Royalty Declines Visit to Canada Despite Canadian Loyalty
A formal royal address notes Canada’s loyalty to the crown and explains that His Majesty cannot undertake a visit at present due to empire duties and travel demands. It recalls Prince of Wales’s earlier Canadian visit and affirms appreciation of Canadian devotion. The message emphasizes the King’s respect for Canada and his wish to visit, though impeded by practical limits.
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Downing Street
Senate
Commons
Consda
Queen Victoria
Prince of Wales
Canada
Wales
House of Commons
Dominion
Flea Infested House Cleansed With Fly Paper
A man wrapped sticky fly paper around his legs from ankle to knee in a darkened house and walked through rooms. Fleas jumped onto the white surface and were captured in large numbers, providing a grim pest control method.
Early 700 B.C. Egypt Used Prosthetic Limbs by Priests
The article notes that artificial legs and arms were in use in ancient Egypt by 700 B.C. Priests acted as physicians and crafted these early prosthetics, reflecting sophisticated medical practice in that era.
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Egypt
B.C
Curious Norwich Custom Lets The Poor Eat Free
In Norwich England a long standing custom allows anyone to claim a substantial free meal on three days each year. Applicants must recite aloud in St Giles church a prayer for the sovereigns health before receiving broth beef and bread and beer.
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Norwich
England
St. Giles’ Church
Mutilation of Teeth Among Australian Aborigines
A description of a custom in parts of Australia where boys seeking manhood break a front tooth to demonstrate maturity. The practice is noted as peculiar and retained among Aboriginal groups.
Metals Found Together In NSW Copper Mine
The article notes silver and lead occur together with some scientists proposing lead disintegration into silver. It adds gold and copper commonly occur together, citing the Cobar mine in New South Wales as producing copper containing four ounces of gold per ton.
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New South Wales
Great Cobar
Ancient dental fashion and Sabbath travel rules
A historical note explains that ancient people wore false teeth and that the Talmud permitted Jewish women to travel outside on the Sabbath with their gold or silver teeth in place.
Royal nicknames echoing a kingly heft across Europe
The passage notes that Alfonso II of Portugal was nicknamed "the fat" and that the same title was applied to Charles III and Louis VI of France, as well as Olaus II of Norway, highlighting a tradition of blunt royal epithet usage.
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Alfonso II
Portugal
Charles III
France
Louis VI
Olaus II
Norway
Sweatshop Realities From London Interim Report
An interim report by the Women’s Industrial Council reveals chilling home work conditions in Britain. Women and children toil long hours for meager pay in dirt and overcrowded spaces, with cases including a seventy year old widow earning a few shillings weekly and poor pay for tailoring and paper bag making.
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London
Women's Industrial Council
3. R. Maconald
Love and Learning in Dr Reichs Platonic Lecture
Dr Reich spoke at Claridge's Hotel on love and education. He argued education should not be compulsory before age ten and urged mothers to nurture children to age sixteen, criticizing boarding school and stressing imagination as a rule. He claimed girls should not marry on impulse and supported parental or guardian control of marriage choices for national welfare.
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Reich
Claridge’s
London Lady’s Lecture on Auras at Queen’s Gate Hall
Mme Cavalier lectured on Au ras or Man Visible and Invisible assisted by several young ladies. Auras were etherical emanations varying with moral quality. demonstrations used gauzy banners showing infant white to mature multi colored tinges. She claimed a sapphire blue ideal aura and noted she had seen the perfect aura thrice in India America and England.
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Mme. Cavalier
Queen's Gate Hall
India
America
England
Centenarian John Retchiess Found Dying in Prayer
John Retchiess a centenarian of W s bech. was found dead in an attitude of prayer by his bedside. He reached his hundredth birthday on May 11. A few weeks earlier he received his first summons to the Police Court for non payment of rates.
