Renting of Herm Island Stirs English Debate
London dispatch notes a 1889 lease of Herm Island to a German firm for five shillings six pence weekly, after which British troops occupied the isle. The tale highlights lax policy, the prince’s family residence, and public uproar over leasing an island near England to a foreign entity.
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Associated Press
London
Herm
House of Commons
England
Heligoland
Chantel
Crown
West Bemk Idegnitz+ Ltd
Prince Blacher von Wahlstatt
Blucher
Waterloo
Geteran
Mary Tmernings
Mhe Tine
Coerey
William Bull
Geraman Company
Prince Brocher
Relatives Bring News From Front
Aldershot England December 9 relatives of regulars receive leave from trenches. Husbands travel to the rear to see families and planned football games and music hall visits. Wives anxiously await telegrams about home arrivals as units shift to rear lines for uniform refreshment.
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Associated Press
Aldershot
Eng
John French
Allves
Miajors
War era shell counts and cup play amid conflict
The report notes high shell and bullet ratios in historic wars and mentions the Hnatish Football Association deciding to proceed with cup competitions despite ongoing conflict. It cites figures such as 150 bullets and six shrapnel shells per French wound in WWI era data and 3,000 bullets per life lost in the Russo Japanese War.
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Associated Press
Qdendon
Hnatish Football Association
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Gentle Bowel Action
An advertisement for Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claims they ease constipation without harsh medicines. It emphasizes natural help from olive tablets, gentle bowel action, and no pain, pitched to older readers and liver or stomach concerns.
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Dr. Edwards
Calum
James Hassett
Margaret Bradley
North Center
Sandy Hook
Trinity Church
Thomas F. Crowe
Bridgeport
New England
Newtown considers electric street lighting plan at borough meeting
Newtown residents debate funding and routing for electric street lighting after Danbury and Bethel Street Railway proposed 27 lamps in front of stores with borough paying no up-front cost. Critics warn of backroom deals while supporters push a public vote and transparent process ahead of a special meeting at 9:30 am.
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Newtown
Danbury ,and
Bethel Street Railway Company
Woulihan-Glover
Charles G. Peck
Alen By & Imsforty
Officials mobilize crews to restore ice damaged lines and poles
Ion Manager Murphy orders Danbury workmen and local crews to replace 25 ice‑cracked poles. Waterbury toll line only route noon Tuesday as selectmen clear fallen trees. road and railroad sections run through night shifts under W C Johnson and state road watchers. Poultry guidance urges buying undrawn chickens and discusses signs of freshness and proper dressing to deter fraud.
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Ion
Murphy
Danbury
Waterbury
W. C. Johnson
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
Why They Recommend Foley's Honey and Tar
P A Baird Conejo Calif praises Foley's Honey and Tar for curing severe coughs sore throats and lung issues without opiates or harmful drugs Dr John W Taylor Luther... ville Ga calls it honest medicine satisfying patrons W L Cook Net hart Mont says it gives best results for coughs and colds Emilé Cahn dies General Bank of Belgium manager obituary
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Foley
P. A. Baird
Conejo
Calif
John W. Taylor
Luthersville
Nethart
Mont
Hindle
Adv
Japanese Origin Theories Stir Debate In Historic Texts
Correspondent reports researcher Takataro Kimura argues Japanese origins lie in Armenia, linking Heaven descent to a wide arc from Babylon to Africa. He claims emperors shifted capitals to Arabia regions, reinterpreting early Japanese chronology. A separate note mentions a wrecked schooner off Narragansett Pier with 29 aboard, rescued by life savers and a torpedo boat Moy.
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Associated Press Tablo
Armoenis
Takataro Kimura
Japan
Heaven
Land of
Armenia
Asia
Babylon
Greece
Egypt
Morocco
Senecal
Africa
Fimrdit
Gambia
Jima
Senegal
Mediterranean
Jimmu
Hercules
Jimmy Tenno
Jimmy
Zuin
Arabia
Sujin
Suinin
Beypt
Narragansett Pier
Mowport
KR. Ly
Moy
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Isle OF Herm
Gate
A. Morgan
Sxlestmen
D. B. Beard Company of
Shelton
Mile Hill
Julia Prindle
Pond Brook
Hanover
Board of Selectmen
Messrs. Beard
Sseteeneranto
Aoe von Liebig
F Bersiciane
Trees O. Rappert’s
F. P.M
Buelecoan
Jacob Ruppert
Third Ave
92D St
New York
Emilé Cahn
General Bank of Belgium
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