A Gambler Of the Olden Time on River
A long recounting of Mississippi River gambling in the 1800s. A gambler and Lemoyne outsmart riverboat owners in a staged hold up style game at a cotton town. The gambler exposes cheating, wins, and funds distribute to townsfolk while leaving the river life with a coded honor.
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Lemoyne
Hee
Adne
Gentienen
Gambier
Lemegyne
Gambdier
Lemoynpe
Hia
Terra Firma
Lettoyue
stores of provisions cached for shipwrecked crews on remote islands
The article details caches of food and supplies placed by nations for shipwrecked crews on lonely outposts. It notes deposits on Crozet, Kerguelen, Amsterdam, and other islands with items such as beef, biscuits, clothing, and matches, guarded against weather and periodically visited by ships. It also mentions shelter sheds in Vancouver, rescue rails in Tasmania, and guidance to mission stations for Tierra del Fuego castaways.
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Mos
Austr Lis
Cape
Crozet
Kersnelen Islands
Ea Hunter
Kerguelen Island
Kerguelen
Eure
Amsterdam Island
English Board of Trade
New Zealand
Vancouver
Tierra del Fuego
Cockfighting Revival Sparks London Shock
A London street report recalls cockfighting on Hackney Marshes and across England and Ireland despite laws since the 19th century. Details recount matches near Wigton and Blennerhasset, with nobles and solicitors named in related cases and a 2000-strong gathering in Monaghan showing the sport’s persistence against police vigilance.
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London
Hackney Marshes
England
Ireland
Kidderminster
Manchester Shin Canal
Manchester
Cumberland
Bolton
Blenmnerhasset
Wigton
Giebener
Blennerhasset
Cavan
Armagh
Monaghan
Tyrone
Smithborough
Everlasting Club of London Pipes Through Time
One of London’s oldest social clubs, the Everlasting Club, limited to 100 members, kept a rotating presence on its premises. At the Great Fire the clubhouse burned with a lone survivor still tending the never-dying pipe light. Over fifty years the club reportedly smoked fifty tons of tobacco and consumed substantial ale, port, and brandy.
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London
Everlasting Club
Training of a Sailor Prince Aboard H M S Cumberland
Prince Albert embarks on a six months West Indies voyage aboard H M S Cumberland as one of about sixty cadets in a Royal Navy training program. He earns early mornings, gunnery, seamanship, and engineering work, with stokehold duties and leisure hours including boxing fencing and gymnastics.
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Prince Albert
West Indies
H.M.S. Cumberland
Admiralty
Superstition Links Monkey Killing to Bad Luck
A writer notes a deep rooted belief against harming animals and claims killing a monkey is seen as murder in some cultures. The superstition is cited as causing misfortune to those who kill a monkey, with parallels drawn to humanlike behavior and warnings about ill fate.
English butterfly dealer’s vast collection to Natural History Museum
The late H. J. Adams spent about 200000 on butterflies and moths. His collection, believed the world’s most valuable, is donated to the Natural History Museum at South Kensington. It contains roughly 150000 specimens in sixty seven mahogany cabinets.
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H. J. Adams
Naturalistory Museum
South Kensington
Garrick's Prologues and Epilogues Sparked Audience Resistance
Garrick attempted to abolish prologues and epilogues but the audiences of jus dgy did not consent.
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Garrick
jus_dgy
Queen Alexandra gifts shamrock to Irish Guards on St Patrick’s Day
Queen Alexandra follows her annual custom presenting sprigs of shamrock to the Irish Guards stationed at Wellington Barracks. The shamrock was sent to Earl Roberts as honorary colonel. Col FitzClarence distributed sprigs during parade and officers ensured every man wore a shamrock while the unit attended Mass at SS Peter and Edward church.
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Queen Alexandra
St. Patrick’s Day
Wellington Barracks
St. Patrick’s Ay
Earl Roberts
FitzClarence
SS. Peter and Edward
Palace Street
Oldest of British Sports Hawking in Birds
London Field notes hawking as the oldest British sport with trained hawks surrendering liberty to the falconer. It highlights the marvel of birds, especially those matured in the wild, returning obediently as a bolt from the blue to the falconer.