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John Retchiess
W'sbech
Fifty Seven Years Service Recognized by Chertsey Association
The Chertsey Agricultural Association, England s oldest, honors Mr Bravington with a silver tray for fifty seven years on the committee and twenty seven years as chairman.
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Chertsey Agricultural Association
England
Bravington
Famed Chemist Sir Charles Tennant Dies at Broadstairs
Sir Charles Tennant head of St Rollox chemical works Glasgow and chairman of the United Alkali Co. dies at Broadstairs after a hemorrhage. Born 1823 in Ayrshire, he patented bleaching powder and built a vast industrial fortune. He married Emma Winsloe and had a large family, with heir Edward Priaulx Tennant and several notable children.
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Sir Charles Tennant
Broadstairs
Lady Tennant
Sir Charles
Biarritz
Scotland
Charlies Tennant
St Rollox
Glasgow
Union Bank of Se Tland
Gil Charles
Tennants
St. Rollox
Ayrshire
John Tennant
Wiliam Burs
Lochiea
Alloway
Gilenconner
Darniey
Barrhead
Charles
Bt Rnex
Tennant
Tennant, Knox & Co
John
Great Chemical Works
Jarrow
Newcastle
Underwriters’ Association
Lloyds
Tharsis Copper Co
The
Steel Co. of
Charles Tennant
Liverpool
St. Rollox Works
George Street
Gladstone
Glenn
Traquair Parish
Peebleshire
United Kingdom
United Alkali Co
Thomas Alexander
Alexander
Emma
Richard Winsloe
Mount Nebo
Taunton
Somerset
Edward Priaulx
Percy Wyndham
Harold
Berwickshire
Ribblesdale
Asquith
Arthur Lyttelton
Colonies
Traquair Churchyard
Sir Charlies
Marguerite
Charles W. Miles
Barton Hill
Malmesbury
The Walking Parson of Filey
The Rev. A N Cooper M A vicar of Filey earns the title The Walking Parson for long walks across Europe. Now on a 600 mile Sweden trek, he began in 1886 with a Filey to London journey and has since walked from Hamburg to Paris, to Venice, Monte Carlo, and over the Pyrenees into Spain, averaging about 27 miles daily.
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A. N. Cooper
Filey
Yorkshire
Sweden
Hamburg
Paris
Fileygium
Holland
Venice
Monte Carlo
Pyrenees
Spain
Rare Australian stamp sells for £400 at auction
The 64 blue swan inverted from the first Australian issue is extremely scarce with only nine known specimens. At a Ventom Bull &vaper sale the stamp, once valued at £104, drew competitive bids and sold for £400.
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Messrs
Ventom
Bull &Vaper
Rainmaking in Dawson City by Hatfield Brings Rain
Despatches from Dawson City report C M Hatfield producing rain using an apparatus. Rain started as drizzle then showers and finally torrents by the fourth day. Prominent locals say the first week saw more rain than in any prior month. Hatfield, from Los Angeles, earns 10 dollars from the council for his work.
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Vancouver
Dawson City
C. M. Hatcheld
Hatfield
Los Angeles
Southern
California
Commission on Grain Question Appointed in Ottawa
The cabinet appoints a Saskatchewan official Mr. Miller of Indian Head to chair a cross‑country commission with members from Ontario Manitoba and an Alberta secretary. The panel will investigate grain flows from farm to vessel and look into shipment facilities and alleged elevator mixing, reporting on any other worthy aspects.
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Ottawa
Committee of Agriculture of the House
Motherwell
Saskatchewan
Miller
Indian Head
Ontaro
Manitoba
Alberta
Major Moodie Leads Arctic Supply Expedition by Boat
Major Moodie will sail by boat to Hudson's Bay ports at month end, with seven Northwest Mounted Police. A thousand tons of anthracite and two years of supplies for Fullerton and Churchill stations will accompany. An overland police party will reach Churchill. a trail across the barren land will enable exploration and prospecting west of Hudson's Bay during the interim.
