Night and a Day in the Toronto Police Cells
An account of a man detained overnight in Toronto police custody. He describes being searched, housed in a basement cell, sharing space with a violent intoxicated detainee, interactions with guards, attempts at sleep, meals, and conversations about drink, religion, and mortality before he is acquitted the next day.
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Toronto
Altho
Hamlet
London
Makindu
Globe Trotter
British East Africa
The Blue Whale Size And Weight Figures
The article details the blue whale or sulphur bottom, noting its extreme length near eighty feet and providing precise measurements: skull length, jawbone, flippers, fluke span, and overall weight estimates. It compares living size to popular images and cites a museum source for context, ending with a note on the largest known past animal, the brontosaurus.
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Museum News
The Husband
The poem speaks of the husband who weds with affection yet forgets the anniversary, quarrels at home over bread and cake memories, frowns at the landlord before retreating, and finally takes the helm to save the day when skies grow dark.
Land Ho Joke On Sea Voyage Dialogue
A humorous aboard scene on a steam ship to New Orleans features a lively elderly passenger asking how far land is. After learning land is about two miles away she asks for direction. She admits she cannot see land and jokes about its location.
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New Orleans
Gulf
Safari Boom in British East Africa Draws Tourists
The Globe Trotter reports Nairobi amid big game aplenty with lions and elephants, rail and ship access via Mombasa and the Uganda railway. Advocates say safari living blends comfort with hunting, licensing, and a booming pleasure resort future in the jungle.
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British East Africa
Uganda
Essex
London Daily Express
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Mombasa
Nairobi
David Garrick Longworth
Globe Trotter
London
Longworth
Sphinx
Cairo
Egypt
Lord Cromer
Khedive
The
Safari
Eland
Regent’s Park
Simba
145 & M
Disappearances Seen Across Cities by Detective Hartley
London Daily Graphic reports detective Hartley on disappearances, noting women may evade parents or lovers and suggesting financial or social pressures as motives. He cites cases across London Paris and New York including a husband hidden in a nursing home after family intervention.
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London
Paris
New York
Marylebone
London Daily Graphic
Castro's Star and the Myth of a Dictator's Fate
A portrait of Venezuelan President Castro describing his limp from a bullet wound and his belief that a guiding star predicts his rise and fall. The piece notes his arrogance and confidence that his star would fall only when he does, a claim made five years prior with the star still visible.
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Castro
Venezuela
Napoleon
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Sost
Wen
Husband
Newspaper OF
Hartley
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