Humorous Picturer in Public Lectures and Pranks
Henry J Barker recounts early fame after a witty school humor book drew wide interest from American, Colonial, and English editors. He recalls first London lecture misadventure with a mirrored wall, a rogue reporter, a Reverend label, and a stern British Museum spectator. He details later metropolitan engagements, misattributed anecdotes, and a forged anonymous poem claim, ending with a skeptical reader letter dismissed.
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London
Polytechnic
Regent Street
Gare
Faino
St. Paul’s
Bloomsbury
British Museum
Geome
Mechanica’ Institute
Death by Own Action: Young Count Nemes at Carlisle Hotel
In London, Mr. Troutbeck held an inquiry into the death of 17 year old Count Balint Nemes, undergraduate at Trinity Hall Cambridge. He shot himself before a looking glass at the Carlton Hotel. He left two letters to Ambroge and his mother, citing debt and regret. Jury: death by own action. insufficient evidence on his state of mind. They urged against gun licenses to youths under age.
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London
Anon
Hood
Metropolis
Adam
Troutbeck
Westminster
Count Balint Nemes
Trinity Hall
Cambridge
Carlton Hotel
Ambroge
England
Lord Rosebery
Neil Primrose
Dalmeny
Hose
Black Watch
Fe Senet
Ordnaned
Jamaelpaairs
AEBS
Wis
Croydon
Charles Penson
Manor Road
Wallington
Emma
Austin ‘Frys
Ilford
Birmingham Musical Festival
General Hospital
Silverwood
Dalton Main
Rotherham
Weatbury
Wilts
Annie Elizabeth Thompson
Bishop Auckland
Monasy
William Henry Harford
J.P
Duchess of Beaufort
John Weatall
Accrington
Coats
Aida
Margett
Blackwall
Orchard Street Causeway
East India Dock
John Timmings
Wednesbury
William Marples
Burbage
Buxton
Congested Districts Board
Glendale
Skye
Herbert Soar
Orwell Works
Ipswich
Empire Music-Hall
Dudley
Madame Belivert
John Perry
Worcester
Denyers
Grimsby
Lord Amherst
Hackney
North-Eastern Hospital For Children
Hackney-roail
Bethnalgreen
Epping Forest
Eliza Darling
Phillimore-gardens
Darling
Royal Bengal Artillery
Henry Walker
Fulham
Westminster Police Court
Messia
Henry Glover and Co
King’s Road
Chelsea
John EH. Champney
Beverley
Newport
Nash
Tucker
Justice Farwell
Chancery
Elliman
Sequah
Edmund Turner
Pantonhall
M.P
South Lincolnshire
Hatton
Horncastle
Secretary For War
Hon. Artillery
Herbert Oakley
D. W. Pirie
Dartford
Lord Wolseley
Dover Corporation
Edmonton
Strand
Ceutral
Dog's War Medals Spark Court Case In Dublin
Ernest Warmingham a grocer's assistant employed at Richmond Barracks faced charges for ill treating a bulldog owned by Colour-Sergeant Edwards of the Royal Irish Rifles. The dog, captured in the Boer War, bore Queen's and King's South African medals with clasps for wounds and actions. The defendant said he struck the dog after it attacked a terrier. He was fined plus costs.
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Ernest Warmingham
Richmond Barracks
Dublin
Edwards
Royal Irish Rifles
Sergt
Costa
Lady Doctor of Laws encroaches on inn of court admission
Miss Ivy Williams, 26, daughter of an Oxford solicitor, seeks admission to Inner Temple as a Bar student. She is the only person to pass all law exams at both Oxford and London Universities and was among the four successful candidates at the last Doctor of Laws exam at London University.
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Inn of Court
Ivy Williams
Inner Temple
Wiliams
Oxford
London
London University
Lord Salisbury
East Kent
Wingfield House School
Dover
Reginald Fitzroy Jarrett
Dover College
Entrias
New York
Podas Sah Ponte
Lord Rosebery’s son celebrates as Dalmeny hosts Black Watch
A crowded scene at Dalmeny marks the majority of Hon. Neil Primrose and a party at Lord Hose’s. Across town, notes from Croydon to Grimsby describe deaths, fires, legal actions, and society events including parades, weddings, and corporate disclosures from the day.
