sorgues a highly educated activist linked to revolutionary syndicalism. She seeks to organize strikers travels to strike sites and lectures in English while facing threats and dangerous incidents from opponents and locals.
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Paris
London
Daily Telegraph
Madame Sorgues
Broutehoux
Lens
Comedie Francaise
Conservatoire
Revolte
Gil Blas
Des Debats
National Federation of Work
Federation
Socialist Party
OM Syndicate
Mme. Sorgues
Belfort
Felds
Hinglish
Monteceau-les-Mines
Decazeville
Aveyron
Madame Sorguen
Fish Hospital for London Anglers Hints at Health
A New York director opens a fish hospital in the Public Aquarium. Sick fish cured by scissors in disinfected water, fungal infections treated, with hopes to restore liver function in carp and even remedy overeating in pike. The Lea river’s dropsy affects weights in fishing contests, a note echoed by the Westminster Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Public Aquarium
River
Lea
Westminster Gazette
Moral and comic vignettes in a late 19th century column
A miscellany of humorous excerpts and brief notices from a periodical page includes satirical quips about education, milk science, transit delays, con artists, birds hybridized in Turvey, jewelry theft, feminine agitators, landlord disputes, and stage missteps. It mixes anecdotes, captions, and small sketches to entertain readers with wry, social commentary.
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Trade Unions
Thrilling Adventures
Fish Hospital For
Ness
Charing Cross
Turvey
Heds
Eldonnow
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Georgetown
Gourder
Boarder
Imdy
Phwat
William Morris
Edward Burne-Jones
Cain
Hume-Jones
Morris
Abel
Jeane
Hal
Mia Gilbert
Actreas
Chicago
Abe
Ted Fuah
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