Clarissa Breaks Free with Jeff in Post Road Lorry
Clarissa secretly meets Jeff, helps derail a robbery on the Post Road, unties a bound man, and escapes with him in Jeff's yellow lorry. They drive to a police station, then return to Denny's with her father bewildered by the revelation that Jeff is her fiancé.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny
Stevens
Philip
Denny's Place
Denny's
Vilage
Clarissa
Dridgewell
Oscar
Paon
Stratford
Saar
Hiern
Jett
Jeff
Jeffrey
Higgins
Ame
Brinner
Denny's Grace
Mallo
Itallo
Cam
Chi Beeunee
Reuner
Jefiree
Dover
Brenner
Clarinca
Cambridge
Prescher
Phil
Ehough
Eile
France
Jeai
Clare
Among Savages in Northern Australia Affects Explorer Tale
An English natural history collector, G H Wilkins, ventured into the Northern Territory to gather specimens for the British Museum and was missing for months. The piece describes the wild, dangerous Indigenous peoples, their ceremonies such as the crocodile dance, scarification, and the use of the woomera. It notes the risky terrain and the potential of the region becoming among the Commonwealth's richest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
G. H. Wilkins
Northern Territory
Natural History Branch
British Museum
Brisbane
Commonwealth
Brown aprons air by the fire request
A housekeeper leaves Arthur to air white aprons while she steps away. She later asks if the task is done and the boy asks if the aprons are brown. The text shifts to a brief humor sketch where two Scotchmen and others refuse to pay a church collection, causing the Jew to faint and the others to carry the collection cart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Satisfield
Prices paid in London auctions reveal varied collectibles
The list shows recent auction prices in London for items such as a Romney portrait at 1780 dollars, a 17th century oak bedstead at 1528, a James I oak table at 600, and a French tapestry panel at 680. Other entries include Aylett's Song of Songs at 620, a 13th century French manuscript at 610, a William and Mary mirror at 420, nine Carolean chairs, a Queen Anne cabinet, Waterford glass dishes, an old English harp, a Naples Tornese stamp from 1880 at 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romney
Aylett
Naples
Memory System Pic Prompts Lost Names
A quirky exchange features a pupil asking how many people were fitted with a memory system and the professor admitting he has clean forgotten. The witty line underscores a comic memory lapse.
Pat and Mac Drift After Oar Loss at Sea
Pat and Mac drift in a small open boat with no oars. Pat prays aloud while Mac, worn and weary, jokes about their dire straits as they near land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Mac
Beng
Tver
Patrick
Ponting Antarctic Photographer a British Museum Pick
The British Museum accepts Herbert Ponting Antarctic photographs and his travel work from Japan to the South Pole noted in a feature on his perilous expeditions and historic images. Ponting's War Medal with the Japanese Army and Great White South book are cited, alongside his polar expedition fame and lecturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Herbert Ponting
Liverpool
Herbert
America
St. Louis
Far East
Japan
China
Korea
Burma
Ceylon
Sialacca
Java
Philippine Islands
Manchuria
East
Ponting
British Dominions
Lord Northcliffe
Captain Scott
South Pole
South
Great White South
Mr. Ponting
Spitebergen
Arctic
Consul General in Oman Traverses Surf in Bathing Suit
Major-General Sir Percy Cox described prewar travels in Oman and the Gulf coast. He recalled landing in surf wearing a swimsuit under clothes and salutes from Arab governors. He recounted Bedouin firing during desert journeys and freed slave loyalties to Britain or France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Georgraphical Society
London
Percy Cox
Mesopotamia
Sir Percy
Oman
Arabia
Persian Gulf
Percy
Great Britain
France
Oman Deserts
The Housekeeper Omelette Rules From a Penny Pamphlet
The text lists omelette making rules including using a small clean enamel pan, heating butter slowly, beating eggs separately, and serving quickly. It also notes keeping a hot dish ready and suggests washing glass with ammonia and polishing for a bright finish.
Assumed Raiders Labeled as Enemies in Unclear Report
Vague text suggests a warning about strange mounted parties seen approaching being treated as enemies during a raid. The fragment mentions an etiquarne or la stom sat retary phrase and a directive to fire if approached, with unclear context about riding on and taking no action.
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Grace Sartwell Mason
Phillip Brenner
Janeway House
Gear
Star and Garter
Terry
Milt Lane
Mill Lave
Howe
Wonlee
Daily Graphic
Africa
Scotts
MR. Herbert Ponting
Ohia Willes
Mayer
New York
Middle West
Lorain
Ohio
Henry J. Cox
Chicago
California
Colorado
Arkansas
Ohio Valley
Iceland
Cox
Illinois Central
de Soto
Illinois
Princeton
Indiana
Conrad
Eer
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