Crossing the Channel Risks Highlighted After Hilda Disaster
A traveller to the Daily News warns of nightly Channel dangers seen in repeated crossings. He notes the Hilda disaster drew attention to perilous routes like Hook and Dover Calais, stressing reliance on officers, lights, and caution near the Jersey to St Malo passage with a long reef to be carefully navigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London “Daily News
Hook
Dover-Calais
St. Malo
Jersey
Cape la Heve
Havre
London and South Western Company
Stella
St Malo
Alderney
Schole Bank
Desornies Bank
Midway
Minquiers
Gregory
Pearson
Jiu Jitsu for Women Gains Ground at Cambridge Clubs
The piece notes a Cambridge varsity club for jiu jitsu forming for women while Girton and Newnham have not joined yet. It highlights Jiu Jitsu as a refined physical culture, practiced by society women, with Westfield College adopting the study and a duchess cited as a leading practitioner.
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Cambridge
Girton
Newnham
Curious French Chamber Debates English Wine Trade Circular
The Paris chamber debated an English wine merchant firm with Bordeaux links. The firm advertised Algerian wine as Medoc at exceptional prices, prompting Bordeaux chamber protest. The minister warned the firm and asked the Governor General of Algiers to halt the promotional claim.
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Paris
London
Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce
Bordeaux
England
Algiers
Homely Fabre Three Special Cakes Chocolate Cake
A short recipe note extols a chocolate cake described as highly delicious and improves with a few days of keeping. It is easy to make and can be decorated with white icing before serving, with decorative options left to the baker.
Victorian Chocolate Madeira Cake Recipes and Witty Anecdotes
A collection of practical baking instructions for chocolate madeira and icing, with quantities for cocoa richness and lemon rind. Includes decorative tips using violets and pistachio leaves, plus notes on making a light cake and an icing glaze. Also features humor and quotes on teetotalism and family money with brief stage-like dialogue.
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Ora
Vienna
Queen and Greek royal visit to the Hippodrome
The Queen the King of Greece Prince Nicholas and party visited the Hippodrome yesterday afternoon. A ten week old tiger was shown to the Queen who stroked it and marveled at holding a tiger for the first time. The animal entangled the Queen’s lace as attendants removed it. The cub, born at Bostock Paris ten weeks ago, feeds on milk and likes chicken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Malo
Brittany
Gregory
Hippodrome
Greece
Nicholas
Sawade
Bostock
Paris
Daily Mail
Gingerbread and Anecdotes from a Bygone Age
A mixed extract presents a old German gingerbread recipe with eggs spice and almond notes, followed by brief vignettes about William Shakespeare Andrew Lang a Kaffir at Cape Town and a lawyer’s quip about justice and fees. It also includes classroom and family jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shakespeare
Andrew Lang
Lang
Cape Town
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Medoo
Doctor
Toper
Ireland
Laphead
Miss Sharp
Mr Laphead
Albion Park
QUEEN
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Jerry
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