Digkens Whisky and the Portugal unrest hinted by a London telegram
A London correspondent reports on Portugal's political mood amid unrest after Dom Carlos's assassination. The piece suggests a potential move toward a Brazilian style republic, notes Portugal's strategic importance to Britain, and compares Portuguese and English customs, praising Oporto's republican sentiment and Lisbon’s aristocratic tilt.
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Franvos
Dom Carlos
Tagua
Atlantic
Alo
Oporto
Dragon Bay
Fashoda
Transvaal
Gporto
Lisbon
Spain
Personal crisis reports cited by Bryan in New York talk
In New York Mr Bryan stated that measured by personal crisis reports it causes Monte Carlo to appear an impacent pleasure resort compared with the New York Stock Exchange. He spoke at a meeting outlining comparative pressures and image concerns for financial centers.
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Monte Carlo
New York Stock Exchange
Bryan
New York
Horses in New South Wales Exports and War Supply
The State’s horse industry evolved from station use to breeding for distant markets. Victorian demand drew quality stock away, while NSW remounts for India grew to about 2000 annually at roughly £20 each. Boer War needs boosted exports as 1899 to 1902 saw large shipments to support troops.
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Asia
Africa
New South Wales
Victoria
Victorian Pastoralizia
India
South Africa
Japan
New Zealand
England
Liberia murder claims stir British outcry and rail at Liberian governance
British Foreign Office demands compensation from Liberia over the deaths of E A Ditchfield and John Blenkinsop at Cape Palmas. The case highlights alleged foul play, prison abuse, and venal Liberian officials, sparking gunboat intervention and renewed tensions as Britain pursues settlement.
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Republic of Liberia
West Africa
Liberia
United States
America
Bri- Weh Foreign Ofce
West African Republic
Lloyd's
E. A. Ditehfeld
Ditehlefield, Limited
Liverpool
John Blenkinsop
Africa
Blenkinsop
Ditchfield
Cape Palmas
Barclay
England
Foreign Office
Mr. Blenkinsop
Mr. Ditchfield
Ditchfield Limited
E. G. Gibson
Gibson
Brenkinsop
Cape Palmea
Sierra Leone
Monrovia
Curious Curate Stages Comic Opera The Lost Dewdrops
Southgate’s Rev H D Hinde yields immense crowds with his comic opera The Lost Dewdrops at the village hall. Stooks, the vicar’s daughter, appears in a principal role while songs and slang verses charm audiences, including a playful love ballad about two doves and a humorous English idiom.
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Southgate
London
H. D. Hinde
Mies Phoebe Stooks
Woman Suffrage Case At Hoffman Restaurant Fails
Mrs Stanton Blatch sued for damages after being barred from the public room at Hoffmann House in New York. Jury verdict favored defendants after a brief deliberation amid suffragist presence. Blatch vowed to appeal though the case was described as test material by witnesses.
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New York
Stanton Blatch
Hoffman
Hoffman House Corporation
War Airship Test and Guards Vote Case
The Hamburg Airship Club formed February 1 with 26 members including officers and businessmen. German War Office outlined a test for airships to ascend 300 yards and maneuver for an hour, land, rise again, and repeat without releasing ballast or gas. Also a 12 year old girl in Heywood Lancashire was recorded as a voter after her name appeared on a dwelling list and she claimed a paper ballot.
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Hamburg
German War Office
Heywood
Lancashire
England
Why Gas Meters Do Not Explode in Fires
A historic examination explains gas meters as tin boxes with low storage and limited pressure, unlikely to explode. Most fires involve gas that leaks from pipes accumulating in ceilings and rafters, then exploding when heated, while meters themselves remain safe unless uncontained gas outside catches fire.
Raisuli the brigand eyed for London attraction
Fred Trussell, acting manager of the London Hippodrome, plans to travel from Silverpool Street to Tilbury aboard the Himalaya to persuade Raisuli the brigand to visit London. He carries introductions from Moroccan officials and tradespeople and will meet Raisuli’s fellow countrymen and Hadja Nassau in Morocco to prove safety and goodwill. London should hear of any success.
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Fred. Trussell
London Hippodrome
Silverpool-street
Tilbury
Himalaya
Morocco
Raisull
London
Bigs
Trussell
Hippodrome
Raisall
Hadja Nassau
Mr. Stoll
Raisuli
Rule of Three Blessings and Virtues Summarized
A compact homage listing three wishes health friends and cheerfulness three delights frankness freedom and beauty three admiring ideals power gracefulness and dignity three governing aims temper tongue and conduct three hates cruelty arrogance and affectation three loves purity truth and honor and three aims to be brave gentle and kind.
French Actors Pay in State Theatres Report
The annual French Parliamentary report on the Opera Opera Comique Theatre Francais and Odeon shows Opera revenue over £125000 from 187 performances at an average £670 each. Salaries include M Galliard and others. top earners are Massenet Ariane and Faust era pieces, with detailed pay scales for singers and managers.
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Opera Comique
Theatre Francais
Qodeon
M. Galliard
M- Gaulliard
Salammbo
M. Ernest Reyer
Saint-Saens
Faust
Manon
Clement
Mary Garden
Foul-up Menu Delivers Odd Carriage Adverts
In a British trade paper a restaurant owner printed carriage ads on the menu’s reverse. A hurried customer asked for a landau two victories and a dog-cart, then inquired about funeral cars, startling the waiter who fled in alarm.
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Resaurant
Separated After 40 Years in Irish Divorce Case
In Dublin Probate Court Mrs. Margaret Whelan of Whiteswall Mil kefing was granted a divorce from Patrick Whelan on cruelty grounds. Both aged about seventy, they had a forty year marriage. She testified of nine years of unkindness with violent episodes and threats, including choking and threats to kill. He claimed no ill treatment.
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Dublin
Justice Andrews
Margaret Whelan
Whiteswall
Milkefing
Patrick Whelan
Sgr
Maas
Tramore
Waterford
Ellen Whelan
MILLIONAIRE'S BARBER
Rockefeller's barber says he has shared the millionaire's wealth for 20 years yet received only the recognised fee. Prince Radziwill's car struck a girl near Cannes as he headed to a polo match, and she died at the scene.
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John D. Rockefeller
Prince Radziwill
Lithuania
Labocco
Cannes
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