Cartoons of the Russian Press in The New York Evening Post
Rheta Childe Dorr reports on Russian censorship and the thriving underground cartoon culture. Censors confiscate papers and reissue them under fake names while works by Witte Trepoff and Gapon circulate in collected sets, some destined for Columbia University library.
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St. Petersburg
Zoological Gardens
Purcatehot
Catherine IF
Pushkin
Pugaichof
Pugatchom Ie
Yellow Press
America
Zarnetsi
Morning Star
Winter Palace
Witte
Durnovo
Trepoff
Columbia University Library
Father Gapon
Russia
Rheta Childe Dorr
New York Evening Post
Actors Ball Game Quip Spurs Courtroom Tone
Puck quotes a playful exchange during the Actors' Ball Game with Stormer Barnes-Great Brutus and Hammond Rauter trading light barbs about eye contact and walks at the plate. The banter reflects sports reporting humor of the era.
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Stormer Barnes
Brutus
Hammond Rauter
Puck
Family pets recount whipped cream mischief in playful dialogue
A lighthearted Detroit Free Press excerpt shows a family dog asking a cook for whipped cream and a cat reacting to the mess. The humorous exchange captures pets describing their antics and reactions with witty banter.
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Detroit Free Press
Tramp Tries to Work as Housekeeper comic dialogue
A Boston Tran script scene shows a housekeeper scolding a tramp who claims to work only when he can pursue his specialty holling down plazzy chairs on windy afternoons. The exchange captures a humorous moment about unlikely employment and improvised tricks.
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Boston Transcript
Trusts in this country should be fumigated says tourist
An English tourist remarks that the trusts in the United States have been aired and should be fumigated. The American respondent nods, agreeing that exposure is fair but that action should extend to cleansing as well.
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Chicago
Briggins Gains Facts From Abroad Says Washington Star
The Washington Star quotes Briggins stating his journey abroad helped him verify most facts in guidebooks. The remark highlights his emphasis on corroborating travel knowledge with firsthand experience.
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Briggins
Washington Star
Wolfe Memorial Debate Spurs Canadian Shrine Plan
The Canada reports renewed calls for a permanent Wolfe memorial in London to honor Major-Gen Wolfe who died at the heights of Abraham. A Toronto resident is pushing to fund the shrine at Saint Alphege Church near the naval hospital, with prior efforts already marking Wolfe with a stained window in memory of the Quebec hero.
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Canada
Quebec
Olfe
Wolfamine
Church of St. Alphege
Greeny
Creat Naval Hospital
Nell Gwynne
Wolfe
Abraham Heights
Toronto
St. Alphege
St. George
Abraham
Toronto scholar earns Royal Geographical Society fellowship
F. Currelly of Toronto University has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society for his work on early Egyptian tablets and his book on Abydos. He will advise the New York Museum on Egyptian antiquities and received the Imperial Order of the Meredieh from the Khedive for removing ancient tablets in Egypt.
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Royal Geographical Society
Air
F. Currelly
Toronto University
New York Art Museum
Khedive
Imperial Order of the Meredieh
Tourquoise
Cheops
Currelly
Abydos
Semsert Isl
Rahmes I
Hyksos
Teta Shera
University of Toronto
Canadian Doctor Dr Walter Courtney A Progressive Medical Leader
Dr Walter Courtney born September 18 1855 in Moore Lambton County Ontario grew to chief surgeon of the Northern Pacific Railway since 1855. He studied public schools Strathroy Collegiate and the University of Michigan and held leadership roles in medical associations across Minnesota North Dakota and the Upper Mississippi region.
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Walter Courtney
Northern Pacific Railway
Moore
Lambton County
Ont
Car Public Schools
Strathroy Collegiate Institute
University of Michigan
Courtney
St. Clair
Mich
Hildegarde von Jansmood
Minnesota State Medical Association
American Medical Association
International Association of Railway Surgeons
North Dakota State Medical Society
Upper Mississippi Medical Society
Lrainerd
Eee
Poplar Guardians Accused of Luxurious Poorhouse Waste
London Local Government Board inquiry hears allegations that Poplar guardians foster pauperism by lavish spending. Evidence cites £112 yearly newspaper costs for workhouse, luxury foods, lace curtains, damask linens, and officers’ meals. Officials deny improper spending as inquiry adjourned.
