Vicar’s midnight gunfight in churchyard shocks Gor feston
The Rev Forbes Phillips of Gor feston recounts firing on two burglars at St Andrew's Churchyard after a Sunday service. He describes a violent pursuit, one man wounded, and both attackers vanished, with police and hospitals alerted across East Anglia. A second break in and renewed thefts are noted, along with suspicions of a motorized gang.
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Forbes Phillips
Gorfeston
Dally Mall
Uve
St Andrew's Church
Phillipa
Phillips
East Anglia
Lowestoft
Yarmouth
London Mansions Remodelled In West End Reform
The piece surveys extensive remodeling across London mansions in the West End, noting altered facades and gutted interiors. It contrasts speculative builders of the era with older practices, criticizing inadequate sanitary amenities and cramped kitchens and staircases.
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West End
Rawnal
London
Adam
Motor cycles and advice from Pry's Magazine on the sport
Mr J Pollock Castors argues in Pry's Magazine that motor cycling is in infancy with a current slump in demand yet potential for growth. He notes many early machines were faulty and discarded, urging buyers to choose light simple quiet reliable models and to view cycling as economical transport rather than luxury.
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J. Pollock Castors
Pry's
Mater
Shy Metton
Pany Ners
Westminster Gazette
The Smart Set Again Horse Play At Country Houses
A Vanity Fair writer notes country house parties feature horse play and leap-frog in halls. Despite refined hosts and guests, the scene is linked to rough boyish antics amid the season’s social gatherings.
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Father Vaughan
Sayag
Vanity Fair
Hay the Weiter
Ann
Gossip of Regency Dinner Room Pranks Recounted
The piece recalls two incidents from a Georgian era dinner scene. A well known man attempting to pick up a woman threatens to pour whisky down her neck if rebuffed, then actually does so. In a second tale a hostess pours water from a finger-bowl down a guest’s neck and is repaid with grape-skins down the back of her dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elele
Amas
Tess
Piracy and Slavery Ebb in a Turbulent Century
The piece surveys ongoing piracy in the Red Sea and China seas, noting attacks on ships and pirate violence. It details a broad reach of slave trading globally, with Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas cited, and cites authorities decrying abolition delays.
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Captain Kidd
Ivanenrs
Tinuiue
Rome
Kidd
Red Sea
Arstusa
Driugh
Tilt
Wilberforce
Ching Seas
Pumder Giul
Storg
West River
Elong Kong
Ransay
Ani
New York
Pacifc
Alaska
Parton
America
Ned Sea
Africa
Nigeria
Congo
British East Africa
British Columbia
Dutch East Tindies
Morocco
Turkey
Egypt
The
Soudan
Abyssinia
Qoding
Bagdad
Trhesan
Centa
Tangier
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Carlton House
London Mansions
United States
Neoria
West Africa
San ‘Thome
Athey
Nisha
Gunaans
Repes
York
Deges
Umer
Mike
Pat
Plutaret
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