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Punch, or the London Charivari, May 13, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, May 13, 1914Some idea of the amount of distress there is among Stock Exchange men, owing to the continued depression, may be gathered from the fact that a number of members, anxious to get to Brighton on their recent...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914A Russian officer, last week, shot the leader of a gipsy choir in a St. Petersburg restaurant, not because he sang out of tune but merely because he expressed resentment at the officer's conduct towards...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914A foolish hoax is said to have been perpetrated on the authorities at Dublin Castle. An anonymous communication informed them that a Dreadnought had been purchased by the Ulster loyalists, and would shortly make her appearance off...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914We hear that the news of the defeat of Messrs. Travers, Evans ("Chick") and Ouimet in the Amateur Golf Championship was received by President Huerta's troops with round upon round of cheering. Frankly, we think it rather...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12Smoking and chatting periods have been introduced in some Massachusetts factories. Extremists in this country complain that, while this system may be all right, there is just the danger that working periods might also be introduced. Audiences...
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Every Man His Own Poet Or, The Inspired Singer's Recipe BookEvery Man His Own Poet; Or, The Inspired Singer's Recipe Booko have attempted in former times a work of this description, would have seemed, we cannot deny, to savour either of presumption or of idiotcy, or more probably of both. And rightly. But we...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914Says The Times:"It used to be a[pg 301] tradition of British Liberal statesmanship to support, without prospect of immediate advantage, the cause of nationality and freedom abroad.... It would at least be showing some interest...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914King Sisovath of Cambodia, we learn from Le Petit Journal, was so pleased with a white elephant sent him by the Governor-General of French Indo-China that he has raised the animala fine femaleto the dignity...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 12, 1916Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 12, 1916It is stated that the monkey market at Constantinople, which for hundreds of years has supplied the baboons found in Turkish harems, has closed down. German competition is said to be responsible for the incident....
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914The Admiralty has decided that, in the place of the grand manuvres this year, there shall be a surprise mobilisation. Last year's manuvres were, we believe, something of a fiasco, but to ensure the success...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914Two men carrying bombs were arrested last week on the outskirts of Paris, and are suspected of a plot against the French President. They alleged that the bombs were made for the Tsar of Russia,...
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The Royal Picture AlphabetThe Royal Picture AlphabetABLUTION.Poor little fellow, you are certainly making comical faces: I fear the soap has got into your eyes, and that you will make that towel very black indeed. All boys, when they wash themselves, should take care to rinse off the...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893 ["There are dozens of Companies now existing with the Duke of Puffball, Sir Bonus Bare-acres, Bart., Major Guinea Pig, M.P., and the like, figuring upon the Board of Directors. A short, but drastic Act,...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05Six hundred Irish emigrants left for New York last Wednesday on board the Celtic. All, we understand, were advised before leaving that the price of a man's votes, after the first five or six, isn't what it...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916Says a learned correspondent of The Observer: "There may be fundamental differences between observed phenomena without affecting the validity of a strict analogy; and after all an analogy is based upon presented similarities. It is...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914The public indignation against the woman who damaged the "Rokeby Venus" continues unabated, and most inhuman propositions are being made. One gentleman has even been heard to suggest that the woman ought to be made...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916A correspondent writes to tell us of a painful experience which he has had in consequence of his efforts to practise war-time economy in the matter of dress. The other evening, after going to bed...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914Even The Nation is not quite satisfied with the Government, and has been alluding to "the extreme slackness of Cabinet methods," and complains that "situations are not thought out beforehand." The Government, apparently, is now...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916Municipal fishshops are to be established in Germany. They will be closely associated, it is understood, with the Overseas News Agency, and will make a speciality of supplying a fish diet to sailors who are...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 10, 1916Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 10, 1916Many graphic tales have been told of the immense loads of plunder carried off during the fighting in Dublin; but there has been looting on a large scale elsewhere, if one may believe the headline...
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