Morris Herald under Albert Fennell Leads Southern Manitoba News
The Morris Herald, edited by Albert Fennell since last September with James Hooper, champions independent politics and progressive ideas in southern Manitoba. Fennell, born 1882 in Birmingham, began at the Birmingham Daily Gazette and moved to Canada in 1901, later taking control of the Morris paper to advance a bold editorial stance. He favors independent thought, supports labor candidates, and is a noted advocate of manly sports. he married L. D. Fray in February 1905.
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Morry Herald
Manitoba
Morris Herald
Albert Fennell
Fennel
Mr. Fennel
Birmingham
England
Birmingham Daily Gazette
Fennell
Canada
Western Newson
James Hooper
Morris
Morris Herakd
British Petroleum and the Dreadnought’s Shale Fuel Revolution
The article details the HM 8 Dreadnought’s propulsion advances using coals and shale petroleum in turbocharged furnaces, with jets spraying crude oil onto live coal to boost heat. It traces paraffin origins to James Young and the shale oil industry from Broxburn to Scotland, noting wax byproducts and early distillation experiments shaping naval fuel innovation.
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Pertemuth
Lloyd's Weekly
Bootland
Coastiating
Home
Laurent
Dumas
James Young
Young
Glascow
Graham
Manchester
Lyon Playfair
Alfreton
Derbyshire
Playfair
Meldrum
Douglas
Broxburn
Sceland
Farenheit
Montagu Brown Enlists in London Scottish After Scotland Claim
Montagu Brown seeks to join the London Scottish volunteers claiming Scottish ties. Staff sergeant balks at non Scottish origin until learning Brown owns property in Scotland. When asked location he replies with a football jersey from the Perth dye works, leaving the recruiter amused.
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Montagu Brown
London Scottish Volunteers
London
Bethnal Green
Montagu
Scotland
Perth
Fanny Blunders At Slough Station Incident
A crowd greeted Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman at Slough station as he passed in a railway carriage. The Oxford orator mispronounced a line, saying the Liberals had come in on a lying toad. A reporter described the incident with a motor car frightening his horse and causing a fall and injuries.
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London Times
Slough
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Oxford
Rendes
Sunlight Soap Promises Safe Clean for All Fabrics
Sunlight Soap asserts it will not injure any fabric or hands and will keep clothes perfectly white, claiming pure soap with no harmful chemicals. The ad notes it performs well in hard or soft water and offers a money back refund from the dealer if any complaint arises. Lever Brothers Limited, Toronto.
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Lever Brothers Limited
Toronto
Shipbuilding Booming in Glasgow Shipyards
Industry reports strong growth around Glasgow with shipyards at full capacity to meet tight schedules. Fairfield Company plans two new steamers and aims for April 14 trial trips in Britain. Also notes on common cold dangers and Bickles Anti Consumptive Syrup as first aid, and England and Wales pauper figures at end January reach 819,513.
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Glasgow
Nus
George R. MacKenzie
Windsor
Fairfields Company
P.K
Fairfields
Great Britain
Bickle
England
Wales
Women suffrage topic stirs debate in Rome and UK lighthouse funding noted
The piece links the ongoing female suffrage discussion in Rome to a separate UK report on lighthouse spending. It states shipowners cover last year’s £500,687 bill for lighthouses and mentions Dr Agnew's ointment claims for various skin ailments available at 35 cents per jar.
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United Kingdom
Doctor Certifies Minard's Liniment Efficacy
C A King M D asserts personal and professional use of Minard's Liniment with consistent positive effects and endorses its prescription in practice.
Prince Arthur Receives Ancient Armor Sword Honor
Prince Arthur of Connaught visited the town and was presented with ancient armor and a sword to commemorate the visit. The event notes a sham fight witnessed by the garri son of Hiroshima.
