Mauritius Grievance Over Transfer From British Rule
A Mauritian movement seeks restoration to France after 1810 British rule. Delegates in Paris press claim to belong to France sentimental domain, while Mauritius grows under British governance with a Hindu majority and French colonial roots. Demonstrations and plaques honor Paul and Virginia as talks continue between Paris and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indian Ocean
Mauritius
France
Paul Et Virginie
Jacques Henri Berhardin de
Saint-Pierre
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
England
Great Britain
Port-Louis
Paul
Virginia
Prosper d'Epinay
Joseph Riviere
Alberic Cahuet
L'ilustration
Leather money circulates as shoe soles in Tyrol
In Mattighofen Tyrol residents used leather money as soles for paper shoes after metal currency disappeared. The municipality authorized a leather factory to stamp small round ten heller pieces from scrap leather but people continued using the leather money as shoe soles because it proved cheaper than buying leather soles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattighofen
Austria
Tyrol
Scratching Cat Blinds Woman In Iowa
An incident in Bluffs Iowa left Mrs Kathryn Benn with injuries after a cat leaped from a stair railing, tearing hair and injuring her face during an ascent. Police were called but details are sparse about the weapon or motive.
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Catinel! Bluffs
Kathryn Benn
Taught Him Much
A narrator recounts how a capable young man learns from an elder how all people have troubles and that bosses also face pressures. The lesson comforts the youth, broadens his outlook, and inspires him to pattern after the elder’s calm, untroubled manner while helping others. The young friend now ages and progresses, still embracing the mindset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Goslington
Brazil's Para Sees Growth in Forest Plant Anhinga
Para's commercial life hinges on marketing a native plant called an hinga. It grows in riverbed mud and could export up to 100000 tons annually. Anhinga fibers supply cellulose for linen paper and may yield a superior artificial cotton fiber. a mill is testing the process, adapting abandoned sugar mills for production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Para
Brazil
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Potato starch output expansion in Europe and United States
A recent report notes considerable potato starch manufacture in Europe with growing development at home. Marine leads with substantial activity. the leading state hosts 49 factories and 11 remain in other parts of the country.
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Europe
Marine
Name Your Poison Bootleg Pitch Cited by Courier Journal
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes a bootlegger described as entertaining, who asks What now and claims to sell both the intoxicant and the antidote in one transaction. The notice frames the rogue commerce as a singular, cynical exchange.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Big Spruce Tree Stuns Cas tine resident
Charles W. L. Richardson of Castine Maine reports a spruce tree with an eight foot butt and a height between sixty and fifteen feet growing in his yard.
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Charles W. L. Richardson
Castine
Highgar
Wealthy businessmen fleeced in Broadway stud poker scam
A group of screen magnates and music publishers were fleeced of about 350000 by a dealer using marked cards. The scheme unraveled when a guest at Screen's party spotted the trick and exposed Trimmer, who was beaten and expelled from the house.
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New York
Broadway
Avdeck
Trimmer
Screen
Mr. Screen
Flickers
Boid
Circuit
Ragz
Far Rockaway
Arverne
Mr. Trimmer
France
Deuce
Screeff
Aunt Sarah Jennings Retires After Patchwork Record
Sarah Jennings aged 65 from Sunbury Pennsylvania retires after patching 28 228 pairs of trousers at the Central Pennsylvania Odd Fellows orphanage where she worked sixteen years. Known as Aunt Sarah she may be the state’s top trousers mender, with 27 500 stockings repaired and 4 610 garters made along with thousands of blouses nightshirts and buttons sewn.
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Sunbury
Sarah Jennings
Central Pennsylvania
Odd Fellows
Meshoppen
Sarah
Abandoned Clement’s hotel a lingering Maine relic of travel era
Lewiston Journal notes Clement's hotel at West Gorham decaying after its sale to Arthur Richardson. The weather beaten structure once served travelers for nearly a century with sturdy pumpkin pine timbers and unchanged interior, a landmark linking old stage-coach routes to modern roads.
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Clement
West Gorham
Arthur
Richardson
Gorhat
Maine
Standish Corner
Chadbourne
Séringe Iake
Lewiston Journal
Inventor in Oakland unveils marimeter for sea soundings
An Oakland inventor introduces the marimeter, a device that sends sound from a ship’s keel to the seabed and records echoes automatically. It yields water depth by echo travel time, potentially delivering four soundings per minute, improving ocean safety though still new at sea aboard the Governor in Seattle.
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Oakland
Cal
Seattle
Wash
Maynard Officials Report Illness Rounds
Maynard Selectman Frank S. Binks recovered at home from a severe cold. Mrs. Carl Pergons of New Bedford visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bent on Summer Street. John Callahan, janitor of Bancroft and Main Street schools, was ill and out several days with William Lynch covering.
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Frank S. Binks
Carl Pergons
New Bedford
James R. Bent
John Callahan
Bancroft and Main St
William Lynch
Memorial committee to seek veterans memorial site
A town memorial committee reports its investigations for a veterans memorial across all wars. It will present articles for the annual March town meeting and may offer $25,000 for the Amory Maynard estate on Main Street with secondary aims including purchase of the James A. Coughlan property and adjacent lots. The panel, led by B. J. Coughlan, plans to appear before citizens with its findings, though the memorial association has no official standing at the meeting.
