Karl Inger the Adventurer and British Interests in East Africa
A study of Karl Inger known as ex-Russian officer and alleged Emir Suleyman, moving between Somaliland and London. The article traces his attempts to win British favor, warn of the Mad Mullah alliance, and press for peaceful settlement and commerce under Lord Salisbury.
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Fricga
Karl Inger
Somaliland
Chess Board of
African Affairs
Avis
Suleyman
Queen Victoria
Count Gleichen
Karl -Inger
Suakin
Omdurman
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
Lord Lansdowne
Geveral
England
Afica
Africa
Europe
London
Cecil
Ernst Sulemen
Lucerne
Karl Anger
Rhodes
Colonial Office
Inger
Hadji Abdullah
East Africa
Courageous by Proxy Tit Bit
A clerk recalls an employer threatening violence over a money dispute. The employer vows to break his bones and throw him out a window if confronted again, prompting a plan to face him despite the threats.
Winter Coat Styles For Little Misses Of The Day
The article notes winter coat as essential for children, affordable options targeting the middle class, and features two illustrations of coats. One is reversible blue tweed with satin trim and triple cape collar. the other is cigar brown cloth with herringbone collar and velvet hat. Both outfits suit daily and school wear.
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Boreas
Gown Trends Highlight Tailor Made Fashions This Winter
The article notes tailor made gowns grow more popular this winter as women favor femininity. It details coats and skirts in nut brown cloth with velvet trim, a cape collar, and gold braid ends, plus zibeline fabrics in gray green with stitched tabs, velvet and braid trims, and decorative belts and bows.
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London
Paris
Timito
Misery and smoking woes cited in satirical exchange
The Baltimore News Color Examiner riffs on a plea that shows how smoking alarms and misleads, while a Chicago Tribune quips about blue laws. An applicant jokes about milk purity as a misunderstanding of blue laws, illustrating humorous misunderstandings in print.
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Chicago Tribune
Ruth at Bethlehem and the vow of faithfulness
A sermon-style summary of Ruth focusing on Ruth’s vow to Naomi, her loyalty, and the moral about choosing the road to Heaven. It contrasts Ruth’s selfless devotion with Orpah’s choice, notes Naomi’s influence, and highlights the field gleaning as poverty and eventual reward through a kinsman’s marriage.
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Bethlehem
Naomi
Mara
Ruth
Molabitesa
Moab
Boaz
Jesus
God
Israel
Richard
Moulton
Orpah
Naomis
Job
Christ
Kingdom of Heaven
Heaven
Novelty Home Accessories Show Fresh Patterns
New home goods feature a flag bordered pillow design and modish aprons in blue red or gray chanbray with embroidered bibs. Cloaks resemble small thick watches with crystal faces hung in horseshoes. Jardinieres in white china display pink roses or poppy motifs. Three panel ipanere style pieces rise about three feet high with glass frieze. English glass jars come in white with colored designs and raised figures.
Explorer La Salle's Quest For a Pacific Link
La Salle left his estate in July 1669 with about 20 men including Cheval Ner Tonti to find a waterway linking New France to the Pacific. In 1682 he claimed the Mississippi valley for France near its mouth. He died in 1688 at the hands of his own men while near Galveston Bay during a westward attempt.
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la Salle
Mississippi
New France
Pacific
St. Lawrence
Cheval Ner Tonti
Mississippi Valley
France
Great River
Mississippi River
Galveston Bay
Quips and quotes from papers on love luck and irony
A collection of humor items and quips from multiple papers. Jests range from young deaths and love to financial worries and marriage, including lines about Shakespeare, gossip, and bankruptcy as comic setups. The pieces illustrate light satire and social ideas of the era.
California fruit pests yield to UC entomology efforts
California fruit growers credit the university entomology department for reducing pest damage and keeping orchard finances from collapse. Professor Warren Clarke studied a destructive moth in New Castle area and devised extermination methods that cut fruit loss to a high of 14 percent last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Scientific American
Placer County
Newcastle
University of California
Warren T. Clarke
Clarke
Must Season Sweeps German Quarter With Strong Grapes Delight
The German quarter revels in must as the New York Times notes, with white and red varieties enjoyed in Wein Stubens. Men drink at bars or tables, bread with smeared fresh cheese, and must traded from Ohio and central New York. European must, pricier and prone to cask bursts, still lingers at select shops for faithful patrons seeking a taste of the homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Fourteenth Street
Third Avenue
Wein Stuben
Ohio
New York
California
Accident of Noble Vanity in Naples Palazzio Carriage Doors
An American staying in Naples notices a servant carrying a pair of carriage doors daily. The mystery is revealed that a noble family shares a carriage with others, each family having its own doors with coats of arms to fool friends into thinking they own separate carriages.
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Naples
Chisago Chronicie
Dixnity and a Haillie Magistrate Fable
A Scotsman reaches the magisterial bench but clashes with a cow. He declares himself a haillie, while a cow owner protests. The quote sits among clipped vignettes from Everybody's Magazine and Science Siftings, ending with office-boy quips about pay and hierarchy.
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Haillie
Everybody's Magazine
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Mad
Mallah
Lah
Biggins
Baltimore Newa
Lesnomy Smihe
International
Serles
Las Salle
We-Mississippi Valley
Chevalier Tontl
Chicago Daily News
Reggie
Detroit Free Press
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Smythe
Catan
Somerville Journal
Philadelphia Press
Stormington Barnes
Washington Star
Philadelphia Inquirer
New York City
Senna
India
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