Dutch submarine KX11 concludes first long voyage to San Francisco
Commander L van der Kun led the KX11 on a 10 000 mile endurance test from Kielder Holland to San Francisco. The vessel traveled surface for most of the trip at eight knots, endured monotony and cramped quarters, and proved a submarine has a place in covert reconnaissance without replacing battleships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Wiiout
Escor
San Francisco
Kielder
Holand
Tudes Walter
Lient
L. Lo Ven der Kun
Netherlands
Holland
Marc
van der Kun
Placid
Nordic Girl Scrambles Telephone Note In Translation
A Nordic maid, after trouble with a telephone, left a coded message for her mistress. The note, read after a New York theatre party, was translated as a directive to call someone immediately on returning home, regardless of the hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Marks
Scotchman and Alligator on Broadway Joke
A friend recalls a Scotchman returning from Florida golf courses struggling up Broadway with an alligator. The interstate gag lines hinge on the Scotchman’s quip about his ball as the alligator yanks the tale into a playful street vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Broadway
Spoke Frequently Doctor-Did your wife say anything before she dies?
The widower testifies that his wife spoke uninterruptedly for years before her death, with a lawyer present and questions about her final words.
Guests Who Serve
Gossips call out a foolly remark about a man who stares in the mirror while shaving, implying misfortune for those who gossip.
Insulating fish cartons aid Canadian shipping challenges
A Canadian Natural Resources Intelligence Service report highlights insulated cartons as a modern, cost saving method for transporting fish. Four carton sizes carry 12 to 50 pounds with dry sea grass insulation and parchment wrapping, allowing shipping by express or parcel post without preservatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Long Island
New York
Beekeeping Death Rite Warned By London Correspondent
The London correspondence recalls an ancient superstition that bees in a household should be informed of a death. Beekeeper Alfred George Gambrill of Richmond followed similar custom printing a memorial note for the bees. Hives might be draped with black and funeral cake soaked in wine offered at such times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred George Gambrill
Richmond
London
Hyde Green
Essex
Popular Belief Debunked On Glass and Heat
A 1920s science note says thin glass conducts heat poorly and thick glass can fail as inner layers heat faster and cause outer layers to burst. Also reports Pacific whaling along British Columbia coast with 182 whales caught by July and six steamers active versus eight last year amid good weather and little fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
British Columbia
London woman catalogs skulls at Royal College of Surgeons
In a Lincoln's Inn Fields room a calm Miss Miriam Tildesley catalogs thousands of skulls and Indian Vedda remains for the Royal College of Surgeons museum. Outside, youths play tennis as the morbid setting contrasts with bright day. the conservator notes her work verifying skeletal histories and authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Museum of Royal College of Surgeons
Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
Scotland Yard
Royal College of Surgeons
Miriam Tildesley
Law Education Standards Compared in Canada and U S
At Saint John New Brunswick the Canadian Bar Association heard that Canadian law schools maintain high standards, unlike the United States. J E Read of Dalhousie Law School and Dr Everett Fraser of Minnesota University spoke on the two systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Canada
United States
Canadiandian Bar Association
Saint John
N.B
J. E. Read
K.C
Dalhousie Law School
Halifax
Everett Fraser
University of Minnesota
Saskatchewan Butter Output Rises in June Amid Dash to 1926 Peak
With 79 creameries, Saskatchewan produced 2,068,681 lbs of butter in June, 143,390 lbs more than last year’s peak July output of 2,925,291 lbs from 69 creameries. Production for 1926 is expected to run 33 percent above last year, led by the central province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Fremont Man At 96 Reflects On Tombstone Years
C N Mohr known as Grandpa Mohr from Fremont Nebraska reached 96 years of age. He humorously notes he may have to modify his carved tombstone from 191- to 192- as the years progress. The lighthearted reflection anchors his long life and ongoing joke about changing dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. N
Mohr
Fremont
Neb
Witness Refuses to Testify in Court Outburst
The dialogue shows attorney Sam W. Jackson pressing a witness with a truth oath while the witness responds with defiance and silence, signaling a dramatic courtroom moment. The exchange highlights tension between counsel and witness during testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam W. Jackson
Inland Seaport Canal to Manchester AM Demonstrates Engineering Ingenuity
The Manchester ship canal makes the city an ocean port thirty miles inland. It crosses rivers and canals, with five railway bridges raised on long grades to admit large vessels. A water bridge carries the smaller canal over the Bloodwater, shutting water in the channel by gates and pivoting the whole structure. The canal cost £14,900,000 to counter Liverpool dockage rates, uses locks to maintain a sixty foot higher water level, and ends in eight docks spanning 129 acres with 286 acres of quays. Grain elevators at the docks handle up to 900 tons per hour, aided by electric moving belts delivering grain along long conveyer runs to the elevators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Ship Canal