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London Local Government Board
Poplar
Davy
Municipal Alliance
Robb
Death of Capt Edward Dumaresque at Longford Tasmania
Obituary notes the death of Capt Edward Dumaresque in his 104th year at Longford Tasmania. A Bombay army veteran invalided out in 1823 after under nine years service, he joined as a cadet in 1818 and rose to captain by 1826. Retired on a Lord Clive's fund pension in 1827, he received the pension for seventy nine years. Death certified as weakness due to old age on April 23 1906.
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London Times
Longford
Tasmania
Edward Dumaresque
Bombay Army
J. B. Taylor
East India Co
Sth Bombay Regiment
Lord Clive’s Fund
Greenland Ice Sheet Holds World’s Largest Mass
The interior ice of Greenland is described as a vast block likely forming about 6 million square miles in surface area and half as thick. Experts estimate its volume exceeds the Mediterranean Sea’s water and could cover Britain and Ireland in a seven mile layer.
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Greenland
Mediterranean
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
Ancient 27-Foot Trehoo Bog Canoe Found in County Cavan
A 27 foot long oak canoe with a rudder and compartments for paddles was discovered in a bog at Trehoo near Me hills in County Cavan. The vessel, hollowed from a single oak trunk, measures 3 feet wide and shows crafted handling for travel and steering.
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Trehoo
Mehills
County Cavan
Cara
Forecast for August by US weather prop Hicks posted locally
The St Marys Argus notes a humorous August forecast by Mr Hicks predicting a quiet planetary scene, a few minor disturbances from overripe fruit, and events like the Perth Old Boys Reunion in Stratford. It foresees 4 Sundays, summer visitors, picnics, and a warm, busy month ending August 31.
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Ontario
Tri D Hicks
United States
Motherwell
St. Marys Argus
Hicks
Perth Old Boys
Stratford
Morning Post Draws Canadian Analogy to South Africa
The editorial compares South Africa to Canada seventy years earlier, noting Lower Canada’s French majority and the Transvaal’s Dutch strength, with bureaucrats favoring status quo and reformers pushing responsible government to gain constitutional freedom and cooperation with French or Dutch allies. It praises Elgin’s policy on race equality and hopes South Africa builds a vigorous mixed nationality.
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South Africa
London Morning Post
Canada
Lower Canada
Orange River Colony
Upper Canada
Transvaal
Earl of Elgin
Morning Post
Stranger in Toronto In a $12 Suit
The Haileyburian editor visits Toronto and describes feeling out of place in a cheap suit. He admits rash travel, fears of being judged by appearance, and regrets not affording finer clothing, noting locals may judge by feathers not style.
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the Haileyburian
Toronto
Holy City
Osler on Heroic Remedies and a Miner’s Ferret Tale
Dr. William Osler warns that uneducated patients crave large strong doses and heroic measures. An English physician sent leeches to a miner, who quips that a ferret on the leeches would be more effective, lampooning reliance on tiny remedies.
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William Osler
Miner
The Cockney's Compliment
A newly arrived English immigrant praises the splendid fields of ripening grain and remarks on how such fields would be gathered and sold in this country. The tale captures regional humor and class observations about rural life.
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Feld
Cheap Alcohol Debate Spurs Canadian Politics
An analysis argues for removing the prohibitive tax on denatured alcohol in Canada, highlighting farmer benefits and Germany's model. It cites uses from solvents to heat and power, noting Germany’s vast industrial alcohol use and potential efficiency gains if prices drop.
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Dominion Parlament
Ottawa
Canada
Industrial Canada
Cohoe
McMaster University
Great Britain
England
Germany
Prisoner in Derry Jail Over Irish Dog License Name
Eamonn McNulty of Creeslough County Donegal serves seven days in Derry jail after refusing to take out a dog license unless issued in Irish. He was fined 5s. by Dunfanaghy Magistrates and chose imprisonment. He argues his name can only be spelled in Irish as Mac-An-Ultaigh.
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Eamonn McNulty
Creeslough
County Donegal
Derry
Dunfanaghy
McNulty
Captain Bernier's Polar Route Probe
Captain Bernier departs on a new polar sea voyage aiming to explore untraveled channels and plant the Canadian flag on newly found islands. He is to call at Disco on Greenland's west coast and reach Cameda after completing the exploration, with reports of abundant coal on these isles.
