Mystery of the Durand Case Deepens in New Evidence
The inspector reveals a torn note and questions about Miss Grey and Miss Pierson as the investigation widens. The plan to test Durand’s innocence gains traction, with Miss Van Arsdale proposing to work undercover under her mother’s name to pursue the truth.
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Durand
Grey
Fairbrother
New Mexico
France
New York
Mr. Durand
Miss van Arsdale
Anson
Miss Avers
Arraignment Hurdle and Trust in a Lover
The speaker urges caution and hints at a fragile chance for acquittal or favorable outcome. A contrasting note praises a partner’s confidence despite the gloom, leaving the reader with a quiet, unresolved tension about the forthcoming proceedings.
Tomorrow Plans in a Mysterious Family Inquiry
Miss Van Arsdale in a secret scheme partners with Inspector Dalzell to test Mr. Grey. The plan hinges on a stake in his guilt via a discreet disguise and careful observation. They discuss a suspected theft linked to a moiunt of jewelers, a secretary’s note, and a possible motive tied to the Fairbrother gem. Tomorrow.
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Miss Grey
Mr. Grey
Ramsdel House
England
King Edward's Lucky Number Recalled in Patchwork Facts
A fragment notes King Edward's lucky number nine. It links his birth year to 1819 for both parents and his own birth on a date with a nine. It cites a 63 marriage year and a reign starting in 1901. It mentions a planned and actual coronation date tied to nine and the 9th of August.
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Edward
Alice Steel Princess of Wales Protegee and Orphan
A London bricklayer's daughter Alice Steel becomes a protegee of the future Queen Victoria Mary Princess of Wales after the royal picks her from Princess Mary Village Home Addlestone. The princess visits and gifts toys while a front page tale notes tensions with the other orphans and her later indifference to the young Princess Mary.
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Princess of Wales
England
Alice
Princess Mary Village
Addlestone
Thames
London
Princess Mary
Duchess of Sutherland
Aliee Steel
Tod
Royal
Alice Steel
Victoria Mary
India
Macdonald Economical How He Lived On 6d A Day
The piece recalls J Ramsay Macdonald's early London life earning 15s a week and surviving on a tight budget. It notes he fed himself, paid college fees, and even took holidays by buying market food on wheels, skipping tea and coffee, and relying on hot water and imagination.
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London
Macdonald
Birkbeck Highbury Institute
City of London College
Scotland
Way wally Talisman Delights Baganda Natives
A cultural note explains that saying Way wally to a Baganda person proves irresistibly pleasing. The utterance triggers knee kneeling, joined hands swaying, a broad benignant smile, and a purring “Ao, a-o, a-o” signaling overflowing joy.
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Baganda
Bargains In Heathen Deities At London Curiosity Shop
A London curiosity shop specializes in heathen deities with images of varying sizes and styles. Shoppers can choose an antique Aztec stone god from Mexico, a marble deity from Mandalay, a wooden set from West Africa, or a gilt joss from a Chinese temple.
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London
Mexico
Mandalay
West Africa
The Cadger's Art Exposed In London Streets
The article warns of aggressive street cadgers in London during summer gatherings at venues like Prance Kitash and the Hungarian Exhibition. It details a devised ruse where a cadger, wearing a fake uniform and using a fictitious registry book, targets young domestic service workers outside stations to solicit a fee and mislead them about lodgings. A famed detective notes unemployment prompts abusive schemes, including using children with placards to beg sympathy and money.
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London
England
Euston
King’s Cross
Australia seeks national coat of arms to represent federation
Since federation, Australia has pressed for a single national coat of arms. In contrast Canada uses a composite provincial shield, which becomes crowded on flags or small displays. Australia aims to adopt a simpler emblem suitable for official use.
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Canada
Australia
Australia’s Arms Heraldic Description Authorized 1908
Royal warrant dated May 7 1908 authorizes Australia’s arms described in heraldic terms. Crest features seven pointed star on a colored wreath. supporters are a kangaroo and an emu. motto Advance Australia.
