Captain Fane at Caraven's dinner sparks domestic conflict
In Lord Caraven's English manor Mildred defies a dinner invitation to Captain Fane amid marital strain. The Earl suspects a card cheat while Mildred endures a loveless, controlling home life as Sir Raoul Laureston's return looms and a cousin's arrival could alter the balance.
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Ildred
Lord Caraven
Pane
Jem
St. Roche
Fane
Lady Redsley
Caraven
Mildred
Lady Caraven
Captain Pane
Ecards
Chile
Trois Trne
Morley
Krow
Wildred
Hildred
Jane
May
Raoul Lakeston
Ron
Raoul Laureston
Old England
Ile
France
Italy
Nice
England
London
Raoul
Butter Harp Made Of Flowers Wins London Prize
Miss E Heath of London created a harp sculpture from Irish butter for a dairy show. She completed the piece in a week, from 8 am to 8 pm daily, with no salt or coloring and careful cooling, using only simple hand tools.
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E. &. Heath
London
Miss Heath
Daily Show
Butter and lard art and curiosities in 19th century craft
An array of curiosities and crafts from butter and lard sculptures to porcelain-like artworks. Descriptions cover blackographs made from cut figures, a London butter flower basket by Nicholson since 1888, and awards won at Daily Shows. Also notes on Chinese telegraph limits, New Year superstitions, French female witnesses, and other miscellany.
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London
Nicholson
Missing watch sparks guilt in reform criminals meeting
In a provincial tale a Society of Reformed Criminals held a hall meeting. The president set his gold watch on the table to time the talk, lights failed, and the watch vanished. Each member swore innocence as the door stayed locked and suspicion rose about who kept the timepiece.
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Rassing
Ife
Knotty Growth in English Garden Tree
An English gardener reports a tree with a self formed knot over 12 inches in circumference. A twig once twisted has grown into a permanent knot that cannot be untied yet does not affect the tree’s vitality.
Famous Benzon Abbey In Seckan Germany Attracts Nobility
The Pall Mall Gazette notes the Abbey of Benzon near Seckan in the Steiermark mountains. It hosts princes and nobles among Benedictine monks, founded about 1863 by Maurus and Placidus Walter with support from Princess Catherine of Hohenzollern.
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Seckan
Germany
Benzon
Philip of
Maurus
Placidus Walter
Cologne
Pius IX
Prussia
Catherine of
Catherine of Hohenzollern
Dusseldorf
Black Forest
Monte Cassino
Pall Mall Gazette
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Joseph Copeland
Jaredo
Texas
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United States
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War Department
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Escorial
Spain
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