Love at First Sight and a Courtship Begun Under Difficulties
Eggleston falls for a streetcar girl after a chance meeting and pursues her across towns. After awkward early rejections he learns her name, seeks help from Charlie Tickets and Mickels, and finally begins a bluntly humorous courtship when a talking tube misfires. They marry years later. Eggleston credits luck and Rickets for advancing the romance.
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Eggleston
Bears
Hagleston
Kigaleston
Ricketsa
Aleketa
Mickels
Jover
Rickets
Stickets
Egleston
Tila
Begieaton
Charile Teketa
Tie
Ale
Charile
Ayeleeton
Real Cood Gall Stories From the Old Land
A humor piece about golf in Britain compares the game to statecraft and chronicles fanciful Midlands tee mishaps. A tale of a cow on the link and a legendary one in one score parades human folly and quirky rules. The piece also notes a Scottish caddie and a stern student of Sanscrit.
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Old Land
Boy Gives Bible to Mother on Birthday in Curious Inscription
A young boy attempts to honor his mother by gifting a Bible on her birthday. He studies a book from Werstell and copies an inscription, writing "With the kind regards of the author" in a London Gentlemen accent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannes
Werstell
London
Albino Animals and Superstitions in Japan
The London Globe notes albino animals are seen as omens in Japan. They are believed to forecast royal fate, with white pheasants signaling a reign and periods named hikuchi nenkan or haku hoo neokun referring to white creature omens.
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Japan
Mikilo
London Globe
Brooklyn Bridge Sags as Height Shifts with Seasons
Readings show the Brooklyn Bridge sits fourteen and a half inches shorter to midwinter than midsummer, making the bridge floor appear higher in warmer months and lower in winter.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Lords, Ladies and Luxury at Cowes Yachting Season
A parade of aristocrats including Lord and Lady Iveagh joining Cowes for the yachting season. The piece notes Lord Iveagh born 1847, his baronetcy in 1885, and later peerage. It also highlights Elveden Hall features and a private ballroom at Lord Tyrone's Dublin residence, famed for alabaster walls and a $150,000, 70 by 40 foot room with aluminium music gallery.
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Lord
Lady Iveagh
Cowes
Lord Iveagh
Benjamin Lees Guinness
Elveden Hal Thetford
Sussex
Lord Tyenghi
Dublin
Royal Etiquette and a Scolding at Dublin Visit
A historical account recalls the Prince of Wales during a public Dublin appearance. Prompting from attendants was needed for him to acknowledge salutations, while earlier, the late Duke of Saxony Coburg-Gotha faced royal displeasure for a similar moment. Queen Victoria intervened by removing the boy’s hat and smacking his ear.
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Prince of Wales
Duke of
Baxe-Coburg-Gatha
Dublin
Edward
Victorian
It Wasnt Theology Beotland and Many Churches
A London Queen article recalls Beotland with multiple churches and a village said to harbor many congregations. A visitor asks about theology, but a villager replies there is no theology only temper in Beotland.
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Beotland
London
Coronation Day Quail and Beef Stash Scrambled
Report notes MPs and friends reportedly obtained large quantities of food and drink including quail beef fowls salmon kippers haddocks and other items during a coronation day gathering at the House. The text mixes figures with garbled terms and several misspellings.
Depot not the custom in this village for all to watch trains
A fragment notes that villagers do not visit the depot to see trains and prefer the moving picture show. It also references a variety of quirky lines about law, morality, and daily life from multiple papers. The text mentions borax washing, monthly schedules, and a murder punishment from ancient times.
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Buffalo Express
Asquith at School A Remarkable Young Scholar
Reminiscences from Burnet write of pious effort and brilliant work by a young Asquith at the City of London School. He won divisions and prizes, captained in Greek, and walked to save bus fares from Highbury. He impressed teachers and peers, and his future path to the British Cabinet began with keen debating skill but little social ease. Sir Edward Grey is noted enjoying a recluse life in a Surrey cottage.
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Asquith
City of London
City of London School
Sigeral
Thoms Thwaites
Burnet
Frito
Meo Thwaites
Alan
Wiliam ‘Titusts
John Carpenter
Thwaites
Asquith Wan
Young Asquith
Bing Jund
Aau
Highbury
Goawell Road
Britis
Mr. Asquith
John Cagnter
Olfloya
House of Parliament
England
Abbott
Mounseer
Ae Uith
Deile
Hoxton
Joni Monee
Cansler Town
Tom Saye
Tom
Protect Forests Urgently After Porcupine Fire Calamity
The Montreal Standard argues for immediate forest protection spending in Ontario and across Canada. It cites Porcupine as evidence that protecting lives and lands requires slash disposal, fire lines, lookout stations, and enforcement of laws, plus reforestation limits. It notes vast timber loss, high fire costs, and the need for government action.
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Porcupine
Curvlex Stiegs
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Ontario
North Bay
James Bay
Canada
Ottawa Valley
Forestry Branch
Department of the Interior
Montreal Standard
Scientific Methods Boost Dominion Field Crops In Twenty Years
A Dominion Commission of Conservation volume argues that Canada could double field crop production in two decades with more scientific methods. It covers lands fisheries game and minerals and notes Canada spends over 350000 annually on oysters imported from the United States. Canadian oyster output fell from 64646 barrels in 1853 to 38638 in 1909 despite a 240 percent price rise in twenty years, blamed largely on jurisdictional disputes between Dominion and provincial authorities.