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London
Unclear English Court Exchange Cited in Tit Bits
A fragment from Tit-Bits describes an English judge interrupting a female witness and challenging her explanation. The quotation contains garbled spelling and awkward phrasing, portraying a cautious exchange over a supposed flirtation or deception involving a handsome man. The text reflects a satirical or clipped newspaper item.
Great Scot disaster diners rescued at sea
Report of a maritime disaster off the Scotch coast where survivors sat knee deep in water and ate from a makeshift table aboard the wrecked vessel. Passengers wore nightshirts as they awaited rescue and were later saved.
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Jeanie Deaba
Inside the Needle Obelisk Secret Cabinet Items Hidden at Cleopatra’s Needle
A Boston Daily piece recounts the curious trove placed in the base cavity of Cleopatra’s Needle on the Thames Embankment. The assortment ranges from engineering models and maps to journals, coins, books, photos, toys, cigars, hairpins, and a hydraulic jack, all supposedly cataloged for a thousand daily passersby to ponder.
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Thames Embankment
Birch
Queen Victoria
Bradshaw's Railway Guide
London
Whitaker's Alznanack
The Boer Umbrella
The article notes umbrellas among Boers in South Africa as status symbols. They describe bulky alpaca parasols, often kept in the guest room when the elder man was home, and rarely opened in public to avoid rain. Boers used umbrellas on horseback to urge their horses, much like a whip.
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South Africa
Brellas
Republic
Invention Aims to End Mud-Splash Nuisance
Stuart Oswald has invented a device to prevent mud splashes from buses and other vehicles. Tested by Scotland Yard and an LG Board inspector, the system uses a four flanged rim and a skirt at the wheel base. The skirt withstood forceful kerb impacts during trials.
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Stuart Oswald
Scotland Yard
Portrait Restored After Forty Years in Gallery Cellars
London Graphic reports a Sir Thomas Lawrence portrait once buried in the National Gallery cellars. Dirt and damage hid a Mrs Francis Robertson likeness until Sir Charles Holroyd noticed the grime. Restorer Mr. Bettery worked the piece, revealing a clean, vivid painting as if fresh from the painter's hand.
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National Gallery
Thomas “Taare
Francis Robertson
Charles Holroyd
Mr. Bettery
Record Shorthorn Bull Sells High At Birmingham Show
A shorthorn bull bred by A B Gibson set a record price of 14530 guineas about $7 859 at the Birmingham Shorthorn Show and sale in England this year. He is a grandson of King Christian, a bull once sought by Sir George Prunsymend for his Huntleywood herd, but the owners refused to sell. The King Christian bull died shortly after.
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Birmingham
England
A. 8
Gibson
King Christian
George Prunsymend
Huntleywood
Engagement of Hon. William Ormsby Gore to Lady Beatrice Cecil
The engagement to Lady Beatrice Cecil elder daughter of Lord and Lady Boxy has stirred political social circles. Ormsby Gore is Unionist MP for Denbigh Boroughs and a leading voice among young Unionists pushing for a tougher Tory policy.
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Wm. Ormsby -Gore
Eatrice Cecil
Lord
Alis Boxy
Ormsby-Gore
Denbigh
Har
Sun Hat Fashions and the Value of a Household Schedule
A white Panama straw sun hat with blue silk accents signals season fashion. The piece then urges housewives to use daily schedules, planning each evening for the next day, and warns against overloading one day. It notes busy women assign duties by hour and highlights discipline as key to efficiency.
Debutante Wrap For Summer Fashion Note
A dressmaker designed a cerise crepe de chine youth wrap with a brocaded pattern. Its straight lines and knee drape create a modern silhouette, complemented by a gathered embroidered collar that falls over the wrap’s deep collar.
Marginal Fashion Aid Promises Subtle Silhouette Boost
The article discusses a simple, parentally thin figure enhancement using a device described as a set of tiny ridges arranged in overlapping rows. The design covers the upper head region and tapers downward, offering a rounded silhouette for many women seeking a modest boost.
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Lonely Islands
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