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Cammittes
The
Mémorial Association
Amory Maynard
Main’ St
James A. Coughlan
Maynard
Maynard Hoose
Sawfelle
Summer St
Opinian
William Naylor
A. D. Holt
Charles H. Persons
Hudson Street Car Service Still Halted After Storm
Hudson remains without street car service as yesterday’s rain and a cold snap undo a week of work to restore lines. Marlboro line hopes for Monday, but ice blocks Park street rails. Concord Maynard Hudson line struggles to reach Wood Square area. Clinton Branch Worcester Consolidated delays anger officials. Fire department dealt with a chimney blaze on Loring Avenue. town hall area remains slushy and difficult for wreck clearance.
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Hudson
Marlboro
Peple
Woodsy
Park St
Concord, Maynard & Hudson
Priest St
Wood Sq
Fitchburg
Old Sol
Clinton
Worcester
Consolidated
Public Service Commission
Loring
Ne 2
Rio Grande Gauge Change Erases Spanish Era on Line
The Rio Grande railway between Brownaville and Point Isabel is converting from narrow to standard gauge, modernizing a twenty mile stretch. Once finished the line will reflect American management and omit the historic Spanish regime and equipment, save a tourist brochure paragraph.
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Rio Grande
Brownaville
Point Isabel
Yex
United States
The Lower Calling Dialogue on Marriage
A brief exchange between The Principal and The Teacher on whether marriage should end a teaching career. Miss Brown urges giving up marriage for a higher calling of training children, while Miss Matthews argues those with a lower calling still provide the pool of trainees.
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Miss Brown
Miss Matthews
Russian spy W. Leavenworth prisoner freed from silence
A Russian inmate at Leavenworth Federal Prison released after not speaking since April 4. Identified as Kasterlis E. Kabilious, who was confined at Eau Claire Wisconsin and completed under the espionage act.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kasterlis E. Kabilious
Eau Claire
Wis
Obituary Notice for Mrs Rowwell L Tuttle of South Acton
Relatives mourn the death of Mrs Rowwell L Tuttle at 8 Perkins Ave Worcester after a heart strain following influenza. In her 59th year she was born in Bucksport Maine and lived in Acton for many years. She was the mother of nine children, eight living, with one sister and two brothers surviving. A short home service is planned at 2 PM.
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Perkins
Worcester
Tuttle
Bucksport
Maine
Acton
Congregational Church Services and Announcements
Congregational Church announces Sunday service at 10 30, Sunday school at 11 45, evening service at 7 with the topic Americanism True and False. Friday social at 7 30 on What Prayer Will Accomplish. L S C to meet with Mrs C H Howe Thursday at 2 30 weather permitting. Also two family buggies for sale and wood lots on Powder Mill Road listed with local contacts.
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Ralph A. Barker
Mra. C. HH
Howe, Martin ,St
Powder Mill Road
Ingham
Concord Junction
There is no place as home landlord dispute quotes
Exchange on the idea of home and hardship surfaces in a dialogue about housing. The speakers debate whether a home exists for them if landlord issues persist, hinting at broader longing for stability and a rewrite of perceptions.
Reasonable Increase Reported in Australian Living Costs
Australian government figures show living costs rising by 46 percent since 111. The data points to broad inflation across essentials and consumer goods, highlighting ongoing pressure on households.
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Commonwealth
No Wonder She Suffered From Daylong Bargain Hunt
A shopper, after a balmy fall afternoon spent seeking Christmas bargains, endures growing foot pain from ill fitting shoes. She heads to a downtown store restroom to untie her footwear and discover the source of distress.
Curtis Rooms Compete In Hillton Match Delight Noted
The Curtis finishing room No 3 defeated finial room team No 1 Modday in a close Lincoln stalleys contest. Washington's mintetee promises a next Sunday service with a United run by Margaret McClintock. A Baptist church event features a supper and social on February 24 with Youth's Companion speaker. Ed hosted a party with a comedy sketch and piano pieces by Miss Kennedy and Oscar Dupuis, followed by lunch by Miss Houde.
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Curtis
Lincoln Stalleys
Washington
Mintetee
Unitarian
Margaret, McClintock
Baptist
Ter
Wil
Misa Kennedy
Oscar Dupuis
Miss Houde
Valentine Party for D. D. I. Club Hosts Evening
The D. D. I. club hosted a Valentine party Saturday night honoring Mr and Mrs Everett. The event celebrated birthdays of Mr and Mrs with friends invited to the dining room. Guests enjoyed chocolate, banners, angelic motifs, and festive games in a happy home setting.
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D. D. I. Olubi
Withil
Shovel Out Saturday urged by Mayor McCarthy
Mayor Charles F McCarthy urges a city wide Shovel Out Saturday to clear gutters and catch basins. He remarks Marlborough highways are among the worst and calls on residents to join a public civic service to help break through the snow and improve streets.
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Charles F. McCagrthy
Marlborough
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