Manchester
Bridgewater
Liverpool
Gowry
Tigers Fear Wild Dogs In India Pack Hunters Warn Leopards
In the Central Provinces wild dogs hunt in packs and terrorize forest game. Tigers and leopards avoid them as these packs sweep through forests at night and sometimes day, tearing down and devouring prey, forcing game to flee for miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sambhur
Brighter Clothes Urged On Radio By Psychologist Duo
Dr Wini fred Sackville Stoner a child psychologist and Mrs Orcella Rexford urged men to wear brighter colors on a New York radio broadcast. Mrs texford promotes purple suits with dark green brown and blue velvet while Edwin Markham the poet will model a purple velvet suit with green and yellow accents. The piece ends with a proverb about the good dying young due to not having time to be bad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Sackville Stoner
Orcella Rexford
Texford
Edwin Markham
Danger of private telephone talks broadcast to many
The London Times warns that landline use in broadcasting risks accidental on air conversations to thousands of listeners. Incidents include a Benediction interrupted by a quarrel at Nottingham Station and a newspaperman in Aberdeen whose private talk was broadcast. The post office cannot explain how it happens or prevent it, hoping underground wiring will fix it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
Nottingham
Aberdeen
England
British Post Office
Toronto Mail and Empire
Printer Errors Shape Poets Fate Across Time
A London Observer note discusses how printers errors shape poetry with Spearman noting none can completely prevent them. It cites a writer praising an epithet born from faulty typesetting and recalls Gray’s Elegy where a comma was left out after tolls in the opening line and later accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Association
Spearman
Evening Standard
Gray
London Observer
The Vastness of London Population Facts
The Vancouver Province notes London hosts about 8,000,000 residents, surpassing Australia and approaching Canada. It cites 11,000 people per square mile, buildings valued at $200,000,000, 2,300 miles of streets, and annual upkeep costs of $15,900,000, illustrating London's enormous scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Greater London
Australia
Canada
Vancouver
Surge of Tourists Fills Russian Hotels with Private Homes Used
A prewar level of tourist traffic hits Russia as Moscow and Leningrad hotels offer private house stays. About 400 South American visitors, mainly Argentines, raise total travelers from the Americas to nearly 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
Leningrad
North
South America
Waterfall Warms From Impact Heat at Base
A waterfall becomes hotter at its base than its top because the descending water gains heat upon striking the ground, converting kinetic energy into thermal energy and warming the lower section.
Love of money as root of evil cited in market saying
The quote asserts that money itself is not evil, but the love of money drives wrongdoing. It emphasizes that evil arises from attitudes toward wealth rather than wealth alone.
Canadian plan to study reindeer industry in Arctic regions
Canada’s interior department and United States authorities plan a study of Alaska’s reindeer industry to assess feasibility in the Mackenzie district. Two experts will travel from Alaska to Aklavik and Coronation Gulf to Chesterfield Inlet, evaluating fodder supplies and management practices for potential herd driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Greenland
United States
Alaska
Kakima
Yukon
Mackenszie Valley
Government of Canada
North West Territories
Department of the Interior
Mackenzie District
Arctic
Aklavik
Mackenzie River
Coronation Gulf
Chesterfield Inlet
Czar's Fortune In London Bank
An Italian press report claims the late Czar of Russia left a London deposited fortune of about 60 million dollars plus accrued interest. It says surviving Imperial family members may await a decision on its distribution by a monarch, with questions about the Czar’s death and funds later used for wartime needs and prisoner escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czar
Russia
Nicholas I
London
George
Vivctoria Emmanuel
Crac
Manes
Canadian honey gains firm European market footing
Export figures for eleven months ending February 1926 show Holland as a major buyer with 604000 pounds, followed by Germany at 450000, the United Kingdom at 217000, the United States at 55000, Denmark 14900, and all other destinations totaling 26000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europa
Holland
Netherlands
Germany
United Kingdom
United States
Denmark
Handkerchief Mix Up Stirs Domestic Moment
A playful domestic exchange reveals a dropped handkerchief under pillows, triggering a misidentification and lighthearted tension between Harold and Alice. The line suggests a tense but humorous misunderstanding rather than a major event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Alice
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scotch Golf Story
Leuicade McCaul Mitchell
Mae
Womas
Law Education Standard High
India
Danger In Broadcasting
Aroun
Canadian Rockies
Northern
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!