The Tale of the Black Abbey Rock-Woman
A man moves to the Black Abbey combe seeking peace with his wife who fears the sea. A spectral Rock-Woman lures him with a promised union and two children born of the sea. One child finds solace in land, the other clings to waves, and a dark fate unfolds as tides claim them both. The man later abandons the cottage, haunted by the Rock-Woman and driven by a longing for the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Reynolds
Goda
Black Abbey
Tiwan
If & Guardian
Glack Abbey
Lily
Sho
Mack Abbey
Bonides
Te Walle
Promise
Allence
Hockes
Darkadas
Abbey Rock
Atlantic
Edward
Dangerous Sweets and Practical Joking Probed in Marl Borough Court
A Marylebone Council case reports F Allcroft facing prosecution for selling chocolates filled with capsaicin like capsicum causing harmful effects. An inspector bought a quarter pound labeled catch of the season. defense argues the sweets were sold as a joke and no label meant no offence. The judge imposed a fine of 208 with costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Mail
Marlborough Street
F. Allcroft
Great Titchfell Street
Freke Palmer
Marylebone Borough Council
Marylebone Council
Ticketts
Allcroft
Denman
Effective pipe wrench simple device from on site use
A drawing shows a basic pipe wrench device using frayed rope coils around the pipe for leverage. Three or four feet of rope are looped and wound to form a twist over the knee, ending in a loop for a bar iron lever. Useful for twisting pipe at connections in ordinary needs.
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Therewich Ihus
Lunatic in a Train Creates Frenzied Amiens Incident
A Doual to Amiens train report describes an elderly landowner from Gironde seizing the smoking compartment, brandishing a revolver, preventing alighting at Amiens, and resisting police. The station master detached the car, a battle ensued, and the man was overpowered and sent to hospital. Fellow travelers reflect on the dramatic, costly scare.
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Doual
Amiens
Parla
Daily Telegraph
Gironde
In the Village on the King's Funeral Day
Percy recalls a rural village on the day of Edward the Peacemaker's funeral. The town quiets as bells toll and a gathering forms at the churchyard, while farmers, tradespeople, and families pay homage, guided by memory of the king and the land’s calm, mournful beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Search
Daily Mail
Edward
Blackbird
Sani
Modern worship of poverty fuels social snobbery
A critical essay mocks the fashion of flaunting poverty as a status symbol. It describes rich mock poverty to gain cachet while maintaining extravagant lives, citing a London lady with 10,000 pounds yearly who dines grandly, travels, and entertains, and ends with a solicitor’s tale of a debt-ridden client forced into the workhouse.
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Francis
Assiasi
Gabe
Alls
Carlton
Caridge
Toya
London
Grosweer Square
Esmall
Sho
Quotations From Sir James Paget On Queen Alexandra Incident
The Spectator prints Sir James Paget letters from Handsworth dated December 26, 18 something recounting the Prince of Wales during typhoid. Paget recalls Queen Alexandra as a devoted nurse who never looked in the glaze and performed every duty with grit and love. The prince's patience and courtesy leave him ashamed of his earlier recollections of illness.
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Queen Alexandra
James Paget
Handringham
Prince of Wales
Sr James Paget
Abe
Lisl
Adventurous Captain Dickson and his daring flights
An English airman, Captain Dickson, recounts a career of exploration across East Africa Kurdistan and the Andes. He describes his fearless trials at Chalons Camp including multiple windswept glides, a forced emergency landing after a motor failure, and bold tours at Tours and Nice. He discusses nerves, flying joy, and the rise of English aviation strength.
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East Africa
Kurdistan
Andes
Patagonia
Stormberg
Somaliland
George V
Australia
New Zealand
Carpe
Van
Dickson
Farman
Chalons
Vol Plarne
Chalons Camp
Bhu
Chaves
van den Born
Olelehen
Lils Engilah Pield
France
London Scottlanl
Middlesex County
Royal Geographical
Mourmelon
Ilke Rowgler
Leblon
Prime milking cow at Royal Jerasy exhibition
A cow in prime condition with a strong milk strain is expected to yield eight or nine years. The Royal Jerasy exhibition in London reported an average milk value of Mb. lon, with Ib. 104 oz. of butter, among over 124 cows in the prize lineup.
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Royal Jerasy & Cletums
London
Great Chancellor of Britain Lord Halsbury Shapes Law Works
Portrait of Earl of Halsbury in London streets and Parliament House. The eighty-five year old former Lord Chancellor is described as vigorous, devoted to work, and still shaping English law. He rises early, walks daily, dislikes tobacco, fences, plays bridge, reads Greek, and credits his father’s tutoring for his lifelong discipline and achievements.
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Tord Halsbury
London
Victoria Street
Faye
Daily Express
Parliament
Camile
Earl of
Halebury
Lord Halsbury
Lord Halabury
House of Lords
England
the Inne
British Isles
Nearing &i
Kensington
Stoully
Bir
Rufus Semacs
Montagu Williams
Charles Dilke
Great Britain
Henry
Manville Fenn
Lardabury
Herodotus
Sion
bin Bean
Mpa
Lords
Great Explorer Lieutenant Alexander dies on Niger to Nile trek
A distorted account recalls Lieutenant Alexander of the Rifle Brigade killed during a perilous expedition from the Niger to the Nile near Abeshi in the Sudan region. The survivor, his brother Claud Alexander, and comrade Captain Gosling reflect on a life of daring exploration, severity of terrain, and the fatal risks faced by early African explorers.
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Africa
Daily Mail
Beye Alexander
Rifle Brigade
Niger
Nile
Jake
Herbert Alesander
Jose Lapex
Okapi
Maldageri
Lake Chad
Abeshi
Wadal
Fenech Sudan
Claud Alexander
Boots Guards
Roy Alexander
W Werbort Alaander
Ran Thome
Thomas
German Cameroons
Nigeria
Chad
Hermnolgg
Wade
Darfur
Khartum
Dietert
Alexander
Lapex
Kano
Lopes
Maiduguri
Abeshr
Wintat
Aed
Seyral
Vogel
Benet du
Dent
Motok
Thie Nathon
Alexamder
Clow
Lsu
Dorsetshire
Wilet
Gosling
Joele
Ghadta
Durie
Aftleon
Stanley
Abestacle
Sin
Leutenant
Allt Tees
Motoring Fatality After Rope Slip in Field Incident
In Badderafield, 73 year old David Kinder died after a horse pulling a motor carriage fell into mud. While handling the ropes, he slipped and was crushed when the wheel broke free, according to the Gazette.
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Windsor
Speedwell
Hehtram Dickson
Paris
The
Daily Mall
Sanwick
Earth
Nike
Tours
Bon. C. & Rolls
Nice
Wiying
M. Poulban
Mubrdureld
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