How a Country Boy Solved a Murder and Found Freedom
A farm youth recounts witnessing a rural murder, finding a bullet with blood and rust marks, and guiding a detective to use a scratch test. The suspect is acquitted after the weapon is test fired in court. The narrator is inspired to pursue education and avoids farm life, aided by the freed suspect.
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De‘tives
Fred
Mr. Ackers
Coyne
Rigl
Ackers
Cayne
Truesdale
Romance of Sir Rufus Isaacs Career and Rise to Prominence
Sir Rufus Isaacs rose from a London-born Jewish merchant’s son to the Lord Chief Justice candidate, joining the Bar in 1884 after earlier stints in the Stock Exchange and university study. He joined the Northern Circuit, handled major commercial cases, took silk in 1898, and became Solicitor General and Attorney General in 1910 while serving in Parliament. He earned a reputation for precise facts, quiet but persuasive advocacy, and strong command of his cases.
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Rufus Isaacs
Isaacs
Lawson Walton
Brussels
London
Stock Exchange
Middle Temple
Rufus
Justice Bigham
Sir Edward Carson
Whitaker Wright
House of Commons
Attoney
They Like Lloyd-George In Italy Says Welsh Visitors
Welsh visitors report Italy’s admiration for David Lloyd George the British Chancellor. Italians praise his pension and insurance ideas and note every speech of his is printed widely. Italian workers read his words aloud expanding impact beyond Parliament and government.
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Lloyd-George
David Lloyd George
Italy
Britain
Antiquity of Football Spans Centuries in Derby Legend
The piece traces football origins from a third century Derby victory over a Roman legion to later tales in Purbeck and a Danish head ball in the first game. It notes a 14th century edict banning football and mentions Shakespeare’s aside in King Lear about a base football player.
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Derby
Cheater
Isle of Purbeck
London Chronicle
Rivalry Between Whistler and Wilde Sparks Amused Burns
The text recalls the frosty relation between James McNeill Whistler and Oscar Wilde. They met in London drawing rooms where both were famed wits. Jealousy occasionally flared into sharp remarks, including Wilde praising a Whistler quip that he wished he had thought of.
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James MacNeill Whistler
Oscar Wilde
London
Whistler
Wilde
Jove
Dressing Dinner Becomes a Soup Button Jest
A fat man complains of a button in his soup and the waiter quips that the soup is made from dressed beef. The exchange ends with amused acknowledgment of the joke in this dining room moment.
Hobble Lingerie Becomes Fashion Rage In New York Shops
A new hobble underwear style using silk crepe de chine chiffon and fine silks appears in New York stores. The garments are cut to fit tightly at the hips knees and ankles with a narrow elastic band at knee length and no corset per some designs.
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New York
Mutton en casserole and scalloped tomatoes in shells
A winter table recipe feature shows mutton en casserole with two pounds of meat carrots turnips onions tomatoes and stock simmered two hours, plus decorative carrot and turnip balls and cherries for topping. Scalloped tomatoes in shells bake layered tomato and breadcrumb with butter and parsley garnish.
Worth Knowing: Kitchen Tips And Substitutes
Handy cooking tips for kitchen use and basic techniques. Notes on orange fritters with ham, baked eggs, orange slices for tea, rice absorption in water versus milk, trimming seams on rounded edges, and using a hot salamander to brown dishes without an oven.
Pumpkin Pie Recipe From Stewed Pumpkin To Bake
Stew pumpkin in half pint water until soft then mash fine and dry excess water. Beat one egg per pie with half cup sugar two tablespoons flour pumpkin and half pint rich milk. Add a pinch of salt and cinnamon or nutmeg. Bake on a good under crust in a hot oven. Some steam the pumpkin instead of stewing.
Labouchere's Life As Told By His Nephew Labby The Jester
A royal chattier and political misfit, Henry Labouchere’s career is chronicled with wit and irony. The Life of Henry Labouchere recounts his Cambridge exile, Europe’s gambling dens, circus tights, and tenures in diplomacy and Parliament, revealing a Frenchman’s detachment from English ideals. The book notes misses by Gladstone and Rosebery, and recalls Labouchere’s humor and mischief from Stockholm to Washington.
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Tabby
Henry Labouchere
Algar Labouchere Thorod
Gladstone
Lord Rosebery
Washington
Labby
Cambridge
Europe
Srvice
Truth
Republic of Panama
Republic
Italy
Republic of
Panama
Old Palaces Yard
Babylon
Stockholm
Victoria
Labouchere
Lord Taunton
Henry
House of Lords
Mr. Labouchere
He Was No Scot in Golf Exhibition Tale
The tale at Biarritz involves Sir Henry Campbell annerman and Taylor the golf champion. A Scotch relative claimed Taylor’s birth, which Sir Henry nearly supported. An intervening guest notes Taylor refused payment for an exhibition due to rain, accepting only travel expenses, a fact seen as fatal to the contested birth claim.
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Henry Campbell
Annerman
Taylor
Biarritz
Sir Henry
Henry
Champagne Shortage Reflected In English Dining History
The piece notes champagne scarcity likely in 1918 and recalls Earlier era allowances. Sir Algernon West recalls two bottles per dinner in his youth with small glass tubes of froth and homeopathic servings. Lord Alvanley challenged the meagre supply, quipping about drinking from thermometers.
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England
Sir Algernon West
Lord Alvanley
Prince Arthur Loses Bequest After Royal Marriage
Prince Arthur of Connaught sacrifices 125000 by his marriage to the Duchess of Fife. The late King Edward had directed 125000 from his estate to Arthur if he married a bride with less than 250000 dowry. The Duchess’s fortune and Princess Mary’s 21st birthday affect the bequest. Arthur inherits 50000 from the King.
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Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Duchess of Fife
King Edward
Prince Arthur
Duchess of Wife
Princess Mary
Napoleon Bourassa Father of Bourassa a Canadian Renaissance Man
Napoleon Bourassa epitomizes the cultured French Canadian old school. At eighty five he shaped art and letters in Quebec, married Papineau’s youngest daughter, studied in Quebec Toronto Florence and Rome, and designed churches in Canada and the United States. He authored Jacques et Marie and several lectures.
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Napoleon Bourasse
Canada
Papineau
Wenri Bourassa
Napoleon Bourassa
Quebec
Napoleon
Toronto
Florence
Rome
Ovyerleck
Marquis of
United States
Bourassa
Jaques Et
Marie
Gibbon Described by a Blind Contemporary in Humorous Encounter
A contempor ary recounts the historian Gibbon with a large chin and prominent cheeks. Mme du Deffand, blind and famed for touching faces, examines his features and ends with a blunt verdict that the moment is a bad joke.
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Gibbon
M. de Lauren
Mme. du Deffand
Gibbons
Mme, du Deffand
Iron Duke Name Tied to Wellington Legend
A ship named the Iron Duke is linked to the Duke of Wellington, whose nickname arose long after Waterloo from a merger of his resolve and vigor. The Mersey built steamship Duke of Wellington helped shape the Iron Duke moniker through an easy transition.
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Britain
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Mersey
Duke’ Union
Wade
Coinage Across Borders and Curious Small Change
A fragmented reflection on how different places name money from silver in Johannesburg to florins in Holland and francs beyond. The narrator notes small coins like two farthings in England and wonders how such tiny units influence daily life and travel.
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Johannesburg
Holland
England
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Ford
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