The Lure of the Mask Continues at Italian Riviera
Travelers at Villefranche amid a romantic intrigue drift between Naples letters and veiled meetings. La Signorina warns Kitty to avoid former acquaintances Hil lard and Merrihew while choosing loyalty over romance as plans turn toward Monte Carlo and a Venice return.
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Riviera
San Remo
Cannes
Freoch
Villefranche
Tata Pring
Stenerina
Kitty
Signorina
la Signorina
Qain
Naples
Mr. Merriken
Veniee
Monte Carlo
Campo Formosa
Campo
la Signetina
la Signvorina
Diplomacy in the Home and a Wife’s Mending Method
A commuter recalls a humorous exchange about domestic repair. A man suggests a ruse to get items mended by his wife by theatrically presenting worn clothes and feigning discard. The wife then fixes the garment, turning the ruse into a newfound routine.
Holes in Everything Experiment Barrage
A jumble of garbled text describes an experiment about holes and a mysterious window passage. References to eyes, a coat, and a series of nonsensical phrases obscure any clear facts or names. The readable bits hint at a playful, if chaotic, note rather than a coherent event.
Quit Voluntarily Weary Wompnat Says He Wasn’t Fired
In a brief exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal Wompnat asserts he left on his own terms and denies being expelled from his job. He emphasizes he did not get twoe thrown out and maintains dignity in the impulsive statement.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Aristocratic Oddities and Parnell Interview Recalled
The piece recalls Lord Ribblesdale and Parnell sharing a London Holyhead compartmentsride with brief exchanges on the Tenants Arrears Bill. It notes Parnell’s later discussion at length, and mentions a London magazine feature of the interview. It also touches on the Duke of Devonshire and the Cavendishes famed for taciturnity and a northern inn beds anecdote.
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Lord Ribbiesdale
Parnell
London Holyhead
Ior CunVerfsatca
Parnelthawaead
London
Varnell
Edward
Detecting Freshness in Eggs A Guide from The New York Sun
A correspondent explains multiple tests to judge egg staleness including peel ease, frothability, yolk and white behavior when opened, shell gloss after ome cooking, and air space size at the large end. Candling via light and a simple hard roll test help estimate age.
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New York Sun
Sure He Knew. Chiropodist Handwriting Character Test
A dialog fragment contrasts belief about chiropodists and handwriting. One speaker bets the other cannot prove a man’s character from his handwriting, while a second asserts a chiropodist can do so. The exchange ends with a quip about knowledge.
Soldier by instinct Col McLean led Canadian Coronation Contingent
Colonel Hugo H. McLean KC P leading the Canadian Coronation Contingent has missed only one drill in 45 years and funded a corps for the Boer War. A lawyer and parliamentarian, he built military units in New Brunswick, promoted shooting, and sent a son to the Imperial army.
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Hugo H. McLean
London
New Brunswick
Col
McLean
U.tice
Russia
Hugh C. M’lean
62Nd St. John Fusiliers
2Th New Brunswick Dragoons
Humdrum
Bisley
Provincial Rifle Association
St. Andrew's Oys’ Brigade
Black Watch
Imperial Army
South Africa
Military Musical Families and the Godfreys of the Guards
The article highlights the Godfrey family’s longtime role in British military bands. Dan Godfrey led the Grenadier Guards and became a renowned bandmaster at twenty five, with royal honors from the King of the Sandwich Islands and the Sultan of Zanzibar. Brothers Fred and Charles led Coldstream and other Foot Guards bands, with Walt also contributing. Herbert Godfrey conducted the Crystal Palace band, and the Winterbottoms match this feat with four brothers and a nephew directing Royal Marines bands.
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Dan Godfrey
Ta Zouene
South Municipal
Estra
Godfreys
Guards’ Bands
Coldstream Band
A Godfrey
Charles
Fred
Foot Guards
Walt
Royal Horse Guards
Dan
Grenadiers
Prince Consort
Sandwich Islands
Zanzibar
Bournemouth
Herbert Godfrrey
Crystal Palace
Winterbottom
Berlin Aristocrats Sleep Portrait Trend Startles Society
The latest fashion among Berlin's aristocratic women is to have portraits painted while they sleep. Berlin servants protest a new amusements tax that raises dance hall admission prices. German war planners possess duplicates of French bridges ready to use if bridges are destroyed in war.
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Oroship
Ioburse
Ars
Cromwell
Teeter Lety
Berlin
Nivis
France
Statue to Cook for nation would crown London memorials
England plans a public monument to Captain Cook with Sir Thomas Brock commissioned to sculpt the statue near the Admiralty Arch facing Buckingham Palace. The project, backed by Sir J. H. Carruthers and King George, aims to honor Cook’s voyages to Australia and New Zealand and his impact on Britain.
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Metropolis
Shakespeare
London
Captain Cook
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
Colonial Office
Mile End Road
J. H. Carruthers
New South Wales
Crecon
Cooks
British Empire League
George
Prince of Wales
England
Thomas Brock
Victoria Memorial
Admiralty Arch
Buckingham Palace
Cook
Benjamin Franklin
Pacific
Cromwell Skull Tale Tangles a Village Fair Legend
The Bessborough earldom dates from 14 1/3 generations ago, with the current holder a former navy lieutenant who became a barrister and served as secretary to the Speaker and to canal commissioners. A showman’s Cromwell skull claim at a village fair provoked laughter, while Lady Dun Cannon promotes home handicraft through Garry Hill Cottage Industry and a Bond Street shop bearing the Viscountess Duncan non name.
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Bessborough
Isis
House of Commons
Caledonian Canal Commissioners
Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell
Saul
Blanche Guest
Lord Wimbute
Garry Hill
Dun Cannon
Bond Street
Duncannon
Yorkshire’s George Hirst Tops Modern All Rounders
Yorkshire’s George Hirst, acclaimed as a great all round cricketer, took nine Worcester wickets for forty one and then scored a century. The fortieth year star has played first class cricket for nearly twenty years and enjoyed a 1904 benefit of seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. He later invested part in a toffee factory and a windblown bails anecdote at Brama Lane added to his famed humor.
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Cavendishes
George Hirst
Worcester
Hirst
Brama Lane
George
Surprise Plans Sparked for Mrs T Party
In a lighthearted exchange Mr T practices an astonished look in the glass as he prepares for a surprise present tonight, while Mrs T and friends keep the plan secret to preserve the moment.
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Mrs. T
Mr. T
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James Holland
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Yorkshire
Sydney Smith
St. Paul's
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