A Christmas Night Crisis in Eldon Brent's Circle
The Brent household reels after Eldon Brent is shot in an apparent accident amid Christmas celebrations. Vivi battles guilt and desire as Violet confronts loss, Roger Halliford returns with a troubled link to Vivi, and Eldon's fate hovers between survival and tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Souvehold
Vielet
Violet
Vivi
Nurne Rother
Eldon Real
Nis
Eldon
Thenate
Brent
Byera
London
Samson Wortz
Jum
Mrs. Brent
Eldon Brent
Dino
Amos
Roger Halliford
Roger
Prince
Native Papuan Hopes to Copy Wireless Spirit Messages
In Port Moresby a Papuan named Paru believed wireless signals connected with spirits. He built a bush rope and mangrove pole setup to imitate radio transmissions and offered to relay messages for payment. Authorities shut down the scheme as a paying swindle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vuru
Port Moresby
W. MH. Thompson
Wide World
Pat
Paru
Wordshia
Parn
Handshakes and odd anecdotes from a quirky page
A collection of brief, humorous vignettes on greetings and small misunderstandings. It opens with a note on why handshakes became a greeting, then moves through mishearings in a fish shop, a tale of an overburdened immigrant with an iron load, a joke about a rope, and a city couple adjusting to urban life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltress
Exhibition of Fans Traces Global Craft Through Centuries
A Downing Street exhibition showcases nearly 500 fan specimens illustrating Eastern and Western influences from China, Japan and Europe. Highlights include a Louis XV style French fan by Langret and a rare chicken skin fan gifted to the Russian czars in 1890, insured for over 2000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great ‘Britain
George II
Japan
Europe
France
Catherine Mc Modici
England
Louis Quinze
Louis Bolzo
Langret
Boucher
Watteau
Frasonard
China
Spain
Holland
Charles Conder
Downing-street
Russia
Ft Fe Eal
Old Lady and Conductor Engage in Streetcar Exchange
A fragmented street scene shows a young woman deciding where to alight as a conductor guides her. Nearby, a woman struggles with a cornice and a bulging shopping bag while a hawker is nearly toppled. A man mentions whisky and a humorous exchange concludes with garbled chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt
Patience a Virtue in Human Story and Fashion
A discussion inspired by Rose Macaulay laments patient endurance as humanity’s burden. The author contrasts daily rituals and fashion’s constraints with a machine age urge for efficiency, noting women and men endure tedious attire and social expectations across eras.
Table for Cooks and Comical Quotes from Daily Life
A jumble of kitchen measures lists ingredients such as almonds beans flour and sugar with odd conversions and notes. The piece includes humorous exchanges among bystanders a bus conductor and a saloonman reflecting everyday life and mischief in a clipped old newspaper voice.
Wireless power experiments promise revolution for transport
Engineers led by Marion Gregory showcase a wireless energy transmission that powered two train cars seven miles on the Santa Vy line using a concealed receiving unit. The project aims to harvest ether power to drive a gycar train, distinguishing this from remote control systems and signaling a bold transport industry shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Vy
Marion Gregory
Popuyrig
Gracery
Museum of Bats and Historic Cricket Equipment
A fragmented piece notes historic cricket bats and players from the 1890s and earlier. Mentions Victor Thumper and an Archia Macbaren style bat used by Lancashire against Somerset in 1895, with other bats linked to notable players and the Prince of Wales crest. Describes an 1730 bat and memorabilia reflecting evolving bat design and balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Thumper
Archia Macbaren
Lancashire
Somerset
Tuckson
Tom Hayward
George Hirst
G. J, Jonsop
MA. Nubile
Warwick Armstrong
Manji
Ip Winden
Great
Newportwtreet
Edward
Exiarencs
Fat Makes Many a Woman’s Life a Burden
Fragmented OCR notes discuss Formettes and weight issues with garbled phrases about fatness and health. The text references tablets, heart, and obesity concepts in a promotional or speculative tone. Names, dates, and clear specifics are missing or unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theos
Titian
Anton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Byella M. During
Babewen the Devil
Polk
Esler
Donah
Lange
Ana Bavi
Ata Benoht
Rhiyn
Byers
Brege
Samson
Amy
Arent
Aldon
Eldun
Mager
Eidon
Abe
Eldoni
Amiles
Mrs. Bewnt
Mrs. Brout
Teddy Byers
Shadow
Vivic
Fidon
Ninr
Remon
Aeve
Iyi
Henry
Viet
Buck Namshire
Joanie
Joannie
Jean
Mater
Native ‘Wireless
Wood-street
Stith
Monens
Coce
Betas
Forser
Rose Macaulay
Benes
Hell
Wweband
Claby
Walter
Saloaman
Bower
Echoolhoy
Lena
Lee Seamer
Melbourne
Victoria Palace
Rogmonly
Little Collins Street
Great Britain
And
America
San Francisco
New York
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Palestine
Egypt
Thos. Cook & Son
Wagons-Lits
Australasia
Pty. Ei
Echotrins
Willeta
Wilito
Oser Duis
Jones
Caves of Echoes
Hotte Mtr
Hie Wity
Lin Dangh
Tom
Jon
Beyer
Amd
Nile
Museum OF Bats
A T. Madden
Fallow Institute of Patent Atta of Australia
Collins Street
Cairns
VIEIT
Australia
Winter Faradier
Oolst
Queeneland
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