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Frances Campbell narrates a chaotic holiday at a country vicarage where four guests and staff fail to cook. A rabbit dish causes alarm and comic chaos as the Young Chap and others wrestle with the task while the kitchen collapses into farce. The episode ends with tea and a retreat from dinner.
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Frances Campbell
Gira
Clara
Mensies
Cookias Gothem
Messi
Aunte
Susie
Clare
Syle
Madge
Marie
Madge Bassils
Maddox
Tory
Kap'r Haugh
Rabbit
Jusie
Thre Waite
Flowers in the East Prize Winners at St George's Show
A fourteen year old Jewish girl Rachel Lazarus receives the special prize a silver watch at the Window Ganfen Society of St George's in the East show. Lydia Thompson of Brewhouse Lane won second prize, with prizes for Council school entrants. the event supports poor children in gardening under difficult conditions.
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Laurie Augusta
Sob
Rachel Lazarus
Mre Cornett
Lydia ‘Thompson
Brewhouse Lane
Lydia
Death sentence for Hancocka in murder of daughter at Cheater Ansizes
At Guildford Assizes Hancocka, a wheelwright’s assistant, was condemned to death for killing his daughter Maury Elizabeth aged fifteen and attempted to dump her in the Mersey after the act. He claimed love for his victim and blamed his wife for provoking the crime, while declaring remorse on the way to execution. A co-defendant Walter James Harry Clapham was ordered to be detained while another man, Albert Edward Bloom, aged eighteen, faced trial for murdering an elderly woman at Neatishead after breaking into her home. Bloom admitted a motive felt to be theft and described the act in his own words.
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William Alfred Hancocka
Cheater Ansizes
Maury Elizabeth
Mersey
Hancocks
Walter James Harry Clapham
Peckham
Guildford Assizes
Hs Majesty
Horton Asylum
Epcom
Turnbull
Albert Edward Bloom
North Waltham
Dent
Neatishead
Norfolk
Miss Dent
Dally Mall
Auto Humor From Century’s Glimmering Lines
A quizzical 19th century note mocks autos and speed, warning against judging by shine. It quips that all glitters may not be good, tires jar like thorns, and warns that haste invites capture. A playful reflection on roads and fate.
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Aixes
Miss Hart Retains Unclaimed Auction Luggage Bonds
A clerk in the United States and post office bought an unclaimed luggage trunk at auction. It contained bonds to £10,000 value, with £600 at par. The law courts ruled Miss Hart may keep them. Within a day she received thirty five offers of marriage.
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Miss Hart
United States
Post Office
Long Lost Rubens Portrait Found in London
A long-lost posthumous portrait attributed to Rubens of Charles the Bold was discovered in London after decades. Painted in 1885 for the triumphal entry of Cardinal Archduke Ferdinand into Antwerp, the work remains in excellent condition and is believed to have passed through the hands of Philip II of Spain and into France.
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Rubens
Charles the Bold
London
Archduke Ferdinand
Antwerp
Philip TV
Spain
Portrait of Charles the Bold Linked to Crown Jewels Find
A damaged report discusses a purported authentic portrait of Charles the Bold in Vienna and attributed Rubens works. It notes diamonds once in Charles’s camp at Graston in 1476 and traces one stone to the Le Sancy diamond among French Crown Jewels. Dr. K. Rooses of Antwerp authenticates the piece per Daily Mail.
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Regiava
Pariz
Charieaia
Granston
Tamoun
France
Charles the Holdly
Vienna
Lakewise
Rubens
Hampton Court
K. Rooses
Antwerp
Daily Mail
The Great Nephew of the Statue Remembrance
An anecdote from the Daily News recalls a “great nephew of the statue” in a Northern town. It tells how a footman’s hat removal sparked a query about the statue’s subject, Dr Andrew Reed, founder of Reedham Orphanage, and connects to Sir Charles Reed and the Peabody Trust.
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Tenden “Daily News
Apum- Ucella
General Gorton
Trafalgar-square
London
Andrew Ree
Reedham
Sir Charles Heed
Peabody
Sir Peabody
Charles Reed
Mother and Daughter in London Police Court
In a West London Police Court on July 14 a 13 year old girl, accused by her mother of stealing 10s from a box, faced the magistrate Mr Plowden. The mother urged prison for the girl while the elder sister urged mercy, the child nearly fainted, and the magistrate sent her outside for air before asking again if prison was desired. The mother dismissed the girl as wicked but the magistrate expressed pity for the child and sent her away with a warning to reform.
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Madge
Strait of Mennlen
Abe
Amile
Margit
Syed
Arapitalt
Sunley
Luther
Susie
Moses
London
West London
Plowden
Fragmentary quote about public mockery of a learned woman
The text recalls how a woman faced insults across decades from “bluestocking” to “empty beaded overdressed doll” and now a “feature of troll muscles” and “waistless symmetry.” It notes comments steering her toward cooking and domestic duties.
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Mmere
Thompson
Cansell
Open Countenances of Babies Note Curious Observation
A fragmentary remark notes babies often appear with open countenances. The text later mentions a capacity at midnight as a vague aside, offering little context or clear events.
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Nat Flazen
Abraham
Saint of Virgin
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