English Turf Tragedy Before 1888 Two Thousand Guineas
Prince Batthyany, breeder of St. Simon and a famed racing figure, died in the luncheon room at Newmarket just before the Two Thousand Guineas. Galilard, his colt and favorite, won the race as the owner died behind Weatherby’s office blinds, with Gallopins heir also absent from the Derby due to the owner’s death.
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Snake bite remedies divide experts in India and London
The article reports two competing remedies for snake bites. Dr Lauder Brunton favors permanganate of potash applied immediately while Mr Greengrass of North Arcot supports vinegar or acetic acid applied within an hour to an hour and a half after the bite. He cites twenty nine recoveries from cobra bites and warns that failure came when no incision was made to drain poison. A similar scorpion sting treatment is noted from the London Standard.
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Downing Street the World’s Great Street and Its Archives
The essay portrays Downing Street in London as the center of British power with 10 Downing Street housing the prime minister. It notes its historic origins with Sir George Downing and ties to American ancestry via his mother of the Winthrop family, highlighting Harvard education and Cromwell-era diplomacy.
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England
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Feeding the Stock in Mrs. Cole’s Monte Rosa Tale
In Mrs. Henry W. Cole's travel tale a humorous episode from the Reverend Robert Montgomery's early pulpit career is recounted. While a curate in rural Scotland he lodges with a tenant farmer's family and overhears the house servant asking whether to feed the pigs first or serve the man his dinner.
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Henry W. Cole
Monte Rosa
Echo Returns Rival Paper Name in Spain Trick
The late Sir John Long tested an echo in Spain and spoke the line Dun dee Ad ver ti ser, the Dundee Courier and Argus echoed back, revealing the prank by his traveling companions who named the rival paper.
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Tea Drinking as a Feminine Vice in Historical Opinion
A century ago tea drinking was seen as a female vice. The Female Spectator noted the tea table cost more than supporting two children at nurse and called it the utter destruction of economy, bane of good housewifery, and a source of idleness.
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London Mail
Vanishing France in Old Provincial Traditions
A concise reflection on a fading France as local customs costumes and regional language decline, destined to live on only in memories and in works of tradition for future generations.
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A Slight Difference Joke on Jeweler and Jailer
A humorous note contrasts a jeweler who sells watches with a jailer who watches cells. The poem hints at human quarrels and social friction, using playful wordplay and a line about two to make a quarrel. The Puck quotation frames humor and conflict.
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Selwyn’s Curious Taste and Lord Holland’s Death Bed Wit
The article notes George Selwyn’s unusual hobby of seeking out dead bodies including friends. It mentions Lord Holland being gravely ill at Holland House before his death. Selwyn sent a message asking to visit, and Holland replied with a wry remark about seeing him whether alive or dead.
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Temperament and tempers clash in Philadelphia Ledger excerpt
A sharp exchange unfolds between two men with clipped insults about temperament and temper. The Philadelphia Ledger quotes a scene where one curses the other for being impossible and inconceivable in reaction.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Trying Moment In 1887 Crown Prince Meeting Reported
Professor Leopold Schroetter was summoned to meet Crown Prince Frederick in 1887 before Sir Morrell Mackenzie reached San Remo. The prince appeared wary, suspected of facing troubling news.
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Frederick
Morrell Mackenzie
San Remo
Carcinoma Fears Touched Prince and Tobacco Flavoring
Frederick the crown prince faced a doctor who warned a serious but uncertain cancer risk. The scene described in which the heir questioned his ailment remains vivid in memory. The article then shifts to how tobacco flavors are crafted across tobaccos, noting secret methods, additives like sugar and honey, and perfumes such as coffee and mint, with rare use of opium.
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