Crackers in the Making at Large London Factory
A detailed tour reveals handcraft cracker production in a major London plant. Workers, mostly girls, cut masks, assemble detonators, stamp borders, and punch elaborate decorations. An expert crane of notes highlights rapid manufacture, varied designs, and high daily outputs with pieces destined for Scotland and Ireland. The piece emphasizes skill, precision, and factory culture amongляем workers.
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London
Cecuptet
USA
Ireland
Scotland
Fim
Albert Hall
Ceech
Edmund Payne
Aod
Ube
Erschers
Amother
Ty Spaim Prasce
Ecsta Chima Japan
Rotal Society Anniversary Meeting Leads to Observations
The Rotal Society held its anniversary meeting addressing meteorological observatories and ongoing observation programs for the coming decade. Sir Archibald Geilk urged continued study on atmospheric phenomena while colonial officials debated funding and experimental closures to curb infective spread among civilians. Medals were presented to scholars from Leyden, Manchester, Göttingen, and Gottingen, with distinguished guests from Germany, Portugal, and Britain in attendance.
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Roral Society
Archibald Geilk
Ladias Meteorotegics Department
Esrogevaz
Lee
Mata
Fonds Seretsary
Dewil Broce
Sieegene Ce Pegs Commissies Esqatiisie
Nyasseford
Ofer
Remfoed Aliottetse de Omsee
Leyden
Netherland
WM Fricks
Shel Coverity
GE Smith
Mancester University
Geemas Bonmers
Cogley
Felig Rietz
Gottingen
Davy
Profesor Otte Wal- Inchalee
Gottiness
Prascia Doarfener
Haraste
Apie
Panama Canal
Germas
Strathosrm
Meters
Sheleear
Avebury
Compas
Tay
Inside the Syndicate of Professional Horse Backers
BASIL TOZER reveals a circle of professional backers in racing, tracing their backgrounds from public school to coal trade. They discuss disciplined betting, a three-person minimum, and a four-year rule, detailing profits on a Craven Meeting stir and a long-term, non-sport, money-focused approach to wagering.
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Preston
Bornes
Tsy Beauliy
Newmarket
Ecfrowina
SS & Copel
Holiday blouse mystery prompts fashion debate
A fragmentary note hints at a festive blouse linked to a "Mouse" figure and a scenting issue in a wartime fashion column. The unreadable text leaves readers guessing about the garment, its designer, and the era context while emphasizing holiday attire and social style trends.
Strikes in Great Britain Drive Record Disputes Across Industries
The report shows total workers involved in disputes in 1911 rising across industries led by transport workers due to a national rail strike and related walkouts through August. Total lost working days reached about 24.2 million with transport and coal, engineering, shipbuilding, and textile trades bearing the heaviest impact. Wages and defense of trade union principles drove many disputes amid a general railway service strike and cotton textile lockouts.
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Great Britain
United Kingdom
Wade
Pastor's hammer case sees interim injunction granted
Welsh pastor Daniel Hughes faced an interim injunction as Crane Street Baptist Church trustees at Pontypest sought to bar him from entering or officiating. The dispute centered on his pastoral tenure after a split within the church, with Hughes using a sledgehammer during a confrontation as court proceedings continued. Judge Neville reserved final decision, noting the injunction aimed to restrain interference while the trustees determine terms of ministry.
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Justice Newitle
Crane Street Baptist Church
Pontypest
Trearin
Daniel Hughes
Tate
Peterson
Hughes
Meterton
Heghes
Justice Neville
Hughes Tee
Rome
Blech-Rud Maker and Odd London Trades
The piece notes a quirky London trade of a Blech-Rud maker advertising from Bel Lien Square Holborn, selling birch rods for schoolmasters as a booming yet cautious industry. It mentions a declining widows cap trade once linked to Queen Victoria’s era and reflects a colorful snapshot of old city commerce and social quirks.
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London
Kelly
Bs Cone
Bel Lien Square
Holborn
Queen Victoria
Searty
Argentine Tango Reform Moves in Paris Salons
An 1890s style report notes Argentine dancing professors and a French Academy of Dancing Masters proposing a twelve step tango version to replace last year’s five step form. Dancers adopt uniform tempo and ritual bows, with sideward paces and cadenced arm movements before a two step figure.
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Paris
French Academy of Dancing Masters
Pethe Repub- Haque
Boston
Kans Tackwaris
Nurse's Death Traced to Overwork and Cremation Plans
A nurse Florence Poster, reportedly overworked, killed herself near a crematorium after leaving a note to the superintendent detailing cremation funds and procedures. The letter, signed Florence Power, requests specific rites and a December cremation date, with relatives attributing the act to exhaustion.
Paris Jewel Robbery At Capucines Opera District
A morning burglary at a jeweler on the Boulevard des Capucines near the Opera results in the loss of diamonds and rubies valued between £6 0s and £15,000. A rose and brilliant pendant, a brilliants necklace, and 23 rings were taken while the shop was under temporary protection and rearrangement. No thief identity is detected.
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Petty Telegraph
Ireus
Boulevard Des Capucines
Place de l'Opera
Kubelik Violin Seized in London Contract Case
M Kubelik’s Guarneri violin valued at £2500 was seized by court authorities to satisfy a judgment in favor of Hugo Gertitz, concert director, London. The breach of contract case arose from Kubelik’s New Zealand tour. He offered payment, refused, and seeks return of the instrument before a Vienna operation. Critics in Berlin noted his performance amid medical plans and a recent setback. The damages suit, filed in Wellington, New Zealand, totaled £1500.
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M. Kubelit
Hugo Gertit
London
Berlin
Daily Mail
M Kubelik
Sime
Kubelik
Marianne Cenky-Seell
Dia
Wellington
New Zealand
Soil fertility and farming progress in Denmark and Germany
The article discusses soil fertility, citing Denmark's agricultural revival via farm schools and improved practices that trebled crop yields and raised land value. It contrasts Denmark with Germany, notes dairy and dairying implications, and argues animal husbandry enhances fertility and efficiency, with Prof Farrington estimating nutrient removal vs value of dairy outputs.
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Ober
Wee
Halle
Denmark
Jermoy
English Channel
Prigg
Profemter Farrington
Wisconsin
Agricultural College
Heaviie Mont
Raising The Standard State Aid For Cattle Breeding
The Netherlands provinces form a State subsidized committee for animal breeding to promote premiums and purchases, with three herd books dating to 17th century and expanded provincial societies. In 1910 State expenditure for cattle improvement reached 6000 pounds. mutton declines and sheep breeding wanes while goats increase due to subsidies of around 1,000 pounds yearly. Breeding centres have mixed English and German stock, with pure English herds profitable for some farmers and a 400-pound grant in 1910 for wool and breeding efforts.
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Ntherlands Post Aeseonik Committee
Additon
Oxford Downs
North Hol
Germany
Yorkshire
Method to remove a fence post with trench and leverage
In the absence of mechanical tools, remove a corral fence post by digging a trench on one side as wide as the post, starting near the post and backfilling back until two or three feet from it, forming an inclined bottom. The post can then be pulled over. an illustration would show the process.
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Secasion
Etl
Ecomodo
Tatterrell
Basil Tozer
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