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... Raleigh's men were CYDER drinkers Sir WALTER RALEIGH when pre paring for his Expedition in 1598, ordered 50 toones of Devonshire Zider, which suggests that the health- ErivinEr nronerties of this luscious product of the apple were then known and appreciated. To-day large quantities of WHITEWAY'S CYDER are being consumed by his Majesty's Forces. In the WHIMPLE ORCHARDS of the celebrated firm ...

The FLEET in ACTION, MAY 31: Sir John Jellicoe and his Admirals

... ^m\m\\s\m\s\m\\^ The FLEET in ACTION, MAY 31. I I Sir John Jellicoe and his Admirals I W\mmm\mmmmm\m\mmmvm^ \V^N\^\\^W^ 5i fl 5 Rear-Admiral Osmond de B. Hi Brock, C.B. Leading a Battle-cruiser Squadron 111 Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot, Bart., M.V.O. Died in action Commanding a Cruiser Squadron Rear-Admiral Hon. H. L. A. Hood, C.B., M.V.O. D.S.O. Died in action Commanding 3rd Battle ...

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... volume LXVI., No. WAR NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR. lMS lM^M^CT-- JULY 29,1916. 1 LTCT^.T.rJ.T.TJ>T.TJ>T.T.^^] A Hospital Steam., L.WMW^ ...

Published: Saturday 29 July 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 19 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Covers  Photographs 

SIR WILLIAM'S APOLOGUE

... By E. V. Lucas. ()ne of the most famous London characters at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries was a City alderman, knight, and M.P. named Sir William Curtis, who kept the wits busy-- and among them particularly Dr. John Wolcot, who called himself Peter Pindar and spared no one-- by providing so ample a target for their shafts. He had all the best qualities ...

Published: Saturday 29 July 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 975 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Photographs 

SAXONE

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Published: Saturday 29 July 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 124 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Photographs 

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IN THE PETROL WORLD

... . By R. P. Hearne. The authorities can hardly feel proud of the way in which they are handling motor matters Firstly, we had a ridiculous scale of new taxes imposed, which had to be withdrawn. Next we had a special fuel tax to make up for the revenue lost by the taxes. 'This step was followed by a petrol census so hurriedly rushed that it could scarcely be complete. Then we had a petrol ...

Published: Saturday 29 July 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 652 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

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... THE SPHERE TATLER, LTD. THE SPHERE TATLER, LTD. 1^-- A Most Suitable Gift. THE SPHERE AND TATLER Permanent Carbon Enlargements The Proprietors have arranged to supply their readers with permanent Carbon enlarged photographs, and have pleasure in announcing particulars. The Carbon process gives absolutely permanent prints, which being produced by specially prepared pigments, can never fade. ...

Published: Saturday 29 July 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 373 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Photographs 

The GERMAN ONSLAUGHT at VERDUN: THE STRUGGLE FOR VERDUN; The Crown Prince's Attacks upon the Great Salient

... The GERMAN ONSLAUGHT at VERDUN XJpLJZz: THE STRUGGLE FOR VERDUN The Crown Prince's Attacks upon the Great Salient 'JPhe month of June has been marked on the Western front by a final and tremendous effort on the part of the Germans to capture the French positions at Verdun. The net result of the repeated and furious assaults, preceded by unprecedented artillery fire, has been to bring the ...

THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN: THE AUSTRIANS PUSHED BACK

... THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN THE AUS1Z?MS PUSHED During the past few days the Austrian resistance has been extremely desperate along the whole of the Trentino front. The new fighting line runs over Coni Zugna, Buole Pass, along Vallarsa, round the north of Monte Pasubio, south of Monte Maggio-- following the Posina torrent-- and round Monte Priafora to Arsiero. The second sector, which has borne the ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 476 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

With Our SUBMARINES in the NORTH SEA: Illustrated with Pictures Taken During Daily Work of the Submarines

... With Our SUBMARINES in the NORTH SEA Illustrated with Pictures Taken During Daily Work of the Submarines. Look carefully at our illustration and see how the grim shadow, almost flush with the sea, blends with the grey waters and the grey sky. Her narrow deck is washed from end to end, her bow hidden in a pillow of boiling sea, her counter lathered in the foam- ing eddies of her wake. Behind ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1280 | Page: Page 12, 13 | Tags: Photographs 

An Ancient Abbey Restored to Religious Uses

... . Part of the Restored Abbey Garden Wall of Burnham Abbey, BucKs The Restored Chapter House and Cloister-Garth After many vicissitudes and many abuses of an ancient edifice, Burnham Abbey has been restored and reopened by the Society of the Precious Blood (an Anglican community). The abbey was founded in 1266 by Richard, King of the Romans, as the Abbey of the Blessed Mary of Burnham for ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 173 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs