Derby Day Win by Centaur Changes a Daring Bet
Jack Bonar, a bachelor, backs Centaur heavily after meeting Montague Ronstein who promises the Derby certainty. Vera Renaldson, George Caver’s sister, reveals her secret identity and romance blooms as Centaur wins by three lengths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bonar
Thames
Teddy Mornin
Honor
Dodily Morgan
Teddy Morgan
Kieh
Morgan
Aid
Bonar
Montague Ronstein
Ronstein
Dorby
Jove
Mr. Ronstein
Centaur
Mr. Bonar
Tuck Bonar
Bonne
Canfield
Ephianks
Bill
Lord Canfield
Tek
Jack Bonne
Jack
Ronaldsont
Vern
Ron
Epsom
Axevot
Duck
Confield
Gill
Ani
Diel
Tottenham Corner Station
Sea King
Starlight
Monty
Caver
Bawker
Croydon
Jack Bonnar
Perahps Vera Ronaldson
Blackguard
Tottenham Corner
Heo
Vera Ronaldson
George Chyer
Certaily Ronstein
Croulit
Draqkal
Tattenham Corner
Jacek
Green Jacket
Miss Renaldson
Vera Renaldson Caver
George
Vera
Jerey
George Caver
Wiltshire
Abnormal Stature and Cartilage in Skeleton Growth
The article explains how the skeleton forms from cartilage before birth and how ossification proceeds. It notes that cartilage emits bone material to shape ossified segments and that changes in cartilage activity can cause dwarfism or gigantism, with birth dwarfs being rare.
Commander McLean Leads Canada Coronation Contingent
Col McLean, a long serving militia officer and Liberal MP from New Brunswick, is named commander of Canada’s Coronation contingent. His record includes leading 60 men for Britain in 1878, commanding Maritime Provinces brigades, and founding the St Andrew’s Boys' Brigade. He also heads a broad legal practice and sits on railway and mining company boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col Waugh
Havelock McLoan
K.C
A.D
United Munipire
Britain
Russia
Constanstinople
McLean
Berlin
Salisbury
Beaconsfield
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Northwest
South Africa
Bisley
St. John
Duke of Cornwall and
York
King George
Halifax
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Provincial Rifle Association
St. Andrew’s
Scotland
Black Watch
62Nd Regiment
St. John Fusiliers
28Th
New Brunswick Dragoons
Warronly
A.D.C
Canada
British and Foreign Sailors’ Society
Sunbury
Queens
Dodo the Bulldog Stirs Quiet Farm Feud With Milkman
A playful bulldog named Dodo bites the new milkman's calf and triggers a wary farmer's reaction. The master laughs, offers silver as peace, and recalls the old milkman’s cautious habit of tapping the window first. The incident ends with the milkman joking he thought the dog was really eating the farmer's calf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodo
Jand
A Wealth Witch Hunter No More After Family Windfall
A radical preacher lashed at wealth and monopolies, railing against the rich and promising upheaval. He exulted in an anarchist image and urged a band to annihilate the millionaire. But an uncle’s inheritance silenced his tirades and dampened his revolutionary fire.
Mark Twain's Awful Supper and the Longfellow Joke
An account from William Dean Howells recalls a 1879 Harper s Magazine dinner where Mark Twain tried a joke portraying Emerson Longfellow and Holmes as tramps. The gag backfired, leaving a stunned room and lasting remorse for Twain, while guests reacted with mixed horror and faint humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
William Dean Howells
Harper’s Maganing
Twain
Emerson, Longfellow
Wolmes
Whittier
Mrs. Stowe
Longfellow
Clemens
Vlemens
Woochalik
California
Ralph Waldo Eimerson
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Hmerson
Holmes
Emerson
Chirley Dudley Warner
Hartford
Mau Wis
Clemons
Walt
Clements
Child
Washington
Nightingales and old English landmarks in memory
A collage of historic notes on urban song birds and Britain’s past. Kensington Gardens nightingales died amid semi wild camps while Vauxhall kept famed tunes via hired imitators. Mentions Magna Charta Island, Bunny mode on Magna Carta Island, and quirks of old European landholding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington Gardens
Kew
Chingford
Westminater Gazette
Vauxhall Gardens
Vauxhall
England
Magna Charta Island
John
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Malcolm Hincks
M.A.P
J—J
Maine
Camplira
Thas Lo
Jas
Germany
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