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Bernier
Polar
Disco
Greenland
Cameda
Vis Enmaees Patie
Dr Chase's Nerve Food Promise Against Worry
An advertisement touts Dr Chase's Nerve Food as a way to increase nerve force and combat nervous ailments caused by worry overwork and poor nourishment. It cites testimonials including Mrs. J Tarditl of Martapotis Man who regained health after using the product and recommends buying from Ad mansons Bates Co in Toronto.
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Dr. Chase
Chase
Dr Chase
Admanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Mutilated finger tale at Pennsylvania Railroad shops shocks workers
An employee recounts a brutal accident at the Pennsylvania Railroad repair shops where a worker’s index finger was amputated after a joint tore loose. The speaker notes higher engine output in June due to more accidents, while the story ends with the man calmly discarding the severed joint. Charles Alfred Lister joins the independent labor party and the Blackburn branch.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia Ledger
Charles Alfred Lister
Independent Labor Party
Blackburn
Palm reader foils bride to be with forged fiancé tease
A Philadelphia Record item recounts a fair palmist foretelling marriage to a man named Loony, only to reveal the ring was returned three weeks earlier. The note also mentions San Remo earthquakes and a police revolt in Aracaju, Sergipe.
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Loony
Philadelphia Record
First Home Grown Cotton Plant Produces Seed Pod
James R. Stewart of 70 Plessis Street Louise Bridge Winnipeg grew a fully developed cotton plant in an inside flower pot. The plant yielded a mature seed pod from seed claimed to come from lumber shipped for Tennessee two years prior. The note recalls Stewart’s prior attempts in Ontario and marks this as his first success. The report adds a passing line about the International League of Women Suffragists meeting in Copenhagen.
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James R. Stewart
Plessis Street
Louise Bridge
Winnipeg
Mr. Stewart
Tennessee
Ontario
Rumor of Connaught India Succession Denied
Dispatch notes no truth to a report that the Duke of Connaught would replace Lord Kitchener in India. It also reports that Lord Milner received an address of appreciation signed by 316,000 people for his efforts in South Africa.
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Duke of Connaught
Lord Kitchener
India
Lord Milner
South Africa
Nuremberg Artisans Improve Wire Making in 1350
The passage notes that drawn wire followed a hammer beating, marking a major advancement in wire production by Nuremberg artisans around 1350, a decisive step forward in the craft.
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Nuremberg
Adipose Tissue as a Rebuilding and Depleting Tissue
Adipose is a solid tissue without its own blood supply and continually rebuilds and degrades within its matrix. It diminishes through combustion, which removes it atom by atom in reverse order of its formation.
Government to establish experimental farms in Alberta
The Dominion Government will establish two experimental farms in Alberta. One site will be at Lethbridge in the southern dry belt where irrigation supports crop production. A second station is planned for Lacombe in the north, while Saskatchewan has an existing facility and a station is also planned for Vancouver Island.
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Dominion
Alberta
Lethbridge
Lacombe
Saskatchewan
Vancouver Island
A Cure for Rheumatism by Parmelee’s Vegetables
The article argues rheumatic pains arise from uric acid in the blood vessels due to a deranged liver. It claims Parmelee's Vegetables correct impurities in the blood by restoring healthy kidney action and liver balance, offering a remedy for the condition.
Victora and Vancouver Clubs Plan Import of Black Game
The fish and game clubs of Victoria and Vancouver plan to import birds including black game and capercaillie. The project will require larger funding and birds will be released in localities deemed best for success by the committee.
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Fish and Game Clubs
Victoria
Vancouver
B.C
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement urges parents to protect children from worms by using Mother Graves Worm Exterminator, claiming it never fails to remove parasitic infections and improve health.
The Lure of the West Draws Young From New Brunswick
A Montreal Star dispatch notes New Brunswick youths move toward the Canadian West, draining Iowa Kansas the Dakotas and Nebraska. It adds older communities share the loss while Britain laments empty fields as laborers emigrate to the West under another flag.
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New Brunswick
New
Britain
Montreal Star
The Well Beloved. Charles VI of France derided by people
Citizens mock King Charles VI of France as well loved yet despised, reflecting the era’s tension and public sentiment. The article notes derision by peers and populace amid political strife and royal missteps.
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Charles VI
France
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