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Ottawa
Moodie
Hudson's Bay
North West Mounted Police
Fullerton and Churchill
Churchill
Fullerton
Beit Leaves Fortune to Public Institutions
Alfred Beit bequeaths most of his fortune to public institutions in South Africa and England. He endows the chair of colonial history at Osford. The will is expected to set a record for bequests of its kind in world history with further details anticipated.
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London
Alfred Beit
South Africa
England
Osford
Nicholas to Dissolve Douma
reported in official circles that a supreme crisis in Russian affairs looms within two weeks. The Czars decision to resist reform and appeal to force is said to hinge on support from Generals Trepoff Kanalbars and other military leaders, shaping whether absolutism endures or a European map changes.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Europe
Paul
Trepoff
Kanlbars
Report on Regina Line Purchase Link to Canadian Northern
D. D. Mann denied that the Canadian Northern bought the Regina Saskatchewan and Long Lake railway. He said the line is not acquired by the CNR but has been secured by people with an interest in the Canadian Northern.
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Ottawa
D. D. Mann
Canadian Northern
Regina, Saskatchewan
Long Lake
Mann
C.N.R
Cabinet Plans to Restore Naval Dreadnought Buildup
The Daily Express reports that Britain’s cabinet plans to reverse cuts and authorize two additional Dreadnought battleships, reversing previous naval estimate reductions.
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London
The
Daily Express
Threats Mount Against Seminovski Guard Commander
Reports claim several soldiers in the Seminov ski guard regiment have warned they will kill their commander cl Mina to force murder of citizens amid Moscow troubles. Mina, fearing for his life, has fled the area.
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St. Petersburg
Seminovski Guard Regiment
Mina
Moscow
American jokes fail in England at dinner tables
In England a speaker recalls trying an American joke about asking for water with a fish and a calf. The punch line falls flat with locals, who laugh at the teller not the joke, as noted in Lippincott's Magazine.
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States
Waitah
Lannon
Lippincott
Olive Trees In Tuscany Agriculture Resource Spotlight
Olive trees form a principal Tuscan resource with around 270000 acres devoted to cultivation. The region yields an estimated 6770000 gallons of oil from its olive crops.
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Tuscany
Lace Bark Trees and Their Delicate Fiber
Lace bark trees are rare with only about six species known. four have practical value for lace like fabric. The bark yields a ready made sheet used for mantillas collars and curtains, with a fragrant odor and cream white color when untreated. It unwinds in one seam less piece and weathers to a dazzling white after washing.
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Hawaii
Samoa
West Indies
Uncongenial Flowers Conflict In Florist Guidance
The florist advised against mixing mignonette with roses as they wilt together. He notes pansies and violets last longer alone, jonquils and daffodils brighten with green foliage, carnations fail with roses, and foiliage type impacts longevity. He emphasizes matching foliage to flower type to avoid wilt and grief.
A Lure For Cock Robin
Two coins clink to imitate a robin’s song and lure the bird to a decoy. Historically used in England to attract robins, the device entices the bird by sound and a smeared twig decoy, but violates US bird laws if used near wild robins. The method is noted as a social trick rather than a humane lure.
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England
Cock Robin
United States
A Fortune In a Song
A discussion on song writing notes that popular taste drives profits while pathetic songs outperform comic pieces. It cites The Lost Chord as a lasting success earning Arthur Sullivan and Antoinette Sterling 12 cents per copy and enriching the publisher as a gold mine.
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Arthur Sullivan
Antoinette Sterling
Onion Soup Club Elected to Academy in 1845
The Diner de la Soupe a l Onions club formed in the French restoration era had twenty members. It met quarterly with onion soup to begin meals and aimed to elect each associate to the academy. The last banquet was held in 1845 when all members had achieved status.
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French Academy
France
Academy
Pat's Escape Through Prison Death
A tale of two Irishmen meeting as one recalls Patrick Murphy. Murphy was condemned to hang but died in prison, thereby saving his life. The remark frames a grim irony centered on Murphy's fate.
