French excursionists visit London and White City exhibit
About 5000 French visitors toured London on Assumption Day, cheering at St Pauls and the Embassy, then viewing the White City and the Machinery Hall. A separate report notes a luxury yacht lacking X ray gear, later installed, and a Portsmouth ceremony gifting Cape Colony silver pieces to the cruiser Good Hope in Royal Navy service.
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Calais
Folkestone
Charing Cross
London
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul's
Marseillaise
la Nationale
Uxbridge Road Station
Paris
Portsmouth
Christian
Good Hope
Cape Colony
Sir Percy Scott
South Africa
Princess Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
Neptune
Captain Grafton
Percy Scott
Driver Paralyzed on Midland Train Footplate Near Nottingham
A market train from Nottingham to Mansfield derailed from paralysis in the driver on its run out of Nottingham. The runaway was forced off onto a branch line by automatic signaling as the Bradford to London express passed. Fireman stopped the engine. the driver, Robi Goodman, survived and later recounted the incident.
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Nottingham
Mansfield
Radford
Robi. Goodman
Goodman
Huckral
Lenton
Notinghaw
Radnor
Erewash Alley
Midland
Pwell
Churchill Receives Royal Congratulatory Telegram
A telegram from the King to Mr. Churchill on Saturday sends cordial congratulations. Churchill is the fourth government member to be married while in office, after Lord Loresurn the Lord Chancellor Mc Kenna the First Lord of the Admiralty and Mr. Masterman the Parliamentary Secretary of the Local Government Board.
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Metedeos
Amongaeaceae
Churchill
St Marienbad
Marrast
Lord Loresurn
McKenna
The
Admiralty
Masterman
Local Government Board
Factory Poetess from Great Harwood Shows Early Genius
In Great Harwood Lancashire a 22 year old factory worker Ethel Carnie has been found to write verse of notable merit since childhood. Her preface to Rhymes from the Factory describes a shift from factory work to devote time to writing. Excerpts from her poems include The Valley of Dreams The Healer and Beyond and reveal a promising young poetess.
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Great Harwood
Lancashire
Ethel Carnie
Miss Carnie
Messrs. K. Denham & Co
Blackburn
Valley of Dreams
Valley of Dreamland
Valley of Dreams. But Perhaps Miss Carrie
Daylight Saving Trial Begins at Elders and Fyffes Branches
A practical daylight saving experiment is underway at Elders and Fyffes firms in London and the countryside. After the Daylight Saving Bill passed committee a notice was posted at each of the firm's about fifty branches.
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Messrs. Elders and Fyffes, Ltd
London
Churchill Ward: Marriage Planned for Sept 16 in London
The marriage of Mr. Winston Churchill and Miss Homer is set for September 16 in London. Miss Homer is the daughter of the late Sir Henry Homer K C b and related to several peerage families through her mother Lady Blanche Hozier. Sir Henry Hozier died in Panama after a long tenure as Lloyd's secretary.
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Winston Churchill
Miss Homer
Sir Henry Homer
K.C. B
London
St. Churchill
Henry Hozier
Panama
Lloyd's
Miss Hozier
Blanche Hozier
Earl of Airlie
Airlie
Christie
St. Helier
Stanley
Alderney
Pitt Rivers
Monsignor Stanley
Emmaus
Lord Newlands
Sir Henry Hozier
Alfred Hunt Heroic Rescue at Hanley Oil Tank Tragedy
Alfred Hunt risked his life to pull his brother Robert from a boiling oil and water tank at a Hanley factory. He and Robert were rushed to hospital where Robert died. the coroner praised the act as heroic and the jury recorded accidental death.
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Alfred Hunt
Robert
Hanley
Home Secretary
North Staffordshire Infirmary
Alfred
Curates Needed as Church Faces Shortage
A Canterbury Archdiocese committee reports 5000 to 6000 curates needed amid theological unrest and social appeal of other careers. High training costs and uncertain financial support deter candidates, threatening future church staffing and pensions.
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Church of England
Daylight Saving Bill Prompts Extended Office Hours
Anticipating Mr Willett's daylight saving bill offices operate 8 30 a m to 5 p m instead of 9 a m to 9 30 p m until September 30 The scheme in Brentford Stratford Woolwich Bow Leeds Liverpool Manchester Cardiff Southampton Bristol Birmingham and Belfast has saved fifteen hours of daylight Measured results show no clock changes at Elders and Fyffes with work starting and ending half an hour earlier everywhere.
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Willett
Brentford
Stratford
Woolwich
Bow Street
London
Leeds
Liverpool
Manchester
Cardiff
Southampton
Bristol
Birmingham
Belfast
Messrs. Elders and Fyffes
Death By Own Action In Finchley Shorthand Writer’s Fall
An inquest at Holborn heard Henry Rochard Counsell a Dollis Park shorthand writer die after a fall from an 80 ft window above his Carey Street offices in Lincoln's Inn. Artist John Duncan testified he heard a strange noise and saw a man's head in a lower window casement.
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Holborn
Henry Rochard Counsell
Dollis Park
Church End
Finchley
Carey Street
Lincoln’s Inn
John Duncan
Erchie and Duffy Ēxplore Holidays in Kilcattan
In Glasgow, Duffy laments a forced weeklong holiday at Kilcattan with his wife Jinnet. Erchie jokes about packing, sand shoes, and the straw basher as they recall past travels and the festive crush of the fair.
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Duffy
Erchie
Gleska
Govan
Sauchieha
Gloamin
Macrae
Kilcattan
Jinnet
Grove Street
Leezie
Erehie
Kilettan Bay
Baith
Millport
Nileattan
Jim
Glasgow News
Stranger’s glance precedes fatal fall on Parliament parapet
A witness described seeing Mr Counsell at a window before a crash. The body lay on a parapet ledge below as Mr Duncan noted a calm, challenging look from the man at the window. Counsell had recent sleep problems and planned a holiday. the jury returned death by own action while of unsound mind.
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Mr. Counsell
Counsell
Crouch End
Describing the Dog with Dog Color
Little Anita tells her grandmother about a dog seen on the street. She explains that the color she noticed was simply dog color, a playful exchange from Woman's Companion.
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Anita
Girl Denies Calling Mr Midlage An Old Man
In a heated exchange the child Edith defends herself saying she called him an old gentleman not an old man in front of Mr Midlage, while her mother insists she was impolite and shamed by the remark.
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Edith
Old Man Advises Jabez to Speak Sparingly
In a New York voice a father counsels his son Jabez to curb chatter. He urges self control, clear speech, and reticence, arguing that quiet reasoning builds a stronger reputation than constant talking.
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Jabez
New York
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America
Leith
Commodore Plant
New York Yacht Club
A. R. Dean
Hatton-garden
Floating Palace
Mr. Dean
MR. Churchill
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