Picturesque Idioms and Surviving Middle Ages
A National Review summary traces relics from the Middle Ages living in common speech across nations. It cites Judas imagery on Good Friday, St John and his lamb, Friday and Sunday proverbs, Thursday as a cousin day, and various phrases linked to saints, inns, and beggars, highlighting how old beliefs linger in modern tongues. The piece shifts to contemporary upheaval, denouncing labor unrest, police actions, and calls for order amid class conflict and political agitators.
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National Review
Judas
Ince
Guy Fawkes
John
England
St. John
Peevert
Shanks
San Francisco
Umbria
St. Francia
George Herbert
March
ST. Crispin
Saontcrepin
Soissons
Santa-Barbara
Sainte Barbe
St. Barbara
St. Roche
Struggle of the Classes As Paris Figaro Reports
A Paris Figaro translation from April reports riots and savage violence amid class conflict. Strikers in the Bomme district burned masters houses, likely killing owners who fled in time. In Pas de Calais and Toulon workers faced persecutions, defending themselves with knives and muskets, firing resulting in two deaths.
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Paris
Pas de-Calaig
Toulon
Liberal proposal at conference favors manhood suffrage
Report from a Pretoria conference notes representatives of the Progressive and Responsible parties discussing manhood suffrage and electoral districts based on old boundaries. General Botha and Mr Esselen lean toward acceptance, while Mr Smuts opposes, arguing the British Liberals would offer the Boers better terms.
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Het Volk
Botha
Esselen
Smuts
Pretoria
Shakespeare's Enduring Popularity Across the World
Sidney Lee notes in London Magazine that Shakespeare's works attract a vast, global audience and a colossal editorial effort. The British Museum collection tops copies but is not exhaustive, with about 20 000 volumes linked to Shakespeare. An army of 3000 editors translators and critics have contributed since the 18th century. Foreign readers, especially German and others, rival English readers in scale. Circulation in the 18th century was at least sixteen times higher than before, and 19th century figures surged with around 6.9 million volumes in 1801 1900 sets. The last decade of the 19th century continued the upward trend.
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Sidney Lee
Shakespeare
London
Lee
National Library
British Museum
England
Little Wonder Koerstz Wool Press Impresses Australian Woolmen
In this era of rapid mechanical progress the Little Wonder Koerstz Patent Farmers Wool Press is praised for simplicity and efficiency. Testimonials from Borenore, Pyrmont, Wyalong, and Sydney claim one person or a strong boy can press 39 hundredweight of fleece wool in minutes, with easy operation, durable build, and affordability amid drought.
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Koerstz Patent Farmers’ Wool Press
Australia
Koerstz
Borenore
Ma. G. Kornitz
Abattoira Road
Pyrmont
Sydney
Colonies
Joan McDonap
J. Wrowuams
Kooralbyn
Wyalong
Mzzsra
Gonossnoven, Mont & Co
C. Koerstz
Esaq
Koeerstz
Times
Koeratz
Absattoirs Road
Publishers rush to issue new Shakespeare editions
The passage notes publishers' drive to release independent Shakespeare editions as a sign of the market reaching a peak of demand in the twentieth century. Nine new editions a year have already appeared, with momentum likely to push past nineteenth century records.
Hollway Discharged Prisoners Aid Society Aims to Help
Twenty thousand women yearly are imprisoned at Holloway gaol and many relapse into crime after release. The Hollway Discharged Prisoners Aid Society, led by the Lord Mayor with vice presidents from the Prison Visiting Committee, fights this waste of womanhood with timely aid. Two thousand four hundred and fifty nine discharged.
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Holloway
Discharged Prisoners Aid Society Pushes Laundry Plan
In 1905 the society aided prisoners, placing many in homes and refuges near Holloway gaol. A meeting, under Adeline Duchess of Bedford, appealed for funds to establish a laundry and housing to help released women avoid reoffending, noting 175 successes from 2500 cases and 137 pounds raised so far.
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Adeline Duchess of Bedford
Bruton Street
Alfred Reynolds
Holloway Gaol
Parsons
Robert Lyttelton
Holford Adcock
A Morbid Scottish Collar Of Slavery And Oddities
Two centuries ago Scotland used death sentences commuted to perpetual servitude with brass collars marking the sentence. A collar from 1701 was found in the Forth near Alloa, inscribed to Alexander Stewart by the Justiciars, gifted as perpetual servant to Sir John Aresken of Alva.
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Scotland
Society of Scottish Antiquaries
Forth
Alloa
Alexander Stewart
Perth
Justiciars
John Aresken
Alva
Alderman Grafter
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t'Qoulen
Labor Confederation
MM. Combes
Pelletan
M. Combes
Misszs. M. Camreau, & Co
Boone
Ted
Sawyer
Ned
Albert
South Pole
Bobby
Mamma
Paria
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