Hastings Grain Store Destroyed By Fire
The grain store of Messrs W. Ty, England and Sons at Hastings burned last night. Damage estimated between £260 and £800 with water and smoke causing further loss. Origin unknown but suspected to be arson. Insurance totaled £1,150 across Handard Office, London and Lancashire, Victoria, and other policies.
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Hastings
Messrs W. Ty
England and Sons
England
Handard
London
Lancashire
Victoria
London and
Imperial Mobility and the Case for Strategic Cables
The article argues for imperial mobility and strategic telegraph cables to ensure unity and quick military and economic response. It cites the All-British Pacific cable as a proven model, noting how rapid construction supported national security and communications across empire holdings. It stresses deep-water routes and minimal landing points to resist disruption in war and preserve base connections with coal stations and fortifications.
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Charles Bright
Westminster Review
Furner
Alother
Tolonias
Mickney
Mediterranean Sea
Cahlea
Mixing of Races Spurs Debate at Harvard Interview
President Eliot argues against admixture of races echoing Spencer on avoiding cross blood unions. He cites European mixed ancestries, notes Iberia and France as varied yet capable, and suggests the American public is an ethnological hodgepodge thriving on diverse abilities without degeneration.
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Eliot
Harvard
Herbert Spencer
Spencer
Europe
Spain
Portugal
France
Chalons
Pyrenes
Bosphorus
Tours
Vienna
Mediterranean
Children Hacking Cough Night Cure Gained Notice
An item reports a remedy titled Woods' Great SSoppeanire Cure claimed to ease a hacking cough at night. The note appears in a past issue with limited readable details and no verified endorsements.
Camping family lives in tents at Ditton Hill field
In a remote Ditton Hill field near Surbiton a family led by Arnold Eiloart camps year round in tents despite harsh weather. The eighteen month old baby born in a tent is cited as part of a thriving open air lifestyle with vegetarian diet, regular writing and poetry lectures.
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England
Wis
Ditton Hill
Surbiton
Arnold Eiloart
Kiloart
Hileart
Mileart
Litle
Steady Living Aided By Dr Furnivall At 84
Dr Frederick James Furnivall, famed English scholar, at eighty four, remains active driving a four seater sculling boat weekly. He promotes exercise and abstinence, helped found many literary societies, and still edits the Oxford English Dictionary along with gathering new words weekly.
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Frederick James Purnivall
Purnivall
Hammersmith
St. Margaret’s
Twieskenham
Wurnivall
Beesley
England
Hammersmith Girls
Furnivall
Tinsorm
Primross Hill
Murray
Oxford
Fornivall
Land of the Naked in Uganda's Bagishu Country
A Colonial Office report by Afr Hesketh Bell describes the Bagishu in Eastern Uganda as a densely populated, highly cultivated society known for nakedness and cannibalism. It notes terraced banana fields, wimbi and millet, hedged plots, and dome huts. population over 405,000 in an area the size of Yorkshire with little formal organization and polygamous practices.
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Colonial Office
Uganda
Afr H. Hesketh Bell
Bukedi
Hesketh Gell
Bagishu
Africa
Seo
Mount Elgen
mid-Africa
Switzerland
France
Yorkshire
Name Changes Boom in America After Immigration Act
The article notes a surge in name changes after a new immigration law allows naturalized citizens to adopt new names. It cites examples from William Ingalls to Cyprus Babylon and Ham to Mitchell, with many changes among common surnames like Smith, Jones, and Brown. Massachusetts lists 114 Smiths, 109 Browns, and 53 Joneses seeking changes.
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America
William Ingalls
Cyprus
Babylon
Ham
Mitchell
Bladd
Boryington
Coon
Calhoun
Brage
Clark
Fogg
Randall
Wren
Fore
Coffin
Warren
Ashton
Uanes
Massachusetts
Ray Chrome Chest Complaints and Peppermint Cure
A fragmented notice discusses chest complaints and a claimed peppermint cure. The readable text references potential remedies and patient concerns but provides no verifiable medical guidance or endorsements.
Oxygen as a stimulant for athletes and records
Dr Leonard Erskine Hill of the London Hospital demonstrated oxygen's energizing effects by coaching a novice and a trained boxer in a London Institution amphitheatre. He cited Olympic runners Mr Just and Mr Holding who improved after oxygen, claiming it could prevent heart fatigue and aid endurance in hockey, football, and even Everest ascent with his invented apparatus.
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Daily Telegraph
Leonard Erskine Hill
London Hospital
London Institution
Fhl
Mr Just
Mr Holding
Stamford-bridge
Dust
Holding
Dr. Hill
Mount
Everest
Telepathy and coincidence in memory and truth
The piece argues that coincidences between distant emotions and impressions are unreliable and prone to memory errors. It warns that errors compound over time, and that independent testing or a written dated document is needed to verify remembered events. It notes lack of such proof in narratives of remarkable coincidences.
Boxing Equipment and Accessories at Percys
Boxing gloves punching bags chest expanders skipping ropes footballs available at Percys starting 23 9d.
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Percy's
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