Gazelle Hunt Aboard Motor Cars Through Moroccan Plain
London dispatch describes four hunters including Hadji Tham Havis and Wald Ayadi pursuing gazelles across the Tatharina plain near Marrakesh. Drivers steer at 40 80 mph while shots from buckshot or shotgun markers strike running game as cars weave over stones and watercourses. One doe is captured alive for a pet, four gazelles killed, contact with the basha’s household noted.
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London
Morocco
Hadji Tham Havis
Basha
Marrakesh
Kald Haimmou
Atlas
Sid Ayadi
Kald
Rabwinna
Tatharina
Wald Ayadi
Stenar
Mator
Gazette
Ttahwunna
Kald Avadi
Ad- Vanier
Ward Hamilton
Sinn Fein courts mete out unorthodox verdicts in Ireland
In Dublin the Sinn Fein courts ignore standard procedures resulting in unconventional civil rulings and light penalties. A will dispute over a farm shows one brother allowed to choose his own division while the other picks the remaining portion. A thief must work 80 days and return goods, and another is paraded and made to apologize after returning harness.
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Sinn Mein
Nan
Oxygen Chamber Completed at Guy's Hospital for Gassed Men
London reports a sealed glass and teak oxygen chamber 20 feet square and 745 feet high at Guy's hospital costing 38000 dollars. Designed by Barcroft and Hunt, the chamber aids treatment of men gassed in the war, promising improvement after five days of continuous oxygen, with three beds and oxygen costing eight cents daily per patient.
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London
Guy's Hospital
Joseph Barcroft
Canbridge University
G. TH. Hunt
Foreign fish numbers surge as trade blooms in China
About 7,000 foreign fish species or shipments are entering China’s markets, expanding cross border commerce and boosting local aquaculture. Officials report growing import activity and diverse species reaching Chinese retailers and farms.
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China
Name and Faith Meet Firearm Fame in History
A capsule notes how clerics like Singapore’s bishop and a former Durham bishop named Shute earned renown as adept marksmen. A playful quip recalls Shute refusing a game license by quoting the opening words of his license, “I, Shute, by divine permission.”
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Singapore
Durham
Shute
Lcense
Landon Morning Mail
He Was Handicapped Leslie Faces Fear of Dogs
The story shows a boy named Leslie who fears dogs. His mother scolds him for the fear and he retorts that his fear stems from feeling himself of low status. The brief vignette highlights insecurity and social stigma in a child.
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Leslie
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