Kiev City of Bells and Contrast in Holy Russia
J Poster Fraser portrays Kiev as a crowded, ornate Ukrainian city famed for its church bells and lively nightlife. He notes striking beauty of local women, Jewish presence among merchants, and a history of sectarian tensions and anti Jewish raids. Clergy are described as divided into Black monks and White parish priests with harsh living conditions.
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Russia
Kiev
England
Déscetib
Kingdom of
Poland
Black Sea
Sackville Street
Dublin
Alse
Eley
J. Poster Fraser
Fatal Dreaming and the Railway Danger Claim
A Pall Mall Gazette interview recounts a former fireman’s view on England’s three major rail disasters at Grantham Salisbury and Shrewsbury. He argues experienced drivers with inexperienced firemen caused emergencies and urges merit based promotion and young healthy crews for fast expresses. He notes later deaths of two drivers after long years without medical checks.
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Pall Mall Gazettee
England
Grantham
Salisbury
Shrewsbury
Granthan
Midland
Great Western
The Ironic Dramaturgist in George Meredith’s Work
H L Blarriott Watson reviews George Meredith in the Daily Mail noting Meredith’s ironic portraits and satire as a humane, tender yet detached depiction of flawed humanity. The critic calls him the Ironic Dramaturgist whose characters move toward tragedy or comedy under raillery.
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H. LB. Blarriott Watson
George Meredith
Daily Mail
Meredith
Sophocles
Adrian
Bardy
Jebus
Wellington to Use Electric Sprinkler on Tramways
Wellington will deploy a mechanical sprinkler to dustproof streets this year. The device, built for the City Council at Petone by Hursthouse Bros and designed by S Richardson, runs on tram rails with overhead trolley and 20 psi air pressure for uniform spray along the 16 by 6 foot tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Petone Works
Hursthouse Bros
All S. Richardson
Electrical and Tramways
Horse collision leaves riders injured near Opihi Bridge
Mr Hrosiakduy Jiunot of HKervytown and Tamara fell from a gig on a Saturday journey to Te Moka after the horse bolted at a frightened rider. Hall Ikolfjoi dislocated a bone. Mr John Campbell of Totare Valley was thrown from his horse on Boxing Day near the Opihi Bridge on the Main South Road and broke his leg.
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Hrosiakdu
Yacht Ariki Grounds at Tolaoea Bay Disputed Efforts Fail
The yacht Ariki owned by C. Z. Horton ran aground at Tolaoea Bay on Saturday with a group of yachtsmen aboard. The Jin Company's Tuatea attempted twice to pull her off but both efforts failed, leaving the vessel stranded on the beach.
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Chsborne
Ariki
C. Z. Horton
Toloea Bay
S'Il Shard
Fist
Jin Company
Tuatea
Inves Pratect
Southland Sawmill Workers Plan Action Over Dispute
At the annual Invercargill meeting of the Saw mill Workers Union members vote to seek talks with employers over settlement terms. If no accord is reached they will pursue steps deemed in the workers' best interests amid criticism that the Arbitration Court award worsened their position.
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Invercargill
Sawmill Workers’ Union
Onde
Women Gardeners Club Offers Practical Horticulture Training
The Tadies Field Worcester club welcomes residential and visiting members to a Elizabethan manor house with a 1585 inscription. It emphasizes practical gardening study and short courses in rose growing carnations mushroom production and fruit pruning. Members see gardening as a path to income and independence especially for those about to marry into large estates. Winter French gardening profits through early vegetables in frames are highlighted.
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Tadies
Worcestershire
School of Gardening
London
Frauds by Notts Nurse Bes Chrissie Price Convicted
Bes Chrissie Price, a nurse with a history of fraud, was found guilty at Nottingham Assizes and sentenced to two years in prison. The trial revealed a lengthy pattern of deceit including obtaining goods by false pretences and pawning items from tradesmen while posing as an honest caregiver. The jury urged mercy but the judge called her an accomplished swindler.
