Pictures of the Week from a Westminster Gasette page
A narrated vignette captures painters at a London hospital, a factory of quiet workers, and a stylish Londoner’s bridal anxieties. It details a painter braving high windy roofs, a loyal foreman Barton, and a young woman awaiting marriage while debating a gown. Scenes shift to a suburban yard with hens, geese, and a child sharing bread with chickens before returning to London.
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Westminster Gasette
Tokine
Win
Barton
Noime
Old Barton
London
Amond
Cowes
Bolent
Gresamaker
Ellerby
Rope Sling for Barrels Demonstrates Quick Fastening
A sketch illustrates a simple rope sling to fasten a barrel for drawing water from a well or suspending a bucket from a roof. It notes curling the rope with wire if safe cutting is difficult and emphasizes a handy improvised solution.
Rope and Bucket Sketch Explain Tension Concept
The passage describes a rope attached to a bucket as taut while hung, emphasizing that the rope remains tight as long as the bucket hangs. The sketch illustrates the simple mechanism of fastening the rope to keep tension.
Akmar Rajah imposes Children’s Act in Punjab region
The Rajah of Akmar Punjab issues regulations under a Children’s Act making it a crime for anyone under eighteen to smoke or use tobacco opium or intoxicants, or to possess or consume them. Conviction on a magistrate’s finding carries a fine up to Rs 10 or up to fifteen days imprisonment or corporal punishment.
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Akmar
Punjab
India
Slr
Bikram Parkash
Weserminster Gazette
Almple
Pavel We Abd Ipbem
Gurraden Beni
Uber Pullalinien
Trout Tickling Passion in Hampshire Waterways
A Daily Express column by H C Byng extols trout tickling as a sport, detailing patient, silent stalking through chalk streams in Hampshire. The piece contrasts tickling with worming, praising the intimate, almost ritual quietude, and the ultimate capture in a precise, tense final moment.
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H.C. Byng
Mager
Stories of a detective and his thrilling exploits
A long profile of detective Edward Drew recounts his rise from constable to famed “swell mobsman” and jewel thief hunter. He recalls near death during a confrontation, disguises like a milkman to trap criminals, and a bluff that exposed hidden stolen jewels, underscoring his cautious, world wary outlook and professional prudence.
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Dragoons
Lord's
Hurlingham
Eracelesa
Edward Drew
Manamealy
St. John's Wood
Abe
Fang
Hin Pang
Guf
Han
Efmind
Islington Cattle Market Known as The Stones Draws Londoners
Historical sketch describes Islington Cattle Market, called The Stones, famed for its Friday livestock trade and heavy crowds. It contrasts three weekly days of animal sale with Friday's shift to bargains among streets, carts, and discarded wares. The piece notes the market’s imposing architecture, bustling hawkers, and the poignant sight of packed barrows bearing household wreckage and hopes for home ownership.
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Islington
London
Metropolitan
Camden Pond
Camden Town
Kentiah Town
Ulolloway
Caledonian Rival
Conenbury
Hamshiry
Cen
Eowell
Uwanted
Camden Road
Olafoctone
Alan
Eccentric Testator Will Proved in New Jersey
Wealthy Mr William Grevell left fifteen pages of instructions for his body and most of his fortune to his son and adopted daughter on one condition that the son abstain from pipe cigarettes. He also left a large stable of horses to his wife Wilhelmina with strict driving limits and a plan to use sale proceeds for the poor overseer’s charges.
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William Grevell
New Jersey
New York
Adele
Grevell
The Most Beautiful Fish Captured by Northumbrian Fishermen
The Westminster Gazette notes a rare opah captured by Northumbrian fishermen, praised for its brilliant purple red green gold and silver colors. The opah, a deep-water tropical species, appears unusually far north. A Duke of Argyll has or had a fine model of an opah made in paper coloring for life.
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Oarental
Frank Buckland
Zeus Zluna
Tropics
Duke of Argyll
Loverary
Decade of Drink and the New Sobriety in England
The essay traces a shift in English drinking culture over twenty years, noting a decline in the national drink bill and a rise of temperance as a social trend. It cites changes in public behavior, club life, and the decline of the public-house scene, arguing Nature and social evolution fostered a sober middle age. It critiques wartime banter on luxury taxes and argues alcohol should be priced accordingly, contrasting tea with liquor.
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J. Wienna
Daily Mall
Woohol
England
Sion
Milchenger
Weney
Manhiod
Piccadilly
Pall Stall
Nature
Anazious
Dog's Long Tramp and Loyal Soldier Dog Return Reward
A dog named Jannock, loyal to Captain Boddam-Whetham, travels from Springston Hampshire to Bulford Camp, is aided by locals, and later spotted near Farnborough and Alton. Captain Boddam-Whetham offers a reward for the dog's return, detailing the brindled four year old male with specific markings and a North Hampshire journey spanning September.
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dJantek
Saya
Uoddam- Whetham
Springston
Hampshire
Bulford Camp
Sailabury
Alderhy
Devonahire
Ie Rollar
Ctaplain Boddam- Whethan
Jannock
Rte
Rulford Camp
Alon
Isin
Salbenbury
Salbsbury
Bulfora
Walford
Farberaugh
Farnborough
Alton
Capitan Hetham-Whetham
Queen Agnes Mansions
James’ Park
Wrut
Pronunciations An American List Of Names
A comic piece catalogs American mispronunciations of city and state names as spoken by travelers. It lists examples such as Chicago, Ohio, New York, Baltimore, Albany, Kansas, Texas, Omaha, Utah, Virginia, Connecticut, Des Moines, New Orleans, Mississippi, Wisconsin, Hoboken, Dakota, Baton Rouge, Annapolis, and Maryland with altered spellings and phonetic quirks.
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Amer
Bigglind
America
Thames
Marylebone
Holtern
Chicago
Coney Island
Linnis
S 'Noise
Harvard
Teefeer
Blarvard
Arkansas
Kansas
Texas
Tex
Connecticut
Massachusetts
den Moines
New Orleans
Wieconsin
Hoboken
Baton Rouge
Annapolis
Annapolis Mont
Maryland
King Edward Drinks Radium Water in Uranium Lab Visit
King Edward traveled with Col Ponsonby Capt Fortescue and Dr CHI to Carlebed and Jnachimathal to observe radium extraction from pitchblende deposits a hundred feet underground. In the Imperial Uranium Mine lab, Oberergrit Brepp and Dr Gottlieb demonstrated experiments before the King drank the radio active water. The following day he lunched with Lady Huntingdon and guests including the Marquiside Several, Hon Sidney Greville, Mrs Albert Petro, and Mrs Paul Nelke at the Kurhane. A Tyrolese boy patted a bulldog beside Prince Kinsky during a promenade outing, the King smiling warmly at the moment.
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King Edward
Ponsonby
Fortescue
Chi
Carlebed
Jnachimathal
Mays
Lloyd's News
Imperial Uranium Mine
Oberergrit
Motor boats in the Far East rise in use
A New England era note describes motor boats expanding in Siam and the Far East with growing water traffic. Older steam launches fade as cooler, more economical motor craft attract passengers, offering clean accommodation and practical advantages amid tropical heat and travel demand.
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Siam
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Huant
Landon
Nolay Street
Pawnehop
Jewaller'e
Alding Place
King
Far East
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