Princess Virginia saves emperor in Rhaetia pageant
Miss Mowbray, later revealed as Virginia, shields Emperor Leopold during an assassination attempt in Kronburg. Her bold act earns praise from the crowd while she contends with her disguises and duties, as the royal circle plans ball attire and public notices. The press notes her bravery but with careful anonymity for the moment.
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Leggewid
Baro von Lynda
Virginia
Leopold
Mowbray
Rhaetia
Kronburg
Miss Mowbray
Baron von Lyndal
Virginia of
Baumenburg
Bravest Woman Alive Keeps Ruffian From Killing Emperor
Virginia, in a perilous moment during a crowd confrontation, lunged to shield Leopold from a knife. As guards restrained the attacker, she endured searing pain and memory of danger, while Leopold whispers gratitude and declares her bravery.
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Amirel
le Poll
Manu
Hersel
Leopold
Gray
Virginia
Leo
Virginis
Stolen Russian heir rescued after cross continental kidnap saga
A 10 year old Russian aristocrat, Felix Taseichner, was abducted by a Bulgarian Romani band from Warsaw and smuggled via Ottawa to Edmonton. Authorities say the boy, now in an industrial school, is recovering while Dominion police coordinate with Russian and Austrian officials.
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Warsaw
Poland
Ottawa
Canadian Northwest
Felix Taseichner
Edmonton
Alberta
Dominion Police Department
Dominion’ Police
Baron Taseicchner
Moscow
Russia
Canada
Stephen George
Land crabs of Christmas Island roam forest floors
A descriptive note on Christmas Island land crabs, including the large orange red species with bright yellow stripes and blue tints, two fixed eye stalks, two claw pairs, and the smaller bright red shore crab that burrows. The larger species reach up to two feet and seven inches across the back, while the red variety digs extensive burrow networks and hoards dead leaves.
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Christmas Island
Leurson
Johnson quote about Fleet Street a long held misattribution
The London Globe notes that a popular Johnson quip about taking a walk down Fleet Street was invented by George Augustus Sala for Temple Bar. Sala admitted the remark was his invention, and Boswell never recorded Johnson saying it, though legends endure.
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Dr. Johnson
Fleet Street
George Augustus Sala
Temple Bar
Mr. Maxwell
Boswell
Sala
Johnson
London Globe
Salt as Medicine in Tropical Health Advice
A long quotation from F. N. Burn ip Chambers' Journal advocates adding a little salt to all drinking water and to tea or coffee. The author, a tropical resident for four decades, claims no doctor or medicine needed in 30 years aside from a sprained ankle, and credits morning salted water with improving health and reducing need for medicines.
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Tropics
F. N. Burn
Ip Chambers’ Journal
Poisonous Gas Geyser Near Nairobi Kills Animals
In a vast wilderness area near Nairobi a large earth blowhole releases toxic gas from volcanic depths. The gas is hydrochloric and creates instant death for animals caught nearby. Bones litter the area as dogs dragged over the vent die within a minute. A fence and warnings have been set to deter visitors.
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Nairobi
Africa
Sprinkling a Trestle A Klamath Lake railroad fire defense
A wooden trestle on the Klamath Lake railroad in Oregon is kept continually wet during the dry season by a sprinkler system. A pipe spans the trestle with perforated holes at intervals to spray water over the structure along the entire length.
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Klamath Lake
Oregon
Ye Olde Christmas Pie Traditions And Crust Coffin
A brief note on the historic Christmas pie. an immense and costly dish once made from flesh fish and fowl. The crust was known as a coffin in old English writing.
Quotable Exchange Reflects on Jones and Success
A brief witticism contrasts Jones as down and out with the idea that he once held the key to success. The dialogue implies the key is not enough without the right keyhole to fit it.
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Jones
Mrs Jones Debuts a New Hat in Frightful Style
In a lively exchange from the Houston Post a joke about Mrs Jones wearing a new hat sparks amused chatter. The dialogue hints at admiration and playful teasing about her appearance.
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Houston Post
A Strange Tale Of The Stanhope Family Trust
A London Spectator tale recounts Lord Stanhope’s calm deflection of a purse snatching in Kentish lanes. He offers to fetch a 100 pound note to satisfy the thief, who accepts. Later a £100 note appears in a dinner companion’s letter, tying the loan to the man’s rise, to illustrate the Stanhope clan’s odd fate.
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Earl of Stanhope
Lord Stanhope
Chevening
London
Earl
Stanhopes
London Spectator
A Turkish Legend on Roses and Reverence
A florist cites a Turkish belief that the red rose sprang from the Prophet Mohammed's blood. Turks revere roses, use rosewater in cleansing rituals, and avoid desecrating the flower. The legend links beauty to the Prophet and explains strict reverence from youth.
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Mohammed
Granada
Turkey
Record Speeds of Animals and Humans Across Activities
The text lists speeds for humans swimming and rowing, skaters, horses, and various animals. It notes a swimmer at 39 inches per second, eight oared boat at 197 inches per second, skaters at 9 to 10 yards per second, a horse galloping for long periods, the borzoi at 75 feet per second, the gazelle over 80 feet per second, a harpooned whale diving 300 yards per minute, and the wandering falcon flying from north Africa to northern Germany in eleven hours.
