British War Sketches and Analyzing World Figures
A collage of 19th century war scenes and social profiles. It describes Coleshop hill in South Africa and British siege logistics with a belt of bridging wire for ammunition. It mentions Burke and a dinner with Sheridan and Reynolds. It also profiles Wu Tingfang as a Chinese envoy in Washington and notes on family names and titles across languages.
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Heutenant
South Africa
Ron
Coleskop
Colesterg
G. D. Giles
London Graphic
Coleshop
The Church Army of England Founder and Work Details
A profile of Rev. Wilson Carlile who leads the Church Army allied with the Church of England. It covers his trombone nickname, prison work and “working homes” network, wages and board in homes, and aims to rehabilitate ex-prisoners through discipline and religion.
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Salvation Army
Jowely
Church Army
Ohich
Church of England
Wilson Carille
London
Canterbury
Carlile
England
Wilson Carlile
Army
Edgware Road
Hyde Park
Jeo
Woman on the Bike Warns Against Speed and Silly Dress
Lealle's Weekly cautions riders, especially women, to avoid public speed displays and clownish dress. Emphasizes proper bicycle fit, gear alignment, and saddle position for safe riding, noting gear, wheel weight, and body posture. Advises consulting a physician on anatomy and stresses usefulness of a well made, appropriately heavy wheel for healthful cycling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lealle
Sheridan’s Wit and the Prince’s Turbulent Plans
The piece recalls Richard Bringley Sheridan's sharp wit as observed by W. W. Clarke of Buffalo at the Waldorf Astoria. It recounts the historical debate over making George II prince regent amid his alleged lax morals and a controversial stance on the wheat lawn, with late 18th century figures like Hidi mund Burke opposing the Prince’s ambition.
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Richard Bringley Sheridan
W. W. Clarke
Buffalo
Waldorf-Astoria
George TV
Prince of Wales
George II
Hidimund Burke
Winter in Switzerland and the sport of tobogganing
A description of Swiss winter attractions highlights the Swattoboggan slide on a Moritz mountain slope as a fast but less dangerous run. The Lake St Moritz view after frost and snow is praised, noting Switzerland's rising appeal to American tourists for winter travel beyond the well known summer season.
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Switzerland
Moritz
St. Morits
Great Mountaine
Alba
Foreign Attaches Observe War Front in South Africa
An illustration shows foreign attaches in Cape Town watching the South African War. Col Stakhovich Russian attache, Capt Trimmel Austrian, Col Slocum American, Capt Gentilini Italian, Capt Baron von Luttwitz German representing the Kaiser, and Capt d'Armande French observer the front to report on progress for their governments.
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South Africa
Cape Town
Col
Royal quarrel and wine throw at Sheridan echoes era clash
The report recalls a heated scene where Burke dismisses a friend and the Prince rebukes with a sharp insult. A glass of wine is thrown, Sheridan is splashed, and the moment is linked to customary proprieties and political tension. The text then shifts to a catalog of family and place names, listing surnames and street terms, followed by a note that Washington supplied over 500,000 tons of coal to California last year.
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State of
Washington
California
Painter Vows Retribution After Pane Breaks
A Paris studio story shows Glenn Camentt’s painter scorn at repeated pane damage by students. After nightly paper covers failed to deter him, he finally struck the pane with a cane shouting “He that breaks pays,” then plaster and pane were replaced yet again by the class. It ends with tension over the disruptive acts and the artist’s temper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Camentt
Paris
Ant Chment
The Late Dr Lester Keeley and His Cure
Native of St Lawrence county New York Lester Keeley served as a Civil War army surgeon and built a Dwight Illinois sanitarium to treat drunkenness. He gained devotion from patients, faced medical skepticism, and formed Keeley associations promoting a gold cure. Estate valued at one million dollars.
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Lester. Keeley
St. Lawrence County
N. Y
Dwight
Leslie ER. Keeley
Kla Institute
Keeley Association
Keeley
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Burke
Prince
Sheridan
Sir Joshua Reynolds
America
Mr. Wu
Eighteenth
Q Streets
Worday
China
New York World
Pope
Church Army OF England
Sion
Forlado
Onse
Joshua Teynpl
Joshua
Telburg
Land
Ireland
France
Wales
Barnes
Lane Alley
Way
Rhodes
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Benguet
Philippines
Ng Gaol
Ecio
Nnme
Savas
DR. Keeley
Senate
Atramurle
Great Britain
United State
Prive
Allen
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