London Week by Week From the Mall to Mafeking Day
A lively London diary recounts crowds, royal processions, and fogbound days. The writer details viewing royal transports from the Mall, the procession’s pageantry, and the reaction of spectators with humor and affection for Silk stockings, flags, and garlands. A highlight is Henry C showing the Australian Sword of Honor to Baden-Powell’s audience and a vivid roast of press dockside antics.
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Imperial Institute
Henry Copeland
New South Wales
Baden-Powell
C.B
Genuine Phosferine alert from Ashton & Parsons firm
Ashton & Parsons Ltd at 17 Farringdon Road London warn the public to beware of counterfeit Phosferine imitations for extra profit. Seek the genuine makers name on purchases and note prices in Britain for various bottle sizes. Wholesale agents and Sydney distributors listed.
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Ashton & Parsons, Ltd
Farringdon Road
London
Great Britain
Washington H. Soul & Co
Pitt Street
Sydney
Sayers
Allport
Potter
How Boer Prisoners Escape Revealed by a Ceylon Note
A London paper via a Ceylon correspondent details how Boers escaped from Diyatawella camp by donning fine clothes and boarding first class to Colombo, dining with officials, and traveling freely on parole. It notes widespread parole in railway travel, captures two other escape attempts, and contrasts rations and待遇 between Boers and guards, with resident sentiment mixed andCritical tone on colonial attitudes.
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Ceylon
London
Durance
Diyatawella
Colombo
Jess Smart
Mercenariea
Stvic
Ahmednagar
India
Tommy
Dublin Hospital Tracheotomy Saves Patient Under Chloroform
The Dublin Freeman's Journal reports a startling hospital incident where a neck gland operation nearly suffocated a patient as his tongue obstructed breathing under chloroform. An eminent Dublin surgeon performed a rapid tracheotomy, restoring breathing and life amid shocked students and nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dublin
Louise de la Rames
Ould
Weat Bnd
London
Oulda
Bogus Companies and How They Are Promoted
A critical look at bogus company promoters who lure savers with high interest promises. The piece outlines steps from using an address book to recruit widows and farmers, to drafting gleaming prospectuses, inflated claims, and charitable disguises. It notes how crowded share applications and fake directors enable quick windups, leaving investors ruined while promoters move on.
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Saya
United Kingdom
Ronsle
Michaelmas Gosling
Lst
Ft le
Moat
Charity of Friends
Marquis Ito Japan's Modern Statesman and Parliament Founder
Marquis Ito, pivotal in Japan's Meiji era, transformed an imperial ghost into a modern leader guiding a semi constitutional state. The article sketches his rise from Shogun era conflicts to architect of the Diet, detailing his character, marriage, Odawara home, and influence over the Meiji Parliament and its five political factions.
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England
East
Sarvee
Japan
Florence
Milan
Kioto
China
Chang- Chih-Tung
Liu-Kun-Vyi
Li-Hung-Chang
Tokio
Land
Ito
Ita
Odawara
Pacific
Pavioffs
Cassinis
Russia
Marquis Ito
House of Peers
House of Representatives
Emperis
Justice Day Retired After Quip About Bakers
A history note recalls Mr Justice Day ending a case involving a baker with a sharp remark. The judge told the jury not to award damages, suggesting the baker would only bake and cause indigestion.
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Justice Day
Gia
Gasecagne
Duke and Duchess To Establish Private Museum At Marlborough House
The Manchester Guardian reports the Duke of Cornwall and the Duchess have received many keepsakes and plan a private museum at Marlborough House. The duke’s teen letters mention a playful note about a museum in his bouwerhol and a habit of collecting, as recalled in the edition.
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Marlborough House
York House
Mamma
Papa
Dulke
Satie
Friary Court
Marlborough Chapel
Duke of Cornwall
Bouwerhol
Manchester Guardian
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the Duchess of Cornwall
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Poppa
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Henry C
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Mr. Chamberlain
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H. C
Macaulay
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H.C
Dickens
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Queensland
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Johonie
Evans
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