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Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Hiroshima
Paris Singer Rousseliere Secures US Tour Fees
M Rousseliere the Paris opera singer once earning 62 cents daily in a factory has been hired for a US tour at a guaranteed 1600 dollars per night. His rise began when M Gailhard of the Paris opera discovered his voice in a Algerian foundry where Rousseliere was a blacksmith. King Alfonso reappointed the Moret ministry and Senator Edoardo Arbib of Rome dies.
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M. Rousseliere
Paris Opera
United States
Sidi Bel Abes
Algiers
M. Gailhard
Algeria
France
Alfonso
Moret
Dog Collie Leaps After Child Aboard Columbian Voyage
Story reports a collie Daisy leaped overboard to mourn her four year old mistress Mary MacDonald who died amid wintry gales on the steamer Columbia from Glasgow. The dogs, Daisy and Ben, followed Mary to the deck as her coffin neared the rail, and Daisy dashed into the sea as the body slid away.
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New York
Columbia
Glascow
Atlantic
Andrew MacDonald
Mary
America
Daisy
Ben
Collies
Minards Liniment and Sunlight Soap Advertisements
An amalgam of historic ads notes liniments for dandruff and injuries, Mother Graves Worm Exterminator promises relief, and Sunlight Soap is promoted as superior use. Mentions emigrants from Southern Italy, Baltic hangings, Boer War compensation totals, and British China tensions.
Gold Hoarding in India and China Dims Wealth
An observer notes Indians and Chinese hoard most of their gold rather than spend or save it in banks. In Bombay Presidency alone an estimated 60 million dollars of gold is buried. Across both nations about 12 tons of gold annually vanishes from circulation.
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India
Bombay Presidency
China
Love's Philosophy
A compact excerpt of Shelley's poem exploring universal union and longing. The speaker imagines natural phenomena kissing and entwining as a metaphor for intimate human connection and asks why their beloved’s kiss is withheld. The verses reflect Romantic themes of unity and nature as a mirror of love.
Cinderella Origins Traced From Indian Dawn Myth
The tale mirrors Rhodopis and Psammitichus, with Elian noting a sandal and glass slipper variations. Perrault’s claim on translation is questioned, and the Vedas are cited as the source of Cinderella’s dawn maiden motif with the sun and dusk imagery, Mitra as a sun-name in the myth.
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Cinderella
Rhodopis
Psammitichus
Elian
Rome
Egypt
Perrault
Ellan
Mitra
London Globe
A Yankee Stretcher In War-Time Drill
The Chicago Inter Ocean recounts a historical scene from General Wilman W. Black's memory of an English corporal drilling a squad. The corporal scolds the men with sharp, humorous orders about posture and appearance, stressing straight spines, proper dress, and discipline amid verbal jabs.
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Wilman W. Blackmar
Chicago Inter Ocean
Parish Vestry Speeches Warn of Poor Work and Pride
Local vestry members clash over payments and decisions. Mr H D says he would not pay a worker who failed. Mr O C questions order in introducing new matter already decided. Mr D proposes a survey this Thursday fortnight on a Saturday. Mr P extols ancestors and hopes for future pride. Mr B warns the proposal would stain the parish in ratepayers’ eyes.
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H. D
O'C
Mr. B
The Lake Dried Up and Refilled at Lake Chrissie
The lake at Lake Chrissie in eastern Transvaal dried up during the war, sparking Boers legends that independence would end when the lake vanished. It briefly dried again in 1904 and 1905, before returning to shallower levels after peace.
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Chrissie
Transvaal
South Africa
Lord Leighton Refuses Title Change and Name Mark
Lord Leighton states he will remain a workingman and keep his name as a trade mark when elevated to the upper House. The piece notes social confusion over peerage titles and patronymics, citing Sir James McGarel-Hogg later called Lord Manheramorne and a footman misnaming him as the late Sir James.
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Lord Leighton
James McGarel-Hogg
Manheramorne
Trackside Betrothal Rumor Sparks Gossip
A social note hints at a possible marriage between a woman and a bookmaker at the track. The exchange suggests she has long loved outdoor sports and circle chatter follows the rumor.
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Redd
Greene
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