Principal Spotton Appointed High School Inspector
Harbord Street Collegiate Institute principal Spotton M A of Toronto has been named High School Inspector succeeding John Hodgers who resigned. The new staff includes Inspector Wetball and Inspector Svotfo. Spotton, educated in Port Hope and at the University of Toronto, has long led Barrie High School and Harbord, with many Harbord graduates winning scholarships and positions across Canada. He has served on the University of Toronto Senate and led Ontario educational groups, authoring an elementary botany text and contributing to teacher training and science education.
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Houry
Spotten
Harbord Street Collegiate Institute
Toronto
John E. Hodgers
Wetboall
Svotfbo
Spotton
Hth
Port Hope
Yorsato Public Schools
University ‘of Toronto
Barrie High School
Hatchord Street
Arhodee
Oxford
University of Toronto
Frince of Wales
Harbord
Schlarshins
Atlantic
Pacific
Pas
Ontario School of Pedagogy
Ontario Educational Association
Canada
Lanneaan Society of London
High
Ghosts of Lamberhurst Haunt a Kent Farm
Mysterious daylight visits at Furnace Mill near Lamberhurst Kent alarm villagers as doors open hayrooms empty stables and a locked drying room yields a frightened son. Farmer J C Playfoot reports watches keep the keys yet unseen forces rearrange sacks weights and a horse named Spirited Away. The police probe yields no clue.
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Lamberhurst
Kent
Annals of the’ Unseen
Horsmonden
Goudhurst
J. C. Playfoot
Hero
Furnace Mill
Mr. Playfoot
Playfoot
Spiritland
Moonlighters Joke On Davitt Told By William O'Brien
Anecdote recounts Michael Davitt, organizer of the Irish Land League, deriding moonlighters in a south Ireland incident. Davitt, dining after a speech, quips he never ate beef. A London News note adds a tale of Davitt’s fiery rhetoric interrupted by a government reporter on a jaunting car as he ends in Gaelic and charged with treasonous fervor.
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Irian Land League
William O’brien
M. P
William O'Brien
Michael Davitt
Irish Land League
Ireland
Lord
Davitt
London News
Irish Constabulary
Charles Stewart Parnell
Musk Soap Promises Skin Benefits and Musk Scent
The Japan Mail notes Zinsika Musk Soap as highly useful for skin, addressing freckles and skin diseases. It claims long-lasting violet musk aroma, ability to scent clothing and linens, and warns against perfumes or artificial scents, touting superior materials and low prices.
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Japan Mail
Weight of the World and the Pyramid Experiment
Scientists plan an Egypt expedition to weigh the Great Pyramid and, from its proportion to the Earth, estimate the planet’s mass. Pendulums will measure attraction, using the pyramid's pull to gauge its weight and thus infer Earth's size.
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Egypt
Identification Rings For Warships Adopted By German Admiralty
The German admiralty plans to equip battleships with identity rings or bands on the chimney stack in distinct colors and numbers to prevent misidentification at great distances. Colors to be used include black white red and yellow. Liberal-German journals note that during recent maneuvers opposing squadrons frequently confused allies with enemies due to lack of proper identifiers.
Skidoo Court Scene and Moonlit Banter
Judge Frank Grass tells Englishman Pellan Eng Ushman to skidoo after a drunkenness charge. The Englishman fears a sentence but is guided to learn the slang meaning, then thanks the court and skedaddles. A moonlit porch scene follows with a quip about the moon being dead and a late stay.
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Frank Grass
Gald
Farmer Mahon’s Barn Damaged by Storm Repeats
The Penetang Herald reports that farmer Mr. Mahon’s barn, built two years ago after a prior collapse and a near-fatal accident to a worker, was moved about four feet by a Thursday storm. The structure was restored, and the owner awaits the next development.
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Mahon
Kent
P.connors
Orv
Agaiin
Penetang Herald
Setting Wagon Tires H is Possible with Simple Steps
A Farming World excerpt outlines a method for tire setting involving heating the tire with a brush fire, digging six inch trenches for the axle, filling with water, and using a wooden barrel hoop as a heat aid. The process requires tilting wheels, heating, and careful cooling before final placement.
Shallow surface wells provide water but raise sanitarian concerns
Farmers should know that shallow wells draw ground water filtered by soil but remain suspect for drinking. Proximity to houses or factories allows surface drainage and seepage to contaminate the well. soil can only purify so much before pathogens or pollutants reach the water, especially if soil is already saturated with waste from homes or farms.
Unknown Friends Endorse Chamberlain’s Remedy
Readers share that many users of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy have benefited, even if reluctant to give testimonials. The piece praises home use and broad trust, noting its fame for diarrhoea and bowel troubles, with sale through all druggists.
Public abattoir demanded for Ingersoll amid filthy slaughterhouse findings
The Board of Health deemed a local slaughterhouse filthy and called for a public abattoir in Ingersoll. A herd of calves aged day to two weeks was readied for shipment to London for canning. Woodstock's Dr. Sneath says he plans to abolish the junior teachers' exam from the high school and move it to the Noroul school program.
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Ingersoll
Board of’Health
London
Sneath
Eduucation
Woodstock
Noroul
Reader Letter Warns of Prize Gambling In Stores
Robert Awde writes to the Christian Guardian decrying candy shop prize schemes near schools. He cites grab bags and boxed prizes as child gambling, urging abolition of crab-bags candy pipes and imitation tobacco. He recalls bans on railway prize packages and urges pine candy free of gambling cues.
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Ande
Loronto
Christian Guardian
Bir
Ona
Robert Awde
How to Break Up a Cold Area
It claims a severe cold can be broken in one or two days. Early symptoms include a dry cough and nasal discharge. Chamberlain's cough remedy taken hourly at first signs counters the cold and restores health within a day or two. For sale by All Druggists.
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Chamberlain
Brutal Cow Tailing Suspected in Orr Lake
A brutal act occurred on June 19 at Orr Lake when unknown assailants cut the tails from two of John Conlin s cows. Authorities believe two participants were involved and vow pursuit to bring them to justice.
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John Conlin
First G T P Freight Car Loaded at Guelph
The first Grand Trunk Pacific freight car from Guelph was loaded on Tuesday with furniture from Canadian Furniture Company factories for customers in Windsor. Canadian Northern plans to extend the Saskatchewan Valley line to Edmonton, adding about 2,000 freight cars by November, including refrigerator and flat cars.
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Grand Trunk Pacific
Guelph
Canadian Furniture Company
Win Diver
Canadian Northern
Sackatchewan Valley
Edmonton
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