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Bes Chrissie Price
Nottingham
Mercy
Mrs Price
Carnarvon County
Leicester
Loughborough
Edinburgh
London
Wimborne
Bonamy Price
Brighton
Price
Sheffield
Tunbridge Wells
Birkenhead
Addington Stock Market Shows Muted Activity After Weak London Prices
At Addington on Tuesday, stock entries across cattle sheep and pigs were subdued amid unsatisfactory London prices and harvest disruption. Fat cattle led declines with steers up to £6 0s 0d and cows to £7, vealers and store cattle weaker, dairy cows steady to prime. Pigs and store sheep showed modest demand amid a small turnout.
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Addington
Var
Apo
London
Trgg
Weather and Crops Hit by Heat and Drought Across Regions
Peel Forest notes extreme heat and dryness with creeks drying up and scarce feed across coastal and foothill areas. Harvests begin in Pleasant Point while some oat and turnip crops fail and farmers reseed. Timaru reports light rain easing grasses and turnips, and North Otago turns blight worsens with continued heat.
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Peel Forest
Carterton
Timaru
Farma
Pleasant Point
Otavo
Oamarn Mail
Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills Promote Digestion
An advertisement extols Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a remedy for indigestion and constipation. It claims to restore liver activity, improve digestion, and nourish the body by maximizing nutrient absorption, citing a testimonial from Mrs Kate Silvester of Napier praising its effects over three years.
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Kate Silvester
Hastings Street
Napier
Morse
DrMorse
London Bridge Offer Recalled as Abbey Prizes Go Unclaimed
A long ago tale of a man offering sovereigns on London Bridge fades as recent records show Abbey Prizes totaling over £21 went unclaimed in the last distribution.
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Manchester Bros
London Bridge
Christmas Footwear and Bicycles Highlight Holiday Sale
Mellor’s Shoes offers light durable footwear at economical prices during an alteration sale. Mr B D Johnston opens new bicycle stock featuring Royal Enfield Rudge Whitworth BSA and New Hudson. buyers urged to inspect these high-grade machines.
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Mellor
B.D. Johnston
Royal Enfield
Rudge- Whitworth
B.S.A
Hudson
Unclear Names and Amounts from Waimate Notice
Fragmentary record lists Afiss M. Devies Barrytown Mirs J M Scott Milton liss L Grant and a sum of £ 38 with no clear context or actions noted.
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Afiss
M. Devies
Barrytown
Mirs
J. M. Scott
Milton
Liss
L. Grant
Waimate
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Fae New Zealand Shipping Company
LIN Royal Mail
Monta Video
Teneriffe
Plymouth
Clayton
Uapehu
Imuteaka
Toniet
Athenia
Wellingtonian
Wellington Ifsle
Rio de Janiore
Trothic
Nicoll Bros
New Zealand
Nsurance Company
Aphe Premier and Wealth
EST Colonial Company
Flington Fertilizers
Islington
Holy Russia
Ballantyne
Brilantyne
Imamart Cambrics & Zephyrs
J. Ballantyne & Co
Femirck Pible
John Moore
Ashburton
Ashburton, Waimate and
Oamara
Henry Hughes
Hereford Street
Christchurch
Med. Toes
Robinson
Cstse
Kash
Fanobestees Bros
Clesseaas Lp
S 4Eenick & Co., Ltd
Pure Food Specialists
Nelson
Barningham
Zelandia
Ely Reeds
iSuRane
Ssefatbens
Sterling
Dominion
Auckland
Theta
Costumiere
Plessa
Fray “Robinson
Women Gardeners
Gommergial
Addington Stock Market
H. C. Barrett
Boot Warehouse
Phagdy
W. Hi. Pearce
Gorner
Burnett Street
de Beer
Sweet Conway
Suffolk
Blade
Gaqgee Sr
Westport Coal Ees
Coalbrookdale
WTI
See Bros., Ltd
Tinwald
Brown and Son's
Timaru—Mill and Co
Friedlander Bros., Ltd
Invercagill
JF Sales
USNIH
KOZIE
St. Columbkille Convent
Hokitika
A. Foster
Table Hill
Kirs B. Klannery
Ophir
Silse M. Pipson
Wanaka
R. Crammond
Hawpstead
M. Boyle
Greymouth
I. Dugdale
FP. Butler
Balfour
W. Rt. Sinclair
N.W. Valley
Aliss E. Foote
Irs A. Nightingals
Mies
K. McKenzie
W.dunné
Miss Lewis
Ec Nigumers
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