Body of Captain Arkwright found after 31 years in Alps
Geneva reports Captain Henry Arkwright, buried by an avalanche on October 13, 1866, was recovered decades later near the Mont Blanc glacier. The preserved hands and a diamond stud in his collar are noted, with a silver cigarette case and a gold watch found near the body. An inquest was held and burial planned at Chimonnix awaiting relatives’ orders.
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Geneva
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Gapt
Henry Arcwright
Chicago Post
Arkwight
Ginelsty
Chimonnix
England
Capt. Arkwright
Mont Blanc
Ireland
Alp
Clintbing
Michel Simond
Francois
Joseph Tournier
Silvain Couttet
Tierre Pointne
Arkwriht
Pranenis Cournier
HM. Coutier
Mateau
Drayott
Alusve
Rhine
Lara
Prince 4
Busan
Hole City
Duel of Thomegeux and Pini Ends In Wounded Pride
Nine bouts at Paris race course between Chevalier Pini and M Thomegeux showcased supreme swordmanship. Pini disarmed Thomegeux, swords bent, misidentity dispute noted, final bout left Thomegeux wounded and the match halted. Spectators, photographers, and surgeons witnessed the extended duel.
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Carson City
Chevelier Pui
M. Thomegeux
New York Sun
Saint-Quen
Stanc
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Pint
Thomegeux
M. Pini
Thomereux
Pini
A Difference Between Arguer and Quiet Opponent
Contention arises as Gervely proclaims I can argue with anyone. A quiet corner figure counters that arguing proves nothing, saying reason, not rhetoric, decides disputes.
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Gervely
Boston
Geime to Extremes
Mise Wilking fears mice and asks about the timing of events while an exchange jokes about a catbost.
Bravest Deed I Ever Saw by Mr Forbes in Pearsons Magazine
Feature recounts William Beresford vc exposing himself to Zulu fire during a reconnaissance. Beresford ferried a wounded man to safety under heavy fire, insisting Sergeant Edmund O'Toole share the credit. Queen Victoria later confirmed O'Toole received the highest recognition.
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Archibald Forbes
William Beresford
V.c
Buller
Beresford
Ms Foes
O'Toole
Lord William
Windsor
Queen Victoria
Gaxette
Edmund O'Toole
Baker's Horse
Grateful Anticipation and a Bard of World-Wide Fame
An excerpt presents a whimsical scene with a famed bard described as moving swiftly through snow and sleet with tennis shoes. The dialogue questions the fragile shoes and reveals they symbolize a boon tied to future aims. A tone of playful commentary follows about a baby resembling its father and the father's bicycle-faced son.
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Tennyson
Llama of South America Shows Marksmanship at Fair
An anecdote from Weir Jr. in Lippincott's recounts a llama at a St. Louis fair that spares no effort when angered. The beast fires a saliva and hay pellet salvo at a boastful country beau who taunts it, leaving him sprawled and humiliated. The tale ends with the lesson of decorum taught by the creature’s display.
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Llama
South America
St. Louis
Wiseacre
James Markamanship
Weir, Jr
Lppincott's
Glassblowing through the ages in bottle making
The text notes ancient origins of blowing bottles dating to Pharaoh times with Egyptian monuments showing glassblowers at work. It mentions that modern machine made bottles are molded, linking past craft to present manufacturing techniques.
Minced Beef Stew With Onions and Vinegar
Instructional note on preparing minced beef stew with underdone beef, onion, water, pepper, and salt. Simmer until onion soft, add gravy and mince, avoid boiling, serve in hot dish with bread sippers and vinegar on the side.
Cooking instructions for biscuits from a pantry recipe
The passage gives a rough recipe using butter, lard, and sugar with oatmeal and soda. It instructs melting fat, mixing dry ingredients, adding water, kneading, rolling, cutting shapes, and baking on a greased sheet in a moderate oven. It reflects a historical domestic cooking method.
Plain Lunch Cake Procedure From a Fragment
A fragmentary recipe describes mixing clarified liquid, sugar, sultanas, baking powder, eggs, and milk. Whip egg whites with sugar, fold into flour, grease a tin, pour batter, bake about one and a half hours, until set.
Chelmsford Pudding Recipe from a Misspelled Text
A historic recipe instructs to simmer sago in water until tender then beat eggs and mix with milk sugar and breadcrumbs. Two ounces suet and flour are folded in with sago and creamed raisins. Bake in a lined mould and serve with sweet sauce.
Marble Jelly Mold and Egg Butter Puff Pie Method
A recipe describes making a jelly mould with coloured jelly lumps and a colourless jelly to set inside. It recommends orange strawberry and apple jellies, silver jelly for a clear finish, and instructions for a lemon egg sugar butter puff paste pudding baked forty minutes. Average cost ten pence.
Cocoanut Pudding Method From A Historic Recipe
A vintage pudding recipe combines cocoanut, stale sponge cake, milk, and eggs. Beat yolks with butter and sugar, fold in cocoanut and cake crumbs with vanilla or rosewater, then add milk and fold in egg whites. Bake three quarters of an hour and finish with a browned meringue topping.
Mince Pies from a Historic Recipe
A historical excerpt outlines a mince pie filling using ox tongue finely chopped and mixed with currants, suet, raisins, chopped apples, citron, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, mace, candied orange peel, Madeira wine, rose water, brandy, marrow, salt, and sugarhouse syrup. It preserves the period tone and lists the dense ensemble of ingredients and measures.
Mrs Hancock's Piecrust Recipe Card
A historical recipe describes rubbing butter into flour with egg whites and water to form a paste. The method repeats folding and rolling with additional butter across seven rounds to create a superior crust for mince pies or tarts.
Tax Levy in Mills Sparks Debate at Beechwood Homewood
Beechwood questions why levies use mills instead of cents while Homewood defends the system. The exchange hints at fiscal philosophy and local governance, with references to presses and regional names. The fragmentary text mentions the Chronicle Telegram and Armenian claims, leaving much of the context unclear.
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Beechwood
Homewood
Chronicle-Telegraph
Byery cm
Velvet hat with frills and ribbon bow fashion note
A vintage guide from Mirabel on assembling a velvet hat with layered frills. It explains trimming a green or blue velvet foundation with red or pink-gold frills, attaching two frills to the brim, and wrapping a wide five inch ribbon around the crown with a large bow and pinkish rose accents.
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Mirabel
The Butcher and the Friars Tale From Grip Village
A medieval anecdote from Grip between Niort and Rochefort tells how two Cordeliers seeking shelter overhear a butcher boasting of fat pigs and salted pork. Mistaken as monks by the terrified pair, one monk hides in a pig sty while the other escapes through a window. The butcher then calls for his “cordeliers” as he reveals his mistaken slaughter plan.
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Niort
Rochefort
Grip
Cordéliers
Unem
Cordelier
Semante
Pramcia
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