Ellerslie Abbey Encounter and a Hidden Locket
Mrs Lincoln and daughter visit Ellerslie Abbey grounds guided by a gamekeeper. A chance meeting with Ellerslie leads to romance, a near misdirection about an invitation, and the reveal that a fallen locket and a coin shaped destiny for a future marriage. The tale ends with his confession of concealing the locket and gifting a ring from the coin.
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A. M. Davies Ogden
Couchmin
Ellesmere Abbey
Vistors
Caie
Ethel Lincoln
el- Jersile
Eljersne
Ethel
Mrs. Lincoln
Ellerslie
Lincoln
Mllersile
Orst
Miss Lincoln
Ellersie
Ellersiie
His Dilemma and the Opera Promise
A fragmentary dialogue evokes a comic dilemma as a speaker laments muddled lines from Tennysep and recalls a promise to take a companion to the opera. The garbled text suggests a notebook-like clipping with oblique references to literature and a memory of paying a date.
The Only Dry Place in a Wet Scottish Day
A stingy angler fished on a rain soaked Scottish job and reflected on his troubles. He asked his companion for a dry spot in the boat to strike a spark. The gille replied his throat was dry enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishing Gazette
Experience Sufficient Experience in Arctic Application
An aspirant for a polar expedition was asked about Arctic experience. He replied that he had once courted a Rochester girl. The Buffalo Express notes the exchange as a witty affirmation of minimal prior experience.
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Rochester
Buffalo Express
Holiday Makers in England by Sir Henry Lunn
A portrait of Sir Henry Lunn as a premier holiday-maker who built a tourism empire with Dr Lunns Tours. He explains shifting from mixing scholars to uniting like minded travelers and recounts bold ventures including naval pageant steamers and colonial troop transports. His winter opening of Swiss valleys now hosts 3000 beds largely used by the Public Schools Alpine Sports Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Henry Lunn
Dr. Lunn
Sir Henry
Grindelwald
Isles
Greece
Olympia
Blackpool
Argonaut
Bothnic
Koh-i-Noor
Lord Goschen
Switzerland
Chews
Alpine Sports Club
Eton
Earl Roberts
Earl of Lytton
Royal warrants govern trade with the Crown
The royal warrant allows tradesmen to display the royal arms and bill the Crown as purveyor by appointment. Royal accounts are checked against Marlborough House ledgers and paid promptly with no discounts. Contracts cover coal, cleaning, wages, and personal items bought for the King, who approves his accounts before payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough House
Royal Household
George
Wet Harvest Relic Found at Barton in 1812 Token
A Barton find reads Tunstead and Happing 1812 One Halfpenny Payable at the Corporation House. The Wet Harvest year saw relentless rain through September to November. Farmers carted barley as frost and poor wheat quality afflicted flour. Local officials planned work to ease starvation. Also notes John Perfect dies aged 109 in Australia.
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Barton
Tunstead
Happing
Corporation House
London Standard
John Perfect
Australia
Cootamundra
George III
George V
Uncivil Side of Royal Civil Lists and Cash Demands
A historical critique tracks royal finances from Charles I to William IV, noting wartime loans, voluntary levies, and wasteful court sinecures. It highlights Parliament’s shift to annual votes and George III’s heavy debt, ending with William IV trading crown lands for a fixed income of 2.55 million per year.
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William
George
Pepys
Charles
Charles I
Cornwall
William Iit
Mary
England
George III
Duchy of Cornwall
France
Holland
Royal Brothers
Lord Steward’s Department
George JV
William IV
Dangers of the Stage and Notable Accidents
Report notes dangers faced by performers from stage mishaps. J L Shine, a Pohl comedian, won 5000 dollars in damages after a fall from a wooden bat ten. The piece cites a London stage stabbing, a shooting head, a jockey fall, and a slack-wire fatality, plus a mysterious savage in a hole amid peat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Shine
London
Peatttae
Tell
Lord Kinnaird Tells Samson Tale At East End Mission School
Lord Kinnaird, a keen religious worker, visited an east London mission school and told boys the Samson story. After the tale, he asked how to deal with an enemy. A boy answered with a witty line, proposing “get a bottle of air restorer.”
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Lord Kinnaird
East End
London
Samson
Beating Off a Dog and Future of the Potato
The article offers dog defense guidance advising guarded blocks and forearm combat to deter a bulldog by squeezing a captured paw. It also reports on Potato spirit, a pure alcohol used to fortify wines, with a forecast it will replace gasoline as engine motive power. The piece notes the language of flowers ranks highest, and closes with a Chicago News aside about a barefooted boy stepping on a thistle.
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Chicago News
Working Both Ends Husky Knight Stops for Dinner
A roadside scene features a husky knight of the road dialoguing with a busy housewife. He asks for a penny to toss up a jenny to see whether she will provide a dinner, while she dismisses the inquiry with practical indifference.
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de Indy
Matrimonial ad and comic quips in Kansas eventful page
A late scene features a matrimonial ad seeking a bride with matching initials to a deceased gentleman’s wife with a large linen collection. The page also includes light humor from theatre patrons about hats, a London school anecdote, a worm exterminator ad, jokes on noses and singing, Lovers Lane versus bridal path, age jokes, vision versus sight, and a claim about the vermiform appendix in Life.
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Kansas News
J. R
Scribbles Minded Writer and Curious Odds
Fragmented quoted notes reveal a banter about Scribbles claiming a great mind for writing a book while Dribbles doubts it. The chatter swings through marriage dowries jokes and a string of quips from periodicals like Puck.
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Quiller
Chicago Daily News
Two Years Sickness in The Average Lif
Medical experts warn that reaching seventy often involves about two years of sickness. The remedy suggested aims to enrich blood and restore vitality. Customer Mrs. S Storey of Halifax testifies to waking sleep issues and neuralgic pains improving after using Dr Chase's Nerve Food. Price 60 cents per box. Edmands Bates & Co. Toronto distributers.
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Bool
Storey
Maitland Str
Halifax
Noth
Chase
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Toronto
Ont
Montrei
Minard
Sir Frederick Bridge
City of London School
Wesley
Young
Tommy
Elsie
Willie Jones
Houston
Puck
Mand Muller
DR. Chase
the Doctor
Luke Fildes
Tate Gallery
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