Sinai Monastery Holds Key Bible Manuscripts Boost
English scholars launch a Trinity of efforts to access the St. Catherine Monastery on Mount Sinai to search for ancient Bible manuscripts. They seek the Codex Sinaiticus and a fourth century palimpsest of St Pauls Gospel among 500 volumes, with Luke in Syriac noted as possibly the oldest.
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Holy Land
Sinaitic Peninsula
England
St. Catherine
Mount Sinai
Tischendorf
Tischendorff
Lewis
Gibson
Iit
Justinian
Jabal Musa
Israel
Egypt
Moses
Agron
Double Vision Quip Turns on St Patrick’s Day
A dialogue shows a Police Magistrate and a prisoner joking about attending twice, noting St Patrick’s Day as the prior occasion. The exchange hinges on a mishearing of “St Patrick’s day” and the notion of having seen someone twice.
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St. Patrick’s Day
Puck
Unprofessional courtroom exchange quoted in dialogue
The dialogue features Powers apologizing after a loss and Bowers critiquing his attorney as inept. Bowers notes the attorney declared readiness at the initial court call, prompting reflections on legal representation.
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Powers
Bowers
Puck
All at Work Foresees Futurists Return After Whitewash
A fragment notes talk on futurists and predicts they will reappear after the whitewashing season ends, with a speaker urging patience before their reemergence.
A Ladies Man and a Bomb Phrase in Police Report
An archival fragment shows a dialogue with a police chief mentioning a bomb and instructions to place it in water and Florida water. The exchange references suffragettes and uses period rhetoric, reflecting sensational tone.
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Florida
Feathers Dress Hats And Fashion Trends Of The Day
Julia Bottomley surveys the feather trade noting legal limits on certain plumage while praising real feather artistry. Designers craft novel decorations from pheasant grouse peacock and ostrich plumes, with velvet hats wired lace brims and ostrich collars fueling a booming, stylish niche.
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Audubon Society
Shane
Julia Bottomley
Bead Fashions Flaunt Varieties for Colored Costumes
The piece surveys bead styles from yellow agate to glass frosted beads, with long graduated strands and amber like ridged beads. It notes beaded necklaces matching costumes, color emphasis, plus coral and steel accents, suggesting old fashioned corals revived and mixed with modern strands for striking color effects.
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Julia Bottomley
Knitted Girdle Sash Description and Wear
The sash features a knitted necktie like weave with Roman striped and plain effects. It runs about two and a quarter yards, ends may be plain or ball trimmed, worn draped on the hip in a four in hand style, secured by a large pin.
How to Remove Mud Stains from Serge Fabric
Remove mud from white or cream serge by letting it dry, covering the stain with table salt for two to three minutes, then lightly rubbing off the salt with tissue. Apply a touch of French chalk, brush away, and the marks will vanish.
Lace Trimmed Handbags Described in Vintage Feature
A vintage note describes using lace to edge handbags similar to hat trims. A tan suede handbag is shown with a narrow frill of deep cream Valenciennes lace around the top, sewn as a delicate decorative border.
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