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St. George
Australia
Sentence Pronounced in Court Confinement for Remainder
The judge declares the prisoner to be confined in prison for the remainder of his natural life. The prisoner asks to speak but is silenced with a threat of adding four years to the sentence.
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Priso
King Edward the Royal Marksman in Peak of Big Game Sport
King Edward has long sought and achieved remarkable shooting feats across royal estates. From Balmoral deer drives to Sandringham pheasants, his record includes fifty consecutive shots, 10 800 head at Highclere, 2 240 birds in a day at Studley Royal, and epic bags at Chatsworth Welbeck Glen Quoich Bishop's Hall and Balmoral forests.
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Edward
Balmoral
Sandringham
Highclere Castle
Lord Carnarvon
Earl Drev
Studley Royal
Chatsworth
Welbeck
Clowne Hill
Glen Quoich
Bishop's Hall
Lambourne
Dukes of Devonshire
Portland
Lord Burton
Col. Lockwood
Royal Forest of
Boy marksman earns place in Bisley shoot
Color Sergeant William Friar of Onehunga Public School Cadet Corps Auckland traveled 16 600 miles to shoot for the Lady Gwen dolen Guinness trophy at Bisley. Friar is the representative schoolboy marksman of 15 000 cadets in New Zealand and was chosen by the Dominion education and defence authorities. Last year he won the North Island Shield and the Dominion of New Zealand shield.
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William Friar
Onehunga
Friar
New Zealand
Dominion
Sir Walter Hillier Succeeds In Shanhai Kwan Surrender
Sir Walter Hillier, succeeding Sir Robert Hart as Inspector General of Customs in China, led a bold operation at Shanhai Kwan with 18 men to compel surrender of the Chinese general. He warned that forts would fall and the allied forces would arrive in twenty four hours, after which the British flag was raised.
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Walter Hillier
Robert Hart
China
Pekin
Gaselee
Taku
Shanhai-Kwan
Walter
Sir Walter
Shan-hai-Kwan
Wolseley in Hard Times as Veteran Soldier Faces Sale
Lord Wolseley, famed English general, in old age faces financial distress after parliaments grants were squandered by bad investments. He has been forced to sell household furniture and may be offered a Hampton Court Palace apartment to end his days in comfort.
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Lord Wolseley
Parliament
Hampton Court Palace
Old Toronto Observatory to be moved for University science
The 55 year old Meteorological Observatory in Queen’s Park will be abandoned as the university builds a new astronomical facility on Devonshire Place. Toronto’s observatory traces to 1838 with magnetic origins under Imperial government, later shifting to meteorology.
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Lunding
Queen’s Park
Devonshire Place
Toronto
Cape of Good Hope
St. Helena
Royal Society of London
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Agincourt
York County
Toronto Observatory
Lieut
Riddell
Capt. Lefroy
Sir Henry Lefroy
Department of Natural Philosophy
G. T. Kingston
Charles Carpmael
R. F. Stupart
Stupart
W. E. Jackson
Arctic
Quebec
Arctic Ocean
Clearing-House For Coppers
London obituary notes the death of Alder who created a private copper money clearing house. He built a network with publicans, shopkeepers, and firms to move pennies from gas meters into circulation, earning commissions on every penny moved. At his death he ran two assistants and four carts delivering about 25 tons weekly.
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London
Alder
Princess's roadside apology for fox terrier accident
While driving near Frogmore the Princess of Wales stopped after her car hit a fox terrier belonging to a Rickmansworth hotel keeper. She expressed regret to the owner and comforted his crying children. Days later she sent an ox-terrier puppy named Royal Prince with a note of renewed regret.
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Princess of Wales
Frogmore
Rickmansworth
Prince
Straw Butter Cores Change in Box Making Across Seas
A new straw and kaolin box replaces pine for butter shipments from Queensland to Great Britain. A $250000 company forms to produce the boxes, targeting 25 cent sales. Australia uses 3,009,000 boxes yearly, valued at about $1,000,000. the straw box saves the dairy industry about $200,000 annually. The box weighs about 1.912 pounds, is damp proof and odorless, and can be grown in paddocks inland.
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Queensland
Great Britain
Australia
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CQLOR
Wolseley
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