Pan Islamism in India and Afghan risk grows
A pan Islamism expert essay warns that Pan Islamic feeling has revived after trips by Turks to Kabul and Mecca. It links Afghan ambitions, Turkish influence, and British policy with rising anti Christian conspiracy fears, urging steps to ease tensions in Persia and India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noe Paes
Sultan bin Hamid
Turkey
Shah Mahomed Ali
Constantinople
Ike
India
Tripoli
Africa
Mabdi
Reith
Price
Renwee
Parala
Perea
Sir Edward Grey
Sir Edward Trey
Russia
Persia
Menia
Busters Bengal
Montugh
Lake
Dell
Lahore
Pes
Lucknow
Gulborg
Almere
Sirhind
Frontier
Afghanistan
Baghdad
Hedias
Eim
Great Britain
Kabu
Kabul
Jbad
Breakfast Jacket Story About a Philanthropist and a Cracker
A Vancouver newspaper excerpt recounts a tale from an article on Where the Actors Come From. An American philanthropist helps ex-convicts by offering jobs, including a melodrama scene where a burglar pretends to crack a safe for fifty dollars weekly. The condemned man declines, saying he promised his mother he would not go on the stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Crackaman
Briggs
Barry T
Truth About Arcady and Rural Housing in Somerset
A Yeovil correspondent surveys Somerset rural housing conditions, noting arcadian illusions versus stark poverty among agricultural laborers. He cites overcrowded cottages at Meare and Castle Cary, damp homes, and a proposed reform path under the 1908 Housing and Town Planning Act, with a suggested minimum wage of 16 shillings weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Yeovil
Yeovil Burn
Aplrit Ie
Somerset
Mear
Meare
Glastonbury
Sesseun
Ravage
Weston - Super - Mare
Castle Cary
Mystery of Rousseau Death Hinted by Forensic Debate
The article discusses a theory that Jean Jacques Rousseau was murdered by Therese. Dr Raazpall argues in La Grande Revue that a death-mask by Houdon shows face wounds and a fractured skull. He urges co opening the Pantheon tomb to compare the skeleton with the mask, hoping to fix responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rousseau
Therese
Raazpall
Houdon
Pantheon
Aren Weis
Use of Libraries in Modern Cities at Annual Meeting
F R G 8 F J Leslie spoke at Liverpool's thirty fourth annual librarians meeting on September 4. He praised Andrew Carnegie for library support and urged a broader, more practical library role in daily life. He warned against clerical ignorance, urged wider access to literature, and stressed libraries as engines of civic education and social progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Leslie
F.rg
Ofi
Liverpool
Daily Telegraph
Andrew Carnemlie
Lord Rosebery
Glasgow
Relieh
Aesyria
Bardatiapolas
England
Leslie
Forgotten hospitals of old London era recalled
The piece surveys historic yet little remembered London infirmaries from St Giles leper house to the Loke Hospital and the Bethlem. It traces origins, royal charters, and later relocations, noting the burial ground site of King’s College Hospital and the cityward evolution of care for the afflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s College Hospital
Denmark Hill
Camberwell
Bas
Livyde
St. Giles’ Hospital
Matilda
Henry L
Henry VII
John Dudley
Duke of Northumberland
Tyrburo
James
Bt. James' Palace
Henry Will
Southwark
Erly
Hedlam
Bethlehem Royal Hospital
Simon Fin-Henry
Canona
Liverpool Atathon
Lambeth Road
John Greshim
Henry VIII
Bridewell
Westminster
Guy's
St. Gorge
King's College
London
Charing Crown
Royal Free
University College
King’s College Hospitals
Bt Thomas's
Southwarn
Flechard
Prinr
Bermondsey
Citivene
LBA
Richard Gresham
Sir Thomas
King’ S College Hospital
Thomas Bellamy
Clement Danes
Parisian Model and County Health Measures Initiated
Parisian Model Hiffiel and Huffiel referenced as part of a local discussion. Berex County Council plans to spend £4000 on tuberculosis treatment and to appoint three tuberculous officers. The council will negotiate for taking over open-air shelters proposed by the King Edward County Memorial Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berex County
King Edward County
Rain and Damp Widen Health Risks Across Population
The Daily Telegraph notes persistent wet weather and cool paths threaten public wellbeing. Infant mortality rose less than in hot summers, though dampness risks rheumatism and sore throats. Fears of influenza grow if rain continues, with forecasters hoping for better conditions to curb spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Aomé
Han Bern
Governor’s horseback journey branded economy or show
The Westminster Gazette criticizes Oregon Governor for riding 600 miles to a Blate Governors meeting rather than take rail. A dollars-and-cents estimate suggests a train trip in a Pullman would cost £7, while the horseback journey over twenty days could reach about £27 in entertainment and time. The piece hints at political theater before elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Westminster Gazette
Homie
Far West
Decaying Remnant and Private Park of a Lord
A visitor recounts a week near a secluded country estate with a vast park, towering white mansion, and private gardens. Servants, gamekeepers, and polite locals render the countryside enclave a self contained world where deference to the lord’s private demesne shapes daily life. The narrator notes the keeper’s wary politics, the gardeners’ quiet labor, and schoolchildren obeying with exaggerated respect before a sudden wink of humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revelstone
Nusity Tarrack
Regent Etree
Ghent
Ted
Bronge
Markie
England
Ireland
Wales
Trejedow
Spy scare at Rosyth works prompts sketch ban
A stranger was spotted near Rosyth churchyard high ground sketched the works. On police arrival he fled. Since operations began there, attempts to photograph or sketch have been forbidden and the prohibition is widely known locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosyth
Rosythell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cam
Arcady
Edwards
Trade Union Congress
Daily News
Emerson
Huffiel
A. C. Edwardes
Daily News and Leader
SPY
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!