Mrs Tophams Rice Dinner Sparks Husband Invention
In a humorous tale, Sarah Topham sells a boiled dinner to Mrs. Morris to aid her impending dinner guest, leaving Samuel hungry on rice and milk. Samuel later finds work as an assistant bookkeeper for Moses Bowman, while Sarah imagines a future "Automatic Genius Cure" to spur industry and marriage gifts.
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Sarah
Sarah Topham
William
Depot
Westlake
Samuel
Samuel Topham
Moses Bowman
The Inventor Samuel Topham Faces Hard Times
Samuel Topham vows to find work after new year as his latest invention the automatic griddle fails. His wife Sarah keeps baking to feed seven daughters while Samuel endures a candid rebuke from his cousin and contemplates another setback.
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Samuel Topham
Samuel
Sarah
Sam
Greer
Sarah Topham
Sarah Topam
New York
Famous War Horses and Their Noted Riders
The article recalls renowned military steeds linked to great commanders. It mentions King Ferdinand’s charger Varna, Lord Roberts’s Colonel, Lord Kitchener’s Omdurman, Freddy of Paardeberg with D 36 medal, Copenhagen, Wellington’s charger, and Napoleon’s Marengo, noting their service and awards.
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Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Balkan
Varna
Black Sea
Lord Roberts
Royal Hospital
Dublin
India
Kandahar
Queen Victoria
Kabul
Lord Kitchener
Omdurman
Kitchener
South Africa
2Nd Life Guards
Knightsbridge Barracks
Freddy of
Paardeberg
Queen Alexandra
Freddy of Paardeberg
Regent’s Park Barracks
Copenhagen
Wellington
Waterloo
Napoleon
England
Royal United Service Institution
Whitehall
Judging From His Nose: Durham Deanery Taken by Henson
Canon Hensley Henson accepts the vacant Durham deanery. The Westminster Abbey circle loses a noted personality as Henson, famed Oxford man and prolific writer, brings wit and tolerance to his new post. A London cabman once quipped a sharp line about a tip, prompting the Dean to respond, Judging from your nose it’s for drink.
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Durham
Hensley Henson
Westminster Abbey
Birmingham
Dean Henson
Oxford
Gov
Earl of Dundonald and Brazilian Marquess Title
The article notes Earl of Dundonald known as G. O. C. celebrated his birthday and held a somewhat unusual Brazilian title origin. It explains his forebear Lord Cochrane earned a Brazilian marquisate for aiding Brazil in its independence, marking a rare English holder of such a title.
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Earl of Dundonald
Lord Dundonald
Marquis of
Marnaham
Lord Cochrane
Chile
Brazil
Quakers Ban Trousers Tradition in 19th Century Folklore
A London Notes and Queries correspondent recalling Feb 2 1866 reports Quakers in northern dales clung to breeches to oppose modern trousers. He cites his father recalling boys and sailors in cocked hats and knee breeches and that trousers marked a mariner.
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London Notes and Queries
Dales
British Peer Furnishes London Home For Weekly Film Shows
A well known British peer has installed a complete cinema theatre in his London residence and hosts friends each Friday evening. Royal children at Buckingham Palace also enjoy West End theatres during their stays.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Westend
The Fortescue Great Catalogue and the British Museum
The late Dr. G. K. Fortescue built the famed great catalogue of the British Museum Library. He notes four million entries with about 30,000 new yearly, interleaved copies in 980 volumes and monthly additions, plus the five volume Subject Index. He recounts Crocker and Thomason Tracts catalogues and reflects on the Reading Room as a busy business hub guiding literary work.
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G. K. Fortescue
British Museum
Fortescue
Richard Garnett
Brown
Thomason
Carlyle
England
Dogger Bank
Crocker
J. W. Crocker
National Library
Mote
Herring Fishery Breaks Season Record at Yarmouth
At Yarmouth the autumn herring fishery has surpassed all records. Landings reach 580,000 crans by mid season, beating last year’s 523,335 crans with a month still to fish. Each cran is about 1,000 herrings, and Yarmouth holds the world record.
