Column of black stone in mosque sparks legends across empires
The text describes superstitions tied to a black marble or basalt column in a Turkish mosque near Constantinople and a tale of a sweating column mirroring Christian sympathy. It recounts pilgrim myths about sacred sites, healing fountains, and a priest’s legendary death, alongside notes on social views about marriage and class in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohamméfans
Mobar Ormedaulem
Asie Minor
Damascus
Jerusalem
Golden Gate
Constantinople
AL Allel
Constantinents
Aarent Mir ix Veld
Barka
Agril
Lady Ramsey
Moehem Medan
Fey
Oo Christan Church
Aleny
Divorce Decision Provokes Pity in Local Gist
A fragmented OCR note laments a divorce, calling it a pity and lamenting the social sense of moral signaling. The brief lines reflect casual commentary on relationships and public perception in a dated tone.
Leadenhall Street Associations and Historic Lodgings
Historic Leadenhall Street lore links literary and political memory to 16th and 17th century figures. Places named include the India House near the market, Lamb as clerk, Gibbon wealth origins, Peter Matteux’s tea-shop at Nos 156 157, a Dombey and Son tie, Mayor Allen at Leaden Hill, and the King's Head inn linked to Jacobite plotting amid Monk's 17th century break with Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadenhall Street
Lona
Company
Si India House
Charles Lamb
Gibbon
Peter Matteux
Strange Effect Sermon Flub Draws Quiet Barbs
In a humorous exchange, Brother Steadman is told his last Sunday sermon was weak and the head of his message wilted while the sister notes a pot day. The speakers, Sister Millsap and Brother Steadman, echo the light banter about the sermon’s impact.
Dual Nature Cases of Ten Personalities Revealed
British scientists report cases of multiple personalities among women. One subject named Fiona Macleod emerged when William Sharp shed male traits to write with feminine tone. Beauchamp and Beauchamp’s Sally showed shifting drives and odd habits. A Rev Gaughan case appeared as Brown Joongway. The prominent case features ten distinct personalities, including a childish self and a mistress of amnesia, with memory continuity across appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dr. Jekyll
Asmany
William Sharp
Sharp
Youll
Kelf
Fiona Macleod
William Suarp
Fiona Olwaye
Mise Beauchamp
Sally
Miss Beauchamp
Aliss Beauchamp
Anse Gaughan
Brown & Joong
Nick
Wolves Circle The Couple Near Red Lake Camp
Mr and Mrs Boyd of Minivanolis faced a pack of wolves circling their camp as darkness fell near Red Lake. They fled a fire sparked escape and, at dawn, found their way back to camp after the wolves paced around them for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley
Ming
Mirs
Doyd
Minavanolis
Bere
Boyds
Red Lake
Mrs. Dust
Mr. Boyd
Divorce Petition Heard Over Odd Motives in New Jersey
John Mulateh of Woodbridge, New Jersey, seeks divorce from Woman Shavid of Jersey City. He alleges her behavior including threats and confinement by water diet, claiming she failed to follow his theory and caused the marital rift. Proceedings focus on credibility and grounds for separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berten
Jersey City
N. J
John 5. Mulatesh
Woodbridge
Kalner Wilhelm der Grosse Captain Reports Long Voyage
The Kalner Wilhelm der Grosse captain recalls a 3000 mile voyage from New York to Plymouth England, driven by dead reckoning due to clouds and mist hindering observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Eng
New York
Suffragettes March to Washington from Hyattsville
Suffragettes from across the United States gather near Hyattsville Md to move toward Washington. They are met by the mayor, receive a key to the city, and hear speeches before the group proceeds to the Capitol to present petitions to the Senate. The scene shows a speakers’ stand and awaiting cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyattsville
Washington City
Washington
Hyattsvill
National Capital
United States Senate Committee On Suffrage
Capitol
Senate
Injunction Blocked Mother-in-Law at Omaha Home
