Preservation chamber to bury records and films at Strand site
A London Daily News discussion favors sealing ferro concrete foundations of the Strand Aldwych Bush Terminal site with a century-spanning archive. Proposed subjects include Prime Minister speeches, orchestral selections, opera solos, animal cries, and moving machines, stored to endure for thousands of years.
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Aldwych
H. G. Wells
London “ Daily News
Strand-Aldwych
Gramophone Company, Ltd
da News
Uxon
Lloyd George
Gramaphone
Stoll Film Company
Filma
Bush Terminal Committee
High Heels Tragedy at Meaux Station
Clara Karapenne died at Meaux France when a high heel wedged between sleepers as she crossed the railway line An express train passed demolishing her body The heel remained wedged at the same spot prompting swift rescue efforts by a passerby who warned of the approaching train
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Clara Karapenne
Meaux
France
Mexux
Flight to New Zealand Prohibited by Aviation Authority
Lieut. B S Brigga faces disappointment as civil aviation authorities refuse a licence for a Melbourne to New Zealand flight via Hobart. The plan would carry 200 to 300 pounds more petrol than allowed for commercial machines. He proposed the D H 4 for the 973 mile sea crossing and hopes for a compliant aircraft.
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Lieut
B.S. Brigga
Melbourne
New Zealand
Hobart
Lieut. Beles
Piles Relieved by Doan's Ointment Proved Effective
Mrs H Buzza of Newcastle Street Perth reports severe itching and protruding piles improved after using Doan's Ointment. After one pot, all signs disappeared with no return over two years. Advertised price 2/9. Foster-McClellan Co. offers free postage in Australia. Be sure you get Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
H. Buzza
Newcastle Street
Perth
Saya
Doan
Breakthrough Bronchoscope Uses X Rays to Remove Bullet
A Philadelphia medical team uses X rays to locate a lung bullet and a bronchoscope to extract it without a lancet opening. The thin silver tube carries a glow lamp and mirrors to reveal internal conditions, guiding tiny forceps to retrieve the bullet. The patient experiences no pain due to anesthesia and sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
King’s College Hospital
Guisez
Paris
Population imbalance in New South Wales causes widespread bachelorhood
Census figures show 32 742 NSW city women remain single for lack of husbands, 4 517 provincial men face bachelorhood, and rural districts tilt further with 69 231 more men than women. The piece notes city attractions draining rural areas and asks what the social wall reads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Metropolia
Daily Telegraph
The Economic Cheap Cash Grocer Catalog
B P CHIDLOW lists a wide assortment of groceries and household goods with unit prices. Items include almonds, dried apples, tea, flour, coffee, biscuits, preserved fruits, spices, canned goods, sauces, oils, soaps, cleaning powders, laundry items, medicines, and household hardware. Numerous brands and bulk quantities appear, reflecting a general daily essentials catalog for shoppers.
Trickster's diamond ruse trips Romanian jeweller before royal wedding
A clever scam in Bucharest targeted a leading jeweller days before Princess Elizabeth of Romania wed the Crown Prince. A man with a missing right arm posed as a buyer for a royal gift, arranged a 190 000 lei diamond purchase, but a shortfall and a forged note to his wife revealed the con.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharoot
Rumania
Elizbeth
Gator
Daily Mail
Helen
Ees Pagano
John
Pressman's Merry Life in rough NSW town battles
A look back at a pressman's vivid life in early New South Wales. In rough coastal town days, he faced threats and mobs at races, wielded a revolver to protect ink and staff, and survived an irate doctor's gun attack, highlighting peril and bravado in journalism's rough edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Saya
Coff's Harbor
McAulay’s
Courier
Tonnage Figures and Jests From The Era
Lloyds Register shows world shipping tonnage at 54 217 000 tons with 42 514 000 in June 101d. UK leads with 19 288 000 tons versus 18 877 000 in 1914. Humorous exchanges include engagements to two girls and hen coop jokes. Shakespeare quips appear in a light banter vignette.
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping
United’ Kingdom
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Cohen
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Waite
Australia
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U.K
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Steedman
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