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North Africa
Germany
Rules of Sleep for Mind and Body
The London Globe argues that deep cognitive work requires maximum sleep and that reducing sleep harms mind and estate. It recommends enforcing early bedtimes and strict wake times for all under one’s authority, asserting nature will reveal each person’s needed amount of rest within two weeks.
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London Globe
Bunched His Blunders
Dialogic humor about a couple discussing his telling a caller he is ten years older than his wife then revealing he is fifty two. Maria chides John for mixing up blunders after the caller leaves.
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John
Mrs. Billus
Maria
Mr. Billus
Quote exchange on noisy neighbors and quiet living
A humorous exchange where Henry asks about neighbors and replies that they are so quiet that he dares not move or risk waking his mother. The quip highlights domestic humor about silence and family dynamics.
A Question of Time
A humorous exchange in the Philadelphia Record notes marriage cost depends on lifespan as quoted by a somber man.
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Philadelphia Record
Women Bridge Craze Among New York Society
New York social circles have adopted afternoon bridge games as a fashionable pastime with the kitty contributing to luncheon and room costs. At hotels like Waldorf Astoria and Plaza, women gather after shopping or calling, designate a cashier to settle bills, and reserve private rooms for games while refreshments are served.
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New York
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Waldorf-Astoria
Knickerbocker
New
Astor
Plaza
St Regis
Gotham
the Waldorf
Alaska Coal Wealth Promises Great Pacific Coast Output
Alfred H. Brooks of the geological survey reports 6 billion tons of coal in Alaska's Bering river district, enough to rival Pennsylvania. Rail access to the sea could be built within 110 miles on level terrain, with two thirds filed upon by claimants and valued at about 6 billion dollars in situ.
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Alaska
Pacific Coast
Bering River District
Alfred H. Brooks
Geological Survey
Pennsylvania
Wines of Pennsylvania
Brooks
McClure’s
A London Fog and Its Heavy Costs
The piece details a daily suspension of six thousand tons of coal in London air during winter, plus two million chimneys burning soft coal. It notes fogs are costly, London spending about £5,000,000 annually, with a single fog day consuming excess gas and electricity and leaving a heavy residue.
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London
Paris Apaches Battle Police Over Burglary Dogs
Police of Courbevoie encountered two burglars and their trained dogs after they climbed into an empty house garden. A violent clash followed with police and Apache dogs. two burglars were arrested while one police dog died and the criminals escaped. Authorities warn that malefactor trainers are teaching dogs to fight police canines to aid the Apaches in breaking the law.
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Courbevoie
Paris
Armehes
Admiral Schroeder Says He Would Not Sue If Attacked
In a Globe sketch about Admiral Seaton Schroeder a rumor is mocked as fleet gossip. The piece recalls a talk before a world voyage when a question about Japan firing on his ship came up. Schroeder allegedly responded with a blunt quip about suing them if fired upon.
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Seaton Schroeder
New York Globe
Japan
Schroeder
Voting by Electricity Proposed for French Chamber
The French Chamber of Deputies may adopt electric voting with a screen beside the secretaries. Each deputy would press a button to register presence and another to record Yes No or Abstain during votes. A five option status line would display Present Absent Yes No Vote Unrecorded.
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Chamber of Deputies
Newstead Abbey and Byron Legacy in Nottinghamshire
The article details Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire once built by Henry II as a Becket memorial and later Byron’s ancestral home. It notes royal visits by Edward III Henry VII and Charles II, Byron’s occupancy of abbot’s rooms, and a monument to his dog Boatswain on the grounds. Byron’s tomb at Hucknall Torkard nearby is mentioned.
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Nottinghamshire
Henry II
Thomas @ Becket
Byrons
Newstead Abbey
England
Thomas A Becket
John Byron
Sherwood Forest
Isis
Lord Byron
Edward III
Henry VII
Charles II
Byron
Boatswain
Hucknall Torkard
King Edward Gift Pens Across World Treasured Relics
The article notes historic pens linked to rulers and events. It cites South Africa’s pen used to sign the Union Act, pens from the Treaty of Paris and Vienna, a quill from Napoleon campaigns, and other gifts such as the Cullinan diamond and a portrait collage from Australia marking the opening of Parliament.
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Edward
South Africa
Robert Bond
Russia
Japan
Paris
Eugenie
Vienna
Lord Bangor
Napoleon
Baron Koller
Cullinan
Australia
Prince O Wales
Commonwealth
Had No Experience Hero of Amusing Speech
Mr Herbert Gladetoone the intended first Governor General of the Union of South Africa spoke at a northern England meeting. He praised the pleasure men derive from listening to women and was interrupted by a heckler from the back shouting in broad York dialect.
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Herbert Gladetoone
Tel Union
South Africa
Englam
York
Largest College in the British Isles Under Construction
The Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College is the largest college in the British Isles. Upon completion next year the institution will cost about $2,000,000. Door space exceeds ten acres with five floors and over twenty four laboratories. Engineering labs house 100 ton capacity machines. The college includes a large library and an examination hall seating over 2 500 people.
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Glasgow and
West of Scotland
British Isles
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Unser Leo
Minp
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