Ned Lester L. King a wealthy businessman obtained an injunction to keep out his mother in law Mrs Levi Gardner of Harvard TI from his home after she had visited the King family for several months and sparked trouble with his wife Motherinton who refused to leave when asked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Ned
Lester L. King
Levi Gardner
Harvard
Gardner
King
Motherinton
Distress in Jerusalem Impacts Tourism and Trade
A report notes Jerusalem, with a mixed religious population, faces severe distress due to war and rising living costs. Tourism has fallen sharply, hurting the city’s main revenue source. Souvenir production, especially olive wood and mother of pearl items, remains the main industry, with some goods exported from Paris via local Jewish and Methuenite artisans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jerusalem
Sora Straits
Conell
J. McGregor
For Align
Ethlehem
Methichenistes
Paris
Camera's Eye Captures Brutal Robbery on Braddock Hill
Photographer Ray Calvert of Swissvale filming the Monongahela valley saw a man with a knife assault another, toppled into an embankment, and alerted police. They found Anthony Goura badly wounded with a dozen stab wounds, robbed of 128 dollars. the attacker fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Monongahela Valley
Braddock
Ray Calvert
Swissvale
Kuffa
Calvert
Anthony Goura
Famed Lifesaver Captain Grace Dies at Seventy Six
Captain Patrick Grace eighty six? seventy six? dies at his Montgomery home after a life marked by saving ninety nine people from drowning. He had been awarded a congressional medal for bravery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Patrick Grace
Montgomery
Congress
Savory Lobster Cutlets With Hollandais Sauce
Recipe describes lobster cutlets using milk, butter, and a beaten egg, formed into small pieces and fried light golden. Serve with Hollandais sauce made from chopped gherkins and olives in mayonnaise. Also proposes lobster patties with cream sauce, minced lobster, sherry, pepper, and egg yolk.
Sure to Be Appreciated Fish Butter Sauce Recipe
A vintage recipe for haddock or halibut fried croquettes with oxton pepper and paprika, using milk and cream, then breaded and fried. Served with a tart relish of horseradish, mustard, and whipped cream mayonnaise. Contains measurements and step by step directions in a home cooking tone.
Spinach Salad and Turpentine Tips From Old Household Notes
Spinach salad methods cover cooked and uncooked options with French dressing and nut coatings, plus shaping cooked leaves into walnut sized balls on lettuce. An uncooked version adds spring onions and mint with dressing. Turpentine serves as a moth preventive in closets and shelves, with tips for furniture care and cleaning painted woodwork.
Delmanico Tomatoes with Pepper Sauce Filling
Instructions describe scooping tomato interiors from six small to macerate, chopping three small green peppers, adding half an onion, cooking in butter, stirring in flour and boiling water to form two smooth sauces, stuffing tomatoes with pepper sauce, adding a large cube of boiled sweetbread or thickener, and baking with buttered crumbs for fifteen minutes with possible substitutions of meat or lobster for sweetbread.
Enally Made Dustlers Mop For Wood Floors
An old tip describes saturating a mop with crude lemon oil to make a dust retaining mop for bare wood floors. Soak the mop in the oil for hours, then partly dry to use as a dusting tool. A mix of crude lemon oil with turpentine serves as a cheap furniture polish option.
Protect dining chairs with rubber tips to save doors
Rubber tips for dining-room chairs help prevent scratches on hardwood doors and frame. They are inexpensive and save both labor and door finishes, as chairs tend to be pushed back and mar the polish.
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Ays
America
Getrelazes
Charles II
Lord Derby
Eliza Ma
Lord Wilton
Louisa Urwinton
Craxen
Rose
Army
Steanae
Fripide
Sams
Mather Iolaw
Felix Diaz
Japan
Pelix Diaz
Huerta
Mexico
Gur
Diaz
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
J'arn
Minneapolis
Savi
Ture
Auffragiste
Klug
Tate
Europe
Huntington Fish Outlets
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