Flower girl trap ploys and a dramatic elopement plan
Hugh confronts Delia's threats and a possible elopement as they scheme to outmaneuver her powerful father. Ambrose and Hugh arrive at the gloomy Towxton House where a mysterious flower girl lures them toward danger, triggering a perilous postern gate scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia
Oswerved
Hugh
Papa
Scotland
Hue
Lor
Ambrose
Mr. Hetherington
Lord Ambrose
Hoeh
Deen
Kensington Palace
History of Trapshooting and German Ten Commandments
The article traces pigeon shooting's rise in England and its evolution into trapshooting with live birds replaced by clay targets. It notes early devices from the Old Hat and the Red House, key shooters like Richard Toomer, and 19th century innovations leading to clay pigeons and current production. It also lists Germany's ten commandments from a Chamber of Commerce circular urging nationalist economic behavior and ends with unrelated quips about matrimony and dyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Sporting Magazine
London
Ealing
Red House
Battersea
Hurlingham Club
Fulham
Richard Toomer
Johnson
R. Toomer
Sportmen’s Club
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Charles Portlock
Chamber of Commerce In
Germany
Road Hog of Europe: Welsh Spirit in War speech
Lloyd George's Welsh rally decries German Prussian militarism and praises little nations and British resolve. He asserts Britain must mobilize half a million more volunteers, pledges unity across classes, and frames World War I as a fight for liberty, patriotism, and a new Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Britain
Krance
Asace-Lorraine
Jussia
Galicia
Cowari
Moammet
Germany
Europe
Deutschland
Junker
Belrinn
Burt
Wales
Crecy
Glendower
Mr. Lloyd George
North
Oxford pupil’s humorous history exam quip about General Burgess
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt shows a student’s United States history exam joke claiming General Braddock was killed in the Revolutionary War with three horses shot under him. The question misstates events and adds a fourth horse through his clothes, prompting light reaction.
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Oxford
United States
Braddock
poem about a joy that lingers and fame wasted
A reflective piece expresses how a beautiful poem's joy haunts the speaker yet fame was not pursued, instead it faded into oblivion like waste or decay. The speaker laments a lost chance and the haunting memory of creation that did not reach public acclaim.
Those Foolish Questions on a Tragic Trolley Death
Report mentions a trolley car incident that killed a foreman. The narrative suggests the foreman died from hydrophobia after an encounter, with a colloquial exchange indicating disbelief and sarcasm about the cause.
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Ambrose Busstead
Dea
Lelia
Lord Ambrose Boustead
Tewxton House
Bridge
Jove
Towxton House
Lord Castleham
Lord Amrace
St. James's
Mayfair
The
Road Hogs of
Queen's Hall
Servia
Bosnia
Austria
Zabern
Hungary
Ackle
S Via
Mark
Kitchener—icheers
John French
Smith Dorrien
John Jellice
Lord Roberts
Laugnter
Laugater
Russia
Tim Servia
Russa
Federick the Great
Bulgaria
Greece
Netherlands
Italy
Chafter
Jones
Sore Fyes
Drangis
Meri
Ocper Bottle
Marine Eye
Eye Semedy Co
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