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Yarmouth
Potatoes Decline Despite More Land Planted in England and Wales
Official returns show a 33 731 acre rise in potato area in England and Wales, yet the crop falls to 606 484 tons. Turnips and swedes use 51 629 fewer acres while yield rises by 2 742 390 tons. Mangolds gain 35 594 acres and 1 352 931 tons in output.
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England
Wales
Brotherly Act by Mule Saves Admiral Beresford in Sudan
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford led a naval brigade in Sudan during a deadly Arab onrush. A mule collapsed atop him, saving his life, after which he praised the beast for its brotherly act and cited the moment as a heroic deed.
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Lord Charles Beresford
Sudan
Hom
Charles
Injection of scents shocks London readers with perfume injections
A London chemist demonstrates tiny perfume injections using half a dozen miniature bottles and a syringe. He says fashionable women inject scents to last longer and even use them as tonics, claiming some perfumes kill microbes and sharpen focus, though overuse risks danger comparable to morphia.
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London
London Ideas
M.ty
Revival of Bridgettine Order to Begin in London
The Order of Bridgettine Fathers plans a London revival with a 2000-seat church suburban site a novitiate mission house and a school for 800 children. The project costs 300000 dollars and includes four small chapels and two infant schools. Founded by St. Bridget of Sweden the order seeks a strict novice standard demanding absolute single heart and readiness for discomfort.
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Order of Bridgettine Fathers
London
St. Bridget
Sweden
Mummy 6000 Years Old Unearthed Near Cairo
At Sakkara near Cairo archaeologists found a 4000 year old burial containing a 35 year old woman skeleton wrapped in bandages with corroded cloth nearby. Professor Smith cites evidence of surface material likely crude natron used for preservation, indicating ancient use of this mummification method. Skeleton resides in the College of Surgeons Museum.
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Sakkara
Cairo
the College of Surgeons
The Beaked Whale Discovery at Port Elizabeth
A Layard beaked whale specimen was found stranded near Port Elizabeth South Africa and mounted in the museum. The male measures nineteen feet two inches and shows two projecting tusks from the lower jaw. Its beak opens only four to five inches and its narrow gullet suggests a diet of small fish and seaweed. The creature is noted for exceptionally fine quality meat.
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Layard
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
English Landlord Offers Free Rent for Sugar Beet Farms
Sir Fortescue Flannery, an Essex landowner, refuses rent on land where sugar beets are grown to promote the crop in Britain. He urges farmers on his estate to expand beet cultivation as part of a patriotic push.
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Fortescue Flannery
Essex
Great Britain
Chinese Albumen in Food Industry
German bakers and major eateries reportedly use Chinese albumen, the dried whites of hen or duck eggs, as a thickening or leavening agent in gingerbread and cakes. The practice extends to large restaurants and hotels.
Reckoning the Cost of Sheltering Farm Machinery
A Kansag Farmer correspondent argues that shielding farm implements is costly and unnecessary, while the paper asserts higher depreciation from exposure. It contends typical Kansas farms hold about 1500 dollars in equipment and that even a modest shed saves depreciation and interest losses.
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Kansas
Flour Barrel Coop for Chickens Endorsed by Farm and Wire
A Farm and Wire article describes turning flour barrels into cheap roomy coops. Build a frame from boards, attach to the barrel, add a slide top door, cover with tin for rainproofing, and netting runs to protect chicks from crows. Barrels and runs are movable for ground shifts.
Crop and Critter Plan for Soil and Profit
Grow more leguminous crops and keep animals to consume these plants. This approach builds soil health and raises farm profits by cycling nutrients.
What the Lawyers Tell Us
A collection of legal observations notes that owners of vicious animals with notice of their danger may be liable for injuries. Agency acts by an employer's agent can be ratified by the employer. Luxury, health, and rental contract advice follow, including when to draft written leases and the durability of oral agreements.
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E. D. Keyes & Co
Union Pacific Tea Company
Atlantic
Noyes
Federal District Court
New York
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Mrs. Topham
Britain
Chinese Albumen
Flour Barrel Coop
Coop
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