Revival of Scots Speech and Classic Dialect in Literature
The piece argues for preserving Lowland Scots as a living tongue and literary source. It cites Burns and Ramsay, notes modern usage in novels like Wee Macgregor and The House With the Green Shutters, and calls for teaching English while sustaining classic Scots through education and literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands
Ireland
Skeat
Cuddie
Greater
London
Lord Mansfield
Duke of Argyll
Heart of Midlothian
Butler
Cowgate
Edinburgh
Gorbals
Staunton
Burns
Mr. Hardy
Kailyard
Scotland
Wee Macgregor
Johnny Gibb
Ramsay
Fergusson
Scott
Stevenson
Danbar
David Lyndsay
Weir
Hermiston
Candie Dinmont
Davie Deans
Outram
Wallace
Scotch Education Department
Wheelbarrows move freight and people in China
The National Geographic Magazine notes that in China the central wheelbarrow supports nearly the entire load with a strap over the operator. A two passenger barrow may cover twenty miles daily, paying about twenty cents a day. Passengers in cities like Shanghai and Hong Kong travel long distances by barrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
National Geographic Magazine
Shanghai
Pekin
Barrow
Hong Kong
Army Canteen Debate Emphasizes Alcoholism Rates
Army and Navy Journal contrasts U S army alcohol admission rates with foreign powers for 1906 and similar death rates. It notes U S troops face beer and light wine restrictions at post exchanges, linking deprivation to alleged harms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Army and Navy Journal
United States
Ual
Salaries of World Rulers Compared Across Nations
The article lists annual revenues of major monarchs and rulers. It notes the Czar as the richest with about £80,000,000, followed by figures for Edward VII, the German Emperor, Austria Hungary, Italy, Spain, and Leopold II, with varying deductions for expenses and other household costs.
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Czar
Siberia
Edward
Reichstag
Prussia
Austria
Hungary
Italy
Genoa
Aosta
Alfonso
Leopold II
Roosevelt
London
Landis Bowled Out by Rowdy Political Audience
Congressman Charles B. Landis recalls a 1904 campaign meeting where Democrats were mocked as he criticized their principles. A heckler from the rear jested about party origins citing Hill, Wolfert, and Burdard’s Bay with laughter and quips about Oyster Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Landis
Indiana
Hill
Wolfert
Cleveland
Burrard’s Bay
Parker
Mr. Landis
Oyster Bay
Heid for Golf Says Caddie Noted Scholar
A tiny golf caddie mocks a white-haired professor by calling him a great Sanecrit scholar, then adds that one needs a head for golf. The bystander notes the professor is renowned, while the caddie argues that golf requires practical sense.
Rare Murillo Titian and other Old Masters in Mexico City
An essay recounts Mexico's rich old master collections, noting Murillos in Mexico City Cathedral and Guadalajara cathedral. It details Titian legends at Tzintzuntzan, added by bishops and royal aid, plus copies by Echave and La Sumaya and the San Carlos Academy’s European works.
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United States
Mexico
Spain
Murillo
Seville
Cortez
Baltasah Echave
la Sumaya
Echave
San Carlos Academy
van Dyke
Seven Virtues
da Vinci
Man
Michael Angelo
Catherine
Guide
Velasquez
Christ
Rubens
St. John the Baptist
Ingres
John of the Lord
Vernet
Mexico City
Valasquez
Titian
Tzintzuntzan
Cathedral of
Michoacan
Teinttantzan
Quiroga
San Francisco
Charles V
Church of San Francinco
Guadalajara
Carlos IV
France
Maximilian
Louvre
Two Arrivals From Abroad On Broadway Scene
Two travellers from Europe drew notable attention on Broadway as a carriage and driver moved through a crowded street. An elderly man read an early evening paper beside a steamer trunk marked with hotel and transport labels, while a second passerby carried a long oilcloth bundle labeled Disinfected, both highlighting a moment of city life and restraint.
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Europe
Broadway
Saint Bawa Moni Sahib The Silent Saint Of Mirpur
The Calcutta Statesman reports Bawa Moni Sahib a famed faker known as the Silent Saint spent fifty years in Mirpur without uttering understandable words. He lived naked from boyhood, attracted hundreds daily, refused gifts, and was cared for by a Sikh priest before dying and being buried as a large mournful procession filed past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bawa Moni Sahib
Mirpur
Calcutta
Wisecracks and Witty Snippets From Then and Now
A collection of brief quips and exchanges from era papers. Quotations span humor on wisdom reputation and romantic banter reflecting social styles of the period. Notable lines include a mother and son exchange over a worm and a florid jab about the South and dryness.
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Johnny
Mother
London Chronicle
Florida Times-Union
Chicago Record- Herald
Mrs McTavish Dies in Baltimore Hospital
Mrs. McTavish wife of Rev. D Mc Tavish of Toronto died in Baltimore Hospital leaving behind her husband and family.
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Peigie Brian
Loch Broom
Bell MacLeay
Ben Wyvis
Dingwall
Firth
Peggy
Piegie
Bell
Peigie Bhian
Celtic Monthly
Landis
Murino
City of Mexico
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