Vessels Built in Sections for Africa Transport
A northern England shipbuilder is assembling a vessel for Africa from imported sections. Ships for global use are often built in Britain and shipped in bolt together packages. A mission steamer for Lake Nyassa was shipped in over three thousand numbered packages to ease transport, with boilers and masts posing the main handling challenges.
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England
Africa
Great Britain
Tland
Lake Nyassa
Ancient chair linked to Primate Bramhall returned to Armagh
An oak chair once belonging to Primate Bramhall and later found in London has been verified by experts and returned to Armagh Cathedral. The chair bears the eye and crown symbols, with Archb ishop Bramhall’s enthronement date 1661 on its panel. Also noted is a forthcoming centenary celebration for French watchmaker Abraham Louis Breguet by the Swiss Academy of Sciences.
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Armagh
Ireland
Bramhall
Cromwell
London
French Academy of Sciences
Switzerland
Abraham Louis Breguet
Neufchatel
Institut
Bureau of Longitudes
Paris
Breguet
Swiss Council of State
Observatory of
Eggs in a Bag On Electric Train Incident
A late train ride with an Ecology class ends with a boy knocking a bag from a seat. The owner rushes forward in alarm claiming the bag contains eggs. The narrator apologizes, noting no apparent damage from the action.
Siamese King Praises Shakespeare and Sends Support
The King of Siam, an outspoken admirer of Shakespeare, praised the British poet during Stratford anniversary events. His secretary sent a letter to Shakespeare's birthplace trustees noting the king is translating works into Siamese and donating 500 dollars to the Birthplace Trust and 250 dollars to the Memorial Theater fund.
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Shakespeare
Siam
Stratford
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Memorial Theater Fund
Harmony of Colors in a Color Mixing Machine
A device in Popular Mechanics demonstrates color harmony by rapidly spinning a colored disk to visually mix colors, producing the same eye result as physically blending inks. The article explains the visual mixing effect and mentions reading the movie program.
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Popular Mechanics
Then She Arose Suddenl y At a Picnic Dispute
Elderly lady visits a Sunday school picnic. Dickie, a boy with golden curls, reacts angrily when she sits beside him. She asks about stomachache. he demands his frog that she allegedly took. The scene ends with his outburst over the stolen frog in a Philadelphia Ledger excerpt.
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Dickie
Philadelphia Ledger
Picture Theater
Jack
Sue
Land of Romance and Austrailian Expedition Tales
The piece blends a private theater moment with a brief note on an Australian motor expedition from Adelaide to Darwin across eight thousand miles. It mentions Mr McCallum funding the trip to study settlement and a transcontinental line, and Captain White collecting birds for the checklist. It also recounts Burmese and other Asian myths explaining origins, deluges, and migrations across hills and bridges.
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Australia
Adelaide
Darwin
Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria
McCallum
Captain White
London Times
Timepiece shows world cities around New York time
A brass desk clock features a central clock with a surrounding dial listing major cities. By aligning the dial to New York time, the current hour in San Francisco London Paris Petrograd Rio de Janeiro Tokyo and other cities can be read. The dial highlights night hours in a dark arc for quick reading.
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New York
New York Times
San Francisco
London
Paris
Petrograd
Rio de Janeiro
Tokyo
British surgeon expands to Peruvian pastoral life on pampas
Colonel R J Stordy, former chief tertiary surgeon to British armies, now farms on southern Peru's high pampas under government and local corporate auspices. He finds the work absorbing and predicts the region may become a world leading grazing area through expert breeding of native wool-bearing animals. The Courier subscribes for $1.50 yearly.
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R. J. Stordy
Pampas
Peru
Vienna
Guanaca
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Crusader Flour
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King’s Excellent
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Caroleen
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