Corner of London City’s sacred silence and St Bartholomew’s
Special correspondent tours the historic tug between sacred space and urban decay. From Little Britain to Smithfield and the Great St Bartholomew’s, the piece recalls Dickensian echoes, Bunyan, Milton, and Pickwick as it details a vanished forge once inside the church and the eerie, filth-laden surroundings nearby. The writer notes the irony of a forge within a revered church and the restoration-era dispute over compensation for the consecrated workshop.
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Ciorn
Lonpox
London
Little
Britain
Waington Irving
Charterhouse School
Dawsy
Wanda
Harry
Sir Henry Havelock
Old Customs of Valentine’s Eve in Woorwich England
In Woorwich on St Valentine’s Eve gifts arrive anonymously with labels like With Valentine’s love and Good morrow Valentine. Some are harmless hoaxes while others are triggered by concealed threads at the doorstep. Cries are large packages that reveal only sugar plums wrapped with mottos such as Happy is he who expects nothing. Norwich preserves many ancient customs and Beotland keeps folklore and tradition alive.
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St. Barts
Woorwich
Eng
Valentine
Norwich
Beotland
Brass letter scales for elegant desks and libraries
A brief note from the Jewelers Circular praises small brass scales for weighing letters as indispensable to ladies with extensive correspondence. The scales are described as outwardly attractive and welcomed among luxurious desk and library table appointments.
Remembering a Beloved Mother in Gibbon’s Letters
A Harper's Bazaar excerpt reflects on a devoted mother who guided her son, recounting her patient trials, daily care, and encouragement across his schooling. The piece highlights the mother’s influence, the long correspondence, and the child’s gratitude for her intellectual nurture.
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Annin OF Gibbon
Catharine Porter
Hess
Oung Gibbon
Harper’s Bazar
Brave Crew Survives Ocean Tempest After Four Days
In Bourbon port a flotilla fled as tides rose and a cannon fired. A lone brig remained anchored with a 15 year old lad at the helm and a dog aboard. He cut the hawser and held the ship’s course for three days and nights alone until rescue.
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Bourbon
French Indies
Chicago Herald
Pennies on a Streetcar Line Stir Conversation
A gentleman rider asked for pennies, about ten, which the conductor provided. The exchange sparked notes on why pennies are in demand on Saturdays for family churchgoing, with the conductor explaining pennies return to him when collected from twenty eight churches along his route.
Dancing on Tees and the ballet shoe myth
Miss Quealiie, premiere danseuse, debunks the idea that sun soles aid ballet dancing. She shows the Washington Post reporter her shoes and explains that ordinary shoes cannot support balance. The strain comes at the ankle, not the toes, and proper body position relieves it, making dancing appear more graceful to informed observers.
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Quealiie
Premiere
Danseuse
Washington Post
Australians Duped by Marble Fossil Feigned Man
A marble slab carved to resemble a man was buried by conspirators in Australia to stage a fossil hoax. Local credulity rose as the discovery seemed genuine until one conspirator confessed the fraud, exposing the ruse credited to Italians.
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Detroit Free Press
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