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Dominion
Dominion Commission of Conservation
Canada
United States
A Slave to Sty's Narrates Rivalry Over Ribbon
The fragment shows a character saying Your 1.le friend has the ribbon of honor again this week while you never win it Suzanne appears blond and blue while I am brunette and can t wear it. The dialogue suggests a domestic scene centered on beauty and status.
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Sty's
Suzanne
Dialogue Gags About Fathers Busy in Study
A boy asks what his father does when questioned. One boy says he replies he is busy. The other notes the father hides in the encyclopaedia when the child leaves the room. Washington Star report reflects playful household banter.
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Washington Star
Cake-Tin Preparation Promises Easy Unmolding
A historical note touts scouring the tin before baking to prevent sticking and claims cakes release from the oven with perfect timing in a half minute. The plan is presented as fail-safe.
Sir Thomas Tait Visioned as Whyte Successor in the West
The article profiles Sir Thomas Tait a top Canadian railroad figure rumored as a likely successor to Sir William Whyte as vice president and western administrator of the CPR. Born 1804 in Melbourne Quebec, Tait rose from CPR audit clerk to associate general manager and later Victoria Railway Commission chair with a record surplus and notable leadership.
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Whyte
West
Thomas Tait
William Whyte
C.P.R
Ontario
Dominion
Thomas
Quebec
Melbourne Tait
Montreal
Sir John Abbott
Thomas Tuit
Melbourne
William van Horne
CPLR
John Abbott
John
Youn Tait
Audit Department
O.P.R
Case Law
Toronto
Tait
Victoria Railway Commission
Aystem
Australia
Btill
Sir William Whyte
Sir Thomas Tait
Prt
G. R. R. Cockburn
Victorian Railway Commission
Canadian Ostrich Farm Planned in British Columbia
German Mr. Otto Brecker aims to start Canada’s first ostrich farm near Wardner in East Kootenay. He cites BC’s natural conditions as favorable and notes ostrich farming thrives in South Africa and Asia. Diamonds were reportedly found in BC rocks but no practical discovery yet.
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Otto Brecker
South Africa
Canadian Pacific Railway
Wardner
East Kootenay
British Columbia
Asia
Africa
Canada
Mading
Tiffany
Trial Tale of Sir Matthew Begble at Yale Court
A tale recalls Chief Justice Sir Matthew Begble arriving from London and holding court at Yale. A tough local prisoner faces a stern ruling with a hundred pound fine and six months in jail, the man boasting of funds in his breeches pocket.
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Matthew Begble
British Columbia
London
Yale
Matthew Fang
Dear Girl Friends Miss Ataplace Subtext Memoir
A fragmented note describes photographs received last week and asserts they are natural, paired with a quip about resilience under misfortune. The speaker uses a playful tone and includes an aside about salt.
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Ataplace
Cheering Him Up: A Soldier's Funeral Question
A fragmentary exchange shows Tommy asked to cheer a sick grandfather with a grim joke about soldiers at his funeral. The line, attributed to Bil ent Partner, appears in a very low voice.
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Tommy
Bilent
The Heretic Sunny School Teacher
Dialogue excerpt shows a teacher challenging belief with a Willy remark about a Bible passage and ages within a family. The exchange exposes tension over scriptural interpretation and missing belief.
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Willie
Beau Nash of Bath The Dashing Social Lion of England
Richard Nash a famed eighteenth century Beau rose to prominence in Bath as a symbol of fashion and ceremony. He governed Bath society with strict rules, banned duels, and elevated the town into a fashionable resort. His death in 1761 ended a fifty year era of influence and public reverence.
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Richard Nash
England
Dreas
Ewansea
Jesus College
Oxford
Temple
London
Bath
William TL
Inne of Court
Nash
Noah
Ring of Bath
Duchess of Queensbury
Beau Nash
Guild Hall
Beau ‘Ash
Corporation of
Newton
Pope
Lord Chesterfield
Fish Beaux
Isdom
Tunbridge
St. John's Place
Abbey
Nde
Aged Clergyman Rev William Tower Kingsley Honored
June 3 marked the ninety sixth birthday of Rev William Tower Kingsley, an English clergyman long associated with South Kilvington. He trained at Kidney Sussex College Cambridge, served as rector since 1880, and earlier excelled as an athlete and fisherman who built boats and carved wood.
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England
William Tower Kingsley
Kidney Sussex College
Cambridge
South Kilvington
Thirak
Three Millions for Ties in Canadian Forestry Report
The forestry branch of the Department of the Interior reports Canadian cross tie consumption in 1910. Railways bought 9,213,063 ties at a total cost of $59,635,227, a slight drop from 1909. The average cost per tie was Genla per tie.
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Forestry
Departmeant of the Interior
Canada
Silence and Wardrobe Counsel in Harper's Bazaar Snippet
A clipped Bazaar passage notes uniforms and salaries as a differentiator between a wife and a nurse. The text whimsically observes dry white gloves or stockings in darkness to prevent yellowing and hints at avoiding punishment by running or slipping away.
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York
Eguleston
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Aly
Bin
Egaleston
Sbe
Balfour
Waller
Ceveland Plain Dealer
Sir Edward Grey
Foreign Affairs
Surrey
Harper's Bazaar
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