Passing Fancy Love Letters in breach of promise case
Misa Theresa Beatrics Swen sues Mr Willie Curtain for breach of promise of marriage. Evidence shows letters from Curtain to Swen and to her father reveal a shifting affections and a plan to marry, later broken. The jury awards Swen damages after Curtain admits waning love and engagement ends.
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Misa Theresa
Beatrics
Swen
Streatham
King’s Lynn
Daily Mall
Michael Curtain
London
Casey
Ralph Bankes
Curtain
Tetefly
Banke
Misa Swan
Mr Curtain
Lerma
Tleele
Dearie
Willie
Mc Curtain
Wiliie
Oxford
Thad l Etter
Mies Swan
Tissle
Dad
Tiashe
Tissie
Lynn
O.K
Westonmeter Bridge
Justice Darling
Emiling
Mise Swan
Will
Bankes
Mr Bankes
Express Saved by Gallant Action In Railway Wreck
An inquest into the Tunbridge railway collision reveals heroic acts by Inspector Agnew and Locomotive Inspector Howley who jumped clear and helped avert greater loss. The Dover bound trains collided at Tonbridge Junction injuring none of the passengers but killing Howley and fireman Howard. The Redhill engine held rails while the mail train was derailed and fish spilled throughout the brake van, with a massive impact on the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunbridge Railway
Henry Edward Rowley
Horace Howard
Gingd
Dover
Tonbridge Junction
South-Eastern Railway
Paris
Alarenz
Orplagton
Nigiehurst
Alekley
Hotham
Redhill
Charing Cross
Medhill
Eollieton
Cannon Street
London
Tonbridge Station
Howley
Charing Cries
Humed Howard
Mall
Tunbridge Wella
Iroman Howard
Southborough
Inspector Agnew
Margate
Victoria
Ion
Redwlll
Afr
Darwin and stimulants reveal hints from autographs
A Manchester reference library centenary exhibit features unpublished autograph letters from Charles Darwin. In one reply he notes daily wine, which doctors urge him to drink more to combat giddiness, and that smoking two cigarettes after work helps refresh him. Darwin died aged 73 in 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin
Manchester
Darewin
A Gran' Buryin' Reflects Yard Life and Gossip
A KF Willey Turner cartoonish reminiscence shows a village yard buzzing with weddings and funerals as neighbors weigh expense and display. Bold talk from Mrs Brown and neighbors reveals petty judgments, social norms, and a sharp eye on class and ritual during celebratory and solemn days.
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Willey Turner
Daily News
Nese Craddock
Tom Parkin
Abe
Brown
Bally Lunn
Crasa
Mire Brown
Theares
Tim Short
Hushan
Nate Widder
Tomatron
V Corp
Co-operative
Beclety
Widder
Seven Childer
Teddy
Mre Brown
Chatr
Emily
Secret Hibernian Signs Stir Dublin Court Case
The Daily Mail reports on a Dublin court hearing March 12 about the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Molly Maguires. Mr Eugene Crean cross-examined witnesses including Mr Hugh Mortis of the United Irish League, with muttered exchanges and humorous interruptions as passwords and signs were discussed under oath.
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Hiberniane
T.M. Healy
Molly Maguires
Mall
Dublin
Eugene Crean
Smmons
Joseph Devlin
Mesaule
Hugh Mortis
Te Melfast
United Triad League
Mealy
Mr Crean
Henly
Healy
Kingstown
Psychic Play Instundes
Mr Birrell spoke on psychical research at City Road Baptist Chapel Bristol on Sunday March 7. He questioned wireless communication with the dead and urged that immortality should yield a greater unity of spirit rather than endless egos and mere replicas of the living.
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Birrell
Ftoud
Thy Home Beautiful Curtains Inspire French Edging
The article describes popular short curtains called brieq brise with linen and fax thread work. It emphasizes a French dege border, buttonhole edging, lozenge medlona worked separately and applied, wreaths trimmed by running stitches then secured, and rings covered with tight buttonhole stitching.
August Bebel a Giant of German Socialism Retires
August Bebel the veteran German socialist announces retirement due to ill health. born in Cologne nearly seventy, self educated yet a powerful orator in the Reichstag, he has fought for decades against Bismarck and remains a simple, teetotaler figure. He authored works on socialism and once inherited a Bavarian fortune upheld by courts.
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Hebel
Germany
Herr Gebel
Herr Bebel
Cologne
Leipsie
Reichstag
Rebel
Ise
Bismarck
Iran
Berlin
Bepel
Bebel
John Burna
Jenning
Hackney Housing Horrors Prompt Sanitary Inspection Demand
Sensational charges were aired at a Hackney town meeting on March 3 against Hackney Borough Council for neglecting the Public Health Act. A report by the Central Hackney Social Democratic Party detailed slum conditions in Mare Street and requested a house to house sanitary inspection of the borough.
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Hackney Borough Council
London
Tthe Town Hall
Mare Street
Hackney
Social Democratic Party
Wlackney
RR Feeney
M. F. E. Frye
Messrs
E. ©. Fairchild
Albert Inkpin
H. Stephenson
Expres
Lares Bilater
Poor Living Conditions Prompt Rent Control Critique
The speaker condemns housing unfit for habitation and criticizes owners who profit from squalid conditions. He cites a case where a woman and newborn endured filth, stench, and health hazards, prompting calls for penalties against negligent landlords.
American Apostle of Labor studies Europe on working class life
The Rev Charles Stelalo, an American Church and Labor advocate, tours Europe to study working conditions. He meets MPs and church leaders in London and reports England’s labor presence in Parliament but notes missed opportunities to mobilize it for workers. He recalls personal rise from street vendor to minister and notes stark West End poverty. He has visited Germany France and Belgium and plans Scotland and Ireland trips next.
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Europe
Charles Stelalo
London
Aid
Deliy Chronicle
Nhort
England
New York
Department of Church and Labor
Board of Home Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
America
Daily Chronicle
Entoy
Ann Presbyteriar
Department of Which
Stelzle
Church
Lauber
Christ
Tondon
Stelale
Germany
France
Belgium
Scotland
West
Lrelumd
Lessons in Taste From Berlin Ladies Exhibition
Berlin’s royal sponsored display at Hohenzollern House showcases luxury wares and fashion as a push for German women’s emancipation from mere hausfrauen roles. Empress and Crown Princess patronize, with gowns, jewels, and recreated home interiors illustrating a new standard of style driven by German tastes. Male visitors note that good form in Berlin combines haste with wealth, and foreign imports blur into domestic fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hohensollern House
Kaiser’s
Cudmen Pottery Works
Eriel Friedrich
August Wilhelm
Frau von Bieichroeder
Parise
Vienna
Society of Magicians Formed in Manchester
A Society of Magicians is formed in Manchester to foster preserve and encourage conjuring and sleight of hand, amateur and professional. It aims to strike at trick plagiarists and establish copy right tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of Magicians
Manchester
Manchester Dispatch
Reform urged as twelve thousand children die yearly
A letter headed Srop Children of the State urges urgent reform of the Poor Law. It cites the Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission noting that about 11 000 babies are born yearly and that many die before age one. It laments workhouse conditions, advocates nurseries, better care, and quarantine, and urges action without waiting for broader policy settlement.
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Srop
Frances Balfour
Sydney Holland
Barnett
Haldane
Poor Law Commission
Sid
Bon
Het
Loe Endren
Boards of Guardians
Wivenm
Halen Pointe
Chia
Line
Chileren
Insurance fraud at Old Bailey ends with eight months
William Reginald Sheil, a 33 year old broker, pleaded guilty to obtaining money by false pretences from several insurance companies that paid out after June 1908 while still taking premiums. The Recorder urged legal reform to require insurers to hold security for policyholders and sentenced Sheil to eight months in the second division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome Pany
Old Bailey
Fea
Lloyd's Weekly
Wiliam Reginald Sheil
Rodkl
Fenchurch Buildings
National Provincial Bank
Symonds
Spell
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Darwin and Stimulants
Tom
Hearst
Erithe
Secret Sighs
August Bebel
Homerton
Haslam Jones
Mr Jones
Bogus Insurance
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