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Newspaper

Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Dec 11, 1906

Page

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Miraculous Escapes Amid Vertigo Chases Across The World

The article recounts astonishing escapes from great falls and peril across locations including the Santis Alps Zurich island of Og Hin New York Bologna Paris London Newgate Paris and Liverpool. Notable feats feature fall arrests by earth banks baskets roofs and other improvised cushions with several children surviving unharmed.

The Santis Zurich Pine Club Tvo Alps Zermatt Oghin Antoinette Ambrage New York Bologna Aman Rue St. Jacques Paris London Law Courts Newgate Searcely Arthur Griffiths Peter Johnson Liverpool

Girl Assassin's Life Story Reveals Murderous Rise in Europe

Tatiana Leomtiell alias Maus Stafford confesses to a turbulent career from Warsaw birth to exile in Switzerland. She recounts bomb materials, court trials, asylum imprisonment, and flight after involvement with Russian nobility, plotting, and poison schemes while linking to General Leontieff and St Petersburg circles.

Tatiana Leomtiell M. Muller Interlaken Maus Stafford University of Tansanne Nen Shergell Warsaw Leontieff Magchuria St. Petersburg General Trepoil Peter and Paul Siberia Russia Switzerland Bale Geneva Molle Sir Petersburg Lausanne Dagmar Alexandra Leontief Tavo Villa Madicis Petit Lancy

Old Army Customs Survive in Modern Practice

The article surveys military traditions still seen today in India and Britain, from sentry pacing and salute rituals to the firing of volleys at funerals. It notes left arm gestures with ladies, buttoning directions, and historical uniform markers like long hair plaits and recruiter ribbons now unified under Royal badges.

India Attaick Mystary Royal, Welsh Fusiliers Albuera St. George’s Barracks St. Martin's Lane Royal Regiment Royal

Energy Boosters and Remedies Promised in 1890s Ad

An advertisement critiques lasting fatigue and touts Dr. Marge and Dr. Morse Indian Root Pills for liver and kidney support plus blood purification. It also promotes Alfa-Laval cream separators, claiming top prize at Milan exhibition and offers free catalogs. Sole agents listed for New Zealand.

Marge Morse Josh Billings Alfa-Laval Milan New Zealand Mason, Struthers and Co., Ltd Christchurch Dunedin Invercargill

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