Apart Lodgings and an Elegant Landlady in London
A narrator visiting a South London lodgings house encounters a black satin clad landlady who recalls aristocratic pretensions, recounts lodger woes, and contrasts old fashioned upbringing with modern tenants. The piece lampoons class pretensions as the narrator negotiates rooms and hears tales of quixotic expectations and modest comforts.
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Mr.Tate
Lambeth
Vauxhall
Becky Sharp
Boch
London
Tran
Sean
Jericho
Meyer
Over the Slip Rails ghost tales from Henry Lawson
Public listing notes Angus and Robertson reissuing Henry Lawson collection Over the Slip Rails in their Commonwealth Series. The volume gathers Lawson’s ghost stories with a notably pessimistic tone.
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Henry Lawson
Angus and Robertson
Atoriea
Lawson
Fragmented Memoir Excerpts on War Ethics and a Lodging Scene
A garbled narrative blends critique of wartime conduct with a bleak lodging-house scene. The speaker references Geneva Convention breaches, a proposed Black Book to document war crimes, and wartime lies. The room description paints decay: worn carpet, old Gladstone portrait, an eyeful of neglect, and a Pall Mall Gazette paper dangling from a gas fixture.
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Geneva
Toolaskil
Ling Dragooms
Europe
Mr. Gladstone
Fred Archer
Pall Mall Gazette
Velh
Esther Hacknay
E. W. Cole
Agnes
Egerton Castle
Bath
Smollett and Fielding
Betty
Macmillan and Company
Pall Mall
Claude Monet
Sribner
Rooseveldt
Oliver Cromwell
Eee
Meneliks Pipe and Imperial Prohibition Curious Tale
Article reviews Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia banning tobacco after a reported attempt at smoking by a visiting Englishman. The tale, echoed by Pall Mall Gazette, sits amid reflections on empire, modern governance, and the quirks of paternal rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Menelik
Epirita
Pall Mall Gazette
Kumasi Rebel Diary Amid Ashanti War Plight
A British traveler recounts march from Kumasi through Bekwebh to Jakahon, detailing Ashanti threats, clashes, and the Governor’s fragile stance. He notes feuds, chiefs, and a volatile route with telegraph sabotage, ransom asks, and warnings of expected warfare as prempeh’s forces press toward control.
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Beir Adansia
Jakab
Carter Spence
Thompson
Kokofoo
Adans
Mesaage
Bekweb
Beadman
King’s
Messaze
Kumasi
Someason
Bedesuva
Houston
Frevernor
Holgeon
Tain Armitage
Chalmers
Tweedy
Bas
Murday
Leggatt
Prah
Obnasi
Kumas
Ladysmith
David
Armitage
Soi
Haven
Fort OG
Kintampo
Incenarira
Ramserer
Basel Mission
Prempeh
Leegait
Euft
Fort
Cass
Donald
Jakahon
Dew
Daw
The Hatters Secret of a Lone Gold Digger
Fred Donaldson, a reclusive hatter on a deserted gold field, shelters and tends a stricken man after a brutal clash with Holdstein. A cockatoo and a dog watch as Donaldson drags the unconscious rival from a shaft and contemplates a hidden fate away from the bush town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donaldson
Fred Donaldson
Europla
Tere
Holdstein
Lee
Tucker
Crown Jewels and Exposition Chimney Highlight Historic Facts
The article notes a ruby in the Maltese cross atop the British crown once given to the Black Prince by King Pedro after Najara. It also describes Henry V wearing the jewel in armor at Agincourt and details the 289 ft Paris Exposition power plant chimney with its foundation, masonry cone, tunnels, and brickwork praised architecturally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedro
Castile
Najara
Henry V
England
Agincourt
Lubricating Oils and Engine Supplies Ship Broad Ad
Past by Te oo lubricating oils antifriction greases engine packings to engine room stores of every description.
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Cope Bros. & Co., Ltd
Liverpool
H. B
Mueao
Her Majesty’s
Bellevale
Mosher
New York City
Ayres and Son
Nyack
N.Y
United Kingdom
Provinces
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Isles
British Isles
Orion
Malta
Alexandra
Chatham
Wyndham
Howard Vincent
George White
Asbe
Ital
Pall Mali
Pril
Bek
Ala
Jek
Ashantis
Tndeeor
Onodeo
Anand
Batider Armitage
Maruomas
Wensa Som
Kimberley
THE
Ernest Favenc
Dick’s
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Frice
Ele
Agenza Es
WM. Adams & Company, Limited
Engineers’ Farm
Clarence Street
Sydney
Noa
WH. Adams & Co., Ltd
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