Canaja Has River With A History
Youth's Companion recounts how the St Lawrence formed from ancient earth crust shifts. It describes the Canadian shield, Appalachian uplift, and a deep trench where interior waters drained to the sea, birthing the St Lawrence as an enduring river long before the Gulf of St Lawrence existed.
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St Lawrence
Canada
Labrador
Lake Huron
Alaska
Blue Ridge
White Mountains
Maine
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Ohio
Atlantic Ocean
St. Lawrence
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Latrador
Newfoundland
Cape Breton
Sunlight and Fresh Air as the Best Disinfectants
The article argues that sun and fresh air are the most effective and cheapest disinfectants, diluting germs and killing them in sunlight. It cites practical use of open windows and illuminated spaces, cautioning against relying on odorous drugstore disinfectants. It also includes a brief anecdote about Sargent’s studio and a remark from an English Telegraph reader.
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New Yorker
Voracious Plants Feel Objects At A Distance
A Scientific American summary notes that certain plants may sense distant objects without direct contact. Examples include the sundew bending toward a fly several inches away and the dodder parasitizing host plants by sending out threadlike growths to fasten onto clover and draw life sap.
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Leonard Baston
Mr. Baston
Scientific American
Water’s journey through air and rock
A concise study notes how raindrop water collects carbonic acid gas in the atmosphere and soil, dissolves limestone to form bicarbonates, carries sulfates or gypsum, and develops soft scale from carbonates while chlorides nitrates may corrode, with salts causing foaming when concentrated.
Mansfield’s Manner Ruling Star Richard Mansfield
Booth T Kingdon ellman recalls how Richard Mansfield exuded natural dominance and fascination. A. M. Palmer notes Mansfield’s singular understanding eludes even close peers, with Palmer claiming no one truly understands Mansfield but himself, a claim Mansfield denies.
General Principles of Rotation by Manitoba Official
General crop rotation rules from Prof S A Bedford deputy minister of agriculture Manitoba emphasize including leguminous crops to fix nitrogen, including a cultivated weed-cleaning crop, alternating shallow and deep rooted crops, avoiding repeated small cereal crops, matching forage to livestock needs, keeping stock on the farm as fertility, maintaining weed-free bedding for direct manure use, and arranging rotations to maximize year round hired labor profitability.
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S. A. Bedford
Manitoba
Guards the Queen Mother Sir Dighton Proctor Crowned by Duty
The article profiles General Sir Dighton Probyn who, though over 80, serves as a vigilant guardian to Queen Alexandra. Once keeper of the privy purse, he remains a trusted royal escort and pageantry fixture, delivering comfort and safety during state outings in London.
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Alexander
Dighton Proor
Bote
Queen Alexandra
Queen Victoria
Edward
Sir Dighton
George
V.C
London
Pepys Library Transfer Conditions at Magdalene Cambridge
Pepys library has been owned by Magdalene College Cambridge since 1724. Pepys directed his books pass to Trinity or Magdalene on his nephew John Jackson’s death and set annual visitation by the other college to ensure proper trust administration. He wished for a constant heirline of qualified successors to prevent alienation.
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Pepy
Magdalen College
Cambridge
John Jackson
Trinity College
Magdalene College
Pepys
Value of Exported Timber from Canada Eleven Months Ended February 1914
The chief export values include planks and boards, 18245658 dollars, pine deals 1404069, spruce and other deals 6319762, wood blocks for pulp 6628868, laths 1615254, shingles 1506730.
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Canada
Liverpool and its Argosies Meet in Global Shipping Trade
The article extols Liverpool as a maritime capital with vast oversea traffic. Vessels of every type—from East Indian merchantmen to Cunard liners like Lusitania Mauretania and Aquitania—bring goods worldwide to Liverpool ports. Trade ranges from wool, wheat, tobacco, cotton, silk, rice, timber, and metals to oil, fish, and wines, underscoring the city’s pivotal role in global commerce.
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Liverpool
Bombay
Cacutta
Yorkshire
Karachi
River Plate
Antipodes
South America
Pacific
North America
Canada
United States
Great Gulf
China
Japan
Rangon
Java
Germany
Cuba
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Bordeaux
Charente
Brazils
Africa
Callao
Peruvian
Lusitania
Mauretania
Aonritania
Cunard
Alwave
Elections in France Rely on Universal Suffrage and Two Polls
The New York World notes France uses universal manhood suffrage with proof of six months' residence for voters aged twenty one. If no candidate wins an absolute majority on the first day, a second poll is held. Volunteers man the urns and assist as assessors while ballots are counted by electors. Candidates align around known leaders in a fluid party system.
