Fine Shooting by a Woman at Bisley Meeting
The Bisley rifle meeting features a remarkable visiting lady shot from Perak Mrs Douglas who competes in main events and trains with the Malay States Guides team for the Kolapore cup. Her India prizes include top marks at 1000 yards and observers will follow her Bisley results closely.
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Bisley
Perak
Straits Settlements
Douglas
Malay States Guides
India
Ladies
Chinaboy's Sponge Cake Recipe
A recipe describes making Chinaboy's sponge cake with eight eyes of sugar eight eyes? One pint of sugar three gills of flour and lemon juice. Yolks beaten lemon colored then sugar added gradually. Whites beaten stiff folded in with light flour, lemon juice added, baked in shallow tin for about twenty minutes.
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Chinaboy
Prince Edward Among Osborne Cadets at Lessons
The report notes a girl attends with governess and other pupils while her lessons run alongside the cadets at Osborne. She would be treated as one of them, future King Edward among the group.
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Prince Edward
England
Osborne
Should She Marry The Woman Who Buys For Pleasure
A New York Sun item lampoons the modern wife as obsessed with fashion and status. It lists traits, from chasing bargains to refurnishing yearly, and preferring dogs to babies, framing a critique of domestic priorities and marital motives.
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Woose
New York Sun
Beginning of the Corset and ancient undergarment history
The origin of the corset traces to ancient Greece and Rome with terms like apodesme, strophium, zona, cestus, ceinture, and cingulum. Ancient practices used long linen bands and skin bands to shape and raise the figure, with waists becoming defined in England after Norman influence.
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England
Honeymoons Past and Present in Mrs Cornwallis-West Memoir
In reminiscences Lady Randolph Churchill notes the shift in honeymoon etiquette from a month to two or three days. She recalls meeting Czar Alexander II shortly after her marriage, when he remarked Et ici deja a sharp greeting to her quick remarriage.
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George Cornwallis-West
Randolph Churchill
Alexander II
Stafford House
Fashion notes on skirts and accessories of the season
The article surveys current style trends with emphasis on straight cut skirts when short, rose trim details, princess costumes at Southern resorts, ostrich feather boas, square necklines, chiffon gowns with interlinings, textured cretonne coats, bold hat colors, lace and embroidery on undergarments, voile jackets with silk, and Cluny lace braids enhancing linen shirt waists and decorative open patterns.
Enrichment of Life sermon sparks growth and faith
The Plymouth Church pastor preaches on life abundant from Christ based on John 9 15. He contrasts spontaneous life myths with living seeds and rooted growth, urging culture and education to flow from a new heart, not mere intellect, citing Arnold and historic reformers as examples.
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Brooklyn
Newell Dwight Hillid
Plymouth Church
Huxley
Vegavus
Jairus
Christ
Schiller
Goethe
Miller
Mozart
Matthew Arnold
Peter
David
Saul
Gentia
Paul
Martin Luther
England
John Mirot
Sir Harry Vane
John Pym
Heaven
Benedict Arnold
Aaron Burr
Judas
Julian
Jesus
God
Brotherhood and the heart of true spiritual religion
Arthur W. Fox argues that real spirituality is rooted in brotherly love and the clear perception of the good in all people. He warns against selfish pursuits that rival faith, urging Christians to place spiritual interests first to achieve usefulness, happiness, and growth. Baptist Argus
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God
Arthur W. Fox
Baptist Argus
World gossip notes and political tensions across continents
A collage of brief items cites NGS endorsing a China alliance, Persian nationalists at Teheran resisting, Korea's Home Minister favoring Japanese rule, and Japanese immigrants in Brazil failing on coffee estates. Other mentions include a Papal Legate, budget debates in Lisbon, a fraud death hoax in Ulster County, Wall Street bucketshop chatter, and Atlantic City saloon closures.
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China
Teheran
Song Piung-Chun
Korea
Brazil
Cardinal Vannuielli
Mucharistic Congress
Jeff Rome
London
Portuguese Chamber of Deputies
Monroe
Ulster County
Far East
Governor Fort
Atlantic City
N. J
Lo Dorothy May ‘Trible
New York City
Ashbury Park
Casablanca
Abd-el- Aziz
Mulal Hafiq
Morocco
Temon custard recipe fragment with lemon notes
A garbled ancient recipe fragment mentions lemons and custard elements. It references butter, cream, flour and a whisk like process, but many words are broken or unclear making exact steps uncertain. The readable bits point to a dessert preparation but lack coherent instructions or measurable details.
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Thiis
Annie
Princess Mary's
Princess of Wales
Princess Mary
Catherine de Medici
Henry XIV
France
New York Times
Newell Dwight Hillis
Franklin Sansom
the Democrat
National Stockman and Farmer and Democrat
The
Commoner and Democrat
New York Daily World
Democrat
New York Sunday World
World
Pittsburg Daily Post
Philadelphia Daily North American
Pittsburg Evening Sun
Démocrat
Pittsburg Evening Telegraph
Democrat World Almanac
Mail
Church Street
Indiana
W. S. Daugherty
Philadelphia St
Newsy
NGS
Springfield Union
J. Wood Clark
Marshal Building
Indians, Pa
David Blair
Philadelphia
Atrest
John N. Banks
Banks Building
Philadelphia Street
I's
John H.pierge
Omeo
Cunningham Building
Philadelphie Atreet
John H. Hill
Farmer's Bank
Court Plaza
Harry W. Fer
Marshall Building
George J. Feit
M. C. Watson
Omce
Déepontt Bank
Tomb
Rooma
Yarmer
New Haven Register
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