Olympia Horse Show Ends Amid Spectator Frenzy
The Olympia Horse Show drew over 600 attendees across nine days with receipts surpassing expectations. Prince and Princess of Wales visited. Belgian and Italian riders competed as All Fours won the 7-foot class amid cheers. The event funded further breeding efforts and cups for future shows. Viscount Chelsea died at Temple House Waltham Cross. Bishop Chavasse aided accident victims in Liverpool.
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Olympia
Prince and Princess of Wales
Lond Lonsdale
Over Seas
Daily Mail
England
Leicestershire
Shires
Daufresne
Buckland
M. Lowenstein
Reveur
Zurlo
Umberto
Rome
St. Hubert
Viscount Chelsea
Temple House
Waltham Cross
Earl Cadogan
Lord Chelsea
Chelsea
Cadogan
Royal Fusiliers
Lord Cadogan
Stowmarket
Suffolk
Bury St. Edmunds
Balfour
Mildred Sturt
Lord Arlington
Lord
Edward George Cadogan
King
Prince of Wales
London
Doctor 100th Birthday Honored by Royal Medical Bodies
Sir Henry Alfred Pitman aged 100 receives a king's message and telegrams from leading medical figures at Enfield on his centenary celebration. A Royal College of Physicians deputation presents a plate, while the Royal College of Surgeons notes him as the Nestor of the profession.
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Enfield
Henry Alfred Pitman
F. RC. P
Sir Henry
Royal College of Physicians
Richard Douglas Powell
The
Royal College of Surgeons
Telephone Marvel Reveals German Inventor
A German inventor, Herr Gustav Grizanna, demonstrates a handwriting and sketch transmitting device over an ordinary telephone line. The invention, tied to new patent laws, has drawn strong interest after previous exhibitions in Germany. The journal notes the potential of the system to transmit handwritten material.
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Gizanna
Grzanna
Herr Gustav Grizanna
Germany
Herr Greanna
SEMI-TEETOTAL PLEDGES REACH OFFICES NATIONWIDE
Pledges and pledge buttons for the no drink between meals surge to the Semi-Teetotal Pledge Association at 4 The Sanctuary Westminster from all parts of the United Kingdom and overseas. Officers and sailors write of the value of the pledge with examples from Curragh Camp Malta and H M S Shannon.
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the Sanctuary
Westminster
United Kingdom
Torvign
Bienkhorn
Urragh Camp
Malta
Daily Mail
Sks
H. M.S
New Citizen Army Replaces Volunteer Force
The Territorial Army formed on Wednesday, replacing the Volunteer Force which has ceased to exist. Officials express clear displeasure with the new force’s status after April recruitment reached a notable level.
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Territorial Army
King and Queen Attend Children's Happy Evenings
The King and Queen enjoyed an afternoon at Queen's Hall with 300 London children from 160 schools in inter-branch contests. Royal attendees included the Earl and Countess of Jersey and several nobles. children performed in old-world costumes and sang Kipling and nursery rhymes while the King beat time during a grand march past.
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Queen's Hall
Caildren
Earl and Countess of
Jersey
Lord Silchester
Marchioness of
Zetland
Theo Acheson
Knollys
Bland-Sutton
Children’s Happy Evenings Association
London
Rudyard Kipling
Baltic Street
Finsbury
Tobacco from Scotland sparks Commons debate on tobacco growing
In London July 15 debate in the House of Commons focuses on a third reading of a bill to permit tobacco cultivation in Scotland. MPs discuss quality and potential to capture the world market, with remarks about Scotch cigars and comparisons to Welsh and English tobacco.
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London
Cuba
House of Commons
Scotland
House of Lords
Ireland
Redmond
Alpheus Cleophas Morton
Sutherlandshire
England
Absent-minded man chases wind blown hat
A windy street scene ends with a man chasing what he thinks is his hat. Another man arrives, thanks him for catching the hat, insists it is his. The pair reveal the true hat hangs down the absent minded man's back.
The Tip Eye in a Scots Corner Tale
In this humorous monologue a Scots waiter recalls tipping culture from early days in St Enoch Square to modern London. He notes the rise of tips, the social pressure, and how the habit permeates homes, country houses, and country shoots. The piece lampoons the obsession with tipping and its haunt of every social class.
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Erchie
Derry
St. Enoch Square
Helen Keller a Triumph of Courage and Light
A long tribute recounts Helen Keller rising from total darkness and deafness to become an educated, moral, and inspirational figure. It praises her work uplifting the blind and deaf, notes her bazaar fundraiser, and urges readers to embrace opportunity and persevere through life’s hardships.
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Georgia
Helen Keller
Miss Keller
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Origin of America Is Singled Out by Reverend Hale
Reverend Edward Everett Hale recalls hearing America for the first time in Massachusetts on a Fourth of July as a boy. He recounts Park Street Church hosting celebrations and Dr. Smith composing the verses to fit the tune of God Save the King, leading to the enduring American anthem.
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Chavasse
Liverpool
Good Samaritan
Bishop’s Palace
Abercromby Square
Francis Miller
Miller
William McInnes
Willy
London
Britain
Sauchieba’ Street
Switzerland
Godonzi
America
Edward Everett Hale
D. D
Old West Roxbury Meeting House
Park Street Church
Dr. Smith
The Requisite Condition Cartoon Exchange
A brief cartoon note from the Boston Transcript contrasts vegetarian strength with carnivorous debate. It presents a quip about elephants as the strongest vegetarians and a counterpoint about diet and power in a light, humorous exchange.
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Boston Transcript
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