King Pott of Africa reigns as Pretoria’s hidden link
The Lourenco Marques hub is cited as a head center for Transvaal covert services. Mr. Pott, Transvaal consul general and Netherlands Free State liaison, allegedly controls telegraph and police connections, linking The Hague to Voortrekkers in Victoria. Portuguese press once dubbed him King of Africa.
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Lourenco Marques
Transvaal
Apies
Cape Times
Pretoria
Velagoa Bay
Johannesburg
Pott
Netherlands
Free State
Laurenco Marques
Poort
Delagoa Bay
Tioer
Africa
South Africa
Dr. Leyds
The
Hague
Boererm-Tollander
Vrctoria
Hollander
Transvaal Customs and Railway
Transvaal National Bank
O Futuro
Mr. Pott
King Ott of
Watchman saves two trains in British Columbia bridge fire
A CPR watchman in British Columbia risked his life to save two approaching trains when a bridge fire sent a river torrent below. He swam the swollen river twice, signaling the excursion train carrying 400 American journalists and guiding the Pacific flyer to a stop. He said he had done his duty.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
British Columbia
Ile
Michigan Christian Advocate
Pacific Flyer
Mouth and Teeth of the Shark in Nature’s Design
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes the shark’s mouth sits well below the Nostrils and muzzle to bite from below, with up to six rows of saw edged teeth that can spring open. this deadly mouth acts as a natural trap. A Boston Transcript anecdote about a boy’s witty reply to cocoons ends with Jerusalem described as a shadow of ancient, magnificent times on a rocky mountain three miles around.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Pape
Boston Transcript
Stane Aed
Jerusalem
Toldiuy
Limes
The New England Trend of Novel Baby Names
A Youth's Companion critique notes a Western habit of unique name choices for infants. It cites examples like Venustine Ornette Revilla Syrenola Zulea and Deweyline Manila Robinson, highlighting the social pressure and future hurdles for children with florid names.
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New
Venustine
Ornette
Revilla
Syrenola
Zulea
Zinda
Luciline
Imyanthe
Doricianna
Aydaura
Deweyet
Olympia Jones
Philippina-Victoricia-Dewey Brown
Deweyline Manila Robinson
Manila
D. M. Robinson
Point to Point Hurdling and Wartime Changes
The piece describes point to point steeplechases as hunter activity with races from a field center to a distant church spire. It notes prizes, lordly participation, and seasonal decline due to war. It questions Hurlingham Club opening and polo, predicting no hunt balls as recruitment for imperial yeomanry limits hunting and shooting party attendance.
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House of Lords
Hurlingham Club
Imperial Yeomanry
Tattooing Craze Spreads Amid War as Officers Adorn Bodies
London tattooists report wartime demand for mottoes and portraits on officers and soldiers. Fiancées’ names, shells, and colors are reproduced in facsimile, aiding identifications as battle injuries rise. In Ottawa Ontario a sect believes hogs are possessed by devils, urging farmers to kill. Antarctic night causes pallor and mind strain aboard the Belayac, with one sailor nearing insanity until sunlight returns.
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London
West End
Hlandslaagté
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
F. A. Cook
Gray Horse Outwits Feeder at Maine Provision
A Portland Press tale reports a clever gray horse at Maine Provision and Cold Storage outwits a timed feeding device. The horse reaches up, pulls the wire to release feed early, leaving others hungry until noon, until a watchful eye stops the four o'clock feed.
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Maine Provision and Cold Storage Company
Vose
Lo City
Portland
Fire Department
Fore Street
Noses
Facial Angles and Anglo-Saxon Body Metrics
The piece discusses the facial angle concept and compares ancient figures with modern takes, noting the Dutch connoisseur Camper and Roman representations. It cites Anglo-Saxon human averages: height five feet six inches, weight about 140 pounds, with claims on age and hair, and odd musings on longevity and appearance.
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Camper
Carsige
Makers and Purity of Sterling Silver in Medieval England
The term Easterling described travelers in eastern Germany in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries noted for their pure money and silver. Counterfeiters in 1507 bearing simulated royal symbols were punished at Westminster with pillorying and ear mutilation, later marched to the Tower. one ear was cut, others fined. Prices for Elizabethan silver varied by weight and artistry, with typical rates around one to two pounds per ounce.
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Germany
Camera
London Telegraph
Westminster
Chi An
The First House in America Described by a Russian Letter
An old foreign letter sent to the Washington post marked the first house entered by a foreign immigrant in New York. The note, addressed to the First House in America, described a Polish arrival and a planned meeting at the New York barge office. The gray stone building at the tip of New York Harbor, with a turret, stands as the landmark.
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Washington
America
Puzzle Bureau
Federal Barge Office
New York
Collers Weekly
Tomhouse
Gronty
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New England
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Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlarta, AR
Robbins & Lucas
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Nerial Silversintiles
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Minneapolis, Mi
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Costa
Australian Remedy CO
Hawilton Ave
Chicago
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Odin
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Iowa
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