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Newspaper

Chilliwack Free Press

Location

Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Date

Oct 05, 1911

Page

5

Sandy's Scruples and the Locha Loch Sailboat Trick

Tourists near a Scottish loch ask a village boatman to row they meet a Sunday elder of the kirk who resists them. He plots to scare the tourists with a hidden boat and rushes off with the promise of payment Monday. The exchange ends with threats of tying and swearing. London duns.

Lindy Kirk Sandy London Dens

Crowned Himself Impromptu Coronation of King William IV

London Chronicle recounts an improvised episode where King William IV joined a prorogation of parliament in person. The king declared he would wear the crown himself, remarking that no one else should place it on his head, and proclaimed the coronation finished as Lord Grey looked on.

George IV William VI England Earl Crey House of Lords Greville Lord Hastings Lord Grey London Chronicle Walter Prichard Eatun

Soup Served In Cup Presses Hygienic Comfort

The piece advocates a broad shallow soup plate is unnecessary and warns deep vessels lose delicate flavors. It favors serving soup in a low teacup to avoid air exposure and enhance hygienic dining.

London

Ruined by Jesting and Persian Destruction of Antioch

A San Francisco Chronicle item recounts how Antiochenes’ mockery of the Persians during the 518 invasion led to Persian revenge that razed the city. A separate anecdote describes a British man at a cigar counter replying to a clerk with a biting quip about biting the cigar himself.

Antioch Syrian Clark San Francisco Chronicle

Beacons of man as luminous centers of influence

Quotation reflects Amiel on men as perpetual radiators of influence. Each man is a beacon guiding or misguiding others, a center of attraction whose power can draw ships to safety or ruin unless properly directed.

Amiel

Speci al Packing Number and oil future visions in press notes

The Canadian Horticultrist issue highlights precooling fruit to extend shipping range and improve prices, with articles by J A Ruddick Robt Thonpon and RM Winslow plus BC and Nova Scotia horticultural notes. It also reports G M Oilfields chairman George Macdonald predicting rapid adoption of liquid fuel trains and ships, and notes publicity through the Free Press.

Robt, Thonpon St. Catharines Bruns- Wick Turney Nova Scotia G. H. Vroom Dominion Fruit Inspector G. M. Oilfields Ldt New Zealand George Macdonald Mercantile Marine London

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