Scorr's Emut SION Aimed at Anemia Cure Claim
An ad style notice urges stopping and curing anemia with Scorr's Emut SION. It claims paleness and health decline from anemia can be prevented or reversed, citing thousands of past cases within thirty years as proof.
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Scorr
Scott's Emulsion: a true food medicine for building strength
Scott's Emulsion fights weakness from the first dose and rebuilds bodies by restoring tissue. it is promoted as superior to ordinary cod liver oil and claimed to correct cod liver oil imperfection.
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Scott
Scott's Emulsion praised as bone and muscle aid
The advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion for anemia claiming children crave it and request more than prescribed. It notes lime and soda hypophosphites as key components and cites many unsolicited letters from parents and patients praising its effects.
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Scott
Scorr
EmmuLston
Cures Anaemia Here Is A Letter Of Praise For Scott's Emulsion
A mother from Southview Cottages Shalmaford street near Canterbury dated May 25 1903 reports her infant son recovered from bronchitis and constant huskiness after using Scott's Emulsion. She notes the child became healthier, gained color, and gained energy within weeks and that both parents praise the remedy highly.
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Southview Cottages
Shalmaford Street
Canterbury
Scott
Tia
My Life Builds up Children Mrs. Tritton Surprised
Mrs. Tritton notes her sick child improved within weeks after using Scott's Emulsion. Her claim is that the boy's flesh firmed, huskiness faded, and he transformed from anemic to a healthy, energetic child. She urges others to try Scott's Emulsion immediately.
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Mrs. Tritton
Scorr
Scott
Act To Day If You Want Perfect Health
Advertisement offering free sample bottle and booklet "A Buono or Hearts-EASE" for children. Readers urged to write Scott & Bownr Ltd at 10-11 Stone Cutter Street Ludgate Circus London BC, send 4d postage and name the paper.
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Scott & Bownr, Ltd
Stonecutter Street
Ludgate Circus
London
B.C
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Young Count
Town & Country Talk
Lewis Moore
Indian Civil Service
High Court of Judicature
Madras
Bhashyam Aiyangar
George Buchanan
H.M
Sofia
Herbert Maxwell, Bart
Wigtownshire
Earl of Stair
A.M
Sheerness
Hotham
Wisau Comany
Sovereign Pit
West Leigh
Weesday
Sam Jones
J. C. Covell
Brtish Electric Traction Co
Percy Cunynghame, Bart
Sarawak
Gloucester Cathedral
Maud Selwyn Payne
Richard Rose
St. Mark’s Church
North Audley-street
Bertha
Henningsen von Leerdthof
Schleswig-Holstein
H. C. Rose
5Th
Lancers
St. Jude’s Church
Southsea
Arthur Chichester
Bart
Isabel
George Thomas
Les Torres
Guernsey
Austin Les
Paris
Gordon
St. Paul's
Canon Scott- Holland
Sir John Stainer
Salop
Henry Shreen
Sevenoaks
Violet Milla
Lord Hillingdon
Senate of
H. J. Mackinder
London School of Economics and Political Science
Joseph Guarnerius
Cremona
Pattick's
Joannes Baptista Guadarnini
Jerome Amati
Williams and Sullivan
Richmond
Yorkshire
Marquis of Zetland
Glasgow
Peter Kane
Walter Bneyd
Keelehall
Staffordshire
Sotheby’s
Whitstabie
Charles Tuff
Rochester
Henry Gann
Countess of Rosslyn
Duke of Sutherland
Lyndhburnt
Mansfield
Duke of Portland
Christian
Victoria
St. Peter’s
Eaton Square
W. Farquhar
Violet
Seymour Corkran
Bristol Assizes
John Lewis
Demetri Vadiki
Bristol
Lord Burnham
Queenstreet
Maidenhead
Tripp
Wilson
Carpenter
Plymouth
Devonport Dockyard
Edwin Lee
Surrey
Henry Crow
Messrs. H. Crow and Co
Alfred John Hastings
H.M.S. Vernon
St. Andrew’s Church
May
Brixton
Electric Mansions
Guildhall
Frederick William Bruce
James Trirron
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