Unusual Roman villa unearthed in Britain at Caperewt
An intact Roman villa was revealed at Capewent near an ancient encampment in Britain. The home features four sided courtyards and a basement with hypocaust heating and blue tiles. Beneath lies fine Roman paving. Tea costs rise globally, Japan reports higher living costs and scarcer tea quality. Churchill meets reporters after a private Suffragist deputation at the Midland hotel, joking about the Indies delegation.
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Britain
Caperwent
Winston Churchill
Midland
Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Pundeee fleet whale fishing yields four clean vessels
The Pundeee fleet reports seven whales caught with seven ships sailing. Four vessels show a clean result while two were taken in Davis Strait and West Greenland and one in Hudson's Bay. Unproductive season blamed on bad weather and ice in Elville Bay impeding progress.
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Pundeee
Iwo
Dundee
Davis Straits
West Greenland
Hudson's Bay
Befn
Elville Bay
School dental clinics open for Strasburg children
In Strasburg Germany a university dental clinic begins treating school children with quick examinations by one doctor, handling up to eighty per hour and nearly 300 daily, teaching brushing habits. Similar clinics planned for Wiesbaden and Mal ausen. a Perestling movement posited to combine teaching and care. An odd note from a sock postcard reveals a young man seeking matrimony with a bachelor. The reply oddly mentions a mother who married years ago and a merchant’s failed advert.
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Strasburg
Germany
Wiesbaden
Malausen
Dairy skim milk boosts crop growth in field trials
Farmers in several regions report remarkable gains after applying skim milk to land. In tests a dairy had excess milk and two farmers poured seventy five and one hundred fifty cans on soil, yielding grass growth seven times higher than plots with standard fertilisers. An electric lamp cage experiment aims to kill mosquitoes with a similar current.
Earl of Tankerville Reopens Lead Mines for Relief
The Earl of Tankerville has reopened the lead mines at Snailbeach Shropshire to ease local distress. He will take the royalty and a small share of the initial machinery outlay while sharing profits with the workers maintaining Christian charity in action.
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Earl of Tankerville
Snailbeach
Shropshire
Abbreviations Spurs Debate At Carine Bishop Bishop Against Them
Speech at Carine by the city bishop condemns abbreviations on principle. In Birmingham locals rejected the time over year naming nineteen one, preferring full forms to avoid mental harm. Thomas Chadwick, Crimean veteran, receives 259 from US for Civil War arrears. James Carne, 100 plus, active in parish duties and gardening. a holiday spent at Newasuy with relatives.
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Carine
Birmingham
Thomas Chadwick
Ives
Homer
England
Carviers
Ron
Ilo
Uniis
Jamon Carne
St Columb Minor
Cornwall
Atti
Lo Hin
Mom
Newasuy
Oldest carpet weaver in Gneland retires from eighty year career
Joseph Jerome, once a headler at Kid derminater in hie OS peer, is named the oldest carpet weaver in Gneland. He worked at the loom for over eighty years, having stitched the long history of hand weaving before steam power transformed the industry.
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Joseph Jerome
Kldderminater
Hie
Gneland
Navering
Stcam
Strange fascination of women by snakes
The New York Zoological Park curator recounts anecdotes of women drawn to snakes, from admiring a giant python to desiring its skin, and a girl who once tried to feed cobras roses. He notes calm, athletic women often press snakes to learn texture, while men view snakes with caution.
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Misse Venners
Raymond Lb. Ditmara
New York Zoological Park
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mr. Mumnars
Tvo
Tam
Elsie Venner
Fifth Avenue
Zoological Park
Nikki Screw Attracts German Shipbuilders Interest
The Nikki screw developed by Grand Duke Frederick Augustus and heir Nikolaus gains attention in Germany. The design uses uniquely pitched blades yielding independent water thrust, reducing dead water and vibration, with improvements by Theodore Zelse leading to the Zelge-Nikkl screw tested on the tug Bremen and the Seydlitz voyage to East Asia showing about a one third efficiency gain. It is hoped to suit river and sea use and pair with turbine engines in warships.
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Nikki
Germany
New York Sun
Frederick Augustus
Grand Duke of
Oldenburg
Theodore Zelse
Ottensen
Bremen
Lloyd Steamship
Seydlitz
East Asia
Bowling Is One of Oldest Sports From History to Modern Indoor Play
An article traces bowling from its medieval outdoor origins through names like bowls and French bowls to the shift indoors. It describes early equipment, scoring, greens, and cones, noting a Knickerbocker indoor game on January 1, 1840, and the 1875 rule adoption by American bowlers.
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Anne
Georges
Teodwy
New
New York
Cnast
National Bowling League
American Bowling Congress
The Mystery of the 23 and Belmont Morgan Sign
A New York feature discusses the origin of the number 23 linked to the Belmont and Morgan firms. It notes the sign outside J. P. Morgan & Co and August Belmont & Co as a deterrent to crime, with Byrnes and Wall Street mentioned as context. The piece presents the 23 as a perpetual warning to crooks and cranks.
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J. P. Morgan
A. Belmont
Seba
New York
Belmont & CO
Miniuny
Inspector Byrnes
Wall Street
Broad Street
Byrnes
J.D. Morgan &Co
Nassau Street
August Helmont
Belmont
Morgan
Myttle
Getting a New Gown by Diplomacy
Dr J J Kinyoun, renowned mosquito expert, spoke in Washington on the mosquito threat and urged public involvement. He praised diplomacy as essential to mobilize efforts for extermination and warned actions must engage the public, even humorously illustrating with a domestic tale about a wife choosing a dress to please her husband.
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J. J. Kinyoun
America
Washington
James
Mexican Plant May Rival Weather Man
A Cuba Mexico plant, Abrus Precatorius Nobilis, touted to forecast weather and seismic activity, reportedly sends two to seven day rain forecasts and up to twenty six days for earthquakes over 400 square miles. Professor Josef Norvack in England promotes its powers and rival weather bureaus plan in San Francisco.
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Pacific Grove
Cal
San Francisco
Cuba
Mexico
Josef Norvack
England
The Grand Manner Harper's Weekly Tale
Joseph H Choate as London ambassador spends summer in a tiny English town and learns from an innkeeper about fishing. A literary gentleman, Mr Andrew Lang, visits and is praised for fishing even though he never catches anything, the innkeeper insisting he fishes beautifully.
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Harper's Weekly
Joseph H. Choate
London
Andrew Lang
Peary’s Arctic Expedition Ship Damaged En Route
Reports from the Moravian Mission at Hopewell, Labrador Coast, state that explorer Peary’s toamer Koomevelt, accompanying Commander Hobert Domimander, suffered damage during a long Arctic stay. The extent of the damage remains unknown as the vessel approached the Earth pole.
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Joba
M. M
Domimander Hobert
Peary
Arctic Region
Earth Pole
Sta. Honor Hopedale
Labrador
Hoowevell
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George
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