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France
New York World
Quaint Welsh Court of Taliesin Swords Its August Rite
A long traditional ceremony at Llyn Geirionydd near Trefriw features the unsheathing of Taliesin s sword on a rock called the Court of Taliesin. Bards gather in August with the chief bard on the rock and others on surrounding stones to perform rites and songs in a peaceful communal display.
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Taliesin
Population shares by ethnicity in Austria and Hungary
The census splits Austria into Austria region with Slavs totaling 15,724,573 and Germans 9,171,614 plus Italians 727,102 and Magyars about 9,000. In Hungary Magyars number 8,742,301, Slavs 8,377,077, and Germans 2,135,181.
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Austria-Hungary
Austria
Hungary
Hogsh ead cheese a memory of cold weather fare
The Ohio State Journal recalls hogshead cheese as a bygone winter delicacy that melted in the mouth and sparked tropical joy in zero weather. It vanished with harsh weather and changing times, leaving a nostalgic note on a simple old dish and its wartime era appeal.
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Ned
Ohio State
Surgery Extraordinary Wonders of modern surgeons astonish readers
Reports highlight astonishing operations from corneal transplants restoring sight to a boy and a girl losing part of her breath, to a Paris hospital where a stabbed woman’s heart was sewn up and she walked away. A Swiss surgeon removed a stomach and a noseless man gained a new organ from a finger.
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Paris
Straight Talk as a Virtue in All Walks of Life
The Christian Herald extols straight talk as a virtue practiced too little. It argues that blunt, honest speech keeps business, domestic life, diplomacy, and all relations clear and fair, preventing misrepresentation and hollow rhetoric between employers and workers, politicians and people, governments and the governed.
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Christian Herald
Society for Centenarians inaugurated by Count Obama
The Hyaku nun society named the Japanese ex premier Count Obama as its first president. It aims to study conditions for long life and suggests a goal of around 4.25 years for ideal living.
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Count Obama
Use of Wireless in Time of War
A historical overview notes wireless telegraphy as a decisive factor in warfare. It cites recalls of ships 500 miles from port, cross-Atlantic communication, and government control over private and amateur stations. The article lists numerous national stations, ranges, and coastal powers including Austro-Hungary France Germany Russia Great Britain and Serbia.
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Frank Waldo
Boston Transcript
Professor Waldo
New York
Atlantic
Signal Corps
Austro-Hungary
Castlenuovo
Pola
Sebinico
Trieste
Germany
Barkura
Bremerhafen
Burg
Kiel Bay
Cushaven
Danzig
Heligoland
Norddetch
Sassrutz
Rugen
Swinemunde
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Bouscat
Brest
Cherbourg
Dieppe
Dunkerne
Eiffe Tower
Ouessant
Rence
Port Vendres
Rochesfort
S. Maries del Mer
Toulon
Russia
Baltic Sea
Helsingfors
Krandstadt
Libau
Preste
Reval
Riga
Rouse
Viborg
Great Britain
Servia
Equestrian Portrait at Tate Linked to Nell Gwynne Legend
A Tate Gallery painting shows a woman on a white horse beneath an archway in a courtyard. The scene, titled Equestrian Portrait or Nell Gwynne, was begun by Sir Edwin Landseer for Queen Victoria but left unfinished after his death. Sir John Millais later added a daughter to the original costume with a page and dog, completing the image started in 1870 and finished in 1882.
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Tate Gallery
Charles II
Nell Gwynne
Millais
Diana Vernon
Edwin Landseer
Queen Victoria
John Midlais
London
Cig Zen
Heyse Prize Winner and Long Gap Between Awards
Heyse stands as a rare laureate with two major literary prizes awarded more than fifty years apart. The Nobel prize is well known, but readers may not recall his 1857 dramatic prize for The Sabines. He belonged to the Round Table of King Marius of Hansona, a ruler who valued science and letters.
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Tae
Paul Heyse
Round Table
Mar
Hansona
Pall Mall Gazette
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A. M. Palmer
Southampton
Booth T.kington
Ellman
Sir Dighton Probyn
Pepy's
Europe
Ment
Heyse
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