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Patrick Murphy
Arrah
Honey
Pat
Conversation Sparks Speculation About Wife Interview
A society reporter advises a husband that his wife will speak to him about an upcoming interview. The husband questions whether she will talk, and the reporter quips that she will be talking when the twenty second edition is published.
Vacancy Filled Phrase and Dialog in New York Press
A short dialogue notes a vacancy being filled with a line by Gerald and a reply by Geraldine. The exchange highlights a winter cold and a pragmatic attitude toward filling gaps. No further context provided.
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Gerald
Geraldine
New York Press
Verses To My Bed by Robert Burns
A brief meditation on the bed as refuge and healer where pain, labor, and sorrow are soothed. Burns reflects that within this small space human experience unfolds, teaching that earthly bliss always borders woe and that bed holds comfort and insight.
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Robert Burns
Schoolboy critics of women offer witty Ottawa style insights
A twelve year old pupil from L. C. C. Cromer street in Gray's Inn road writes that if women were in Parliament men would be silenced. The essay on Ladies I Have Met reveals humorous views on dress talk and character with notes on kindness and idealism amid drab surroundings.
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Cromer Street
Gray’s Inn Road
Emile Reich
Savant
Younster
Eton Boy Proclaims Socialist Views
The Hon. C. A. Lister, son of Lord Ribblesdale and heir to Gisburn estates, declares himself a Socialist in The Manchester Daily Dispatch. At nineteen, living at Eton, he says his views stem from reading, not experience, arguing rural depopulation and land tenure hinder national vigor and offer no land nationalization plan.
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C. A. Lister
Lord Ribblesdale
Gisburn
Lancashire
Manchester Daily Dispatch
Lister
Eton
Smuggling a Premier Captured in Mock War Drill
During Essex Yeomanry training at Clacton a telegram claimed the Prime Minister, represented by Major Pelly, was captured and shipped to the Continent. A hidden Lancer in a furniture van was found gagged and bound inside, exposing the ruse.
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Essex
Clacton
Major Pelly
Queen's Lancers
Hertford
Stricter Eyesight Tests for British Army Officers
New rules tighten eyesight examinations for militia and Imperial Yeomanry officers seeking commissions in regular forces. No relaxations allowed, while unfit candidates may appeal to a board for re examination. Direct commission applicants are exempt. Likely end of eyeglasses as a military aid.
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Militia
Imperial Yeomanry
Church Service Blackout At St George Worcester
During a confirmation service at St George's Church Worcester a power outage plunged the building into darkness for several minutes as the congregation sang a hymn. No injuries are reported and power was restored shortly after.
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St. George's Church
Worcester
Treat your wife as a partner not a slave
A reader urges farmers to share money and duties with their wives. He condemns men who loaf in towns and waste earnings while wives toil at home. He argues wives deserve access to lectures, books, and social meals to stay healthy and happy.
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Ashe
Just the Thing That's Wanted
A pill that acts on the stomach and 50 compounded ingredients preserve their power to act on the intestinal canals and clear them of excreta. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are presented as a scientifically prepared laxative and alterative in one after extensive medical study.
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Parmelee
Ash Tray Warning From Germany Cited
A German ash tray warns that defiling the room with cigar ash is forbidden under the severest penalty. Anyone who transgresses will be punished irrevocably by house arrest, the notice states.
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Germany
Holloway’s Corn Cure Promises Quick Relief
A wartime era advertisement touts Holloway’s Corn Cure claiming relief from painful corns. It asks readers if anything is more annoying than stepping on a corn and contrasts it with the delight of ridding the problem, urging trial to be convinced.
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Holloway
Kendall B C Cement Works Linked to Bellingham Port
Kendall B C plans cement works with Bellingham named as the chief shipping point for exports. The note highlights Bellingham as the main logistics hub and port of entry for the operation.
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Kendall
B. C
Bellingham
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